1953–54 Boston Bruins season

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

1953–54 Boston Bruins
Division	4th NHL
1953–54 record	32–28–10
Goals for	177
Goals against	181
Team information
General manager	Art Ross
Coach	Lynn Patrick
Captain	Milt Schmidt
Team leaders
Goals	Johnny Peirson (21)
Assists	Fleming MacKell (31)
Points	Ed Sandford (47) Fleming MacKell (47)
Penalty minutes	Bob Armstrong (81)
Wins	Jim Henry (32)
Goals against average	Jim Henry (2.59)

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

		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

1953–54 NHL Records
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

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

Player statistics

Regular season

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

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

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;

See also

• 1953–54 NHL season

References

• "1953–54 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.