We are back for another dose of NHL Saturday, going backward in time, one season at a time, in the Original Six era. And it is yet another season where the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup. Interestingly enough, the Leafs have won 13 titles overall—but they haven’t won one since 1967. We generally root for Toronto every year to break its dry spell, so everyone in the Ontario province? You’re never alone, friends.

1947 Hart: Maurice Richard, RW, Montréal (original, confirmed)

With 9.7 Point Shares in a 60-game season, Montréal Canadiens right wing Maurice Richard was the top forward in the league, and he won the Hart vote. No other skater finished within 2.8 PS of the Rocket, and the closest to him played for the last-place Chicago Black Hawks. With the Canadiens finishing in first place by six points over the Maple Leafs, Richard brought value as well as a league-high 45 goals scored. Confirm!

We gave him the Hart for the 1950 and 1951 seasons, prior, although he did not win the vote either time.

1947 Norris: Ken Reardon, Montréal

You want depth? The top five defensemen in Defensive Point Shares all played for the Canadiens. As a result, Montréal gave up 34 fewer goals than the next-best team. And among this crew of blueliners, it was Ken Reardon who finished tenth overall in the entire league with 6.4 Point Shares. Thus, we award him the then-absent Norris Trophy for 1947. At age 25, he’d missed three seasons already due to World War II. Damn.

1947 Vezina: Bill Durnan, Montréal (original, confirmed)

As the primary goaltender for the team giving up the fewest goals, Canadiens legend Bill Durnan won the Vezina by the rules of the time. But he also topped the league with 14.7 PS overall; that was more than 3.0 PS clear of the next guy on the list, which is nuts in a 60-game season. Durnan played every minute in net while leading the league in wins (34) and GAA (2.30). This was his fourth straight season with the most wins.

It’s also his third Vezina so far (1949, 1950). He won six in real life, so we will see if we’re able to do him right.

1947 Calder: Howie Meeker, RW, Toronto (original, confirmed)

Finally, a non-Montréal winner of an award! Maple Leafs RW Howie Meeker (5.3 PS) won the Calder vote, and his PS mark was 2.2 higher than the next-best rookie vote getter. Toronto would have finished second without him, but his performance certainly helped the team in many ways. His 45 points, including 27 goals, was good enough for third on a veteran team that had won the Cup in 1942 and 1945 already. Nice.

1947 Conn Smythe: Turk Broda, Toronto

The Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings in five games to advance to the Cup Finals, where they then beat the Canadiens in six games to win Lord Stanley’s silver chalice. No skater reached double digits in points despite playing 11 games, and while goaltender Turk Broda wasn’t supernatural, he still managed a 2.38 GAA with one shutout in his 11 starts, playing every minute. That’s good enough for us here right now.

We also granted him this honor in 1949 as well, in addition to his Vezina in 1948.