1953 Stanley Cup Finals

1953 ice hockey championship series

1953 Stanley Cup Finals

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Montreal Canadiens | 4| 1| 3| 7| 1* | 4
Boston Bruins | 2| 4| 0| 3| 0* | 1
* indicates periods of overtime.
Location(s)| Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5)
Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4)
Coaches| Montreal: Dick Irvin
Boston: Lynn Patrick
Captains| Montreal: Emile Bouchard
Boston: Milt Schmidt
Dates| April 9–16, 1953
Series-winning goal| Elmer Lach (1:22, OT)
Hall of Famers| Canadiens:
Emile Bouchard (1966)
Bernie Geoffrion (1972)
Doug Harvey (1973)
Tom Johnson (1970)
Elmer Lach (1966)
Dickie Moore (1974)
Bert Olmstead (1985)
Jacques Plante (1978)
Maurice Richard (1961)
Bruins:
Woody Dumart (1992)
Bill Quackenbush (1976)
Milt Schmidt (1961)
Coaches:
Dick Irvin (1958, player)
Lynn Patrick (1980, player)
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The 1953 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens. The Bruins were appearing in the Final for the first time since 1946. The Canadiens, who were appearing in their third straight Finals series, won the series four games to one to clinch their seventh championship.

## Paths to the Finals

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Montreal defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 to reach the Finals. Boston defeated the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 4–2 to reach the Finals.

## The series

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Jacques Plante was 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.

April 9  | Boston Bruins  |  | 2–4 |  | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap |

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Bob Armstrong (1) - pp \- 2:08  | First period | 13:42 - Dickie Moore (2)
No scoring | Second period | 2:37 - Ken Mosdell (2)
16:05 - Floyd Curry (2)
Johnny Peirson (3) - pp \- 10:11  | Third period | 11:12 - Maurice Richard (4)
Jim Henry | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante
April 11  | Boston Bruins |  | 4–1 |  | Montreal Canadiens  | Montreal Forum | Recap |

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Leo Labine (2) - 3:53
Ed Sandford (7) - 18:13  | First period | No scoring
Ed Sandford (8) - 7:26  | Second period | 1:36 - Bert Olmstead (2)
Milt Schmidt (4) - 15:43  | Third period | No scoring
Jim Henry, Gord Henry | Goalie stats | Gerry McNeil
April 12  | Montreal Canadiens |  | 3–0 |  | Boston Bruins  | Boston Garden | Recap |

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Tom Johnson (2) - 11:53  | First period | No scoring
Paul Masnick (1) - 6:30  | Second period | No scoring
Ken Mosdell (3) - pp \- 11:27  | Third period | No scoring
Gerry McNeil | Goalie stats | Gord Henry
April 14  | Montreal Canadiens |  | 7–3 |  | Boston Bruins  | Boston Garden | Recap |

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Lorne Davis (1) - 3:23
Maurice Richard (5) - 10:58
Dickie Moore (3) - 16:40  | First period | 18:22 - Dave Creighton (4)
Bernie Geoffrion (6) - pp \- 18:56  | Second period | No scoring
Maurice Richard (6) - 5:33
Calum MacKay (1) - 17:59
Maurice Richard (7) - 18:27  | Third period | 7:23 - Milt Schmidt (5)
16:25 - Jack McIntyre (4)
Gerry McNeil | Goalie stats | Gord Henry
April 16  | Boston Bruins  |  | 0–1 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap |

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No scoring | First period | No scoring
No scoring | Second period | No scoring
No scoring | Third period | No scoring
No scoring | First overtime period | 1:22 - Elmer Lach (1)
Jim Henry | Goalie stats | Gerry McNeil
Montreal won series 4–1 |

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## Stanley Cup engraving

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The 1953 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Emile Bouchard by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 1–0 overtime win over the Bruins in game five.

The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1952–53 Montreal Canadiens

### Players

Centres

* 11 Paul Masnick
* 14 Billy Reay (A)
* 16 Elmer Lach (A)
* 17 Johnny McCormack
* 18 Kenny Mosdell
* 20 Paul Meger (also played Wing)
* 23 Doug Anderson

Wingers

* 4 Calum MacKay
* 5 Bernie Geoffrion
* 6 Floyd Curry
* 8 Dick Gamble
* 9 Maurice "Rocket" Richard
* 12 Dickie Moore
* 15 Bert Olmstead
* 22 Lorne Davis

Defencemen

* 2 Doug Harvey
* 3 Emile Bouchard (Captain)
* 10 Tom Johnson
* 19 Dollard St. Laurent
* 21 Jim Bud MacPherson
* 23 Eddie Mazur

Goaltenders

* 1 Gerry McNeil
* 1 Jacques Plante

### Coaching and administrative staff

* Donat Raymond (President/Owner), Dalton Coleman (Vice President/Owner)
* William Northey (Vice Presidents/Owners), Frank Selke Sr. (Manager)
* Dick Irvin Sr. (Coach), Hector Dubois (Trainer), Gaston Bettez (Asst. 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 two rings.
* Mistake Gaston Bettez name was misspelled in 1953. Gettez was GOSTON BETTES on the original ring in 1953, G Bettes on the other two rings of 1953 Montreal.

## See also

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* List of Stanley Cup champions

## Notes

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## References

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* 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
* "All-Time NHL Results".

Preceded by

Detroit Red Wings
1952

|  Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
1953  | Succeeded by

Detroit Red Wings
1954

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