1952–53 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season March 2026 June 2019 NHL 1952–53 1952 Detroit Red Wings 36–16–18 20–5–10 16–11–8 1st 222 133 Jack Adams Tommy Ivan Ted Lindsay Red Kelly Detroit Olympia Gordie Howe (49) Gordie Howe (46) Gordie Howe (95) Ted Lindsay (111) Terry Sawchuk (32) Glenn Hall (1.67) The 1952–53 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 27th season. 2 Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1952–53 regular season1952-53 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1953_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 9, 1952||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 11, 1952||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||1–1–0 |- |3||T||October 12, 1952||4–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||1–1–1 |- |4||T||October 14, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||1–1–2 |- |5||W||October 16, 1952||7–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||2–1–2 |- |6||W||October 19, 1952||6–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||3–1–2 |- |8||L||October 25, 1952||0–9 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||3–3–2 |- |9||L||October 26, 1952||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||3–4–2 |- |10||W||October 30, 1952||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||4–4–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||L||November 2, 1952||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||4–5–2 |- |12||L||November 6, 1952||0–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||4–6–2 |- |13||T||November 8, 1952||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||4–6–3 |- |14||W||November 9, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||5–6–3 |- |15||W||November 13, 1952||3–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||6–6–3 |- |16||W||November 16, 1952||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||7–6–3 |- |17||T||November 19, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||7–6–4 |- |18||W||November 22, 1952||10–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||8–6–4 |- |19||L||November 23, 1952||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||8–7–4 |- |20||T||November 27, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||8–7–5 |- |21||W||November 29, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||9–7–5 |- |22||W||November 30, 1952||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||10–7–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||W||December 4, 1952||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||11–7–5 |- |24||W||December 6, 1952||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||12–7–5 |- |25||T||December 7, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||12–7–6 |- |26||W||December 11, 1952||10–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||13–7–6 |- |27||W||December 13, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||14–7–6 |- |28||T||December 14, 1952||0–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||14–7–7 |- |29||T||December 18, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||14–7–8 |- |30||T||December 20, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||14–7–9 |- |31||W||December 21, 1952||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||15–7–9 |- |32||T||December 25, 1952||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||15–7–10 |- |33||T||December 27, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||15–7–11 |- |34||W||December 28, 1952||7–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||16–7–11 |- |35||L||December 31, 1952||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||16–8–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |36||W||January 4, 1953||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||17–8–11 |- |37||W||January 8, 1953||4–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||18–8–11 |- |38||W||January 11, 1953||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||19–8–11 |- |39||L||January 14, 1953||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||19–9–11 |- |40||W||January 15, 1953||4–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||20–9–11 |- |41||T||January 17, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||20–9–12 |- |42||L||January 18, 1953||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||20–10–12 |- |43||L||January 22, 1953||2–8 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||20–11–12 |- |44||L||January 24, 1953||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||20–12–12 |- |45||T||January 25, 1953||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||20–12–13 |- |46||W||January 29, 1953||5–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||21–12–13 |- |47||W||January 31, 1953||4–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||22–12–13 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |48||W||February 1, 1953||5–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||23–12–13 |- |49||T||February 5, 1953||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||23–12–14 |- |50||W||February 7, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||24–12–14 |- |51||W||February 8, 