1951–52 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1951–52 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 35th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 3rd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 0.
==Pre-season==
On October 13, 1951, the Leafs played an afternoon pre-season versus the Chicago Blackhawks which was attended by her Highness, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. The Princess asked Conn Smythe many questions about hockey while the Prince enjoyed the bodychecking. No goals were scored before the royal couple had to depart. The Leafs then played their home opener that evening against the Hawks but not before unfurling their Stanley Cup banner.
==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 13, 1951 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 14, 1951 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 17, 1951 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 20, 1951 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	2–2–0
5 	T 	October 21, 1951 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	2–2–1
6 	L 	October 27, 1951 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	2–3–1
7 	T 	October 29, 1951 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	2–3–2
8 	W 	October 31, 1951 	1–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	3–3–2
9 	W 	November 1, 1951 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	4–3–2
10 	L 	November 3, 1951 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	4–4–2
11 	W 	November 7, 1951 	1–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	5–4–2
12 	W 	November 8, 1951 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	6–4–2
13 	T 	November 10, 1951 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	6–4–3
14 	T 	November 11, 1951 	1–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	6–4–4
15 	T 	November 14, 1951 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	6–4–5
16 	T 	November 17, 1951 	1–1 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	6–4–6
17 	L 	November 18, 1951 	0–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	6–5–6
18 	W 	November 21, 1951 	5–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	7–5–6
19 	W 	November 24, 1951 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	8–5–6
20 	W 	November 25, 1951 	4–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	9–5–6
21 	L 	November 29, 1951 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	9–6–6
22 	W 	December 1, 1951 	8–2 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	10–6–6
23 	W 	December 2, 1951 	2–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	11–6–6
24 	T 	December 5, 1951 	2–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	11–6–7
25 	W 	December 8, 1951 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	12–6–7
26 	L 	December 9, 1951 	2–7 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	12–7–7
27 	L 	December 13, 1951 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	12–8–7
28 	W 	December 15, 1951 	4–1 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	13–8–7
29 	L 	December 16, 1951 	3–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	13–9–7
30 	L 	December 20, 1951 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	13–10–7
31 	W 	December 22, 1951 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	14–10–7
32 	L 	December 23, 1951 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	14–11–7
33 	L 	December 26, 1951 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	14–12–7
34 	W 	December 29, 1951 	4–0 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	15–12–7
35 	T 	December 30, 1951 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	15–12–8
36 	L 	January 3, 1952 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	15–13–8
37 	W 	January 5, 1952 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	16–13–8
38 	W 	January 9, 1952 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	17–13–8
39 	W 	January 12, 1952 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	18–13–8
40 	L 	January 13, 1952 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	18–14–8
41 	W 	January 15, 1952 	1–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	19–14–8
42 	T 	January 17, 1952 	2–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	19–14–9
43 	W 	January 19, 1952 	6–2 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	20–14–9
44 	W 	January 20, 1952 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	21–14–9
45 	L 	January 23, 1952 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	21–15–9
46 	T 	January 24, 1952 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	21–15–10
47 	T 	January 26, 1952 	3–3 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	21–15–11
