1953-54 Hershey Bears Statistics
Team Record: 37-29-4 - 78 points
in the AHL
Lost League Championship
Coach: Murray Henderson (37-29-4)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 37 wins and 29 losses and 4 ties for 78 points in the AHL.
The Bears scored 274 goals and surrendered 243. Lorne Ferguson netted 45 goals for Hershey, while Red Sullivan, Arnie Kullman and Dunc Fisher each tallied 30 or more, too. Red Sullivan contributed 89 assists. Gord Henry earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.35 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Murray Henderson coached the team. The 1953-54 Hershey Bears lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Sullivan | C | 69 | 30 | 89 | 119 | 54 | 0.43 | 1.29 | 1.72 | |
Lorne Ferguson | L | 70 | 45 | 42 | 87 | 34 | 0.64 | 0.60 | 1.24 | |
Arnie Kullman | C | 69 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 35 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 1.17 | |
Dunc Fisher | R | 69 | 41 | 39 | 80 | 24 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 1.16 | |
Norm Corcoran | C | 69 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 70 | 0.32 | 0.52 | 0.84 | |
Ellard O'Brien | L | 63 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 23 | 0.32 | 0.49 | 0.81 | |
Skip Teal | C | 66 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 38 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.56 | |
Don McKenney | C | 54 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 4 | 0.24 | 0.39 | 0.63 | |
Jack McIntyre | L | 44 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 29 | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.73 | |
Murray Henderson | D | 69 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 85 | 0.10 | 0.36 | 0.46 | |
Andy Branigan | D | 68 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 124 | 0.04 | 0.32 | 0.37 | |
Murray Costello | C | 26 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 0.27 | 0.50 | 0.77 | |
Arnott Whitney | F | 70 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.29 | |
Jerry Toppazzini | R | 16 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 0.31 | 0.63 | 0.94 | |
Ray Gariepy | D | 24 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 0.08 | 0.50 | 0.58 | |
Ralph Willis | D | 47 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.19 | |
Lorne Watters | F | 24 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 0.04 | 0.33 | 0.38 | |
Ted O'Connor | F | 24 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 0.21 | 0.21 | ||
Bill Matthews | D | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.13 | |
Gord Wilson | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
Jean Marois | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Fred Pletsch | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
William Alexander | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Norm DeFelice | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gord Henry | G | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1054 | 274 | 459 | 733 | 693 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Marois | 6 | 360 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2.67 | |||||
Gord Henry | 63 | 3780 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 211 | 3.35 | ||||
Norm DeFelice | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | ||||
William Alexander | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 71 | 4200 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 231 | 3.30 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Sullivan | C | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.64 | 0.82 |
Lorne Ferguson | L | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.45 |
Arnie Kullman | C | 11 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.73 | 1.09 |
Dunc Fisher | R | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.45 |
Norm Corcoran | C | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.64 | 1.09 |
Ellard O'Brien | L | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.82 | 1.27 |
Skip Teal | C | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
Don McKenney | C | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.45 | 0.73 |
Murray Henderson | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.27 | |
Andy Branigan | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |
Murray Costello | C | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.73 |
Arnott Whitney | F | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Ray Gariepy | D | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.36 | |
Bill Matthews | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.18 | |
Jim Shirley | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gord Henry | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 165 | 32 | 58 | 90 | 111 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gord Henry | 9 | 570 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2.53 | 0 | ||
Jim Shirley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 11 | 570 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2.53 | 0 |