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1953 Stanley Cup Finals
1953 Stanley Cup Finals
	* 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)

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

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.

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

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

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

Defencemen

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.

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
"All-Time NHL Results".