1952–53 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 June 2019 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1952–53 1952 2nd 28–23–19 18–12–5 10–11–14 155 148 Frank J. Selke Dick Irvin Emile Bouchard Montreal Forum Maurice Richard (28) Maurice Richard (33) Maurice Richard (61) Maurice Richard (112) Gerry McNeil (25) Gerry McNeil (2.12) yes The 1952–53 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 44th season of play. The Canadiens placed second in the regular season, defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in the semi-final and the Boston Bruins in the final to win the club's seventh Stanley Cup championship. As of 2025, the last surviving member of the team is Reg Abbott, following the death of Paul Masnick on March 23, 2024.The oldest living Canadiens Stanley Cup champion has passed away Offside https://dailyhive.com/montreal/canadiens-stanley-cup-champion-death-masnick 2024-03-27 dailyhive.com en 2 Regular season Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1952–53 regular season1952-53 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1953_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 7, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 9, 1952||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 11, 1952||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||1–1–0 |- |3||T||October 12, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||1–1–1 |- |4||W||October 16, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 18, 1952||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||3–1–1 |- |6||L||October 19, 1952||1–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||3–2–1 |- |7||T||October 23, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||3–2–2 |- |8||W||October 25, 1952||9–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||4–2–2 |- |9||L||October 29, 1952||5–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||4–3–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||W||November 1, 1952||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||5–3–2 |- |11||T||November 2, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||5–3–3 |- |12||W||November 6, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||6–3–3 |- |13||W||November 8, 1952||6–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||7–3–3 |- |14||L||November 13, 1952||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||7–4–3 |- |15||W||November 15, 1952||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||8–4–3 |- |16||L||November 16, 1952||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||8–5–3 |- |17||T||November 22, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||8–5–4 |- |18||T||November 23, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||8–5–5 |- |19||T||November 27, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||8–5–6 |- |20||T||November 29, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||8–5–7 |- |21||L||November 30, 1952||1–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||8–6–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |22||L||December 4, 1952||1–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||8–7–7 |- |23||L||December 6, 1952||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||8–8–7 |- |24||T||December 7, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||8–8–8 |- |25||W||December 10, 1952||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||9–8–8 |- |26||W||December 11, 1952||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||10–8–8 |- |27||W||December 13, 1952||3–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||11–8–8 |- |28||T||December 14, 1952||0–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||11–8–9 |- |29||W||December 18, 1952||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||12–8–9 |- |30||L||December 20, 1952||3–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||12–9–9 |- |31||W||December 21, 1952||4–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||13–9–9 |- |32||L||December 24, 1952||0–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||13–10–9 |- |33||T||December 27, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||13–10–10 |- |34||W||December 31, 1952||2–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||14–10–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |35||T||January 1, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||14–10–11 |- |36||L||January 3, 1953||0–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||14–11–11 |- |37||T||January 8, 1953||4–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||14–11–12 |- |38||W||January 10, 1953||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||15–11–12 |- |39||L||January 11, 1953||0–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||15–12–12 |- |40||W||January 15, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||16–12–12 |- |41||T||January 17, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||16–12–13 |- |42||W||January 18, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||17–12–13 |- |43||W||January 21, 1953||1–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||18–12–13 |- |44||W||January 22, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||19–12–13 |- |45||L||January 24, 1953||1–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||19–13–13 |- |46||T||January 25, 1953||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||19–13–14 |- |47||W||January 28, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||20–13–14 |- |48||W||January 29, 1953||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||21–13–14 |- |49||T||January 31, 1953||0–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||21–13–15 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |50||L||February 1, 1953||3–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||21–14–15 |- |51||W||February 5, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||22–14–15 |- |52||L||February 7, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||22–15–15 |- |53||T||February 8, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||22–15–16 |- |54||W||February 12, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||23–15–16 |- |55||T||February 14, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||23–15–17 |- |56||L||February 15, 1953||0–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||23–16–17 |- |57||L||February 19, 1953||1–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||23–17–17 |- |58||W||February 21, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||24–17–17 |- |59||W||February 25, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||25–17–17 |- |60||W||February 26, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||26–17–17 |- |61||L||February 28, 1953||3–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||26–18–17 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||L||March 5, 1953||0–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||26–19–17 |- |63||W||March 7, 1953||1–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||27–19–17 |- |64||L||March 8, 1953||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1952–53) ||27–20–17 |- |65||T||March 12, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) ||27–20–18 |- |66||W||March 14, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1952–53) ||28–20–18 |- |67||L||March 15, 1953||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||28–21–18 |- |68||L||March 19, 1953||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) ||28–22–18 |- |69||L||March 21, 1953||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1952–53) ||28–23–18 |- |70||T||March 22, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) ||28–23–19 |- |- | 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 Stanley Cup Finals 1953 Stanley Cup Finals Date Away Score Home Score Notes April 9 Boston 2 Montreal 4 April 11 Boston 4 Montreal 1 April 12 Montreal 3 Boston 0 April 14 Montreal 7 Boston 3 April 16 Boston 0 Montreal 1 OT Montreal won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 1. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Maurice Richard RW 70 28 33 61 112 Bert Olmstead LW 69 17 28 45 83 Elmer Lach C 53 16 25 41 56 Bernie Geoffrion RW 65 22 17 39 37 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 69 4 30 34 67 Paul Meger LW 69 9 17 26 38 Dick Gamble LW 69 11 13 24 26 Floyd Curry RW 68 16 6 22 10 Ken Mosdell C 63 5 14 19 27 Billy Reay C 56 4 15 19 26 Paul Masnick C 53 5 7 12 44 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 70 3 8 11 63 Emile Bouchard D 58 2 8 10 55 John McCormack John McCormack (ice hockey) C 59 1 9 10 9 Dickie Moore Dickie Moore (ice hockey) LW 18 2 6 8 19 Dollard St. Laurent D 54 2 6 8 34 Jean Beliveau C 3 5 0 5 0 Bud MacPherson D 59 2 3 5 67 Gaye Stewart LW 5 0 2 2 0 Ed Litzenberger C/RW 2 1 0 1 2 Gerry Desaulniers C 2 0 1 1 2 Ivan Irwin D 4 0 1 1 0 Reg Abbott C 3 0 0 0 0 Gerry McNeil G 66 0 0 0 0 Hal Murphy G 1 0 0 0 0 Jacques Plante G 3 0 0 0 0 Rollie Rousseau D 2 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Gerry McNeil 3960 66 25 23 18 140 2.12 10 Jacques Plante 180 3 2 0 1 4 1.33 0 Hal Murphy 60 1 1 0 0 4 4.00 0 Team: 4200 70 28 23 19 148 2.11 10 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Bernie Geoffrion RW 12 6 4 10 12 Maurice Richard RW 12 7 1 8 2 Elmer Lach C 12 1 6 7 6 Dickie Moore Dickie Moore (ice hockey) LW 12 3 2 5 13 Ken Mosdell C 7 3 2 5 4 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 12 2 3 5 8 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 12 0 5 5 8 Eddie Mazur D/LW 7 2 2 4 11 Bert Olmstead LW 12 2 2 4 4 Calum MacKay ice hockey LW 7 1 3 4 10 Floyd Curry RW 12 2 1 3 2 Paul Meger LW 5 1 2 3 4 Dollard St. Laurent D 12 0 3 3 4 Emile Bouchard D 12 1 1 2 6 Lorne Davis RW 7 1 1 2 2 Billy Reay C 11 0 2 2 4 Dick Gamble LW 5 1 0 1 2 Paul Masnick C 6 1 0 1 7 Bud MacPherson D 4 0 1 1 9 Doug Anderson Doug Anderson (ice hockey) C 2 0 0 0 0 John McCormack John McCormack (ice hockey) C 9 0 0 0 0 Gerry McNeil G 8 0 0 0 0 Jacques Plante G 4 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Gerry McNeil 486 8 5 3 16 1.98 2 Jacques Plante 240 4 3 1 7 1.75 1 Team: 726 12 8 4 23 1.90 3 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1952-53 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1953.html Awards Stanley Cup (NHL Playoff Champions) All-Star teams First team   Position  Doug Harvey D Second team   Position  Gerry McNeil GMaurice Richard RWBert Olmstead LW Transactions The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Montreal Canadiens 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 22, 1952 To Montreal Canadienscash To Chicago Black HawksGerry CoutureNHL 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 521 978-1-57243-604-6 October 8, 1952 To Montreal Canadiensrights to Frank Eddolls To New York RangerscashDiamond Dan Total NHL 2003 Triumph Books Chicago 548 978-1-57243-604-6 Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Mon Mon