1954 Stanley Cup Final

1954 ice hockey championship series August 2023 1954 Detroit Red Wings Detroit Ted Lindsay Tommy Ivan 3 1 5 2 0* 1 2* 4 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Emile Bouchard Dick Irvin 1 3 2 0 1* 4 1* 3 * – Denotes overtime period(s) April 4–16, 1954 Detroit: Olympia Stadium (1, 2, 5, 7) Montreal: Montreal Forum (3, 4, 6) Tony Leswick (4:29, OT) Red Wings:Keith Allen (1992, builder)Al Arbour (1996, builder;did not play)Alex Delvecchio (1977)Gordie Howe (1972)Red Kelly (1969)Ted Lindsay (1966)Marcel Pronovost (1978)Terry Sawchuk (1971)Canadiens:Jean Beliveau (1972)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)Coaches:Dick Irvin (1958, player)Tommy Ivan (1974)Officials:Bill Chadwick (1964)George Hayes (1988)Red Storey (1967) The 1954 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens, in their fourth straight Finals. It was the second Detroit–Montreal Finals series of the 1950s. Despite blowing a 3–1 series lead, the Red Wings defeated the Canadiens in seven games to win their second Stanley Cup in four years and sixth overall. As of today, this remains the last Stanley Cup Final where Game 7 was decided in overtime. Paths to the Finals Montreal defeated the Boston Bruins 4–0 to reach the Finals. Detroit defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 to reach the Finals. Game summaries Tony Leswick scored the series-winning goal at 4:29 of overtime in Game 7. In fact, Leswick's goal was one of the strangest Stanley Cup-winning goals in history, as Leswick's shot was deflected off the glove of Montreal's Doug Harvey and into the net.Top 10 Game 7 Stanley Cup Final matches YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytEEiV6XTs0 https://web.archive.org/web/20130503150609/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytEEiV6XTs0&gl=US&hl=en 2013-05-03 live 2009-06-12 The Canadiens immediately skated off the ice without shaking hands with the Red Wings.Weekes, Don & Banks, Kerry, The Unofficial Guide to Even More of Hockey's Most Unusual Records, Greystone Books, 2004 This was the second time in NHL history that Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final was decided in overtime; the previous time it happened, in 1950, Detroit beat the New York Rangers in the Finals. As of 2025, this is the last Stanley Cup Final to have an overtime Game 7. Game one Montreal Canadiens Detroit Red Wings Olympia Stadium April 4 1 1–3 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-det/1954/04/04/1953030211#game=1953030211,game_state=final Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st DET Ted Lindsay (3) – pp Earl Reibel (3) and Alex Delvecchio (4) 13:44 1–0 DET 2nd MTL Bernie Geoffrion (5) – pp Doug Harvey (3) and Paul Masnick (2) 12:16 1–1 3rd DET Earl Reibel (1) – pp Ted Lindsay (3) and Gordie Howe (4) 01:52 2–1 DET DET Red Kelly (3) – sh Marty Pavelich (3) and Tony Leswick (1) 07:13 3–1 DET Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Dollard St. Laurent Interference 00:52 2:00 MTL Bert Olmstead Tripping 05:53 2:00 DET Glen Skov Tripping 08:24 2:00 MTL Dickie Moore Hooking 11:54 2:00 DET Marcel Pronovost Tripping 14:52 2:00 DET Ted Lindsay High-sticking 17:39 2:00 DET Ted Lindsay Misconduct 17:39 10:00 MTL Maurice Richard Cross-checking 19:04 2:00 2nd MTL Maurice Richard High-sticking 01:49 2:00 MTL Maurice Richard Misconduct 01:49 10:00 DET Marty Pavelich High-sticking 05:38 2:00 MTL Tom Johnson Holding 07:28 2:00 DET Glen Skov Tripping 12:04 2:00 3rd MTL Dollard St. Laurent Boarding 00:59 2:00 DET Marcel Pronovost Tripping 05:46 2:00 Game two Montreal Canadiens Detroit Red Wings Olympia Stadium April 6 1 3–1 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-det/1954/04/06/1953030212 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Dickie Moore (5) – pp Bernie Geoffrion (5) and Jean Beliveau (7) 15:03 1–0 MTL MTL Maurice Richard (1) – pp Dickie Moore (7) 15:28 2–0 MTL MTL Maurice Richard (2) – pp Dickie Moore (8) 15:59 3–0 MTL 2nd MTL Alex Delvecchio (1) – pp Unassisted 06:37 3–1 MTL 