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{{short description|National Hockey League season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 1953–54 NHL season
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| no_of_games = 70
| no_of_teams = 6
| TV = [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]], [[La Soirée du hockey|SRC]] (Canada)<br>None (United States)
| season_champ_name= [[Prince of Wales Trophy|Season champion]]
| season_champs = [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| MVP = [[Al Rollins]]
| MVP_link = Hart Memorial Trophy
| top_scorer = [[Gordie Howe]]
| top_scorer_link = Art Ross Trophy
| playoffs =
| playoffs_link =
| finals = Stanley Cup
| finals_link = 1954 Stanley Cup
| finals_champ = [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| finals_runner-up = [[Montreal Canadiens]]
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}}
The '''1953–54 NHL season''' was the [[List of NHL seasons|37th]] [[Season (sport)|season]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. Six teams each played 70 games. The [[Detroit Red Wings]] defeated the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in the final to win the team's sixth championship.
==League business==
{{Location map+ | USA Midwest and Northeast
| 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==
The New York Rangers decided to drop [[Gump Worsley]] and went with [[Johnny Bower]] in goal this season. Bower did well, but not well enough to get the Rangers into the playoffs. However, the Rangers managed to come up with a fine rookie in [[Camille Henry]] who won the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]].
On December 9, the [[Montreal Canadiens]] played the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] at [[Maple Leaf Gardens]] and the teams set a record of most penalties in a game. The trouble started when Montreal's [[
There were persistent rumours that the Chicago Black Hawks would fold due to the poor performance of the team and fans staying away in droves. NHL president [[Clarence Campbell]] discussed the problems with [[Arthur M. Wirtz]] and it was announced that the rumours were without foundation.
There was trouble brewing for [[Maurice Richard]] when he ghosted an article in the Samedi Dimanche newspaper, calling NHL president Clarence Campbell a dictator and took exception to Campbell's suspension of [[Bernie Geoffrion|Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion]] for the stick swinging incident. Richard was required to post a $1000 bond and refrain from any more articles.{{sfn |Dryden |2000 |p=56}}
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===Playoff bracket===
{{4TeamBracket
| RD2=Stanley Cup Finals
| RD1=Semifinals
| RD1-seed1='''1'''
| RD1-team1='''
| RD1-score1='''4'''
| RD1-seed2=3
| RD1-team2=
| RD1-score2=1
| RD1-seed3='''2'''
| RD1-team3='''
| RD1-score3='''4'''
| RD1-seed4=4
| RD1-team4=
| RD1-score4=0
| RD2-seed1='''1'''
| RD2-team1='''
| RD2-score1='''4'''
| RD2-seed2=2
| RD2-team2=
| RD2-score2=3
}}
===
====(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (3) Toronto Maple Leafs====
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Toronto Maple Leafs
|team2=Detroit Red Wings
|stadium2=[[Maple Leaf Gardens]]
|stadium1=[[Olympia Stadium]]
|date1 =March 23
|
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-det/1954/03/23/1953030111#game=1953030111,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =''No scoring''
|1-1-2 =
|1-2-1 =''No scoring''
|1-2-2 =
|1-3-1 =''No scoring''
|1-3-2 =14:01
|goalie1-1 =[[Harry Lumley (ice hockey)|Harry Lumley]]
|goalie1-2 =[[Terry Sawchuck]]
|date2 =March 25
|
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-det/1954/03/25/1953030112#game=1953030112,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =[[Sid Smith (ice hockey)|Sid Smith]] (1)
|2-1-2 =''No scoring''
|2-2-1 =[[Gord Hannigan]] (1)
|2-2-2 =''No scoring''
|2-3-1 =Gord Hannigan (2)
|2-3-2 =
