1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 11, 1952||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||0–1–0

|2||T||October 12, 1952||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||0–1–1

|3||L||October 16, 1952||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||0–2–1

|4||W||October 18, 1952||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||1–2–1

|5||W||October 19, 1952||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||2–2–1

|6||W||October 22, 1952||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||3–2–1

|7||L||October 25, 1952||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||3–3–1

|8||W||October 29, 1952||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||4–3–1

|9||W||November 1, 1952||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||5–3–1

|10||W||November 2, 1952||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||6–3–1

|11||W||November 5, 1952||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||7–3–1

|12||L||November 6, 1952||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||7–4–1

|13||T||November 8, 1952||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||7–4–2

|14||L||November 11, 1952||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||7–5–2

|15||W||November 13, 1952||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||8–5–2

|16||L||November 15, 1952||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||8–6–2

|17||W||November 16, 1952||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||9–6–2

|18||L||November 19, 1952||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||9–7–2

|19||T||November 22, 1952||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||9–7–3

|20||L||November 23, 1952||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||9–8–3

|21||L||November 26, 1952||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||9–9–3

|22||T||November 27, 1952||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||9–9–4

|23||L||November 29, 1952||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||9–10–4

|24||L||November 30, 1952||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||9–11–4

|25||W||December 4, 1952||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||10–11–4

|26||T||December 6, 1952||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||10–11–5

|27||W||December 7, 1952||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||11–11–5

|28||L||December 10, 1952||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||11–12–5

|29||L||December 13, 1952||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||11–13–5

|30||T||December 14, 1952||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||11–13–6

|31||T||December 18, 1952||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||11–13–7

|32||W||December 20, 1952||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||12–13–7

|33||L||December 21, 1952||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||12–14–7

|34||W||December 24, 1952||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||13–14–7

|35||W||December 27, 1952||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||14–14–7

|36||T||December 31, 1952||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||14–14–8

|37||L||January 1, 1953||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||14–15–8

|38||T||January 3, 1953||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||14–15–9

|39||W||January 10, 1953||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||15–15–9

|40||L||January 11, 1953||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||15–16–9

|41||W||January 14, 1953||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||16–16–9

|42||W||January 17, 1953||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||17–16–9

|43||L||January 18, 1953||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||17–17–9

|44||L||January 21, 1953||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||17–18–9

|45||L||January 22, 1953||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||17–19–9

|46||W||January 24, 1953||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||18–19–9

|47||W||January 25, 1953||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||19–19–9

|48||T||January 29, 1953||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||19–19–10

|49||W||January 31, 1953||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||20–19–10

|50||L||February 1, 1953||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||20–20–10

|51||L||February 5, 1953||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||20–21–10

|52||L||February 7, 1953||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||20–22–10

|53||L||February 8, 1953||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||20–23–10

|54||T||February 14, 1953||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||20–23–11

|55||W||February 15, 1953||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||21–23–11

|56||W||February 18, 1953||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||22–23–11

|57||T||February 21, 1953||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||22–23–12

|58||L||February 25, 1953||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||22–24–12

|59||L||February 26, 1953||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||22–25–12

|60||W||February 28, 1953||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||23–25–12

|61||L||March 1, 1953||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||23–26–12

|62||L||March 5, 1953||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||23–27–12

|63||L||March 7, 1953||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||23–28–12

|64||L||March 8, 1953||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||23–29–12

|65||L||March 14, 1953||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||23–30–12

|66||T||March 15, 1953||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||23–30–13

|67||W||March 18, 1953||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||24–30–13

|68||W||March 19, 1953||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||25–30–13

|69||W||March 21, 1953||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||26–30–13

|70||W||March 22, 1953||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||27–30–13

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season 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 PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO Harry Lumley 4200 70 27 30 13 167 2.39 10 Team: 4200 70 27 30 13 167 2.39 10

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 LeafsHarry Lumley To Chicago Black HawksCal GardnerRay HanniganGus MortsonAl Rollins September 16, 1952 To Toronto Maple Leafscash To Boston BruinsJoe Klukay

See also 1952–53 NHL season

References