1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd NHL
1953–54 record	32–24–14
Goals for	152
Goals against	131
Team information
General Manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	King Clancy
Captain	Ted Kennedy
Team leaders
<1952–53	1954–55>

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	88	191	132
Montreal Canadiens	70	35	24	11	81	195	141
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	32	24	14	78	152	131
Boston Bruins	70	32	28	10	74	177	181
New York Rangers	70	29	31	10	68	161	182
Chicago Black Hawks	70	12	51	7	31	133	242

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1953	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	1–0–0
2	L	October 11, 1953	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	1–1–0
3	W	October 15, 1953	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	2–1–0
4	T	October 17, 1953	1–1	New York Rangers (1953–54)	2–1–1
5	W	October 18, 1953	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	3–1–1
6	T	October 21, 1953	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	3–1–2
7	L	October 24, 1953	2–3	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	3–2–2
8	L	October 25, 1953	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	3–3–2
9	L	October 29, 1953	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	3–4–2
10	W	October 31, 1953	4–1	New York Rangers (1953–54)	4–4–2
11	T	November 1, 1953	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	4–4–3
12	W	November 4, 1953	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	5–4–3
13	T	November 7, 1953	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	5–4–4
14	W	November 8, 1953	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	6–4–4
15	W	November 11, 1953	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	7–4–4
16	W	November 14, 1953	2–0	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	8–4–4
17	T	November 15, 1953	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	8–4–5
18	L	November 19, 1953	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	8–5–5
19	W	November 21, 1953	1–0	New York Rangers (1953–54)	9–5–5
20	W	November 22, 1953	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	10–5–5
21	L	November 26, 1953	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	10–6–5
22	W	November 28, 1953	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	11–6–5
23	L	November 29, 1953	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	11–7–5
24	L	December 3, 1953	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	11–8–5
25	W	December 5, 1953	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	12–8–5
26	T	December 6, 1953	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	12–8–6
27	W	December 9, 1953	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	13–8–6
28	W	December 12, 1953	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	14–8–6
29	W	December 13, 1953	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	15–8–6
30	L	December 17, 1953	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	15–9–6
31	W	December 19, 1953	3–2	New York Rangers (1953–54)	16–9–6
32	L	December 20, 1953	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	16–10–6
33	W	December 26, 1953	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	17–10–6
34	T	December 30, 1953	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	17–10–7
35	W	January 2, 1954	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	18–10–7
36	T	January 3, 1954	0–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	18–10–8
37	L	January 7, 1954	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	18–11–8
38	W	January 9, 1954	3–2	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	19–11–8
39	L	January 10, 1954	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	19–12–8
40	W	January 13, 1954	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	20–12–8
41	W	January 16, 1954	4–0	New York Rangers (1953–54)	21–12–8
42	W	January 17, 1954	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	22–12–8
43	W	January 23, 1954	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	23–12–8
44	L	January 24, 1954	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	23–13–8
45	L	January 27, 1954	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	23–14–8
46	W	January 30, 1954	4–2	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	24–14–8
47	L	January 31, 1954	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	24–15–8
48	W	February 4, 1954	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	25–15–8
49	W	February 6, 1954	6–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	26–15–8
50	L	February 7, 1954	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	26–16–8
51	L	February 10, 1954	2–3	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	26–17–8
52	W	February 11, 1954	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	27–17–8
53	T	February 13, 1954	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	27–17–9
54	T	February 14, 1954	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	27–17–10
55	T	February 17, 1954	0–0	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	27–17–11
56	W	February 20, 1954	3–2	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	28–17–11
57	L	February 21, 1954	1–6	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	28–18–11
58	T	February 25, 1954	0–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	28–18–12
59	W	February 27, 1954	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	29–18–12
60	L	February 28, 1954	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	29–19–12
61	T	March 3, 1954	3–3	New York Rangers (1953–54)	29–19–13
62	T	March 4, 1954	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	29–19–14
63	L	March 6, 1954	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	29–20–14
64	W	March 7, 1954	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	30–20–14
65	W	March 11, 1954	3–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	31–20–14
66	L	March 13, 1954	1–2	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	31–21–14
67	L	March 14, 1954	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	31–22–14
68	W	March 17, 1954	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	32–22–14
69	L	March 20, 1954	2–5	New York Rangers (1953–54)	32–23–14
70	L	March 21, 1954	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	32–24–14

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Tod Sloan	67	11	32	43	100
Sid Smith	70	22	16	38	28
Ted Kennedy	67	15	23	38	78
George Armstrong	63	17	15	32	60
Tim Horton	70	7	24	31	94
Harry Watson	70	21	7	28	30
Jimmy Thomson	61	2	24	26	86
Ron Stewart	70	14	11	25	72
Eric Nesterenko	68	14	9	23	70
Rudy Migay	70	8	15	23	60
Jim Morrison	60	9	11	20	51
Bob Bailey	48	2	7	9	70
Gord Hannigan	35	4	4	8	18
Fern Flaman	62	0	8	8	84
Leo Boivin	58	1	6	7	81
Bob Solinger	39	3	2	5	2
Bob Hassard	26	1	4	5	4
Howie Meeker	5	1	0	1	0
Earl Balfour	17	0	1	1	6
Danny Lewicki	7	0	1	1	12
Hugh Bolton	9	0	0	0	10
Harry Lumley	69	0	0	0	6
Gilles Mayer	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Harry Lumley	4140	69	32	24	13	128	1.86				13
Gilles Mayer	60	1	0	0	1	3	3.00				0
Team:	4200	70	32	24	14	131	1.87				13

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gord Hannigan	5	2	0	2	4
Tim Horton	5	1	1	2	4
Ted Kennedy	5	1	1	2	2
Tod Sloan	5	1	1	2	4
Sid Smith	5	1	1	2	0
Bob Bailey	5	0	2	2	4
George Armstrong	5	1	0	1	2
Rudy Migay	5	1	0	1	4
Hugh Bolton	5	0	1	1	4
Eric Nesterenko	5	0	1	1	9
Ron Stewart	5	0	1	1	10
Harry Watson	5	0	1	1	2
Leo Boivin	5	0	0	0	2
Fern Flaman	2	0	0	0	0
Harry Lumley	5	0	0	0	0
Jim Morrison	5	0	0	0	4
Jimmy Thomson	3	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Harry Lumley	321	5	1	4		15	2.80				0
Team:	321	5	1	4		15	2.80				0

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Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

See also

• 1953–54 NHL season

References

• "1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1954_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 

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