|goalie2-1 =[[Harry Lumley (ice hockey)|Harry Lumley]]
|goalie2-2 =[[Terry Sawchuck]]
|date3 =March 27
|
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-tor/1954/03/27/1953030113#game=1953030113,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =19:11
|3-1-2 =[[Red Kelly]] (1)
|3-2-1 =''No scoring''
|3-2-2 =''No scoring''
|3-3-1 =''No scoring''
|3-3-2 =[[Tony Leswick]] (2)
|goalie3-1 =[[Harry Lumley (ice hockey)|Harry Lumley]]
|goalie3-2 =[[Terry Sawchuck]]
|date4 =March 30
|
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-tor/1954/03/30/1953030114#game=1953030114,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =''No scoring''
|4-1-2 =''No scoring''
|4-2-1 =
|4-2-2 =[[Johnny Wilson (ice hockey)|Johnny Wilson]] (1)
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =[[Red Kelly]] (2)
|goalie4-1 =[[Harry Lumley (ice hockey)|Harry Lumley]]
|goalie4-2 =[[Terry Sawchuck]]
|date5 =April 1
|
|ot5 =2
|won5 =2
|recap5 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/tor-vs-det/1954/04/01/1953030115#game=1953030115,game_state=final
|5-1-1 =[[Tod Sloan (ice hockey)|Tod Sloan]] (1)
|5-1-2 =00:09
|5-2-1 =[[Ted Kennedy (ice hockey)|Ted Kennedy]] (1)
|5-2-2 =''No scoring''
|5-3-1 =''No scoring''
|5-3-2 =''No scoring''
|5-4-1 =''No scoring''
|5-4-2 =
|goalie5-1 =[[Harry Lumley (ice hockey)|Harry Lumley]]
|goalie5-2 =[[Terry Sawchuck]]
|series =
}}
====(2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (4) Boston Bruins====
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Boston Bruins
|team2=Montreal Canadiens
|stadium2=[[Boston Garden]]
|stadium1=[[Montreal Forum]]
|date1 =March 23
|
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1954/03/23/1953030121#game=1953030121,game_state=final
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|1-1-2 =''No scoring''
|1-2-1 =''No scoring''
|1-2-2 =
|1-3-1 =''No scoring''
|1-3-2 =13:48
|goalie1-1 =[[Jim Henry (ice hockey)|Jim Henry]]
|goalie1-2 =[[Jacques Plante]]
|date2 =March 25
|
|won2 =2
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1954/03/25/1953030122#game=1953030122,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =''No scoring''
|2-1-2 =00:10
|2-2-1 =[[Fleming MacKell]] (1)
|2-2-2 =
|2-3-1 =''No scoring''
|2-3-2 =
|goalie2-1 =[[Jim Henry (ice hockey)|Jim Henry]]
|goalie2-2 =[[Jacques Plante]]
|date3 =March 28
|
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1954/03/28/1953030123#game=1953030123,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =''No scoring''
|3-2-1 =00:40
|3-2-2 =[[Butch Bouchard]] (1)
|3-3-1 =10:18
|3-3-2 =[[Dickie Moore (ice hockey)|Dickie Moore]] (3)
|goalie3-1 =[[Jim Henry (ice hockey)|Jim Henry]]
|goalie3-2 =[[Jacques Plante]]
|date4 =March 30
|
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1954/03/30/1953030124#game=1953030124,game_state=final
|4-1-1 =''No scoring''
|4-1-2 =[[Floyd Curry]] (1)
|4-2-1 =''No scoring''
|4-2-2 =[[Dickie Moore (ice hockey)|Dickie Moore]] (4)
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =''No scoring''
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|goalie4-2 =[[Jacques Plante]]
|series =
}}
===Stanley Cup Finals===
{{main|1954 Stanley Cup Finals}}
{{NHLPlayoffs
|team1=Montreal Canadiens
|team2=Detroit Red Wings
|stadium2=[[Montreal Forum]]
|stadium1=[[Olympia Stadium]]
|date1 =April 4
|
|won1 =2
|recap1 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-det/1954/04/04/1953030211#game=1953030211,game_state=final
|1-1-1 =''No scoring''
|1-1-2 =13:44
|1-2-1 =[[Bernie Geoffrion]] (5)
|1-2-2 =''No scoring''
|1-3-1 =''No scoring''
|1-3-2 =
|goalie1-1 =[[Jacques Plante]]
|goalie1-2 =[[Terry Sawchuck]]
|date2 =April 6
|
|won2 =1
|recap2 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-det/1954/04/06/1953030212#game=1953030212,game_state=final
|2-1-1 =[[Dickie Moore (ice hockey)|Dickie Moore]] (5)
|2-1-2 =''No scoring''
|2-2-1 =''No scoring''
|2-2-2 =
|2-3-1 =''No scoring''
|2-3-2 =''No scoring''
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|date3 =April 8
|
|won3 =2
