DETROIT RED WINGS STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS 1954 Keith Allen, Al Arbour, Alex Delvecchio, Bill Dineen, Gilles Dube, Dave Gatherum, Bob Goldham, Gordie Howe, Earl Johnson, Red Kelly, Tony Leswick, Ted Lindsay CAPTAIN, Marty Pavelich, Jimmy Peters, Marcel Pronovost, Metro Prystai, Dutch Reibel, Terry Sawchuk, Glen Skov, Johnny Wilson, Benny Woit Bruce Norris OWNER, Marguerite Norris PRESIDENT Jack Adams GENERAL MANAGER, Tommy Ivan HEAD COACH
1954 STANLEY CUP SEMI-FINAL 1 DETROIT RED WINGS 88 v. 3 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 78 GM JACK ADAMS, HC TOMMY IVAN v. GM CONN SMYTHE, HC FRANK KING CLANCY RED WINGS WIN SERIES IN 5 Tuesday, March 23 TORONTO 0 @ DETROIT 5 Thursday, March 25 TORONTO 3 @ DETROIT 1 1. DETROIT, Marty Pavelich 1 (unassisted) 8:21 SHG GWG 2. DETROIT, Ted Lindsay 1 (Alex Delvecchio, Gordie Howe) 15:45 PPG 1. TORONTO, Sid Smith 1 (unassisted) 9:16 Penalties Skov D 1:06, Kelly D 6:22, Sloan T 8:26, Thomson T 9:42, Dineen D 10:45, Sloan T 15:06, Woit D 19:12 3. DETROIT, Tony Leswick 1 (unassisted) 6:01 4. DETROIT, Gordie Howe 1 (Ted Lindsay, Earl Reibel) 17:39 Penalties Stewart T 8:38 5. DETROIT, Marty Pavelich 2 (unassisted) 14:01 Penalties Skov D 1:11, Sloan T (game misconduct) 4:05, Bailey T 6:29, Pronovost D 11:28, Howe D 14:37, Stewart T 17:17 MAPLE LEAFS 12 12 13 37 RED WINGS 14 4 19 37 Power play TOR 0 for 6, DET 1 for 6 13,177 at Olympia Stadium Penalties Hannigan T 11:01, Horton T 12:41, Pronovost D 15:53, Horton T 19:16 2. TORONTO, Gord Hannigan 1 (Bob Bailey, Eric Nesterenko) 17:41 GWG Penalties Morrison T 4:01, Delvecchio D 7:47 3. TORONTO, Gord Hannigan 2 (Bob Bailey) 2:16 PPG 4. DETROIT, Marcel Pronovost 1 (Earl Reibel) 4:52 PPG Penalties Howe D 1:06, Boivin T 3:19, Bolton T 11:11, Watson T 16:22 MAPLE LEAFS 6 11 10 27 RED WINGS 8 7 12 27 Power play TOR 1 for 3, DET 1 for 7 Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: Doug Davies, Sammy Babcock Saturday, March 27 DETROIT 3 @ TORONTO 1 1. DETROIT, Red Kelly 1 (Gordie Howe, Bob Goldham) 10:09 2. TORONTO, George Armstrong 1 (Tod Sloan) 19:11 Penalties Leswick D 0:05, Nesterenko T 4:32, Woit D 7:28, Leswick D Horton T 8:51 Penalties Goldham D 2:09, Bolton T 7:42 3. DETROIT, Tony Leswick 2 (Marty Pavelich, Glen Skov) 0:28 GWG 4. DETROIT, Marcel Pronovost 2 (unassisted) 18:38 RED WINGS 8 5 15 28 MAPLE LEAFS 10 15 4 29 DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk; TORONTO, Harry Lumley Power play DET 0 for 2, TOR 0 for 3 At Maple Leaf Gardens Tuesday, March 30 DETROIT 2 @ TORONTO 1 Penalties Leswick D 0:32, Hannigan T 7:59 1. TORONTO, Tim Horton 1 (Ted Kennedy) 8:09 2. DETROIT, Johnny Wilson 1 (Metro Prystai, Marcel Pronovost) 11:26 PPG Penalties Armstrong T 1:20, Migay T 8:51, Nesterenko T 11:04, Skov D 16:08 3. DETROIT, Red Kelly 2 (unassisted) 16:36 GWG RED WINGS 5 15 9 29 MAPLE LEAFS 7 9 11 27 DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk; TORONTO, Harry Lumley Power play DET 1 for 4, TOR 0 for 2 Referee: Jack Mehlenbacher Linesmen: Bill Morrison, George Hayes At Maple Leaf Gardens Thursday, April 1 TORONTO 3 @ DETROIT 4 DOUBLE OVERTIME 1. DETROIT, Gordie Howe 2 (Alex Delvecchio) 0:09 2. DETROIT, Gordie Howe 3 (Ted Lindsay, Alex Delvecchio) 12:54 3. TORONTO, Tod Sloan 1 (Tim Horton) 16:16 4. DETROIT, Glen Skov 1 (Marcel Pronovost) 18:35 Penalties Stewart T 1:33, Stewart T 6:29, Howe D 10:12, Nesterenko T Delvecchio D (majors) Bailey T Kelly D 15:51 5. TORONTO, Ted Kennedy 1 (Hugh Bolton) 1:33 6. TORONTO, Rudy Migay 1 (Ron Stewart, Sid Smith) 9:11 Penalties Stewart T 5:51, Howe D 11:53, Leswick D 12:30, Migay T 14:48 Penalties Morrison T 4:50 Penalties Kennedy T Leswick D 19:02 SECOND OVERTIME PERIOD 7. DETROIT, Ted Lindsay 2 (Marcel Pronovost, Gordie Howe) 1:01 GWG MAPLE LEAFS 16 12 7 3 1 39 RED WINGS 11 11 12 13 3 50 Power play TOR 0 for 3 1 for 17 in series, DET 0 for 5 3 for 24 in series Referee: Red Storey Linesmen: Sam Babcock, Doug Davies 13,927 at Olympia Stadium
1954 STANLEY CUP SEMI-FINAL 2 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 81 v. 4 BOSTON BRUINS 74 GM FRANK J. SELKE, HC DICK IRVIN v. GM ART ROSS, HC LYNN PATRICK CANADIENS SWEEP SERIES Tuesday, March 23 BOSTON 0 @ MONTREAL 2 Penalties Labine B 3:35, Richard M 5:32 1. MONTREAL, Lorne Davis 1 (Butch Bouchard, Eddie Mazur) 4:25 GWG Penalties Béliveau M 12:10, MacKell B 12:10 2. MONTREAL, Bernie Geoffrion 1 (Jean Béliveau, Dickie Moore) 13:48 Penalties Fielder B 9:01, Mohns B 15:41 BRUINS 3 4 5 12 CANADIENS 10 18 15 43 BOSTON, Jim Henry; MONTREAL, Jacques Plante Power play BOS 0 for 2, MTL 0 for 4 14,088 at Montreal Forum Thursday, March 25 BOSTON 1 @ MONTREAL 8 1. MONTREAL, Dickie Moore 1 (Jean Béliveau, Bernie Geoffrion) 0:10 2. MONTREAL, Bernie Geoffrion 2 (Dickie Moore) 5:57 GWG 3. MONTREAL, Bernie Geoffrion 3 (Jean Béliveau, Dickie Moore) 6:23 4. MONTREAL, Lorne Davis 2 (Eddie Mazur, John McCormack) 16:41 5. MONTREAL, Dickie Moore 2 (Jean Béliveau, Tom Johnson) 18:10 Penalties Davis M 10:04, MacKell B 13:36, Labine B 19:05 6. MONTREAL, Jean Béliveau 1 (Dickie Moore, Bernie Geoffrion) 1:19 7. BOSTON, Fleming MacKell 1 (Ed Sandford, Frank Martin) 13:02 Penalties MacKell B Mosdell M 1:37, Johnson M 2:27, Harvey M 4:17, Labine B Schmidt B Mazur M Johnson M (majors) 14:10 8. MONTREAL, Paul Meger 1 (Dollard St. Laurent) 5:03 9. MONTREAL, Jean Béliveau 2 (Bernie Geoffrion, Dickie Moore) 13:38 PPG Penalties Labine B (minor, major, 10-minute misconduct) Schmidt B Olmstead M Johnson M (majors, 10-minute misconducts) 3:26, St. Laurent M 11:13, Brown B 13:23, Harvey M 16:51 BRUINS 7 12 10 29 CANADIENS 12 6 12 30 BOSTON, Jim Henry; MONTREAL, Jacques Plante Power play BOS 0 for 5, MTL 1 for 4 Referee: Jack Mehlenbacher Linesmen: George Hayes, Bill Morrison At Montreal Forum DICKIE MOORE MTL sets SC record for FASTEST GOAL FR START OF GAME DICKIE MOORE MTL sets SC record for MOST POINTS, ONE GAME ~ 6 TEAMS set SC record for MOST PENALTIES, ONE GAME ~ 23 Sunday, March 28 MONTREAL 4 @ BOSTON 3 Penalties Meger M 0:14, Peirson B 3:08, Sandford B 6:47, Geoffrion M 8:19, Labine