# 1952–53 New York Rangers season

The 1952–53 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 27th season. During the regular season, the Rangers compiled a 17–37–16 record and finished with 50 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 36 | 16 | 18 | 222 | 133 | +89 | 90 |
| 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 155 | 148 | +7 | 75 |
| 3 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 152 | 172 | −20 | 69 |
| 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 169 | 175 | −6 | 69 |
| 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 27 | 30 | 13 | 156 | 167 | −11 | 67 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 70 | 17 | 37 | 16 | 152 | 211 | −59 | 50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1952–53 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 4–5–5 | 2–10–2 | 9–2–3 | 5–7–2 | 8–5–1 |
| Chicago | 5–4–5 | — | 3–9–2 | 3–7–4 | 10–3–1 | 6–6–2 |
| Detroit | 10–2–2 | 9–3–2 | — | 4–4–6 | 7–3–4 | 7–4–3 |
| Montreal | 2–9–3 | 7–3–4 | 4–4–6 | — | 7–2–5 | 7–5–2 |
| New York | 7–5–2 | 3–10–1 | 3–7–4 | 2–7–5 | — | 2–8–4 |
| Toronto | 5–8–1 | 6–6–2 | 4–7–3 | 5–7–2 | 8–2–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

1952–53 Game Log :
October: 1–6–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 0–5–1)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
19@ Detroit Red Wings5–30–1–0
212@ Chicago Black Hawks2–00–2–0
316@ Montreal Canadiens3–10–3–0
418@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–30–4–0
519@ Boston Bruins2–20–4–1
622Boston Bruins3–30–4–2
726Detroit Red Wings3–21–4–2
829Chicago Black Hawks3–11–5–2
930@ Chicago Black Hawks8–31–6–2 :
November: 2–6–4 (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 0–5–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
101@ Montreal Canadiens4–11–7–2
112Montreal Canadiens2–21–7–3
125@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–11–8–3
139@ Detroit Red Wings3–11–9–3
1412Chicago Black Hawks5–22–9–3
1513@ Chicago Black Hawks6–22–10–3
1616Toronto Maple Leafs6–32–11–3
1719Detroit Red Wings2–22–11–4
1823Montreal Canadiens2–22–11–5
1926Toronto Maple Leafs4–23–11–5
2027@ Boston Bruins3–13–12–5
2130@ Chicago Black Hawks1–13–12–6 :
December: 2–6–5 (Home: 1–4–3; Road: 1–2–2)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
223Chicago Black Hawks5–33–13–6
234@ Detroit Red Wings5–33–14–6
246@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–23–14–7
257Montreal Canadiens2–23–14–8
2610Boston Bruins4–13–15–8
2714Toronto Maple Leafs2–23–15–9
2817Boston Bruins5–04–15–9
2918@ Montreal Canadiens6–24–16–9
3020@ Detroit Red Wings1–14–16–10
3121Detroit Red Wings5–24–17–10
3225@ Boston Bruins2–15–17–10
3328Chicago Black Hawks6–35–18–10
3431Toronto Maple Leafs3–35–18–11 :
January: 5–7–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 2–5–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
354Boston Bruins5–26–18–11
367Chicago Black Hawks6–46–19–11
378@ Montreal Canadiens4–46–19–12
3811Montreal Canadiens7–07–19–12
3914Detroit Red Wings3–28–19–12
4017@ Toronto Maple Leafs1–08–20–12
4118@ Chicago Black Hawks2–08–21–12
4222@ Detroit Red Wings8–29–21–12
4324@ Boston Bruins9–09–22–12
4425@ Boston Bruins2–110–22–12
4528Montreal Canadiens2–110–23–12
4629@ Montreal Canadiens5–210–24–12
4731@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–010–25–12 :
February: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 2–3–1)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
481@ Chicago Black Hawks1–011–25–12
495@ Detroit Red Wings3–311–25–13
508Montreal Canadiens1–111–25–14
5111Detroit Red Wings2–211–25–15
5214@ Boston Bruins5–411–26–15
5315Toronto Maple Leafs2–111–27–15
5418Boston Bruins4–212–27–15
5519@ Chicago Black Hawks4–213–27–15
5621@ Montreal Canadiens4–113–28–15
5722Detroit Red Wings2–113–29–15
5825Boston Bruins2–114–29–15
5928@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–014–30–15 :
March: 3–7–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 1–3–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
601Toronto Maple Leafs4–215–30–15
614Chicago Black Hawks4–115–31–15
625@ Detroit Red Wings7–115–32–15
637@ Boston Bruins2–116–32–15
648Montreal Canadiens4–317–32–15
6511Detroit Red Wings2–017–33–15
6614@ Montreal Canadiens3–217–34–15
6715Toronto Maple Leafs1–117–34–16
6818Boston Bruins2–117–35–16
6921@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–017–36–16
7022Chicago Black Hawks3–117–37–16 :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Wally Hergesheimer | 70 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 10 |
| Paul Ronty | 70 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 20 |
| Nick Mickoski | 70 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 39 |
| Jack Stoddard | 60 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 29 |
| Hy Buller | 70 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 73 |
| Neil Strain | 52 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 12 |
| Don Raleigh | 55 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 2 |
| Leo Reise | 61 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 53 |
| Ed Kullman | 70 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 61 |
| Allan Stanley | 70 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 52 |
| Harry Howell | 67 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 46 |
| Steve Kraftcheck | 69 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 45 |
| Dean Prentice | 55 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| Pete Babando$^†$ | 30 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| Herb Dickenson | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Aldo Guidolin | 30 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| Ed Slowinski | 37 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| George Senick | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Jim Conacher | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Ron Murphy | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Edgar Laprade | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Gaye Stewart$^‡$ | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Jim Ross | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Kelly Burnett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aggie Kukulowicz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gordie Haworth | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Bathgate | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Frank Bathgate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jackie McLeod | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Labadie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian MacIntosh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Lorne Worsley | 50 | 3000 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 153 | 3.06 | 2 |
| Chuck Rayner | 20 | 1200 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 2.90 | 1 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. $^‡$Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Awards and records

* Calder Memorial Trophy (Top first-year player): Lorne "Gump" Worsley
The New York Rangers did not have any players chosen for the All-Star Teams for the 1952–53 NHL season.

## Transactions

The following is a list of all transactions that occurred for the Rangers during the 1952–53 NHL season. It lists which team each player was traded to and for which player(s) or other consideration(s), if applicable.
| August 18, 1952 | To Detroit Red WingsJim Morrison Reg Sinclair cash | To New York RangersLeo Reise Jr. |
| October 8, 1952 | To Montreal Canadiensrights to Frank Eddolls | To New York Rangerscash |
| January 9, 1953 | To Chicago Black Hawkscash | To New York Rangersrights to Pete Babando |