1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 37th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 3rd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 1.
==Regular Season==
Howie Meeker played the last five games of his NHL career beginning November 21, 1953 and ending November 29, scoring 1 goal.
Goalie Gil Mayer played his only game of the season on March 4, 1954 in a 3-3 tie with the Detroit Red Wings.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 10, 1953 	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 11, 1953 	0–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 15, 1953 	4–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	2–1–0
4 	T 	October 17, 1953 	1–1 	New York Rangers (1953–54) 	2–1–1
5 	W 	October 18, 1953 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	3–1–1
6 	T 	October 21, 1953 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	3–1–2
7 	L 	October 24, 1953 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	3–2–2
8 	L 	October 25, 1953 	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	3–3–2
9 	L 	October 29, 1953 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	3–4–2
10 	W 	October 31, 1953 	4–1 	New York Rangers (1953–54) 	4–4–2
11 	T 	November 1, 1953 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1953–54) 	4–4–3
12 	W 	November 4, 1953 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	5–4–3
13 	T 	November 7, 1953 	2–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	5–4–4
14 	W 	November 8, 1953 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	6–4–4
15 	W 	November 11, 1953 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	7–4–4
16 	W 	November 14, 1953 	2–0 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	8–4–4
17 	T 	November 15, 1953 	1–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	8–4–5
18 	L 	November 19, 1953 	0–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	8–5–5
19 	W 	November 21, 1953 	1–0 	New York Rangers (1953–54) 	9–5–5
20 	W 	November 22, 1953 	5–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	10–5–5
21 	L 	November 26, 1953 	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	10–6–5
22 	W 	November 28, 1953 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	11–6–5
23 	L 	November 29, 1953 	1–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	11–7–5
24 	L 	December 3, 1953 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	11–8–5
25 	W 	December 5, 1953 	3–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	12–8–5
26 	T 	December 6, 1953 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1953–54) 	12–8–6
27 	W 	December 9, 1953 	3–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	13–8–6
28 	W 	December 12, 1953 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	14–8–6
29 	W 	December 13, 1953 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1953–54) 	15–8–6
30 	L 	December 17, 1953 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	15–9–6
31 	W 	December 19, 1953 	3–2 	New York Rangers (1953–54) 	16–9–6
32 	L 	December 20, 1953 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	16–10–6
33 	W 	December 26, 1953 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	17–10–6
34 	T 	December 30, 1953 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	17–10–7
35 	W 	January 2, 1954 	4–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	18–10–7
36 	T 	January 3, 1954 	0–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	18–10–8
37 	L 	January 7, 1954 	3–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	18–11–8
38 	W 	January 9, 1954 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	19–11–8
39 	L 	January 10, 1954 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1953–54) 	19–12–8
40 	W 	January 13, 1954 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	20–12–8
41 	W 	January 16, 1954 	4–0 	New York Rangers (1953–54) 	21–12–8
42 	W 	January 17, 1954 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	22–12–8
43 	W 	January 23, 1954 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	23–12–8
44 	L 	January 24, 1954 	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	23–13–8
45 	L 	January 27, 1954 	0–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	23–14–8
46 	W 	January 30, 1954 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	24–14–8
47 	L 	January 31, 1954 	0–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	24–15–8
