1953–54 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1953–54 1953 Detroit Red Wings 1st 37–19–14 24–4–7 13–15–7 191 132 Jack Adams Tommy Ivan Ted Lindsay Bob GoldhamRed KellyMarty Pavelich Olympia Stadium Gordie Howe (33) Gordie Howe (48) Gordie Howe (81) Ted Lindsay (110) Terry Sawchuk (35) Terry Sawchuk (1.93) Yes Yes The 1953–54 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 28th season. The highlight of season was winning the Stanley Cup. 2 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 DET Record vs. opponents DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1953–54 regular season1953-54 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1954_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 8, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 10, 1953||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 11, 1953||4–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||2–1–0 |- |4||T||October 16, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 17, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||3–1–1 |- |6||W||October 18, 1953||4–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||4–1–1 |- |7||T||October 21, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||4–1–2 |- |8||L||October 24, 1953||0–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||4–2–2 |- |9||W||October 25, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||5–2–2 |- |10||L||October 31, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||5–3–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||W||November 1, 1953||5–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||6–3–2 |- |12||T||November 7, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||6–3–3 |- |13||T||November 8, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||6–3–4 |- |14||T||November 11, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||6–3–5 |- |15||W||November 14, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||7–3–5 |- |16||W||November 15, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||8–3–5 |- |17||W||November 19, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||9–3–5 |- |18||L||November 21, 1953||0–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||9–4–5 |- |19||W||November 22, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||10–4–5 |- |20||W||November 26, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||11–4–5 |- |21||W||November 28, 1953||9–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||12–4–5 |- |22||W||November 29, 1953||9–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||13–4–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||W||December 3, 1953||4–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||14–4–5 |- |24||L||December 5, 1953||0–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||14–5–5 |- |25||L||December 6, 1953||0–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||14–6–5 |- |26||T||December 9, 1953||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||14–6–6 |- |27||L||December 10, 1953||3–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||14–7–6 |- |28||W||December 12, 1953||7–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||15–7–6 |- |29||W||December 13, 1953||4–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||16–7–6 |- |30||W||December 17, 1953||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||17–7–6 |- |31||W||December 18, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||18–7–6 |- |32||W||December 20, 1953||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||19–7–6 |- |33||L||December 23, 1953||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||19–8–6 |- |34||L||December 26, 1953||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||19–9–6 |- |35||W||December 27, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||20–9–6 |- |36||T||December 31, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||20–9–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |37||L||January 1, 1954||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||20–10–7 |- |38||T||January 3, 1954||0–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||20–10–8 |- |39||W||January 7, 1954||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||21–10–8 |- |40||W||January 10, 1954||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||22–10–8 |- |41||W||January 13, 1954||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||23–10–8 |- |42||W||January 14, 1954||2–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||24–10–8 |- |43||L||January 17, 1954||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||24–11–8 |- |44||W||January 21, 1954||1–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||25–11–8 |- |45||L||January 23, 1954||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||25–12–8 |- |46||W||January 24, 1954||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||26–12–8 |- |47||T||January 28, 1954||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||26–12–9 |- |48||W||January 30, 1954||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||27–12–9 |- |49||W||January 31, 1954||5–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||28–12–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |50||W||February 4, 1954||5–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||29–12–9 |- |51||W||February 6, 1954||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||30–12–9 |- |52||T||February 7, 1954||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||30–12–10 |- |53||L||February 10, 1954||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||30–13–10 |- |54||W||February 14, 1954||5–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||31–13–10 |- |55||W||February 15, 1954||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||32–13–10 |- |56||T||February 17, 1954||0–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||32–13–11 |- |57||L||February 18, 1954||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||32–14–11 |- |58||L||February 20, 1954||0–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||32–15–11 |- |59||W||February 22, 1954||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||33–15–11 |- |60||W||February 25, 1954||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||34–15–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |61||T||March 4, 1954||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||34–15–12 |- |62||W||March 6, 1954||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||35–15–12 |- |63||T||March 7, 1954||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||35–15–13 |- |64||W||March 11, 1954||6–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||36–15–13 |- |65||L||March 13, 1954||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||36–16–13 |- |66||L||March 14, 1954||0–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||36–17–13 |- |67||L||March 16, 1954||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||36–18–13 |- |68||T||March 18, 1954||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||36–18–14 |- |69||L||March 20, 1954||1–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||36–19–14 |- |70||W||March 21, 1954||6–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) ||37–19–14 |- |- | 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 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 Johnny Wilson (ice hockey) 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 ice hockey D 10 0 4 4 2 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Sr. 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 ice hockey 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 GPW LTGAGAA 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 Johnny Wilson (ice hockey) 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 ice hockey D 5 0 0 0 0 Bill Dineen RW 12 0 0 0 2 Gilles Dube LW 2 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Sr. RW 10 0 0 0 0 Terry Sawchuk G 12 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Terry Sawchuk 751 12 8 4 20 1.60 2 Team: 751 12 8 4 20 1.60 2 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-04 1953-54 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1954.html 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 Prince of Wales Trophy: || Detroit Red Wings Art Ross Trophy: || Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings James Norris Memorial Trophy: || Red Kelly, Detroit Red Wings Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Red Kelly, Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star Red Kelly, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star Terry Sawchuk, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star References Red Wings on Hockey Database Detroit Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Category:1953 in Detroit Category:1954 in Detroit