1952-53 Boston Bruins Statistics
Team Record: 28-29-13 - 69 points
in the NHL
Lost League Championship
Coach: Lynn Patrick (28-29-13)
The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 28 wins and 29 losses and 13 ties for 69 points in the NHL.
The club scored 152 goals, worst in the league and allowed 172. Fleming MacKell netted 27 goals for the squad, while Milt Schmidt contributed 23 assists. Jim Henry earned 28 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 2.46 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.
Lynn Patrick coached the team. The 1952-53 Boston Bruins lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleming MacKell | C | 65 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 63 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.26 | 0.68 |
| Ed Sandford | L | 61 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 44 | 0 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.57 |
| Milt Schmidt | C | 68 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.34 | 0.50 |
| Real Chevrefils | L | 69 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 44 | 0 | 0.28 | 0.20 | 0.48 |
| Johnny Peirson | R | 49 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 32 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.59 |
| Joe Klukay | L | 70 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.41 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | R | 69 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.33 |
| Leo Labine | R | 51 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 69 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.45 |
| Jack McIntyre | L | 70 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.31 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 69 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.23 | 0.26 |
| Pentti Lund | R | 54 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.31 |
| Dave Creighton | C | 45 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.36 |
| Woody Dumart | L | 62 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.23 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 60 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.22 | 0.23 |
| Hal Laycoe | D | 54 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.22 |
| Red Sullivan | C | 32 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 0.34 |
| Bob Armstrong | D | 55 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.15 | |
| Frank Martin | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
| Dunc Fisher | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
| Jim Henry | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Norm Corcoran | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1095 | 152 | 233 | 385 | 528 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Henry | 70 | 4200 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 172 | 2.46 | |||
| Totals | 70 | 4200 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 172 | 2.46 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleming MacKell | C | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.64 | 0.82 |
| Ed Sandford | L | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0.73 | 0.27 | 1.00 |
| Milt Schmidt | C | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.10 | 0.60 |
| Real Chevrefils | L | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
| Johnny Peirson | R | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.55 | 0.82 |
| Joe Klukay | L | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.27 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | R | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.27 | |
| Leo Labine | R | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.43 |
| Jack McIntyre | L | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.60 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.36 | |
| Pentti Lund | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Creighton | C | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.82 |
| Woody Dumart | L | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.18 | |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |
| Hal Laycoe | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.18 | |
| Red Sullivan | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Armstrong | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.18 |
| Frank Martin | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Jim Henry | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gord Henry | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 178 | 30 | 42 | 72 | 109 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Henry | 9 | 510 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.06 | 357 | 331 | .927 |
| Gord Henry | 3 | 163 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.05 | 93 | 82 | .882 |
| Totals | 12 | 673 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3.30 | 450 | 413 | .918 |
