1953–54 Bulgarian Hockey League season

The 1953-54 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the third season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria. Four teams participated in the league, and HK Udarnik Sofia won the championship.
All competitions this year were played at the Freedom Park in Sofia. 
==Sofia Championship==
Served as a qualifier for the national championship.
*1/29: Stroitel Sofia - CDNA Sofia 3:3
*1/29: Udarnik Sofia - Dinamo Sofia 42:0 - Dinamo withdrew and the game was annulled
*1/29: Akademik Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 2:1 (1:1, 0:0, 1:0) - Lokomotiv filed a protest about the quality of the ice and the game was replayed
*1/30: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Akademik Sofia 5:3 (1:1, 2:1, 2:1)
*1/30: Stroitel Sofia - Dinamo Sofia 7:0 - match was interrupted at 7:0 and later annulled
*1/30: Udarnik Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia - postponed due to problems with electricity supply
*1/31: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Udarnik Sofia 2:1
*1/31: CDNA Sofia - Dinamo Sofia - Dinamo failed to appear
*1/31: Stroitel Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 3:1 (2:1, 0:0, 1:0)
*2/1: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Stroitel Sofia 6:1
*2/1: Udarnik Sofia - Akademik Sofia 6:3
*2/2: Akademik Sofia - Stroitel Sofia 2:1 (1:1, 1:0, 0:0)
*2/3: CDNA Sofia - Akademik Sofia 6:1 (2:0, 0:1, 4:0)
*2/3: Udarnik Sofia - Stroitel Sofia 4:3 (2:1, 1:0, 1:2)
*2/4: Udarnik Sofia - CDNA Sofia 1:1 (0:0, 0:0, 1:1)
*2/5: CDNA Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 7:1 (4:1, 1:0, 2:0)
*2/6: Udarnik Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 10:0 (4:0, 2:0, 4:0)
*2/7: CDNA Sofia - Cerveno Zname Sofia 7:1 (1:0, 1:0, 5:1)
*2/8: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 2:2 (1:0, 1:2, 0:0)
*2/19: Akademik Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 4:4
==National Championship==
;Scores
*2/20: Udarnik Sofia - Cerveno Zname Sofia 3:1 (2:1, 1:0, 0:0)
*2/20: CDNA Sofia - Stroitel Sofia 3:2 (1:0, 1:2, 1:0)
*2/21: Udarnik Sofia - CDNA Sofia 4:2 (1:1, 3:1, 0:0)
*2/21: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Stroitel Sofia 10:5 (2:2, 4:2, 4:1)
*2/22: Udarnik Sofia - Stroitel Sofia 8:3 (5:1, 1:1, 2:1)
*2/22: Cerveno Zname Sofia - CDNA Sofia 2:1 (2:1, 0:0, 0:0)
;Standings
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	HK Udarnik Sofia 	3 	3	0	0	25:6 	6
2.	Cerveno Zname Sofia	3 	2	0	1	13:9 	4
3.	CDNA Sofia 	3 	1	0	2	6:8 	2
4.	Stroitel Sofia 	3 	0	0	3	10:21	0
==Patriotic Front Newspaper Prize Tournament==
;First round
*1/13: Labor Duty Sofia - Stroitel Sofia 4:0 (0:0, 1:0, 3:0) - Stroitel advanced to semifinal as the team that lost by the fewest goals
*1/13: CDNA Sofia - Akademik Sofia 13:2 (5:0, 5:1, 3:1)
*1/13: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 15:2 (3:0, 7:0, 5:2)
;Semifinals
*1/14: Labor Duty Sofia - Stroitel Sofia 7;2 (2:0, 3:0, 2:2)
*1/14: Cerveno Zname Sofia - CDNA Sofia 4:3 (0:2, 1:1, 3:1) - Cerveno Zname played with an undeclared player, so the match was annulled and CDNA advanced to the finals by default
;Final
*1/15: Labor Duty Sofia - CDNA Sofia 5:4 OT (0:1, 2:1, 2:2, 1:0)
==Spartakiada CSPS==
*1/20: Stroitel Sofia - Dinamo Sofia 19:0 (4:0, 9:0, 6:0)
*1/20: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 14:0 (5:0, 3:0, 6:0)
*1/21: Lokomotiv Sofia - Dinamo Sofia 11:2 (4:1, 2:1, 5:0)
*1/21: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Akademik Sofia 6:1 (0:0, 5:1, 1:0)
*1/22: Stroitel Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 5:1 (1:1, 2:0, 2:0)
*1/22: Akademik Sofia - Dinamo Sofia 12:0 (5:0, 2:0, 5:0)
*1/23: Stroitel Sofia - Akademik Sofia 6:2 (3:0, 2:0, 1:1)
*1/23: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Dinamo Sofia 20:0 (7:0, 6:0, 7:0)
*1/25: Lokomotiv Sofia - Akademik Sofia 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0)
*1/25: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Stroitel Sofia 5:1 (1:0, 0:0, 4:1)
==National Youth Championship==
*1/6: Akademik Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 5:1 (3:1, 2:0, 0:0)
*1/6: Spartak Sofia - CDNA Sofia 6:0 Forfeit - CDNA forfeited due to violations in the medical examination
*1/7: CDNA Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 7:1 (4:0, 0:1, 3:0)
*1/7: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Akademik Sofia 15:0 (6:0, 4:0, 5:0)
*1/8: Spartak Sofia - Akademik Sofia 3:3 (1:2, 2:1, 0:0)
*1/8: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 10:0
*1/9: Cerveno Zname Sofia - Spartak Sofia 3:2 (1:0, 2:1, 0:1)
*1/9: CDNA Sofia - Akademik Sofia 1:1 (0:0, 1:1, 0:0)
*1/10: Cerveno Zname Sofia - CDNA Sofia 3:0 (1:0, 2:0, 0:0)
*1/10: Spartak Sofia - Lokomotiv Sofia 8:0 (2:0, 5:0, 1:0)
==External links==
* Season on hockeyarchives.info 
*Ice Hockey in Bulgaria - 1950s
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