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1952-53 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

Record: 28-23-19 (75 points), Finished 2nd in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dick Irvin (28-23-19)

Captain: Butch Bouchard

Primary Arena: Montreal Forum

1952-53 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 155 (4th of 6), Goals Against: 148 (2nd of 6)
SRS: 0.08 (2nd of 6), SOS: -0.02 (5th of 6)

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

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Montreal Canadiens	70	28	23	19	75	.536	155	148	0.08	-0.02	2.21	2.11	40			37			4	3						10
League Average	70	27	27	16	70	.500	168	168					33			33			5	5		100600.0				8

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Montreal Canadiens
League Average

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
4	Reg Abbott	ca	C	22	5-11	164	L/-	R	February 4, 1930
23	Doug Anderson	ca	C	25	5-7	157	L/-	R	October 20, 1927
12	Jean Béliveau	ca	C	21	6-3	205	L/-	1	August 31, 1931
3	Butch Bouchard (C)	ca	D	33	6-2	205	R/-	11	September 4, 1919
6	Floyd Curry	ca	RW	27	5-11	174	R/-	4	August 11, 1925
22	Lorne Davis	ca	RW	22	5-11	190	R/-	1	July 20, 1930
23	Gerard Desaulniers	ca	C	24	5-11	152	L/-	1	December 31, 1928
8	Dick Gamble	ca	LW	24	6-0	178	L/-	2	November 16, 1928
5	Bernie Geoffrion	ca	RW	21	5-9	166	R/-	2	February 16, 1931
2	Doug Harvey	ca	D	28	5-11	187	L/-	5	December 19, 1924
4	Ivan Irwin	us	D	25	6-2	185	L/-	R	March 13, 1927
10	Tom Johnson	ca	D	24	6-0	180	L/-	3	February 18, 1928
16	Elmer Lach	ca	C	35	5-10	165	L/-	12	January 22, 1918
4	Ed Litzenberger	ca	C	20	6-1	174	R/-	R	July 15, 1932
4	Calum MacKay	ca	LW	26	5-10	178	L/-	5	January 1, 1927
21	Bud MacPherson	ca	D	25	6-4	200	L/-	3	March 31, 1927
11-22	Paul Masnick	ca	C	21	5-9	165	R/-	2	April 14, 1931
23	Eddie Mazur	ca	LW	23	6-2	186	L/-	R	July 25, 1929
17	John McCormack	ca	C	27	6-0	185	L/-	5	August 2, 1925
1	Gerry McNeil	ca	G	26	5-7	155	-/L	4	April 17, 1926
20	Paul Meger	ca	LW	23	5-7	160	L/-	2	February 17, 1929
12	Dickie Moore	ca	LW	22	5-10	168	L/-	1	January 6, 1931
18	Ken Mosdell	ca	C	30	6-1	170	L/-	9	July 13, 1922
1	Hal Murphy	ca	G	25	5-9	140	-/R	R	July 6, 1927
15	Bert Olmstead	ca	LW	26	6-1	180	L/-	4	September 4, 1926
1	Jacques Plante	ca	G	24	6-0	175	-/L	R	January 17, 1929
14	Billy Reay	ca	C	34	5-7	155	L/-	9	August 21, 1918
9	Maurice Richard	ca	RW	31	5-10	170	L/-	10	August 4, 1921
23	Roland Rousseau	ca	D	23	5-8	160	L/-	R	December 1, 1929
19	Dollard St. Laurent	ca	D	23	5-11	205	L/-	2	May 12, 1929
23	Gaye Stewart	ca	LW	29	5-11	175	L/-	8	June 23, 1923

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Maurice Richard*	31	RW	70	28	33	61		112	21	7	0	1	23	10	0					7.0	1.3	8.3
2	Bert Olmstead*	26	LW	69	17	28	45		83	9	8	0	3	15	13	0					3.9	1.3	5.2
3	Elmer Lach*	35	C	53	16	25	41		56	8	8	0	6	12	13	0					4.1	1.0	5.0
4	Bernie Geoffrion*	21	RW	65	22	17	39		37	18	4	0	3	9	8	0					4.0	1.2	5.2
5	Doug Harvey*	28	D	69	4	30	34		67	2	2	0	0	12	18	0					3.0	5.1	8.1
6	Paul Meger	23	LW	69	9	17	26		36	7	1	1	0	17	0	0					0.8	1.3	2.0
7	Dick Gamble	24	LW	69	11	13	24		26	9	2	0	1	11	1	1					0.8	1.3	2.0
8	Floyd Curry	27	RW	68	16	6	22		10	12	2	2	4	4	1	1					1.2	1.3	2.4
9	Ken Mosdell	30	C	63	5	14	19		27	4	1	0	3	13	1	0					-0.2	1.2	0.9
10	Billy Reay	34	C	56	4	15	19		26	3	1	0	3	14	0	1					0.0	1.0	1.0
11	Paul Masnick	21	C	53	5	7	12		44	4	1	0	0	7	0	0					-0.6	1.0	0.4
12	Tom Johnson*	24	D	70	3	8	11		65	3	0	0	1	8	0	0					0.2	5.2	5.4
13	Butch Bouchard*	33	D	58	2	8	10		55	2	0	0	0	7	1	0					0.2	4.3	4.5
14	John McCormack	27	C	59	1	9	10		9	0	0	1	1	8	0	1					-1.5	1.1	-0.5
15	Dickie Moore*	22	LW	18	2	6	8		19	1	1	0	1	4	2	0					0.3	0.3	0.6
16	Dollard St. Laurent	23	D	54	2	6	8		34	1	1	0	0	6	0	0					0.1	4.0	4.1
17	Jean Béliveau*	21	C	3	5	0	5		0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0					1.0	0.1	1.1
18	Bud MacPherson	25	D	59	2	3	5		67	2	0	0	0	2	1	0					-0.4	4.3	4.0
19	Ed Litzenberger	20	C	2	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.1	0.0	0.2
20	Gerard Desaulniers	24	C	2	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.1
21	Ivan Irwin	25	D	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.0	0.3	0.3
22	Gaye Stewart	29	LW	5	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.0	0.1	0.1
23	Reg Abbott	22	C	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.1	-0.1
24	Gerry McNeil	26	G	66	0	0	0		0					0					3960	60:00	0.0	0.0	13.1
25	Hal Murphy	25	G	1	0	0	0		0					0					60	60:00	0.0	0.0	0.0
26	Jacques Plante*	24	G	3	0	0	0		0					0					180	60:00	0.0	0.0	0.9
27	Roland Rousseau	23	D	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.1	0.1
	Team Total			70	155	248	403		777	111	40	4	28	175	69	4					23.7	36.7	74.3