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1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 36th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division5th NHL
1952–53 record27–30–13
Goals for156
Goals against167
Team information
General managerConn Smythe
CoachJoe Primeau
CaptainTed Kennedy
Alternate captainsMax Bentley
Harry Watson
Team leaders
GoalsSid Smith (20)
AssistsTed Kennedy (23)
Bob Hassard (23)
PointsSid Smith (39)
Penalty minutesFern Flaman (110)
WinsHarry Lumley (27)
Goals against averageHarry Lumley (2.39)

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Final standings edit

National Hockey League[1]
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 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 edit

1952–53 NHL Records [2]
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 edit

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

Playoffs edit

Player statistics edit

Regular season edit

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Sid Smith 70 20 19 39 6
Ted Kennedy 43 14 23 37 42
Gord Hannigan 65 17 18 35 51
Ron Stewart 70 13 22 35 29
Bob Hassard 70 8 23 31 14
Tod Sloan 70 15 10 25 76
George Armstrong 52 14 11 25 54
Harry Watson 63 16 8 24 8
Max Bentley 36 12 11 23 16
Jimmy Thomson 69 0 22 22 73
Eric Nesterenko 35 10 6 16 27
Tim Horton 70 2 14 16 85
Leo Boivin 70 2 13 15 97
Rudy Migay 40 5 4 9 22
Jim Morrison 56 1 8 9 36
Fern Flaman 66 2 6 8 110
Phil Maloney 29 2 6 8 2
Howie Meeker 25 1 7 8 26
Danny Lewicki 4 1 3 4 2
Bob Solinger 18 1 1 2 2
Hugh Bolton 9 0 0 0 10
Harry Lumley 70 0 0 0 18
Parker MacDonald 1 0 0 0 0
Willie Marshall 2 0 0 0 0
Wally Maxwell 2 0 0 0 0
Dave Reid 2 0 0 0 0
Frank Sullivan 5 0 0 0 2
Ray Timgren 12 0 0 0 4
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Harry Lumley 4200 70 27 30 13 167 2.39 10
Team: 4200 70 27 30 13 167 2.39 10

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Awards and records edit

The Toronto Maple Leafs did not win any NHL awards and no players were selected for the All-Star Teams for the 1952–53 NHL season.

Transactions edit

The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Toronto Maple Leafs 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.

September 11, 1952 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Harry Lumley 		To Chicago Black Hawks
Cal Gardner
Ray Hannigan
Gus Mortson
Al Rollins 		[4][5]
September 16, 1952 To Toronto Maple Leafs
cash 		To Boston Bruins
Joe Klukay 		[4][6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Standings: 1952–1953". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1952-53 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "NHL trades for 1952-1953". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  5. ^ Diamond, Dan, ed. (2003). Total NHL. Chicago: Triumph Books. pp. 569, 591, 717, 888 & 898. ISBN 978-1-57243-604-6.
  6. ^ Diamond, Dan, ed. (2003). Total NHL. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 639. ISBN 978-1-57243-604-6.

External links edit

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