1953-54 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 35-24-11 - 81 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL
Postseason: 7-4
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Semi-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-0
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-3
Coach: Dick Irvin (35-24-11)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1953-54 Montreal Canadiens Roster
1953-54 Montreal Canadiens Results

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 35 wins and 24 losses and 11 ties for 81 points, finishing second in the NHL. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-4.

The Canadiens paced the league with 195 goals. Montreal allowed 141 goals. Maurice Richard scored 37 goals for the squad, and Bert Olmstead contributed 37 assists. Gerry McNeil earned 28 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 2.15 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Dick Irvin coached the team. The 1953-54 Montreal Canadiens lost in the Stanley Cup finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Maurice Richard	R	70	37	30	67	112
Bernie Geoffrion	R	54	29	25	54	87
Bert Olmstead	R	70	15	37	52	85
Ken Mosdell	C	67	22	24	46	64
Doug Harvey	D	68	8	29	37	110
Jean Beliveau	C	44	13	21	34	22
Paul Masnick	C	50	5	21	26	57
Elmer Lach	C	48	5	20	25	28
Calum MacKay	L	47	10	13	23	54
Floyd Curry	R	70	13	8	21	22
Eddie Mazur	L	67	7	14	21	95
Tom Johnson	D	70	7	11	18	85
John McCormack	C	51	5	10	15	12
Dollard St. Laurent	D	53	3	12	15	43
Paul Meger	L	44	4	9	13	24
Dick Gamble	L	32	4	8	12	18
Butch Bouchard	D	70	1	10	11	89
Lorne Davis	R	37	6	4	10	2
Dickie Moore	L	13	1	4	5	12
Bud MacPherson	D	41	0	5	5	41
Andre Corriveau	R	3	0	1	1	0
Ed Litzenberger	R	3	0	0	0	0
Jacques Plante	G	17	0	0	0	0
Fred Burchell	C	2	0	0	0	2
Gerard Desaulniers	C	3	0	0	0	0
Gerry McNeil	G	53	0	0	0	0
Totals		1147	195	316	511	1064

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry McNeil	53	3180	28	19	6	6	114	2.15	0
Jacques Plante	17	1020	7	5	5	5	27	1.59	0
Totals	70	4200	35	24	11	11	141	2.01		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Maurice Richard	R	11	3	0	3	22
Bernie Geoffrion	R	11	6	5	11	18
Bert Olmstead	R	11	0	1	1	19
Ken Mosdell	C	11	1	0	1	4
Doug Harvey	D	10	0	2	2	12
Jean Beliveau	C	10	2	8	10	4
Paul Masnick	C	10	0	4	4	4
Elmer Lach	C	4	0	2	2	0
Calum MacKay	L	3	0	1	1	0
Floyd Curry	R	11	4	0	4	4
Eddie Mazur	L	11	0	3	3	7
Tom Johnson	D	11	1	2	3	30
John McCormack	C	7	0	1	1	0
Dollard St. Laurent	D	10	1	2	3	8
Paul Meger	L	6	1	0	1	4
Butch Bouchard	D	11	2	1	3	4
Lorne Davis	R	11	2	0	2	8
Dickie Moore	L	11	5	8	13	8
Bud MacPherson	D	3	0	0	0	4
Jacques Plante	G	8	0	0	0	0
Gaye Stewart	L	3	0	0	0	0
Gerry McNeil	G	3	0	0	0	0
Totals		187	28	40	68	160

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry McNeil	3	190	2	1	1	3	0.95	0
Jacques Plante	8	480	5	3	2	15	1.88	0
Totals	11	670	7	4	3	18	1.61		0