1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs season
Appearance
1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 3rd NHL |
1954–55 record | 24–24–22 |
Goals for | 147 |
Goals against | 135 |
Team information | |
General manager | Conn Smythe |
Coach | King Clancy |
Captain | Ted Kennedy |
Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Sid Smith (33) |
Assists | Ted Kennedy (42) |
Points | Sid Smith (54) |
Penalty minutes | Eric Nesterenko (99) |
Wins | Harry Lumley (23) |
Goals against average | Gilles Mayer (1.00) |
The 1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs season saw the Maple Leafs finish in third place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 24 wins, 24 losses, and 22 ties for 70 points. They were swept in the semi-finals by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings.
Offseason
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Regular season
Final standings
GP | 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 | MON | 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
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | L | October 7 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 0–1–0 |
2 | T | October 9 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 0–1–1 |
3 | L | October 16 | 2–4 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 0–2–1 |
4 | T | October 17 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 0–2–2 |
5 | W | October 21 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 1–2–2 |
6 | T | October 23 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 1–2–3 |
7 | L | October 27 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 1–3–3 |
8 | W | October 30 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 2–3–3 |
9 | T | November 3 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 2–3–4 |
10 | W | November 6 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 3–3–4 |
11 | W | November 7 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 4–3–4 |
12 | W | November 10 | 2–1 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 5–3–4 |
13 | W | November 11 | 1–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 6–3–4 |
14 | W | November 13 | 1–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 7–3–4 |
15 | W | November 14 | 3–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 8–3–4 |
16 | W | November 17 | 5–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 9–3–4 |
17 | L | November 18 | 4–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 9–4–4 |
18 | L | November 20 | 0–1 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 9–5–4 |
19 | T | November 21 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 9–5–5 |
20 | L | November 25 | 0–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 9–6–5 |
21 | W | November 27 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 10–6–5 |
22 | T | November 28 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 10–6–6 |
23 | W | December 1 | 6–0 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 11–6–6 |
24 | W | December 4 | 1–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 12–6–6 |
25 | W | December 5 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 13–6–6 |
26 | W | December 8 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 14–6–6 |
27 | L | December 9 | 0–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 14–7–6 |
28 | L | December 11 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 14–8–6 |
29 | T | December 12 | 1–1 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 14–8–7 |
30 | W | December 15 | 8–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 15–8–7 |
31 | W | December 18 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 16–8–7 |
32 | T | December 19 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 16–8–8 |
33 | L | December 25 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 16–9–8 |
34 | T | December 26 | 1–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 16–9–9 |
35 | T | December 29 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 16–9–10 |
36 | L | December 30 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 16–10–10 |
37 | T | January 1 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 16–10–11 |
38 | L | January 2 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 16–11–11 |
39 | L | January 5 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 16–12–11 |
40 | W | January 8 | 5–0 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 17–12–11 |
41 | T | January 9 | 1–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 17–12–12 |
42 | T | January 12 | 0–0 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 17–12–13 |
43 | W | January 15 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 18–12–13 |
44 | W | January 16 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 19–12–13 |
45 | T | January 19 | 3–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 19–12–14 |
46 | L | January 20 | 2–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 19–13–14 |
47 | W | January 22 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 20–13–14 |
48 | L | January 23 | 0–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 20–14–14 |
49 | T | January 26 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 20–14–15 |
50 | L | January 29 | 1–3 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 20–15–15 |
51 | L | January 30 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 20–16–15 |
52 | L | February 3 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 20–17–15 |
53 | T | February 5 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 20–17–16 |
54 | W | February 6 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 21–17–16 |
55 | W | February 9 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 22–17–16 |
56 | L | February 12 | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 22–18–16 |
57 | T | February 13 | 3–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 22–18–17 |
58 | T | February 19 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 22–18–18 |
59 | L | February 20 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 22–19–18 |
60 | W | February 23 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 23–19–18 |
61 | T | February 24 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 23–19–19 |
62 | T | February 26 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 23–19–20 |
63 | L | March 2 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 23–20–20 |
64 | T | March 5 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 23–20–21 |
65 | L | March 6 | 1–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1954–55) | 23–21–21 |
66 | T | March 10 | 0–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) | 23–21–22 |
67 | L | March 12 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1954–55) | 23–22–22 |
68 | L | March 13 | 1–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 23–23–22 |
69 | W | March 19 | 5–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) | 24–23–22 |
70 | L | March 20 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1954–55) | 24–24–22 |
Playoffs
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | L | March 22 | 4-7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 0–1–0 |
2 | L | March 24 | 1-2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 0–2–0 |
3 | L | March 26 | 1-2 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 0–3–0 |
4 | L | March 29 | 0-3 | Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) | 0–4–0 |
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Sid Smith | 70 | 33 | 21 | 54 | 14 |
Ted Kennedy | 70 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 74 |
Eric Nesterenko | 62 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 99 |
Tod Sloan | 63 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 89 |
George Armstrong | 66 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 80 |
Rudy Migay | 67 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 66 |
Hugh Bolton | 69 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 55 |
Ron Stewart | 53 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 20 |
Jim Morrison | 70 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 84 |
Joe Klukay | 56 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 44 |
Jimmy Thomson | 70 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 63 |
Tim Horton | 67 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 84 |
Parker MacDonald | 62 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 36 |
Brian Cullen | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
Bob Bailey | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 52 |
Bob Solinger | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
Larry Cahan | 59 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 64 |
Willie Marsh | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Dave Creighton | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Harry Watson | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Gord Hannigan | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Leo Boivin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Jack Caffery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Duff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Gerry Foley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Gerry James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Knox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Lumley | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Gilles Mayer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marc Reaume | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Dave Reid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Timgren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
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Harry Lumley | 4140 | 69 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 134 | 1.94 | 8 | |||
Gilles Mayer | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | |||
Team: | 4200 | 70 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 135 | 1.93 | 8 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Sid Smith | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Ted Kennedy | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Hugh Bolton | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
George Armstrong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Brian Cullen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jim Morrison | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Eric Nesterenko | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Bob Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Cahan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Klukay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Harry Lumley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Parker MacDonald | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Rudy Migay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Marc Reaume | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Tod Sloan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Ron Stewart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jimmy Thomson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
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Harry Lumley | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | ||||
Team: | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 |
Awards and records
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Transactions
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Roster
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Goaltenders
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Defensemen
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Wingers
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Centres
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See also
References
- ^ "1954–1955 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- ^ "1954-55 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- "1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.