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51-52DetRW
1951–52 Detroit Red Wings
Division 1st NHL
1951–52 record 44–14–12
Goals for 215
Goals against 133
Team information
General manager Jack Adams
Coach Tommy Ivan
Captain Sid Abel
Alternate captains Leo Reise
Red Kelly
Ted Lindsay
Arena Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals Ted Lindsay (30)
Assists Ted Lindsay (39)
Gordie Howe (39)
Points Gordie Howe (87)
Penalty minutes Ted Lindsay (123)
Wins Terry Sawchuk (44)
Goals against average Terry Sawchuk (1.90)

The 1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 26th season. The Red Wings finished 1st in the league and defeated the Montreal Canadiens in the 1952 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 0.

Off-season[]

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

National Hockey League
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Detroit Red Wings 70 44 14 12 100 215 133
Montreal Canadiens 70 34 26 10 78 195 164
Toronto Maple Leafs 70 29 25 16 74 168 157
Boston Bruins 70 25 29 16 66 162 176
New York Rangers 70 23 34 13 59 192 219
Chicago Black Hawks 70 17 44 9 43 158 241

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


Game Log[]

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

Playoffs[]

Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 0[]

Detroit Red Wings 4, Montreal Canadiens 0[]

Date Away Score Home Score
April 10 Detroit 3 Montreal 1
April 12 Detroit 2 Montreal 1
April 13 Montreal 0 Detroit 3
April 15 Montreal 0 Detroit 3

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe RW 70 47 39 86 78
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay LW 70 30 39 69 123
Abel, SidSid Abel C/LW 62 17 36 53 32
Kelly, RedRed Kelly D/C 67 16 31 47 16
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai C 69 21 22 43 16
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio C/LW 65 15 22 37 22
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich LW 68 17 19 36 54
Skov, GlenGlen Skov C/LW 70 12 14 26 48
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick W 70 9 10 19 93
Glover, FredFred Glover C 54 9 9 18 25
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost D 69 7 11 18 50
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk LW 58 5 9 14 19
Goldham, BobBob Goldham D 69 0 14 14 24
Woit, BennyBenny Woit RW/D 58 3 8 11 20
Reise, LeoLeo Reise D 54 0 11 11 34
Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson LW 28 4 5 9 18
Sclisizzi, EnioEnio Sclisizzi LW 9 2 1 3 0
Zeidel, LarryLarry Zeidel D 19 1 0 1 14
Folk, BillBill Folk D 4 0 0 0 2
Wilson, LarryLarry Wilson C 5 0 0 0 4
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk G 70 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk 4200 70 44 14 12 133 1.90 12
Team: 4200 70 44 14 12 133 1.90 12

Playoffs[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay LW 8 5 2 7 8
Howe, GordieGordie Howe RW 8 2 5 7 2
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai C 8 2 5 7 0
Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson LW 8 4 1 5 5
Skov, GlenGlen Skov C/LW 8 1 4 5 16
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick W 8 3 1 4 22
Abel, SidSid Abel C/LW 7 2 2 4 12
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich LW 8 2 2 4 2
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio C/LW 8 0 3 3 4
Woit, BennyBenny Woit RW/D 8 1 1 2 2
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk LW 7 0 2 2 0
Kelly, RedRed Kelly D/C 5 1 0 1 0
Reise, LeoLeo Reise D 6 1 0 1 27
Goldham, BobBob Goldham D 8 0 1 1 8
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost D 8 0 1 1 10
Zeidel, LarryLarry Zeidel D 5 0 0 0 0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk G 8 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk 480 8 8 0 5 0.62 4
Team: 480 8 8 0 5 0.62 4

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Roster[]

Terry Sawchuk, Bob Goldham, Benny Woit, Red Kelly, Leo Reise, Marcel Pronovost, Ted Lindsay, Tony Leswick, Gordie Howe, Metro Prystai, Marty Pavelich, Sid Abel (captain), Glen Skov, Alex Delvecchio, Johnny Wilson, Vic Stasiuk, Larry Zeidel, Jack Adams (manager), Tommy Ivan (coach), Carl Mattson (trainer)

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Gallery[]

Video[]

Over 17 minutes of highlights with commentary from all four games of the Finals. Though blurry, nearly all goals are shown.

References[]

  1. 1951-52 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
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