1946–47 NHL season
National Hockey League season
The 1946–47 NHL season was the 30th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams played 60 games each. The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals to win their sixth Stanley Cup championship.
League business
The NHL sought to renegotiate the existing professional-amateur agreement with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) in May 1946. The NHL proposed a flat payment of C$20,000 to cover all amateur players being signed to professional contracts, whereas the CAHA requested $2,000 for any player remaining in the NHL for more than a year. The flat rate offer was later accepted with the stipulation that a junior-aged player could sign a contract at age 16, but not play professional until age 18.
Tommy Gorman, who had been associated with the National Hockey League since its inception
in 1917, announced his retirement in July 1946 as general manager of the Montreal Canadiens. He left behind him seven Stanley Cup champions and a hall of fame career as a coach and general manager. Frank Selke, released from the Toronto Maple Leafs, took over as general manager and would build the greatest dynasty hockey ever known in the late 1950s. The Canadiens were in financial trouble at this time, despite their winning team, and Selke would turn things around by buying up talent and keeping the cream of the crop, selling some players to teams that needed talent.
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