1953-54 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

Record: 35-24-11 (81 points), Finished 2nd in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dick Irvin (35-24-11)

Captain: Butch Bouchard

Primary Arena: Montreal Forum

Goals For: 195 (1st of 6), Goals Against: 141 (3rd of 6)
SRS: 0.64 (2nd of 6), SOS: -0.13 (5th of 6)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-3) to Detroit Red Wings
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) over Boston Bruins

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Montreal Canadiens	70	35	24	11	81	.579	195	141	0.64	-0.13	2.79	2.01	49			40			3	5						11
League Average	70	30	30	11	70	.500	168	168					42			42			4	4		100900.0				9

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Montreal Canadiens
League Average

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
4	Jean Béliveau	ca CA	C	22	6-3	205	L/-	2	August 31, 1931
3	Butch Bouchard (C)	ca CA	D	34	6-2	205	R/-	12	September 4, 1919
14	Fred Burchell	ca CA	C	23	5-6	143	L/-	1	January 9, 1931
14	Andre Corriveau	ca CA	RW	25	5-8	135	L/-	R	May 15, 1928
6	Floyd Curry	ca CA	RW	28	5-11	174	R/-	5	August 11, 1925
14	Lorne Davis	ca CA	RW	23	5-11	190	R/-	1	July 20, 1930
17-22	Gerard Desaulniers	ca CA	C	25	5-11	152	L/-	2	December 31, 1928
8	Dick Gamble	ca CA	LW	25	6-0	178	L/-	3	November 16, 1928
5	Bernie Geoffrion	ca CA	RW	22	5-9	166	R/-	3	February 16, 1931
2	Doug Harvey	ca CA	D	29	5-11	187	L/-	6	December 19, 1924
10	Tom Johnson	ca CA	D	25	6-0	180	L/-	4	February 18, 1928
16	Elmer Lach	ca CA	C	36	5-10	165	L/-	13	January 22, 1918
22	Ed Litzenberger	ca CA	C	21	6-1	174	R/-	1	July 15, 1932
11	Calum MacKay	ca CA	LW	27	5-10	178	L/-	5	January 1, 1927
21	Bud MacPherson	ca CA	D	26	6-4	200	L/-	4	March 31, 1927
8-22	Paul Masnick	ca CA	C	22	5-9	165	R/-	3	April 14, 1931
23	Eddie Mazur	ca CA	LW	24	6-2	186	L/-	R	July 25, 1929
17	John McCormack	ca CA	C	28	6-0	185	L/-	6	August 2, 1925
1	Gerry McNeil	ca CA	G	27	5-7	155	-/L	5	April 17, 1926
20	Paul Meger	ca CA	LW	24	5-7	160	L/-	3	February 17, 1929
12	Dickie Moore	ca CA	LW	23	5-10	168	L/-	2	January 6, 1931
18	Ken Mosdell	ca CA	C	31	6-1	170	L/-	10	July 13, 1922
15	Bert Olmstead	ca CA	LW	27	6-1	180	L/-	5	September 4, 1926
1	Jacques Plante	ca CA	G	25	6-0	175	-/L	1	January 17, 1929
9	Maurice Richard	ca CA	RW	32	5-10	170	L/-	11	August 4, 1921
19	Dollard St. Laurent	ca CA	D	24	5-11	205	L/-	3	May 12, 1929
24	Gaye Stewart	ca CA	LW	30	5-11	175	L/-	9	June 23, 1923

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Maurice Richard*	32	RW	70	37	30	67		112	20	17	0	6	18	11	1					8.8	1.4	10.1
2	Bernie Geoffrion*	22	RW	54	29	25	54		87	20	9	0	7	15	10	0					7.1	1.0	8.1
3	Bert Olmstead*	27	LW	70	15	37	52		85	7	8	0	3	24	12	1					4.5	1.4	5.9
4	Ken Mosdell	31	C	67	22	24	46		64	20	2	0	3	14	10	0					4.8	1.3	6.1
5	Doug Harvey*	29	D	68	8	29	37		110	6	2	0	2	16	13	0					3.7	5.2	8.9
6	Jean Béliveau*	22	C	44	13	21	34		22	10	3	0	1	9	12	0					3.4	0.8	4.3
7	Paul Masnick	22	C	50	5	21	26		57	5	0	0	1	19	2	0					1.3	1.0	2.3
8	Elmer Lach*	36	C	48	5	20	25		28	2	3	0	0	12	8	0					1.3	0.9	2.2
9	Calum MacKay	27	LW	47	10	13	23		54	8	2	0	5	13	0	0					1.7	0.9	2.6
10	Floyd Curry	28	RW	70	13	8	21		22	12	0	1	1	8	0	0					0.7	1.4	2.1
11	Eddie Mazur	24	LW	67	7	14	21		95	6	1	0	1	11	3	0					0.2	1.3	1.5
12	Tom Johnson*	25	D	70	7	11	18		85	5	2	0	2	9	2	0					1.3	5.4	6.7
13	John McCormack	28	C	51	5	10	15		12	4	0	1	1	10	0	0					0.0	1.0	1.0
14	Dollard St. Laurent	24	D	53	3	12	15		43	2	0	1	0	11	1	0					0.9	4.1	5.0
15	Paul Meger	24	LW	44	4	9	13		24	4	0	0	0	8	1	0					0.0	0.8	0.8
16	Dick Gamble	25	LW	32	4	8	12		18	4	0	0	0	6	2	0					0.4	0.6	1.0
17	Butch Bouchard*	34	D	70	1	10	11		89	1	0	0	0	10	0	0					-0.2	5.4	5.2
18	Lorne Davis	23	RW	37	6	4	10		2	6	0	0	2	4	0	0					0.2	0.7	0.9
19	Dickie Moore*	23	LW	13	1	4	5		12	1	0	0	0	4	0	0					0.1	0.3	0.4
20	Bud MacPherson	26	D	41	0	5	5		41	0	0	0	0	5	0	0					-0.3	3.2	2.8
21	Andre Corriveau	25	RW	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.0	0.1	0.0
22	Fred Burchell	23	C	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	-0.1
23	Gerard Desaulniers	25	C	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.1	-0.1
24	Ed Litzenberger	21	C	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.1	-0.1
25	Gerry McNeil	27	G	53	0	0	0		0					0					3180	60:00	0.0	0.0	10.3
26	Jacques Plante*	25	G	17	0	0	0		0					0					1020	60:00	0.0	0.0	4.7
	Team Total			70	195	316	511		1064	143	49	3	35	227	87	2					39.3	38.3	92.5