1953–54 Boston Bruins season

1953–54 Boston Bruins
Division4th NHL
1953–54 record32–28–10
Goals for177
Goals against181
Team information
General managerArt Ross
CoachLynn Patrick
CaptainMilt Schmidt
Team leaders
GoalsJohnny Peirson (21)
AssistsFleming MacKell (31)
PointsEd Sandford (47)
Fleming MacKell (47)
Penalty minutesBob Armstrong (81)
WinsJim Henry (32)
Goals against averageJim Henry (2.59)

The 1953–54 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 30th season in the NHL.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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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 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

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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
Toronto 6–7–1 11–3 3–6–5 6–5–3 6–3–5 —


Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Ed Sandford LW 70 16 31 47 42
Fleming MacKell C 67 15 32 47 60
Johnny Peirson RW 68 21 19 40 55
Dave Creighton C 69 20 20 40 27
Joe Klukay LW 70 20 17 37 27
Leo Labine RW 68 16 19 35 57
Cal Gardner C 70 14 20 34 62
Milt Schmidt C/D 62 14 18 32 28
Doug Mohns LW/D 70 13 14 27 27
Frank Martin D 68 3 17 20 38
Hal Laycoe D 58 3 16 19 29
Bill Quackenbush D 45 0 17 17 6
Warren Godfrey D 70 5 9 14 71
Bob Armstrong D 64 2 10 12 81
Woody Dumart LW 69 4 3 7 6
Ray Gariepy D 35 1 6 7 39
Gus Bodnar C 14 3 3 6 10
Real Chevrefils LW 14 4 1 5 2
Jerry Toppazzini RW 37 0 5 5 24
Jim Henry G 70 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jim Henry 4200 70 32 28 10 181 2.59 8
Team: 4200 70 32 28 10 181 2.59 8

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Cal Gardner C 4 1 1 2 0
Fleming MacKell C 4 1 1 2 8
Doug Mohns LW/D 4 1 0 1 4
Milt Schmidt C/D 4 1 0 1 20
Bob Armstrong D 4 0 1 1 0
Leo Labine RW 4 0 1 1 8
Frank Martin D 4 0 1 1 0
Ed Sandford LW 3 0 1 1 4
Gus Bodnar C 1 0 0 0 0
Wayne Brown RW 4 0 0 0 2
Dave Creighton C 4 0 0 0 0
Woody Dumart LW 4 0 0 0 0
Guyle Fielder C 2 0 0 0 2
Warren Godfrey D 4 0 0 0 4
Jim Henry G 4 0 0 0 0
Joe Klukay LW 4 0 0 0 0
Hal Laycoe D 2 0 0 0 0
Johnny Peirson RW 4 0 0 0 2
Bill Quackenbush D 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jim Henry 240 4 0 4 16 4.00 0
Team: 240 4 0 4 16 4.00 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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See also

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References

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  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 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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