1952–53 · October 9, 1952 – April 16, 1953

Montréal wins the Stanley Cup

MTL Montréal Canadiens def. Boston Bruins 4–1 in the Final.

Updated 7:01 PM

Awards

Hart

Gordie Howe

DET ·MVP

Vezina

Terry Sawchuk

DET ·best goalie

Calder

Gump Worsley

NYR ·rookie of the year

Art Ross

Gordie Howe

DET ·95 points

Lady Byng

Red Kelly

DET ·sportsmanship

Not yet awarded

Norris from 1953–⁠54, Rocket Richard from 1998–⁠99, Selke from 1977–⁠78, Conn Smythe from 1964–⁠65, Presidents’ Trophy from 1985–⁠86

Scoring leaders

regular season

Best record

First place

DETDetroit Red Wings · 36–16–18 · 90 points

The final table, as it stood after the last game on March 22, 1953, is one link away. Six teams played 70 games each.

Games

210 in the regular season · 18 in the playoffs · each day opens its scores none1–45–910+ games

Oct27

Nov39

Dec38

Jan40

Feb34

Mar40

Apr10

Opening night

CHI 3–2 MTL

Oct 9

Last day

3 games

Mar 22 · the regular season ends

Game 7

MTL 4–1 CHI

Apr 7 · first round

Cup clincher

MTL 1–0 BOS · OT

Apr 16 · Final, Game 5