1952–53 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season March 2026 June 2019 NHL 1952–53 1952 Boston Bruins 28–29–13 19–10–6 9–19–7 3rd 152 172 Art Ross Lynn Patrick Milt Schmidt Boston Garden Fleming MacKell (27) Milt Schmidt (23) Fleming MacKell (44) Leo Labine (69) Jim Henry Jim Henry The 1952–53 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 29th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). 2 Regular season Final standings BOS Record vs. opponents BOS Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid; 1952–53 regular season1952-53 Boston Bruins Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1953_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 3, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||T||October 12, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||0–0–1 |- |2||W||October 16, 1952||2–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||1–0–1 |- |3||L||October 18, 1952||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||1–1–1 |- |4||T||October 19, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||1–1–2 |- |5||T||October 22, 1952||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||1–1–3 |- |6||W||October 25, 1952||4–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||2–1–3 |- |7||T||October 26, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||2–1–4 |- |8||L||October 30, 1952||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||2–2–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |9||L||November 1, 1952||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||2–3–4 |- |10||L||November 2, 1952||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||2–4–4 |- |11||W||November 6, 1952||2–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||3–4–4 |- |12||W||November 9, 1952||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||4–4–4 |- |13||W||November 11, 1952||4–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||5–4–4 |- |14||L||November 13, 1952||0–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||5–5–4 |- |15||L||November 15, 1952||0–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||5–6–4 |- |16||L||November 16, 1952||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||5–7–4 |- |17||W||November 19, 1952||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||6–7–4 |- |18||L||November 20, 1952||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||6–8–4 |- |19||W||November 23, 1952||6–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||7–8–4 |- |20||W||November 27, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||8–8–4 |- |21||W||November 30, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||9–8–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |22||W||December 4, 1952||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||10–8–4 |- |23||W||December 6, 1952||2–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||11–8–4 |- |24||T||December 7, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||11–8–5 |- |25||W||December 10, 1952||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||12–8–5 |- |26||L||December 11, 1952||1–10 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||12–9–5 |- |27||T||December 14, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||12–9–6 |- |28||L||December 17, 1952||0–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||12–10–6 |- |29||T||December 18, 1952||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||12–10–7 |- |30||W||December 20, 1952||6–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||13–10–7 |- |31||L||December 21, 1952||3–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||13–11–7 |- |32||L||December 25, 1952||1–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||13–12–7 |- |33||L||December 27, 1952||0–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||13–13–7 |- |34||L||December 28, 1952||1–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||13–14–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |35||W||January 1, 1953||5–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||14–14–7 |- |36||W||January 3, 1953||1–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||15–14–7 |- |37||L||January 4, 1953||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||15–15–7 |- |38||L||January 8, 1953||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||15–16–7 |- |39||L||January 10, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||15–17–7 |- |40||L||January 11, 1953||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||15–18–7 |- |41||L||January 15, 1953||0–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||15–19–7 |- |42||W||January 18, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||16–19–7 |- |43||T||January 22, 1953||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||16–19–8 |- |44||W||January 24, 1953||9–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||17–19–8 |- |45||L||January 25, 1953||1–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||17–20–8 |- |46||T||January 29, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||17–20–9 |- |47||T||January 