1952-53 FHL season

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1952-53 FHL season
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LeagueFluvannia Hockey League
SportIce hockey
DurationOctober 13, 1952 – March 2, 1953
Number of games36
Number of teams7
TV partner(s)Fluvannia Broadcasting Corporation
Regular season
Season championsOshkosh Lakers
1953 Union Cup Final
ChampionsHarrisonburg Highlanders (1st title)
  Runners-upCharlottesville Millionaires (1st app.)
FHL seasons
← 1951-52
1953-54 →

The 1952-53 Fluvannia Hockey League season was the fifth season of operation of the Fluvannia Hockey League. Seven teams played during a regular season lasting from October to February, consisting of 36 games: six games played against every other team, with each team hosting half the games played. The top four teams then played best-of-five semifinals series to determine the participants in the Union Cup Final. The third-seeded Harrisonburg Highlanders and fourth-seeded Charlottesville Millionaires would upset their semifinal opponents to reach the final, with Harrisonburg sweeping Charlottesville for their first Union Cup championship.

For the first time since the league's inaugural season (in which they finished in last place), the Omro Raiders failed to make the Union Cup Final.

Several firsts for the league occurred this season:

  • The Fluvannia Broadcasting Corporation began televising FHL games. FBC would remain the national broadcasting partner until Arena Sportsnet would being broadcasting in 1987.
  • This was the first year the Union Cup Final was a best-of-seven series; this has remained true since.
  • This season saw the first appearance in the Final for both Harrisonburg and Charlottesville; with this, every team that had played in the FHL to date had made the Final at least once.

Regular Season Results

Position Team GP Pts Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Against Goal Diff. Win %
1 Oshkosh Lakers 36 61 18 7 11 108 94 +14 0.597
2 Appleton Bears 36 55 15 10 11 92 89 +3 0.556
3 Harrisonburg Highlanders 36 53 16 5 15 111 95 +16 0.514
4 Charlottesville Millionaires 36 53 16 5 15 99 103 −4 0.514
5 Omro Raiders 36 49 13 10 13 104 98 +6 0.500
6 Rochester Royals 36 48 14 6 16 113 113 0 0.472
7 Manitowoc Admirals 36 35 10 5 21 97 132 −35 0.347

Harrisonburg beats Charlottesville on the head-to-head points tiebreaker (15-3).

Playoffs

Semifinal series are best-of-five. Final is best-of-seven.

  Semifinals Final
                                     
  1 Oshkosh 2  
  4 Charlottesville 3    
        3 Harrisonburg 4
        4 Charlottesville 0
  2 Appleton 1    
  3 Harrisonburg 3