1953–54 Detroit Red Wings season

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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
Coach Tommy Ivan
Captain Ted Lindsay
Arena Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals Gordie Howe (33)
Assists Gordie Howe (48)
Points Gordie Howe (81)
Penalties in minutes Ted Lindsay (110)

The highlight of the Red Wings season was winning the Stanley Cup.

Contents:
Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions
Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References


[edit] Offseason

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

National Hockey League GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Detroit Red Wings 70 37 19 14 88 191 132 814
Montreal Canadiens 70 35 24 11 81 195 141 1064
Toronto Maple Leafs 70 32 24 14 78 152 131 1022
Boston Bruins 70 32 28 10 74 177 181 685
New York Rangers 70 29 31 10 68 161 182 717
Chicago Black Hawks 70 12 51 7 31 133 242 797

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM
Gordie Howe 70 33 48 81 109
Ted Lindsay 70 26 36 62 110
Leonard Kelly 62 16 33 49 18
Earl Reibel 69 15 33 48 18
Johnny Wilson 70 17 17 34 22
Alex Delvecchio 69 11 18 29 34
Marty Pavelich 65 9 20 29 57
Glen Skov 70 17 10 27 95
Metro Prystai 70 12 15 27 26
Bill Dineen 70 17 8 25 34
Tony Leswick 70 6 18 24 9
Vic Stasiuk 42 5 2 7 4

[edit] Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM
Marcel Pronovost 57 6 12 18 50
Bob Goldham 69 1 15 16 50

[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player GP W L T SO GAA

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] 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'

[edit] 1953–54 roster

Terry Sawchuk, Red Kelly, Bob Goldham, Marcel Pronovost, Benny Woit, Al Arbour, Keith Allen, Ted Lindsay (captain), Tony Leswick, Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio, Marty Pavelich, Metro Prystai, Glen Skov, Earl Reibel, John Wilson, Bill Dineen, Vic Stasiuk, Jimmy Peters, Marcel Bonin, Jack Adams (manager), Tommy Ivan (coach), Carl Mattson (trainer)

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] References

v • d • e
1953–54 NHL season by team
Original Six
Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • NY Rangers • Toronto
See also
All-Star Game • 1954 Stanley Cup Finals
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Retired Numbers
1, 7, 9, 10, 12, 19
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