1953 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

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

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.

|1-1-1 =Bob Armstrong (1) - pp - 2:08 |1-1-2 =13:42 - Dickie Moore (2) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =2:37 - Ken Mosdell (2) 16:05 - Floyd Curry (2) |1-3-1 =Johnny Peirson (3) - pp - 10:11 |1-3-2 =11:12 - Maurice Richard (4) |goalie1-1 =Jim Henry |goalie1-2 =Jacques Plante

|2-1-1 =Leo Labine (2) - 3:53 Ed Sandford (7) - 18:13 |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Ed Sandford (8) - 7:26 |2-2-2 =1:36 - Bert Olmstead (2) |2-3-1 =Milt Schmidt (4) - 15:43 |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Jim Henry, Gord Henry |goalie2-2 =Gerry McNeil

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Tom Johnson (2) - 11:53 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Paul Masnick (1) - 6:30 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Ken Mosdell (3) - pp - 11:27 |goalie3-1 =Gord Henry |goalie3-2 =Gerry McNeil

|4-1-1 =18:22 - Dave Creighton (4) |4-1-2 =Lorne Davis (1) - 3:23 Maurice Richard (5) - 10:58 Dickie Moore (3) - 16:40 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Bernie Geoffrion (6) - pp - 18:56 |4-3-1 =7:23 - Milt Schmidt (5) 16:25 - Jack McIntyre (4) |4-3-2 =Maurice Richard (6) - 5:33 Calum MacKay (1) - en - 17:59 Maurice Richard (7) - 18:27 |goalie4-1 =Gord Henry |goalie4-2 =Gerry McNeil

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =No scoring |5-2-2 =No scoring |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =No scoring |5-4-1 =No scoring |5-4-2 =1:22 - Elmer Lach (1) |goalie5-1 =Jim Henry |goalie5-2 =Gerry McNeil

Stanley Cup engraving

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

• 1 Jacques Plante
• 3 Emile Bouchard (Captain)
• 10 Tom Johnson
• 19 Dollard St. Laurent
• 21 Jim Bud MacPherson
• 23 Eddie Mazur
• 14 Billy Reay (A)
• 16 Elmer Lach (A)
• 17 Johnny McCormack
• 18 Kenny Mosdell
• 20 Paul Meger (also played Wing)
• 23 Doug Anderson
• 5 Bernie Geoffrion
• 6 Floyd Curry
• 8 Dick Gamble
• 9 Maurice "Rocket" Richard
• 12 Dickie Moore
• 15 Bert Olmstead
• 22 Lorne Davis |non-players=
• 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. | engraving-notes=
• 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.

Notes

References

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50.

before = Detroit Red Wings 1952 | after = Detroit Red Wings 1954 | title = Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup champions | years = 1953|