1952–53 Montreal Canadiens season

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The 1952–53 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 44th season of play. The Canadiens placed second in the regular season, defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in the semi-final and the Boston Bruins in the final to win the club's seventh Stanley Cup championship. As of 2025, the last surviving member of the team is Reg Abbott, following the death of Paul Masnick on March 23, 2024.[1]

League2nd NHL
1952–53 record28–23–19
Home record18–12–5
Road record10–11–14
Quick facts Montreal Canadiens, League ...
1952–53 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions
League2nd NHL
1952–53 record28–23–19
Home record18–12–5
Road record10–11–14
Goals for155
Goals against148
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachDick Irvin
CaptainEmile Bouchard
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsMaurice Richard (28)
AssistsMaurice Richard (33)
PointsMaurice Richard (61)
Penalty minutesMaurice Richard (112)
WinsGerry McNeil (25)
Goals against averageGerry McNeil (2.12)
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Regular season

Final standings

More information GP, W ...
National Hockey League[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Detroit Red Wings70361618222133+8990
2Montreal Canadiens70282319155148+775
3Boston Bruins70282913152172−2069
4Chicago Black Hawks70272815169175−669
5Toronto Maple Leafs70273013156167−1167
6New York Rangers70173716152211−5950
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Record vs. opponents

More information NHL Records, Team ...
1952–53 NHL Records [3]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —4–5–52–10–29–2–35–7–28–5–1
Chicago 5–4–5—3–9–23–7–410–3–16–6–2
Detroit 10–2–29–3–2—4–4–67–3–47–4–3
Montreal 2–9–37–3–44–4–6—7–2–57–5–2
New York 7–5–23–10–13–7–42–7–5—2–8–4
Toronto 5–8–16–6–24–7–35–7–28–2–4—
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Schedule and results

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1952–53 regular season[4]
October
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
1LOctober 9, 19522–3Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)0–1–0
2WOctober 11, 19522–1Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)1–1–0
3TOctober 12, 19521–1@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)1–1–1
4WOctober 16, 19523–1New York Rangers (1952–53)2–1–1
5WOctober 18, 19522–1Boston Bruins (1952–53)3–1–1
6LOctober 19, 19521–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)3–2–1
7TOctober 23, 19522–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)3–2–2
8WOctober 25, 19529–0Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)4–2–2
9LOctober 29, 19525–7@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)4–3–2
November
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
10WNovember 1, 19524–1New York Rangers (1952–53)5–3–2
11TNovember 2, 19522–2@ New York Rangers (1952–53)5–3–3
12WNovember 6, 19523–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)6–3–3
13WNovember 8, 19526–4Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)7–3–3
14LNovember 13, 19521–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)7–4–3
15WNovember 15, 19522–0Boston Bruins (1952–53)8–4–3
16LNovember 16, 19521–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)8–5–3
17TNovember 22, 19522–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)8–5–4
18TNovember 23, 19522–2@ New York Rangers (1952–53)8–5–5
19TNovember 27, 19522–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)8–5–6
20TNovember 29, 19521–1Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)8–5–7
21LNovember 30, 19521–3@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)8–6–7
December
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
22LDecember 4, 19521–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)8–7–7
23LDecember 6, 19521–2Boston Bruins (1952–53)8–8–7
24TDecember 7, 19522–2@ New York Rangers (1952–53)8–8–8
25WDecember 10, 19522–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)9–8–8
26WDecember 11, 19523–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)10–8–8
27WDecember 13, 19523–0Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)11–8–8
28TDecember 14, 19520–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)11–8–9
29WDecember 18, 19526–2New York Rangers (1952–53)12–8–9
30LDecember 20, 19523–6Boston Bruins (1952–53)12–9–9
31WDecember 21, 19524–3@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)13–9–9
32LDecember 24, 19520–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)13–10–9
33TDecember 27, 19522–2Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)13–10–10
34WDecember 31, 19522–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)14–10–10
January
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
35TJanuary 1, 19532–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)14–10–11
36LJanuary 3, 19530–1Boston Bruins (1952–53)14–11–11
37TJanuary 8, 19534–4New York Rangers (1952–53)14–11–12
38WJanuary 10, 19535–2Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)15–11–12
39LJanuary 11, 19530–7@ New York Rangers (1952–53)15–12–12
40WJanuary 15, 19532–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)16–12–12
41TJanuary 17, 19531–1Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)16–12–13
42WJanuary 18, 19533–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)17–12–13
43WJanuary 21, 19531–0@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)18–12–13
44WJanuary 22, 19534–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)19–12–13
45LJanuary 24, 19531–5Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)19–13–13
46TJanuary 25, 19533–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)19–13–14
47WJanuary 28, 19532–1@ New York Rangers (1952–53)20–13–14
48WJanuary 29, 19535–2New York Rangers (1952–53)21–13–14
49TJanuary 31, 19530–0Boston Bruins (1952–53)21–13–15
February
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
50LFebruary 1, 19533–4@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)21–14–15
51WFebruary 5, 19532–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)22–14–15
52LFebruary 7, 19531–3Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)22–15–15
53TFebruary 8, 19531–1@ New York Rangers (1952–53)22–15–16
54WFebruary 12, 19533–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)23–15–16
55TFebruary 14, 19532–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)23–15–17
56LFebruary 15, 19530–1@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)23–16–17
57LFebruary 19, 19531–4Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)23–17–17
58WFebruary 21, 19534–1New York Rangers (1952–53)24–17–17
59WFebruary 25, 19532–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)25–17–17
60WFebruary 26, 19534–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)26–17–17
61LFebruary 28, 19533–4Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)26–18–17
March
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
62LMarch 5, 19530–5@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)26–19–17
63WMarch 7, 19531–0Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)27–19–17
64LMarch 8, 19533–4@ New York Rangers (1952–53)27–20–17
65TMarch 12, 19532–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)27–20–18
66WMarch 14, 19533–2New York Rangers (1952–53)28–20–18
67LMarch 15, 19531–2@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)28–21–18
68LMarch 19, 19531–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)28–22–18
69LMarch 21, 19531–2Boston Bruins (1952–53)28–23–18
70TMarch 22, 19531–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)28–23–19

