1953–54 Detroit Red Wings season

1953–54 Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup champions
Division 1st NHL
1953–54 record 37–19–14
Goals for 191
Goals against 132
Team information
General Manager Jack Adams
Coach Tommy Ivan
Captain Ted Lindsay
Alternate captains Bob Goldham
Red Kelly
Marty Pavelich
Arena Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals Gordie Howe (33)
Assists Gordie Howe (48)
Points Gordie Howe (81)
Penalties in minutes Ted Lindsay (110)
Wins Terry Sawchuk (35)
Goals against average Terry Sawchuk (1.93)

The 1953–54 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 28th season. The highlight of season was winning the Stanley Cup.

Regular season

Prison game

On February 2, 1954, the Red Wings played an exhibition game against Marquette Branch Prison on an outdoor ice surface.

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

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 8, 19534–1New York Rangers (1953–54)1–0–0
2LOctober 10, 19531–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)1–1–0
3WOctober 11, 19534–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)2–1–0
4TOctober 16, 19532–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)2–1–1
5WOctober 17, 19532–1Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)3–1–1
6WOctober 18, 19534–0Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)4–1–1
7TOctober 21, 19531–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)4–1–2
8LOctober 24, 19530–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)4–2–2
9WOctober 25, 19532–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)5–2–2
10LOctober 31, 19531–3Boston Bruins (1953–54)5–3–2
11WNovember 1, 19535–1Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)6–3–2
12TNovember 7, 19532–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)6–3–3
13TNovember 8, 19532–2New York Rangers (1953–54)6–3–4
14TNovember 11, 19532–2@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)6–3–5
15WNovember 14, 19533–2@ New York Rangers (1953–54)7–3–5
16WNovember 15, 19534–1New York Rangers (1953–54)8–3–5
17WNovember 19, 19533–2Boston Bruins (1953–54)9–3–5
18LNovember 21, 19530–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)9–4–5
19WNovember 22, 19533–2@ New York Rangers (1953–54)10–4–5
20WNovember 26, 19532–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)11–4–5
21WNovember 28, 19539–0Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)12–4–5
22WNovember 29, 19539–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)13–4–5
23WDecember 3, 19534–0New York Rangers (1953–54)14–4–5
24LDecember 5, 19530–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)14–5–5
25LDecember 6, 19530–5Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)14–6–5
26TDecember 9, 19533–3@ New York Rangers (1953–54)14–6–6
27LDecember 10, 19533–6@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)14–7–6
28WDecember 12, 19537–1Boston Bruins (1953–54)15–7–6
29WDecember 13, 19534–3Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)16–7–6
30WDecember 17, 19535–1Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)17–7–6
31WDecember 18, 19533–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)18–7–6
32WDecember 20, 19534–2@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)19–7–6
33LDecember 23, 19531–2@ New York Rangers (1953–54)19–8–6
34LDecember 26, 19532–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)19–9–6
35WDecember 27, 19532–1Boston Bruins (1953–54)20–9–6
36TDecember 31, 19532–2Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)20–9–7
37LJanuary 1, 19542–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)20–10–7
38TJanuary 3, 19540–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)20–10–8
39WJanuary 7, 19543–1Boston Bruins (1953–54)21–10–8
40WJanuary 10, 19542–1Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)22–10–8
41WJanuary 13, 19543–1@ New York Rangers (1953–54)23–10–8
42WJanuary 14, 19542–1@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)24–10–8
43LJanuary 17, 19542–3New York Rangers (1953–54)24–11–8
44WJanuary 21, 19541–0@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)25–11–8
45LJanuary 23, 19541–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)25–12–8
46WJanuary 24, 19542–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)26–12–8
47TJanuary 28, 19543–3New York Rangers (1953–54)26–12–9
48WJanuary 30, 19544–2Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)27–12–9
49WJanuary 31, 19545–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)28–12–9
50WFebruary 4, 19545–0Boston Bruins (1953–54)29–12–9
51WFebruary 6, 19544–2@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)30–12–9
52TFebruary 7, 19541–1@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)30–12–10
53LFebruary 10, 19542–3@ New York Rangers (1953–54)30–13–10
54WFebruary 14, 19545–0@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)31–13–10
55WFebruary 15, 19543–2Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)32–13–10
56TFebruary 17, 19540–0@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)32–13–11
57LFebruary 18, 19542–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)32–14–11
58LFebruary 20, 19540–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)32–15–11
59WFebruary 22, 19543–0Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)33–15–11
60WFebruary 25, 19543–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)34–15–11
61TMarch 4, 19543–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)34–15–12
62WMarch 6, 19543–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)35–15–12
63TMarch 7, 19542–2Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)35–15–13
64WMarch 11, 19546–2Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)36–15–13
65LMarch 13, 19542–5New York Rangers (1953–54)36–16–13
66LMarch 14, 19540–2@ New York Rangers (1953–54)36–17–13
67LMarch 16, 19542–4@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)36–18–13
68TMarch 18, 19543–3Boston Bruins (1953–54)36–18–14
69LMarch 20, 19541–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)36–19–14
70WMarch 21, 19546–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)37–19–14

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie HoweRW70334881109
Ted LindsayLW70263662110
Red KellyD/C6216334918
Dutch ReibelC6915334818
Johnny WilsonLW7017173422
Alex DelvecchioC/LW6911182934
Marty PavelichLW659202957
Glen SkovC/LW7017102795
Metro PrystaiC7012152726
Bill DineenRW701782534
Tony LeswickW706182490
Marcel PronovostD576121850
Bob GoldhamD691151650
Vic StasiukLW425274
Keith AllenD100442
Jimmy PetersRW2504410
Benny WoitRW/D7002238
Al ArbourD3601118
Terry SawchukG6701131
Marcel BoninW10000
Dave GatherumG30000
Jim HayD120000
Earl JohnsonLW10000
Ed StankiewiczC10002
Lefty WilsonG10000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk4004673519131291.9312
Dave Gatherum180320131.001
Lefty Wilson16100000.000
Team:4200703719141321.8913

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie HoweRW1245931
Alex DelvecchioC/LW122797
Ted LindsayLW1244814
Red KellyD/C125160
Marcel PronovostD1223512
Metro PrystaiC122350
Tony LeswickW1231418
Marty PavelichLW122244
Dutch ReibelC91340
Johnny WilsonLW123030
Glen SkovC/LW1212316
Bob GoldhamD120222
Benny WoitRW/D120118
Keith AllenD50000
Bill DineenRW120002
Gilles DubeLW20000
Jimmy PetersRW100000
Terry SawchukG120002
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk7511284201.602
Team:7511284201.602

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; 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;

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Final

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 4Montreal1Detroit3
April 6Montreal3Detroit1
April 8Detroit5Montreal2
April 10Detroit2Montreal0
April 11Montreal1Detroit0OT
April 13Detroit1Montreal4
April 16Montreal1Detroit2OT

Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3'

Detroit Red Wings 1954 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff:

  • Marguerite Norris (President/Owner), Jack Adams (Manager)
  • Bruce Norris (Vice Presidents/Owners), Tommy Ivan (Coach)
  • John Mitchell (Chief Scout), Fred Huber Jr. (Publicity Director)
  • Carl Mattson (Trainer), Wally Crossman (Ass't Trainer/Stick Boy)

Stanley Cup engraving

  • Earl Johnson name was engraved on the Stanley Cup, even though he only played 1 Regular Season game. Johnson spent the rest of the year in the minors
  • Vic Stasiuk& played 43 games, but was sent to minors. His name was left off the cup, because he played in the minors, during the playoffs.
  • Jim Hay&& was played 12 games for Detroit, but did not play in the playoffs. He was included on team picture. Gilles Dube was listed by Ed Dube by mistake on the team picture.
  • Marguerite Norris was first woman to be engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1954.
  • Tommy Ivan was misspelled as THOMAS NIVAN COACH instead of Thomas N. Ivan when cup was redone in 1957–58. His name was spelled THOMAS IVAN COACH on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93.
  • Alex Delvecchio was misspelled ALEX BELVECCHIO with a "B" instead of a "D". Mistake was corrected on the Replica Cup.
  • Tony Leswisk was misspelled TONY LESWICH with a "H" instead of a "K". Mistake was corrected on the Replica Cup.
  • When cup was redone in 1957–58, the names of Earl Johnson†, and Ross Wilson† were removed from the new version of 1954 Detroit. Ross Wilson also played goal on October 10, 1953, for 16 minutes when Terry Sawchuk got injured.

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ "1953–1954 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "1953-54 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
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