# 1952–53 Boston Bruins season

The 1952–53 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 29th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

## 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

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 12, 1952 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | W | October 16, 1952 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | L | October 18, 1952 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | T | October 19, 1952 | 2–2 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 1–1–2 |
| 5 | T | October 22, 1952 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 1–1–3 |
| 6 | W | October 25, 1952 | 4–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 2–1–3 |
| 7 | T | October 26, 1952 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 2–1–4 |
| 8 | L | October 30, 1952 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 2–2–4 |
| 9 | L | November 1, 1952 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 2–3–4 |
| 10 | L | November 2, 1952 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 2–4–4 |
| 11 | W | November 6, 1952 | 2–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 3–4–4 |
| 12 | W | November 9, 1952 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 4–4–4 |
| 13 | W | November 11, 1952 | 4–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 5–4–4 |
| 14 | L | November 13, 1952 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 5–5–4 |
| 15 | L | November 15, 1952 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 5–6–4 |
| 16 | L | November 16, 1952 | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 5–7–4 |
| 17 | W | November 19, 1952 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 6–7–4 |
| 18 | L | November 20, 1952 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 6–8–4 |
| 19 | W | November 23, 1952 | 6–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 7–8–4 |
| 20 | W | November 27, 1952 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 8–8–4 |
| 21 | W | November 30, 1952 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 9–8–4 |
| 22 | W | December 4, 1952 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 10–8–4 |
| 23 | W | December 6, 1952 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 11–8–4 |
| 24 | T | December 7, 1952 | 1–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 11–8–5 |
| 25 | W | December 10, 1952 | 4–1 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 12–8–5 |
| 26 | L | December 11, 1952 | 1–10 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 12–9–5 |
| 27 | T | December 14, 1952 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 12–9–6 |
| 28 | L | December 17, 1952 | 0–5 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 12–10–6 |
| 29 | T | December 18, 1952 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 12–10–7 |
| 30 | W | December 20, 1952 | 6–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 13–10–7 |
| 31 | L | December 21, 1952 | 3–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 13–11–7 |
| 32 | L | December 25, 1952 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 13–12–7 |
| 33 | L | December 27, 1952 | 0–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 13–13–7 |
| 34 | L | December 28, 1952 | 1–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 13–14–7 |
| 35 | W | January 1, 1953 | 5–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 14–14–7 |
| 36 | W | January 3, 1953 | 1–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 15–14–7 |
| 37 | L | January 4, 1953 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 15–15–7 |
| 38 | L | January 8, 1953 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 15–16–7 |
| 39 | L | January 10, 1953 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 15–17–7 |
| 40 | L | January 11, 1953 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 15–18–7 |
| 41 | L | January 15, 1953 | 0–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 15–19–7 |
| 42 | W | January 18, 1953 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 16–19–7 |
| 43 | T | January 22, 1953 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 16–19–8 |
| 44 | W | January 24, 1953 | 9–0 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 17–19–8 |
| 45 | L | January 25, 1953 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 17–20–8 |
| 46 | T | January 29, 1953 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 17–20–9 |
| 47 | T | January 31, 1953 | 0–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 17–20–10 |
| 48 | W | February 1, 1953 | 4–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 18–20–10 |
| 49 | W | February 5, 1953 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 19–20–10 |
| 50 | L | February 8, 1953 | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 19–21–10 |
| 51 | W | February 12, 1953 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 20–21–10 |
| 52 | W | February 14, 1953 | 5–4 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 21–21–10 |
| 53 | W | February 15, 1953 | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 22–21–10 |
| 54 | L | February 18, 1953 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 22–22–10 |
| 55 | T | February 21, 1953 | 2–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 22–22–11 |
| 56 | L | February 22, 1953 | 0–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 22–23–11 |
| 57 | L | February 25, 1953 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 22–24–11 |
| 58 | L | February 27, 1953 | 0–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 22–25–11 |
| 59 | T | March 1, 1953 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 22–25–12 |
| 60 | L | March 2, 1953 | 2–10 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 22–26–12 |
| 61 | W | March 5, 1953 | 5–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 23–26–12 |
| 62 | L | March 7, 1953 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1952–53) | 23–27–12 |
| 63 | W | March 8, 1953 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) | 24–27–12 |
| 64 | T | March 12, 1953 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 24–27–13 |
| 65 | W | March 14, 1953 | 3–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 25–27–13 |
| 66 | W | March 15, 1953 | 2–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 26–27–13 |
| 67 | W | March 18, 1953 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1952–53) | 27–27–13 |
| 68 | L | March 19, 1953 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) | 27–28–13 |
| 69 | W | March 21, 1953 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) | 28–28–13 |
| 70 | L | March 22, 1953 | 1–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) | 28–29–13 |

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Fleming MacKell | C | 65 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 63 |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 61 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 44 |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 68 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 30 |
| Real Chevrefils | LW | 69 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 44 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 49 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 32 |
| Joe Klukay | LW | 70 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 20 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 69 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 36 |
| Leo Labine | RW | 51 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 69 |
| Jack McIntyre | D | 70 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 31 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 69 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 6 |
| Pentti Lund | RW | 54 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
| Dave Creighton | C | 45 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 14 |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 62 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 60 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
| Hal Laycoe | D | 54 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 36 |
| Red Sullivan | C | 32 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
| Bob Armstrong | D | 55 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 45 |
| Frank Martin | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Dunc Fisher | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Norm Corcoran | C/RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Henry | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jim Henry | 4200 | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 172 | 2.46 | 8 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 172 | 2.46 | 8 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ed Sandford | LW | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
| Dave Creighton | C | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Fleming MacKell | C | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Jack McIntyre | D | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Bill Quackenbush | D | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Leo Labine | RW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Joe Klukay | LW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Bob Armstrong | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Hal Laycoe | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Real Chevrefils | LW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Frank Martin | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gord Henry | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Henry | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pentti Lund | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Sullivan | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Jim Henry | 510 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 3.06 | 0 |
| Gord Henry | 163 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4.05 | 0 |
| Team: | 673 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 3.30 | 0 |
    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

The Boston Bruins did not win any NHL awards for the 1952–53 NHL season.

### All-Star teams

| First team | Position |
| Fleming MacKell | C |
| Second team | Position |
| Bill Quackenbush | D |

## Transactions

The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Boston Bruins during the 1952–53 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to and for which player(s) or other consideration(s), if applicable.
| August 14, 1952 | To Boston Bruinscash | To Chicago Black HawksEd Kryzanowski |
| September 16, 1952 | To Toronto Maple Leafscash | To Boston BruinsJoe Klukay |
| October 31, 1952 | To Boston BruinsEd Kryzanowski | To Chicago Black Hawkscash |