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1952-53 Montreal Canadiens

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28-23-19 (75 points), Finished 2nd in NHL (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

1952-53 Stanley Cup Champions

Scored 155 goals, Allowed 148 goals, SRS: 0.08 (2nd of 6)
Coached by Dick Irvin (28-23-19)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-1) over Boston Bruins
Won Semi-Finals (4-3) over Chicago Black Hawks

1952-53 Statistics / Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Montreal Canadiens 70 28 23 19 75 .536 155 148 0.08 4.33
League Average 70 27 27 16 70 .500 168 168 0.00 4.79

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Maurice Richard RW 5-10 170 31 70 28 33 61 0.87 24 0.35 112
2 Bert Olmstead LW 6-1 180 26 69 17 28 45 0.65 17 0.25 83
3 Elmer Lach C 5-10 165 35 53 16 25 41 0.77 16 0.30 56
4 Bernie Geoffrion RW 5-9 166 21 65 22 17 39 0.60 16 0.25 37
5 Doug Harvey D 5-11 187 28 69 4 30 34 0.49 11 0.16 67
6 Paul Meger LW 5-7 160 23 69 9 17 26 0.38 10 0.14 38
7 Dick Gamble LW 6-0 178 24 69 11 13 24 0.35 10 0.14 26
8 Floyd Curry RW 5-11 174 27 68 16 6 22 0.32 10 0.15 10
9 Ken Mosdell C 6-1 170 30 63 5 14 19 0.30 7 0.11 27
10 Billy Reay C 5-7 155 34 56 4 15 19 0.34 7 0.12 26
11 Paul Masnick C 5-9 165 21 53 5 7 12 0.23 5 0.09 44
12 Tom Johnson D 6-0 180 24 70 3 8 11 0.16 4 0.06 63
13 John McCormack C 6-0 185 27 59 1 9 10 0.17 3 0.06 9
14 Butch Bouchard D 6-2 205 32 58 2 8 10 0.17 3 0.06 55
15 Dollard St. Laurent D 5-11 205 23 54 2 6 8 0.15 3 0.05 34
16 Dickie Moore LW 5-10 168 22 18 2 6 8 0.44 3 0.16 19
17 Jean Beliveau C 6-3 205 21 3 5 0 5 1.67 3 0.83 0
18 Bud MacPherson D 6-4 200 25 59 2 3 5 0.08 2 0.03 67
19 Gaye Stewart LW 5-11 175 29 5 0 2 2 0.40 1 0.12 0
20 Gerard Desaulniers C 5-11 152 24 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0.16 2
21 Ivan Irwin D 6-2 185 25 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 0.08 0
22 Ed Litzenberger C/RW 6-1 174 20 2 1 0 1 0.50 1 0.25 2
23 Roland Rousseau D 5-8 160 23 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
24 Reg Abbott C 5-11 164 22 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
Team Total 70 155 249 404 5.77 155 2.21 155 148 777

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Gerry McNeil G 5-7 155 26 66 3960 25 23 18 68 .515 10 140 2.12 0 0 0 0
2 Jacques Plante G 6-0 175 24 3 180 2 0 1 5 .833 0 4 1.33 0 0 0 0
3 Hal Murphy G 5-9 140 25 1 60 1 0 0 2 1.000 0 4 4.00 0 0 0 0
Team Total 70 4200 28 23 19 10 148 2.11

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Bernie Geoffrion RW 5-9 166 21 12 6 4 10 0.83 12
2 Maurice Richard RW 5-10 170 31 12 7 1 8 0.67 2
3 Elmer Lach C 5-10 165 35 12 1 6 7 0.58 6
4 Tom Johnson D 6-0 180 24 12 2 3 5 0.42 8
5 Ken Mosdell C 6-1 170 30 7 3 2 5 0.71 4
6 Dickie Moore LW 5-10 168 22 12 3 2 5 0.42 13
7 Doug Harvey D 5-11 187 28 12 0 5 5 0.42 8
8 Eddie Mazur D/LW 6-2 186 23 7 2 2 4 0.57 11
9 Calum MacKay LW 5-10 178 26 7 1 3 4 0.57 10
10 Bert Olmstead LW 6-1 180 26 12 2 2 4 0.33 4
11 Paul Meger LW 5-7 160 23 5 1 2 3 0.60 4
12 Dollard St. Laurent D 5-11 205 23 12 0 3 3 0.25 4
13 Floyd Curry RW 5-11 174 27 12 2 1 3 0.25 2
14 Billy Reay C 5-7 155 34 11 0 2 2 0.18 4
15 Butch Bouchard D 6-2 205 32 12 1 1 2 0.17 6
16 Lorne Davis RW 5-11 190 22 7 1 1 2 0.29 2
17 Bud MacPherson D 6-4 200 25 4 0 1 1 0.25 9
18 Dick Gamble LW 6-0 178 24 5 1 0 1 0.20 2
19 Paul Masnick C 5-9 165 21 6 1 0 1 0.17 7
20 John McCormack C 6-0 185 27 9 0 0 0 0.00 0
21 Doug Anderson C 5-7 157 25 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
Team Total 12 34 41 75 6.25 118

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Gerry McNeil G 5-7 155 26 8 486 5 3 10 .625 2 16 1.98 0 0 0 0
2 Jacques Plante G 6-0 175 24 4 240 3 1 6 .750 1 7 1.75 0 0 0 0
Team Total 70 726 8 4 3 23 1.90