1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	5th NHL
1952–53 record	27–30–13
Goals for	156
Goals against	167
Team information
General Manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Joe Primeau
Captain	Ted Kennedy
Team leaders
<1951–52	1953–54>

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	70	36	16	18	90	222	133
Montreal Canadiens	70	28	23	19	75	155	148
Boston Bruins	70	28	29	13	69	152	172
Chicago Black Hawks	70	27	28	15	69	169	175
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	27	30	13	67	156	167
New York Rangers	70	17	37	16	50	152	211

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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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1952	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	0–1–0
2	T	October 12, 1952	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	0–1–1
3	L	October 16, 1952	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	0–2–1
4	W	October 18, 1952	4–3	New York Rangers (1952–53)	1–2–1
5	W	October 19, 1952	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	2–2–1
6	W	October 22, 1952	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	3–2–1
7	L	October 25, 1952	0–4	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	3–3–1
8	W	October 29, 1952	7–5	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	4–3–1
9	W	November 1, 1952	3–2	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	5–3–1
10	W	November 2, 1952	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	6–3–1
11	W	November 5, 1952	4–1	New York Rangers (1952–53)	7–3–1
12	L	November 6, 1952	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	7–4–1
13	T	November 8, 1952	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	7–4–2
14	L	November 11, 1952	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	7–5–2
15	W	November 13, 1952	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	8–5–2
16	L	November 15, 1952	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	8–6–2
17	W	November 16, 1952	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	9–6–2
18	L	November 19, 1952	1–2	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	9–7–2
19	T	November 22, 1952	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	9–7–3
20	L	November 23, 1952	5–6	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	9–8–3
21	L	November 26, 1952	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	9–9–3
22	T	November 27, 1952	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	9–9–4
23	L	November 29, 1952	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	9–10–4
24	L	November 30, 1952	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	9–11–4
25	W	December 4, 1952	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	10–11–4
26	T	December 6, 1952	2–2	New York Rangers (1952–53)	10–11–5
27	W	December 7, 1952	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	11–11–5
28	L	December 10, 1952	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	11–12–5
29	L	December 13, 1952	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	11–13–5
30	T	December 14, 1952	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	11–13–6
31	T	December 18, 1952	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	11–13–7
32	W	December 20, 1952	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	12–13–7
33	L	December 21, 1952	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	12–14–7
34	W	December 24, 1952	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	13–14–7
35	W	December 27, 1952	3–0	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	14–14–7
36	T	December 31, 1952	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	14–14–8
37	L	January 1, 1953	1–5	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	14–15–8
38	T	January 3, 1953	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	14–15–9
39	W	January 10, 1953	3–1	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	15–15–9
40	L	January 11, 1953	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	15–16–9
41	W	January 14, 1953	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	16–16–9
42	W	January 17, 1953	1–0	New York Rangers (1952–53)	17–16–9
43	L	January 18, 1953	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	17–17–9
44	L	January 21, 1953	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	17–18–9
45	L	January 22, 1953	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	17–19–9
46	W	January 24, 1953	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	18–19–9
47	W	January 25, 1953	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	19–19–9
48	T	January 29, 1953	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	19–19–10
49	W	January 31, 1953	4–0	New York Rangers (1952–53)	20–19–10
50	L	February 1, 1953	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	20–20–10
51	L	February 5, 1953	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	20–21–10
52	L	February 7, 1953	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	20–22–10
53	L	February 8, 1953	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	20–23–10
54	T	February 14, 1953	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	20–23–11
55	W	February 15, 1953	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	21–23–11
56	W	February 18, 1953	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	22–23–11
57	T	February 21, 1953	2–2	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	22–23–12
58	L	February 25, 1953	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	22–24–12
59	L	February 26, 1953	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	22–25–12
60	W	February 28, 1953	3–0	New York Rangers (1952–53)	23–25–12
61	L	March 1, 1953	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	23–26–12
62	L	March 5, 1953	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	23–27–12
63	L	March 7, 1953	0–3	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	23–28–12
64	L	March 8, 1953	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53)	23–29–12
65	L	March 14, 1953	1–3	Boston Bruins (1952–53)	23–30–12
66	T	March 15, 1953	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1952–53)	23–30–13
67	W	March 18, 1953	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	24–30–13
68	W	March 19, 1953	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53)	25–30–13
69	W	March 21, 1953	5–0	New York Rangers (1952–53)	26–30–13
70	W	March 22, 1953	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53)	27–30–13

Playoffs

Player stats

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

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Harry Lumley	4200	70	27	30	13	167	2.39				10
Team:	4200	70	27	30	13	167	2.39				10

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Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

See also

• 1952–53 NHL season

References

• "1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1953_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 

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