NHL 1951/52

NHL 1951/52
league	National Hockey League
Period	October 11, 1951 to April 15, 1952
Teams	6th
Games / team	70
Regular season
winner	Detroit Red Wings
MVP	Canada 1921 Gordie Howe (Detroit)
Top scorer	Canada 1921 Gordie Howe (Detroit)
Playoffs
Stanley Cup winner	Detroit Red Wings
finalist	Canadiens de Montréal
NHL seasons
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The 1951/52 NHL season was the 35th season in the National Hockey League . Six teams played 70 games each. The Stanley Cup won the Detroit Red Wings after a 4-0 win in the final series against the Montréal Canadiens . In this final series, an octopus was thrown on the ice for the first time in Detroit. The highlight of the disappointing Chicago Black Hawks season was Bill Mosienko's hat trick who scored three goals in just 21 seconds. The Hawks' gate was not as good. After an injury to Harry Lumley , 46-year-old Moe Robert had to help out. He had previously played his last game in the NHL in 1934.

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

	W.	L.	T	GF	GA	Pts
Detroit Red Wings	44	14th	12	215	133	100
Montréal Canadiens	34	26th	10	195	164	78
Toronto Maple Leafs	29	25th	16	168	157	74
Boston Bruins	25th	29	16	162	176	66
New York Rangers	23	34	13	192	219	59
Chicago Blackhawks	17th	44	9	158	241	43

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts
Gordie Howe	Detroit	70	47	39	86
Ted Lindsay	Detroit	70	30th	39	69
Elmer Lach	Montreal	70	15th	50	65
Don Raleigh	NY Rangers	70	19th	42	61
Sid Smith	Toronto	70	27	30th	57
Bernie Geoffrion	Montreal	67	30th	24	54
Bill Mosienko	Chicago	70	31	22nd	53
Sid Abel	Detroit	62	17th	36	53
Theodore Kennedy	Toronto	70	19th	33	52
Milt Schmidt	Boston	69	21st	29	50

Stanley Cup playoffs

Semifinals			Stanley Cup Final

1	Detroit Red Wings	4th
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	0
			1	Detroit Red Wings	4th

			2	Canadiens de Montréal	0
2	Canadiens de Montréal	4th

4th	Boston Bruins	3

NHL awards

Art Ross Trophy :	Gordie Howe , Detroit Red Wings
Calder Memorial Trophy :	Bernie Geoffrion , Montréal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy :	Gordie Howe , Detroit Red Wings
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy :	Sid Smith , Toronto Maple Leafs
Vezina Trophy :	Terry Sawchuk , Detroit Red Wings

Web links

Hacx.de: All NHL final tables ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )