1946–47 Toronto Huskies season

The 1946–47 BAA season was the Toronto Huskies' inaugural season. The NBA's first game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on November 1, 1946. The New York Knickerbockers defeated the Toronto Huskies 68–66 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The teams were part of the Basketball Association of America, the forerunner to the NBA.[1] The Huskies finished last in their division and folded after one season. Throughout the season, the Huskies had four head coaches: Ed Sadowski 3–9, Lew Hayman 0–1, Dick Fitzgerald 2–1, and Red Rolfe 17–27.

1946–47 Toronto Huskies season
Head coachEd Sadowski (3–9)
Lew Hayman (0–1)
Dick Fitzgerald (2–1)
Red Rolfe (17–27)
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Results
Record22–38 (.367)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
RadioCFRB

Roster
Roster listing
Toronto Huskies roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 10 Fitzgerald, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-11-18 Seton Hall
F 12 Fucarino, Frank 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-07-24 LIU Brooklyn
F/C 16 Hermsen, Kleggie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1923-03-12 Minnesota
G/F 21 Hurley, Roy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-08-12 Murray State
G 19 Kasid, Ed 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-08-13 Vocational HS (MN)
G 14 McCarron, Mike 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1922-03-02 Seton Hall
F 16 Militzok, Nat 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1923-05-03 Cornell
F/C 15 Miller, Harry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1923-07-28 North Carolina
F/C 22 Mogus, Leo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1921-04-13 Youngstown State
G 11 Mullens, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-11-01 Fordham
G/F 18 Schulz, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1917-01-03 Wisconsin
C 20 Siewert, Ralph 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1923-12-31 Dakota Wesleyan
G 23 Wallace, Red 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1918-07-12 Scranton
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

The attendance for the inaugural match was 7,090 with ticket prices ranging from 75 cents to two dollars and fifty cents. On that night, anyone taller than George Nostrand, the tallest Husky at 6'8", was given free admission.[2]

Attendance quickly dwindled and the Toronto Star published an estimate that team owners Eric Cradock (co-owner of the Montreal Alouettes football team) and Harold Shannon lost $100,000 in one season of operations. The managing director of the Huskies was Lew Hayman, who was also the coach and general manager of the Alouettes. Previously, he had been a star basketball player at Syracuse University. Other key figures included team president Charles Watson, co-founders Ben Newman and Salter Hayden and Annis Stukus.

Season standings
# Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Washington Capitols4911.817–
2 x-Philadelphia Warriors3525.58314
3 x-New York Knicks3327.55016
4 Providence Steamrollers2832.46721
5 Boston Celtics2238.36727
6 Toronto Huskies2238.36727

Record vs. opponents
1946-47 BAA Records
Team BOS CHI CLE DET NYK PHI PIT PRO STL TOR WAS
Boston —0–62–43–34–21–55–11–51–54–21–5
Chicago 6–0—5–13–33–35–16–03–33–44–21–5
Cleveland 4–21–5—4–24–23–34–22–41–56–01–5
Detroit 3–33–32–4—1–52–43–32–40–63–31–5
New York 2–43–32-45–1—2–46–04–24–23–32–4
Philadelphia 5–11–53–34–24–2—5–14–23–35–11–5
Pittsburgh 1–50–62–43–30–61–5—3–31–53–31–5
Providence 5–13–34–24–22–42–43–3—2–43–30–6
St. Louis 5–14–35–16–02–43–35–14–2—2–42–4
Toronto 2–42–40–63–33–31–53–33–34–2—1–5
Washington 5–15–15–15–14–25–15–16–04–25–1—

Game log

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeHigh pointsRecord
1November 1, 1946New York Knickerbockers68–66Toronto HuskiesEd Sadowski (18)0–1
2November 3, 1946Toronto Huskies60–71Cleveland RebelsGeorge Nostrand (17)0–2
3November 8, 1946Detroit Falcons71–73Toronto HuskiesFitzgerald, Sadowski (16)1–2
4November 9, 1946Toronto Huskies54–64Chicago StagsEd Sadowski (15)1–3
5November 15, 1946Providence Steamrollers68–85Toronto HuskiesEd Sadowski (30)2–3
6November 16, 1946Toronto Huskies49–53Boston CelticsEd Sadowski (14)2–4
7November 18, 1946Toronto Huskies48–54Pittsburgh IronmenEd Sadowski (21)2–5
8November 19, 1946Cleveland Rebels74–72Toronto HuskiesEd Sadowski (25)2–6
9November 22, 1946Boston Celtics82–83Toronto HuskiesDick Fitzgerald (15)3–6
10November 23, 1946Toronto Huskies50–74Washington CapitolsMike McCarron (14)3–7
11November 26, 1946Washington Capitols78–68Toronto HuskiesEd Sadowski (23)3–8
12November 29, 1946Cleveland Rebels87–72Toronto HuskiesEd Sadowski (20)3–9
13November 30, 1946Toronto Huskies65–79Providence SteamrollersMike McCarron (20)3–10
14December 5, 1946Toronto Huskies65–61Chicago StagsCharlie Hoefer (14)4–10
15December 7, 1946Toronto Huskies68–59Providence SteamrollersRay Wertis (13)5–10
16December 10, 1946Philadelphia Warriors85–73Toronto HuskiesMike McCarron (24)5–11
17December 13, 1946Pittsburgh Ironmen62–52Toronto HuskiesMike McCarron (13)5–12
18December 15, 1946Toronto Huskies50–46St. Louis BombersMike McCarron (14)6–12
19December 17, 1946Toronto Huskies62–78Cleveland RebelsKleggie Hermsen (13)6–13
20December 20, 1946New York Knickerbockers70–74Toronto HuskiesKleggie Hermsen (24)7–13
21December 27, 1946Chicago Stags88–80Toronto HuskiesLeo Mogus (21)7–14
22December 29, 1946Toronto Huskies52–48Detroit FalconsMike McCarron (13)8–14
23December 31, 1946Chicago Stags76–87Toronto HuskiesKleggie Hermsen (20)9–14
24January 3, 1947Boston Celtics58–53Toronto HuskiesLeo Mogus (15)9–15
25January 6, 1947Detroit Falcons61–76Toronto HuskiesKleggie Hermsen (23)10–15
26January 8, 1947Toronto Huskies76–63New York KnickerbockersDick Schulz (20)11–15
27January 9, 1947Toronto Huskies55–74Philadelphia WarriorsKleggie Hermsen (11)11–16
28January 11, 1947Toronto Huskies66–81Washington CapitolsHurley, Nostrand (16)11–17
29January 14, 1947Philadelphia Warriors104–74Toronto HuskiesLeo Mogus (13)11–18
30January 17, 1947Detroit Falcons74–64Toronto HuskiesKleggie Hermsen (14)11–19
31January 21, 1947St. Louis Bombers71–72Toronto HuskiesLeo Mogus (26)12–19
32January 24, 1947Providence Steamrollers96–93Toronto HuskiesRed Wallace (23)12–20
33January 27, 1947Cleveland Rebels88–82Toronto HuskiesRed Wallace (16)12–21
34January 28, 1947Toronto Huskies70–80Cleveland RebelsRed Wallace (20)12–22
35January 31, 1947Washington Capitols74–83Toronto HuskiesRed Wallace (38)13–22
36February 2, 1947Toronto Huskies75–90Chicago StagsMike McCarron (27)13–23
37February 5, 1947Toronto Huskies58–55Pittsburgh IronmenRed Wallace (16)14–23
38February 6, 1947Toronto Huskies61–79Philadelphia WarriorsLeo Mogus (16)14–24
39February 8, 1947Toronto Huskies46–69New York KnickerbockersLeo Mogus (13)14–25
40February 14, 1947Pittsburgh Ironmen73–84Toronto HuskiesLeo Mogus (27)15–25
41February 16, 1947Toronto Huskies64–80St. Louis BombersLeo Mogus (16)15–26
42February 18, 1947St. Louis Bombers57–65Toronto HuskiesRed Wallace (16)16–26
43February 19, 1947Toronto Huskies59–69Washington CapitolsMike McCarron (13)16–27
44February 21, 1947Boston Celtics61–67Toronto HuskiesLeo Mogus (21)17–27
45February 23, 1947Toronto Huskies52–61Detroit FalconsRed Wallace (15)17–28
46February 25, 1947Providence Steamrollers60–83Toronto HuskiesNat Militzok (16)18–28
47February 28, 1947Philadelphia Warriors69–77Toronto HuskiesMike McCarron (20)19–28
48March 1, 1947Toronto Huskies48–63New York KnickerbockersLeo Mogus (12)19–29
49March 3, 1947Toronto Huskies66–76Philadelphia WarriorsRed Wallace (21)19–30
50March 5, 1947Toronto Huskies63–60Pittsburgh IronmenLeo Mogus (22)20–30
51March 7, 1947Washington Capitols86–70Toronto HuskiesLeo Mogus (18)20–31
52March 8, 1947Toronto Huskies65–67Boston CelticsLeo Mogus (22)20–32
53March 11, 1947St. Louis Bombers71–79Toronto HuskiesLeo Mogus (21)21–32
54March 12, 1947Toronto Huskies57–69Boston CelticsLeo Mogus (21)21–33
55March 13, 1947Toronto Huskies64–71Providence SteamrollersNat Militzok (16)21–34
56March 18, 1947Pittsburgh Ironmen70–64Toronto HuskiesNat Militzok (14)21–35
57March 21, 1947Chicago Stags99–83Toronto HuskiesMike McCarron (29)21–36
58March 23, 1947Toronto Huskies40–60St. Louis BombersMike McCarron (14)21–37
59March 28, 1947New York Knickerbockers61–71Toronto HuskiesMike McCarron (22)22–37
60March 29, 1947Toronto Huskies63–66Detroit FalconsMike McCarron (18)22–38

[3]

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; FG= Field Goals; FT= Free Throws; FTA = Free Throws Attempted; AST = Assists; PTS = Points

Player GP FG FT FTA AST PTS
Mike McCarron6023617728859649
Leo Mogus4118617223756544
Red Wallace371708514838425
Dick Fitzgerald60118416040277
Kleggie Hermsen2195649715254
Dick Schulz41877410739248
Roy Hurley46100396434239
Bob Mullens2898426836238
Ed Sadowski107345668191
Harry Miller5358368242152
Charlie Hoefer235432469140
Frank Fucarino285334607140
Bob Fitzgerald3147457026139
George Nostrand1346246110116
Nat Militzok2138243914100
Ray Wertis183823371899
Ralph Siewert145610416
Ed Kasid8606612
Gino Sovran6512111
Hank Biasatti622406

[4]

Playoffs
  • The Huskies did not qualify for the postseason.

Transactions
Main article: List of 1946–47 BAA season transactions

Trades
December 4, 1946
 To Toronto Huskies
Kleggie Hermsen[5]		 To Cleveland Rebels
George Nostrand
December 16, 1946
 To Toronto Huskies
Leo Mogus[5]
Dick Schulz
Cash		 To Cleveland Rebels
Ed Sadowski
Ray Wertis
January 2, 1947
 To Toronto Huskies
Red Wallace[5]		 To Boston Celtics
Charlie Hoefer
January 21, 1947
 To Toronto Huskies
Bob Mullens[5]		 To New York Knicks
Bob Fitzgerald

Purchases
Player Date bought Previous team
Nat Militzok[6] February, 1947 New York Knicks

References
  1. NBA.com History of Basketball in Canada
  2. Prince George Citizen - Canada's Sovran remembers a different pro basketball league than today's NBA
  3. 1946–47 Toronto Huskies Games – Basketball-Reference.com
  4. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/TRH/1947.html
  5. "1946-47 Toronto Huskies Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  6. "Nat Militzok Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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