1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1953–54 1953 Toronto Maple Leafs 32–24–14 22–6–7 10–18–7 3rd 152 131 Conn Smythe King Clancy Ted Kennedy Maple Leaf Gardens Sid Smith (22) Tod Sloan (32) Tod Sloan (43) Tod Sloan (100) Harry Lumley (32) Harry Lumley (1.86) The 1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 37th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team made the playoffs after missing the prior year, before losing in the semifinals. 2 Regular season Final standings TOR Record vs. opponents TOR Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1953–54 regular season1953-54 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1954_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 4, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 10, 1953||6–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 11, 1953||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 15, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||2–1–0 |- |4||T||October 17, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 18, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||3–1–1 |- |6||T||October 21, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||3–1–2 |- |7||L||October 24, 1953||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||3–2–2 |- |8||L||October 25, 1953||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||3–3–2 |- |9||L||October 29, 1953||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||3–4–2 |- |10||W||October 31, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||4–4–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||T||November 1, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||4–4–3 |- |12||W||November 4, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||5–4–3 |- |13||T||November 7, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||5–4–4 |- |14||W||November 8, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||6–4–4 |- |15||W||November 11, 1953||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||7–4–4 |- |16||W||November 14, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||8–4–4 |- |17||T||November 15, 1953||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||8–4–5 |- |18||L||November 19, 1953||0–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||8–5–5 |- |19||W||November 21, 1953||1–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||9–5–5 |- |20||W||November 22, 1953||5–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||10–5–5 |- |21||L||November 26, 1953||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||10–6–5 |- |22||W||November 28, 1953||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||11–6–5 |- |23||L||November 29, 1953||1–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||11–7–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||L||December 3, 1953||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||11–8–5 |- |25||W||December 5, 1953||3–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||12–8–5 |- |26||T||December 6, 1953||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||12–8–6 |- |27||W||December 9, 1953||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||13–8–6 |- |28||W||December 12, 1953||2–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||14–8–6 |- |29||W||December 13, 1953||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||15–8–6 |- |30||L||December 17, 1953||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||15–9–6 |- |31||W||December 19, 1953||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||16–9–6 |- |32||L||December 20, 1953||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||16–10–6 |- |33||W||December 26, 1953||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||17–10–6 |- |34||T||December 30, 1953||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||17–10–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |35||W||January 2, 1954||4–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||18–10–7 |- |36||T||January 3, 1954||0–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||18–10–8 |- |37||L||January 7, 1954||3–7 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||18–11–8 |- |38||W||January 9, 1954||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||19–11–8 |- |39||L||January 10, 1954||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||19–12–8 |- |40||W||January 13, 1954||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||20–12–8 |- |41||W||January 16, 1954||4–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||21–12–8 |- |42||W||January 17, 1954||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||22–12–8 |- |43||W||January 23, 1954||4–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||23–12–8 |- |44||L||January 24, 1954||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||23–13–8 |- |45||L||January 27, 1954||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||23–14–8 |- |46||W||January 30, 1954||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||24–14–8 |- |47||L||January 31, 1954||0–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||24–15–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |48||W||February 4, 1954||4–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||25–15–8 |- |49||W||February 6, 1954||6–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||26–15–8 |- |50||L||February 7, 1954||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||26–16–8 |- |51||L||February 10, 1954||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||26–17–8 |- |52||W||February 11, 1954||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||27–17–8 |- |53||T||February 13, 1954||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||27–17–9 |- |54||T||February 14, 1954||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||27–17–10 |- |55||T||February 17, 1954||0–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||27–17–11 |- |56||W||February 20, 1954||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||28–17–11 |- |57||L||February 21, 1954||1–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||28–18–11 |- |58||T||February 25, 1954||0–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||28–18–12 |- |59||W||February 27, 1954||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||29–18–12 |- |60||L||February 28, 1954||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) ||29–19–12 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |61||T||March 3, 1954||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||29–19–13 |- |62||T||March 4, 1954||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||29–19–14 |- |63||L||March 6, 1954||1–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||29–20–14 |- |64||W||March 7, 1954||4–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1953–54) ||30–20–14 |- |65||W||March 11, 1954||3–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||31–20–14 |- |66||L||March 13, 1954||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||31–21–14 |- |67||L||March 14, 1954||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1953–54) ||31–22–14 |- |68||W||March 17, 1954||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) ||32–22–14 |- |69||L||March 20, 1954||2–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1953–54) ||32–23–14 |- |70||L||March 21, 1954||1–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) ||32–24–14 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs July 2010 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM Tod Sloan 67 11 32 43 100 Sid Smith 70 22 16 38 28 Ted Kennedy 67 15 23 38 78 George Armstrong 63 17 15 32 60 Tim Horton 70 7 24 31 94 Harry Watson 70 21 7 28 30 Jimmy Thomson 61 2 24 26 86 Ron Stewart 70 14 11 25 72 Eric Nesterenko 68 14 9 23 70 Rudy Migay 70 8 15 23 60 Jim Morrison 60 9 11 20 51 Bob Bailey 48 2 7 9 70 Gord Hannigan 35 4 4 8 18 Fern Flaman 62 0 8 8 84 Leo Boivin 58 1 6 7 81 Bob Solinger 39 3 2 5 2 Bob Hassard 26 1 4 5 4 Howie Meeker 5 1 0 1 0 Earl Balfour 17 0 1 1 6 Danny Lewicki 7 0 1 1 12 Hugh Bolton 9 0 0 0 10 Harry Lumley 69 0 0 0 6 Gilles Mayer 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO Harry Lumley 4140 69 32 24 13 128 1.86 13 Gilles Mayer 60 1 0 0 1 3 3.00 0 Team: 4200 70 32 24 14 131 1.87 13 Playoffs Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM Gord Hannigan 5 2 0 2 4 Tim Horton 5 1 1 2 4 Ted Kennedy 5 1 1 2 2 Tod Sloan 5 1 1 2 4 Sid Smith 5 1 1 2 0 Bob Bailey 5 0 2 2 4 George Armstrong 5 1 0 1 2 Rudy Migay 5 1 0 1 4 Hugh Bolton 5 0 1 1 4 Eric Nesterenko 5 0 1 1 9 Ron Stewart 5 0 1 1 10 Harry Watson 5 0 1 1 2 Leo Boivin 5 0 0 0 2 Fern Flaman 2 0 0 0 0 Harry Lumley 5 0 0 0 0 Jim Morrison 5 0 0 0 4 Jimmy Thomson 3 0 0 0 2 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO Harry Lumley 321 5 1 4 15 2.80 0 Team: 321 5 1 4 15 2.80 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-26 1953-54 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1954.html See also 1953–54 NHL season References Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1953-54 Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons Tor Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs