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The 1953–54 season

80 belt games · 32 title changes

Toronto Maple Leafs carried the belt into the 1953–54 season. It changed hands 32 times among 6 franchises, 6 of those in the playoffs, and Detroit Red Wings finished the season with it. Most defenses: Montréal Canadiens, 13.

Who held it, in order

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Every belt game

Belt gameDateResult
1,837Oct 10, 1953Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–2Defense
1,838Oct 11, 1953Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0Title change
1,839Oct 16, 1953Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks tied 2–2Tie · defense
1,840Oct 17, 1953Detroit Red Wings beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–1Defense
1,841Oct 18, 1953Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Canadiens 4–0Defense
1,842Oct 21, 1953Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,843Oct 24, 1953Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 1–0Title change
1,844Oct 25, 1953Montréal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 2–1Defense
1,845Oct 29, 1953Montréal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1Defense
1,846Oct 31, 1953Chicago Blackhawks beat Montréal Canadiens 1–0Title change
1,847Nov 1, 1953Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins tied 0–0Tie · defense
1,848Nov 4, 1953Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–1Title change
1,849Nov 7, 1953Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings tied 2–2Tie · defense
1,850Nov 8, 1953Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–1Defense
1,851Nov 11, 1953Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montréal Canadiens 4–1Defense
1,852Nov 14, 1953Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 2–0Defense
1,853Nov 15, 1953Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,854Nov 19, 1953Montréal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0Title change
1,855Nov 21, 1953Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 1–0Defense
1,856Nov 22, 1953Montréal Canadiens and Boston Bruins tied 2–2Tie · defense
1,857Nov 26, 1953Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3Defense
1,858Nov 28, 1953Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montréal Canadiens 3–1Title change
1,859Nov 29, 1953Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1Title change
1,860Dec 3, 1953Boston Bruins beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–1Defense
1,861Dec 5, 1953Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4–2Title change
1,862Dec 6, 1953Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 7–2Defense
1,863Dec 9, 1953Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montréal Canadiens 3–0Title change
1,864Dec 12, 1953Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–0Defense
1,865Dec 13, 1953Toronto Maple Leafs beat New York Rangers 2–1Defense
1,866Dec 17, 1953Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2Title change
1,867Dec 19, 1953Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 7–3Title change
1,868Dec 20, 1953New York Rangers beat Montréal Canadiens 3–1Title change
1,869Dec 23, 1953New York Rangers beat Detroit Red Wings 2–1Defense
1,870Dec 26, 1953Montréal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 2–0Title change
1,871Dec 30, 1953Montréal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs tied 2–2Tie · defense
1,872Dec 31, 1953Montréal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings tied 2–2Tie · defense
1,873Jan 2, 1954Montréal Canadiens and Boston Bruins tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,874Jan 3, 1954New York Rangers beat Montréal Canadiens 4–3Title change
1,875Jan 6, 1954New York Rangers beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3Defense
1,876Jan 10, 1954New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1Defense
1,877Jan 13, 1954Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers 3–1Title change
1,878Jan 14, 1954Detroit Red Wings beat Boston Bruins 2–1Defense
1,879Jan 17, 1954New York Rangers beat Detroit Red Wings 3–2Title change
1,880Jan 20, 1954New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 8–3Defense
1,881Jan 23, 1954New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 4–3Defense
1,882Jan 24, 1954Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 2–1Title change
1,883Jan 28, 1954Boston Bruins beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2Defense
1,884Jan 30, 1954Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 4–2Title change
1,885Jan 31, 1954Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0Title change
1,886Feb 4, 1954Detroit Red Wings beat Boston Bruins 5–0Title change
1,887Feb 6, 1954Detroit Red Wings beat Boston Bruins 4–2Defense
1,888Feb 7, 1954Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,889Feb 10, 1954New York Rangers beat Detroit Red Wings 3–2Title change
1,890Feb 13, 1954Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 1–0Title change
1,891Feb 14, 1954Boston Bruins beat Montréal Canadiens 4–1Defense
1,892Feb 17, 1954New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 2–1Title change
1,893Feb 19, 1954New York Rangers beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–0Defense
1,894Feb 21, 1954New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 6–1Defense
1,895Feb 24, 1954Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 5–3Title change
1,896Mar 4, 1954Boston Bruins and Montréal Canadiens tied 1–1Tie · defense
1,897Mar 6, 1954Boston Bruins and Montréal Canadiens tied 3–3Tie · defense
1,898Mar 7, 1954Boston Bruins beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–0Defense
1,899Mar 11, 1954Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 1–0Defense
1,900Mar 13, 1954Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1Defense
1,901Mar 14, 1954Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0Defense
1,902Mar 16, 1954Boston Bruins beat Detroit Red Wings 4–2Defense
1,903Mar 18, 1954Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings tied 3–3Tie · defense
1,904Mar 19, 1954Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston Bruins 7–0Title change
1,905Mar 21, 1954Boston Bruins beat Chicago Blackhawks 9–5Title change
1,906Mar 23, 1954Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 2–0 PlayoffsTitle change
1,907Mar 25, 1954Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 8–1 PlayoffsDefense
1,908Mar 28, 1954Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4–3 PlayoffsDefense
1,909Mar 30, 1954Montréal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 2–0 PlayoffsDefense
1,910Apr 4, 1954Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Canadiens 3–1 PlayoffsTitle change
1,911Apr 6, 1954Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 3–1 PlayoffsTitle change
1,912Apr 8, 1954Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Canadiens 5–2 PlayoffsTitle change
1,913Apr 10, 1954Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Canadiens 2–0 PlayoffsDefense
1,914Apr 11, 1954Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 1–0 (OT) PlayoffsTitle change
1,915Apr 13, 1954Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 4–1 PlayoffsDefense
1,916Apr 16, 1954Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Canadiens 2–1 (OT) PlayoffsTitle change

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