3rd None Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st DET Tony Leswick High-sticking 01:11 2:00 MTL Emile Bouchard High-sticking 01:11 2:00 MTL Bernie Geoffrion Tripping 06:19 2:00 DET Gordie Howe Holding 11:12 2:00 MTL Doug Harvey Hooking 11:24 2:00 DET Gordie Howe High-sticking 13:42 2:00 DET Tony Leswick Slashing 14:01 10:00 MTL Ken Mosdell Tripping 16:36 2:00 2nd MTL Bud MacPherson Interference 06:12 2:00 MTL Emile Bouchard Hooking 13:31 2:00 3rd None Game three Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum April 8 1 5–2 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-mtl/1954/04/08/1953030213 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st DET Alex Delvecchio (2) Gordie Howe (5) 00:42 1–0 DET DET Ted Lindsay (4) Red Kelly (1) 17:06 2–0 DET 2nd DET Johnny Wilson (2) Metro Prystai (2) and Bob Goldham (2) 04:57 3–0 DET 3rd MTL Tom Johnson (1) – sh Unassisted 07:19 3–1 DET DET Metro Prystai (1) – pp Alex Delvecchio (5) 07:59 4–1 DET DET Gordie Howe (4) Alex Delvecchio (6) and Benny Woit (1) 11:32 5–1 DET MTL Dollard St. Laurent (1) Calum MacKay (1) 15:02 5–2 DET Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Paul Meger Cross-checking 03:30 2:00 DET Benny Woit Interference 06:30 2:00 MTL Maurice Richard High-sticking 07:41 2:00 DET Ted Lindsay Holding 09:40 2:00 MTL Bud MacPherson Hooking 11:57 2:00 2nd None 3rd MTL Bert Olmstead Hooking 00:22 2:00 DET Terry Sawchuk Slashing 02:45 2:00 MTL Tom Johnson Interference 02:45 2:00 MTL Bernie Geoffrion Slashing 06:49 2:00 MTL Dickie Moore Elbowing 17:32 2:00 DET Gordie Howe High-sticking 18:28 2:00 DET Gordie Howe Misconduct 18:28 10:00 Game four Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum April 10 1 2–0 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-mtl/1954/04/10/1953030214 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st None 2nd DET Johnny Wilson (3) Metro Prystai (3) 02:09 1–0 DET 3rd DET Red Kelly (4) – en Unassited 19:53 2–0 DET Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Lorne Davis Boarding 01:03 2:00 MTL Bert Olmstead Hooking 07:55 2:00 DET Marcel Pronovost Holding 11:48 2:00 MTL Floyd Curry Interference 15:57 2:00 2nd DET Benny Woit Tripping 01:37 2:00 MTL Maurice Richard Interference 02:05 2:00 DET Gordie Howe Slashing – major 04:12 5:00 DET Tony Leswick Tripping 15:24 2:00 MTL Maurice Richard Charging 17:38 2:00 3rd MTL Bernie Geoffrion Slashing 10:47 2:00 MTL Bernie Geoffrion Misconduct 10:47 10:00 Game five Montreal Canadiens Detroit Red Wings Olympia Stadium April 11 1 1 1–0 1 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-det/1954/04/11/1953030215 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st None 2nd None 3rd None OT MTL Ken Mosdell (1) Unassited 05:45 1–0 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Bert Olmstead Tripping 11:56 2:00 DET Tony Leswick Roughing 16:27 2:00 DET Marty Pavelich Roughing 16:27 2:00 MTL Jean Beliveau Roughing 16:27 2:00 MTL Tom Johnson Roughing 16:27 2:00 2nd None 3rd MTL Tom Johnson Slashing 08:21 2:00 DET Gordie Howe Holding 10:33 2:00 MTL Lorne Davis Hooking 13:10 2:00 OT None Game six Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum April 13 1 1–4 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-mtl/1954/04/13/1953030216 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st None 2nd MTL Bernie Geoffrion (6) Jean Beliveau (8) 12:07 1–0 MTL MTL Floyd Curry (2) Bert Olmstead (1) and Paul Masnick (3) 13:07 2–0 MTL MTL Floyd Curry (3) Eddie Mazur (3) and Elmer Lach (1) 14:25 3–0 MTL 3rd DET Metro Prystai (2) Unassisted 05:11 3–1 MTL MTL Maurice Richard (3) Elmer Lach (2) 10:06 4–1 MTL Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Paul Masnick Interference 02:46 2:00 MTL Lorne Davis Slashing 10:41 2:00 2nd MTL Dollard St. Laurent Interference 04:22 2:00 DET Marcel Pronovost Roughing 08:45 2:00 MTL Dickie Moore Roughing 08:45 2:00 DET Glen Skov Hooking 15:32 2:00 DET Glen Skov Slashing 19:50 2:00 3rd MTL Dickie Moore Tripping 16:49 2:00 Game seven Montreal Canadiens Detroit Red Wings Olympia