1952-53 Vancouver Canucks Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 32-28-10 - 74 points
in the WHL
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Art Chapman (32-28-10)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1952-53 Vancouver Canucks Roster

The Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 32 wins and 28 losses and 10 ties for 74 points in the WHL.

The Canucks topped the league with just 216 goals allowed. Vancouver scored 222 goals. Walt Atanas and Ian MacIntosh netted 28 goals for the team each, while Larry Popein contributed 44 assists. Emile Francis recorded 32 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.09 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.

Art Chapman coached the team. The 1952-53 Vancouver Canucks lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Larry Popein	C	70	25	44	69	23		0.36	0.63	0.99
Ian MacIntosh	L	63	28	31	59	26		0.44	0.49	0.94
Walt Atanas	R	68	28	24	52	28		0.41	0.35	0.76
Fred Brown		68	20	27	47	28		0.29	0.40	0.69
Ray Manson	L	69	20	25	45	8		0.29	0.36	0.65
Carl Kaiser	D	67	18	24	42	47		0.27	0.36	0.63
Harry Dick	D	67	8	34	42	161		0.12	0.51	0.63
Les Hickey	D	64	22	17	39	4		0.34	0.27	0.61
Edward Leier	C	59	10	27	37	9		0.17	0.46	0.63
Alex Kuzma	R	63	20	10	30	20		0.32	0.16	0.48
Don Smith	C	66	13	15	28	29		0.20	0.23	0.42
Bill Wylie	C	48	9	19	28	4		0.19	0.40	0.58
Hugh Currie	D	68	3	25	28	77		0.04	0.37	0.41
Andy Bathgate	R	37	13	13	26	29		0.35	0.35	0.70
Jack Lancien	D	64	10	12	22	39		0.16	0.19	0.34
Lou Fontinato	D	65	3	18	21	169		0.05	0.28	0.32
Ted Power	D	31	8	9	17	10		0.26	0.29	0.55
Eric Unger	F	17	3	4	7	4		0.18	0.24	0.41
Dale Anderson	D	3	0	3	3	8			1.00	1.00
Aldo Guidolin	D	3	2	0	2	4		0.67		0.67
Chuck Holdaway	D	7	0	1	1	2			0.14	0.14
Ed Harrison	C	5	0	1	1	1			0.20	0.20
John Webster	C	5	0	0	0	0
Ken Barlow		4	0	0	0	4
Bill Hagen	G	2	0	0	0	0
Gary Gordon		1	0	0	0	0
Emile Francis	G	70	0	0	0	47
Totals		1154	263	383	646	781	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Emile Francis	70	4200	32	28	10		5	216	3.09
Totals	70	4200	32	28	10	0	5	216	3.09		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Larry Popein	C	9	5	10	15	0	0.56	1.11	1.67
Ian MacIntosh	L	9	1	2	3	0	0.11	0.22	0.33
Walt Atanas	R	9	1	1	2	14	0.11	0.11	0.22
Carl Kaiser	D	9	1	4	5	10	0.11	0.44	0.56
Harry Dick	D	9	2	6	8	18	0.22	0.67	0.89
Les Hickey	D	9	3	3	6	0	0.33	0.33	0.67
Edward Leier	C	9	1	1	2	0	0.11	0.11	0.22
Alex Kuzma	R	9	0	3	3	0		0.33	0.33
Don Smith	C	9	2	2	4	18	0.22	0.22	0.44
Hugh Currie	D	9	2	5	7	10	0.22	0.56	0.78
Andy Bathgate	R	9	11	4	15	2	1.22	0.44	1.67
Jack Lancien	D	9	0	1	1	4		0.11	0.11
Lou Fontinato	D	9	1	3	4	12	0.11	0.33	0.44
Eric Unger	F	9	3	1	4	0	0.33	0.11	0.44
Emile Francis	G	9	0	0	0	4
Totals		135	33	46	79	92

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Emile Francis	9	450	4	5	0	0	0	30	4.00		0
Totals	9	450	4	5	0	0	0	30	4.00		0

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