1952-53 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-23-19 - 75 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL
Postseason: 8-4
Won Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals - Defeated Chicago Black Hawks 4-3
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-1
Coach: Dick Irvin (28-23-19)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1952-53 Montreal Canadiens Roster
1952-53 Montreal Canadiens Results

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 28 wins and 23 losses and 19 ties for 75 points, finishing second in the NHL. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-4.

The Canadiens scored 155 goals and conceded 148. Maurice Richard netted 28 goals for Montreal and accounted for 33 assists. Gerry McNeil earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.12 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Dick Irvin coached the team. The 1952-53 Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Maurice Richard	R	70	28	33	61	112
Bert Olmstead	R	69	17	28	45	83
Elmer Lach	C	53	16	25	41	56
Bernie Geoffrion	R	65	22	17	39	37
Doug Harvey	D	69	4	30	34	67
Paul Meger	L	69	9	17	26	38
Dick Gamble	L	69	11	13	24	26
Floyd Curry	R	68	16	6	22	10
Ken Mosdell	C	63	5	14	19	27
Billy Reay	C	56	4	15	19	26
Paul Masnick	C	53	5	7	12	44
Tom Johnson	D	70	3	8	11	63
Butch Bouchard	D	58	2	8	10	55
John McCormack	C	59	1	9	10	9
Dollard St. Laurent	D	54	2	6	8	34
Dickie Moore	L	18	2	6	8	19
Jean Beliveau	C	3	5	0	5	0
Bud MacPherson	D	59	2	3	5	67
Ed Litzenberger	R	2	1	0	1	2
Gerard Desaulniers	C	2	0	1	1	2
Gaye Stewart	L	5	0	1	1	0
Ivan Irwin	D	4	0	1	1	0
Roland Rousseau	D	2	0	0	0	0
Gerry McNeil	G	66	0	0	0	0
Reg Abbott	C	3	0	0	0	0
Hal Murphy	G	1	0	0	0	0
Jacques Plante	G	3	0	0	0	0
Totals		1113	155	248	403	777

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry McNeil	66	3960	25	23	18	10	140	2.12	0
Jacques Plante	3	180	2	0	1	0	4	1.33	0
Hal Murphy	1	60	1	0	0	0	4	4.00	0
Totals	70	4200	28	23	19	10	148	2.11		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Maurice Richard	R	12	7	1	8	2
Bert Olmstead	R	12	2	2	4	4
Elmer Lach	C	12	1	6	7	6
Bernie Geoffrion	R	12	6	4	10	12
Doug Harvey	D	12	0	5	5	8
Paul Meger	L	5	1	2	3	4
Dick Gamble	L	5	1	0	1	2
Floyd Curry	R	12	2	1	3	2
Ken Mosdell	C	7	3	2	5	4
Billy Reay	C	11	0	2	2	4
Paul Masnick	C	6	1	0	1	7
Tom Johnson	D	12	2	3	5	8
Butch Bouchard	D	12	1	1	2	6
John McCormack	C	9	0	0	0	0
Dollard St. Laurent	D	12	0	3	3	4
Dickie Moore	L	12	3	2	5	13
Bud MacPherson	D	4	0	1	1	9
Eddie Mazur	L	7	2	2	4	11
Gerry McNeil	G	8	0	0	0	0
Doug Anderson	C	2	0	0	0	0
Calum MacKay	L	7	1	3	4	10
Jacques Plante	G	4	0	0	0	0
Lorne Davis	R	7	1	1	2	2
Totals		202	34	41	75	118

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry McNeil	8	487	5	3	2	16	1.97	0
Jacques Plante	4	240	3	1	1	7	1.75	0
Totals	12	727	8	4	3	23	1.90		0