1953–54 Detroit Red Wings season explained

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.

Record vs. opponents

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
	RW	70	33	48	81	109
	LW	70	26	36	62	110
	D/C	62	16	33	49	18
	C	69	15	33	48	18
	LW	70	17	17	34	22
	C/LW	69	11	18	29	34
	LW	65	9	20	29	57
	C/LW	70	17	10	27	95
	C	70	12	15	27	26
	RW	70	17	8	25	34
	W	70	6	18	24	90
	D	57	6	12	18	50
	D	69	1	15	16	50
	LW	42	5	2	7	4
	D	10	0	4	4	2
	RW	25	0	4	4	10
	RW/D	70	0	2	2	38
	D	36	0	1	1	18
	G	67	0	1	1	31
	W	1	0	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0
	D	12	0	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	2
	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	4004	67	35	19	13	129	1.93	12
	180	3	2	0	1	3	1.00	1
	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
	RW	12	4	5	9	31
	C/LW	12	2	7	9	7
	LW	12	4	4	8	14
	D/C	12	5	1	6	0
	D	12	2	3	5	12
	C	12	2	3	5	0
	W	12	3	1	4	18
	LW	12	2	2	4	4
	C	9	1	3	4	0
	LW	12	3	0	3	0
	C/LW	12	1	2	3	16
	D	12	0	2	2	2
	RW/D	12	0	1	1	8
	D	5	0	0	0	0
	RW	12	0	0	0	2
	LW	2	0	0	0	0
	RW	10	0	0	0	0
	G	12	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

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

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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 Finals

See main article: 1954 Stanley Cup Finals.

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1953-54 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.