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| no_of_games = 70
| no_of_teams = 6
| TV = [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]], [[La Soirée du hockey|SRC]] <small>(Canada)</small><br>None <small>(United States)</small>
| season_champ_name= [[Prince of Wales Trophy|Season champion]]
| season_champs = [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| MVP = [[Al Rollins]] <small>([[Chicago Blackhawks|Black Hawks]])</small>
| MVP_link = Hart Memorial Trophy
| top_scorer = [[Gordie Howe]] <small>(Red Wings)</small>
| top_scorer_link = Art Ross Trophy
| playoffs =
| playoffs_link =
| finals = Stanley Cup
| finals_link = 1954 Stanley Cup FinalFinals
| finals_champ = [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| finals_runner-up = [[Montreal Canadiens]]
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==League business==
{{Location map+ | USA Midwest and Northeast
[[National Hockey League]] (NHL) team owners gave notice to terminate the professional-amateur agreement with the [[Canadian Amateur Hockey Association]] (CAHA). [[The Canadian Press]] reported that the decision was to protect investments into amateur teams and to improve the financial return. The NHL proposed a new national [[junior ice hockey]] playoff format solely for teams sponsored by the NHL, instead of the existing [[Memorial Cup]] championship.<ref name="jun-11-1953">{{cite news|title=NHL, CAHA To Sever Relations|last=Wheatley|first=W. R.|date=June 11, 1953|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=22|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jun-11-1953-2166856/}}{{free access}}; {{cite news|title=National Loop Terminates Agreement|last=Wheatley|first=W. R.|date=June 11, 1953|newspaper=Lethbridge Herald|location=Lethbridge, Alberta|page=6|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jun-11-1953-2164096/}}{{free access}}</ref> CAHA president [[W. B. George]] predicted that the NHL would not last three years without the CAHA, and stated that it would end the current system which allowed a three-game tryout for an amateur with a professional team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Predicts Short Life For N.H.L.|date=June 11, 1953|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|page=5|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jun-11-1953-2164070/}}{{free access}}</ref> In August 1953, the CAHA and NHL agreed in principle to a proposal that resumed east-west transfers of junior players, and increased the amount of profits to junior teams sponsored by the NHL.<ref>{{cite news|title=NHL, CAHA To Redraft Agreement|last=Lougheed|first=G. W.|date=August 8, 1953|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=24|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-aug-08-1953-2170615/}}{{free access}}</ref> At the semi-annual meeting, the CAHA agreed to distribute playoffs funds proportional to the profit on a series-by-series basis,<ref>{{cite news|title=New Amateur Financial Set-up Now Arranged|date=January 11, 1954|newspaper=Winnipeg Tribune|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=14|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-11-1954-2184484/}}{{free access}}</ref> but rejected the request to resume transfers from west to east.<ref>{{cite news|title=West-East Transfers Banned|date=January 11, 1954|newspaper=Winnipeg Tribune|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=14 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-11-1954-2170712/}}{{free access}}</ref>
| width = 400
| caption = [[Image:Black pog.svg|10px]] 1953-54 NHL teams
| places =
 
{{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast
| lat_deg = 42.36
| lon_deg = -71.06
| mark = Black pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = right
| label = '''[[Boston Bruins|Bruins]]'''}}
 
{{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast
| lat_deg = 41.86
| lon_deg = -87.63
| mark = Black pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = left
| label = '''[[Chicago Black Hawks|Black Hawks]]'''}}
 
{{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast
| lat_deg = 42.35
| lon_deg = -83.11
| mark = Black pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = left
| label = '''[[Detroit Red Wings|Red Wings]]'''}}
 
{{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast
| lat_deg = 45.52
| lon_deg = -73.59
| mark = Black pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = left
| label = '''[[Montreal Canadiens|Canadiens]]'''}}
 
{{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast
| lat_deg = 40.76
| lon_deg = -73.99
| mark = Black pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = right
| label = '''[[New York Rangers|Rangers]]'''}}
 
{{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast
| lat_deg = 43.66
| lon_deg = -79.38
| mark = Black pog.svg
| label_size = 80
| position = top
| label = '''[[Toronto Maple Leafs|Maple Leafs]]'''}}
 
