1953–54 Detroit Red Wings season

1953–54 Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup champions
Prince of Wales Trophy winners
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' 21st 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
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

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	70	33	48	81	109
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	70	26	36	62	110
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	62	16	33	49	18
Reibel, DutchDutch Reibel	C	69	15	33	48	18
Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson	LW	70	17	17	34	22
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	69	11	18	29	34
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	65	9	20	29	57
Skov, GlenGlen Skov	C/LW	70	17	10	27	95
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	70	12	15	27	26
Dineen, BillBill Dineen	RW	70	17	8	25	34
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick	W	70	6	18	24	90
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	57	6	12	18	50
Goldham, BobBob Goldham	D	69	1	15	16	50
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk	LW	42	5	2	7	4
Allen, KeithKeith Allen	D	10	0	4	4	2
Peters, JimmyJimmy Peters	RW	25	0	4	4	10
Woit, BennyBenny Woit	RW/D	70	0	2	2	38
Arbour, AlAl Arbour	D	36	0	1	1	18
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	67	0	1	1	31
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	1	0	0	0	0
Gatherum, DaveDave Gatherum	G	3	0	0	0	0
Hay, JimJim Hay	D	12	0	0	0	0
Johnson, EarlEarl Johnson	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Stankiewicz, EdEd Stankiewicz	C	1	0	0	0	2
Wilson, LeftyLefty Wilson	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	4004	67	35	19	13	129	1.93	12
Gatherum, DaveDave Gatherum	180	3	2	0	1	3	1.00	1
Wilson, LeftyLefty Wilson	16	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Team:	4200	70	37	19	14	132	1.89	13

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	12	4	5	9	31
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	12	2	7	9	7
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	12	4	4	8	14
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	12	5	1	6	0
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	12	2	3	5	12
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	12	2	3	5	0
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick	W	12	3	1	4	18
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	12	2	2	4	4
Reibel, DutchDutch Reibel	C	9	1	3	4	0
Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson	LW	12	3	0	3	0
Skov, GlenGlen Skov	C/LW	12	1	2	3	16
Goldham, BobBob Goldham	D	12	0	2	2	2
Woit, BennyBenny Woit	RW/D	12	0	1	1	8
Allen, KeithKeith Allen	D	5	0	0	0	0
Dineen, BillBill Dineen	RW	12	0	0	0	2
Dube, GillesGilles Dube	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Peters, JimmyJimmy Peters	RW	10	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	12	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	751	12	8	4	20	1.60	2
Team:	751	12	8	4	20	1.60	2

^[2]

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 4	Montreal	1	Detroit	3
April 6	Montreal	3	Detroit	1
April 8	Detroit	5	Montreal	2
April 10	Detroit	2	Montreal	0
April 11	Montreal	1	Detroit	0	OT
April 13	Detroit	1	Montreal	4
April 16	Montreal	1	Detroit	2	OT

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

Detroit Red Wings 1954 Stanley Cup champions

Players

Centres

Wingers

Defencemen

Goaltenders

1 Terry Sawchuk
1 David Gatherum(Sub)
1 Ross Wilson (playing-Trainer)†

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

Prince of Wales Trophy: || Detroit Red Wings
Art Ross Trophy: || Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings
James Norris Memorial Trophy: || Red Kelly, Detroit Red Wings
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Red Kelly, Detroit Red Wings
Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Red Kelly, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Terry Sawchuk, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star

References

Red Wings on Hockey Database

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

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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