1953-54 Vancouver Canucks Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 39-24-7 - 85 points
in the WHL
Lost League Championship
Coach: Art Chapman (39-24-7)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1953-54 Vancouver Canucks Roster

The Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 39 wins and 24 losses and 7 ties for 85 points in the WHL.

The Canucks surrendered 174 goals, fewest in the league. Vancouver netted 218 goals. Larry Popein scored 34 goals for the team and contributed 32 assists. Gump Worsley earned 39 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.4 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.

Art Chapman coached the team. The 1953-54 Vancouver Canucks lost in the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Larry Popein	C	70	34	32	66	22		0.49	0.46	0.94
Fred Brown		56	19	28	47	42		0.34	0.50	0.84
Charles McCullough	F		17	30	47	38
Bill Wylie	C	54	13	26	39	6		0.24	0.48	0.72
Douglas Adam	L	63	18	20	38	30		0.29	0.32	0.60
Carl Kaiser	D	65	15	23	38	54		0.23	0.35	0.58
Cy Rouse	D	67	20	16	36	17		0.30	0.24	0.54
Allan Stanley	D	47	6	30	36	43		0.13	0.64	0.77
Billy Dea	C	53	21	13	34	8		0.40	0.25	0.64
Jack Lancien	D	70	9	24	33	54		0.13	0.34	0.47
Gordon Kerr	C	51	8	21	29	36		0.16	0.41	0.57
Lorne Nadeau	F		14	13	27	40
Les Hickey	D	68	10	16	26	8		0.15	0.24	0.38
Andy Bathgate	R	17	12	10	22	6		0.71	0.59	1.29
Harry Dick	D	54	4	15	19	116		0.07	0.28	0.35
Millard Houghton	D	70	6	11	17	59		0.09	0.16	0.24
Dale Sweany	R	43	7	3	10	8		0.16	0.07	0.23
Ed Kassian			4	6	10	16
George Homenuke	D		3	2	5	0
Frank Bathgate	C	5	0	3	3	7			0.60	0.60
Don Smith	C	19	1	1	2	6		0.05	0.05	0.11
Ivan Irwin	D	13	1	0	1	20		0.08		0.08
Art Stone	L	13	1	0	1	8		0.08		0.08
Frank Kuzma	W	2	0	0	0	0
Gump Worsley	G	70	0	0	0	0
Lucien Dechene	R	70	0	0	0	6
Ike Hildebrand	R	8	0	0	0	2
Totals		1048	243	343	586	652	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Gump Worsley	70	4200	39	24	7		4	168	2.40
Totals	70	4200	39	24	7	0	4	168	2.40		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Larry Popein	C	10	4	7	11	4	0.40	0.70	1.10
Charles McCullough	F	13	5	8	13	0	0.38	0.62	1.00
Bill Wylie	C	13	1	6	7	0	0.08	0.46	0.54
Douglas Adam	L	12	4	1	5	12	0.33	0.08	0.42
Carl Kaiser	D	13	5	6	11	6	0.38	0.46	0.85
Cy Rouse	D	13	8	4	12	2	0.62	0.31	0.92
Allan Stanley	D	13	2	5	7	10	0.15	0.38	0.54
Billy Dea	C	12	6	5	11	4	0.50	0.42	0.92
Jack Lancien	D	12	0	4	4	8		0.33	0.33
Gordon Kerr	C	12	0	5	5	8		0.42	0.42
Les Hickey	D	13	3	2	5	2	0.23	0.15	0.38
Harry Dick	D	12	3	2	5	45	0.25	0.17	0.42
Millard Houghton	D	13	1	3	4	10	0.08	0.23	0.31
Ed Kassian		13	2	1	3	2	0.15	0.08	0.23
Gump Worsley	G	12	0	0	0	0
Lucien Dechene	R	2	0	0	0	0
Totals		188	44	59	103	113

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA
Gump Worsley	12	709	7	4	29	2.45
Lucien Dechene	2	77	0	2	5	3.90
Totals	14	786	7	6	34	2.60

1953-54 Vancouver Canucks Statistics

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