1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs
League3rd NHL
1953–54 record32–24–14
Home record22–6–7
Road record10–18–7
Goals for152
Goals against131
Team information
General managerConn Smythe
CoachKing Clancy
CaptainTed Kennedy
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsSid Smith (22)
AssistsTod Sloan (32)
PointsTod Sloan (43)
Penalty minutesTod Sloan (100)
WinsHarry Lumley (32)
Goals against averageHarry Lumley (1.86)

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]
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 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 [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL 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
6–7–1 11–3 3–6–5 6–5–3 6–3–5 —


Schedule and results

1953–54 regular season[3]
October
Game Result 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
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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 SA SV SV% 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "1953–1954 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1953-54 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  4. ^ "1953-54 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
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