1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 36th season in the National Hockey League. The team missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1945–46 season.

Schedule and results

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sid Smith	70	20	19	39	6
Ted Kennedy	43	14	23	37	42
Gord Hannigan	65	17	18	35	51
Ron Stewart	70	13	22	35	29
Bob Hassard	70	8	23	31	14
Tod Sloan	70	15	10	25	76
George Armstrong	52	14	11	25	54
Harry Watson	63	16	8	24	8
Max Bentley	36	12	11	23	16
Jimmy Thomson	69	0	22	22	73
Eric Nesterenko	35	10	6	16	27
Tim Horton	70	2	14	16	85
Leo Boivin	70	2	13	15	97
Rudy Migay	40	5	4	9	22
Jim Morrison	56	1	8	9	36
Fern Flaman	66	2	6	8	110
Phil Maloney	29	2	6	8	2
Howie Meeker	25	1	7	8	26
Danny Lewicki	4	1	3	4	2
Bob Solinger	18	1	1	2	2
Hugh Bolton	9	0	0	0	10
Harry Lumley	70	0	0	0	18
Parker MacDonald	1	0	0	0	0
Willie Marshall	2	0	0	0	0
Wally Maxwell	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Reid	2	0	0	0	0
Frank Sullivan	5	0	0	0	2
Ray Timgren	12	0	0	0	4

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Harry Lumley	4200	70	27	30	13	167	2.39				10
Team:	4200	70	27	30	13	167	2.39				10

Awards and records

The Toronto Maple Leafs did not win any NHL awards and no players were selected for the All-Star Teams for the 1952–53 NHL season.

Transactions

The following is a list of all transactions that have occurred for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1952–53 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to and for which player or other consideration, if applicable.

September 11, 1952	To Toronto Maple Leafs Harry Lumley	To Chicago Black Hawks Cal Gardner Ray Hannigan Gus Mortson Al Rollins
September 16, 1952	To Toronto Maple Leafs cash	To Boston Bruins Joe Klukay