1946–47 Detroit Red Wings season

Although famous as #9 during his long career, 18-year-old Gordon Howe actually wore #17 throughout his rookie season with the Detroit Red Wings in 1946–47.

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	60	34	16	10	189	138	+51	78
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	60	31	19	10	209	172	+37	72
3	Boston Bruins	60	26	23	11	190	175	+15	63
4	Detroit Red Wings	60	22	27	11	190	193	−3	55
5	New York Rangers	60	22	32	6	167	186	−19	50
6	Chicago Black Hawks	60	19	37	4	193	274	−81	42

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 16, 1946	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	0–0–1
2	L	October 19, 1946	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	0–1–1
3	L	October 20, 1946	1–3	New York Rangers (1946–47)	0–2–1
4	L	October 23, 1946	5–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	0–3–1
5	L	October 26, 1946	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	0–4–1
6	W	October 27, 1946	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	1–4–1
7	L	November 2, 1946	4–7	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	1–5–1
8	W	November 3, 1946	3–1	New York Rangers (1946–47)	2–5–1
9	T	November 6, 1946	3–3	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	2–5–2
10	W	November 10, 1946	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	3–5–2
11	L	November 13, 1946	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	3–6–2
12	L	November 14, 1946	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	3–7–2
13	W	November 17, 1946	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	4–7–2
14	W	November 20, 1946	8–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	5–7–2
15	W	November 21, 1946	3–1	New York Rangers (1946–47)	6–7–2
16	W	November 23, 1946	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	7–7–2
17	L	November 24, 1946	0–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	7–8–2
18	L	November 27, 1946	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	7–9–2
19	L	November 30, 1946	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	7–10–2
20	T	December 1, 1946	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	7–10–3
21	T	December 4, 1946	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	7–10–4
22	L	December 8, 1946	4–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	7–11–4
23	T	December 11, 1946	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	7–11–5
24	L	December 15, 1946	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	7–12–5
25	L	December 18, 1946	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	7–13–5
26	L	December 19, 1946	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	7–14–5
27	L	December 22, 1946	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	7–15–5
28	L	December 25, 1946	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	7–16–5
29	T	December 28, 1946	2–2	New York Rangers (1946–47)	7–16–6
30	W	December 31, 1946	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	8–16–6
31	L	January 1, 1947	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	8–17–6
32	W	January 5, 1947	3–1	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	9–17–6
33	W	January 8, 1947	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	10–17–6
34	L	January 9, 1947	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	10–18–6
35	W	January 12, 1947	5–1	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	11–18–6
36	L	January 15, 1947	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	11–19–6
37	L	January 18, 1947	4–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	11–20–6
38	T	January 19, 1947	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	11–20–7
39	W	January 23, 1947	8–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	12–20–7
40	L	January 26, 1947	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	12–21–7
41	L	January 29, 1947	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	12–22–7
42	T	February 1, 1947	2–2	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	12–22–8
43	L	February 8, 1947	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	12–23–8
44	W	February 9, 1947	5–2	New York Rangers (1946–47)	13–23–8
45	W	February 15, 1947	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	14–23–8
46	L	February 16, 1947	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	14–24–8
47	W	February 20, 1947	3–0	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	15–24–8
48	W	February 22, 1947	7–3	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	16–24–8
49	T	February 23, 1947	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	16–24–9
50	T	February 27, 1947	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	16–24–10
51	W	March 1, 1947	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	17–24–10
52	W	March 2, 1947	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	18–24–10
53	T	March 6, 1947	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	18–24–11
54	L	March 9, 1947	0–6	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	18–25–11
55	W	March 12, 1947	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	19–25–11
56	L	March 13, 1947	2–3	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	19–26–11
57	W	March 15, 1947	8–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	20–26–11
58	W	March 16, 1947	10–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	21–26–11
59	W	March 19, 1947	2–0	New York Rangers (1946–47)	22–26–11
60	L	March 23, 1947	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	22–27–11

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	C	60	17	46	63	35
Conacher, RoyRoy Conacher	LW	60	30	24	54	6
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	60	19	29	48	29
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	59	27	15	42	57
Lundy, PatPat Lundy	C	59	17	17	34	10
Conacher, JimJim Conacher	C	33	16	13	29	2
Horeck, PetePete Horeck	LW	38	12	13	25	59
Bruneteau, EddieEddie Bruneteau	RW	60	9	14	23	14
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	58	7	15	22	52
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	44	5	17	22	6
Couture, GerryGerry Couture	RW	30	5	10	15	0
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	55	5	9	14	83
Brown, AdamAdam Brown	LW	22	8	5	13	30
Gauthier, FernFern Gauthier	RW	40	1	12	13	2
Reise, LeoLeo Reise	D	31	4	6	10	14
McCaig, DougDoug McCaig	D	47	2	4	6	62
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson	D	37	1	5	6	39
Doran, LloydLloyd Doran	C	24	3	2	5	10
Dewsbury, AlAl Dewsbury	D	23	2	1	3	12
Douglas, LesLes Douglas	C	12	0	2	2	2
Licari, TonyTony Licari	RW	9	0	1	1	0
Simpson, CliffCliff Simpson	C	6	0	1	1	0
Almas, RedRed Almas	G	1	0	0	0	0
Baldwin, DougDoug Baldwin	D	4	0	0	0	0
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	G	52	0	0	0	4
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Millar, HughHugh Millar	D	4	0	0	0	0
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	G	7	0	0	0	2
Simon, ThainThain Simon	D	3	0	0	0	0
Wojciechowski, SteveSteve Wojciechowski	RW	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	3120	52	22	20	10	159	3.06	3
Almas, RedRed Almas	60	1	0	1	0	5	5.00	0
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	420	7	0	6	1	29	4.14	0
Team:	3600	60	22	27	11	193	3.22	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Conacher, RoyRoy Conacher	LW	5	4	4	8	2
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	C	5	1	5	6	4
Bruneteau, EddieEddie Bruneteau	RW	4	1	4	5	0
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	5	2	2	4	10
Conacher, JimJim Conacher	C	5	2	1	3	2
Horeck, PetePete Horeck	LW	5	2	0	2	6
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	3	1	1	2	2
McFadden, JimJim McFadden	C	4	0	2	2	0
Gauthier, FernFern Gauthier	RW	3	1	0	1	0
Lundy, PatPat Lundy	C	5	0	1	1	2
McCaig, DougDoug McCaig	D	5	0	1	1	4
Reise, LeoLeo Reise	D	5	0	1	1	4
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	5	0	1	1	12
Almas, RedRed Almas	G	5	0	0	0	0
Couture, GerryGerry Couture	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Dewsbury, AlAl Dewsbury	D	2	0	0	0	4
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	5	0	0	0	18
Millar, HughHugh Millar	D	1	0	0	0	0
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	G	1	0	0	0	0
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	5	0	0	0	2
Sclisizzi, EnioEnio Sclisizzi	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Simpson, CliffCliff Simpson	C	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Almas, RedRed Almas	263	5	1	3	13	2.97
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	40	1	0	1	5	7.50
Team:	303	5	1	4	18	3.56

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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

Jack Stewart, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
Bill Quackenbush, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star

References

Red Wings on Hockey Database

↑ "1946–1947 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1946-47 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

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