1952-53 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-23-19 - 75 points
in the NHL
Won League Championship

1952-53 Montreal Canadiens Roster

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 28 wins and 23 losses and 19 ties for 75 points in the NHL.

The team scored 155 goals and conceded 148. Maurice Richard netted 28 goals for the team and accounted for 33 assists. Gerry McNeil earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.12 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances. The 1952-53 Montreal Canadiens won the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Maurice Richard	R	70	28	33	61	112	0.40	0.47	0.87
Bert Olmstead	R	69	17	28	45	83	0.25	0.41	0.65
Elmer Lach	C	53	16	25	41	56	0.30	0.47	0.77
Bernie Geoffrion	R	65	22	17	39	37	0.34	0.26	0.60
Doug Harvey	D	69	4	30	34	67	0.06	0.43	0.49
Paul Meger	L	69	9	17	26	38	0.13	0.25	0.38
Dick Gamble	L	69	11	13	24	26	0.16	0.19	0.35
Floyd Curry	R	68	16	6	22	10	0.24	0.09	0.32
Ken Mosdell	C	63	5	14	19	27	0.08	0.22	0.30
Billy Reay	C	56	4	15	19	26	0.07	0.27	0.34
Paul Masnick	C	53	5	7	12	44	0.09	0.13	0.23
Tom Johnson	D	70	3	8	11	63	0.04	0.11	0.16
Butch Bouchard	D	58	2	8	10	55	0.03	0.14	0.17
John McCormack	C	59	1	9	10	9	0.02	0.15	0.17
Dollard St. Laurent	D	54	2	6	8	34	0.04	0.11	0.15
Dickie Moore	L	18	2	6	8	19	0.11	0.33	0.44
Jean Beliveau	C	3	5	0	5	0	1.67		1.67
Bud MacPherson	D	59	2	3	5	67	0.03	0.05	0.08
Ed Litzenberger	R	2	1	0	1	2	0.50		0.50
Gerard Desaulniers	C	2	0	1	1	2		0.50	0.50
Gaye Stewart	L	5	0	1	1	0		0.20	0.20
Ivan Irwin	D	4	0	1	1	0		0.25	0.25
Roland Rousseau	D	2	0	0	0	0
Hal Murphy	G	1	0	0	0	0
Gerry McNeil	G	66	0	0	0	0
Jacques Plante	G	3	0	0	0	0
Reg Abbott	C	3	0	0	0	0
Totals		1113	155	248	403	777

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Gerry McNeil	66	3960	25	23	18	10	140	2.12
Jacques Plante	3	180	2	0	1	0	4	1.33
Hal Murphy	1	60	1	0	0	0	4	4.00
Totals	70	4200	28	23	19	10	148	2.11	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Maurice Richard	R	12	7	1	8	2	0.58	0.08	0.67
Bert Olmstead	R	12	2	2	4	4	0.17	0.17	0.33
Elmer Lach	C	12	1	6	7	6	0.08	0.50	0.58
Bernie Geoffrion	R	12	6	4	10	12	0.50	0.33	0.83
Doug Harvey	D	12	0	5	5	8		0.42	0.42
Paul Meger	L	5	1	2	3	4	0.20	0.40	0.60
Dick Gamble	L	5	1	0	1	2	0.20		0.20
Floyd Curry	R	12	2	1	3	2	0.17	0.08	0.25
Ken Mosdell	C	7	3	2	5	4	0.43	0.29	0.71
Billy Reay	C	11	0	2	2	4		0.18	0.18
Paul Masnick	C	6	1	0	1	7	0.17		0.17
Tom Johnson	D	12	2	3	5	8	0.17	0.25	0.42
Butch Bouchard	D	12	1	1	2	6	0.08	0.08	0.17
John McCormack	C	9	0	0	0	0
Dollard St. Laurent	D	12	0	3	3	4		0.25	0.25
Dickie Moore	L	12	3	2	5	13	0.25	0.17	0.42
Bud MacPherson	D	4	0	1	1	9		0.25	0.25
Eddie Mazur	L	7	2	2	4	11	0.29	0.29	0.57
Calum MacKay	L	7	1	3	4	10	0.14	0.43	0.57
Gerry McNeil	G	8	0	0	0	0
Lorne Davis	R	7	1	1	2	2	0.14	0.14	0.29
Jacques Plante	G	4	0	0	0	0
Doug Anderson	C	2	0	0	0	0
Totals		202	34	41	75	118

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Gerry McNeil	8	486	5	3	2	16	1.98	222	206	.928
Jacques Plante	4	240	3	1	1	7	1.75	113	106	.938
Totals	12	726	8	4	3	23	1.90	335	312	.931

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