1953-54 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
1953-54 Montreal Canadiens RosterThe 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 in the NHL.
The team paced the league with 195 goals. The club 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. The 1953-54 Montreal Canadiens lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Richard | R | 70 | 37 | 30 | 67 | 112 | 0 | 0.53 | 0.43 | 0.96 |
| Bernie Geoffrion | R | 54 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 87 | 0 | 0.54 | 0.46 | 1.00 |
| Bert Olmstead | R | 70 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 85 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.53 | 0.74 |
| Ken Mosdell | C | 67 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 64 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.69 |
| Doug Harvey | D | 68 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 110 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.43 | 0.54 |
| Jean Beliveau | C | 44 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 22 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.48 | 0.77 |
| Paul Masnick | C | 50 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 57 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.42 | 0.52 |
| Elmer Lach | C | 48 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.42 | 0.52 |
| Calum MacKay | L | 47 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 54 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.28 | 0.49 |
| Floyd Curry | R | 70 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.30 |
| Eddie Mazur | L | 67 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 95 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.31 |
| Tom Johnson | D | 70 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 85 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.26 |
| John McCormack | C | 51 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.29 |
| Dollard St. Laurent | D | 53 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.28 |
| Paul Meger | L | 44 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.30 |
| Dick Gamble | L | 32 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.38 |
| Butch Bouchard | D | 70 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 89 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| Lorne Davis | R | 37 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.27 |
| Dickie Moore | L | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 0.38 |
| Bud MacPherson | D | 41 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.12 | |
| Andre Corriveau | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Fred Burchell | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Gerry McNeil | G | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacques Plante | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerard Desaulniers | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Litzenberger | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1147 | 195 | 316 | 511 | 1064 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Plante | 17 | 1020 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 1.59 | |||
| Gerry McNeil | 53 | 3180 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 114 | 2.15 | |||
| Totals | 70 | 4200 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 141 | 2.01 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Richard | R | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.27 | |
| Bernie Geoffrion | R | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 1.00 |
| Bert Olmstead | R | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |
| Ken Mosdell | C | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |
| Doug Harvey | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Jean Beliveau | C | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 1.00 |
| Paul Masnick | C | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Elmer Lach | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Calum MacKay | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Floyd Curry | R | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.36 | |
| Eddie Mazur | L | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.27 | |
| Tom Johnson | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.27 |
| John McCormack | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
| Dollard St. Laurent | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 |
| Paul Meger | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Butch Bouchard | D | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.27 |
| Lorne Davis | R | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.18 | |
| Dickie Moore | L | 11 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.73 | 1.18 |
| Bud MacPherson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Gerry McNeil | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gaye Stewart | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacques Plante | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 187 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 160 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Plante | 8 | 480 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1.88 | 224 | 209 | .933 |
| Gerry McNeil | 3 | 190 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.95 | 92 | 89 | .967 |
| Totals | 11 | 670 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1.61 | 316 | 298 | .943 |