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Further information: 1953 Stanley Cup Finals
More information Date, Away ...
Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 9Boston2Montreal4
April 11Boston4Montreal1
April 12Montreal3Boston0
April 14Montreal7Boston3
April 16Boston0Montreal1OT
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Montreal won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

More information Player, Pos ...
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Maurice RichardRW70283361112
Bert OlmsteadLW6917284583
Elmer LachC5316254156
Bernie GeoffrionRW6522173937
Doug HarveyD694303467
Paul MegerLW699172638
Dick GambleLW6911132426
Floyd CurryRW681662210
Ken MosdellC635141927
Billy ReayC564151926
Paul MasnickC53571244
Tom JohnsonD70381163
Emile BouchardD58281055
John McCormackC5919109
Dickie MooreLW1826819
Dollard St. LaurentD5426834
Jean BeliveauC35050
Bud MacPhersonD5923567
Gaye StewartLW50220
Ed LitzenbergerC/RW21012
Gerry DesaulniersC20112
Ivan IrwinD40110
Reg AbbottC30000
Gerry McNeilG660000
Hal MurphyG10000
Jacques PlanteG30000
Rollie RousseauD20000
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Goaltending

More information Player, MIN ...
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Gerry McNeil3960662523181402.1210
Jacques Plante180320141.330
Hal Murphy60110044.000
Team:4200702823191482.1110
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Playoffs

Scoring

More information Player, Pos ...
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Bernie GeoffrionRW12641012
Maurice RichardRW127182
Elmer LachC121676
Dickie MooreLW1232513
Ken MosdellC73254
Tom JohnsonD122358
Doug HarveyD120558
Eddie MazurD/LW722411
Bert OlmsteadLW122244
Calum MacKayLW713410
Floyd CurryRW122132
Paul MegerLW51234
Dollard St. LaurentD120334
Emile BouchardD121126
Lorne DavisRW71122
Billy ReayC110224
Dick GambleLW51012
Paul MasnickC61017
Bud MacPhersonD40119
Doug AndersonC20000
John McCormackC90000
Gerry McNeilG80000
Jacques PlanteG40000
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Goaltending

More information Player, MIN ...
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gerry McNeil486853161.982
Jacques Plante24043171.751
Team:7261284231.903
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Note:
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; 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

Stanley Cup (NHL Playoff Champions)

All-Star teams

More information First team, Position ...
First team  Position  
Doug Harvey D
Second team  Position  
Gerry McNeil G
Maurice Richard RW
Bert Olmstead LW
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Transactions

The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Montreal Canadiens 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 22, 1952 To Montreal Canadiens
cash		 To Chicago Black Hawks
Gerry Couture		 [6][7]
October 8, 1952 To Montreal Canadiens
rights to Frank Eddolls		 To New York Rangers
cash		 [6][8]

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