48 	W 	February 4, 1954 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	25–15–8
49 	W 	February 6, 1954 	6–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	26–15–8
50 	L 	February 7, 1954 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	26–16–8
51 	L 	February 10, 1954 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	26–17–8
52 	W 	February 11, 1954 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	27–17–8
53 	T 	February 13, 1954 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	27–17–9
54 	T 	February 14, 1954 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1953–54) 	27–17–10
55 	T 	February 17, 1954 	0–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	27–17–11
56 	W 	February 20, 1954 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	28–17–11
57 	L 	February 21, 1954 	1–6 	@ New York Rangers (1953–54) 	28–18–11
58 	T 	February 25, 1954 	0–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	28–18–12
59 	W 	February 27, 1954 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	29–18–12
60 	L 	February 28, 1954 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	29–19–12
61 	T 	March 3, 1954 	3–3 	New York Rangers (1953–54) 	29–19–13
62 	T 	March 4, 1954 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	29–19–14
63 	L 	March 6, 1954 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	29–20–14
64 	W 	March 7, 1954 	4–0 	@ New York Rangers (1953–54) 	30–20–14
65 	W 	March 11, 1954 	3–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	31–20–14
66 	L 	March 13, 1954 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	31–21–14
67 	L 	March 14, 1954 	0–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	31–22–14
68 	W 	March 17, 1954 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	32–22–14
69 	L 	March 20, 1954 	2–5 	New York Rangers (1953–54) 	32–23–14
70 	L 	March 21, 1954 	1–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	32–24–14
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
15 	Tod Sloan 	67	11	32	43 	100
8 	Sid Smith 	70	22	16	38 	28
9 	Ted Kennedy 	67	15	23	38 	78
10 	George Armstrong	63	17	15	32 	60
7 	Tim Horton 	70	7 	24	31 	94
4 	Harry Watson 	70	21	7 	28 	30
2 	Jimmy Thomson 	61	2 	24	26 	86
12 	Ron Stewart 	70	14	11	25 	72
16 	Eric Nesterenko 	68	14	9 	23 	70
14, 22 	Rudy Migay 	70	8 	15	23 	60
14, 22, 24	Jim Morrison 	60	9 	11	20 	51
18, 20, 23	Bob Bailey 	48	2 	7 	9 	70
17, 18 	Gord Hannigan 	35	4 	4 	8 	18
3 	Fern Flaman 	62	0 	8 	8 	84
17, 19 	Leo Boivin 	58	1 	6 	7 	81
21 	Bob Solinger 	39	3 	2 	5 	2
20 	Bob Hassard 	26	1 	4 	5 	4
11, 25 	Howie Meeker 	5 	1 	0 	1 	0
21 	Danny Lewicki 	7 	0 	1 	1 	12
21, 23, 25	Earl Balfour 	17	0 	1 	1 	6
23 	Hugh Bolton 	9 	0 	0 	0 	10
21 	Gilles Mayer 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	Harry Lumley 	69	0 	0 	0 	6
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Harry Lumley	4140	69	32	24	13	128	1.86	 	 	 	13
Gilles Mayer	60 	1 	0 	0 	1 	3 	3.00	 	 	 	0
Team: 	4200	70	32	24	14	131	1.87	 	 	 	13
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gord Hannigan 	5 	2	0	2 	4
Tim Horton 	5 	1	1	2 	4
Ted Kennedy 	5 	1	1	2 	2
Tod Sloan 	5 	1	1	2 	4
Sid Smith 	5 	1	1	2 	0
Bob Bailey 	5 	0	2	2 	4
George Armstrong	5 	1	0	1 	2
Rudy Migay 	5 	1	0	1 	4
Hugh Bolton 	5 	0	1	1 	4
Eric Nesterenko 	5 	0	1	1 	9
Ron Stewart 	5 	0	1	1 	10
Harry Watson 	5 	0	1	1 	2
Fern Flaman 	2 	0	0	0 	0
Jimmy Thomson 	3 	0	0	0 	2
Leo Boivin 	5 	0	0	0 	2
Jim Morrison 	5 	0	0	0 	4
Harry Lumley 	5 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Harry Lumley	321	5 	1	4	 	15	2.80	 	 	 	0
Team: 	321	5 	1	4	 	15	2.80	 	 	 	0
==Awards and Records==
*Vezina Trophy: Harry Lumley
*Harry Lumley, Goalie, NHL First Team All-Star
*Ted Kennedy, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Tim Horton, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Gallery==
11Feb1954-Kennedy_scores.jpg|Ted Kennedy scores on Jim Henry, February 11, 1954.
1954-Mar21-Howe-Storey-Kennedy.jpg|Gordie Howe and Ted Kennedy are separated by Red Storey during Howe's second Gordie Howe hat trick game, March 21, 1954.
==See Also==
*1953–54 NHL season
==References==
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Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1953–54
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1953–54
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