1952–53 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1952–53 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 44th season of play. The Canadiens placed second in the regular season, defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in the semi-final and the Boston Bruins in the final to win the club's seventh Stanley Cup championship.
1952–53 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
League | 2nd NHL |
1952–53 record | 28–23–19 |
Goals for | 155 |
Goals against | 148 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Frank J. Selke |
Coach | Dick Irvin |
Captain | Emile Bouchard |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Maurice Richard (28) |
Assists | Maurice Richard (33) |
Points | Maurice Richard (61) |
Penalty minutes | Maurice Richard (112) |
Wins | Gerry McNeil (25) |
Goals against average | Jacques Plante (1.33) |
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 36 | 16 | 18 | 222 | 133 | +89 | 90 |
2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 155 | 148 | +7 | 75 |
3 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 152 | 172 | −20 | 69 |
4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 169 | 175 | −6 | 69 |
5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 27 | 30 | 13 | 156 | 167 | −11 | 67 |
6 | New York Rangers | 70 | 17 | 37 | 16 | 152 | 211 | −59 | 50 |
Schedule and results
Regular season results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | L | October 9, 1952 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 0–1–0 |
2 | W | October 11, 1952 | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 1–1–0 |
3 | T | October 12, 1952 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 1–1–1 |
4 | W | October 16, 1952 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 2–1–1 |
5 | W | October 18, 1952 | 2–1 | Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 3–1–1 |
6 | L | October 19, 1952 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 3–2–1 |
7 | T | October 23, 1952 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 3–2–2 |
8 | W | October 25, 1952 | 9–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 4–2–2 |
9 | L | October 29, 1952 | 5–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 4–3–2 |
10 | W | November 1, 1952 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 5–3–2 |
11 | T | November 2, 1952 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 5–3–3 |
12 | W | November 6, 1952 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 6–3–3 |
13 | W | November 8, 1952 | 6–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 7–3–3 |
14 | L | November 13, 1952 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 7–4–3 |
15 | W | November 15, 1952 | 2–0 | Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 8–4–3 |
16 | L | November 16, 1952 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 8–5–3 |
17 | T | November 22, 1952 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 8–5–4 |
18 | T | November 23, 1952 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 8–5–5 |
19 | T | November 27, 1952 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 8–5–6 |
20 | T | November 29, 1952 | 1–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 8–5–7 |
21 | L | November 30, 1952 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 8–6–7 |
22 | L | December 4, 1952 | 1–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 8–7–7 |
23 | L | December 6, 1952 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 8–8–7 |
24 | T | December 7, 1952 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 8–8–8 |
25 | W | December 10, 1952 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 9–8–8 |
26 | W | December 11, 1952 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 10–8–8 |
27 | W | December 13, 1952 | 3–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 11–8–8 |
28 | T | December 14, 1952 | 0–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 11–8–9 |
29 | W | December 18, 1952 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 12–8–9 |
30 | L | December 20, 1952 | 3–6 | Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 12–9–9 |
31 | W | December 21, 1952 | 4–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 13–9–9 |
32 | L | December 24, 1952 | 0–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 13–10–9 |
33 | T | December 27, 1952 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 13–10–10 |
34 | W | December 31, 1952 | 2–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 14–10–10 |
35 | T | January 1, 1953 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 14–10–11 |
36 | L | January 3, 1953 | 0–1 | Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 14–11–11 |
37 | T | January 8, 1953 | 4–4 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 14–11–12 |
38 | W | January 10, 1953 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 15–11–12 |
39 | L | January 11, 1953 | 0–7 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 15–12–12 |
40 | W | January 15, 1953 | 2–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 16–12–12 |
41 | T | January 17, 1953 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 16–12–13 |
42 | W | January 18, 1953 | 3–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 17–12–13 |
43 | W | January 21, 1953 | 1–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 18–12–13 |
44 | W | January 22, 1953 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 19–12–13 |
45 | L | January 24, 1953 | 1–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 19–13–13 |
46 | T | January 25, 1953 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 19–13–14 |
47 | W | January 28, 1953 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 20–13–14 |
48 | W | January 29, 1953 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 21–13–14 |
49 | T | January 31, 1953 | 0–0 | Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 21–13–15 |
50 | L | February 1, 1953 | 3–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 21–14–15 |
51 | W | February 5, 1953 | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 22–14–15 |
52 | L | February 7, 1953 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 22–15–15 |
53 | T | February 8, 1953 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 22–15–16 |
54 | W | February 12, 1953 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 23–15–16 |
55 | T | February 14, 1953 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 23–15–17 |
56 | L | February 15, 1953 | 0–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 23–16–17 |
57 | L | February 19, 1953 | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 23–17–17 |
58 | W | February 21, 1953 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 24–17–17 |
59 | W | February 25, 1953 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 25–17–17 |
60 | W | February 26, 1953 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 26–17–17 |
