Stanley Cup playoffs 1953

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Stanley Cup playoffs 1953
Period March 24, 1953 to April 16, 1953
Stanley Cup winner Canadiens de Montréal (7th title)
finalist Boston Bruins
Top scorer Canada 1921Canada Ed Sandford (Boston)
Gates 99 (5.5 per game)
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The playoffs for the Stanley Cup in 1953 began on March 24, 1953 and ended on April 16, 1953 with the 4-1 victory of the Canadiens de Montréal against the Boston Bruins . In their third finals in a row, the Canadiens won their first title since 1946 and their seventh in franchise history . The Boston Bruins, meanwhile, played their first final since 1946, in which they were defeated Montréal with the same final score of 1: 4. In addition, Boston was the top scorer of these playoffs in the person of Ed Sandford .

mode

The four best teams in the league qualified for the playoffs. In the semi-finals, the first and third as well as the second and fourth of the final table faced each other. The respective winners then contested the Stanley Cup final.

All series were held in best-of-seven mode , which means that a team needed four wins to advance. The higher seeded team had home rights in the first two games, the next two the opposing team. If no winner has emerged from the round by then, the home law changed from game to game. The higher-ranked team had a home advantage in games 1, 2, 5 and 7, i.e. four of the maximum seven games.

Overtime followed for games that remained tied after 60 minutes of regular playing time . It ended with the first goal scored ( Sudden Death ) .

Qualified teams

Playoff tree

  Semifinals Stanley Cup Final
                 
1 Detroit Red Wings 2    
3 Boston Bruins 4th  
3 Boston Bruins 1
  2 Canadiens de Montréal 4th
2 Canadiens de Montréal 4th
4th Chicago Black Hawks 3  

Semifinals

(1) Detroit Red Wings - (3) Boston Bruins

24 Mar 1953 Detroit Red Wings
Marty Pavelich (2:39)
Ted Lindsay (8:45)
Marty Pavelich (9:16)
Alex Delvecchio (28:52)
Metro Prystai (45:54)
Johnny Wilson (46:53)
Ted Lindsay (56: 04) 		7: 0
(3: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)
Match report
as of 1: 0 		Boston Bruins
 Detroit Olympia , Detroit , Michigan
26th Mar 1953 Detroit Red Wings
Gordie Howe (8:54)
Metro Prystai (57:38)
Metro Prystai (58:08) 		3: 5
(1: 2, 0: 1, 2: 2)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Boston Bruins
Fleming Mackell (7:56)
Dave Creighton (14:09)
Joe Klukay (22:10)
Johnny Peirson (50:04)
Dave Creighton (52:58) 		Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan
29 Mar 1953 Boston Bruins
Ed Sandford (11:27)
Jack McIntyre (72:29) 		2: 1 n.V.
(1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of 2: 1 		Detroit Red Wings
Tony Leswick (30:54) 		Boston Garden , Boston , Massachusetts
31 Mar 1953 Boston Bruins
Ed Sandford (2:45)
Jack McIntyre (13:12)
Milt Schmidt (26:05)
Jack McIntyre (30:37)
Dave Creighton (31:22)
Ed Sandford (52:55) 		6: 2
(2: 0, 3: 2, 1: 0)
Match report
as of 3: 1 		Detroit Red Wings
Metro Prystai (34:27)
Alex Delvecchio (35:48) 		Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
0Apr 2, 1953 Detroit Red Wings
Ted Lindsay (0:23)
Bob Goldham (0:55)
Benny Woit (3:45)
Gordie Howe (28:42)
Johnny Wilson (31:32)
Glen Skov (49:54) 		6: 4
(3: 0, 2: 1, 1: 3)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		Boston Bruins
Ed Sandford (29:02)
Ed Sandford (41:54)
Milt Schmidt (51:57)
Milt Schmidt (56:46) 		Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan
0Apr 5, 1953 Boston Bruins
Ed Sandford (3:41)
Johnny Peirson (31:36)
Fleming Mackell (51:19)
Leo Labine (57:36) 		4: 2
(1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1)
Match report
as of: 4: 2 		Detroit Red Wings
Reg Sinclair (38:05)
Ted Lindsay (53:27) 		Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

