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1952-53 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

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Record: 28-23-19 (75 points), Finished 2nd in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dick Irvin (28-23-19)

Captain: Butch Bouchard

Primary Arena: Montreal Forum

1952-53 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 155 (4th of 6), Goals Against: 148 (2nd of 6)
SRS: 0.08 (2nd of 6), SOS: -0.02 (5th of 6)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Final (4-1) over Boston Bruins
Won Semi-Finals (4-3) over Chicago Black Hawks

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Montreal Canadiens	70	28	23	19	75	.536	155	148	0.08	-0.02	2.21	2.11	40			37			4	3						10
League Average	70	27	27	16	70	.500	168	168					33			33			5	5		100600.0				8

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Montreal Canadiens
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
4	Reg Abbott	ca CA	C	22	5-11	164	L/-	R	February 4, 1930	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
23	Doug Anderson	ca CA	C	25	5-7	157	L/-	R	October 20, 1927	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
12	Jean Béliveau	ca CA	C	21	6-3	205	L/-	1	August 31, 1931	5 G, 0 A, 5 P
3	Butch Bouchard (C)	ca CA	D	33	6-2	205	R/-	11	September 4, 1919	2 G, 8 A, 10 P
6	Floyd Curry	ca CA	RW	27	5-11	174	R/-	4	August 11, 1925	16 G, 6 A, 22 P
22	Lorne Davis	ca CA	RW	22	5-11	190	R/-	1	July 20, 1930	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
23	Gerard Desaulniers	ca CA	C	24	5-11	152	L/-	1	December 31, 1928	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
8	Dick Gamble	ca CA	LW	24	6-0	178	L/-	2	November 16, 1928	11 G, 13 A, 24 P
5	Bernie Geoffrion	ca CA	RW	21	5-9	166	R/-	2	February 16, 1931	22 G, 17 A, 39 P
2	Doug Harvey	ca CA	D	28	5-11	187	L/-	5	December 19, 1924	4 G, 30 A, 34 P
4	Ivan Irwin	us US	D	25	6-2	185	L/-	R	March 13, 1927	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
10	Tom Johnson	ca CA	D	24	6-0	180	L/-	3	February 18, 1928	3 G, 8 A, 11 P
16	Elmer Lach	ca CA	C	35	5-10	165	L/-	12	January 22, 1918	16 G, 25 A, 41 P
4	Ed Litzenberger	ca CA	C	20	6-1	174	R/-	R	July 15, 1932	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
4	Calum MacKay	ca CA	LW	26	5-10	178	L/-	5	January 1, 1927	1 G, 3 A, 4 P
21	Bud MacPherson	ca CA	D	25	6-4	200	L/-	3	March 31, 1927	2 G, 3 A, 5 P
11-22	Paul Masnick	ca CA	C	21	5-9	165	R/-	2	April 14, 1931	5 G, 7 A, 12 P
23	Eddie Mazur	ca CA	D/LW	23	6-2	186	L/-	R	July 25, 1929	2 G, 2 A, 4 P
17	John McCormack	ca CA	C	27	6-0	185	L/-	5	August 2, 1925	1 G, 9 A, 10 P
1	Gerry McNeil	ca CA	G	26	5-7	155	-/L	4	April 17, 1926	25-23-18, 2.09 GAA
20	Paul Meger	ca CA	LW	23	5-7	160	L/-	2	February 17, 1929	9 G, 17 A, 26 P
12	Dickie Moore	ca CA	LW	22	5-10	168	L/-	1	January 6, 1931	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
18	Ken Mosdell	ca CA	C	30	6-1	170	L/-	9	July 13, 1922	5 G, 14 A, 19 P
1	Hal Murphy	ca CA	G	25	5-9	140	-/R	R	July 6, 1927	1-0-0, 4.00 GAA
15	Bert Olmstead	ca CA	LW	26	6-1	180	L/-	4	September 4, 1926	17 G, 28 A, 45 P
1	Jacques Plante	ca CA	G	24	6-0	175	-/L	R	January 17, 1929	2-0-1, 1.33 GAA
14	Billy Reay	ca CA	C	34	5-7	155	L/-	9	August 21, 1918	4 G, 15 A, 19 P
9	Maurice Richard	ca CA	RW	31	5-10	170	L/-	10	August 4, 1921	28 G, 33 A, 61 P
23	Roland Rousseau	ca CA	D	23	5-8	160	L/-	R	December 1, 1929	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
19	Dollard St. Laurent	ca CA	D	23	5-11	205	L/-	2	May 12, 1929	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
23	Gaye Stewart	ca CA	LW	29	5-11	175	L/-	8	June 23, 1923	0 G, 1 A, 1 P

