NHL 1954/55
NHL 1954/55 | |
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league | National Hockey League |
Period | October 7, 1954 to April 14, 1955 |
Teams | 6th |
Games / team | 70 |
Regular season | |
winner | Detroit Red Wings |
MVP | Theodore Kennedy (Toronto) |
Top scorer | Bernie Geoffrion (Montréal) |
Playoffs | |
Stanley Cup winner | Detroit Red Wings |
finalist | Canadiens de Montréal |
NHL seasons | |
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The 1954/55 NHL season was the 38th season in the National Hockey League . Six teams played 70 games each. The Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in six years after beating the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 in the final series . It was 42 years before the next cup went to the Wings. The Zamboni made its debut on March 10th . In the Maple Leaf Garden in Toronto, the ice was prepared for the first time with such an ice machine before the game and during the third-party breaks. The players weren't used to it, however. The game ended goalless.
Regular season
Closing table
Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
W. | L. | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Detroit Red Wings | 42 | 17th | 11 | 204 | 134 | 95 |
Montréal Canadiens | 41 | 18th | 11 | 228 | 157 | 93 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 24 | 24 | 22nd | 147 | 135 | 70 |
Boston Bruins | 23 | 26th | 21st | 169 | 188 | 67 |
New York Rangers | 17th | 35 | 18th | 150 | 210 | 52 |
Chicago Blackhawks | 13 | 40 | 17th | 161 | 235 | 43 |
Best scorer
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts |
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Bernie Geoffrion | Montreal | 70 | 38 | 37 | 75 |
Maurice Richard | Montreal | 67 | 38 | 36 | 74 |
Jean Béliveau | Montreal | 70 | 37 | 36 | 73 |
Earl Reibel | Detroit | 70 | 25th | 41 | 66 |
Gordie Howe | Detroit | 64 | 29 | 33 | 62 |
George Sullivan | Chicago | 69 | 19th | 42 | 61 |
Bert Olmstead | Montreal | 70 | 10 | 48 | 58 |
Sid Smith | Toronto | 70 | 33 | 21st | 54 |
Ken Mosdell | Montreal | 70 | 22nd | 32 | 54 |
Danny Lewicki | NY Rangers | 70 | 29 | 24 | 53 |
Stanley Cup playoffs
Semifinals | Stanley Cup Final | |||||||
1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4th | ||||||
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 | ||||||
1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4th | ||||||
2 | Canadiens de Montréal | 3 | ||||||
2 | Canadiens de Montréal | 4th | ||||||
4th | Boston Bruins | 1 |
NHL awards
Web links
- Hacx.de: All NHL final tables ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )