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Old 12-24-2016, 01:55 PM   #19
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1946-47

1946-47

OFFSEASON
No retirements but a few new players of note entered the league this off-season led by Bill Gadsby joining the Chicago organization and Terry Sawchuk arriving in Detroit. Chicago also adds Bert Olmstead and the Leafs get Fleming Mackell and Sid Smith.

Boston suffered a major loss in the preseason as Roy Conacher injured his hand and is expected to be sidelined until mid-January. The 30 year old had 63 points last season and has 457 points in his 358 game career - all with the Bruins. He won the Calder Trophy in 1938-39 and also has an Art Ross Trophy and 3 first team all-star berths on his resume.

REGULAR SEASON
With the schedule expanded from 50 to 60 games the big story of the season was Maurice Richard's pursuit of 50 goals. The Rocket would finish 1 shy of the half-century mark as he was held off the scoresheet in the final game of the season, a 3-2 loss to Boston. Richard did set the new single season record for goals (49) and points as he became the first player in league history to top the 100 mark, ending up with 104.

40 year old Dit Clapper just keeps on going with the Boston Bruins. The NHL's all-time assist leader recorded his milestone 500th career helper late in the season in a loss to Toronto. In 896 career games, Clapper has 760 points including 14 points in 33 contests this year.

Detroit's Ted Lindsay set a regular season record for goals in a game when he scored all 5 Red Wing markers in a 5-2 victory over Chicago on January 9th. The 21 year old Lindsay is in his third season with the Wings and had career best 46 goals and 90 points this year.

Meanwhile, Ted Kennedy of Toronto had a 7 point game (2G 5A) as the Leafs blasted Boston 11-2 on January 18th. The record for goals in a game is 6 and points is 9 held by Detroit's Carl Liscombe in a playoff contest against Toronto.

The Canadiens again finished with the best regular season record for the fourth straight season. Detroit and Toronto both returned to the playoffs but Boston, after reaching the Finals a year ago, could not overcome the injury to Roy Conacher and the effect age was having on many of their key players. The Bruins slump, combined with an incredible improvement from the New York Rangers, left Boston out of the playoffs for the first time in the history of this sim.

Code:
   
		    	GP  W  L  T  PTS   
Montreal Canadiens	60 43 12  5   91
Detroit Red Wings 	60 34 17  9   77
New York Rangers	60 27 25  8   62
Toronto	Maple Leafs	60 25 26  9   59
Boston Bruins		60 18 33  9   45
Chicago Black Hawks	60  9 43  8   26

SCORING LEADERS		TEAM GP  G  A  PTS
Maurice Richard		MON  60 49 55 104
Ted Lindsay		DET  60 46 44  90
Sid Abel		DET  60 25 64  89
Elmer Lach		MON  54 40 44  84
Kenny Mosdell		MON  60 30 42  72
Billy Taylor		TOR  60 25 46  71
Grant Warwick		NY   60 28 36  64
Jack Stewart	   	DET  60 18 45  64
Ted Kennedy		TOR  48 21 42  63
Gaye Stewart		TOR  54 26 36  62
PLAYOFFS
The New York Rangers first trip to the playoffs since 1940 was short-lived as Toronto swept their semi-final series 4 straight. The other series saw the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens put on an incredible offensive display that ended with Detroit winning the series in 6 games. Toe Blake led all scorers with 7 goals and 12 points while his linemate Richard had 3 goals and 10 points. Detroit's big gun was Sid Abel who earned 10 points of his own during the series.

Abel would continue his scoring prowess in Game One of the finals as he scored twice and added 4 assists as the Red Wings took the series opener 7-4 at The Olympia. Abel would get 3 more points in Game Two but it wasn't enough as Billy Taylor's 2 goals helped Toronto double the Wings 6-3.

The series would shift to Toronto and the Leafs would win both games by the score of 4-3. Ted Kennedy had a pair of goals and an assist to lead Toronto in Game Three and Bud Polie's overtime marker was the difference two nights later.

Back in Detroit for Game Five with the Wings on the brink of elimination. The Wings would get two goals each from Ted Lindsay and Jim Conacher to earn a 5-2 victory. Detroit would then go into Toronto two nights later and force a 7th game as Lindsay had 2 goals and 2 assists while Abel chipped in with 3 points in a 6-3 Red Wings victory.

Game Seven had plenty of suspense for just over 20 minutes. Ted Kennedy staked the visiting Leafs to a 1-0 lead in the first period and then the Leafs blew the game open with 4 more goals in the first 10 minutes of the second period. When it was all said and done Toronto had another Stanley Cup (their 10th of the sim) with an 8-1 victory. For the Red Wings, it was their fourth trip to the Stanley Cup finals but they have yet to taste champagne.

Toronto's Ted Kennedy with 9 goals and 21 points was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner but the real story of the playoffs was Sid Abel. The Wings centre led all perfomers with 25 points, which I believe is a playoff record.

Unlike their other 9 championships when Toronto was a dominant team, this Cup win has to be considered quite an upset for the Leafs, who finished 4th in the regular season and had not won a playoff series since their last Cup win 6 years ago.

Other Award winners:

HART TROPHY: Sid Abel Detroit (60 GP 25-64-89) No idea how this did not go to Richard. Even Ted Lindsay would be a better choice in my mind than Abel, who wins his 4th straight MVP.

VEZINA TROPHY: Turk Broda Montreal (37-11-5, 2.52)

NORRIS TROPHY: Jack Stewart Detroit (60 GP,19-45-64)

ART ROSS TROPHY: Maurice Richard Montreal (60 GP 49-55-104)

CALDER TROPHY: JP Lamirande New York (60 GP 11-20-31)


The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars
Code:

POS      FIRST TEAM		     SECOND TEAM
G   Turk Broda	     Montreal	Sugar Jim Henry  New York
D   Ken Reardon      Montreal	Bill Quackenbush Detroit
D   Jack Stewart     Detroit	JP Lamirande     New York
C   Sid Abel	     Detroit	Elmer Lach	 Montreal   
LW  Ted Lindsay	     Detroit    Gaye Stewart     Toronto      	 
RW  Maurice Richard  Montreal   Ted Kennedy	 Toronto
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