(2) Canadiens de Montréal - (4) Chicago Black Hawks

24 Mar 1953 Canadiens de Montréal
Bernie Geoffrion (34:55)
Émile Bouchard (44:29)
Paul Meger (57:54) 		3: 1
(0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Chicago Black Hawks
Gerry Couture (33:34) 		Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec
26th Mar 1953 Canadiens de Montréal
Floyd Curry (5:17)
Dickie Moore (32:32)
Bernie Geoffrion (38:08)
Dick Gamble (39:02) 		4: 3
(1: 3, 3: 0, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 0 		Chicago Black Hawks
Jim McFadden (2:35)
George Gee (5:29)
Jim McFadden (6:58) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
29 Mar 1953 Chicago Black Hawks
Bill Mosienko (58:03)
Al Dewsbury (65:18) 		2: 1 n v.
(0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)
of game
status: 1: 2 		Canadiens de Montréal
Bernie Geoffrion (34:53) 		Chicago Stadium , Chicago , Illinois
31 Mar 1953 Chicago Black Hawks
Bill Mosienko (22:57)
Vic Lynn (52:28)
Jim McFadden (59:56) 		3: 1
(0: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Canadiens de Montréal
Bert Olmstead (11:12) 		Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
0Apr 2, 1953 Canadiens de Montréal
Maurice Richard (24:53)
Tom Johnson (54:36) 		2: 4
(0: 3, 1: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		Chicago Black Hawks
Fred Hucul (4:00)
Bill Mosienko (6:59)
Gus Bodnar (11:26)
Gus Mortson (38:48) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
0Apr 4, 1953 Chicago Black Hawks
 0: 3
(0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 0)
Match report
as of 3: 3 		Canadiens de Montréal
Bernie Geoffrion (5:59)
Maurice Richard (23:23)
Ken Mosdell (36:20) 		Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
0Apr 7, 1953 Canadiens de Montréal
Bernie Geoffrion (1:38)
Eddie Mazur (35:36)
Maurice Richard (44:51)
Eddie Mazur (53:55) 		4: 1
(1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 4: 3 		Chicago Black Hawks
Bill Mosienko (34:16) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

Stanley Cup Final

(2) Canadiens de Montréal - (3) Boston Bruins

0Apr 9, 1953 Canadiens de Montréal
Dickie Moore (13:42)
Ken Mosdell (22:37)
Floyd Curry (36:05)
Maurice Richard (51:12) 		4: 2
(1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Boston Bruins
Bob Armstrong (2:08)
Johnny Peirson (50:11) 		Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec
Apr 11, 1953 Canadiens de Montréal
Bert Olmstead (21:36) 		1: 4
(0: 2, 1: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Boston Bruins
Leo Labine (3:53)
Ed Sandford (18:13)
Ed Sandford (27:26)
Milt Schmidt (55:43) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Apr 12, 1953 Boston Bruins
 0: 3
(0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 2 		Canadiens de Montréal
Tom Johnson (11:53)
Paul Masnick (26:30)
Ken Mosdell (51:27) 		Boston Garden , Boston , Massachusetts
Apr 14, 1953 Boston Bruins
Dave Creighton (18:22)
Milt Schmidt (47:23)
Jack McIntyre (56:25) 		3: 7
(1: 3, 0: 1, 2: 3)
Match report
as of: 1: 3 		Canadiens de Montréal
Lorne Davis (3:23)
Maurice Richard (10:58)
Dickie Moore (16:40)
Bernie Geoffrion (38:58)
Maurice Richard (45:33)
Calum MacKay (57:59)
Maurice Richard (58: 27) 		Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 16, 1953 Canadiens de Montréal
Elmer Lach (61:22) 		1: 0 n.V.
(0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 4: 1 		Boston Bruins
 Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

Stanley Cup winner

Stanley Cup winner Canadiens de Montréal
Montréal Canadiens logo

Goalkeepers: Gerry McNeil , Jacques Plante

Defenders: Émile Bouchard  ( C ), Doug Harvey , Tom Johnson , Dollard St. Laurent , Bud MacPherson , Eddie Mazur

Attackers: Floyd Curry , Lorne Davis , Dick Gamble , Bernie Geoffrion , Elmer Lach , Calum MacKay , Paul Masnick , John McCormack , Paul Meger , Dickie Moore , Ken Mosdell , Bert Olmstead , Billy Reay , Maurice Richard

Head Coach: Dick Irvin   General Manager: Frank J. Selke

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Ed Sandford Boston 11 8th 3 11 11
Bernie Geoffrion Montréal 12 6th 4th 10 12
Dave Creighton Boston 11 4th 5 9 10
Johnny Peirson Boston 11 3 6th 9 2
Fleming Mackell Boston 11 2 7th 9 7th
Maurice Richard Montréal 12 7th 1 8th 2
Metro Prystai Detroit 6th 4th 4th 8th 2
Ted Lindsay Detroit 6th 4th 4th 8th 6th
Johnny Wilson Detroit 6th 2 5 7th 0
Gordie Howe Montréal 6th 2 5 7th 2

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = saved shots (in%), GAA = goals against goals against; Fat: best value; Sorted by goal conceded.
Only goalkeepers who have played 120 minutes are recorded.

player team GP Min W. L. GA SO Sv% ATM
Jacques Plante Montréal 4th 240: 00 3 1 7th 1 91.1 1.75
Gerry McNeil Montréal 8th 486: 10 5 3 15th 2 92.8 1.85
Al Rollins Chicago 7th 425: 18 3 4th 18th 0 92.6 2.54
Jim Henry Boston 9 510: 29 4th 4th 26th 0 92.1 3.06

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