}}
 
[[National Hockey League]] (NHL) team owners gave notice to terminate the professional-amateur agreement with the [[Canadian Amateur Hockey Association]] (CAHA). [[The Canadian Press]] reported that the decision was to protect investments into amateur teams and to improve the financial return. The NHL proposed a new national [[junior ice hockey]] playoff format solely for teams sponsored by the NHL, instead of the existing [[Memorial Cup]] championship.<ref name="jun-11-1953">{{cite news|title=NHL, CAHA To Sever Relations|last=Wheatley|first=W. R.|date=June 11, 1953|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=22|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jun-11-1953-2166856/}}{{free access}}; {{cite news|title=National Loop Terminates Agreement|last=Wheatley|first=W. R.|date=June 11, 1953|newspaper=Lethbridge Herald|location=Lethbridge, Alberta|page=6|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jun-11-1953-2164096/}}{{free access}}</ref> CAHA president [[W. B. George]] predicted that the NHL would not last three years without the CAHA, and stated that it would end the current system which allowed a three-game tryout for an amateur with a professional team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Predicts Short Life For N.H.L.|date=June 11, 1953|newspaper=Medicine Hat News|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|page=5|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jun-11-1953-2164070/}}{{free access}}</ref> In August 1953, the CAHA and NHL agreed in principle to a proposal that resumed east–west transfers of junior players, and increased the amount of profits to junior teams sponsored by the NHL.<ref>{{cite news|title=NHL, CAHA To Redraft Agreement|last=Lougheed|first=G. W.|date=August 8, 1953|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=24|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-aug-08-1953-2170615/}}{{free access}}</ref> At the semi-annual meeting, the CAHA agreed to distribute playoffs funds proportional to the profit on a series-by-series basis,<ref>{{cite news|title=New Amateur Financial Set-up Now Arranged|date=January 11, 1954|newspaper=Winnipeg Tribune|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=14|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-11-1954-2184484/}}{{free access}}</ref> but rejected the request to resume transfers from west to east.<ref>{{cite news|title=West-East Transfers Banned|date=January 11, 1954|newspaper=Winnipeg Tribune|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=14 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-jan-11-1954-2170712/}}{{free access}}</ref>
 
==Teams==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:auto"
|-
| bgcolor="#000000" align="center" colspan="5"|'''<span style="color:orange;">1953-54 National Hockey League</span>'''
|-
|| Team || City || Arena || Capacity
|-
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]
| [[Boston Garden]]
| 13,909
|-
| [[Chicago Black Hawks]]
| [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
| [[Chicago Stadium]]
| 16,666
|-
| [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| [[Detroit Olympia]]
| 15,000
|-
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[Montreal, Quebec|Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
| [[Montreal Forum]]
| 15,551
|-
| [[New York Rangers]]
| [[New York, New York|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]]
| 15,925
|-
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| [[Maple Leaf Gardens]]
| 12,586
|}
 
==Regular season==
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===Final standings===
{{1953–54 NHL standings}}
 
===Record vs. opponents===
{{{{title year range}} NHL Record vs. opponents}}
 
==Playoffs==
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|-
|[[Red Kelly]], [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| align=center | [[Defenceman (ice hockey)defenceman|D]]
|[[Bill Gadsby]], [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]
|-
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*[[Leo Reise]], New York Rangers
*[[Howie Meeker]], Toronto Maple Leafs
 
==Broadcasting==
This was the second season of ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' on [[CBC Television]]. Coverage this season began to include selected Stanley Cup playoff games. Both regular season and playoff games were not broadcast in their entirety until the [[1968–69 NHL season|1968–69 season]], and were typically joined in progress, while the radio version of ''HNIC'' aired games in their entirety.
 
==See also==
*[[1953-541953–54 NHL transactions]]
*[[List of Stanley Cup champions]]
*[[7th National Hockey League All-Star Game]]
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==References==
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| location = Sherbrooke, QCQuebec
|title=Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol III|publisher=Progressive Publications}}
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|editor=Diamond, Dan |year=1994 |publisher=McClelland and Stewart |location=Toronto, ON |isbn=0-7710-2817-2}}
* {{cite book|title=Total Hockey |editor=Diamond, Dan |publisher=Total Sports |year=2000 |isbn=1-892129-85-X
|location=Kingston, NYNew York }}
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|last3=Hughes |first3=Morgan |last4=Romain |first4=Joseph |last5=Duplacey |first5=James
|year=2003 |title=The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League
|publisher=Publications International Inc. |isbn=0-7853-9624-1 |location=Lincolnwood, ILIllinois |ref={{harvid|Fischler|2003}}}}
*{{Citation|last=McFarlane|first=Brian|year=1969|title=50 Years Of Hockey
|location = Winnipeg, MAN
|publisher=Greywood Publishing|asin=B000GW45S0}}
* {{cite book |last=McFarlane |first=Brian |title=The Story of the National Hockey League |publisher=Pagurian Press |location=New York, NY |year=1973 |isbn=0-684-13424-1 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofnationalh0000mcfa }}
 
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