Standard Stats

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring				Goals				Assists			Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Maurice Richard	31	RW	70	28	33	61	112	21	7	0	1	23	10	0			ASG,ASnhl-2
2	Bert Olmstead	26	LW	69	17	28	45	83	9	8	0	3	15	13	0			ASG,ASnhl-2
3	Elmer Lach	35	C	53	16	25	41	56	8	8	0	6	12	13	0			ASG
4	Bernie Geoffrion	21	RW	65	22	17	39	37	18	4	0	3	9	8	0			ASG
5	Doug Harvey	28	D	69	4	30	34	67	2	2	0	0	12	18	0			ASG,ASnhl-1
6	Paul Meger	23	LW	69	9	17	26	36	7	1	1	0	17	0	0			ASG
7	Dick Gamble	24	LW	69	11	13	24	26	9	2	0	1	11	1	1			ASG
8	Floyd Curry	27	RW	68	16	6	22	10	12	2	2	4	4	1	1			ASG
9	Billy Reay	34	C	56	4	15	19	26	3	1	0	3	14	0	1
10	Ken Mosdell	30	C	63	5	14	19	27	4	1	0	3	13	1	0			ASG
11	Paul Masnick	21	C	53	5	7	12	44	4	1	0	0	7	0	0
12	Tom Johnson	24	D	70	3	8	11	65	3	0	0	1	8	0	0			ASG
13	Butch Bouchard	33	D	58	2	8	10	55	2	0	0	0	7	1	0			ASG
14	John McCormack	27	C	59	1	9	10	9	0	0	1	1	8	0	1			ASG
15	Dollard St. Laurent	23	D	54	2	6	8	34	1	1	0	0	6	0	0			ASG
16	Dickie Moore	22	LW	18	2	6	8	19	1	1	0	1	4	2	0			ASG
17	Bud MacPherson	25	D	59	2	3	5	67	2	0	0	0	2	1	0			ASG
18	Jean Béliveau	21	C	3	5	0	5	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0			ASG
19	Ed Litzenberger	20	C	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Ivan Irwin	25	D	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	Gerard Desaulniers	24	C	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	Gaye Stewart	29	LW	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Gerry McNeil	26	G	66	0	0	0	0					0			3960:00		ASG,ASnhl-2,Hart-4
24	Hal Murphy	25	G	1	0	0	0	0					0			60:00
25	Jacques Plante	24	G	3	0	0	0	0					0			180:00
26	Roland Rousseau	23	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Reg Abbott	22	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			70	155	248	403	777	111	40	4	28	175	69	4	4200:00

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring				Goals				Assists			Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Bernie Geoffrion	21	RW	12	6	4	10	12	4	2	0	2	3	1	0
2	Maurice Richard	31	RW	12	7	1	8	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0
3	Elmer Lach	35	C	12	1	6	7	6	1	0	0	1	4	2	0
4	Doug Harvey	28	D	12	0	5	5	8	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
5	Tom Johnson	24	D	12	2	3	5	8	2	0	0	1	3	0	0
6	Ken Mosdell	30	C	7	3	2	5	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	0
7	Dickie Moore	22	LW	12	3	2	5	13	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	Calum MacKay	26	LW	7	1	3	4	10	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
9	Bert Olmstead	26	LW	12	2	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
10	Eddie Mazur	23	D	7	2	2	4	9	2	0	0	1	1	1	0
11	Dollard St. Laurent	23	D	12	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	Floyd Curry	27	RW	12	2	1	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
13	Paul Meger	23	LW	5	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	Butch Bouchard	33	D	12	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
15	Billy Reay	34	C	11	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	Lorne Davis	22	RW	7	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	Paul Masnick	21	C	6	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Bud MacPherson	25	D	4	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	Dick Gamble	24	LW	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	Gerry McNeil	26	G	8	0	0	0	0				0	0			486:10
21	John McCormack	27	C	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Jacques Plante	24	G	4	0	0	0	0				0	0			240:00
23	Doug Anderson	25	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			12	34	41	75	116	29	5	0	8	34	7	0	726:10

