NHL 1952/53

NHL 1952/53
league	National Hockey League
Period	October 9, 1952 to April 16, 1953
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	Canadiens de Montréal
finalist	Boston Bruins
NHL seasons
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The 1952/53 NHL season was the 36th season in the National Hockey League . Six teams played 70 games each. The Stanley Cup won the Montréal Canadiens after a 4-1 win in the final series against the Boston Bruins . Exactly ten years to the day after his first goal, “The Rocket” Maurice Richard scored his 325th goal, topping the all-time goalscorer list. The first game was broadcast on Canadian television on October 9th.

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	36	16	18th	222	133	90
Montréal Canadiens	28	23	19th	155	148	75
Boston Bruins	28	29	13	152	172	69
Chicago Blackhawks	27	28	15th	169	175	69
Toronto Maple Leafs	27	30th	13	156	167	67
New York Rangers	17th	37	16	152	211	50

Best scorer

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

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts
Gordie Howe	Detroit	70	49	46	95
Ted Lindsay	Detroit	70	32	39	71
Maurice Richard	Montreal	70	28	33	61
Wally Hergesheimer	NY Rangers	70	30th	29	59
Alex Delvecchio	Detroit	70	16	43	59
Paul Ronty	NY Rangers	70	16	38	54
Metro Prystai	Detroit	70	16	34	50
Red Kelly	Detroit	70	19th	27	46
Bert Olmstead	Montreal	69	17th	28	45
Fleming Mackell	Boston	65	27	17th	44

Stanley Cup playoffs

Semifinals			Stanley Cup Final

1	Detroit Red Wings	2
3	Boston Bruins	4th
			3	Boston Bruins	1

			2	Canadiens de Montréal	4th
2	Canadiens de Montréal	4th

4th	Chicago Black Hawks	3

NHL awards

Art Ross Trophy :	Gordie Howe , Detroit Red Wings
Calder Memorial Trophy :	Gump Worsley , New York Rangers
Hart Memorial Trophy :	Gordie Howe , Detroit Red Wings
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy :	Red Kelly , Detroit Red Wings
Vezina Trophy :	Terry Sawchuk , Detroit Red Wings

Web links

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