1953–54 Detroit Red Wings season

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Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsGordie Howe (33)
AssistsGordie Howe (48)
PointsGordie Howe (81)
Penalty minutesTed Lindsay (110)
WinsTerry Sawchuk (35)
Goals against averageTerry Sawchuk (1.93)

The

28th season. The highlight of season was winning the Stanley Cup
.

Offseason

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

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
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

1953–54 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 11–1–2 3–8–3 4–6–4 7–7 7–6–1
Chicago 1–11–2 — 2–11–1 3–9–2 3–9–2 3–11
Detroit 8–3–3 11–2–1 — 6–6–2 6–5–3 6–3–5
Montreal 6–4–4 9–3–2 6–6–2 — 9–5 5–6–3
New York 7–7 9–3–2 5–6–3 5–9 — 3–6–5
Toronto 6–7–1 11–3 3–6–5 6–5–3 6–3–5 —


Schedule and results

1953–54 regular season[3]
October
Game Result 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
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
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
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
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
Terry Sawchuk 751 12 8 4 20 1.60 2
Team: 751 12 8 4 20 1.60 2

[4]

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

References

  1. ^ "1953–1954 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1953-54 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  4. ^ "1953-54 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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