1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season
National Hockey League team season
1947–48 Detroit Red Wings | |
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Division | 2nd NHL |
1947–48 record | 30–18–12 |
Goals for | 187 |
Goals against | 148 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jack Adams |
Coach | Tommy Ivan |
Captain | Sid Abel |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Ted Lindsay (33) |
Assists | Sid Abel (30) |
Points | Ted Lindsay (52) |
Penalty minutes | Jack Stewart (91) |
Wins | Harry Lumley (30) |
Goals against average | Harry Lumley (2.46) |
The 1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 22nd season.
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 182 | 143 | +39 | 77 |
2 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 187 | 148 | +39 | 72 |
3 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 167 | 168 | −1 | 59 |
4 | New York Rangers | 60 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 176 | 201 | −25 | 55 |
5 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 147 | 169 | −22 | 51 |
6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 195 | 225 | −30 | 46 |
Record vs. opponents
1947–48 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | — | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 6–2–4 | 7–3–2 | 3–7–2 | ||||||
Chicago | 7–3–2 | — | 2–10 | 4–7–1 | 6–4–2 | 1–10–1 | ||||||
Detroit | 6–4–2 | 10–2 | — | 7–2–3 | 5–4–3 | 2–6–4 | ||||||
Montreal | 2–6–4 | 7–4–1 | 2–7–3 | — | 3–7–2 | 6–5–1 | ||||||
New York | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 4–5–3 | 7–3–2 | — | 3–5–4 | ||||||
Toronto | 7–3–2 | 10–1–1 | 6–2–4 | 5–6–1 | 5–3–4 | — |
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | W | October 15, 1947 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 1–0–0 |
2 | T | October 18, 1947 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 1–0–1 |
3 | W | October 19, 1947 | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 2–0–1 |
4 | L | October 26, 1947 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 2–1–1 |
5 | W | October 29, 1947 | 5–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 3–1–1 |
6 | L | November 1, 1947 | 3–4 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 3–2–1 |
7 | W | November 2, 1947 | 3–2 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 4–2–1 |
8 | W | November 6, 1947 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 5–2–1 |
9 | W | November 8, 1947 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 6–2–1 |
10 | L | November 9, 1947 | 0–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 6–3–1 |
11 | L | November 15, 1947 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 6–4–1 |
12 | W | November 16, 1947 | 2–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 7–4–1 |
13 | L | November 19, 1947 | 5–6 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 7–5–1 |
14 | W | November 22, 1947 | 8–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 8–5–1 |
15 | W | November 23, 1947 | 9–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 9–5–1 |
16 | W | November 27, 1947 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 10–5–1 |
17 | T | November 30, 1947 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 10–5–2 |
18 | L | December 6, 1947 | 0–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 10–6–2 |
19 | L | December 7, 1947 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 10–7–2 |
20 | T | December 10, 1947 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 10–7–3 |
21 | W | December 13, 1947 | 4–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 11–7–3 |
22 | T | December 14, 1947 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 11–7–4 |
23 | W | December 17, 1947 | 7–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 12–7–4 |
24 | T | December 20, 1947 | 4–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 12–7–5 |
25 | W | December 21, 1947 | 6–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 13–7–5 |
26 | L | December 25, 1947 | 0–2 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 13–8–5 |
27 | W | December 28, 1947 | 3–0 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 14–8–5 |
28 | W | December 31, 1947 | 4–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 15–8–5 |
29 | W | January 1, 1948 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 16–8–5 |
30 | W | January 4, 1948 | 6–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 17–8–5 |
31 | W | January 7, 1948 | 6–0 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 18–8–5 |
32 | T | January 8, 1948 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 18–8–6 |
33 | L | January 10, 1948 | 1–4 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 18–9–6 |
34 | T | January 11, 1948 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 18–9–7 |
35 | T | January 14, 1948 | 3–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 18–9–8 |
36 | L | January 18, 1948 | 4–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 18–10–8 |
37 | W | January 21, 1948 | 4–3 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 19–10–8 |
38 | W | January 24, 1948 | 5–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 20–10–8 |
39 | W | January 25, 1948 | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 21–10–8 |
40 | W | January 28, 1948 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 22–10–8 |
41 | L | January 31, 1948 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 22–11–8 |
42 | W | February 1, 1948 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 23–11–8 |
43 | W | February 3, 1948 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 24–11–8 |
44 | T | February 4, 1948 | 4–4 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 24–11–9 |
45 | W | February 7, 1948 | 5–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 25–11–9 |
46 | L | February 8, 1948 | 1–3 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 25–12–9 |
47 | L | February 15, 1948 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 25–13–9 |
48 | W | February 18, 1948 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 26–13–9 |
49 | L | February 21, 1948 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 26–14–9 |
50 | W | February 22, 1948 | 4–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 27–14–9 |
51 | W | February 28, 1948 | 5–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 28–14–9 |
52 | W | March 3, 1948 | 4–2 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 29–14–9 |
53 | T | March 6, 1948 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 29–14–10 |
54 | T | March 7, 1948 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 29–14–11 |
55 | L | March 9, 1948 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 29–15–11 |
56 | W | March 10, 1948 | 7–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 30–15–11 |
57 | L | March 14, 1948 | 1–5 | Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 30–16–11 |
58 | T | March 17, 1948 | 0–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1947–48) | 30–16–12 |
59 | L | March 20, 1948 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 30–17–12 |
60 | L | March 21, 1948 | 2–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 30–18–12 |
Playoffs
(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) New York Rangers
It looked initially to be a close series as, after the Blueshirts lost the first two games, the Rangers won the next two to tie the series. Detroit then took the next two to win the series in six games to qualify for the Finals.
March 24 | New York Rangers | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 15:04 – Ted Lindsay (1) 19:06 – pp – Jim Conacher (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Tony Leswick (1) – 03:35 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Chuck Rayner | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
March 26 | New York Rangers | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
Edgar Laprade (1) – 14:53 | First period | 04:00 – Jim McFadden (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 04:57 – Jim McFadden (2) 08:18 – pp – Marty Pavelich (1) | ||||||
Neil Colville (1) – 10:51 | Third period | 10:04 – Leo Reise (1) 14:49 – Marty Pavelich (2) | ||||||
Chuck Rayner | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
March 28 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden III | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 03:32 – Phil Watson (1) 10:35 – Phil Watson (2) | ||||||
Ted Lindsay (2) – 19:40 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jack Stewart (1) – 16:03 | Third period | 09:02 – Tony Leswick (2) | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Chuck Rayner |
March 30 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–3 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden III | Recap | |||
Jim McFadden (3) – 03:41 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 10:08 – pp – Bryan Hextall (1) 10:41 – Eddie Kullman (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 13:32 – Tony Leswick (3) | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Chuck Rayner |
April 1 | New York Rangers | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 04:02 – pp – Red Kelly (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 14:13 – pp – Pete Horeck (1) | ||||||
Buddy O'Connor (1) – 12:49 | Third period | 13:55 – Red Kelly (2) | ||||||
Chuck Rayner | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
April 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | New York Rangers | Madison Square Garden III | Recap | |||
Red Kelly (3) – pp – 13:46 Gordie Howe (1) – pp – 14:30 Pat Lundy (1) – 17:51 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jim McFadden (4) – 10:49 | Third period | 12:49 – Don Raleigh (1) 19:08 – Don Raleigh (2) | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Chuck Rayner |
Detroit won series 4–2 | |
Stanley Cup Finals
April 7 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
Jim McFadden (5) – 07:20 | First period | 08:21 – Harry Watson (1) 09:04 – Joe Klukay (1) 18:24 – Syl Apps (3) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 14:31 – Gus Mortson (1) 19:21 – Howie Meeker (2) | ||||||
Jim Conacher (2) – 04:28 Ted Lindsay (3) – 05:25 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
April 10 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 13:31 – Max Bentley (3) | ||||||
Pete Horeck (2) – 18:18 | Second period | 03:38 – pp – Bill Ezinicki (3) 17:16 – pp – Max Bentley (4) 18:50 – Harry Watson (2) | ||||||
Fern Gauthier (1) – pp – 17:18 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Turk Broda |
April 11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–0 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Harry Watson (3) – 19:42 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Vic Lynn (2) – 15:16 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
April 14 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 7–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
Ted Kennedy (7) – pp – 02:51 Garth Boesch (2) – sh – 05:03 Harry Watson (4) – 11:13 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Syl Apps (4) – 04:26 Ted Kennedy (8) – 09:42 Harry Watson (5) – sh – 11:38 | Second period | 02:41 – Leo Reise (2) | ||||||
Les Costello (2) – pp – 14:37 | Third period | 18:48 – Pete Horeck (3) | ||||||
Turk Broda | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
Toronto won series 4–0 | |
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Lindsay | LW | 60 | 33 | 19 | 52 | 95 |
Jim McFadden | C | 60 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 12 |
Gordie Howe | RW | 60 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 63 |
Sid Abel | C/LW | 60 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 69 |
Jim Conacher | C | 60 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 2 |
Pete Horeck | LW | 50 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 44 |
Don Morrison | C | 40 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 6 |
Bep Guidolin | LW | 58 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 78 |
Bill Quackenbush | D | 58 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 17 |
Red Kelly | D/C | 60 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 13 |
Jack Stewart | D | 60 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 91 |
Rod Morrison | RW | 34 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
Marty Pavelich | LW | 41 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
Leo Reise | D | 58 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
Gerry Couture | RW | 19 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
Doug McCaig | D | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 37 |
Fern Gauthier | RW | 35 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
Pat Lundy | C | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Max McNab | C | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Eddie Bruneteau | RW | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Enio Sclisizzi | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Harry Lumley | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Tom McGrattan | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Nicholson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barry Sullivan | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Lumley | 3592 | 60 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 147 | 2.46 | 7 |
Tom McGrattan | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 0 |
Team: | 3600 | 60 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 148 | 2.47 | 7 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Horeck | LW | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
Jim McFadden | C | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
Red Kelly | D/C | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Ted Lindsay | LW | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Marty Pavelich | LW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Jack Stewart | D | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Leo Reise | D | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
Sid Abel | C/LW | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Jim Conacher | C | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Fern Gauthier | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Gordie Howe | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Pat Lundy | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Bill Quackenbush | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Lee Fogolin | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Don Morrison | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Eddie Bruneteau | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Dewsbury | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bep Guidolin | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Harry Lumley | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Max McNab | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rod Morrison | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Enio Sclisizzi | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Cliff Simpson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Lumley | 600 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 |
Team: | 600 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 |
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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;
Awards and records
Transactions
See also
References
External links
- "1947–48 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2009.