The 1954–55 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish first overall in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 42 wins, 17 losses, and 11 ties for 95 points. They swept the Toronto Maple Leafs in the semi-finals and then won the Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens in a seven-game Stanley Cup Finals. The Red Wings would not win another Stanley Cup until 1997.
1954–55 Detroit Red Wings | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Prince of Wales Trophy winners | |
Division | 1st NHL |
1954–55 record | 42–17–11 |
Goals for | 204 |
Goals against | 134 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jack Adams |
Coach | Jimmy Skinner |
Captain | Ted Lindsay |
Alternate captains | Red Kelly |
Arena | Detroit Olympia |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Gordie Howe (29) |
Assists | Earl Reibel (41) |
Points | Earl Reibel (66) |
Penalty minutes | Tony Leswick (137) |
Wins | Terry Sawchuk (40) |
Goals against average | Glenn Hall (1.00) |
Offseason
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Regular season
editFinal standings
editGP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 42 | 17 | 11 | 204 | 134 | 70 | 95 |
2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 41 | 18 | 11 | 228 | 157 | 71 | 93 |
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 147 | 135 | 12 | 70 |
4 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 169 | 188 | −19 | 67 |
5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 17 | 35 | 18 | 150 | 210 | −60 | 52 |
6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 13 | 40 | 17 | 161 | 235 | −74 | 43 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | — | 7–4–3 | 3–7–4 | 4–7–3 | 5–4–5 | 4–4–6 | ||||||
Chicago | 4–7–3 | — | 1–12–1 | 0–11–3 | 5–4–5 | 3–6–5 | ||||||
Detroit | 7–3–4 | 12–1–1 | — | 7–7 | 9–2–3 | 7–4–3 | ||||||
Montreal | 7–4–3 | 11–0–3 | 7–7 | — | 10–3–1 | 6–4–4 | ||||||
New York | 4–5–5 | 4–5–5 | 2–9–3 | 3–10–1 | — | 4–6–4 | ||||||
Toronto | 4–4–6 | 6–3–5 | 4–7–3 | 4–6–4 | 6–4–4 | — |
Schedule and results
editNo. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | W | October 7, 1954 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 1–0–0 |
2 | W | October 9, 1954 | 4–0 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 2–0–0 |
3 | W | October 13, 1954 | 3–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 3–0–0 |
4 | L | October 16, 1954 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 3–1–0 |
5 | W | October 17, 1954 | 5–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 4–1–0 |
6 | W | October 21, 1954 | 5–3 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 5–1–0 |
7 | L | October 23, 1954 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 5–2–0 |
8 | L | October 27, 1954 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 5–3–0 |
9 | W | October 30, 1954 | 4–0 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 6–3–0 |
10 | T | November 3, 1954 | 1–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 6–3–1 |
11 | W | November 4, 1954 | 3–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 7–3–1 |
12 | L | November 6, 1954 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 7–4–1 |
13 | W | November 7, 1954 | 1–0 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 8–4–1 |
14 | L | November 11, 1954 | 0–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 8–5–1 |
15 | L | November 13, 1954 | 0–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 8–6–1 |
16 | W | November 14, 1954 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 9–6–1 |
17 | W | November 20, 1954 | 5–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 10–6–1 |
18 | W | November 21, 1954 | 1–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 11–6–1 |
19 | W | November 25, 1954 | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 12–6–1 |
20 | L | November 27, 1954 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 12–7–1 |
21 | L | November 28, 1954 | 2–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 12–8–1 |
22 | W | December 1, 1954 | 6–1 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 13–8–1 |
23 | L | December 2, 1954 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 13–9–1 |
24 | L | December 4, 1954 | 0–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 13–10–1 |
25 | W | December 5, 1954 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 14–10–1 |
26 | W | December 9, 1954 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 15–10–1 |
27 | W | December 11, 1954 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 16–10–1 |
28 | W | December 12, 1954 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 17–10–1 |
29 | T | December 15, 1954 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 17–10–2 |
30 | W | December 16, 1954 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 18–10–2 |
31 | W | December 18, 1954 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 19–10–2 |
32 | L | December 19, 1954 | 0–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 19–11–2 |
33 | T | December 22, 1954 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 19–11–3 |
34 | W | December 25, 1954 | 3–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 20–11–3 |
35 | T | December 26, 1954 | 1–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 20–11–4 |
36 | W | December 30, 1954 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 21–11–4 |
37 | L | January 1, 1955 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 21–12–4 |
38 | W | January 2, 1955 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 22–12–4 |
39 | T | January 6, 1955 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 22–12–5 |
40 | W | January 8, 1955 | 1–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 23–12–5 |