31, 1953||0–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||17–20–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |48||W||February 1, 1953||4–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||18–20–10 |- |49||W||February 5, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||19–20–10 |- |50||L||February 8, 1953||3–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||19–21–10 |- |51||W||February 12, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||20–21–10 |- |52||W||February 14, 1953||5–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||21–21–10 |- |53||W||February 15, 1953||1–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||22–21–10 |- |54||L||February 18, 1953||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||22–22–10 |- |55||T||February 21, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||22–22–11 |- |56||L||February 22, 1953||0–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||22–23–11 |- |57||L||February 25, 1953||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||22–24–11 |- |58||L||February 27, 1953||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||22–25–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |59||T||March 1, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||22–25–12 |- |60||L||March 2, 1953||2–10 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||22–26–12 |- |61||W||March 5, 1953||5–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||23–26–12 |- |62||L||March 7, 1953||1–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||23–27–12 |- |63||W||March 8, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||24–27–12 |- |64||T||March 12, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||24–27–13 |- |65||W||March 14, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||25–27–13 |- |66||W||March 15, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||26–27–13 |- |67||W||March 18, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||27–27–13 |- |68||L||March 19, 1953||1–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||27–28–13 |- |69||W||March 21, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) ||28–28–13 |- |70||L||March 22, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||28–29–13 |- |- | 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 Fleming MacKell C 65 27 17 44 63 Ed Sandford LW 61 14 21 35 44 Milt Schmidt C/D 68 11 23 34 30 Real Chevrefils LW 69 19 14 33 44 Johnny Peirson RW 49 14 15 29 32 Joe Klukay LW 70 13 16 29 20 Jerry Toppazzini RW 69 10 13 23 36 Leo Labine RW 51 8 15 23 69 Jack McIntyre ice hockey D 70 7 15 22 31 Bill Quackenbush D 69 2 16 18 6 Pentti Lund RW 54 8 9 17 2 Dave Creighton C 45 8 8 16 14 Woody Dumart LW 62 5 9 14 2 Warren Godfrey D 60 1 13 14 40 Hal Laycoe D 54 2 10 12 36 Red Sullivan C 32 3 8 11 8 Bob Armstrong Bob Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1931) D 55 0 8 8 45 Frank Martin Frank Martin (ice hockey) D 14 0 2 2 6 Dunc Fisher RW 7 0 1 1 0 Norm Corcoran C/RW 1 0 0 0 0 Jim Henry Jim Henry (ice hockey) G 70 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Jim Henry Jim Henry (ice hockey) 4200 70 28 29 13 172 2.46 8 Team: 4200 70 28 29 13 172 2.46 8 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Ed Sandford LW 11 8 3 11 11 Dave Creighton C 11 4 5 9 10 Johnny Peirson RW 11 3 6 9 2 Fleming MacKell C 11 2 7 9 7 Milt Schmidt C/D 10 5 1 6 6 Jack McIntyre ice hockey D 10 4 2 6 2 Bill Quackenbush D 11 0 4 4 4 Leo Labine RW 7 2 1 3 19 Joe Klukay LW 11 1 2 3 9 Jerry Toppazzini RW 11 0 3 3 9 Bob Armstrong Bob Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1931) D 11 1 1 2 10 Woody Dumart LW 11 0 2 2 0 Hal Laycoe D 11 0 2 2 10 Real Chevrefils LW 7 0 1 1 6 Warren Godfrey D 11 0 1 1 2 Frank Martin Frank Martin (ice hockey) D 6 0 1 1 2 Gord Henry G 3 0 0 0 0 Jim Henry Jim Henry (ice hockey) G 9 0 0 0 0 Pentti Lund RW 2 0 0 0 0 Red Sullivan C 3 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Jim Henry Jim Henry (ice hockey) 510 9 5 4 26 3.06 0 Gord Henry 163 3 0 2 11 4.05 0 Team: 673 11 5 6 37 3.30 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-09 1952-53 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1953.html Awards The Boston Bruins did not win any NHL awards for the 1952–53 NHL season. All-Star teams First team   Position  Fleming MacKell C Second team   Position  Bill Quackenbush D Transactions The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Boston Bruins 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. August 14, 1952 To Boston Bruinscash To Chicago Black HawksEd KryzanowskiNHL 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 645 978-1-57243-604-6 September 16, 1952 To Toronto Maple Leafscash To Boston BruinsJoe KlukayDiamond Dan Total NHL 2003 Triumph Books Chicago 639 978-1-57243-604-6 October 31, 1952 To Boston BruinsEd Kryzanowski To Chicago Black HawkscashDiamond Dan Total NHL 2003 Triumph Books Chicago 645 978-1-57243-604-6 See also 1952–53 NHL season References Boston Bruins season, 1952-53 Category:Boston Bruins seasons Boston Boston Category:1950s in Boston