1952–53 Boston Bruins season
Appearance
1952–53 Boston Bruins | |
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Division | 3rd NHL |
1952–53 record | 28–29–13 |
Goals for | 152 |
Goals against | 172 |
Team information | |
General manager | Art Ross |
Coach | Lynn Patrick |
Captain | Milt Schmidt |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Fleming MacKell (27) |
Assists | Milt Schmidt (23) |
Points | Fleming MacKell (44) |
Penalty minutes | Leo Labine (69) |
Wins | Jim Henry |
Goals against average | Jim Henry |
The 1952–53 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 29th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Offseason
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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 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MON | NYR | TOR |
Boston | — | 4–5–5 | 2–10–2 | 9–2–3 | 5–7–2 | 8–5–1 |
Chicago | 5–4–5 | — | 3–9–2 | 3–7–4 | 10–3–1 | 6–6–2 |
Detroit | 10–2–2 | 9–3–2 | — | 4–4–6 | 7–3–4 | 7–4–3 |
Montreal | 2–9–3 | 7–3–4 | 4–4–6 | — | 7–2–5 | 7–5–2 |
New York | 7–5–2 | 3–10–1 | 3–7–4 | 2–7–5 | — | 2–8–4 |
Toronto | 5–8–1 | 6–6–2 | 4–7–3 | 5–7–2 | 8–2–4 | — |
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | T | October 12, 1952 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 0–0–1 |
2 | W | October 16, 1952 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 1–0–1 |
3 | L | October 18, 1952 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 1–1–1 |
4 | T | October 19, 1952 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 1–1–2 |
5 | T | October 22, 1952 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 1–1–3 |
6 | W | October 25, 1952 | 4–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 2–1–3 |
7 | T | October 26, 1952 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 2–1–4 |
8 | L | October 30, 1952 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 2–2–4 |
9 | L | November 1, 1952 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 2–3–4 |
10 | L | November 2, 1952 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 2–4–4 |
11 | W | November 6, 1952 | 2–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 3–4–4 |
12 | W | November 9, 1952 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 4–4–4 |
13 | W | November 11, 1952 | 4–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 5–4–4 |
14 | L | November 13, 1952 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 5–5–4 |
15 | L | November 15, 1952 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 5–6–4 |
16 | L | November 16, 1952 | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 5–7–4 |
17 | W | November 19, 1952 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 6–7–4 |
18 | L | November 20, 1952 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 6–8–4 |
19 | W | November 23, 1952 | 6–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 7–8–4 |
20 | W | November 27, 1952 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 8–8–4 |
21 | W | November 30, 1952 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 9–8–4 |
22 | W | December 4, 1952 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 10–8–4 |
23 | W | December 6, 1952 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 11–8–4 |
24 | T | December 7, 1952 | 1–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 11–8–5 |
25 | W | December 10, 1952 | 4–1 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 12–8–5 |
26 | L | December 11, 1952 | 1–10 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 12–9–5 |
27 | T | December 14, 1952 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 12–9–6 |
28 | L | December 17, 1952 | 0–5 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 12–10–6 |
29 | T | December 18, 1952 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 12–10–7 |
30 | W | December 20, 1952 | 6–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 13–10–7 |
31 | L | December 21, 1952 | 3–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 13–11–7 |
32 | L | December 25, 1952 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 13–12–7 |
33 | L | December 27, 1952 | 0–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 13–13–7 |
34 | L | December 28, 1952 | 1–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 13–14–7 |
35 | W | January 1, 1953 | 5–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 14–14–7 |
36 | W | January 3, 1953 | 1–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 15–14–7 |
37 | L | January 4, 1953 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 15–15–7 |
38 | L | January 8, 1953 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 15–16–7 |
39 | L | January 10, 1953 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 15–17–7 |
40 | L | January 11, 1953 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 15–18–7 |
41 | L | January 15, 1953 | 0–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 15–19–7 |
42 | W | January 18, 1953 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 16–19–7 |
43 | T | January 22, 1953 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 16–19–8 |
44 | W | January 24, 1953 | 9–0 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 17–19–8 |
45 | L | January 25, 1953 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 17–20–8 |
46 | T | January 29, 1953 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 17–20–9 |
47 | T | January 31, 1953 | 0–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 17–20–10 |
48 | W | February 1, 1953 | 4–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 18–20–10 |
49 | W | February 5, 1953 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 19–20–10 |
50 | L | February 8, 1953 | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 19–21–10 |
51 | W | February 12, 1953 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 20–21–10 |
52 | W | February 14, 1953 | 5–4 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 21–21–10 |
53 | W | February 15, 1953 | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 22–21–10 |
54 | L | February 18, 1953 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 22–22–10 |
55 | T | February 21, 1953 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 22–22–11 |
56 | L | February 22, 1953 | 0–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 22–23–11 |
57 | L | February 25, 1953 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 22–24–11 |
58 | L | February 27, 1953 | 0–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 22–25–11 |
59 | T | March 1, 1953 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 22–25–12 |
60 | L | March 2, 1953 | 2–10 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 22–26–12 |
61 | W | March 5, 1953 | 5–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 23–26–12 |
62 | L | March 7, 1953 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 23–27–12 |
63 | W | March 8, 1953 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 24–27–12 |
64 | T | March 12, 1953 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 24–27–13 |
65 | W | March 14, 1953 | 3–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 25–27–13 |
66 | W | March 15, 1953 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 26–27–13 |
67 | W | March 18, 1953 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 27–27–13 |
68 | L | March 19, 1953 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 27–28–13 |
69 | W | March 21, 1953 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 28–28–13 |
70 | L | March 22, 1953 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 28–29–13 |
Playoffs
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Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Fleming MacKell | C | 65 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 63 |
Ed Sandford | LW | 61 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 44 |
Milt Schmidt | C/D | 68 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 30 |
Real Chevrefils | LW | 69 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 44 |
Johnny Peirson | RW | 49 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 32 |
Joe Klukay | LW | 70 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 20 |
Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 69 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 36 |
Leo Labine | RW | 51 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 69 |
Jack McIntyre | D | 70 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 31 |
Bill Quackenbush | D | 69 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 6 |
Pentti Lund | RW | 54 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
Dave Creighton | C | 45 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 14 |
Woody Dumart | LW | 62 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
Warren Godfrey | D | 60 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
Hal Laycoe | D | 54 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 36 |
Red Sullivan | C | 32 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
Bob Armstrong | D | 55 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 45 |
Frank Martin | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Dunc Fisher | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Norm Corcoran | C/RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Henry | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Jim Henry | 4200 | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 172 | 2.46 | 8 |
Team: | 4200 | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 172 | 2.46 | 8 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Ed Sandford | LW | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
Dave Creighton | C | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
Johnny Peirson | RW | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
Fleming MacKell | C | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
Milt Schmidt | C/D | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Jack McIntyre | D | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Bill Quackenbush | D | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Leo Labine | RW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
Joe Klukay | LW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Bob Armstrong | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
Woody Dumart | LW | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Hal Laycoe | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Real Chevrefils | LW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Warren Godfrey | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Frank Martin | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gord Henry | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Henry | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pentti Lund | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Sullivan | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Jim Henry | 510 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 3.06 | 0 |
Gord Henry | 163 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4.05 | 0 |
Team: | 673 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 3.30 | 0 |
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
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Transactions
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Roster
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Defensemen
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Wingers
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Centers
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See also
References
- ^ "Standings: 1952–1953". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ "1952-53 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- "1952–53 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.