1953–54 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1953–54 Montreal Canadiens season was the 45th season in franchise history. The team placed second in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in Stanley Cup final against Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3.

1953–54 Montreal Canadiens
League2nd NHL
1953–54 record35–24–11
Goals for195
Goals against141
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachDick Irvin
CaptainEmile Bouchard
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsMaurice Richard (37)
AssistsMaurice Richard (30)
PointsMaurice Richard (67)
Penalty minutesMaurice Richard (112)
WinsGerry McNeil (28)
Goals against averageJacques Plante (1.59)

Pre-season

"Punch Line" center Elmer Lach retired.

Regular season

Final standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Detroit Red Wings70371914191132+5988
2Montreal Canadiens70352411195141+5481
3Toronto Maple Leafs70322414152131+2178
4Boston Bruins70322810177181−474
5New York Rangers70293110161182−2168
6Chicago Black Hawks7012517133242−10931

Record vs. opponents
1953–54 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston —11–1–23–8–34–6–47–77–6–1
Chicago 1–11–2—2–11–13–9–23–9–23–11
Detroit 8–3–311–2–1—6–6–26–5–36–3–5
Montreal 6–4–49–3–26–6–2—9–55–6–3
New York 7–79–3–25–6–35–9—3–6–5
Toronto 6–7–111–33–6–56–5–36–3–5—

Schedule and results
Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 8, 19533–0Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)1–0–0
2WOctober 10, 19534–1Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)2–0–0
3LOctober 11, 19531–4@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)2–1–0
4WOctober 15, 19536–1New York Rangers (1953–54)3–1–0
5WOctober 17, 19535–2Boston Bruins (1953–54)4–1–0
6LOctober 18, 19530–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)4–2–0
7WOctober 22, 19533–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)5–2–0
8WOctober 24, 19531–0Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)6–2–0
9WOctober 25, 19532–1@ New York Rangers (1953–54)7–2–0
10WOctober 29, 19533–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)8–2–0
11LOctober 31, 19530–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)8–3–0
12LNovember 1, 19531–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)8–4–0
13WNovember 5, 19534–3New York Rangers (1953–54)9–4–0
14WNovember 7, 19535–2Boston Bruins (1953–54)10–4–0
15LNovember 8, 19530–2@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)10–5–0
16LNovember 11, 19531–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)10–6–0
17WNovember 12, 19534–2Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)11–6–0
18LNovember 14, 19532–3Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)11–7–0
19TNovember 15, 19532–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)11–7–1
20WNovember 19, 19531–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)12–7–1
21WNovember 21, 19531–0Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)13–7–1
22TNovember 22, 19532–2@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)13–7–2
23WNovember 26, 19536–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)14–7–2
24LNovember 28, 19531–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)14–8–2
25LNovember 29, 19531–2@ New York Rangers (1953–54)14–9–2
26WDecember 3, 19535–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)15–9–2
27WDecember 5, 19534–2Boston Bruins (1953–54)16–9–2
28WDecember 6, 19537–2@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)17–9–2
29LDecember 9, 19530–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)17–10–2
30WDecember 10, 19535–3Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)18–10–2
31WDecember 12, 19537–2New York Rangers (1953–54)19–10–2
32LDecember 13, 19533–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)19–11–2
33WDecember 19, 19537–3Boston Bruins (1953–54)20–11–2
34LDecember 20, 19531–3@ New York Rangers (1953–54)20–12–2
35WDecember 26, 19532–0New York Rangers (1953–54)21–12–2
36TDecember 30, 19532–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)21–12–3
37TDecember 31, 19532–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)21–12–4
38TJanuary 2, 19541–1Boston Bruins (1953–54)21–12–5
39LJanuary 3, 19543–4@ New York Rangers (1953–54)21–13–5
40WJanuary 7, 19547–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)22–13–5
41WJanuary 9, 195412–1Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)23–13–5
42LJanuary 10, 19541–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)23–14–5
43WJanuary 16, 19542–1Boston Bruins (1953–54)24–14–5
44LJanuary 17, 19542–3@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)24–15–5
45LJanuary 21, 19540–1Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)24–16–5
46WJanuary 23, 19545–1Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)25–16–5
47LJanuary 24, 19543–8@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)25–17–5
48WJanuary 27, 19542–0@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)26–17–5
49LJanuary 30, 19541–2New York Rangers (1953–54)26–18–5
50LFebruary 4, 19542–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)26–19–5
51WFebruary 6, 19544–3New York Rangers (1953–54)27–19–5
52WFebruary 7, 19544–1@ New York Rangers (1953–54)28–19–5
53TFebruary 11, 19542–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)28–19–6
54TFebruary 13, 19542–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)28–19–7
55LFebruary 14, 19541–4@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)28–20–7
56WFebruary 18, 19544–2Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)29–20–7
57WFebruary 20, 19542–0Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)30–20–7
58LFebruary 22, 19540–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)30–21–7
59TFebruary 25, 19540–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)30–21–8
60WFebruary 27, 19545–0New York Rangers (1953–54)31–21–8
61LFebruary 28, 19540–2@ New York Rangers (1953–54)31–22–8
62TMarch 4, 19541–1@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)31–22–9
63TMarch 6, 19543–3Boston Bruins (1953–54)31–22–10
64TMarch 7, 19542–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)31–22–11
65LMarch 11, 19540–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)31–23–11
66WMarch 13, 19544–0Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)32–23–11
67WMarch 14, 19546–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)33–23–11
68LMarch 17, 19541–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)33–24–11
69WMarch 20, 19546–1Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)34–24–11
70WMarch 21, 19543–1@ New York Rangers (1953–54)35–24–11

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals
Further information: 1954 Stanley Cup Finals

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Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Maurice RichardRW70373067112
Bernie GeoffrionRW5429255487
Bert OlmsteadLW7015375285
Ken MosdellC6722244664
Doug HarveyD6882937110
Jean BeliveauC4413213422
Paul MasnickC505212657
Elmer LachC485202528
Calum MacKayLW4710132354
Floyd CurryRW701382122
Eddie MazurD/LW677142195
Tom JohnsonD707111885
John McCormackC515101512
Dollard St. LaurentD533121543
Paul MegerLW44491324
Dick GambleLW32481218
Butch BouchardD701101189
Lorne DavisRW3764102
Dickie MooreLW1314512
Bud MacPhersonD4105541
Andre CorriveauRW30110
Fred BurchellC20002
Gerry DesaulniersC30000
Ed LitzenbergerC/RW30000
Gerry McNeilG530000
Jacques PlanteG170000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Gerry McNeil318053281961142.156
Jacques Plante102017755271.595
Team:4200703524111412.0111

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Dickie MooreLW1158138
Bernie GeoffrionRW11651118
Jean BeliveauC1028104
Floyd CurryRW114044
Paul MasnickC100444
Maurice RichardRW1130322
Butch BouchardD112134
Tom JohnsonD1112330
Dollard St. LaurentD101238
Eddie MazurD/LW110337
Lorne DavisRW112028
Doug HarveyD1002212
Elmer LachC40220
Paul MegerLW61014
Ken MosdellC111014
Calum MacKayLW30110
John McCormackC70110
Bert OlmsteadLW1101119
Bud MacPhersonD30004
Gerry McNeilG30000
Jacques PlanteG80000
Gaye StewartLW30000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jacques Plante480853151.882
Gerry McNeil19032130.951
Team:6701174181.613

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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;

See also

References
  1. "1953–1954 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1953–54 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. "Montreal Canadiens 1954–55 Game Log and Scores". Databasehockey.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  4. "1953-54 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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