1952–53 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1952–53 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 27th season.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 9, 1952||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||1–0–0

|2||L||October 11, 1952||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||1–1–0

|3||T||October 12, 1952||4–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||1–1–1

|4||T||October 14, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||1–1–2

|5||W||October 16, 1952||7–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||2–1–2

|6||W||October 19, 1952||6–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||3–1–2

|8||L||October 25, 1952||0–9 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||3–3–2

|9||L||October 26, 1952||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||3–4–2

|10||W||October 30, 1952||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||4–4–2

|11||L||November 2, 1952||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||4–5–2

|12||L||November 6, 1952||0–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||4–6–2

|13||T||November 8, 1952||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||4–6–3

|14||W||November 9, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||5–6–3

|15||W||November 13, 1952||3–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||6–6–3

|16||W||November 16, 1952||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||7–6–3

|17||T||November 19, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||7–6–4

|18||W||November 22, 1952||10–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||8–6–4

|19||L||November 23, 1952||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||8–7–4

|20||T||November 27, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||8–7–5

|21||W||November 29, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||9–7–5

|22||W||November 30, 1952||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||10–7–5

|23||W||December 4, 1952||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||11–7–5

|24||W||December 6, 1952||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||12–7–5

|25||T||December 7, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||12–7–6

|26||W||December 11, 1952||10–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||13–7–6

|27||W||December 13, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||14–7–6

|28||T||December 14, 1952||0–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||14–7–7

|29||T||December 18, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||14–7–8

|30||T||December 20, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||14–7–9

|31||W||December 21, 1952||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||15–7–9

|32||T||December 25, 1952||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||15–7–10

|33||T||December 27, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||15–7–11

|34||W||December 28, 1952||7–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||16–7–11

|35||L||December 31, 1952||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||16–8–11

|36||W||January 4, 1953||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||17–8–11

|37||W||January 8, 1953||4–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||18–8–11

|38||W||January 11, 1953||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||19–8–11

|39||L||January 14, 1953||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||19–9–11

|40||W||January 15, 1953||4–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||20–9–11

|41||T||January 17, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||20–9–12

|42||L||January 18, 1953||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||20–10–12

|43||L||January 22, 1953||2–8 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||20–11–12

|44||L||January 24, 1953||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||20–12–12

|45||T||January 25, 1953||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||20–12–13

|46||W||January 29, 1953||5–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||21–12–13

|47||W||January 31, 1953||4–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||22–12–13

|48||W||February 1, 1953||5–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||23–12–13

|49||T||February 5, 1953||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||23–12–14

|50||W||February 7, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||24–12–14

|51||W||February 8, 1953||5–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||25–12–14

|52||T||February 11, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||25–12–15

|53||L||February 12, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||25–13–15

|54||W||February 15, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||26–13–15

|55||W||February 16, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||27–13–15

|56||L||February 18, 1953||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||27–14–15

|57||W||February 19, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||28–14–15

|58||W||February 22, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||29–14–15

|59||W||February 28, 1953||4–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||30–14–15

|60||W||March 2, 1953||10–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||31–14–15

|61||W||March 5, 1953||7–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||32–14–15

|62||W||March 7, 1953||3–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||33–14–15

|63||W||March 8, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||34–14–15

|64||W||March 11, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||35–14–15

|65||T||March 12, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||35–14–16

|66||L||March 14, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||35–15–16

|67||T||March 15, 1953||0–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||35–15–17

|68||W||March 19, 1953||6–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||36–15–17

|69||L||March 21, 1953||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||36–16–17

|70||T||March 22, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||36–16–18

Legend:

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM RW 70 49 46 95 57 LW 70 32 39 71 111 C/LW 70 16 43 59 28 C 70 16 34 50 12 D/C 70 19 27 46 8 LW 70 23 19 42 22 LW 64 13 20 33 49 W 70 15 12 27 87 C/LW 70 12 15 27 54 D 68 8 19 27 72 RW/C 69 11 12 23 36 D 70 1 13 14 32 W 37 4 9 13 14 RW/D 70 1 5 6 40 D 42 1 4 5 2 C 15 0 4 4 6 C/RW 22 1 2 3 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 D 8 0 0 0 2 G 6 0 0 0 0 G 63 0 0 0 5 LW 3 0 0 0 0 D 9 0 0 0 8 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 3780 63 32 15 16 120 1.90 9 360 6 4 1 1 10 1.67 1 60 1 0 0 1 3 3.00 0 Team: 4200 70 36 16 18 133 1.90 10

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM LW 6 4 4 8 6 C 6 4 4 8 2 RW 6 2 5 7 2 LW 6 2 5 7 0 C/LW 6 2 4 6 2 RW/D 6 1 3 4 0 D/C 6 0 4 4 0 LW 6 2 1 3 7 D 6 1 1 2 2 W 6 1 0 1 11 RW/C 3 1 0 1 0 C/LW 6 1 0 1 2 W 5 0 1 1 0 C 4 0 0 0 0 D 4 0 0 0 2 D 2 0 0 0 0 C/RW 1 0 0 0 0 D 6 0 0 0 6 G 6 0 0 0 10 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 372 6 2 4 21 3.39 1 Team: 372 6 2 4 21 3.39 1

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;       MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy (Best regular-season record)Art Ross Trophy (Top scorer): Gordie HoweHart Trophy (Most valuable player): Gordie HoweLady Byng Memorial Trophy (Excellence and sportsmanship): Red KellyVezina Trophy (Goaltender of team with best goals-against record): Terry Sawchuk

All-Star teams First team   Position  Terry Sawchuk GRed Kelly DGordie Howe RWTed Lindsay LW Second team   Position  Alex Delvecchio C

Transactions The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Detroit Red Wings 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.

July 22, 1952 To Detroit Red Wingscash To Chicago Black HawksSid Abel August 14, 1952 To Detroit Red Wingscash To Chicago Black HawksFred GloverEnio Sclisizzi August 18, 1952 To Detroit Red WingsJim MorrisonReg Sinclaircash To New York RangersLeo Reise Jr. September 23, 1952 To Detroit Red WingsRed AlmasGuyle FielderSteve Hrymnak To Chicago Black Hawkscash October 15, 1952 To Detroit Red Wingsloan of Ray Hanniganfor 1952–53 season To Chicago Black Hawksloan of Guyle Fielderfor 1952–53 season

See also 1952–53 NHL season

References