1951–52 Boston Bruins season

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1951–52 Boston Bruins
Division4th NHL
1951–52 record25–29–16
Goals for162
Goals against176
Team information
General managerArt Ross
CoachLynn Patrick
CaptainMilt Schmidt
ArenaBoston Garden, Boston Arena
Average attendance7004[1]
Team leaders
GoalsMilt Schmidt (21)
AssistsJohnny Peirson (30)
PointsMilt Schmidt (50)
Johnny Peirson (50)
Penalty minutesGus Kyle (127)
WinsJim Henry (25)
Goals against averageJim Henry (2.51)

The 1951–52 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 28th season in the NHL.

Offseason[edit]

Despite a successful two seasons in goal, including winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year in the 1950 season, Bruins goaltender Jack Gelineau asked general manager Art Ross for a raise. Upon being rejected, he left the team for a business position in Montreal.[2] The Bruins acquired former Rangers and Black Hawks goaltender Jim Henry to replace him. In another offseason deal, the Bruins traded Paul Ronty to the Rangers for former Bruin farmland and 1949 Calder Trophy winner Pentti Lund and Gus Kyle.

Regular season[edit]

On October 12—the day after the season started—team owner Weston Adams sold a controlling interest in the Bruins to the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation, led by Walter A. Brown, the general manager of Boston Garden and owner of the Boston Celtics.[3]

Due to a collapse of the brine pipes at Boston Garden, the February 26th game against the Detroit Red Wings had to be transferred to Boston Arena, the Bruins' original home. The 4–3 loss would prove to be the final regular season game the Bruins played at the Arena.[4]

On March 18 against the Chicago Black Hawks, team captain Milt Schmidt not only scored his 200th goal, but was honored in a game that saw former Kraut Line teammate Bobby Bauer come out of a five-year retirement to join Schmidt and Woody Dumart in the match. Bauer scored a goal and assist in the Bruins' 4–0 win, his final NHL game.[5]

Final standings[edit]

National Hockey League[6]
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

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1951–52 NHL Records [7]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 9–3–2 3–8–3 7–5–2 4–6–4 2–7–5
Chicago 3–9–2 — 2–12 1–10–3 5–7–2 6–6–2
Detroit 8–3–3 12–2 — 9–2–3 9–3–2 6–4–4
Montreal 5–7–2 10–1–3 2–9–3 — 9–4–1 8–5–1
New York 6–4–4 7–5–2 3–9–2 4–9–1 — 3–7–4
Toronto 7–2–5 6–6–2 4–6–4 5–8–1 7–3–4 —


Schedule and results[edit]

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

Playoffs[edit]

Player statistics[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Milt Schmidt C/D 69 21 29 50 57
Johnny Peirson RW 68 20 30 50 30
Dave Creighton C 49 20 17 37 18
Jack McIntyre D 52 12 19 31 18
Dunc Fisher RW 65 15 12 27 2
Ed Sandford LW 65 13 12 25 54
Real Chevrefils LW 33 8 17 25 8
Red Sullivan C 67 12 12 24 24
Bill Quackenbush D 69 2 17 19 6
Adam Brown LW 33 8 9 17 6
Woody Dumart LW 39 5 8 13 0
Gus Kyle D 69 1 12 13 127
Hal Laycoe D 70 5 7 12 61
Bill Ezinicki RW 28 5 5 10 47
Fleming MacKell C 30 1 8 9 24
Ed Kryzanowski D 70 5 3 8 33
Lorne Ferguson LW 27 3 4 7 14
Leo Labine RW 15 2 4 6 9
Murray Henderson D 56 0 6 6 51
Pentti Lund RW 23 0 5 5 0
Vic Lynn LW/D 12 2 2 4 4
Ray Barry C 18 1 2 3 6
Bobby Bauer RW 1 1 1 2 0
Jim Morrison D 14 0 2 2 2
Jim Henry G 70 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jim Henry 4200 70 25 29 16 176 2.51 7
Team: 4200 70 25 29 16 176 2.51 7

Playoffs[edit]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Ed Sandford LW 7 2 2 4 0
Dave Creighton C 7 2 1 3 2
Fleming MacKell C 5 2 1 3 12
Milt Schmidt C/D 7 2 1 3 0
Jack McIntyre D 7 1 2 3 2
Bill Quackenbush D 7 0 3 3 0
Real Chevrefils LW 7 1 1 2 6
Hal Laycoe D 7 1 1 2 11
Johnny Peirson RW 7 0 2 2 4
Pentti Lund RW 2 1 0 1 0
Woody Dumart LW 7 0 1 1 0
Leo Labine RW 5 0 1 1 4
Bob Armstrong D 5 0 0 0 2
Dunc Fisher RW 2 0 0 0 0
Murray Henderson D 7 0 0 0 4
Jim Henry G 7 0 0 0 0
Ed Kryzanowski D 7 0 0 0 0
Gus Kyle D 2 0 0 0 4
Red Sullivan C 7 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jim Henry 448 7 3 4 18 2.41 1
Team: 448 7 3 4 18 2.41 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;

Awards and records[edit]

Transactions[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ralph Slate. "National Hockey League 1951-52 Attendance Graph". The Internet Hockey Database. hockeyDB.com.
  2. ^ Fischler, Stan (March 3, 2020). "Gelineau went from Calder Trophy winner to insurance agent". NHL.com. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "Boston Bruins Change Hands". AP. October 12, 1951. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  4. ^ Vautour, Kevin (1997). The Bruins Book. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-55022-334-7.
  5. ^ Vautour, Kevin (1997). The Bruins Book. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-55022-334-7.
  6. ^ "1951–1952 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  7. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  8. ^ "1951-52 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

External links[edit]

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