1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs
1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd NHL
1953–54 record	32–24–14
Goals for	152
Goals against	131
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	King Clancy
Captain	Ted Kennedy
Team leaders
Goals	Sid Smith (22)
Assists	Tod Sloan (32)
Points	Tod Sloan (43)
Penalty minutes	Tod Sloan (100)
Wins	Harry Lumley (32)
Goals against average	Harry Lumley (1.86)
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 37th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

National Hockey League^[1]
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t
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	191	132	+59	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	35	24	11	195	141	+54	81
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	32	24	14	152	131	+21	78
4	Boston Bruins	70	32	28	10	177	181	−4	74
5	New York Rangers	70	29	31	10	161	182	−21	68
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	12	51	7	133	242	−109	31

Record vs. opponents[]

1953–54 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	11–1–2	3–8–3	4–6–4	7–7	7–6–1
Chicago	1–11–2	—	2–11–1	3–9–2	3–9–2	3–11
Detroit	8–3–3	11–2–1	—	6–6–2	6–5–3	6–3–5
Montreal	6–4–4	9–3–2	6–6–2	—	9–5	5–6–3
New York	7–7	9–3–2	5–6–3	5–9	—	3–6–5
Toronto	6–7–1	11–3	3–6–5	6–5–3	6–3–5	—

Schedule and results[]

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 10, 1953	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	1–0–0
2	L	October 11, 1953	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	1–1–0
3	W	October 15, 1953	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	2–1–0
4	T	October 17, 1953	1–1	New York Rangers (1953–54)	2–1–1
5	W	October 18, 1953	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	3–1–1
6	T	October 21, 1953	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	3–1–2
7	L	October 24, 1953	2–3	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	3–2–2
8	L	October 25, 1953	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	3–3–2
9	L	October 29, 1953	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	3–4–2
10	W	October 31, 1953	4–1	New York Rangers (1953–54)	4–4–2
11	T	November 1, 1953	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	4–4–3
12	W	November 4, 1953	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	5–4–3
13	T	November 7, 1953	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	5–4–4
14	W	November 8, 1953	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	6–4–4
15	W	November 11, 1953	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	7–4–4
16	W	November 14, 1953	2–0	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	8–4–4
17	T	November 15, 1953	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	8–4–5
18	L	November 19, 1953	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	8–5–5
19	W	November 21, 1953	1–0	New York Rangers (1953–54)	9–5–5
20	W	November 22, 1953	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	10–5–5
21	L	November 26, 1953	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	10–6–5
22	W	November 28, 1953	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	11–6–5
23	L	November 29, 1953	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	11–7–5
24	L	December 3, 1953	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	11–8–5
25	W	December 5, 1953	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	12–8–5
26	T	December 6, 1953	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	12–8–6
27	W	December 9, 1953	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	13–8–6
28	W	December 12, 1953	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	14–8–6
29	W	December 13, 1953	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	15–8–6
30	L	December 17, 1953	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	15–9–6
31	W	December 19, 1953	3–2	New York Rangers (1953–54)	16–9–6
32	L	December 20, 1953	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	16–10–6
33	W	December 26, 1953	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	17–10–6
34	T	December 30, 1953	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	17–10–7
35	W	January 2, 1954	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	18–10–7
36	T	January 3, 1954	0–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	18–10–8
37	L	January 7, 1954	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	18–11–8
38	W	January 9, 1954	3–2	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	19–11–8
39	L	January 10, 1954	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	19–12–8
40	W	January 13, 1954	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	20–12–8
41	W	January 16, 1954	4–0	New York Rangers (1953–54)	21–12–8
42	W	January 17, 1954	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	22–12–8
43	W	January 23, 1954	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	23–12–8
44	L	January 24, 1954	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	23–13–8
45	L	January 27, 1954	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	23–14–8
46	W	January 30, 1954	4–2	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	24–14–8
47	L	January 31, 1954	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	24–15–8
48	W	February 4, 1954	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	25–15–8
49	W	February 6, 1954	6–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	26–15–8
50	L	February 7, 1954	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	26–16–8
51	L	February 10, 1954	2–3	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	26–17–8
52	W	February 11, 1954	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	27–17–8
53	T	February 13, 1954	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	27–17–9
54	T	February 14, 1954	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	27–17–10
55	T	February 17, 1954	0–0	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	27–17–11
56	W	February 20, 1954	3–2	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	28–17–11
57	L	February 21, 1954	1–6	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	28–18–11
58	T	February 25, 1954	0–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	28–18–12
59	W	February 27, 1954	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	29–18–12
60	L	February 28, 1954	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	29–19–12
61	T	March 3, 1954	3–3	New York Rangers (1953–54)	29–19–13
62	T	March 4, 1954	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	29–19–14
63	L	March 6, 1954	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	29–20–14
64	W	March 7, 1954	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1953–54)	30–20–14
65	W	March 11, 1954	3–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	31–20–14
66	L	March 13, 1954	1–2	Boston Bruins (1953–54)	31–21–14
67	L	March 14, 1954	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54)	31–22–14
68	W	March 17, 1954	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54)	32–22–14
69	L	March 20, 1954	2–5	New York Rangers (1953–54)	32–23–14
70	L	March 21, 1954	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54)	32–24–14

Playoffs[]

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

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	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

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Harry Lumley	321	5	1	4		15	2.80				0
Team:	321	5	1	4		15	2.80				0

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Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

1 – Harry Lumley
1 – Gilles Mayer

Defensemen

2 – Jimmy Thomson
3 – Fern Flaman
7 – Tim Horton
18 – Leo Boivin
19 – Hugh Bolton
24 – Jim Morrison

Wingers

4 – Harry Watson
8 – Sid Smith
12 – Ron Stewart
15 – Howie Meeker
16 – Eric Nesterenko
20 – George Armstrong
21 – Bob Solinger
23 – Danny Lewicki
23 – Bob Bailey
25 – Earl Balfour

Centres

10 – Ted Kennedy – C
11 – Tod Sloan
14 – Rudy Migay
17 – Bob Hassard
22 – Gord Hannigan
GM: Conn Smythe
Coach: King Clancy

References[]

^ "1953–1954 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "1953-54 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

"1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links[]

[standings-div-1] "1953–1954 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "1953-54 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

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Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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See also	All-Star Game Detroit Red Wings prison game Stanley Cup Finals

1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs season

Contents

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Record vs. opponents[]

Schedule and results[]

Playoffs[]

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]