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1952-53 NHL Season Summary

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League Standings

Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*) ▪ Click column headers to sort
Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Detroit Red Wings* 70 36 16 18 90 .643 222 133 1.06
Montreal Canadiens* 70 28 23 19 75 .536 155 148 0.08
Boston Bruins* 70 28 29 13 69 .493 152 172 -0.24
Chicago Black Hawks* 70 27 28 15 69 .493 169 175 -0.07
Toronto Maple Leafs 70 27 30 13 67 .479 156 167 -0.13
New York Rangers 70 17 37 16 50 .357 152 211 -0.70

League Playoffs

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Stanley Cup Finals (4-1):Montreal Canadiens over Boston Bruins 
 
Semi-Finals (4-3):Montreal Canadiens over Chicago Black Hawks 
Semi-Finals (4-2):Boston Bruins over Detroit Red Wings 

Team Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
Rk Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
1 Detroit Red Wings* 70 36 16 18 90 .643 222 133 1.06 5.07
2 Montreal Canadiens* 70 28 23 19 75 .536 155 148 0.08 4.33
3 Boston Bruins* 70 28 29 13 69 .493 152 172 -0.24 4.63
4 Chicago Black Hawks* 70 27 28 15 69 .493 169 175 -0.07 4.91
5 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 27 30 13 67 .479 156 167 -0.13 4.61
6 New York Rangers 70 17 37 16 50 .357 152 211 -0.70 5.19
League Average 70 27 27 16 70 .500 168 168 0.00 4.79

League Awards

Art Ross Trophy:Gordie Howe
Calder Memorial Trophy:Gump Worsley
Hart Memorial Trophy:Gordie Howe
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:Red Kelly
Vezina Trophy:Terry Sawchuk

League Leaders

Glossary ▪ Rate statistic requirements

Goals

1.Gordie Howe*-DET49
2.Ted Lindsay*-DET32
3.Wally Hergesheimer-NYR30
4.Maurice Richard*-MTL28
5.Fleming MacKell-BOS27

Goals Per Game

1.Gordie Howe*-DET0.70
2.Ted Lindsay*-DET0.46
3.Wally Hergesheimer-NYR0.43
4.Fleming MacKell-BOS0.42
5.Maurice Richard*-MTL0.40

Assists

1.Gordie Howe*-DET46
2.Alex Delvecchio*-DET43
3.Ted Lindsay*-DET39
4.Paul Ronty-NYR38
5.Metro Prystai-DET34

Assists Per Game

1.Gordie Howe*-DET0.66
2.Alex Delvecchio*-DET0.61
3.Ted Lindsay*-DET0.56
4.Paul Ronty-NYR0.54
5.Metro Prystai-DET0.49

Points

1.Gordie Howe*-DET95
2.Ted Lindsay*-DET71
3.Maurice Richard*-MTL61
4.Alex Delvecchio*-DET59
 Wally Hergesheimer-NYR59

Points Per Game

1.Gordie Howe*-DET1.36
2.Ted Lindsay*-DET1.01
3.Maurice Richard*-MTL0.87
4.Alex Delvecchio*-DET0.84
 Wally Hergesheimer-NYR0.84

Goals Created

1.Gordie Howe*-DET40.3
2.Ted Lindsay*-DET29.4
3.Wally Hergesheimer-NYR24.5
4.Maurice Richard*-MTL24.3
5.Alex Delvecchio*-DET22.8

Goals Created Per Game

1.Gordie Howe*-DET0.58
2.Ted Lindsay*-DET0.42
3.Wally Hergesheimer-NYR0.35
4.Maurice Richard*-MTL0.35
5.Alex Delvecchio*-DET0.33

Penalties in Minutes

1.Maurice Richard*-MTL112
2.Ted Lindsay*-DET111
3.Fern Flaman*-TOR110
4.George Gee-CBH99
5.Al Dewsbury-CBH97
 Leo Boivin*-TOR97

Games Played (Goalie)

1.Al Rollins-CBH70
 Jim Henry-BOS70
 Harry Lumley*-TOR70
4.Gerry McNeil-MTL66
5.Terry Sawchuk*-DET63

Wins (Goalie)

1.Terry Sawchuk*-DET32
2.Jim Henry-BOS28
3.Al Rollins-CBH27
 Harry Lumley*-TOR27
5.Gerry McNeil-MTL25

Losses (Goalie)

1.Harry Lumley*-TOR30
2.Jim Henry-BOS29
 Gump Worsley*-NYR29
4.Al Rollins-CBH28
5.Gerry McNeil-MTL23

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.Gerry McNeil-MTL18
2.Terry Sawchuk*-DET16
3.Al Rollins-CBH15
4.Jim Henry-BOS13
 Harry Lumley*-TOR13

Points (Goalie)

1.Terry Sawchuk*-DET80
2.Al Rollins-CBH69
 Jim Henry-BOS69
4.Gerry McNeil-MTL68
5.Harry Lumley*-TOR67

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.Terry Sawchuk*-DET.635
2.Gerry McNeil-MTL.515
3.Al Rollins-CBH.493
 Jim Henry-BOS.493
5.Harry Lumley*-TOR.479

Shutouts

1.Harry Lumley*-TOR10
 Gerry McNeil-MTL10
3.Terry Sawchuk*-DET9
4.Jim Henry-BOS8
5.Al Rollins-CBH6

Goals Against

1.Al Rollins-CBH175
2.Jim Henry-BOS172
3.Harry Lumley*-TOR167
4.Gump Worsley*-NYR153
5.Gerry McNeil-MTL140

Goals Against Average

1.Terry Sawchuk*-DET1.90
2.Gerry McNeil-MTL2.12
3.Harry Lumley*-TOR2.39
4.Jim Henry-BOS2.46
5.Al Rollins-CBH2.50
    

All-Star Teams

1st Team
G: Terry Sawchuk
D: Doug Harvey
D: Red Kelly
C: Fleming MacKell
LW: Ted Lindsay
RW: Gordie Howe
 2nd Team
G: Gerry McNeil
D: Bill Gadsby
D: Bill Quackenbush
C: Alex Delvecchio
LW: Bert Olmstead
RW: Maurice Richard