1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1952–53
Year:	1952
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Record:	27–30–13
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	5th
Captain:	Ted Kennedy
Goalsfor:	156
Goalsagainst:	167
Goalsleader:	Sid Smith (20)
Assistsleader:	Ted Kennedy (23) Bob Hassard (23)
Pointsleader:	Sid Smith (39)
Pimleader:	Fern Flaman (110)
Winsleader:	Harry Lumley (27)
Gaaleader:	Harry Lumley (2.39)

The 1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 36th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	70	20	19	39	6
	43	14	23	37	42
	65	17	18	35	51
	70	13	22	35	29
	70	8	23	31	14
	70	15	10	25	76
	52	14	11	25	54
	63	16	8	24	8
	36	12	11	23	16
	69	0	22	22	73
	35	10	6	16	27
	70	2	14	16	85
	70	2	13	15	97
	40	5	4	9	22
	56	1	8	9	36
	66	2	6	8	110
	29	2	6	8	2
	25	1	7	8	26
	4	1	3	4	2
	18	1	1	2	2
	9	0	0	0	10
	70	0	0	0	18
	1	0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0	0
	2	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	2
	12	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	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

The Toronto Maple Leafs did not win any NHL awards and no players were selected for the All-Star Teams for the 1952–53 NHL season.

Transactions

The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Toronto Maple Leafs 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.

September 11, 1952	To Toronto Maple Leafs Harry Lumley	To Chicago Black Hawks Cal Gardner Ray Hannigan Gus Mortson Al Rollins	^[2] ^[3]
September 16, 1952	To Toronto Maple Leafs cash	To Boston Bruins Joe Klukay	^[4]

See also

• 1952–53 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-27 . 1952-53 Toronto Maple Leafs 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 . 569, 591, 717, 888 & 898 . 978-1-57243-604-6.
4. Book: Diamond . Dan . Total NHL . 2003 . Triumph Books . Chicago . 639 . 978-1-57243-604-6.