|recap3 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-mtl/1954/04/08/1953030213#game=1953030213,game_state=final
|3-1-1 =''No scoring''
|3-1-2 =[[Alex Delvecchio]] (2)
|3-2-1 =''No scoring''
|3-2-2 =[[Johnny Wilson (ice hockey)|Johnny Wilson]] (2)
|3-3-1 =
|3-3-2 =[[Metro Prystai]] (1)
|goalie3-1 =[[Jacques Plante]]
|goalie3-2 =[[Terry Sawchuck]]
|date4 =April 10
|
|won4 =2
|recap4 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-mtl/1954/04/10/1953030214#game=1953030214,game_state=final
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|4-1-2 =''No scoring''
|4-2-1 =''No scoring''
|4-2-2 =[[Johnny Wilson (ice hockey)|Johnny Wilson]] (3)
|4-3-1 =''No scoring''
|4-3-2 =[[Red Kelly]] (4)
|goalie4-1 =[[Jacques Plante]]
|goalie4-2 =[[Terry Sawchuck]]
|date5 =April 11
|
|ot5 =1
|won5 =1
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|5-3-1 =''No scoring''
|5-3-2 =''No scoring''
|5-4-1 =[[Ken Mosdell]] (1)
|5-4-2 =''No scoring''
|goalie5-1 =[[
|goalie5-2 =[[Terry Sawchuck]]
|date6 =April 13
|
|won6 =1
|recap6 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-mtl/1954/04/13/1953030216#game=1953030216,game_state=final
|6-1-1 =''No scoring''
|6-1-2 =''No scoring''
|6-2-1 =12:07
|6-2-2 =''No scoring''
|6-3-1 =10:06
|6-3-2 =[[Metro Prystai]] (2)
|goalie6-1 =[[
|goalie6-2 =[[Terry Sawchuck]]
|date7 =April 16
|
|ot7 =1
|won7 =2
|recap7 =www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-det/1954/04/16/1953030217#game=1953030217,game_state=final
|7-1-1 =[[Floyd Curry]] (4)
|7-1-2 =''No scoring''
|7-2-1 =''No scoring''
|7-2-2 =
|7-3-1 =''No scoring''
|7-3-2 =''No scoring''
|7-4-1 =''No scoring''
|7-4-2 =
|goalie7-1 =[[
|goalie7-2 =[[Terry Sawchuck]]
|series =
}}
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The [[James Norris Memorial Trophy]] made its debut this season and its first winner was [[Red Kelly]] of the [[Detroit Red Wings]]. The Norris Trophy goes to the top defenceman each year and was named in honour of [[James E. Norris]],{{sfn |Dryden |2000 |p=56}} owner of the Detroit Red Wings franchise from 1932 until his death in 1952.
{|
|+ Award winners
|[[Prince of Wales Trophy]]:<br><small>(Regular season champion)</small> || [[Detroit Red Wings]]
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|-
|[[Red Kelly]], [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| align=center | [[
|[[Bill Gadsby]], [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]
|-
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===Scoring leaders===
''Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes''
{|
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%" | Player
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===Leading goaltenders===
''Note: GP = Games played; Min – Minutes
{|
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" | Player
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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==
*[[1953–54 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,
|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,
* {{cite book |editor-last=Dinger |editor-first=Ralph |year=2011 |title=The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012 |publisher=Dan Diamond & Associates |isbn=978-1-894801-22-5 |location=Toronto, ON |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/nationalhockeyle0000unse_u6g5 }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Dryden |editor-first=Steve |title=Century of hockey |publisher=McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
|location=Toronto, ON |year=2000 |isbn=0-7710-4179-9
*{{Citation|last1=Duplacey |first1=James|year=2008
|location = North Dighton,
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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,
*{{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 |year=1973 |isbn=0-684-13424-1 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofnationalh0000mcfa }}
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