1953||5–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||25–12–14 |- |52||T||February 11, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||25–12–15 |- |53||L||February 12, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||25–13–15 |- |54||W||February 15, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||26–13–15 |- |55||W||February 16, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||27–13–15 |- |56||L||February 18, 1953||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||27–14–15 |- |57||W||February 19, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||28–14–15 |- |58||W||February 22, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||29–14–15 |- |59||W||February 28, 1953||4–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||30–14–15 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |60||W||March 2, 1953||10–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||31–14–15 |- |61||W||March 5, 1953||7–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||32–14–15 |- |62||W||March 7, 1953||3–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||33–14–15 |- |63||W||March 8, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||34–14–15 |- |64||W||March 11, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||35–14–15 |- |65||T||March 12, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||35–14–16 |- |66||L||March 14, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||35–15–16 |- |67||T||March 15, 1953||0–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||35–15–17 |- |68||W||March 19, 1953||6–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||36–15–17 |- |69||L||March 21, 1953||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||36–16–17 |- |70||T||March 22, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||36–16–18 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs July 2010 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Gordie Howe RW 70 49 46 95 57 Ted Lindsay LW 70 32 39 71 111 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 16 43 59 28 Metro Prystai C 70 16 34 50 12 Red Kelly D/C 70 19 27 46 8 Johnny Wilson Johnny Wilson (ice hockey) LW 70 23 19 42 22 Marty Pavelich LW 64 13 20 33 49 Tony Leswick W 70 15 12 27 87 Glen Skov C/LW 70 12 15 27 54 Marcel Pronovost D 68 8 19 27 72 Reg Sinclair RW/C 69 11 12 23 36 Bob Goldham D 70 1 13 14 32 Marcel Bonin W 37 4 9 13 14 Benny Woit RW/D 70 1 5 6 40 Jim Hay D 42 1 4 5 2 Larry Wilson Larry Wilson (ice hockey) C 15 0 4 4 6 Lou Jankowski C/RW 22 1 2 3 0 Red Almas G 1 0 0 0 0 Bill Folk D 8 0 0 0 2 Glenn Hall G 6 0 0 0 0 Terry Sawchuk G 63 0 0 0 5 Vic Stasiuk LW 3 0 0 0 0 Larry Zeidel D 9 0 0 0 8 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Terry Sawchuk 3780 63 32 15 16 120 1.90 9 Glenn Hall 360 6 4 1 1 10 1.67 1 Red Almas 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 Ted Lindsay LW 6 4 4 8 6 Metro Prystai C 6 4 4 8 2 Gordie Howe RW 6 2 5 7 2 Johnny Wilson Johnny Wilson (ice hockey) LW 6 2 5 7 0 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 6 2 4 6 2 Benny Woit RW/D 6 1 3 4 0 Red Kelly D/C 6 0 4 4 0 Marty Pavelich LW 6 2 1 3 7 Bob Goldham D 6 1 1 2 2 Tony Leswick W 6 1 0 1 11 Reg Sinclair RW/C 3 1 0 1 0 Glen Skov C/LW 6 1 0 1 2 Marcel Bonin W 5 0 1 1 0 Guyle Fielder C 4 0 0 0 0 Jim Hay D 4 0 0 0 2 Steve Hrymnak D 2 0 0 0 0 Lou Jankowski C/RW 1 0 0 0 0 Marcel Pronovost D 6 0 0 0 6 Terry Sawchuk G 6 0 0 0 10 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Terry Sawchuk 372 6 2 4 21 3.39 1 Team: 372 6 2 4 21 3.39 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-04 1952-53 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1953.html 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 HoweHart Trophy (Most valuable player): Gordie HoweLady Byng Memorial Trophy (Excellence and sportsmanship): Red KellyVezina Trophy (Goaltender of team with best goals-against record): Terry Sawchuk All-Star teams First team   Position  Terry Sawchuk GRed Kelly DGordie Howe RWTed Lindsay LW Second team   Position  Alex Delvecchio 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 Wingscash To Chicago Black HawksSid AbelNHL trades for 1952-1953 http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/trade_list_by_season/1952-53/1 2021-12-08 NHL Trade TrackerDiamond Dan Total NHL 2003 Triumph Books Chicago 447 978-1-57243-604-6 August 14, 1952 To Detroit Red Wingscash To Chicago Black HawksFred GloverEnio SclisizziDiamond Dan Total NHL 2003 Triumph Books Chicago 575 & 789 978-1-57243-604-6 August 18, 1952 To Detroit Red WingsJim MorrisonReg Sinclaircash To New York RangersLeo Reise Jr.Diamond Dan Total NHL 2003 Triumph Books Chicago 717, 767 & 799 978-1-57243-604-6 September 23, 1952 To Detroit Red WingsRed AlmasGuyle FielderSteve Hrymnak To Chicago Black HawkscashDiamond Dan Total NHL 2003 Triumph Books Chicago 558, 612 & 864 978-1-57243-604-6 October 15, 1952 To Detroit Red Wingsloan of Ray Hanniganfor 1952–53 season To Chicago Black Hawksloan of Guyle Fielderfor 1952–53 seasonDiamond Dan Total NHL 2003 Triumph Books Chicago 558 & 591 978-1-57243-604-6 See also 1952–53 NHL season References Detroit Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Red Wings Red Wings