1952–53 Montreal Canadiens season

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1952–53 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
Conference 2nd
1952–53 record 28–23–19
Goals for 155
Goals against 148
General Manager Frank Selke
Coach Dick Irvin
Captain Emile Bouchard
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Maurice Richard (28)
Assists Maurice Richard (33)
Points Maurice Richard (61)
Penalties in minutes Maurice Richard (112)

The 1952–53 Montreal Canadiens season involved winning the Stanley Cup.

Contents:
Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions
Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References


[edit] Offseason

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

National Hockey League GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Detroit Red Wings 70 36 16 18 90 222 133 645
Montreal Canadiens 70 28 23 19 75 155 148 777
Boston Bruins 70 28 29 13 69 152 172 528
Chicago Black Hawks 70 27 28 15 69 169 175 736
Toronto Maple Leafs 70 27 30 13 67 156 167 812
New York Rangers 70 17 37 16 50 152 211 548

[edit] Stanley Cup Finals

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

[edit] 1953 roster

Gerry McNeil, Jacques Plante, Doug Harvey, Butch Bouchard (captain), Tom Johnson, Dollard St. Laurent, Bud MacPherson, Maurice Richard, Elmer Lach, Bert Olmstead, Bernie Geoffrion, Floyd Curry, Paul Masnick, Billy Reay, Dickie Moore, Kenny Mosdell, Dick Gamble, Johnny McCormack, Lorne Davis, Calum MacKay, Eddie Mazur, Frank Selke (manager), Dick Irvin (coach), Hector Dubois (trainer)

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM
Maurice Richard 70 28 33 61 112
Bert Olmstead 69 17 28 45 83
Elmer Lach 53 16 25 41 56
Bernie Geoffrion 65 22 17 39 37
Paul Meger 69 9 17 26 38
Dick Gamble 69 11 13 24 26
Floyd Curry 68 16 6 22 10
Ken Mosdell 63 5 14 19 27
Billy Reay 56 4 15 19 26
Paul Masnick 53 5 7 12 44
John McCormack 59 1 9 10 9
Dickie Moore 18 2 6 8 19

[edit] Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM
Doug Harvey 69 4 30 34 67
Tom Johnson 70 3 8 11 63
Emile Bouchard 58 2 8 10 55
Dollard St. Laurent 54 2 6 8 34
Jim MacPherson 59 2 3 5 67

[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player GP W L T SO GAA

[edit] References

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Montreal Canadiens seasons
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Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship
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Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cups
Affiliates
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1952–53 NHL season by team
Original Six
Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • NY Rangers • Toronto
See also
All-Star Game • 1953 Stanley Cup Finals