NHL 1947/48

NHL 1947/48
league	National Hockey League
Period	October 15, 1947 to April 14, 1948
Teams	6th
Games / team	60
Regular season
winner	Toronto Maple Leafs
MVP	Buddy O'Connor (NY Rangers)
Top scorer	Elmer Lach (Montréal)
Playoffs
Stanley Cup winner	Toronto Maple Leafs
finalist	Detroit Red Wings
NHL seasons
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The 1947/48 NHL season was the 31st season in the National Hockey League . Six teams played 60 games each. The Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup after beating the Chicago Black Hawks 4-0 in the final series .

The Toronto Maple Leafs hosted the first All-Star Game. The reigning Stanley Cup winner defeated the NHL All-Stars 4-3. At that time not yet common and therefore particularly sensational was a swap in which five players moved from Toronto to Chicago to win the two-time top scorer Max Bentley and Cy Thomas for the Black Hawks.

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

	W.	L.	T	GF	GA	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	32	15th	13	182	143	77
Detroit Red Wings	30th	18th	12	187	148	72
Boston Bruins	23	24	13	167	168	59
New York Rangers	21st	26th	13	176	201	55
Montréal Canadiens	20th	29	11	147	169	51
Chicago Blackhawks	20th	34	6th	195	225	46

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts
Elmer Lach	Montreal	60	30th	31	61
Buddy O'Connor	NY Rangers	60	24	36	60
Doug Bentley	Chicago	60	20th	37	57
Gaye Stewart	Toronto / Chicago	61	27	29	56
Max Bentley	Chicago / Toronto	59	26th	28	54
Bud poile	Toronto / Chicago	58	25th	29	54
Maurice Richard	Montreal	53	28	25th	53
Syl Apps	Toronto	55	26th	27	53
Ted Lindsay	Detroit	60	33	19th	52
Roy Conacher	Chicago	52	22nd	27	49

Stanley Cup playoffs

→ Main article : Stanley Cup playoffs 1948

	Semifinals					Stanley Cup Final
	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	4th
	3	Boston Bruins	1
						1	Toronto Maple Leafs	4th
						2	Detroit Red Wings	0
	2	Detroit Red Wings	4th
	4th	New York Rangers	2

NHL awards

Art Ross Trophy :	Elmer Lach , Montréal Canadiens
Calder Memorial Trophy :	Jim McFadden , Detroit Red Wings
Hart Memorial Trophy :	Buddy O'Connor , New York Rangers
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy :	Buddy O'Connor , New York Rangers
Vezina Trophy :	Turk Broda , Toronto Maple Leafs

See also

• 1st National Hockey League All-Star Game

Web links

• Hacx.de: All NHL final tables ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )