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.

Pre-season

"Punch Line" center Elmer Lach retired.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	191	132	+59	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	35	24	11	195	141	+54	81
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	32	24	14	152	131	+21	78
4	Boston Bruins	70	32	28	10	177	181	−4	74
5	New York Rangers	70	29	31	10	161	182	−21	68
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	12	51	7	133	242	−109	31

Schedule and results

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

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

For more details on this topic, see 1954 Stanley Cup Finals.

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	70	37	30	67	112
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	54	29	25	54	87
Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead	LW	70	15	37	52	85
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	67	22	24	46	64
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	68	8	29	37	110
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	44	13	21	34	22
Masnick, PaulPaul Masnick	C	50	5	21	26	57
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	48	5	20	25	28
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay	LW	47	10	13	23	54
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	70	13	8	21	22
Mazur, EddieEddie Mazur	D/LW	67	7	14	21	95
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	70	7	11	18	85
McCormack, JohnJohn McCormack	C	51	5	10	15	12
St. Laurent, DollardDollard St. Laurent	D	53	3	12	15	43
Meger, PaulPaul Meger	LW	44	4	9	13	24
Gamble, DickDick Gamble	LW	32	4	8	12	18
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	70	1	10	11	89
Davis, LorneLorne Davis	RW	37	6	4	10	2
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	13	1	4	5	12
MacPherson, BudBud MacPherson	D	41	0	5	5	41
Corriveau, AndreAndre Corriveau	RW	3	0	1	1	0
Burchell, FredFred Burchell	C	2	0	0	0	2
Desaulniers, GerardGerard Desaulniers	C	3	0	0	0	0
Litzenberger, EdEd Litzenberger	C/RW	3	0	0	0	0
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	G	53	0	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	17	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	3180	53	28	19	6	114	2.15	6
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	1020	17	7	5	5	27	1.59	5
Team:	4200	70	35	24	11	141	2.01	11

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	11	5	8	13	8
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	11	6	5	11	18
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	10	2	8	10	4
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	11	4	0	4	4
Masnick, PaulPaul Masnick	C	10	0	4	4	4
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	11	3	0	3	22
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	11	2	1	3	4
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	11	1	2	3	30
St. Laurent, DollardDollard St. Laurent	D	10	1	2	3	8
Mazur, EddieEddie Mazur	D/LW	11	0	3	3	7
Davis, LorneLorne Davis	RW	11	2	0	2	8
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	10	0	2	2	12
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	4	0	2	2	0
Meger, PaulPaul Meger	LW	6	1	0	1	4
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	11	1	0	1	4
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay	LW	3	0	1	1	0
McCormack, JohnJohn McCormack	C	7	0	1	1	0
Olmstead, BertBert Olmstead	LW	11	0	1	1	19
MacPherson, BudBud MacPherson	D	3	0	0	0	4
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	G	3	0	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	8	0	0	0	0
Stewart, GayeGaye Stewart	LW	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	480	8	5	3	15	1.88	2
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	190	3	2	1	3	0.95	1
Team:	670	11	7	4	18	1.61	3

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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;

References

↑ "1953–1954 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1953–54 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "Montreal Canadiens 1954–55 Game Log and Scores". Databasehockey.com. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
↑ "1953-54 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

1953–54 NHL season

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See also	All-Star Game Detroit Red Wings prison game Stanley Cup Finals

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1953–54 Montreal Canadiens season

Pre-season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References