1952–53 Detroit Red Wings season

1952–53 Detroit Red Wings
Division	1st NHL
1952–53 record	36–16–18
Goals for	222
Goals against	133
Team information
General Manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Tommy Ivan
Captain	Ted Lindsay
Alternate captains	Red Kelly
Team leaders
<1951–52	1953–54>

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	36	16	18	222	133	+89	90
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	28	23	19	155	148	+7	75
3	Chicago Black Hawks	70	27	28	15	169	175	-6 −6	69
4	Boston Bruins	70	28	29	13	152	172	-20 −20	69
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	27	30	13	156	167	-11 −11	67
6	New York Rangers	70	17	37	16	152	211	-59 −59	50

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1952	5–3	New York Rangers (1952–53)	1–0–0
2	L	October 11, 1952	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	1–1–0
3	T	October 12, 1952	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	1–1–1
4	T	October 14, 1952	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	1–1–2
5	W	October 16, 1952	7–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	2–1–2
6	W	October 19, 1952	6–1	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	3–1–2
8	L	October 25, 1952	0–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	3–3–2
9	L	October 26, 1952	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	3–4–2
10	W	October 30, 1952	4–1	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	4–4–2
11	L	November 2, 1952	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	4–5–2
12	L	November 6, 1952	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	4–6–2
13	T	November 8, 1952	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	4–6–3
14	W	November 9, 1952	3–1	New York Rangers (1952–53)	5–6–3
15	W	November 13, 1952	3–0	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	6–6–3
16	W	November 16, 1952	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	7–6–3
17	T	November 19, 1952	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	7–6–4
18	W	November 22, 1952	10–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	8–6–4
19	L	November 23, 1952	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	8–7–4
20	T	November 27, 1952	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	8–7–5
21	W	November 29, 1952	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	9–7–5
22	W	November 30, 1952	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	10–7–5
23	W	December 4, 1952	5–3	New York Rangers (1952–53)	11–7–5
24	W	December 6, 1952	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	12–7–5
25	T	December 7, 1952	1–1	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	12–7–6
26	W	December 11, 1952	10–1	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	13–7–6
27	W	December 13, 1952	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	14–7–6
28	T	December 14, 1952	0–0	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	14–7–7
29	T	December 18, 1952	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	14–7–8
30	T	December 20, 1952	1–1	New York Rangers (1952–53)	14–7–9
31	W	December 21, 1952	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	15–7–9
32	T	December 25, 1952	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	15–7–10
33	T	December 27, 1952	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	15–7–11
34	W	December 28, 1952	7–1	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	16–7–11
35	L	December 31, 1952	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	16–8–11
36	W	January 4, 1953	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	17–8–11
37	W	January 8, 1953	4–0	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	18–8–11
38	W	January 11, 1953	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	19–8–11
39	L	January 14, 1953	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	19–9–11
40	W	January 15, 1953	4–0	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	20–9–11
41	T	January 17, 1953	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	20–9–12
42	L	January 18, 1953	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	20–10–12
43	L	January 22, 1953	2–8	New York Rangers (1952–53)	20–11–12
44	L	January 24, 1953	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	20–12–12
45	T	January 25, 1953	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	20–12–13
46	W	January 29, 1953	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	21–12–13
47	W	January 31, 1953	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	22–12–13
48	W	February 1, 1953	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	23–12–13
49	T	February 5, 1953	3–3	New York Rangers (1952–53)	23–12–14
50	W	February 7, 1953	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	24–12–14
51	W	February 8, 1953	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	25–12–14
52	T	February 11, 1953	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	25–12–15
53	L	February 12, 1953	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	25–13–15
54	W	February 15, 1953	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	26–13–15
55	W	February 16, 1953	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	27–13–15
56	L	February 18, 1953	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	27–14–15
57	W	February 19, 1953	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	28–14–15
58	W	February 22, 1953	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	29–14–15
59	W	February 28, 1953	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	30–14–15
60	W	March 2, 1953	10–2	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	31–14–15
61	W	March 5, 1953	7–1	New York Rangers (1952–53)	32–14–15
62	W	March 7, 1953	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	33–14–15
63	W	March 8, 1953	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	34–14–15
64	W	March 11, 1953	2–0	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	35–14–15
65	T	March 12, 1953	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	35–14–16
66	L	March 14, 1953	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	35–15–16
67	T	March 15, 1953	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	35–15–17
68	W	March 19, 1953	6–1	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	36–15–17
69	L	March 21, 1953	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	36–16–17
70	T	March 22, 1953	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	36–16–18

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	70	49	46	95	57
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	70	32	39	71	111
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	70	16	43	59	28
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	70	16	34	50	12
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	70	19	27	46	8
Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson	LW	70	23	19	42	22
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	64	13	20	33	49
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick	W	70	15	12	27	87
Skov, GlenGlen Skov	C/LW	70	12	15	27	54
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	68	8	19	27	72
Sinclair, RegReg Sinclair	RW/C	69	11	12	23	36
Goldham, BobBob Goldham	D	70	1	13	14	32
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	37	4	9	13	14
Woit, BennyBenny Woit	RW/D	70	1	5	6	40
Hay, JimJim Hay	D	42	1	4	5	2
Wilson, LarryLarry Wilson	C	15	0	4	4	6
Jankowski, LouLou Jankowski	C/RW	22	1	2	3	0
Almas, RedRed Almas	G	1	0	0	0	0
Folk, BillBill Folk	D	8	0	0	0	2
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	G	6	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	63	0	0	0	5
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Zeidel, LarryLarry Zeidel	D	9	0	0	0	8

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	3780	63	32	15	16	120	1.90	9
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	360	6	4	1	1	10	1.67	1
Almas, RedRed Almas	60	1	0	0	1	3	3.00	0
Team:	4200	70	36	16	18	133	1.90	10

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	6	4	4	8	6
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	6	4	4	8	2
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	6	2	5	7	2
Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson	LW	6	2	5	7	0
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	6	2	4	6	2
Woit, BennyBenny Woit	RW/D	6	1	3	4	0
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	6	0	4	4	0
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	6	2	1	3	7
Goldham, BobBob Goldham	D	6	1	1	2	2
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick	W	6	1	0	1	11
Sinclair, RegReg Sinclair	RW/C	3	1	0	1	0
Skov, GlenGlen Skov	C/LW	6	1	0	1	2
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	5	0	1	1	0
Fielder, GuyleGuyle Fielder	C	4	0	0	0	0
Hay, JimJim Hay	D	4	0	0	0	2
Hrymnak, SteveSteve Hrymnak	D	2	0	0	0	0
Jankowski, LouLou Jankowski	C/RW	1	0	0	0	0
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	6	0	0	0	6
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	6	0	0	0	10

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	372	6	2	4	21	3.39	1
Team:	372	6	2	4	21	3.39	1

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

• 1952–53 NHL season

References

• "1952–53 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.