1953–54 Detroit Red Wings season
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The 1953–54 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 28th season. The highlight of season was winning the Stanley Cup.
1953–54 Detroit Red Wings | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Prince of Wales Trophy winners | |
League | 1st NHL |
1953–54 record | 37–19–14 |
Home record | 24–4–7 |
Road record | 13–15–7 |
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) |
Penalty minutes | Ted Lindsay (110) |
Wins | Terry Sawchuk (35) |
Goals against average | Terry Sawchuk (1.93) |
Offseason
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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
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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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 |
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
Stanley Cup Finals
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
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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
Player statistics
Summarize
Perspective
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Gordie Howe | RW | 70 | 33 | 48 | 81 | 109 |
Ted Lindsay | LW | 70 | 26 | 36 | 62 | 110 |
Red Kelly | D/C | 62 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 18 |
Dutch Reibel | C | 69 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 18 |
Johnny Wilson | LW | 70 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 22 |
Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 69 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 34 |
Marty Pavelich | LW | 65 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 57 |
Glen Skov | C/LW | 70 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 95 |
Metro Prystai | C | 70 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 26 |
Bill Dineen | RW | 70 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 34 |
Tony Leswick | W | 70 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 90 |
Marcel Pronovost | D | 57 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 50 |
Bob Goldham | D | 69 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 50 |
Vic Stasiuk | LW | 42 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
Keith Allen | D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Jimmy Peters | RW | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
Benny Woit | RW/D | 70 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 |
Al Arbour | D | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
Terry Sawchuk | G | 67 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
Marcel Bonin | W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Gatherum | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Hay | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Johnson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Stankiewicz | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Lefty Wilson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Terry Sawchuk | 4004 | 67 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 129 | 1.93 | 12 |
Dave Gatherum | 180 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.00 | 1 |
Lefty 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 |
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Gordie Howe | RW | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 31 |
Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
Ted Lindsay | LW | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
Red Kelly | D/C | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Marcel Pronovost | D | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
Metro Prystai | C | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Tony Leswick | W | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
Marty Pavelich | LW | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Dutch Reibel | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Johnny Wilson | LW | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Glen Skov | C/LW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
Bob Goldham | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Benny Woit | RW/D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Keith Allen | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Dineen | RW | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Gilles Dube | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Peters | RW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Sawchuk | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Terry Sawchuk | 751 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 1.60 | 2 |
Team: | 751 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 1.60 | 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;
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, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
- Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
- Terry Sawchuk, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star
References
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