1952–53 New York Rangers season

The 1952–53 New York Rangers season was the 27th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished last in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 9, 1952 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 12, 1952 	0–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	0–2–0
3 	L 	October 16, 1952 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	0–3–0
4 	L 	October 18, 1952 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	0–4–0
5 	T 	October 19, 1952 	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	0–4–1
6 	T 	October 22, 1952 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	0–4–2
7 	W 	October 26, 1952 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	1–4–2
8 	L 	October 29, 1952 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) 	1–5–2
9 	L 	October 30, 1952 	3–8 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	1–6–2
10 	L 	November 1, 1952 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	1–7–2
11 	T 	November 2, 1952 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	1–7–3
12 	L 	November 5, 1952 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	1–8–3
13 	L 	November 9, 1952 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	1–9–3
14 	W 	November 12, 1952 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) 	2–9–3
15 	L 	November 13, 1952 	2–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	2–10–3
16 	L 	November 16, 1952 	3–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) 	2–11–3
17 	T 	November 19, 1952 	2–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	2–11–4
18 	T 	November 23, 1952 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	2–11–5
19 	W 	November 26, 1952 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) 	3–11–5
20 	L 	November 27, 1952 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	3–12–5
21 	T 	November 30, 1952 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	3–12–6
22 	L 	December 3, 1952 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) 	3–13–6
23 	L 	December 4, 1952 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	3–14–6
24 	T 	December 6, 1952 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	3–14–7
25 	T 	December 7, 1952 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	3–14–8
26 	L 	December 10, 1952 	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	3–15–8
27 	T 	December 14, 1952 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) 	3–15–9
28 	W 	December 17, 1952 	5–0 	Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	4–15–9
29 	L 	December 18, 1952 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	4–16–9
30 	T 	December 20, 1952 	1–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	4–16–10
31 	L 	December 21, 1952 	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	4–17–10
32 	W 	December 25, 1952 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	5–17–10
33 	L 	December 28, 1952 	3–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) 	5–18–10
34 	T 	December 31, 1952 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) 	5–18–11
35 	W 	January 4, 1953 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	6–18–11
36 	L 	January 7, 1953 	4–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) 	6–19–11
37 	T 	January 8, 1953 	4–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	6–19–12
38 	W 	January 11, 1953 	7–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	7–19–12
39 	W 	January 14, 1953 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	8–19–12
40 	L 	January 17, 1953 	0–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	8–20–12
41 	L 	January 18, 1953 	0–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	8–21–12
42 	W 	January 22, 1953 	8–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	9–21–12
43 	L 	January 24, 1953 	0–9 	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	9–22–12
44 	W 	January 25, 1953 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	10–22–12
45 	L 	January 28, 1953 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	10–23–12
46 	L 	January 29, 1953 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	10–24–12
47 	L 	January 31, 1953 	0–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	10–25–12
48 	W 	February 1, 1953 	1–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	11–25–12
49 	T 	February 5, 1953 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	11–25–13
50 	T 	February 8, 1953 	1–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	11–25–14
51 	T 	February 11, 1953 	2–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	11–25–15
52 	L 	February 14, 1953 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	11–26–15
53 	L 	February 15, 1953 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) 	11–27–15
54 	W 	February 18, 1953 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	12–27–15
55 	W 	February 19, 1953 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53)	13–27–15
56 	L 	February 21, 1953 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	13–28–15
57 	L 	February 22, 1953 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	13–29–15
58 	W 	February 25, 1953 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	14–29–15
59 	L 	February 28, 1953 	0–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	14–30–15
60 	W 	March 1, 1953 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) 	15–30–15
61 	L 	March 4, 1953 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) 	15–31–15
62 	L 	March 5, 1953 	1–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	15–32–15
63 	W 	March 7, 1953 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	16–32–15
64 	W 	March 8, 1953 	4–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	17–32–15
65 	L 	March 11, 1953 	0–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1952–53) 	17–33–15
66 	L 	March 14, 1953 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1952–53) 	17–34–15
67 	T 	March 15, 1953 	1–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53) 	17–34–16
68 	L 	March 18, 1953 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1952–53) 	17–35–16
69 	L 	March 21, 1953 	0–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1952–53)	17–36–16
70 	L 	March 22, 1953 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1952–53) 	17–37–16
==Playoffs==
*The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	70	30	29	59 	10
 	C 	70	16	38	54 	20
 	LW 	70	19	16	35 	39
 	RW 	60	12	13	25 	29
 	D 	70	7 	18	25 	73
 	LW/C	52	11	13	24 	12
 	C 	55	4 	18	22 	2
 	D 	61	4 	15	19 	53
 	RW 	70	8 	10	18 	61
 	D 	70	5 	12	17 	52
 	D 	67	3 	8 	11 	46
 	D 	69	2 	9 	11 	45
 	LW 	55	6 	3 	9 	20
 	LW 	29	4 	4 	8 	4
 	W 	11	4 	4 	8 	2
 	RW/D	30	4 	4 	8 	24
 	RW 	37	2 	5 	7 	14
 	LW 	13	2 	3 	5 	8
 	C 	17	1 	4 	5 	2
 	LW 	15	3 	1 	4 	0
 	C 	11	2 	1 	3 	2
 	LW 	18	1 	1 	2 	8
 	D 	11	0 	2 	2 	4
 	C 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	18	0 	1 	1 	6
 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	50	0 	0 	0 	2
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3000	50	13	29	8 	153	3.06	2
 	1200	20	4 	8 	8 	58 	2.90	1
Team: 	4200	70	17	37	16	211	3.01	3
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Gump Worsley
==Transactions==
==See Also==
*1952–53 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1952–53
New York Rangers season, 1952–53
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