1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs
1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup champions
Prince of Wales Trophy winners
League	1st NHL
1947–48 record	32–15–13
Home record	22–3–5
Road record	10–12–8
Goals for	182
Goals against	143
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Hap Day
Captain	Syl Apps
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Syl Apps (26)
Assists	Syl Apps (27)
Points	Syl Apps (53)
Penalty minutes	Bill Barilko (147)
Wins	Turk Broda (32)
Goals against average	Turk Broda (2.38)
	← 1946–47 1948–49 →

The 1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
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]
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

1947–48 regular season^[3]

October

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 18	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	0–0–1
2	L	October 19	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	0–1–1
3	W	October 22	3–1	New York Rangers (1947–48)	1–1–1
4	W	October 25	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	2–1–1
5	W	October 29	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	3–1–1

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
6	T	November 1	1–1	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	3–1–2
7	L	November 2	4–7	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	3–2–2
8	L	November 6	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	3–3–2
9	W	November 8	7–2	New York Rangers (1947–48)	4–3–2
10	W	November 9	6–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	5–3–2
11	L	November 12	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	5–4–2
12	W	November 15	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	6–4–2
13	W	November 16	5–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	7–4–2
14	L	November 19	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	7–5–2
15	W	November 22	4–3	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	8–5–2
16	L	November 27	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	8–6–2
17	W	November 29	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	9–6–2
18	T	November 30	0–0	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	9–6–3

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
19	W	December 3	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	10–6–3
20	W	December 6	12–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	11–6–3
21	W	December 7	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	12–6–3
22	T	December 10	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	12–6–4
23	L	December 13	1–4	New York Rangers (1947–48)	12–7–4
24	T	December 14	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	12–7–5
25	T	December 20	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	12–7–6
26	W	December 21	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	13–7–6
27	W	December 25	3–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	14–7–6
28	W	December 27	2–1	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	15–7–6
29	T	December 28	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	15–7–7

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
30	W	January 1	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	16–7–7
31	T	January 3	5–5	New York Rangers (1947–48)	16–7–8
32	W	January 10	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	17–7–8
33	T	January 11	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	17–7–9
34	L	January 15	4–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	17–8–9
35	W	January 17	4–1	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	18–8–9
36	T	January 18	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	18–8–10
37	L	January 21	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	18–9–10
38	W	January 24	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	19–9–10
39	T	January 25	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	19–9–11
40	T	January 28	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	19–9–12
41	W	January 31	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	20–9–12

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
42	L	February 1	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	20–10–12
43	W	February 4	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	21–10–12
44	W	February 7	3–0	New York Rangers (1947–48)	22–10–12
45	W	February 14	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	23–10–12
46	T	February 15	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	23–10–13
47	L	February 19	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	23–11–13
48	W	February 21	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	24–11–13
49	W	February 22	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	25–11–13
50	W	February 25	4–2	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	26–11–13
51	W	February 28	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	27–11–13

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
52	L	March 2	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	27–12–13
53	L	March 3	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	27–13–13
54	W	March 6	2–1	New York Rangers (1947–48)	28–13–13
55	L	March 7	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	28–14–13
56	L	March 11	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	28–15–13
57	W	March 13	5–2	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	29–15–13
58	W	March 14	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	30–15–13
59	W	March 20	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	31–15–13
60	W	March 21	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	32–15–13

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Syl Apps	55	26	27	53	12
Max Bentley	53	23	25	48	10
Ted Kennedy	60	25	21	46	32
Harry Watson	57	21	20	41	16
Howie Meeker	58	14	20	34	62
Vic Lynn	60	12	22	34	53
Bill Ezinicki	60	11	20	31	97
Joe Klukay	59	15	15	30	28
Jimmy Thomson	59	0	29	29	82
Gus Mortson	58	7	11	18	118
Sid Smith	31	7	10	17	10
Bill Barilko	57	5	9	14	147
Wally Stanowski	54	2	11	13	12
Nick Metz	60	4	8	12	8
Don Metz	26	4	6	10	2
Garth Boesch	45	2	7	9	52
Cy Thomas	8	1	2	3	4
Bud Poile	4	2	0	2	0
Gaye Stewart	7	1	0	1	0
John McCormack	3	0	1	1	0
Turk Broda	60	0	0	0	2
Fleming MacKell	3	0	0	0	2
Tod Sloan	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Turk Broda	3600	60	32	15	13	143	2.38				5
Team:	3600	60	32	15	13	143	2.38				5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ted Kennedy	9	8	6	14	0
Max Bentley	9	4	7	11	0
Syl Apps	9	4	4	8	0
Harry Watson	9	5	2	7	9
Vic Lynn	9	2	5	7	20
Howie Meeker	9	2	4	6	15
Bill Ezinicki	9	3	1	4	6
Les Costello	5	2	2	4	2
Garth Boesch	8	2	1	3	2
Gus Mortson	5	1	2	3	2
Nick Metz	9	2	0	2	2
Joe Klukay	9	1	1	2	2
Jimmy Thomson	9	1	1	2	9
Wally Stanowski	9	0	2	2	2
Bill Barilko	9	1	0	1	17
Phil Samis	5	0	1	1	2
Turk Broda	9	0	0	0	10
Don Metz	2	0	0	0	2
Sid Smith	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Turk Broda	557	9	8	1		20	2.15				1
Team:	557	9	8	1		20	2.15				1

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

This was the debut series for Detroit's Gordie Howe, and the last for Toronto's Syl Apps who retired after the series.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
April 7	Detroit	3	Toronto	5
April 10	Detroit	2	Toronto	4
April 11	Toronto	2	Detroit	0
April 14	Toronto	7	Detroit	2

Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4–0.

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy
Vezina Trophy: || Turk Broda
Turk Broda, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star

Transactions

May 15, 1947: Traded Buck Jones and Nick Knott to the Tulsa Oilers of the USHL for cash
October 5, 1947: Traded Gordie Bell to the Washington Lions of the AHL for cash
November 2, 1947: Acquired Max Bentley and Cy Thomas from the Chicago Black Hawks for Gus Bodnar, Gaye Stewart, Bob Goldham, Bud Poile and Ernie Dickens

References

^ "1947–1948 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1947-48 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
^ "1947-48 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009.

[standings-div-1] "1947–1948 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Gamelog-3] "1947-48 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.

[4] "1947-48 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009.

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