1951–52 Boston Bruins season

1951–52 Boston Bruins
Division	4th NHL
1951–52 record	25–29–16
Goals for	162
Goals against	176
Team information
General Manager	Art Ross
Coach	Lynn Patrick
Captain	Milt Schmidt
Team leaders
<1950–51	1952–53>

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	70	44	14	12	100	215	133
Montreal Canadiens	70	34	26	10	78	195	164
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	29	25	16	74	168	157
Boston Bruins	70	25	29	16	66	162	176
New York Rangers	70	23	34	13	59	192	219
Chicago Black Hawks	70	17	44	9	43	158	241

^[1]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Game log

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1951	0–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	0–1–0
3	L	October 14, 1951	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1951	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	1–3–0
5	T	October 21, 1951	1–1	New York Rangers (1951–52)	1–3–1
6	W	October 24, 1951	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	2–3–1
7	W	October 28, 1951	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	3–3–1
8	W	November 1, 1951	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	4–3–1
9	W	November 4, 1951	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	5–3–1
10	T	November 6, 1951	0–0	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	5–3–2
11	L	November 8, 1951	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	5–4–2
12	T	November 11, 1951	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	5–4–3
13	L	November 13, 1951	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	5–5–3
14	T	November 17, 1951	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	5–5–4
15	T	November 18, 1951	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	5–5–5
16	L	November 20, 1951	0–2	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	5–6–5
17	T	November 21, 1951	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	5–6–6
18	L	November 25, 1951	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	5–7–6
19	T	November 27, 1951	1–1	New York Rangers (1951–52)	5–7–7
20	T	November 29, 1951	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	5–7–8
21	W	December 2, 1951	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	6–7–8
22	W	December 4, 1951	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	7–7–8
23	W	December 5, 1951	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	8–7–8
24	L	December 9, 1951	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	8–8–8
25	W	December 11, 1951	4–2	New York Rangers (1951–52)	9–8–8
26	L	December 12, 1951	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	9–9–8
27	L	December 15, 1951	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	9–10–8
28	L	December 16, 1951	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	9–11–8
29	T	December 18, 1951	5–5	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	9–11–9
30	L	December 22, 1951	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	9–12–9
31	W	December 23, 1951	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	10–12–9
32	L	December 25, 1951	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	10–13–9
33	L	December 29, 1951	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	10–14–9
34	L	January 1, 1952	2–4	New York Rangers (1951–52)	10–15–9
35	W	January 5, 1952	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	11–15–9
36	L	January 6, 1952	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	11–16–9
37	W	January 8, 1952	7–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	12–16–9
38	W	January 13, 1952	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	13–16–9
39	L	January 15, 1952	0–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	13–17–9
40	L	January 17, 1952	0–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	13–18–9
41	L	January 19, 1952	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	13–19–9
42	W	January 20, 1952	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	14–19–9
43	T	January 22, 1952	3–3	New York Rangers (1951–52)	14–19–10
44	L	January 26, 1952	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	14–20–10
45	L	January 27, 1952	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	14–21–10
46	W	January 29, 1952	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	15–21–10
47	T	January 31, 1952	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	15–21–11
48	T	February 2, 1952	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	15–21–12
49	W	February 3, 1952	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	16–21–12
50	W	February 5, 1952	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	17–21–12
51	L	February 9, 1952	2–4	New York Rangers (1951–52)	17–22–12
52	L	February 10, 1952	0–2	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	17–23–12
53	L	February 13, 1952	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	17–24–12
54	W	February 17, 1952	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	18–24–12
55	L	February 18, 1952	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	18–25–12
56	T	February 21, 1952	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	18–25–13
57	L	February 24, 1952	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	18–26–13
58	L	February 26, 1952	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	18–27–13
59	T	March 1, 1952	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	18–27–14
60	T	March 2, 1952	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	18–27–15
61	W	March 4, 1952	4–1	New York Rangers (1951–52)	19–27–15
62	L	March 6, 1952	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	19–28–15
63	W	March 9, 1952	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	20–28–15
64	W	March 11, 1952	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	21–28–15
65	T	March 13, 1952	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	21–28–16
66	W	March 15, 1952	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	22–28–16
67	W	March 16, 1952	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	23–28–16
68	W	March 18, 1952	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	24–28–16
69	L	March 19, 1952	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	24–29–16
70	W	March 23, 1952	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	25–29–16

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt	C/D	69	21	29	50	57
Peirson, JohnnyJohnny Peirson	RW	68	20	30	50	30
Creighton, DaveDave Creighton	C	49	20	17	37	18
McIntyre, JackJack McIntyre	D	52	12	19	31	18
Fisher, DuncDunc Fisher	RW	65	15	12	27	2
Sandford, EdEd Sandford	LW	65	13	12	25	54
Chevrefils, RealReal Chevrefils	LW	33	8	17	25	8
Sullivan, RedRed Sullivan	C	67	12	12	24	24
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	69	2	17	19	6
Brown, AdamAdam Brown	LW	33	8	9	17	6
Dumart, WoodyWoody Dumart	LW	39	5	8	13	0
Kyle, GusGus Kyle	D	69	1	12	13	127
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	D	70	5	7	12	61
Ezinicki, BillBill Ezinicki	RW	28	5	5	10	47
MacKell, FlemingFleming MacKell	C	30	1	8	9	24
Kryzanowski, EdEd Kryzanowski	D	70	5	3	8	33
Ferguson, LorneLorne Ferguson	LW	27	3	4	7	14
Labine, LeoLeo Labine	RW	15	2	4	6	9
Henderson, MurrayMurray Henderson	D	56	0	6	6	51
Lund, PenttiPentti Lund	RW	23	0	5	5	0
Lynn, VicVic Lynn	LW/D	12	2	2	4	4
Barry, RayRay Barry	C	18	1	2	3	6
Bauer, BobbyBobby Bauer	RW	1	1	1	2	0
Morrison, JimJim Morrison	D	14	0	2	2	2
Henry, JimJim Henry	G	70	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Henry, JimJim Henry	4200	70	25	29	16	176	2.51	7
Team:	4200	70	25	29	16	176	2.51	7

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sandford, EdEd Sandford	LW	7	2	2	4	0
Creighton, DaveDave Creighton	C	7	2	1	3	2
MacKell, FlemingFleming MacKell	C	5	2	1	3	12
Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt	C/D	7	2	1	3	0
McIntyre, JackJack McIntyre	D	7	1	2	3	2
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	7	0	3	3	0
Chevrefils, RealReal Chevrefils	LW	7	1	1	2	6
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	D	7	1	1	2	11
Peirson, JohnnyJohnny Peirson	RW	7	0	2	2	4
Lund, PenttiPentti Lund	RW	2	1	0	1	0
Dumart, WoodyWoody Dumart	LW	7	0	1	1	0
Labine, LeoLeo Labine	RW	5	0	1	1	4
Armstrong, BobBob Armstrong	D	5	0	0	0	2
Fisher, DuncDunc Fisher	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Henderson, MurrayMurray Henderson	D	7	0	0	0	4
Henry, JimJim Henry	G	7	0	0	0	0
Kryzanowski, EdEd Kryzanowski	D	7	0	0	0	0
Kyle, GusGus Kyle	D	2	0	0	0	4
Sullivan, RedRed Sullivan	C	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Henry, JimJim Henry	448	7	3	4	18	2.41	1
Team:	448	7	3	4	18	2.41	1

^[2]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

See also

• 1951–52 NHL season

References

• "1951–52 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1952_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 

External links

Boston Bruins The Franchise Franchise • Team history • All-time roster • Seasons • Players • Records • Draft picks • GMs • Head coaches • The Kraut Line • Current season Arenas Boston Arena • Boston Garden • TD Garden Affiliates Providence Bruins • Reading Royals Media NESN • WBZ-FM • Broadcasters Championships 1929 • 1939 • 1941 • 1970 • 1972 • 2011 Retired Numbers 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 15 • 24 • 77 Culture Bruins–Canadiens rivalry • Rene Rancourt • The Goal • Willie O'Ree • North Station • Original Six • The Big Bad Bruins

Boston Bruins seasons 1920s 1920–21 · 1921–22 · 1922–23 · 1923–24 · 1924–25 · 1925–26 · 1926–27 · 1927–28 · 1928–29 · 1929–30 1930s 1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1936–37 · 1937–38 · 1938–39 · 1939–40 1940s 1940–41 · 1941–42 · 1942–43 · 1943–44 · 1944–45 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50 1950s 1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 1960s 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 1970s 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 1980s 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 1990s 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00 2000s 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 2010s 2010–11 · 2011–12 Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1951–52 NHL season by team Teams Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto See also All-Star Game • 1952 Stanley Cup Finals