48 	W 	January 27, 1952 	3–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	22–15–11
49 	T 	February 2, 1952 	1–1 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	22–15–12
50 	L 	February 3, 1952 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	22–16–12
51 	W 	February 9, 1952 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	23–16–12
52 	W 	February 10, 1952 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	24–16–12
53 	L 	February 13, 1952 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	24–17–12
54 	L 	February 14, 1952 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	24–18–12
55 	T 	February 16, 1952 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	24–18–13
56 	T 	February 19, 1952 	3–3 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	24–18–14
57 	L 	February 21, 1952 	1–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	24–19–14
58 	L 	February 23, 1952 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	24–20–14
59 	W 	February 27, 1952 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	25–20–14
60 	T 	March 1, 1952 	1–1 	Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	25–20–15
61 	T 	March 2, 1952 	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	25–20–16
62 	W 	March 5, 1952 	6–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	26–20–16
63 	W 	March 8, 1952 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	27–20–16
64 	L 	March 9, 1952 	1–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52) 	27–21–16
65 	L 	March 13, 1952 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	27–22–16
66 	W 	March 15, 1952 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1951–52) 	28–22–16
67 	W 	March 16, 1952 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1951–52) 	29–22–16
68 	L 	March 19, 1952 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) 	29–23–16
69 	L 	March 22, 1952 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) 	29–24–16
70 	L 	March 23, 1952 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52) 	29–25–16
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Sid Smith 	70	27	30	57 	6
Ted Kennedy 	70	19	33	52 	33
Tod Sloan 	68	25	23	48 	89
Max Bentley 	69	24	17	41 	40
Cal Gardner 	70	15	26	41 	40
Harry Watson 	70	22	17	39 	18
Jimmy Thomson 	70	0 	25	25 	86
Howie Meeker 	54	9 	14	23 	50
Hugh Bolton 	60	3 	13	16 	73
Danny Lewicki 	51	4 	9 	13 	26
Joe Klukay 	43	4 	8 	12 	6
Gus Mortson 	65	1 	10	11 	106
Fleming MacKell 	32	2 	8 	10 	16
Bob Solinger 	24	5 	3 	8 	4
Fern Flaman 	61	0 	7 	7 	110
George Armstrong	20	3 	3 	6 	30
Ray Timgren 	50	2 	4 	6 	11
Bill Juzda 	46	1 	4 	5 	65
Rudy Migay 	19	2 	1 	3 	12
Leo Boivin 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0
Jim Morrison 	17	0 	1 	1 	4
Bob Sabourin 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
Eric Nesterenko 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Frank Mathers 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
John McLellan 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Earl Balfour 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2
Tim Horton 	4 	0 	0 	0 	8
Turk Broda 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Al Rollins 	70	0 	0 	0 	4
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Al Rollins	4170	70	29	24	16	154	2.22	 	 	 	5
Turk Broda	30 	1 	0 	1 	0 	3 	6.00	 	 	 	0
Team: 	4200	70	29	25	16	157	2.24	 	 	 	5
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Joe Klukay 	4 	1	1	2 	0
Fern Flaman 	4 	0	2	2 	18
Max Bentley 	4 	1	0	1 	2
Harry Watson 	4 	1	0	1 	2
Ray Timgren 	4 	0	1	1 	0
Earl Balfour 	1 	0	0	0 	0
Jim Morrison 	2 	0	0	0 	0
Hugh Bolton 	3 	0	0	0 	4
Cal Gardner 	3 	0	0	0 	2
Bill Juzda 	3 	0	0	0 	2
Ted Kennedy 	4 	0	0	0 	4
Howie Meeker 	4 	0	0	0 	11
Gus Mortson 	4 	0	0	0 	8
George Armstrong	4 	0	0	0 	2
Tod Sloan 	4 	0	0	0 	10
Sid Smith 	4 	0	0	0 	0
Jimmy Thomson 	4 	0	0	0 	25
Turk Broda 	2 	0	0	0 	0
Al Rollins 	2 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Turk Broda	120	2 	0	2	 	7 	3.50	 	 	 	0
Al Rollins	120	2 	0	2	 	6 	3.00	 	 	 	0
Team: 	240	4 	0	4	 	13	3.25	 	 	 	0
==Awards and Records==
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Sid Smith
*Sid Smith, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Jimmy Thomson, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Gallery==
1951-Nov18-McFadden-Mosienko-Rollins.jpg|Jim McFadden, Bill Mosienko (helmet), Al Rollins, November 18, 1951.
2Mar1952-Chevrefils_scores_on_Rollins.jpg|Real Chevrefils scores on Al Rollins, March 2, 1952.
50-51NHLTorontoHomeOpenerGameAd.jpg|Home Opener
==See Also==
*1951–52 NHL season
==References==
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Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1951–52
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1951–52
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