1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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The 1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 36th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1945–46 season.

League5th NHL
1952–53 record27–30–13
Home record17–12–6
Road record10–18–7
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1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs
League5th NHL
1952–53 record27–30–13
Home record17–12–6
Road record10–18–7
Goals for156
Goals against167
Team information
General managerConn Smythe
CoachJoe Primeau
CaptainTed Kennedy
Alternate captainsMax Bentley
Harry Watson
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
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)
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Regular season

Final standings

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National Hockey League[1]
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

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1952–53 NHL Records [2]
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[3]
October
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
1LOctober 11, 19522–6Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)0–1–0
2TOctober 12, 19524–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)0–1–1
3LOctober 16, 19521–2@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)0–2–1
4WOctober 18, 19524–3New York Rangers (1952–53)1–2–1
5WOctober 19, 19523–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)2–2–1
6WOctober 22, 19525–4Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)3–2–1
7LOctober 25, 19520–4Boston Bruins (1952–53)3–3–1
8WOctober 29, 19527–5Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)4–3–1
November
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
9WNovember 1, 19523–2Boston Bruins (1952–53)5–3–1
10WNovember 2, 19524–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)6–3–1
11WNovember 5, 19524–1New York Rangers (1952–53)7–3–1
12LNovember 6, 19521–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)7–4–1
13TNovember 8, 19523–3Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)7–4–2
14LNovember 11, 19520–4@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)7–5–2
15WNovember 13, 19523–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)8–5–2
16LNovember 15, 19521–3Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)8–6–2
17WNovember 16, 19526–3@ New York Rangers (1952–53)9–6–2
18LNovember 19, 19521–2Boston Bruins (1952–53)9–7–2
19TNovember 22, 19522–2Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)9–7–3
20LNovember 23, 19525–6@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)9–8–3
21LNovember 26, 19522–4@ New York Rangers (1952–53)9–9–3
22TNovember 27, 19523–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)9–9–4
23LNovember 29, 19521–3Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)9–10–4
24LNovember 30, 19521–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)9–11–4
December
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
25WDecember 4, 19522–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)10–11–4
26TDecember 6, 19522–2New York Rangers (1952–53)10–11–5
27WDecember 7, 19522–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)11–11–5
28LDecember 10, 19521–2Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)11–12–5
29LDecember 13, 19521–3Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)11–13–5
30TDecember 14, 19522–2@ New York Rangers (1952–53)11–13–6
31TDecember 18, 19521–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)11–13–7
32WDecember 20, 19524–1Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)12–13–7
33LDecember 21, 19522–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)12–14–7
34WDecember 24, 19522–0Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)13–14–7
35WDecember 27, 19523–0Boston Bruins (1952–53)14–14–7
36TDecember 31, 19523–3@ New York Rangers (1952–53)14–14–8
January
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
37LJanuary 1, 19531–5@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)14–15–8
38TJanuary 3, 19531–1Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)14–15–9
39WJanuary 10, 19533–1Boston Bruins (1952–53)15–15–9
40LJanuary 11, 19532–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)15–16–9
41WJanuary 14, 19533–0Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)16–16–9
42WJanuary 17, 19531–0New York Rangers (1952–53)17–16–9
43LJanuary 18, 19531–2@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)17–17–9
44LJanuary 21, 19530–1Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)17–18–9
45LJanuary 22, 19531–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)17–19–9
46WJanuary 24, 19532–0Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)18–19–9
47WJanuary 25, 19534–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)19–19–9
48TJanuary 29, 19532–2@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)19–19–10
49WJanuary 31, 19534–0New York Rangers (1952–53)20–19–10
February
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
50LFebruary 1, 19531–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)20–20–10
51LFebruary 5, 19530–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)20–21–10
52LFebruary 7, 19532–4Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)20–22–10
53LFebruary 8, 19532–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)20–23–10
54TFebruary 14, 19532–2Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)20–23–11
55WFebruary 15, 19532–1@ New York Rangers (1952–53)21–23–11
56WFebruary 18, 19532–0Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)22–23–11
57TFebruary 21, 19532–2Boston Bruins (1952–53)22–23–12
58LFebruary 25, 19531–2Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)22–24–12
59LFebruary 26, 19531–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)22–25–12
60WFebruary 28, 19533–0New York Rangers (1952–53)23–25–12
March
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
61LMarch 1, 19532–4@ New York Rangers (1952–53)23–26–12
62LMarch 5, 19531–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)23–27–12
63LMarch 7, 19530–3Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)23–28–12
64LMarch 8, 19531–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)23–29–12
65LMarch 14, 19531–3Boston Bruins (1952–53)23–30–12
66TMarch 15, 19531–1@ New York Rangers (1952–53)23–30–13
67WMarch 18, 19534–3Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)24–30–13
68WMarch 19, 19534–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)25–30–13
69WMarch 21, 19535–0New York Rangers (1952–53)26–30–13
70WMarch 22, 19533–1@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)27–30–13

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

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
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Player GP G A Pts PIM
Sid Smith702019396
Ted Kennedy4314233742
Gord Hannigan6517183551
Ron Stewart7013223529
Bob Hassard708233114
Tod Sloan7015102576
George Armstrong5214112554
Harry Watson63168248
Max Bentley3612112316
Jimmy Thomson690222273
Eric Nesterenko351061627
Tim Horton702141685
Leo Boivin702131597
Rudy Migay4054922
Jim Morrison5618936
Fern Flaman66268110
Phil Maloney292682
Howie Meeker2517826
Danny Lewicki41342
Bob Solinger181122
Hugh Bolton900010
Harry Lumley7000018
Parker MacDonald10000
Willie Marshall20000
Wally Maxwell20000
Dave Reid20000
Frank Sullivan50002
Ray Timgren120004
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Goaltending
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Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Harry Lumley4200702730131672.3910
Team:4200702730131672.3910
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Awards and records

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

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		 [5][6]
September 16, 1952 To Toronto Maple Leafs
cash		 To Boston Bruins
Joe Klukay		 [5][7]

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