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This is the 1953-54 season and playoffs of the Ontario Hockey Association's Senior series:

Standings[]

Regular Season GP W L T GF GA Pts
Owen Sound Mercurys 56 39 16 1 - - 79
Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen 56 36 15 5 - - 73
Windsor Bulldogs 56 29 26 1 - - 59
Hamilton Tigers 56 28 25 3 - - 59
Stratford Indians 56 27 27 2 - - 56
Chatham Maroons 56 22 31 3 - - 47
Niagara Falls Cataracts 56 15 39 2 - - 32
Sarnia Sailors 28 4 21 3 - - 11

Note: Sarnia Sailors dropped out on Dec. 12 with a record of 4-15-3-11. Six scheduled games between Dec. 12 & Dec. 31 were awarded to other teams.


Playoffs[]

Quarter Finals[]

Best of 5

Date Winner Loser Location
February 26 Kitchener 9 Hamilton 1 Kitchener
March 1 Hamilton 3 Kitchener 2 Hamilton
March 4 Kitchener 4 Hamilton 0 Kitchener
March 5 Kitchener 6 Hamilton 2 Hamilton

Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen beat Hamilton Tigers 3 games to 1.

Date Winner Loser Location
February 26 Stratford 9 Windsor 3 Stratford
February 27 Windsor 7 Stratford 3 Windsor
March 2 Stratford 5 Windsor 4 Stratford
March 6 Stratford 7 Windsor 3 Windsor

Stratford Indians beat Windsor Bulldogs 3 games to 1.


Semi Finals[]

Best of 7

Date Winner Loser Location
February 26 Owen Sound 5 Chatham 4 Chatham
March 1 Owen Sound 9 Chatham 5 Owen Sound
March 6 Owen Sound 3 Chatham 0 Owen Sound
March 8 Chatham 8 Owen Sound 3 Owen Sound
March 6 Chatham 6 Owen Sound 0 Owen Sound
March 8 Owen Sound 5 Chatham 2 Chatham

Owen Sound Mercurys beat Chatham Maroons 4 games to 2.

Best of 5

Date Winner Loser Location
March 9 Stratford 4 Kitchener 1 Kitchener
March 11 Stratford 6 Kitchener 4 Kitchener
March 13 Kitchener 7 Stratford 3 Kitchener
March 15 Stratford 4 Kitchener 2 Stratford

Stratford Indians beat Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen 3 games to 1.


Final[]

Best of 7

Date Winner Loser Location
March 18 Owen Sound 8 Stratford 4 Owen Sound
March 20 Owen Sound 5 Stratford 4 Stratford
March 22 Owen Sound 3 Stratford 2 Owen Sound
March 24 Owen Sound 7 Stratford 4 Stratford

Owen Sound Mercurys beat Stratford Indians 4 games to none.

Owen Sound Mercurys advanced to the 1953-54 Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.


Attendance[]

  • Sarnia - 15,539 (11 games)
  • Chatham - 67,000
  • Stratford - 72,000
  • Kitchener - 133,000


Game Ads[]


See Also[]

List of OHA Senior Seasons


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