Stadium April 11 1 1 1–2 2 https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-det/1954/04/16/1953030217 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MTL Floyd Curry (4) Paul Masnick (4) 09:17 1–0 MTL 2nd DET Red Kelly (5) – pp Ted Lindsay (4) and Alex Delvecchio (7) 01:17 1–1 3rd None OT DET Tony Leswick (3) Glen Skov (2) 04:29 2–1 DET Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st MTL Doug Harvey Holding 14:20 2:00 DET Glen Skov Hooking 17:11 2:00 2nd MTL Paul Masnick Hooking 00:20 2:00 3rd None OT None Broadcasting CBC's coverage of games 3–5 were joined in progress at 9:30 p.m. (approximately one hour after start time). Meanwhile, CBC joined game six in at 10 p.m. (again, one hour after start time). Game seven was carried nationwide from the opening face-off at 9 p.m. Since game seven was played on Good Friday night, there were no commercials (Imperial Oil was the sponsor). Stanley Cup engraving The 1954 Stanley Cup was presented to Red Wings captain Ted Lindsay by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Red Wings 2–1 overtime win over the Canadiens in game seven. The following Red Wings players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup 1953–54 Detroit Red Wings *1 Terry Sawchuk 1 David Gatherum* 1 Ross Wilson (Playing-Asst. Trainer)* *2 Bob Goldham (A) 3 Marcel Pronovost 4 Leonard Red Kelly (A) 5 Benny Woit 18 Al Arbour 19 Keith Allen *10 Metro Prystai 12 Glen Skov 14 Earl Reibel 10 Alex Delvecchio 19 Vic Stasiuk^ *7 Ted Lindsay (Captain) 8 Tony Leswick 9 Gordie Howe 11 Marty Pavelich 16 John Wilson 17 Bill Dineen 20 Jimmy Peters 26-25 Gilles Dube 21 Earl Johnson^ Marguerite Norris (President/Owner), Bruce Norris (Vice President/Owner) Jack Adams (Manager), Jimmy Skinner (Coach) John Mitchell (Chief Scout), Carl Mattson (Trainer) Fred Huber Jr. (Publicity Director), Wally Crossman (Asst. Trainer/Stick Boy) #21 Earl Johnson's^ name was engraved on the Stanley Cup, even though he only played 1 regular-season game. Johnson spent the rest of his hockey career in the minors. Oct 10 1953, Terry Sawchuk was injured during a game. Ass't Trainer Ross Wilson played goal for the last 16 minutes. Dave Gatherum was called up from the minors. He played goal on Oct 11, 16, 17 for injured Terry Sawchuk. He recorded 1 win, 1 tie, and 1 loss. Gatherum went on to set an NHL record for the longest shutout sequence by a goaltender to start a career, 100:21 min, Oct 11-16, 1953. The record stood until 2011. Gatherum was recalled for the playoffs as a spare goalie. Gatherum never played in the NHL again after losing his first NHL game. Detroit still honoured Dave Gatherum's by having his name included on the Stanley Cup in 1954. Earl "Ching" Johnson and Ross "Left" Wilson's names were not included with 1954 Detroit when the cup was redone in 1958 and 1993, replica ring. #19 Vic Stasiuk^ played 43 games, but was sent to the minors. His name was left off the cup because he played in the minors during the playoffs. #21 Jim Hay played 12 games for Detroit, but did not play in the playoffs. He was included on the team picture. Gilles Dube was listed as Ed Dube by mistake on the team picture. Marguerite Norris was the first woman to be engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1954. Tommy Ivan was misspelled as THOMAS NIVAN COACH instead of Thomas N. Ivan when the cup was redone in 1957–58. His name was spelled THOMAS IVAN COACH on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93. See also 1953–54 NHL season 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 https://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 Montreal Canadiens1953 Detroit Red Wings1955 Detroit Red WingsStanley Cup champions 1954 Stanley Cup Category:Stanley Cup Finals Category:Detroit Red Wings games Category:Montreal Canadiens games Category:Ice hockey competitions in Detroit Category:Ice hockey competitions in Montreal Category:April 1954 sports events in North America Category:1950s in Montreal Category:1954 in Quebec Category:1954 in Detroit Stanley Cup