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Montréal Canadiens, 1952-53

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Stanley Cup champions Stanley Cup champions Made the playoffs

1952-53 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
2 70 28-23-19 75 0.536 155 148 +7 18-12-5 10-11-14

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Semifinals Chicago Blackhawks Won 4-3
Stanley Cup Final Boston Bruins Won 4-1

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Maurice Richard R 70 28 33 61 0 112 0 0
Bert Olmstead L 69 17 28 45 0 83 0 0
Elmer Lach C 53 16 25 41 0 56 0 0
Bernie Geoffrion R 65 22 17 39 0 37 0 0
Doug Harvey D 70 4 30 34 0 67 0 0
Paul Meger L 69 9 17 26 0 36 0 0
Dick Gamble L 69 11 13 24 0 26 0 0
Floyd Curry R 68 16 6 22 0 10 0 0
Billy Reay C 56 4 15 19 0 26 0 0
Ken Mosdell C 65 5 14 19 0 27 0 0
Paul Masnick C 54 5 7 12 0 44 0 0
Tom Johnson D 70 3 8 11 0 65 0 0
Butch Bouchard D 58 2 8 10 0 55 0 0
John McCormack C 63 1 9 10 0 9 0 0
Dickie Moore L 18 2 6 8 0 19 0 0
Dollard St. Laurent D 57 2 6 8 0 34 0 0
Bud MacPherson D 65 2 3 5 0 67 0 0
Jean Beliveau C 3 5 0 5 0 0 0 0
Ed Litzenberger C 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
Gaye Stewart L 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Gerard Desaulniers C 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Ivan Irwin D 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Reg Abbott C 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roland Rousseau D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Gerry McNeil 66 252318010 0 0 138 2.09 0.000
Jacques Plante 3 20100 0 0 4 1.33 0.000
Hal Murphy 1 10000 0 0 4 4.00 0.000

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Mar 22, 1953 @ DET T 1-1 0 0
Mar 21, 1953 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0
Mar 19, 1953 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0
Mar 15, 1953 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0
Mar 14, 1953 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0
Mar 12, 1953 @ CHI T 2-2 0 0
Mar 8, 1953 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0
Mar 7, 1953 vs CHI W 1-0 0 0
Mar 5, 1953 @ BOS L 0-5 0 0
Feb 28, 1953 vs DET L 3-4 0 0
Feb 26, 1953 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0
Feb 25, 1953 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0
Feb 21, 1953 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0
Feb 19, 1953 vs DET L 1-4 0 0
Feb 15, 1953 @ BOS L 0-1 0 0
Feb 14, 1953 @ TOR T 2-2 0 0
Feb 12, 1953 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0
Feb 8, 1953 @ NYR T 1-1 0 0
Feb 7, 1953 vs DET L 1-3 0 0
Feb 5, 1953 vs TOR W 2-0 0 0
Feb 1, 1953 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0
Jan 31, 1953 vs BOS T 0-0 0 0
Jan 29, 1953 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0
Jan 28, 1953 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0
Jan 25, 1953 @ DET T 3-3 0 0
Jan 24, 1953 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0
Jan 22, 1953 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0
Jan 21, 1953 @ TOR W 1-0 0 0
Jan 18, 1953 @ DET W 3-2 0 0
Jan 17, 1953 vs DET T 1-1 0 0
Jan 15, 1953 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0
Jan 11, 1953 @ NYR L 0-7 0 0
Jan 10, 1953 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0
Jan 8, 1953 vs NYR T 4-4 0 0
Jan 3, 1953 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0
Jan 1, 1953 @ CHI T 2-2 0 0
Dec 31, 1952 @ DET W 2-0 0 0
Dec 27, 1952 vs DET T 2-2 0 0
Dec 24, 1952 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0
Dec 21, 1952 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0
Dec 20, 1952 vs BOS L 3-6 0 0
Dec 18, 1952 vs NYR W 6-2 0 0
Dec 14, 1952 @ DET T 0-0 0 0
Dec 13, 1952 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0
Dec 11, 1952 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0
Dec 10, 1952 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0
Dec 7, 1952 @ NYR T 2-2 0 0
Dec 6, 1952 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0
Dec 4, 1952 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0
Nov 30, 1952 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0
Nov 29, 1952 vs CHI T 1-1 0 0
Nov 27, 1952 @ DET T 2-2 0 0
Nov 23, 1952 @ NYR T 2-2 0 0
Nov 22, 1952 @ TOR T 2-2 0 0
Nov 16, 1952 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0
Nov 15, 1952 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0
Nov 13, 1952 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0
Nov 8, 1952 vs CHI W 6-4 0 0
Nov 6, 1952 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0
Nov 2, 1952 @ NYR T 2-2 0 0
Nov 1, 1952 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0
Oct 29, 1952 @ TOR L 5-7 0 0
Oct 25, 1952 vs DET W 9-0 0 0
Oct 23, 1952 @ CHI T 2-2 0 0
Oct 19, 1952 @ DET L 1-6 0 0
Oct 18, 1952 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0
Oct 16, 1952 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0
Oct 12, 1952 @ BOS T 1-1 0 0
Oct 11, 1952 vs DET W 2-1 0 0
Oct 9, 1952 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0