1953 Stanley Cup Finals
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The 1953 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens. Boston was making its first appearance in the Final since the 1946 Final. The Canadiens, who were appearing in their third-straight Final series, would win the series four games to one.
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Paths to the Final
Montreal defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 to reach the final. Boston defeated the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 4–2 to reach the final.
The series
Jacques Plante would be pulled after the first two games in favour of Gerry McNeil. The move paid off as McNeil posted two shutouts in the last three games.
Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens
| April 9 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | Boston Bruins | Montreal Forum | ||||
| Dickie Moore - 13:42 | First period | 2:08 - Bob Armstrong (Fleming Mackell) | ||||||
| (Eddie Mazur) Ken Mosdell - 2:37 (Dollard St. Laurent, Calum MacKay) Floyd Curry - 16:05 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Ken Mosdell) Maurice Richard - 11:12 | Third period | 10:11 - Johnny Pierson, 3 (Fleming Mackell, Ed Sanford) | ||||||
| April 11 | Montreal Canadiens | 1-4 | Boston Bruins | Montreal Forum | ||||
| No scoring | First period | 3:53 - Leo Labine, 2 (Bill Quackenbush) 18:13 - Ed Sandford, 7 (Joe Klukay, Real Chevrefils) |
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| (Doug Harvey, Floyd Curry) Bert Olmstead - 1:36 | Second period | 7:26 - Ed Sandford, 8 (Fleming Mackell) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 15:43 - Milt Schmidt, 4 (Woody Dumart, Frank Martin) | ||||||
| April 12 | Boston Bruins | 0-3 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Garden | ||||
| No scoring | First period | 11:53 - Tom Johnson (Ken Mosdell) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 6:30 - Paul Masnick | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:27 - Ken Mosdell (Emile Bouchard) | ||||||
| April 14 | Boston Bruins | 3-7 | Montreal Canadiens | Boston Garden | ||||
| (Woody Dumart) Dave Creighton, 4 - 18:22 | First period | 3:23 - Lorne Davis (Dollard St. Laurent, Calum MacKay) 10:58 - Maurice Richard (Doug Harvey) 16:40 - Dickie Moore |
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| No scoring | Second period | 18:58 - Bernie Geoffrion | ||||||
| (Leo Labine) Milt Schmidt, 5 - 7:23 (Dave Creighton) Jack McIntyre, 4 - 16:25 |
Third period | 5:33 - Maurice Richard 17:59 - Calum MacKay 18:27 - Maurice Richard (Bert Olmstead, Elmer Lach) |
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| April 16 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–0 | OT | Boston Bruins | Montreal Forum | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Maurice Richard) Elmer Lach - 1:22 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–1 | |
Montreal Canadiens 1953 Stanley Cup champions
Roster
- 11 Paul Masnick
- 14 Billy Reay (A. Capt.)
- 16 Elmer Lach (A. Capt.)
- 17 Johnny McCormack
- 18 Kenny Mosdell
- 20 Paul Meger (also played Wing)
- 23 Doug Anderson&
- 2 Doug Harvey
- 3 Emile "Butch" Bouchard (Captain)
- 10 Tom Johnson
- 19 Dollard St. Laurent
- 21 Jim Bud MacPherson
- 23 Eddie Mazur
- Non-players
- Donat Raymond (President/Owner)
- Dalton Coleman, William Northey (Vice Presidents/Owners)
- Frank Selke Sr. (Manager), Dick Irvin Sr. (Coach)
- Hector Dubois (Trainer), Gaston Bettez (Ass't Trainer)
- Camile DesRoches^, Frank Selke Jr.^ (Publicity Directors)
- &- Doug Anderson played 2 games in the Semi-Finals, qualified to be on the Stanley Cup, but name was still left off
- ^- on the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup.
Stanley Cup engraving
- Eddie Maruz was misspelled EDDIE MARUZE, with an extra "E" on the Replica Cup created in 1992–93. His name was spelled correctly on the other 2 rings.
- Mistake Gaston Bettez name was misspelled in 1953. Gettez was GOSTON BETTES on the original ring in 1953, G Bettes on the other 2 rings of 1953 Montreal.
See also
Notes
References
- Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7
| Preceded by Detroit Red Wings 1952 |
Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions 1953 |
Succeeded by Detroit Red Wings 1954 |
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