1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season was the 52nd season in club history. The team placed first in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens were eliminated in semi-finals by the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	41	19	10	254	188	+66	92
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	39	19	12	234	176	+58	90
3	Chicago Black Hawks	70	29	24	17	198	180	+18	75
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	25	29	16	195	215	−20	66
5	New York Rangers	70	22	38	10	204	248	−44	54
6	Boston Bruins	70	15	42	13	176	254	−78	43

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1960	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	1–0–0
2	T	October 8, 1960	1–1	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	1–0–1
3	T	October 9, 1960	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	1–0–2
4	W	October 11, 1960	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	2–0–2
5	W	October 13, 1960	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	3–0–2
6	W	October 15, 1960	8–4	New York Rangers (1960–61)	4–0–2
7	L	October 16, 1960	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	4–1–2
8	L	October 19, 1960	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	4–2–2
9	L	October 22, 1960	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	4–3–2
10	W	October 23, 1960	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	5–3–2
11	L	October 25, 1960	4–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	5–4–2
12	W	October 29, 1960	3–2	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	6–4–2
13	L	October 30, 1960	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	6–5–2
14	W	November 3, 1960	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	7–5–2
15	T	November 5, 1960	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	7–5–3
16	W	November 10, 1960	9–7	New York Rangers (1960–61)	8–5–3
17	W	November 12, 1960	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	9–5–3
18	W	November 13, 1960	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	10–5–3
19	L	November 19, 1960	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	10–6–3
20	T	November 20, 1960	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	10–6–4
21	L	November 24, 1960	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	10–7–4
22	W	November 26, 1960	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	11–7–4
23	W	November 27, 1960	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	12–7–4
24	W	December 1, 1960	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	13–7–4
25	W	December 3, 1960	3–1	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	14–7–4
26	W	December 4, 1960	7–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	15–7–4
27	W	December 7, 1960	6–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	16–7–4
28	W	December 10, 1960	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	17–7–4
29	W	December 11, 1960	5–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	18–7–4
30	L	December 15, 1960	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	18–8–4
31	W	December 17, 1960	2–0	New York Rangers (1960–61)	19–8–4
32	W	December 18, 1960	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	20–8–4
33	W	December 24, 1960	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	21–8–4
34	L	December 25, 1960	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	21–9–4
35	W	December 28, 1960	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	22–9–4
36	T	December 29, 1960	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	22–9–5
37	W	December 31, 1960	3–1	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	23–9–5
38	L	January 1, 1961	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	23–10–5
39	W	January 7, 1961	6–3	New York Rangers (1960–61)	24–10–5
40	L	January 8, 1961	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	24–11–5
41	W	January 12, 1961	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	25–11–5
42	W	January 14, 1961	4–0	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	26–11–5
43	T	January 15, 1961	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	26–11–6
44	W	January 18, 1961	4–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	27–11–6
45	L	January 21, 1961	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	27–12–6
46	L	January 25, 1961	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	27–13–6
47	T	January 28, 1961	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	27–13–7
48	T	January 29, 1961	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	27–13–8
49	W	February 2, 1961	7–5	New York Rangers (1960–61)	28–13–8
50	L	February 4, 1961	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	28–14–8
51	L	February 5, 1961	2–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	28–15–8
52	W	February 9, 1961	5–1	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	29–15–8
53	T	February 11, 1961	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	29–15–9
54	L	February 12, 1961	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	29–16–9
55	W	February 15, 1961	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	30–16–9
56	W	February 16, 1961	9–1	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	31–16–9
57	W	February 18, 1961	7–4	New York Rangers (1960–61)	32–16–9
58	W	February 19, 1961	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	33–16–9
59	L	February 23, 1961	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	33–17–9
60	T	February 25, 1961	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	33–17–10
61	W	February 26, 1961	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	34–17–10
62	L	March 1, 1961	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	34–18–10
63	W	March 4, 1961	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	35–18–10
64	W	March 5, 1961	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	36–18–10
65	W	March 9, 1961	6–1	New York Rangers (1960–61)	37–18–10
66	W	March 11, 1961	7–5	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	38–18–10
67	W	March 12, 1961	6–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	39–18–10
68	W	March 16, 1961	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	40–18–10
69	L	March 18, 1961	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	40–19–10
70	W	March 19, 1961	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	41–19–10

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Playoffs

Semi-finals

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	64	50	45	95	29
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	69	32	58	90	57
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	57	35	34	69	62
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	70	24	44	68	91
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	65	16	35	51	45
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	70	18	27	45	31
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	58	6	33	39	48
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	69	12	20	32	44
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	70	14	17	31	8
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	70	5	26	31	143
Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron	LW	53	9	12	21	51
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	45	7	11	18	4
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	70	1	15	16	54
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	49	11	4	15	32
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	61	1	12	13	56
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	62	7	4	11	4
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost	LW	21	1	5	6	4
Turner, BobBob Turner	D	60	2	2	4	16
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	29	1	3	4	18
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	15	1	2	3	4
Pennington, CliffCliff Pennington	C	4	1	0	1	0
Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	D	4	0	1	1	8
Connelly, WayneWayne Connelly	C	3	0	0	0	0
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	G	30	0	0	0	0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	40	0	0	0	2
Skov, GlenGlen Skov	C/LW	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	2400	40	23	11	6	112	2.80	2
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge	1800	30	18	8	4	74	2.47	4
Team:	4200	70	41	19	10	186	2.66	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	6	3	3	6	0
Richard, HenriHenri Richard	C	6	2	4	6	22
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau	C	6	0	5	5	0
Moore, DickieDickie Moore	LW	6	3	1	4	4
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost	RW	6	1	3	4	4
Tremblay, GillesGilles Tremblay	LW	6	1	3	4	0
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	4	2	1	3	0
Hicke, BillBill Hicke	RW	5	2	0	2	19
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot	D	6	1	1	2	10
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	6	0	2	2	0
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin	W	6	0	1	1	29
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	6	0	1	1	8
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	6	0	1	1	8
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	5	0	0	0	4
Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron	LW	5	0	0	0	2
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	5	0	0	0	6
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	G	6	0	0	0	2
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay	D	5	0	0	0	2
Turner, BobBob Turner	D	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	412	6	2	4	16	2.33	0
Team:	412	6	2	4	16	2.33	0

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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;

Awards and records

Hart Memorial Trophy: Bernard Geoffrion
Art Ross Memorial Trophy: Bernard Geoffrion
James Norris Memorial Trophy: Doug Harvey

Roster

1960–1961 Montréal Canadiens Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Jacques Plante
29 – Charlie Hodge

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

4 – Jean Béliveau
6 – Ralph Backstrom
16 – Henri Richard
20 – Phil Goyette
24 – Wayne Connelly
25 – Cliff Pennington
25 – Glen Skov
GM: Frank J. Selke
Coach: Toe Blake

References

↑ "1960–1961 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1960–61 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "Montreal Canadiens 1961–62 Game Log and Scores". Databasehockey.com. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
↑ "1960-61 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

1960–61 NHL season

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See also	All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Roster

See also

References