1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 38th 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 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
On November 11, the Detroit Red Wings were playing a home game against the Maple Leafs. Angry that Metro Prystai had been traded to the Chicago Blackhawks at the bequest of Leafs Conn Smythe in the name of league parity, the Wings were in a foul mood. Ted Lindsay fought with Leafs Jim Thomson and then coach King Clancy. The Leafs won 1-0 and as the Wings were leaving the ice, a hometown fan heckled Glen Skov. Skov, goalie Terry Sawchuk, Sid Abel and Lindsay scaled the wire mesh over the boards to get at the fan, with Lindsay punching the heckler in the eye.
===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 	L 	October 7, 1954 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	0–1–0
2 	T 	October 9 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) 	0–1–1
3 	L 	October 16 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1954–55) 	0–2–1
4 	T 	October 17 	1–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	0–2–2
5 	W 	October 21 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	1–2–2
6 	T 	October 23 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	1–2–3
7 	L 	October 27 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	1–3–3
8 	W 	October 30 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1954–55) 	2–3–3
9 	T 	November 3 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	2–3–4
10 	W 	November 6 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) 	3–3–4
11 	W 	November 7 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	4–3–4
12 	W 	November 10 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1954–55) 	5–3–4
13 	W 	November 11 	1–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	6–3–4
14 	W 	November 13 	1–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	7–3–4
15 	W 	November 14 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	8–3–4
16 	W 	November 17 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	9–3–4
17 	L 	November 18 	4–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	9–4–4
18 	L 	November 20 	0–1 	Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	9–5–4
19 	T 	November 21 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1954–55) 	9–5–5
20 	L 	November 25 	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	9–6–5
21 	W 	November 27 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1954–55) 	10–6–5
22 	T 	November 28 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	10–6–6
23 	W 	December 1 	6–0 	Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	11–6–6
24 	W 	December 4 	1–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	12–6–6
25 	W 	December 5 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	13–6–6
26 	W 	December 8 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	14–6–6
27 	L 	December 9 	0–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	14–7–6
28 	L 	December 11 	1–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) 	14–8–6
29 	T 	December 12 	1–1 	@ New York Rangers (1954–55) 	14–8–7
30 	W 	December 15 	8–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	15–8–7
31 	W 	December 18 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1954–55) 	16–8–7
32 	T 	December 19 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1954–55) 	16–8–8
33 	L 	December 25 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	16–9–8
34 	T 	December 26 	1–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	16–9–9
35 	T 	December 29 	1–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	16–9–10
36 	L 	December 30 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	16–10–10
37 	T 	January 1, 1955 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) 	16–10–11
38 	L 	January 2 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	16–11–11
39 	L 	January 5 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	16–12–11
40 	W 	January 8 	5–0 	New York Rangers (1954–55) 	17–12–11
41 	T 	January 9 	1–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	17–12–12
42 	T 	January 12 	0–0 	@ New York Rangers (1954–55) 	17–12–13
43 	W 	January 15 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	18–12–13
44 	W 	January 16 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	19–12–13
45 	T 	January 19 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) 	19–12–14
46 	L 	January 20 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	19–13–14
47 	W 	January 22 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	20–13–14
48 	L 	January 23 	0–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	20–14–14
49 	T 	January 26 	1–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	20–14–15
50 	L 	January 29 	1–3 	New York Rangers (1954–55) 	20–15–15
51 	L 	January 30 	0–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	20–16–15
52 	L 	February 3 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	20–17–15
53 	T 	February 5 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) 	20–17–16
54 	W 	February 6 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	21–17–16
55 	W 	February 9 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	22–17–16
56 	L 	February 12 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	22–18–16
57 	T 	February 13 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	22–18–17
58 	T 	February 19 	1–1 	Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	22–18–18
59 	L 	February 20 	1–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	22–19–18
60 	W 	February 23 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1954–55) 	23–19–18
61 	T 	February 24 	1–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	23–19–19
62 	T 	February 26 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	23–19–20
63 	L 	March 2 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	23–20–20
64 	T 	March 5 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	23–20–21
65 	L 	March 6 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55) 	23–21–21
66 	T 	March 10 	0–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) 	23–21–22
67 	L 	March 12 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1954–55) 	23–22–22
68 	L 	March 13 	1–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) 	23–23–22
69 	W 	March 19 	5–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) 	24–23–22
70 	L 	March 20 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1954–55) 	24–24–22
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	70	33	21	54 	14
 	70	10	42	52 	74
 	62	15	15	30 	99
 	63	13	15	28 	89
 	66	10	18	28 	80
 	67	8 	16	24 	66
 	69	2 	19	21 	55
 	53	14	5 	19 	20
 	70	5 	12	17 	84
 	56	8 	8 	16 	44
 	70	4 	12	16 	63
 	67	5 	9 	14 	84
 	62	8 	3 	11 	36
 	27	3 	5 	8 	6
 	32	4 	2 	6 	52
 	17	1 	5 	6 	11
 	59	0 	6 	6 	64
 	16	1 	4 	5 	0
 	14	2 	1 	3 	8
 	8 	1 	1 	2 	0
 	13	0 	2 	2 	8
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	8
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	8
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	69	0 	0 	0 	9
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	SO
 	4140	69	23	24	22	134	1.94	 	 	 	8
 	60 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1.00	 	 	 	0
Team: 	4200	70	24	24	22	135	1.93	 	 	 	8
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	4 	3	1	4 	0
 	4 	1	3	4 	0
 	4 	0	3	3 	6
 	4 	1	0	1 	4
 	4 	1	0	1 	0
 	4 	0	1	1 	4
 	4 	0	1	1 	6
 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	3 	0	0	0 	10
 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	4 	0	0	0 	4
 	4 	0	0	0 	4
 	4 	0	0	0 	2
 	4 	0	0	0 	2
 	4 	0	0	0 	2
 	4 	0	0	0 	16
 	4 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	SO
 	240	4 	0	4	 	14	3.50	 	 	 	0
Team: 	240	4 	0	4	 	14	3.50	 	 	 	0
==Awards and Records==
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Ted Kennedy
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Sid Smith
*Sid Smith, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Harry Lumley, Goalie, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Video==
A little over a minute worth of highlights of Semi-finals game 4 which the Red Wings won 3-0 to sweep the Maple Leafs. Goals by Vic Stasiuk and an empty netter by Tony Leswick are shown.
TOR DET Rivalry 1955 Semis Wings Sweep Leafs
==See Also==
*1954–55 NHL season
==References==
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Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1954–55
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1954–55
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