The 1946–47

Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the East ...

season was the Red Wings' 21st

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. The season involved

Gordie Howe Gordon Howe (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seaso ...

making his

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debut, and it was the final season for

Jack Adams John James Adams (June 14, 1894 – May 1, 1968) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach and general manager in the National Hockey League and Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He played for the Toronto Arenas, Vancouver Millionaire ...

as coach.

Offseason

Regular season

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rect 20 130 575 160 1 Harry Lumley G rect 20 160 575 190 2 Jack Stewart D rect 20 190 575 220 3 Bill Quackenbush D rect 20 220 575 250 4 Hal Jackson D rect 20 250 575 280 5 Leo Reise D rect 20 280 575 310 7 Billy Taylor F rect 20 310 575 340 8 Pat Lundy F rect 20 340 575 370 9 Roy Conacher F rect 20 370 575 400 10 Fernand Gauthier F rect 20 400 575 430 11 Pete Horeck F rect 20 430 575 460 12 Sid Abel F rect 20 460 575 490 14 Ted Lindsay F rect 20 490 575 520 15 Eddie Bruneteau F rect 20 520 575 550 16 Lloyd (Red) Doran F rect 20 550 575 580 17 Gordon Howe F rect 20 580 575 610 18 Jim Conacher D rect 20 610 575 640 20 Johnny Mowers G rect 20 640 575 670 22 Doug McCaig D rect 20 700 575 730 Manager and Coach–Jack Adams default

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring ;Goaltending

Playoffs

;Scoring ;Goaltending 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 Hubert George Quackenbush (March 2, 1922 – September 12, 1999), known as Bill Quackenbush, was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League. During his 14-y ...

, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star

References

Red Wings on Hockey Database
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Detroit Red Wings seasons