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1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1951–52
year	1951
Team	Detroit Red Wings
LeagueRank	1st
Record	44–14–12
HomeRecord	24–7–4
RoadRecord	20–7–8
GoalsFor	215
GoalsAgainst	133
GeneralManager	Jack Adams
Coach	Tommy Ivan
Captain	Sid Abel
AltCaptain	Red Kelly
Ted Lindsay
Leo Reise Jr.
Arena	Olympia Stadium
GoalsLeader	Gordie Howe (47)
AssistsLeader	Ted Lindsay (39)
Gordie Howe (39)
PointsLeader	Gordie Howe (86)
PIMLeader	Ted Lindsay (123)
WinsLeader	Terry Sawchuk (44)
GAALeader	Terry Sawchuk (1.90)
PoWTrophy	Yes
StanleyCup	Yes

Ted Lindsay Leo Reise Jr. Gordie Howe (39)

The 1951–52 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 26th season. The highlight of the Red Wings season was winning the Stanley Cup.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 11, 1951||1–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1951–52) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 14, 1951||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 18, 1951||6–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||October 20, 1951||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||3–1–0 |- |5||W||October 22, 1951||3–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52) ||4–1–0 |- |6||W||October 27, 1951||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||5–1–0 |- |7||T||October 29, 1951||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52) ||5–1–1

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1952 Stanley Cup Finals

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

Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4 games to none

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, John Wilson, Vic Stasiuk, Larry Zeidel, Jack Adams (manager), Tommy Ivan (coach), Carl Mattson (trainer)

The team photo includes two goaltenders: Sawchuk (at far left of the front row) and Bill Tibbs (at far right of the front row); Tibbs never actually played in any NHL game.

This was the last season that the team's "Production Line" of Abel, Howe, and Lindsay played together, as Abel was subsequently traded to the Chicago Black Hawks, with whom he finished his NHL career.

Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
RW	70	47	39	86	78
LW	70	30	39	69	123
C/LW	62	17	36	53	32
D/C	67	16	31	47	16
C	69	21	22	43	16
C/LW	65	15	22	37	22
LW	68	17	19	36	54
C/LW	70	12	14	26	48
W	70	9	10	19	93
C	54	9	9	18	25
D	69	7	11	18	50
LW	58	5	9	14	19
D	69	0	14	14	24
RW/D	58	3	8	11	20
D	54	0	11	11	34
LW	28	4	5	9	18
LW	9	2	1	3	0
D	19	1	0	1	14
D	4	0	0	0	2
G	70	0	0	0	2
C	5	0	0	0	4

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	4200	70	44	14	12	133	1.90	12
Team:	4200	70	44	14	12	133	1.90	12

Playoffs

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
LW	8	5	2	7	8
RW	8	2	5	7	2
C	8	2	5	7	0
LW	8	4	1	5	5
C/LW	8	1	4	5	16
W	8	3	1	4	22
C/LW	7	2	2	4	12
LW	8	2	2	4	2
C/LW	8	0	3	3	4
RW/D	8	1	1	2	2
LW	7	0	2	2	0
D/C	5	1	0	1	0
D	6	1	0	1	27
D	8	0	1	1	8
D	8	0	1	1	10
G	8	0	0	0	0
D	5	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	480	8	8	0	5	0.62	4
Team:	480	8	8	0	5	0.62	4

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;

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy (regular-season best record): team
Art Ross Trophy (league top scorer): Gordie Howe
Hart Memorial Trophy (league MVP): Gordie Howe
Vezina Trophy (league best goaltender): Terry Sawchuk
First-team all-star selections: Terry Sawchuk (G), Red Kelly (D), Gordie Howe (RW), Ted Lindsay (LW)

References

Red Wings on Hockey Database

References

"1951-52 Detroit Red Wings Schedule".
"1951-52 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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