1952–53 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1952–53
Year:	1952
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	36–16–18
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	1st
Goalsfor:	222
Goalsagainst:	133
Goalsleader:	Gordie Howe (49)
Assistsleader:	Gordie Howe (46)
Pointsleader:	Gordie Howe (95)
Pimleader:	Ted Lindsay (111)
Winsleader:	Terry Sawchuk (32)
Gaaleader:	Glenn Hall (1.67)

The 1952–53 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 27th season.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	70	49	46	95	57
	LW	70	32	39	71	111
	C/LW	70	16	43	59	28
	C	70	16	34	50	12
	D/C	70	19	27	46	8
	LW	70	23	19	42	22
	LW	64	13	20	33	49
	W	70	15	12	27	87
	C/LW	70	12	15	27	54
	D	68	8	19	27	72
	RW/C	69	11	12	23	36
	D	70	1	13	14	32
	W	37	4	9	13	14
	RW/D	70	1	5	6	40
	D	42	1	4	5	2
	C	15	0	4	4	6
	C/RW	22	1	2	3	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	2
	G	6	0	0	0	0
	G	63	0	0	0	5
	LW	3	0	0	0	0
	D	9	0	0	0	8

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3780	63	32	15	16	120	1.90	9
	360	6	4	1	1	10	1.67	1
	60	1	0	0	1	3	3.00	0
Team:	4200	70	36	16	18	133	1.90	10

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	6	4	4	8	6
	C	6	4	4	8	2
	RW	6	2	5	7	2
	LW	6	2	5	7	0
	C/LW	6	2	4	6	2
	RW/D	6	1	3	4	0
	D/C	6	0	4	4	0
	LW	6	2	1	3	7
	D	6	1	1	2	2
	W	6	1	0	1	11
	RW/C	3	1	0	1	0
	C/LW	6	1	0	1	2
	W	5	0	1	1	0
	C	4	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	2
	D	2	0	0	0	0
	C/RW	1	0	0	0	0
	D	6	0	0	0	6
	G	6	0	0	0	10

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	372	6	2	4	21	3.39	1
Team:	372	6	2	4	21	3.39	1

^[1]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy (Best regular-season record)
Art Ross Trophy (Top scorer): Gordie Howe
Hart Trophy (Most valuable player): Gordie Howe
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (Excellence and sportsmanship): Red Kelly
Vezina Trophy (Goaltender of team with best goals-against record): Terry Sawchuk

All-Star teams

First team	Position
Terry Sawchuk	align=center	G
Red Kelly	align=center	D
Gordie Howe	align=center	RW
Ted Lindsay	align=center	LW
Second team	Position
Alex Delvecchio	align=center	C

Transactions

The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Detroit Red Wings during the 1952–53 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to and for which player(s) or other consideration(s), if applicable.

July 22, 1952	To Detroit Red Wings cash	To Chicago Black Hawks Sid Abel	^[2] ^[3]
August 14, 1952	To Detroit Red Wings cash	To Chicago Black Hawks Fred Glover Enio Sclisizzi	^[4]
August 18, 1952	To Detroit Red Wings Jim Morrison Reg Sinclair cash	To New York Rangers Leo Reise Jr.	^[5]
September 23, 1952	To Detroit Red Wings Red Almas Guyle Fielder Steve Hrymnak	To Chicago Black Hawks cash	^[6]
October 15, 1952	To Detroit Red Wings loan of Ray Hannigan for 1952–53 season	To Chicago Black Hawks loan of Guyle Fielder for 1952–53 season	^[7]

See also

• 1952–53 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1952–53 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1952-53 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
2. Web site: NHL trades for 1952-1953 . 2021-12-08 . NHL Trade Tracker.
3. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 447 . 978-1-57243-604-6.
4. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 575 & 789 . 978-1-57243-604-6.
5. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 717, 767 & 799 . 978-1-57243-604-6.
6. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 558, 612 & 864 . 978-1-57243-604-6.
7. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 558 & 591 . 978-1-57243-604-6.