1952–53 New York Rangers season

1952–53 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1952–53 record	17–37–16
Goals for	152
Goals against	211
Team information
General Manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Bill Cook
Captain	Allan Stanley
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Wally Hergesheimer (30)
Assists	Paul Ronty (38)
Points	Wally Hergesheimer (59)
Penalties in minutes	Hy Buller (73)
Wins	Gump Worsley (13)
Goals against average	Chuck Rayner (2.90)
<1951–52 1953–54>

The 1952–53 New York Rangers season was the 27th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers compiled a 17–37–16 record and finished with 50 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	36	16	18	222	133	+89	90
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	28	23	19	155	148	+7	75
3	Chicago Black Hawks	70	27	28	15	169	175	−6	69
4	Boston Bruins	70	28	29	13	152	172	−20	69
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	27	30	13	156	167	−11	67
6	New York Rangers	70	17	37	16	152	211	−59	50

Schedule and results

1952–53 Game Log
October: 1–6–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 0–5–1) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–3 0–1–0 2 12 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 0–2–0 3 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–1 0–3–0 4 18 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 0–4–0 5 19 @ Boston Bruins 2–2 0–4–1 6 22 Boston Bruins 3–3 0–4–2 7 26 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 1–4–2 8 29 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 1–5–2 9 30 @ Chicago Black Hawks 8–3 1–6–2
November: 2–6–4 (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 0–5–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 10 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 1–7–2 11 2 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 1–7–3 12 5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 1–8–3 13 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 1–9–3 14 12 Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 2–9–3 15 13 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 2–10–3 16 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 2–11–3 17 19 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 2–11–4 18 23 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 2–11–5 19 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 3–11–5 20 27 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 3–12–5 21 30 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 3–12–6
December: 2–6–5 (Home: 1–4–3; Road: 1–2–2) Game December Opponent Score Record 22 3 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 3–13–6 23 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–3 3–14–6 24 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 3–14–7 25 7 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 3–14–8 26 10 Boston Bruins 4–1 3–15–8 27 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 3–15–9 28 17 Boston Bruins 5–0 4–15–9 29 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–2 4–16–9 30 20 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–1 4–16–10 31 21 Detroit Red Wings 5–2 4–17–10 32 25 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 5–17–10 33 28 Chicago Black Hawks 6–3 5–18–10 34 31 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 5–18–11
January: 5–7–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 2–5–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 35 4 Boston Bruins 5–2 6–18–11 36 7 Chicago Black Hawks 6–4 6–19–11 37 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–4 6–19–12 38 11 Montreal Canadiens 7–0 7–19–12 39 14 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 8–19–12 40 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 8–20–12 41 18 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 8–21–12 42 22 @ Detroit Red Wings 8–2 9–21–12 43 24 @ Boston Bruins 9–0 9–22–12 44 25 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 10–22–12 45 28 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 10–23–12 46 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–2 10–24–12 47 31 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 10–25–12
February: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 2–3–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 48 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 11–25–12 49 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 11–25–13 50 8 Montreal Canadiens 1–1 11–25–14 51 11 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 11–25–15 52 14 @ Boston Bruins 5–4 11–26–15 53 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 11–27–15 54 18 Boston Bruins 4–2 12–27–15 55 19 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 13–27–15 56 21 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 13–28–15 57 22 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 13–29–15 58 25 Boston Bruins 2–1 14–29–15 59 28 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 14–30–15
March: 3–7–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 1–3–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 60 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 15–30–15 61 4 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 15–31–15 62 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–1 15–32–15 63 7 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 16–32–15 64 8 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 17–32–15 65 11 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 17–33–15 66 14 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 17–34–15 67 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 17–34–16 68 18 Boston Bruins 2–1 17–35–16 69 21 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–0 17–36–16 70 22 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 17–37–16

Playoffs

The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1953 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Hergesheimer, WallyWally Hergesheimer 70 30 29 59 10 Ronty, PaulPaul Ronty 70 16 38 54 20 Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski 70 19 16 35 39 Stoddard, JackJack Stoddard 60 12 13 25 29 Buller, HyHy Buller 70 7 18 25 73 Strain, NeilNeil Strain 52 11 13 24 12 Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh 55 4 18 22 2 Reise, LeoLeo Reise 61 4 15 19 53 Kullman, EdEd Kullman 70 8 10 18 61 Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley 70 5 12 17 52 Howell, HarryHarry Howell 67 3 8 11 46 Kraftcheck, SteveSteve Kraftcheck 69 2 9 11 45 Prentice, DeanDean Prentice 55 6 3 9 20 Babando, PetePete Babando^† 30 4 5 9 2 Dickenson, HerbHerb Dickenson 11 4 4 8 2 Guidolin, AldoAldo Guidolin 30 4 4 8 24 Slowinski, EdEd Slowinski 37 2 5 7 14 Senick, GeorgeGeorge Senick 13 2 3 5 8 Conacher, JimJim Conacher 17 1 4 5 2 Murphy, RonRon Murphy 15 3 1 4 0 Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade 11 2 1 3 2 Stewart, GayeGaye Stewart^‡ 18 1 2 3 8 Ross, JimJim Ross 11 0 2 2 4 Burnett, KellyKelly Burnett 3 1 0 1 0 Kukulowicz, AdolphAdolph Kukulowicz 3 1 0 1 0 Haworth, GordieGordie Haworth 2 0 1 1 0 Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate 18 0 1 1 6 Bathgate, FrankFrank Bathgate 2 0 0 0 2 McLeod, JackJack McLeod 3 0 0 0 2 Labadie, MikeMike Labadie 3 0 0 0 0 MacIntosh, IanIan MacIntosh 4 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Worsley, LorneLorne Worsley	50	3000	13	29	8	153	3.06	2
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	20	1200	4	8	8	58	2.90	1

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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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;

See also

• 1952–53 NHL season

References

1. "1952–53 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
2. "1952–1953 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "1952–53 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

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