B 9:09, Harvey M 12:08, Sandford B 13:44, Godfrey B 17:30 1. MONTREAL, Butch Bouchard 1 (unassisted) 0:30 2. BOSTON, Cal Gardner 1 (unassisted) 0:40 3. MONTREAL, Bernie Geoffrion 4 (Dickie Moore, Dollard St. Laurent) 3:15 4. MONTREAL, Butch Bouchard 2 (unassisted) 6:59 Penalties MacKell B 7:23, Harvey M 9:46 5. BOSTON, Doug Mohns 1 (Cal Gardner, Bob Armstrong) 10:18 6. BOSTON, Milt Schmidt 1 (Fleming MacKell, Leo Labine) 10:50 7. MONTREAL, Dickie Moore 3 (Bernie Geoffrion, Jean Béliveau) 18:20 GWG CANADIENS 10 12 11 33 BRUINS 8 7 8 23 MONTREAL, Jacques Plante; BOSTON, Jim Henry Tuesday, March 30 MONTREAL 2 @ BOSTON 0 1. MONTREAL, Floyd Curry 1 (Paul Masnick, Tom Johnson) 11:36 GWG Penalties Olmstead M 15:35 2. MONTREAL, Dickie Moore 4 (Jean Béliveau, Doug Harvey) 2:06 PPG Penalties Mohns B 1:58, Mazur M 4:02, Godfrey B Olmstead M 16:24, Curry M 17:43 CANADIENS 5 19 19 43 BRUINS 6 16 3 25 MONTREAL, Jacques Plante; BOSTON, Jim Henry Power play MTL 1 for 1 2 for 15 in series, BOS 0 for 3 0 for 14 in series Referee: Frank Udvari Linesmen: Doug Davies, Sammy Babcock At Boston Garden Power play MTL 0 for 6, BOS 0 for 4 At Boston Garden
1954 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 1 DETROIT RED WINGS 88 v. 2 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 81 GM JACK ADAMS, HC TOMMY IVAN v. GM FRANK J. SELKE, HC DICK IRVIN RED WINGS WIN SERIES IN 7 Sunday, April 4 MONTREAL 1 @ DETROIT 3 1. DETROIT, Ted Lindsay 3 (Earl Reibel, Alex Delvecchio) 11:14 Penalties St. Laurent M 0:52, Olmstead M 5:53, Skov D 11:25, Moore M 12:54, Pronovost D 13:52, Lindsay D (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 17:39, Richard M 19:04 2. MONTREAL, Bernie Geoffrion 5 (Doug Harvey, Paul Masnick) 12:14 PPG Penalties Richard M (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 1:49, Pavelich D 5:38, T. Johnson M 7:28, Skov D 12:04 3. DETROIT, Earl Reibel 1 (Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe) 1:52 PPG GWG 4. DETROIT, Red Kelly 3 (Marty Pavelich, Tony Leswick) 7:13 PPG Penalties St. Laurent M 0:59, Pronovost D 5:47 CANADIENS 5 8 6 19 RED WINGS 9 6 13 28 MONTREAL, Jacques Plante; DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk Power play MTL 1 for 6, DET 2 for 7 13,959 at Olympia Stadium Tuesday, April 6 MONTREAL 3 @ DETROIT 1 1. MONTREAL, Dickie Moore 5 (Bernie Geoffrion, Jean Béliveau) 15:03 PPG 2. MONTREAL, Maurice Richard 1 (Dickie Moore) 15:28 PPG GWG 3. MONTREAL, Maurice Richard 2 (Dickie Moore) 15:59 PPG Penalties Bouchard M Leswick D 1:11, Geoffrion M 6:19, Howe D 11:12, Harvey M 11:24, Howe D 13:42, Leswick D 14:01, Mosdell M 16:36 4. DETROIT, Alex Delvecchio 1 (unassisted) 6:37 PPG Penalties MacPherson M 6:12, Bouchard M 13:31 CANADIENS 11 6 11 28 RED WINGS 7 8 11 26 MONTREAL, Jacques Plante; DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk Power play MTL 3 for 3, DET 1 for 5 Referee: Red Storey Linesmen: Sammy Babcock, Doug Davies Thursday, April 8 DETROIT 5 @ MONTREAL 2 1. DETROIT, Alex Delvecchio 2 (Gordie Howe) 0:42 2. DETROIT, Ted Lindsay 4 (Red