61 | L | February 28, 1953 | 3–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 26–18–17 |
62 | L | March 5, 1953 | 0–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 26–19–17 |
63 | W | March 7, 1953 | 1–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 27–19–17 |
64 | L | March 8, 1953 | 3–4 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 27–20–17 |
65 | T | March 12, 1953 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 27–20–18 |
66 | W | March 14, 1953 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 28–20–18 |
67 | L | March 15, 1953 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 28–21–18 |
68 | L | March 19, 1953 | 1–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 28–22–18 |
69 | L | March 21, 1953 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1952–53) | 28–23–18 |
70 | T | March 22, 1953 | 1–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 28–23–19 |
Playoffs
Stanley Cup Final
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 9 | Boston | 2 | Montreal | 4 | |
April 11 | Boston | 4 | Montreal | 1 | |
April 12 | Montreal | 3 | Boston | 0 | |
April 14 | Montreal | 7 | Boston | 3 | |
April 16 | Boston | 0 | Montreal | 1 | OT |
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maurice Richard | RW | 70 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 112 |
Bert Olmstead | LW | 69 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 83 |
Elmer Lach | C | 53 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 56 |
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 65 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 37 |
Doug Harvey | D | 69 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 67 |
Paul Meger | LW | 69 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 38 |
Dick Gamble | LW | 69 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 26 |
Floyd Curry | RW | 68 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 10 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 63 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 27 |
Billy Reay | C | 56 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 26 |
Paul Masnick | C | 53 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 44 |
Tom Johnson | D | 70 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 63 |
Butch Bouchard | D | 58 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 55 |
John McCormack | C | 59 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
Dollard St. Laurent | D | 54 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
Jean Beliveau | C | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Bud MacPherson | D | 59 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 67 |
Gaye Stewart | LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Ed Litzenberger | C/RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Gerry Desaulniers | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ivan Irwin | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Reg Abbott | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry McNeil | G | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Murphy | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jacques Plante | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rollie Rousseau | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry McNeil | 3960 | 66 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 140 | 2.12 | 10 |
Jacques Plante | 180 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.33 | 0 |
Hal Murphy | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
Team: | 4200 | 70 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 148 | 2.11 | 10 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 12 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Elmer Lach | C | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Tom Johnson | D | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Doug Harvey | D | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Eddie Mazur | D/LW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
Bert Olmstead | LW | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Calum MacKay | LW | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Floyd Curry | RW | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Paul Meger | LW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Dollard St. Laurent | D | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Butch Bouchard | D | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Lorne Davis | RW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Billy Reay | C | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Dick Gamble | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Paul Masnick | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Bud MacPherson | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Doug Anderson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John McCormack | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry McNeil | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jacques Plante | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry McNeil | 486 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1.98 | 2 |
Jacques Plante | 240 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1.75 | 1 |
Team: | 726 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 1.90 | 3 |
Note:
- Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
- Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;
Awards and records
Transactions
Montreal Canadiens 1953 Stanley Cup champions
Players
- 11 Paul Masnick
- 14 Billy Reay (A. Capt.)
- 16 Elmer Lach (A. Capt.)
- 17 Johnny McCormack
- 18 Kenny Mosdell
- 20 Paul Meger (also played Wing)
- 23 Doug Anderson&
- 2 Doug Harvey
- 3 Emile "Butch" Bouchard (Captain)
- 10 Tom Johnson
- 19 Dollard St. Laurent
- 21 Jim Bud MacPherson
- 23 Eddie Mazur
Coaching and administrative staff
- Donat Raymond (President/Owner)
- Dalton Coleman, William Northey (Vice Presidents/Owners)
- Frank Selke Sr. (Manager), Dick Irvin Sr. (Coach)
- Hector Dubois (Trainer), Gaston Bettez (Ass't Trainer)
- Camile DesRoches^, Frank Selke Jr.^ (Publicity Directors)
- &- Doug Anderson played 2 games in the Semi-Finals, qualified to be on the Stanley Cup, but name was still left off
- ^- on the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup.
Stanley Cup engraving
- Eddie Maruz was misspelled EDDIE MARUZE, with an extra "E" on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93. His name was spelled correctly on the other 2 rings.
- Mistake Gaston Bettez name was misspelled in 1953. Gettez was GOSTON BETTES on the original ring in 1953, G Bettes on the other 2 rings of 1953 Montreal.
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See also
References
- "Standings: 1952–1953". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- "1952–53 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- "1952-53 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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