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1953-54 NHL Season Summary

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League Champion: Detroit Red Wings

Hart Memorial Trophy: Al Rollins (12-47-7, 3.23 GAA)
Vezina Trophy: Harry Lumley (32-24-13, 1.86 GAA)
Calder Memorial Trophy: Camille Henry (24 G, 15 A, 39 P)

Goals Leader: Maurice Richard (37)
Assists Leader: Gordie Howe (48)
Points Leader: Gordie Howe (81)

League Standings

Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*)
Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS
Detroit Red Wings* 70 37 19 14 88 .629 191 132 0.70 -0.14
Montreal Canadiens* 70 35 24 11 81 .579 195 141 0.64 -0.13
Toronto Maple Leafs* 70 32 24 14 78 .557 152 131 0.25 -0.05
Boston Bruins* 70 32 28 10 74 .529 177 181 -0.05 0.01
New York Rangers 70 29 31 10 68 .486 161 182 -0.25 0.05
Chicago Black Hawks 70 12 51 7 31 .221 133 242 -1.30 0.26

League Playoff Series

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Stanley Cup Finals (4-3): Detroit Red Wings over Montreal Canadiens  
 
Semi-Finals (4-0): Montreal Canadiens over Boston Bruins  
Semi-Finals (4-1): Detroit Red Wings over Toronto Maple Leafs  

Team Statistics

Rk Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
1 Detroit Red Wings* 70 37 19 14 88 .629 191 132 0.70 -0.14 4.61
2 Montreal Canadiens* 70 35 24 11 81 .579 195 141 0.64 -0.13 4.80
3 Toronto Maple Leafs* 70 32 24 14 78 .557 152 131 0.25 -0.05 4.04
4 Boston Bruins* 70 32 28 10 74 .529 177 181 -0.05 0.01 5.11
5 New York Rangers 70 29 31 10 68 .486 161 182 -0.25 0.05 4.90
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 12 51 7 31 .221 133 242 -1.30 0.26 5.36
League Average 70 30 30 11 70 .500 168 168 0.00 0.00 4.80

League Leaders

Rate Statistic Requirements
Goals
1. Maurice Richard*-MTL 37
2. Gordie Howe*-DET 33
3. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 29
4. Wally Hergesheimer-NYR 27
5. Ted Lindsay*-DET 26
Assists
1. Gordie Howe*-DET 48
2. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 37
3. Ted Lindsay*-DET 36
4. Red Kelly*-DET 33
  Dutch Reibel-DET 33
  Paul Ronty-NYR 33
  Larry Wilson-CBH 33
Points
1. Gordie Howe*-DET 81
2. Maurice Richard*-MTL 67
3. Ted Lindsay*-DET 62
4. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 54
5. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 52
Goals Created
1. Gordie Howe*-DET 32.1
2. Maurice Richard*-MTL 28.7
3. Ted Lindsay*-DET 24.8
4. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 22.9
5. Wally Hergesheimer-NYR 20.2
Penalties in Minutes
1. Gus Mortson-CBH 132
2. Maurice Richard*-MTL 112
3. Doug Harvey*-MTL 110
  Ted Lindsay*-DET 110
5. Ivan Irwin-NYR 109
  Gordie Howe*-DET 109
Goals Per Game
1. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 0.54
2. Maurice Richard*-MTL 0.53
3. Gordie Howe*-DET 0.47
4. Wally Hergesheimer-NYR 0.41
5. Ted Lindsay*-DET 0.37
Assists Per Game
1. Gordie Howe*-DET 0.69
2. Red Kelly*-DET 0.53
3. Bert Olmstead*-MTL 0.53
4. Ted Lindsay*-DET 0.51
5. Larry Wilson-CBH 0.50
Points Per Game
1. Gordie Howe*-DET 1.16
2. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 1.00
3. Maurice Richard*-MTL 0.96
4. Ted Lindsay*-DET 0.89
5. Red Kelly*-DET 0.79
Goals Created Per Game
1. Gordie Howe*-DET 0.46
2. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 0.42
3. Maurice Richard*-MTL 0.41
4. Ted Lindsay*-DET 0.35
5. Wally Hergesheimer-NYR 0.31
Games Played
1. Johnny Bower*-NYR 70
  Jim Henry-BOS 70
3. Harry Lumley*-TOR 69
4. Terry Sawchuk*-DET 67
5. Al Rollins-CBH 66
Wins
1. Terry Sawchuk*-DET 35
2. Harry Lumley*-TOR 32
  Jim Henry-BOS 32
4. Johnny Bower*-NYR 29
5. Gerry McNeil-MTL 28
Losses
1. Al Rollins-CBH 47
2. Johnny Bower*-NYR 31
3. Jim Henry-BOS 28
4. Harry Lumley*-TOR 24
5. Terry Sawchuk*-DET 19
  Gerry McNeil-MTL 19
Ties plus OT/SO Losses
1. Harry Lumley*-TOR 13
  Terry Sawchuk*-DET 13
3. Johnny Bower*-NYR 10
  Jim Henry-BOS 10
5. Al Rollins-CBH 7
Goals Against
1. Al Rollins-CBH 213
2. Johnny Bower*-NYR 182
3. Jim Henry-BOS 181
4. Terry Sawchuk*-DET 129
5. Harry Lumley*-TOR 128
Goals Against Average
1. Harry Lumley*-TOR 1.86
2. Terry Sawchuk*-DET 1.93
3. Gerry McNeil-MTL 2.15
4. Jim Henry-BOS 2.59
5. Johnny Bower*-NYR 2.60
Shutouts
1. Harry Lumley*-TOR 13
2. Terry Sawchuk*-DET 12
3. Jim Henry-BOS 8
4. Gerry McNeil-MTL 6
5. Johnny Bower*-NYR 5
  Al Rollins-CBH 5
  Jacques Plante*-MTL 5
Minutes
1. Johnny Bower*-NYR 4200
  Jim Henry-BOS 4200
3. Harry Lumley*-TOR 4140
4. Terry Sawchuk*-DET 4004
5. Al Rollins-CBH 3960
Offensive Point Shares
1. Gordie Howe*-DET 10.2
2. Maurice Richard*-MTL 8.8
3. Ted Lindsay*-DET 7.1
4. Bernie Geoffrion*-MTL 7.1
5. Red Kelly*-DET 6.2
Defensive Point Shares
1. Tim Horton*-TOR 5.9
2. Benny Woit-DET 5.7
3. Bob Goldham-DET 5.6
4. Butch Bouchard*-MTL 5.4
  Tom Johnson*-MTL 5.4
Goalie Point Shares
1. Harry Lumley*-TOR 16.0
2. Terry Sawchuk*-DET 14.8
3. Gerry McNeil-MTL 10.4
4. Jim Henry-BOS 10.1
5. Johnny Bower*-NYR 10.0
Point Shares
1. Harry Lumley*-TOR 16.0
2. Terry Sawchuk*-DET 14.8
3. Gordie Howe*-DET 11.6
4. Red Kelly*-DET 11.3
5. Gerry McNeil-MTL 10.4
     

NHL All-Star Team

1st Team
G: Harry Lumley*
D: Doug Harvey*
D: Red Kelly*
C: Ken Mosdell
LW: Ted Lindsay*
RW: Gordie Howe*
 2nd Team
G: Terry Sawchuk*
D: Bill Gadsby*
D: Tim Horton*
C: Ted Kennedy*
LW: Ed Sandford
RW: Maurice Richard*