1953–54 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1953–54 1953 2nd 35–24–11 27–5–3 8–19–8 195 141 Frank J. Selke Dick Irvin Emile Bouchard Montreal Forum Maurice Richard (37) Maurice Richard (30) Maurice Richard (67) Maurice Richard (112) Gerry McNeil (28) Jacques Plante (1.59) The 1953–54 Montreal Canadiens season was the 45th season in franchise history. The team placed second in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in Stanley Cup Finals against Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3. 2 Pre-season "Punch Line" center Elmer Lach retired. Regular season Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1953–54 regular season1953-54 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1954_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 7, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 8, 1953||3–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 10, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||2–0–0 |- |3||L||October 11, 1953||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||October 15, 1953||6–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||3–1–0 |- |5||W||October 17, 1953||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||4–1–0 |- |6||L||October 18, 1953||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||4–2–0 |- |7||W||October 22, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||5–2–0 |- |8||W||October 24, 1953||1–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||6–2–0 |- |9||W||October 25, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||7–2–0 |- |10||W||October 29, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||8–2–0 |- |11||L||October 31, 1953||0–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||8–3–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |12||L||November 1, 1953||1–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||8–4–0 |- |13||W||November 5, 1953||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||9–4–0 |- |14||W||November 7, 1953||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||10–4–0 |- |15||L||November 8, 1953||0–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||10–5–0 |- |16||L||November 11, 1953||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||10–6–0 |- |17||W||November 12, 1953||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||11–6–0 |- |18||L||November 14, 1953||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||11–7–0 |- |19||T||November 15, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||11–7–1 |- |20||W||November 19, 1953||1–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||12–7–1 |- |21||W||November 21, 1953||1–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||13–7–1 |- |22||T||November 22, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||13–7–2 |- |23||W||November 26, 1953||6–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||14–7–2 |- |24||L||November 28, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||14–8–2 |- |25||L||November 29, 1953||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||14–9–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||W||December 3, 1953||5–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||15–9–2 |- |27||W||December 5, 1953||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||16–9–2 |- |28||W||December 6, 1953||7–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||17–9–2 |- |29||L||December 9, 1953||0–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||17–10–2 |- |30||W||December 10, 1953||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||18–10–2 |- |31||W||December 12, 1953||7–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||19–10–2 |- |32||L||December 13, 1953||3–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||19–11–2 |- |33||W||December 19, 1953||7–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||20–11–2 |- |34||L||December 20, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||20–12–2 |- |35||W||December 26, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||21–12–2 |- |36||T||December 30, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||21–12–3 |- |37||T||December 31, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||21–12–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |38||T||January 2, 1954||1–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||21–12–5 |- |39||L||January 3, 1954||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||21–13–5 |- |40||W||January 7, 1954||7–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||22–13–5 |- |41||W||January 9, 1954||12–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||23–13–5 |- |42||L||January 10, 1954||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||23–14–5 |- |43||W||January 16, 1954||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||24–14–5 |- |44||L||January 17, 1954||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||24–15–5 |- |45||L||January 21, 1954||0–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||24–16–5 |- |46||W||January 23, 1954||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||25–16–5 |- |47||L||January 24, 1954||3–8 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||25–17–5 |- |48||W||January 27, 1954||2–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||26–17–5 |- |49||L||January 30, 1954||1–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||26–18–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |50||L||February 4, 1954||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||26–19–5 |- |51||W||February 6, 1954||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||27–19–5 |- |52||W||February 7, 1954||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||28–19–5 |- |53||T||February 11, 1954||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||28–19–6 |- |54||T||February 13, 1954||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||28–19–7 |- |55||L||February 14, 1954||1–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||28–20–7 |- |56||W||February 18, 1954||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||29–20–7 |- |57||W||February 20, 1954||2–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||30–20–7 |- |58||L||February 22, 1954||0–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||30–21–7 |- |59||T||February 25, 1954||0–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||30–21–8 |- |60||W||February 27, 1954||5–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||31–21–8 |- |61||L||February 28, 1954||0–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||31–22–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||T||March 4, 1954||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||31–22–9 |- |63||T||March 6, 1954||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||31–22–10 |- |64||T||March 7, 1954||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||31–22–11 |- |65||L||March 11, 1954||0–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||31–23–11 |- |66||W||March 13, 1954||4–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||32–23–11 |- |67||W||March 14, 1954||6–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||33–23–11 |- |68||L||March 17, 1954||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||33–24–11 |- |69||W||March 20, 1954||6–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||34–24–11 |- |70||W||March 21, 1954||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||35–24–11 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals 1954 Stanley Cup Finals http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1954 Montreal Canadiens 1954–55 Game Log and Scores Databasehockey.com 2008-12-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120212160128/http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1954 2012-02-12 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Maurice Richard RW 70 37 30 67 112 Bernie Geoffrion RW 54 29 25 54 87 Bert Olmstead LW 70 15 37 52 85 Ken Mosdell C 67 22 24 46 64 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 68 8 29 37 110 Jean Beliveau C 44 13 21 34 22 Paul Masnick C 50 5 21 26 57 Elmer Lach C 48 5 20 25 28 Calum MacKay ice hockey LW 47 10 13 23 54 Floyd Curry RW 70 13 8 21 22 Eddie Mazur D/LW 67 7 14 21 95 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 70 7 11 18 85 John McCormack John McCormack (ice hockey) C 51 5 10 15 12 Dollard St. Laurent D 53 3 12 15 43 Paul Meger LW 44 4 9 13 24 Dick Gamble LW 32 4 8 12 18 Emile Bouchard D 70 1 10 11 89 Lorne Davis RW 37 6 4 10 2 Dickie Moore Dickie Moore (ice hockey) LW 13 1 4 5 12 Bud MacPherson D 41 0 5 5 41 Andre Corriveau André Corriveau (ice hockey) RW 3 0 1 1 0 Fred Burchell Fred Burchell (ice hockey) C 2 0 0 0 2 Gerry Desaulniers C 3 0 0 0 0 Ed Litzenberger C/RW 3 0 0 0 0 Gerry McNeil G 53 0 0 0 0 Jacques Plante G 17 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Gerry McNeil 3180 53 28 19 6 114 2.15 6 Jacques Plante 1020 17 7 5 5 27 1.59 5 Team: 4200 70 35 24 11 141 2.01 11 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Dickie Moore Dickie Moore (ice hockey) LW 11 5 8 13 8 Bernie Geoffrion RW 11 6 5 11 18 Jean Beliveau C 10 2 8 10 4 Floyd Curry RW 11 4 0 4 4 Paul Masnick C 10 0 4 4 4 Maurice Richard RW 11 3 0 3 22 Emile Bouchard D 11 2 1 3 4 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 11 1 2 3 30 Dollard St. Laurent D 10 1 2 3 8 Eddie Mazur D/LW 11 0 3 3 7 Lorne Davis RW 11 2 0 2 8 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 10 0 2 2 12 Elmer Lach C 4 0 2 2 0 Paul Meger LW 6 1 0 1 4 Ken Mosdell C 11 1 0 1 4 Calum MacKay ice hockey LW 3 0 1 1 0 John McCormack John McCormack (ice hockey) C 7 0 1 1 0 Bert Olmstead LW 11 0 1 1 19 Bud MacPherson D 3 0 0 0 4 Gerry McNeil G 3 0 0 0 0 Jacques Plante G 8 0 0 0 0 Gaye Stewart LW 3 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Jacques Plante 480 8 5 3 15 1.88 2 Gerry McNeil 190 3 2 1 3 0.95 1 Team: 670 11 7 4 18 1.61 3 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1953-54 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1954.html See also 1953–54 NHL season Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Mon Mon Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens