1959–60 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1959–60 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 51st season of play. The team had another outstanding season, placing first in the league and winning the Stanley Cup for the fifth consecutive season, and the 12th time in team history.

Regular season

On November 1, 1959, at 3:06 of the first period, Jacques Plante was hit in the face by a shot fired by Andy Bathgate. Plante came back in the game wearing a mask (the second goaltender in NHL history to wear a mask after Clint Benedict) starting a trend where all NHL goaltenders today wear a mask.

Jacques Plante

The use of the goalie mask was Plante's most enduring contribution to the game, however, occurred as a result of an incident on November 1, 1959. He was hit in the face by a shot from New York Rangers player Andy Bathgate, needing to go to the dressing room for stitches. When he returned, he was wearing the crude home-made goalie mask that he'd been using in practices. His coach, Toe Blake, was livid, but he had no other goalie to call upon, and Plante refused to return to the goal unless he kept the mask. Blake agreed on the condition that Plante discard the mask when the cut healed. Only Camille Henry beat him in that game, which the Canadiens won 3–1. In the ensuing days Plante refused to discard the mask, and as the Canadiens continued to win, Blake became less obstinate. The unbeaten streak stretched to 18 games. Plante didn't wear the mask, at Blake's request, against Detroit on March 8, 1960. The Canadiens lost 3–0, and the mask returned for good the next night. Plante subsequently designed his own mask and masks for other goalies. Although Plante was not the first NHL goalie known to wear a facemask (Montreal Maroons goaltender Clint Benedict had done so thirty years before), Plante introduced the mask as everyday equipment, which continues to this day.

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	40	18	12	255	178	+77	92
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	26	9	199	195	+4	79
3	Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	191	180	+11	69
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	26	29	15	186	197	−11	67
5	Boston Bruins	70	28	34	8	220	241	−21	64
6	New York Rangers	70	17	38	15	187	247	−60	49

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 8, 1959	4–1	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	1–0–0
2	T	October 10, 1959	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	1–0–1
3	L	October 11, 1959	4–8	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	1–1–1
4	W	October 15, 1959	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	2–1–1
5	L	October 17, 1959	2–4	New York Rangers (1959–60)	2–2–1
6	W	October 18, 1959	6–5	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	3–2–1
7	W	October 22, 1959	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	4–2–1
8	W	October 24, 1959	5–1	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	5–2–1
9	W	October 25, 1959	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	6–2–1
10	W	October 27, 1959	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	7–2–1
11	T	October 28, 1959	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	7–2–2
12	T	October 31, 1959	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	7–2–3
13	W	November 1, 1959	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	8–2–3
14	W	November 5, 1959	8–2	New York Rangers (1959–60)	9–2–3
15	T	November 7, 1959	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	9–2–4
16	W	November 12, 1959	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	10–2–4
17	W	November 14, 1959	8–1	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	11–2–4
18	W	November 15, 1959	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	12–2–4
19	W	November 21, 1959	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	13–2–4
20	W	November 22, 1959	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	14–2–4
21	W	November 26, 1959	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	15–2–4
22	W	November 28, 1959	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	16–2–4
23	W	November 29, 1959	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	17–2–4
24	L	December 2, 1959	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	17–3–4
25	L	December 3, 1959	4–7	New York Rangers (1959–60)	17–4–4
26	T	December 5, 1959	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	17–4–5
27	T	December 6, 1959	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	17–4–6
28	L	December 12, 1959	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	17–5–6
29	T	December 13, 1959	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	17–5–7
30	W	December 17, 1959	8–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	18–5–7
31	W	December 19, 1959	5–3	New York Rangers (1959–60)	19–5–7
32	L	December 20, 1959	5–6	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	19–6–7
33	W	December 26, 1959	9–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	20–6–7
34	W	December 27, 1959	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	21–6–7
35	W	December 30, 1959	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	22–6–7
36	W	January 2, 1960	6–5	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	23–6–7
37	L	January 3, 1960	3–8	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	23–7–7
38	W	January 9, 1960	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	24–7–7
39	L	January 10, 1960	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	24–8–7
40	W	January 14, 1960	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	25–8–7
41	W	January 16, 1960	8–2	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	26–8–7
42	W	January 17, 1960	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	27–8–7
43	W	January 21, 1960	11–2	New York Rangers (1959–60)	28–8–7
44	W	January 23, 1960	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	29–8–7
45	W	January 24, 1960	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	30–8–7
46	T	January 27, 1960	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	30–8–8
47	W	January 28, 1960	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	31–8–8
48	T	January 30, 1960	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	31–8–9
49	L	January 31, 1960	5–6	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	31–9–9
50	W	February 4, 1960	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	32–9–9
51	W	February 6, 1960	5–3	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	33–9–9
52	L	February 7, 1960	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	33–10–9
53	W	February 10, 1960	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	34–10–9
54	L	February 13, 1960	6–7	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	34–11–9
55	L	February 14, 1960	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	34–12–9
56	T	February 18, 1960	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	34–12–10
57	T	February 20, 1960	3–3	New York Rangers (1959–60)	34–12–11
58	W	February 21, 1960	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	35–12–11
59	L	February 24, 1960	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	35–13–11
60	W	February 27, 1960	3–2	New York Rangers (1959–60)	36–13–11
61	W	March 3, 1960	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	37–13–11
62	T	March 5, 1960	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	37–13–12
63	L	March 6, 1960	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	37–14–12
64	L	March 8, 1960	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	37–15–12
65	W	March 9, 1960	9–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	38–15–12
66	W	March 12, 1960	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	39–15–12
67	L	March 13, 1960	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	39–16–12
68	L	March 17, 1960	2–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	39–17–12
69	W	March 19, 1960	5–1	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	40–17–12
70	L	March 20, 1960	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1959–60)	40–18–12

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Playoffs

The Canadiens placed first in the standings and met the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round of the playoffs. The Canadiens would sweep the Hawks 4–0 to move on to the finals against Toronto.

Stanley Cup finals

For more details on this topic, see 1960 Stanley Cup Finals.

Montreal swept the Maple Leafs, outscoring them 15–5, en route to being the first team since the 1952 Detroit Red Wings to go without a loss in the playoffs.

After the series Rocket Richard retired. He went out with style, finishing with his 34th finals goal in game three.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
April 7	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	Montreal Canadiens	4
April 9	Toronto Maple Leafs	1	Montreal Canadiens	2
April 12	Montreal Canadiens	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
April 14	Montreal Canadiens	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	0

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	60	34	40	74	57
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	70	30	43	73	66
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	59	30	41	71	36
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	62	22	42	64	54
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	59	17	34	51	59
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	70	17	29	46	42
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	65	21	22	43	4
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	70	16	22	38	4
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	51	19	16	35	50
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost	LW	69	12	19	31	61
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	64	4	25	29	59
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	64	13	15	28	24
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	66	6	21	27	45
McDonald, AbAb McDonald	LW	68	9	13	22	26
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	67	1	14	15	48
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	69	1	14	15	60
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	43	3	10	13	17
Turner, BobBob Turner	D	54	0	9	9	40
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	11	0	1	1	0
Fleming, ReggieReggie Fleming	D/LW	3	0	0	0	2
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	G	1	0	0	0	0
Hoekstra, CecCec Hoekstra	C	4	0	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	69	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	4140	69	40	17	12	175	2.54	3
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	60	1	0	1	0	3	3.00	0
Team:	4200	70	40	18	12	178	2.54	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	8	3	9	12	9
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	8	2	10	12	4
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	8	6	4	10	4
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	8	5	2	7	6
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	8	1	4	5	12
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	8	2	2	4	0
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	8	1	3	4	2
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	8	3	0	3	6
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	8	2	1	3	4
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	7	1	2	3	0
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost	LW	8	1	2	3	0
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	7	0	3	3	2
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	8	0	3	3	18
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	8	1	1	2	0
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	8	1	1	2	8
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	8	0	1	1	4
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	8	0	0	0	0
Turner, BobBob Turner	D	8	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	489	8	8	0	11	1.35	3
Team:	489	8	8	0	11	1.35	3

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
6	Canada !	Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	4.0 !C	L	22	1956	Kirkland Lake, Ontario
4	Canada !	Béliveau, JeanJean Béliveau	4.0 !C	L	28	1950	Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
18	Canada !	Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	6.0 !LW	L	27	1957	Montreal, Quebec
21	Canada !	Fleming, ReggieReggie Fleming	6.0 !LW	L	23	1959	Montreal, Quebec
5	Canada !	Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	7.0 !RW	R	29	1950	Montreal, Quebec
20	Canada !	Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	4.0 !C	L	26	1956	Lachine, Quebec
2	Canada !	Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	2.0 !D	L	35	1947	Montreal, Quebec
8	Canada !	Hicke, BillBill Hicke	7.0 !RW	L	22	1959	Regina, Saskatchewan
29	Canada !	Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	1.0 !G	L	26	1954	Lachine, Quebec
24	Canada !	Hoekstra, CecCec Hoekstra	4.0 !C	L	25	1959	Winnipeg, Manitoba
10	Canada !	Johnson, TomTom Johnson	2.0 !D	L	32	1947	Baldur, Manitoba
19	Canada !	Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	2.0 !D	L	25	1957	Magog, Quebec
22	Canada !	Marshall, DonDon Marshall	6.0 !LW	L	28	1951	Montreal, Quebec
15	Canada !	McDonald, AbAb McDonald	6.0 !LW	L	24	1958	Winnipeg, Manitoba
12	Canada !	Moore, DickieDickie Moore	6.0 !LW	L	29	1951	Montreal, Quebec
1	Canada !	Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	1.0 !G	L	31	1952	Shawinigan Falls, Quebec
23	Canada !	Pronovost, AndréAndré Pronovost	6.0 !LW	L	23	1956	Shawinigan Falls, Quebec
14	Canada !	Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	7.0 !RW	R	26	1955	Montreal, Quebec
16	Canada !	Richard, HenriHenri Richard	4.0 !C	R	24	1955	Montreal, Quebec
9	Canada !	Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard (C)	7.0 !RW	R	38	1942	Montreal, Quebec
17	Canada !	Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	2.0 !D	L	27	1954	Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
3	Canada !	Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	2.0 !D	L	21	1959	Bagotville, Quebec
11	Canada !	Turner, BobBob Turner	2.0 !D	L	26	1955	Regina, Saskatchewan

References

↑ "1959–1960 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1959–60 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "1959-60 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

1959–60 NHL season

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See also	All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1959–60 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Jacques Plante

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Stanley Cup finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Roster

See also

References