1953 Stanley Cup Final

1953 ice hockey championship series August 2023 1953 Boston Bruins Boston Milt Schmidt Lynn Patrick 2 4 0 3 0* 1 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Emile Bouchard Dick Irvin 4 1 3 7 1* 4 * – Denotes overtime period(s) April 9–16, 1953 Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4) Elmer Lach (1:22, OT) Canadiens:Emile Bouchard (1966)Bernie Geoffrion (1972)Doug Harvey (1973)Tom Johnson (1970)Elmer Lach (1966)Dickie Moore (1974)Bert Olmstead (1985)Jacques Plante (1978)Maurice Richard (1961)Bruins:Woody Dumart (1992)Bill Quackenbush (1976)Milt Schmidt (1961)Coaches:Dick Irvin (1958, player)Lynn Patrick (1980, player) The 1953 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens. The Bruins were appearing in the Final for the first time since 1946. The Canadiens, who were appearing in their third straight Finals series, won the series four games to one to clinch their seventh championship. Paths to the Finals Montreal defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 to reach the Finals. Boston defeated the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 4–2 to reach the Finals. The series Jacques Plante was pulled after the first two games in favour of Gerry McNeil. The move paid off as McNeil posted two shutouts in the last three games. Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Boston Garden April 9 1 2–4 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1953/04/09/1952030211#game=1952030211,game_state=final Bob Armstrong (1) - pp - 2:08 13:42 - Dickie Moore (2) No scoring 2:37 - Ken Mosdell (2)16:05 - Floyd Curry (2) Johnny Peirson (3) - pp - 10:11 11:12 - Maurice Richard (4) Jim Henry Jacques Plante April 11 1 4–1 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1953/04/11/1952030212#game=1952030212,game_state=final Leo Labine (2) - 3:53Ed Sandford (7) - 18:13 No scoring Ed Sandford (8) - 7:26 1:36 - Bert Olmstead (2) Milt Schmidt (4) - 15:43 No scoring Jim Henry, Gord Henry Gerry McNeil April 12 2 3–0 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1953/04/12/1952030213#game=1952030213,game_state=final No scoring Tom Johnson (2) - 11:53 No scoring Paul Masnick (1) - 6:30 No scoring Ken Mosdell (3) - pp - 11:27 Gord Henry Gerry McNeil April 14 2 7–3 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1953/04/14/1952030214#game=1952030214,game_state=final 18:22 - Dave Creighton (4) Lorne Davis (1) - 3:23Maurice Richard (5) - 10:58Dickie Moore (3) - 16:40 No scoring Bernie Geoffrion (6) - pp - 18:56 7:23 - Milt Schmidt (5)16:25 - Jack McIntyre (4) Maurice Richard (6) - 5:33Calum MacKay (1) - en - 17:59Maurice Richard (7) - 18:27 Gord Henry Gerry McNeil April 16 1 0–1 1 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1953/04/16/1952030215#game=1952030215,game_state=final No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring No scoring 1:22 - Elmer Lach (1) Jim Henry Gerry McNeil Montreal won series 4–1 Stanley Cup engraving The 1953 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Emile Bouchard by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 1–0 overtime win over the Bruins in game five. The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup 1952–53 Montreal Canadiens *1 Gerry McNeil 1 Jacques Plante *2 Doug Harvey 3 Emile "Butch" Bouchard (Captain) 10 Tom Johnson 19 Dollard St. Laurent 21 Jim Bud MacPherson 23 Eddie Mazur *11 Paul Masnick 14 Billy Reay (A) 16 Elmer Lach (A) 17 Johnny McCormack 18 Kenny Mosdell 20 Paul Meger (also played Wing) 23 Doug Anderson^ *4 Calum MacKay 5 Bernie Geoffrion 6 Floyd Curry 8 Dick Gamble 9 Maurice "Rocket" Richard 12 Dickie Moore 15 Bert Olmstead 22 Lorne Davis Donat Raymond (President/Owner), Dalton Coleman (Vice President/Owner) William Northey (Vice Presidents/Owners), Frank Selke Sr. (Manager) Dick Irvin Sr. (Coach), Hector Dubois (Trainer), Gaston Bettez (Asst. Trainer) Camile DesRoches^, Frank Selke Jr.^ (Publicity Directors) Doug Anderson played 2 games in the Semi-Finals, qualified to be on the Stanley Cup, but his name was still left off the cup and the team picture. ^- On the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup. Eddie Maruz was misspelled EDDIE MARUZE, with an extra "E" on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93. His name was spelled correctly on the other two rings. Mistake: Gaston Bettez's name was misspelled in 1953. Gettez was GOSTON BETTES on the original ring in 1953, G Bettes on the other two rings of 1953 Montreal. See also List of Stanley Cup champions Notes References Diamond Dan Total Stanley Cup 2000 Total Sports Canada Toronto 978-1-892129-07-9 registration https://archive.org/details/totalstanleycupo0000unse Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. 978-1-55168-261-7 http://www.nhl.com/info/all-time-nhl-playoff-results https://web.archive.org/web/20170724171920/https://www.nhl.com/info/all-time-nhl-playoff-results dead July 24, 2017 All-Time NHL Results Detroit Red Wings1952 Detroit Red Wings1954 Montreal CanadiensStanley Cup champions 1953 Stanley Cup Category:Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Finals Category:1950s in Boston Category:Ice hockey competitions in Montreal Category:1950s in Montreal Category:1953 in Quebec Category:Ice hockey competitions in Boston