1951–52 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1951–52 1951 Boston Bruins 25–29–16 15–12–8 10–17–8 4th 162 176 Art Ross Lynn Patrick Milt Schmidt Boston GardenBoston Arena 7,004https://www.hockeydb.com/nhl-attendance/att_graph_season.php?lid=NHL1927&sid=1952 National Hockey League 1951-52 Attendance Graph Ralph Slate The Internet Hockey Database hockeyDB.com Milt Schmidt (21) Johnny Peirson (30) Milt Schmidt (50)Johnny Peirson (50) Gus Kyle (127) Jim Henry (25) Jim Henry (2.51) The 1951–52 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 28th season in the NHL. 2 Offseason Despite a successful two seasons in goal, including winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year in the 1950 season, Bruins goaltender Jack Gelineau asked general manager Art Ross for a raise. Upon being rejected, he left the team for a business position in Montreal.https://www.nhl.com/news/jack-gelineau-transformation-from-calder-trophy-to-business-world-315671688 Gelineau went from Calder Trophy winner to insurance agent Fischler Stan March 3, 2020 NHL.com February 10, 2021 The Bruins acquired former Rangers and Black Hawks goaltender Jim Henry to replace him. In another offseason deal, the Bruins traded Paul Ronty to the Rangers for former Bruin farmland and 1949 Calder Trophy winner Pentti Lund and Gus Kyle. Regular season On October 12—the day after the season started—team owner Weston Adams sold a controlling interest in the Bruins to the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation, led by Walter A. Brown, the general manager of Boston Garden and owner of the Boston Celtics.Boston Bruins Change Hands https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e4paAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GE8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6431,4255312&dq 19 March 2012 AP October 12, 1951 Due to a collapse of the brine pipes at Boston Garden, the February 26th game against the Detroit Red Wings had to be transferred to Boston Arena, the Bruins' original home. The 4–3 loss would prove to be the final regular season game the Bruins played at the Arena.Vautour Kevin 1997 The Bruins Book Toronto ECW Press 116 978-1-55022-334-7 On March 18 against the Chicago Black Hawks, team captain Milt Schmidt not only scored his 200th goal, but was honored in a game that saw former Kraut Line teammate Bobby Bauer come out of a five-year retirement to join Schmidt and Woody Dumart in the match. Bauer scored a goal and assist in the Bruins' 4–0 win, his final NHL game.Vautour Kevin 1997 The Bruins Book Toronto ECW Press 116 978-1-55022-334-7 Final standings BOS Record vs. opponents BOS Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid; 1951–52 regular season1951-52 Boston Bruins Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1952_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||L||October 11, 1951||0–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||0–1–0 |- |3||L||October 14, 1951||3–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 17, 1951||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||1–3–0 |- |5||T||October 21, 1951||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1951–52) ||1–3–1 |- |6||W||October 24, 1951||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1951–52) ||2–3–1 |- |7||W||October 28, 1951||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||3–3–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |8||W||November 1, 1951||3–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||4–3–1 |- |9||W||November 4, 1951||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||5–3–1 |- |10||T||November 6, 1951||0–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||5–3–2 |- |11||L||November 8, 1951||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||5–4–2 |- |12||T||November 11, 1951||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||5–4–3 |- |13||L||November 13, 1951||1–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||5–5–3 |- |14||T||November 17, 1951||1–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||5–5–4 |- |15||T||November 18, 1951||3–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||5–5–5 |- |16||L||November 20, 1951||0–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||5–6–5 |- |17||T||November 21, 1951||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1951–52) ||5–6–6 |- |18||L||November 25, 1951||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||5–7–6 |- |19||T||November 27, 1951||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1951–52) ||5–7–7 |- |20||T||November 29, 1951||1–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||5–7–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||W||December 2, 1951||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||6–7–8 |- |22||W||December 4, 1951||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||7–7–8 |- |23||W||December 5, 1951||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1951–52) ||8–7–8 |- |24||L||December 9, 1951||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||8–8–8 |- |25||W||December 11, 1951||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1951–52) ||9–8–8 |- |26||L||December 12, 1951||3–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1951–52) ||9–9–8 |- |27||L||December 15, 1951||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||9–10–8 |- |28||L||December 16, 1951||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||9–11–8 |- |29||T||December 18, 1951||5–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||9–11–9 |- |30||L||December 22, 1951||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||9–12–9 |- |31||W||December 23, 1951||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||10–12–9 |- |32||L||December 25, 1951||2–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||10–13–9 |- |33||L||December 29, 1951||0–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||10–14–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |34||L||January 1, 1952||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1951–52) ||10–15–9 |- |35||W||January 5, 1952||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||11–15–9 |- |36||L||January 6, 1952||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||11–16–9 |- |37||W||January 8, 1952||7–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||12–16–9 |- |38||W||January 13, 1952||5–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||13–16–9 |- |39||L||January 15, 1952||0–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||13–17–9 |- |40||L||January 17, 1952||0–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||13–18–9 |- |41||L||January 19, 1952||2–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||13–19–9 |- |42||W||January 20, 1952||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||14–19–9 |- |43||T||January 22, 1952||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1951–52) ||14–19–10 |- |44||L||January 26, 1952||3–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||14–20–10 |- |45||L||January 27, 1952||0–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||14–21–10 |- |46||W||January 29, 1952||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||15–21–10 |- |47||T||January 31, 1952||0–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||15–21–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |48||T||February 2, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||15–21–12 |- |49||W||February 3, 1952||1–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||16–21–12 |- |50||W||February 5, 1952||5–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||17–21–12 |- |51||L||February 9, 1952||2–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1951–52) ||17–22–12 |- |52||L||February 10, 1952||0–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||17–23–12 |- |53||L||February 13, 1952||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1951–52) ||17–24–12 |- |54||W||February 17, 1952||5–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||18–24–12 |- |55||L||February 18, 1952||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||18–25–12 |- |56||T||February 21, 1952||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||18–25–13 |- |57||L||February 24, 1952||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1951–52) ||18–26–13 |- |58||L||February 26, 1952||3–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||18–27–13 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |59||T||March 1, 1952||1–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||18–27–14 |- |60||T||March 2, 1952||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||18–27–15 |- |61||W||March 4, 1952||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1951–52) ||19–27–15 |- |62||L||March 6, 1952||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||19–28–15 |- |63||W||March 9, 1952||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||20–28–15 |- |64||W||March 11, 1952||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) ||21–28–15 |- |65||T||March 13, 1952||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||21–28–16 |- |66||W||March 15, 1952||2–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||22–28–16 |- |67||W||March 16, 1952||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||23–28–16 |- |68||W||March 18, 1952||4–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||24–28–16 |- |69||L||March 19, 1952||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1951–52) ||24–29–16 |- |70||W||March 23, 1952||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||25–29–16 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Milt Schmidt C/D 69 21 29 50 57 Johnny Peirson RW 68 20 30 50 30 Dave Creighton C 49 20 17 37 18 Jack McIntyre ice hockey D 52 12 19 31 18 Dunc Fisher RW 65 15 12 27 2 Ed Sandford LW 65 13 12 25 54 Real Chevrefils LW 33 8 17 25 8 Red Sullivan C 67 12 12 24 24 Bill Quackenbush D 69 2 17 19 6 Adam Brown Adam Brown (ice hockey) LW 33 8 9 17 6 Woody Dumart LW 39 5 8 13 0 Gus Kyle D 69 1 12 13 127 Hal Laycoe D 70 5 7 12 61 Bill Ezinicki RW 28 5 5 10 47 Fleming MacKell C 30 1 8 9 24 Ed Kryzanowski D 70 5 3 8 33 Lorne Ferguson LW 27 3 4 7 14 Leo Labine RW 15 2 4 6 9 Murray Henderson Murray Henderson (ice hockey) D 56 0 6 6 51 Pentti Lund RW 23 0 5 5 0 Vic Lynn LW/D 12 2 2 4 4 Ray Barry Ray Barry (ice hockey) C 18 1 2 3 6 Bobby Bauer RW 1 1 1 2 0 Jim Morrison Jim Morrison (ice hockey) D 14 0 2 2 2 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 25 29 16 176 2.51 7 Team: 4200 70 25 29 16 176 2.51 7 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Ed Sandford LW 7 2 2 4 0 Dave Creighton C 7 2 1 3 2 Fleming MacKell C 5 2 1 3 12 Milt Schmidt C/D 7 2 1 3 0 Jack McIntyre ice hockey D 7 1 2 3 2 Bill Quackenbush D 7 0 3 3 0 Real Chevrefils LW 7 1 1 2 6 Hal Laycoe D 7 1 1 2 11 Johnny Peirson RW 7 0 2 2 4 Pentti Lund RW 2 1 0 1 0 Woody Dumart LW 7 0 1 1 0 Leo Labine RW 5 0 1 1 4 Bob Armstrong Bob Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1931) D 5 0 0 0 2 Dunc Fisher RW 2 0 0 0 0 Murray Henderson Murray Henderson (ice hockey) D 7 0 0 0 4 Jim Henry Jim Henry (ice hockey) G 7 0 0 0 0 Ed Kryzanowski D 7 0 0 0 0 Gus Kyle D 2 0 0 0 4 Red Sullivan C 7 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Jim Henry Jim Henry (ice hockey) 448 7 3 4 18 2.41 1 Team: 448 7 3 4 18 2.41 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-11 1951-52 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1952.html See also 1951–52 NHL season References Boston Bruins season, 1951-52 Category:Boston Bruins seasons Boston Boston Category:1950s in Boston