1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 26th season. The Red Wings finished 1st in the league and defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the 1952 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 0.
==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 	W 	October 11, 1951 	1–0 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 14, 1951 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 18, 1951 	6–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 20, 1951 	3–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	3–1–0
5 	W 	October 22, 1951 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	4–1–0
6 	W 	October 27, 1951 	2–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	5–1–0
7 	T 	October 29, 1951 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) 	5–1–1
8 	L 	November 1, 1951 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	5–2–1
9 	W 	November 3, 1951 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	6–2–1
10 	W 	November 4, 1951 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	7–2–1
11 	T 	November 6, 1951 	0–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	7–2–2
12 	T 	November 7, 1951 	4–4 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	7–2–3
13 	T 	November 10, 1951 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	7–2–4
14 	T 	November 11, 1951 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	7–2–5
15 	W 	November 15, 1951 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	8–2–5
16 	W 	November 18, 1951 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	9–2–5
17 	W 	November 20, 1951 	2–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	10–2–5
18 	W 	November 22, 1951 	2–1 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	11–2–5
19 	L 	November 24, 1951 	2–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	11–3–5
20 	W 	November 25, 1951 	5–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	12–3–5
21 	T 	November 29, 1951 	1–1 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	12–3–6
22 	L 	December 2, 1951 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) 	12–4–6
23 	T 	December 5, 1951 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	12–4–7
24 	W 	December 8, 1951 	3–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	13–4–7
25 	W 	December 9, 1951 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	14–4–7
26 	W 	December 13, 1951 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) 	15–4–7
27 	W 	December 15, 1951 	3–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	16–4–7
28 	W 	December 16, 1951 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	17–4–7
29 	T 	December 18, 1951 	5–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	17–4–8
30 	W 	December 20, 1951 	6–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	18–4–8
31 	W 	December 23, 1951 	4–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	19–4–8
32 	W 	December 25, 1951 	2–1 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	20–4–8
33 	L 	December 26, 1951 	0–1 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	20–5–8
34 	W 	December 29, 1951 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	21–5–8
35 	L 	December 31, 1951 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	21–6–8
36 	L 	January 2, 1952 	0–1 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	21–7–8
37 	W 	January 6, 1952 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	22–7–8
38 	W 	January 10, 1952 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	23–7–8
39 	L 	January 12, 1952 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	23–8–8
40 	W 	January 13, 1952 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) 	24–8–8
41 	W 	January 17, 1952 	5–0 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	25–8–8
42 	W 	January 19, 1952 	4–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	26–8–8
43 	L 	January 20, 1952 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	26–9–8
44 	T 	January 24, 1952 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) 	26–9–9
45 	L 	January 26, 1952 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	26–10–9
46 	W 	January 27, 1952 	2–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	27–10–9
47 	L 	January 29, 1952 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	27–11–9
48 	T 	February 2, 1952 	2–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	27–11–10
49 	W 	February 3, 1952 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	28–11–10
50 	W 	February 7, 1952 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	29–11–10
51 	W 	February 10, 1952 	2–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	30–11–10
52 	W 	February 13, 1952 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	31–11–10
53 	W 	February 14, 1952 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	32–11–10
54 	W 	February 18, 1952 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	33–11–10
55 	T 	February 20, 1952 	1–1 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	33–11–11
56 	W 	February 23, 1952 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	34–11–11
57 	W 	February 24, 1952 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	35–11–11
58 	W 	February 26, 1952 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	36–11–11
59 	L 	February 28, 1952 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	36–12–11
60 	W 	March 2, 1952 	6–4 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	37–12–11
61 	W 	March 3, 1952 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	38–12–11
62 	W 	March 6, 1952 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	39–12–11
63 	L 	March 8, 1952 	3–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	39–13–11
64 	W 	March 9, 1952 	6–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) 	40–13–11
65 	L 	March 11, 1952 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	40–14–11
66 	W 	March 15, 1952 	6–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	41–14–11
67 	W 	March 16, 1952 	4–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	42–14–11
68 	W 	March 20, 1952 	7–3 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	43–14–11
69 	T 	March 22, 1952 	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	43–14–12
70 	W 	March 23, 1952 	7–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	44–14–12
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 0===
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Montreal Canadiens 0===
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score
April 10	Detroit 	3 	Montreal	1
April 12	Detroit 	2 	Montreal	1
April 13	Montreal	0 	Detroit 	3
April 15	Montreal	0 	Detroit 	3
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	70	47	39	86 	78
 	LW 	70	30	39	69 	123
 	C/LW	62	17	36	53 	32
 	D/C 	67	16	31	47 	16
 	C 	69	21	22	43 	16
 	C/LW	65	15	22	37 	22
 	LW 	68	17	19	36 	54
 	C/LW	70	12	14	26 	48
 	W 	70	9 	10	19 	93
 	C 	54	9 	9 	18 	25
 	D 	69	7 	11	18 	50
 	LW 	58	5 	9 	14 	19
 	D 	69	0 	14	14 	24
 	RW/D	58	3 	8 	11 	20
 	D 	54	0 	11	11 	34
 	LW 	28	4 	5 	9 	18
 	LW 	9 	2 	1 	3 	0
 	D 	19	1 	0 	1 	14
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	70	0 	0 	0 	2
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	4200	70	44	14	12	133	1.90	12
Team: 	4200	70	44	14	12	133	1.90	12
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	LW 	8 	5	2	7 	8
 	RW 	8 	2	5	7 	2
 	C 	8 	2	5	7 	0
 	LW 	8 	4	1	5 	5
 	C/LW	8 	1	4	5 	16
 	W 	8 	3	1	4 	22
 	C/LW	7 	2	2	4 	12
 	LW 	8 	2	2	4 	2
 	C/LW	8 	0	3	3 	4
 	RW/D	8 	1	1	2 	2
 	LW 	7 	0	2	2 	0
 	D/C 	5 	1	0	1 	0
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	27
 	D 	8 	0	1	1 	8
 	D 	8 	0	1	1 	10
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	480	8 	8	0	5 	0.62	4
Team: 	480	8 	8	0	5 	0.62	4
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus 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 
==Roster==
Terry Sawchuk, Bob Goldham, Benny Woit, Red Kelly, Leo Reise, Marcel Pronovost, Ted Lindsay, Tony Leswick, Gordie Howe, Metro Prystai, Marty Pavelich, Sid Abel (captain), Glen Skov, Alex Delvecchio, Johnny Wilson, Vic Stasiuk, Larry Zeidel, Jack Adams (manager), Tommy Ivan (coach), Carl Mattson (trainer)
==Awards and Records==
* Prince of Wales Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
* Hart Memorial Trophy: Gordie Howe
* Art Ross Trophy: Gordie Howe
* Vezina Trophy: Terry Sawchuk
* Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
* Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
* Red Kelly, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
* Terry Sawchuk, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Gallery==
18Dec1951-Laycoe_scores_on_Sawchuk.jpg|Hal Laycoe scores on Terry Sawchuk, December 18, 1951.
18Dec1951-Peirson_scores_on_Sawchuk.jpg|Johnny Peirson scores the game tying goal on Sawchuk, December 18, 1951.
51-52NHLExhDetRWWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor
==Video==
Over 17 minutes of highlights with commentary from all four games of the Finals. Though blurry, nearly all goals are shown.
1952 NHL STANLEY CUP WINNERS ARE THE DETROIT RED WINGS DEFEATING THE MONTREAL CANADIENS
==References==
* Red Wings on Hockey Database
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