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Goalie Stats

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats										Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	GAA	SO	MIN	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Gerry McNeil	26	66	25	23	18	138	2.09	10	3960:00	2.61	13.1	0	0	0	0	ASG,ASnhl-2,Hart-4
2	Jacques Plante	24	3	2	0	1	4	1.33	0	180:00	1.67	0.9	0	0	0	0
3	Hal Murphy	25	1	1	0	0	4	4.00	0	60:00	5.00	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		70	28	23	19	146	2.09	10	4200:00	2.60	13.9	0	0	0	0

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats								Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	GAA	SO	MIN	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Gerry McNeil	26	8	5	3	0	15	1.85	2	486:10	0	0	0	0
2	Jacques Plante	24	4	3	1	0	7	1.75	1	240:00	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		12	8	4	0	22	1.82	3	726:10	0	0	0	0

Hat Tricks (3)

* - postseason

Penalty Shots (1)

* - postseason

Miscellaneous Stats

Miscellaneous Stats Table
					Adjusted				Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Maurice Richard	31	RW	70	36	47	83	32.5	7.0	1.3	8.3	ASG,ASnhl-2
2	Bert Olmstead	26	LW	69	22	40	62	22.9	3.9	1.3	5.2	ASG,ASnhl-2
3	Elmer Lach	35	C	53	21	36	57	21.3	4.1	1.0	5.0	ASG
4	Bernie Geoffrion	21	RW	65	28	24	52	21.8	4.0	1.2	5.2	ASG
5	Doug Harvey	28	D	69	5	43	48	14.5	3.0	5.1	8.1	ASG,ASnhl-1
6	Paul Meger	23	LW	69	11	24	35	12.6	0.8	1.3	2.0	ASG
7	Dick Gamble	24	LW	69	14	18	32	12.6	0.8	1.3	2.0	ASG
8	Floyd Curry	27	RW	68	21	8	29	13.6	1.2	1.3	2.4	ASG
9	Billy Reay	34	C	56	5	21	26	8.5	0.0	1.0	1.0
10	Ken Mosdell	30	C	63	6	20	26	8.7	-0.2	1.2	0.9	ASG
11	Paul Masnick	21	C	53	6	10	16	6.0	-0.6	1.0	0.4
12	Tom Johnson	24	D	70	4	11	15	5.2	0.2	5.2	5.4	ASG
13	Butch Bouchard	33	D	58	3	11	14	4.6	0.2	4.3	4.5	ASG
14	John McCormack	27	C	59	1	13	14	4.1	-1.5	1.1	-0.5	ASG
15	Dickie Moore	22	LW	18	3	8	11	3.8	0.3	0.3	0.6	ASG
16	Dollard St. Laurent	23	D	54	3	8	11	3.8	0.1	4.0	4.1	ASG
17	Bud MacPherson	25	D	59	3	4	7	2.7	-0.4	4.3	4.0	ASG
18	Jean Béliveau	21	C	3	6	0	6	3.3	1.0	0.1	1.1	ASG
19	Ed Litzenberger	20	C	2	1	0	1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.2
20	Ivan Irwin	25	D	4	0	1	1	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3
21	Gerard Desaulniers	24	C	2	0	1	1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
22	Gaye Stewart	29	LW	5	0	3	3	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.1
23	Reg Abbott	22	C	3	0	0	0	0.0	-0.1	0.1	-0.1
24	Roland Rousseau	23	D	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1

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