1952–53 Boston Bruins season
1952–53 Boston Bruins | |
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League | 3rd NHL |
1952–53 record | 28–29–13 |
Home record | 19–10–6 |
Road record | 9–19–7 |
Goals for | 152 |
Goals against | 172 |
Team information | |
General manager | Art Ross |
Coach | Lynn Patrick |
Captain | Milt Schmidt |
Arena | Boston Garden |
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
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 | MTL | 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
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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
Awards
The Boston Bruins did not win any NHL awards for the 1952–53 NHL season.
All-Star teams
First team | Position |
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Fleming MacKell | C |
Second team | Position |
Bill Quackenbush | D |
Transactions
The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Boston Bruins during the 1952–53 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to and for which player(s) or other consideration(s), if applicable.
August 14, 1952 | To Boston Bruins cash |
To Chicago Black Hawks Ed Kryzanowski |
[5][6] |
September 16, 1952 | To Toronto Maple Leafs cash |
To Boston Bruins Joe Klukay |
[5][7] |
October 31, 1952 | To Boston Bruins Ed Kryzanowski |
To Chicago Black Hawks cash |
[5][8] |
See also
References
- ^ "Standings: 1952–1953". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1952-53 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
- ^ "1952-53 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
- ^ a b c "NHL trades for 1952-1953". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Diamond, Dan, ed. (2003). Total NHL. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 645. ISBN 978-1-57243-604-6.
- ^ Diamond, Dan, ed. (2003). Total NHL. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 639. ISBN 978-1-57243-604-6.
- ^ Diamond, Dan, ed. (2003). Total NHL. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 645. ISBN 978-1-57243-604-6.