1951–52 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1951–52 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 43rd season of play. After qualifying for the playoffs in second place, the Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins to advance to the final series. The Detroit Red Wings would sweep the Canadiens in the finals, four games to none.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	44	14	12	215	133	+82	100
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	34	26	10	195	164	+31	78
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	29	25	16	168	157	+11	74
4	Boston Bruins	70	25	29	16	162	176	−14	66
5	New York Rangers	70	23	34	13	192	219	−27	59
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	17	44	9	158	241	−83	43

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1951	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	1–0–0
2	L	October 13, 1951	1–2	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	1–1–0
3	W	October 14, 1951	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	2–1–0
4	W	October 18, 1951	3–2	New York Rangers (1951–52)	3–1–0
5	L	October 20, 1951	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	3–2–0
6	L	October 22, 1951	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	3–3–0
7	T	October 25, 1951	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	3–3–1
8	L	October 28, 1951	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	3–4–1
9	W	October 29, 1951	6–1	New York Rangers (1951–52)	4–4–1
10	L	October 31, 1951	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	4–5–1
11	L	November 1, 1951	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	4–6–1
12	L	November 3, 1951	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	4–7–1
13	W	November 8, 1951	4–2	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	5–7–1
14	W	November 10, 1951	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	6–7–1
15	T	November 11, 1951	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	6–7–2
16	W	November 17, 1951	3–2	New York Rangers (1951–52)	7–7–2
17	T	November 18, 1951	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	7–7–3
18	L	November 22, 1951	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	7–8–3
19	L	November 24, 1951	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	7–9–3
20	L	November 25, 1951	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	7–10–3
21	W	November 29, 1951	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	8–10–3
22	W	December 1, 1951	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	9–10–3
23	L	December 2, 1951	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	9–11–3
24	L	December 8, 1951	0–3	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	9–12–3
25	L	December 9, 1951	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	9–13–3
26	T	December 13, 1951	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	9–13–4
27	W	December 15, 1951	3–1	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	10–13–4
28	W	December 16, 1951	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	11–13–4
29	L	December 19, 1951	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	11–14–4
30	W	December 20, 1951	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	12–14–4
31	W	December 22, 1951	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	13–14–4
32	L	December 23, 1951	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	13–15–4
33	W	December 26, 1951	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	14–15–4
34	W	December 29, 1951	7–2	New York Rangers (1951–52)	15–15–4
35	W	December 31, 1951	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	16–15–4
36	W	January 1, 1952	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	17–15–4
37	W	January 3, 1952	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	18–15–4
38	L	January 5, 1952	2–3	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	18–16–4
39	W	January 12, 1952	8–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	19–16–4
40	T	January 13, 1952	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	19–16–5
41	T	January 17, 1952	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	19–16–6
42	L	January 19, 1952	0–4	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	19–17–6
43	L	January 20, 1952	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	19–18–6
44	W	January 23, 1952	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	20–18–6
45	W	January 24, 1952	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	21–18–6
46	W	January 26, 1952	5–3	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	22–18–6
47	W	January 27, 1952	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	23–18–6
48	W	January 31, 1952	1–0	New York Rangers (1951–52)	24–18–6
49	T	February 2, 1952	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	24–18–7
50	L	February 3, 1952	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	24–19–7
51	L	February 7, 1952	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	24–20–7
52	L	February 9, 1952	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	24–21–7
53	W	February 10, 1952	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	25–21–7
54	W	February 14, 1952	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	26–21–7
55	W	February 16, 1952	5–1	New York Rangers (1951–52)	27–21–7
56	L	February 17, 1952	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	27–22–7
57	T	February 21, 1952	3–3	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	27–22–8
58	W	February 23, 1952	7–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	28–22–8
59	W	February 28, 1952	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	29–22–8
60	W	March 1, 1952	3–1	New York Rangers (1951–52)	30–22–8
61	W	March 2, 1952	6–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	31–22–8
62	L	March 5, 1952	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	31–23–8
63	T	March 8, 1952	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	31–23–9
64	W	March 9, 1952	2–0	@ New York Rangers (1951–52)	32–23–9
65	W	March 13, 1952	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	33–23–9
66	L	March 15, 1952	0–2	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	33–24–9
67	L	March 16, 1952	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	33–25–9
68	W	March 19, 1952	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	34–25–9
69	T	March 22, 1952	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	34–25–10
70	L	March 23, 1952	2–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	34–26–10

Playoffs

Main article: 1952 Stanley Cup Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	70	15	50	65	36
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	67	30	24	54	66
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	48	27	17	44	44
Meger, PaulPaul Meger	LW	69	24	18	42	44
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	68	7	34	41	20
Gamble, DickDick Gamble	LW	64	23	17	40	8
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	64	20	18	38	10
Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead	LW	69	7	28	35	49
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	33	18	15	33	44
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	68	6	23	29	82
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	44	5	11	16	19
St. Laurent, DollardDollard St. Laurent	D	40	3	10	13	30
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	60	3	9	12	45
McCormack, JohnJohn McCormack	C	54	2	10	12	4
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	67	0	7	7	76
Lowe, RossRoss Lowe	D/LW	31	1	5	6	42
MacPherson, BudBud MacPherson	D	54	2	1	3	24
Masnick, PaulPaul Masnick	C	15	1	2	3	2
Davis, LorneLorne Davis	RW	3	1	1	2	2
Couture, GerryGerry Couture	RW	10	0	1	1	4
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay	LW	12	0	1	1	8
Achtymichuk, GeneGene Achtymichuk	C	1	0	0	0	0
Edmundson, GarryGarry Edmundson	LW	1	0	0	0	2
Fryday, BobBob Fryday	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Malone, CliffCliff Malone	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	1	0	0	0	0
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	G	70	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	4200	70	34	26	10	164	2.34	5
Team:	4200	70	34	26	10	164	2.34	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	11	4	3	7	6
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	11	4	2	6	6
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	11	3	1	4	6
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	10	2	2	4	7
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	11	1	2	3	4
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	11	0	3	3	8
Meger, PaulPaul Meger	LW	11	0	3	3	2
St. Laurent, DollardDollard St. Laurent	D	9	0	3	3	6
Mazur, EddieEddie Mazur	D/LW	5	2	0	2	4
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	11	1	1	2	12
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	11	0	2	2	14
Gamble, DickDick Gamble	LW	7	0	2	2	0
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	11	1	0	1	2
Masnick, PaulPaul Masnick	C	6	1	0	1	12
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	2	1	0	1	0
Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead	LW	11	0	1	1	4
Edmundson, GarryGarry Edmundson	LW	2	0	0	0	4
Long, StanStan Long	D	3	0	0	0	0
MacPherson, BudBud MacPherson	D	11	0	0	0	0
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	G	11	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	688	11	4	7	23	2.01	1
Team:	688	11	4	7	23	2.01	1

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Note:

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;

References

↑ "1951–1952 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1951-52 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

1951–52 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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1951–52 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References