1952–53 New York Rangers season explained

League:NHL
Season:1952–53
Year:1952
Team:New York Rangers
Divisionrank:6th
Record:17–37–16
Goalsfor:152
Goalsagainst:211
Goalsleader:Wally Hergesheimer (30)
Assistsleader:Paul Ronty (38)
Pointsleader:Wally Hergesheimer (59)
Pimleader:Hy Buller (73)
Winsleader:Gump Worsley (13)
Gaaleader:Chuck Rayner (2.90)

The 1952–53 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 27th season.[1] During the regular season, the Rangers compiled a 17–37–16 record and finished with 50 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.[2]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 || 9 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–3 || 0–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 2 || 12 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–0 || 0–2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 3 || 16 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 0–3–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 4 || 18 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–3 || 0–4–0|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 5 || 19 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 0–4–1|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 6 || 22 || Boston Bruins || 3–3 || 0–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 7 || 26 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 1–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 8 || 29 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 1–5–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 9 || 30 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 8–3 || 1–6–2|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 10 || 1 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 1–7–2|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 11 || 2 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–2 || 1–7–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 12 || 5 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–1 || 1–8–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 13 || 9 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–1 || 1–9–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 14 || 12 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–2 || 2–9–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 15 || 13 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 6–2 || 2–10–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 16 || 16 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–3 || 2–11–3|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 17 || 19 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–2 || 2–11–4|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 18 || 23 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–2 || 2–11–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 19 || 26 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 3–11–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 20 || 27 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–1 || 3–12–5|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 21 || 30 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 1–1 || 3–12–6|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 22 || 3 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–3 || 3–13–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 23 || 4 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–3 || 3–14–6|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 24 || 6 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–2 || 3–14–7|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 25 || 7 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–2 || 3–14–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 26 || 10 || Boston Bruins || 4–1 || 3–15–8|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 27 || 14 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–2 || 3–15–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 28 || 17 || Boston Bruins || 5–0 || 4–15–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 29 || 18 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6–2 || 4–16–9|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 30 || 20 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 1–1 || 4–16–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 31 || 21 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || 4–17–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 32 || 25 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 5–17–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 33 || 28 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–3 || 5–18–10|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 34 || 31 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–3 || 5–18–11|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 35 || 4 || Boston Bruins || 5–2 || 6–18–11|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 36 || 7 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–4 || 6–19–11|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 37 || 8 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–4 || 6–19–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 38 || 11 || Montreal Canadiens || 7–0 || 7–19–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 39 || 14 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 8–19–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 40 || 17 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–0 || 8–20–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 41 || 18 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–0 || 8–21–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 42 || 22 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 8–2 || 9–21–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 43 || 24 || @ Boston Bruins || 9–0 || 9–22–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 44 || 25 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 10–22–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 45 || 28 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–1 || 10–23–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 46 || 29 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–2 || 10–24–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 47 || 31 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–0 || 10–25–12|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 48 || 1 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 1–0 || 11–25–12|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 49 || 5 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 11–25–13|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 50 || 8 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–1 || 11–25–14|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 51 || 11 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–2 || 11–25–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 52 || 14 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–4 || 11–26–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 53 || 15 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 11–27–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 54 || 18 || Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 12–27–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 55 || 19 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 13–27–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 56 || 21 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 13–28–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 57 || 22 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–1 || 13–29–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 58 || 25 || Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 14–29–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 59 || 28 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–0 || 14–30–15|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 60 || 1 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 15–30–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 61 || 4 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–1 || 15–31–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 62 || 5 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 7–1 || 15–32–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 63 || 7 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 16–32–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 64 || 8 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–3 || 17–32–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 65 || 11 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–0 || 17–33–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 66 || 14 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 || 17–34–15|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 67 || 15 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–1 || 17–34–16|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 68 || 18 || Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 17–35–16|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 69 || 21 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–0 || 17–36–16|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 70 || 22 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 17–37–16|-

Playoffs

The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1953 Stanley Cup playoffs.[2]

Player statistics

Skaters
Regular Season
Player
70 30 29 59 10
70 16 38 54 20
70 19 16 35 39
60 12 13 25 29
70 7 18 25 73
52 11 13 24 12
55 4 18 22 2
61 4 15 19 53
70 8 10 18 61
70 5 12 17 52
67 3 8 11 46
69 2 9 11 45
55 6 3 9 20
† 30 4 5 9 2
11 4 4 8 2
30 4 4 8 24
37 2 5 7 14
13 2 3 5 8
17 1 4 5 2
15 3 1 4 0
11 2 1 3 2
‡ 18 1 2 3 8
11 0 2 2 4
3 1 0 1 0
3 1 0 1 0
2 0 1 1 0
18 0 1 1 6
2 0 0 0 2
3 0 0 0 2
3 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 4
Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player
50 3000 13 29 8 153 3.06 2
20 1200 4 8 8 58 2.90 1

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Awards and records

Calder Memorial Trophy (Top first-year player): Lorne "Gump" Worsley[4]
The New York Rangers did not have any players chosen for the All-Star Teams for the 1952–53 NHL season.[2]

Transactions

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

August 18, 1952To Detroit Red Wings
Jim Morrison
Reg Sinclair
cash		To New York Rangers
Leo Reise Jr.		[5] [6]
October 8, 1952To Montreal Canadiens
rights to Frank Eddolls		To New York Rangers
cash		[7]
January 9, 1953To Chicago Black Hawks
cash		To New York Rangers
rights to Pete Babando		[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New York Rangers. Hockey-Reference. February 28, 2020.
  2. Web site: 1952–53 NHL Season Summary. Hockey-Reference. March 5, 2011.
  3. Web site: hockeydb.com . August 8, 2010 . 1952–53 New York Rangers . https://web.archive.org/web/20100808121637/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481953.html. August 8, 2010 . live.
  4. Web site: NHL Calder Memorial Trophy Winners. National Hockey League. June 29, 2021. January 11, 2022.
  5. Web site: NHL trades for 1952-1953 . 2021-12-08 . NHL Trade Tracker.
  6. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 717, 767 & 799 . 978-1-57243-604-6.
  7. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 548 . 978-1-57243-604-6.
  8. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 458 . 978-1-57243-604-6.

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