Kelly) 17:06 Penalties Meger M 3:30, Woit D 6:30, Richard M 7:41, Lindsay D 9:10, MacPherson M 11:57 3. DETROIT, Johnny Wilson 2 (Metro Prystai, Bob Goldham) 4:57 GWG 4. MONTREAL, Tom Johnson 1 (unassisted) 7:19 5. DETROIT, Metro Prystai 1 (Alex Delvecchio) 7:59 6. DETROIT, Gordie Howe 4 (Alex Delvecchio, Benny Woit) 11:32 7. MONTREAL, Dollard St. Laurent 1 (Calum MacKay) 15:02 Penalties Olmstead M 0:22, Sawchuk D (served by Leswick) Johnson M 2:45, Geoffrion M 5:49, Moore M Howe D (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 17:23 RED WINGS 13 18 5 36 CANADIENS 7 8 11 26 DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk; MONTREAL, Jacques Plante Saturday, April 10 DETROIT 2 @ MONTREAL 0 Penalties Davis M 1:03, Olmstead M 7:55, Pronovost D 11:48, Curry M 15:57 1. DETROIT, Johnny Wilson 3 (Metro Prystai) 2:09 GWG Penalties Woit D 1:37, Richard M 2:05, Howe D (major) 4:12, Leswick D 15:21, Richard M 17:38 2. DETROIT, Red Kelly 4 (unassisted) 19:53 Penalties Geoffrion M (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 10:47 RED WINGS 7 10 12 29 CANADIENS 12 10 6 28 DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk; MONTREAL, Jacques Plante Power play DET 0 for 6, MTL 0 for 4 14,583 at Montreal Forum Power play DET 0 for 5, MTL 0 for 2 At Montreal Forum Sunday, April 11 MONTREAL 1 @ DETROIT 0 OVERTIME Penalties Olmstead M 11:52, Béliveau M Johnson M Leswick D Pavelich D 16:37 Tuesday, April 13 DETROIT 1 @ MONTREAL 4 Penalties Masnick M 2:45, Davis M 10:41 1. MONTREAL, Bernie Geoffrion 6 (Jean Béliveau) 12:07 2. MONTREAL, Floyd Curry 2 (Bert Olmstead, Paul Masnick) 13:07 GWG 3. MONTREAL, Floyd Curry 3 (Elmer Lach, Eddie Mazur) 14:25 Penalties Johnson M 8:21, Howe D 10:12, Davis M 15:10 1. MONTREAL, Ken Mosdell 1 (unassisted) 5:45 GWG CANADIENS 7 7 5 3 22 RED WINGS 5 6 9 2 22 MONTREAL, Gerry McNeil; DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk Power play MTL 0 for 1, DET 0 for 3 Penalties St. Laurent M 4:22, Pronovost D Moore M 8:45, Skov D 15:32, Skov D 19:58 4. DETROIT, Metro Prystai 2 (unassisted) 4:11 5. MONTREAL, Maurice Richard 3 (Elmer Lach) 10:06 Penalties Moore M 16:49 RED WINGS 11 9 13 33 CANADIENS 10 11 8 29 DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk; MONTREAL, Gerry McNeil Power play DET 0 for 4, MTL 0 for 2 Referee: Red Storey Linesmen: Sammy Babcock, Doug Davies 14,622 at Montreal Forum
1954 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 1 DETROIT RED WINGS 95 v. 2 MONTRÉAL CANADIENS 93 GM JACK ADAMS, HC TOMMY IVAN v. GM FRANK J. SELKE, HC DICK IRVIN RED WINGS WIN SERIES IN 7 Friday, April 16 MONTREAL 1 @ DETROIT 2 OVERTIME 1. MONTREAL, Floyd Curry 4 (Paul Masnick) 9:17 Penalties Harvey M 14:20, Skov D 17:11 2. DETROIT, Red Kelly 5 (Ted Lindsay, Alex Delvecchio) 1:18 PPG Penalties Masnick M 0:20 3. DETROIT, Tony Leswick 3 (Glen Skov) 4:29 GWG CANADIENS 5 5 12 1 23 RED WINGS 12 13 6 2 33 MONTREAL, Gerry McNeil; DETROIT, Terry Sawchuk Power play MTL 0 for 1 4 for 19 in series, DET 1 for 2 4 for 32 in series 15,791 at Olympia Stadium