1953–54 WHL season

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1953–54 WHL season

| league = Western Hockey League

| sport = Ice hockey

| duration =

| season = Regular season

| season_champ_name=

| season_champs = Vancouver Canucks

| finals = President's Cup

| finals_champ = Calgary Stampeders

| finals_runner-up = Vancouver Canucks

| prevseason_year = 1952–53

| nextseason_year = 1954–55

|no_of_games = 70

|no_of_teams = 7

}}

The 1953–54 WHL season was the second season of the Western Hockey League. The Calgary Stampeders were the President's Cup champions as they beat the Vancouver Canucks four games to two in the final series.

Teams

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bgcolor="#000000" align="center" colspan="6"|1953–54 Western Hockey League
Team || City || Arena || Capacity
Calgary Stampeders

| Calgary, Alberta

| Stampede Corral

| 6,475

Edmonton Flyers

| Edmonton, Alberta

| Edmonton Stock Pavilion

| 6,000

New Westminster Royals

| New Westminster, British Columbia

| Queen's Park Arena

| 3,500

Saskatoon Quakers

| Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

| Saskatoon Arena

| 3,304

Seattle Bombers

| Seattle, Washington

| Civic Ice Arena

| 5,000

Vancouver Canucks

| Vancouver, British Columbia

| PNE Forum

| 5,050

Victoria Cougars

| Victoria, British Columbia

| Victoria Memorial Arena

| 5,000

=Map of teams=

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Final Standings

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Final Season Standings[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/whl19531954.html 1953-54 Western Hockey League Standings]

! style="width:3em" | {{abbr|R|Rank}}

! style="width:12em" | Team

! style="width:3em" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! style="width:3em"| {{abbr|W|Wins}}

! style="width:3em" | {{abbr|L|Losses}}

! style="width:3em" | {{abbr|T|Tie}}

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|GF|Goals for}}

! style="width:4em" | {{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

! style="width:4em"| {{abbr|Pts|Points}}

style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;"

| 1

style="text-align:left;" | Vancouver Canucks703924721817485
style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;"

| 2

style="text-align:left;" | Calgary Stampeders703825726620683
style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;"

| 3

style="text-align:left;" | Saskatoon Quakers703229922621473
style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;"

| 4

style="text-align:left;" | Edmonton Flyers7029301124626069
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| 5

style="text-align:left;" | Victoria Cougars7027321120322365
style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;"

| 6

style="text-align:left;" | New Westminster Royals702834821826164
style="text-align:center;"

| 7

style="text-align:left;" | Seattle Bombers702241720924851

bold - qualified for playoffs

Playoffs

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The Calgary Stampeders win the President's Cup 4 games to 2.[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=whl1953&season=1954&leaguenm=WHL WHL Playoff Results]

Awards

class="wikitable"

|+ 1953-54 WHL awards

AwardRecipient(s)
President's CupCalgary Stampeders
Outstanding Goalkeeper AwardGump Worsley[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/awards/awarddetail.php?award_id=40 Outstanding Goalkeeper Award winners]
Leading Scorer AwardGuyle Fielder[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/awards/awarddetail.php?award_id=39 Leading Scorer Award winners]
George Leader CupLorne Worsley[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/awards/awarddetail.php?award_id=35 George Leader Cup winners]
Rookie AwardDon Poile[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/awards/awarddetail.php?award_id=42 Rookie Award winners]

References