41 | W | January 9, 1955 | 6–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 24–12–5 |
42 | W | January 13, 1955 | 4–0 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 25–12–5 |
43 | W | January 15, 1955 | 4–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 26–12–5 |
44 | W | January 16, 1955 | 3–0 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 27–12–5 |
45 | L | January 19, 1955 | 0–2 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 27–13–5 |
46 | L | January 20, 1955 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 27–14–5 |
47 | L | January 22, 1955 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 27–15–5 |
48 | W | January 23, 1955 | 4–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 28–15–5 |
49 | T | January 27, 1955 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 28–15–6 |
50 | T | January 29, 1955 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 28–15–7 |
51 | W | January 30, 1955 | 7–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 29–15–7 |
52 | T | February 3, 1955 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 29–15–8 |
53 | L | February 5, 1955 | 4–8 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 29–16–8 |
54 | T | February 6, 1955 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 29–16–9 |
55 | W | February 12, 1955 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 30–16–9 |
56 | W | February 13, 1955 | 5–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 31–16–9 |
57 | W | February 15, 1955 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 32–16–9 |
58 | L | February 17, 1955 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 32–17–9 |
59 | W | February 20, 1955 | 5–0 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 33–17–9 |
60 | T | February 21, 1955 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 33–17–10 |
61 | T | February 26, 1955 | 1–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 33–17–11 |
62 | W | February 27, 1955 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 34–17–11 |
63 | W | March 3, 1955 | 6–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 35–17–11 |
64 | W | March 5, 1955 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 36–17–11 |
65 | W | March 6, 1955 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 37–17–11 |
66 | W | March 12, 1955 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 38–17–11 |
67 | W | March 13, 1955 | 6–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) | 39–17–11 |
68 | W | March 16, 1955 | 5–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 40–17–11 |
69 | W | March 17, 1955 | 4–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 41–17–11 |
70 | W | March 20, 1955 | 6–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 42–17–11 |
Player statistics
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editNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Earl Reibel | 70 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 15 |
Gordie Howe | 64 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 68 |
Alex Delvecchio | 69 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 37 |
Ted Lindsay | 49 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 85 |
Marcel Bonin | 69 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 53 |
Marty Pavelich | 70 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 59 |
Glen Skov | 70 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 53 |
Johnny Wilson | 70 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 14 |
Tony Leswick | 70 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 137 |
Vic Stasiuk | 59 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 67 |
Bill Dineen | 69 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 36 |
Metro Prystai | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
Benny Woit | 62 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
Lorne Davis | 22 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Don Poile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defencemen
editNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Red Kelly | 70 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 28 |
Marcel Pronovost | 70 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 90 |
Bob Goldham | 69 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 14 |
Jim Hay | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
Larry Hillman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Keith Allen | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Ed Zeniuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
editNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player | GP | W | L | T | SO | GAA |
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Terry Sawchuk | 68 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 1.96 |
Glenn Hall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Playoffs
editStanley Cup Finals
editDate | Away | Score | Home | Score |
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April 3 | Montreal | 2 | Detroit | 4 |
April 5 | Montreal | 1 | Detroit | 7 |
April 7 | Detroit | 2 | Montreal | 6 |
April 9 | Detroit | 3 | Montreal | 5 |
April 10 | Montreal | 1 | Detroit | 5 |
April 12 | Detroit | 3 | Montreal | 6 |
April 14 | Montreal | 1 | Detroit | 3 |
Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3
Awards and records
edit- Prince of Wales Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
- Vezina Trophy: Terry Sawchuk, Detroit Red Wings
- Bob Goldham, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
- Red Kelly, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
- Terry Sawchuk, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star
References
edit- ^ "1954–1955 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.