1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season

1960–61 Montreal Canadiens
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
1960–61 record 41–19–10
Goals for 254
Goals against 188
Team information
General Manager Frank J. Selke
Coach Toe Blake
Captain Doug Harvey
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Bernard Geoffrion (50)
Assists Jean Beliveau (58)
Points Bernard Geoffrion (95)
Penalties in minutes Jean-Guy Talbot (143)
Wins Jacques Plante (23)
Goals against average Charlie Hodge (2.47)
<1959–60 1961–62>

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
1WOctober 6, 19605–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 1–0–0
2TOctober 8, 19601–1 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 1–0–1
3TOctober 9, 19604–4 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 1–0–2
4WOctober 11, 19603–2 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 2–0–2
5WOctober 13, 19604–3 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 3–0–2
6WOctober 15, 19608–4 New York Rangers (1960–61) 4–0–2
7LOctober 16, 19604–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 4–1–2
8LOctober 19, 19601–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 4–2–2
9LOctober 22, 19602–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 4–3–2
10WOctober 23, 19604–2 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 5–3–2
11LOctober 25, 19604–8 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 5–4–2
12WOctober 29, 19603–2 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 6–4–2
13LOctober 30, 19603–5 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 6–5–2
14WNovember 3, 19603–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 7–5–2
15TNovember 5, 19604–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 7–5–3
16WNovember 10, 19609–7 New York Rangers (1960–61) 8–5–3
17WNovember 12, 19604–2 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 9–5–3
18WNovember 13, 19602–1 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 10–5–3
19LNovember 19, 19603–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 10–6–3
20TNovember 20, 19601–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 10–6–4
21LNovember 24, 19601–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 10–7–4
22WNovember 26, 19604–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 11–7–4
23WNovember 27, 19603–0 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 12–7–4
24WDecember 1, 19606–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 13–7–4
25WDecember 3, 19603–1 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 14–7–4
26WDecember 4, 19607–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 15–7–4
27WDecember 7, 19606–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 16–7–4
28WDecember 10, 19606–4 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 17–7–4
29WDecember 11, 19605–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 18–7–4
30LDecember 15, 19602–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 18–8–4
31WDecember 17, 19602–0 New York Rangers (1960–61) 19–8–4
32WDecember 18, 19604–2 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 20–8–4
33WDecember 24, 19603–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 21–8–4
34LDecember 25, 19601–4 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 21–9–4
35WDecember 28, 19604–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 22–9–4
36TDecember 29, 19601–1 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 22–9–5
37WDecember 31, 19603–1 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 23–9–5
38LJanuary 1, 19612–3 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 23–10–5
39WJanuary 7, 19616–3 New York Rangers (1960–61) 24–10–5
40LJanuary 8, 19612–4 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 24–11–5
41WJanuary 12, 19616–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 25–11–5
42WJanuary 14, 19614–0 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 26–11–5
43TJanuary 15, 19614–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 26–11–6
44WJanuary 18, 19614–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 27–11–6
45LJanuary 21, 19612–3 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 27–12–6
46LJanuary 25, 19613–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 27–13–6
47TJanuary 28, 19613–3 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 27–13–7
48TJanuary 29, 19611–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 27–13–8
49WFebruary 2, 19617–5 New York Rangers (1960–61) 28–13–8
50LFebruary 4, 19611–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 28–14–8
51LFebruary 5, 19612–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 28–15–8
52WFebruary 9, 19615–1 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 29–15–8
53TFebruary 11, 19613–3 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 29–15–9
54LFebruary 12, 19611–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 29–16–9
55WFebruary 15, 19613–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 30–16–9
56WFebruary 16, 19619–1 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 31–16–9
57WFebruary 18, 19617–4 New York Rangers (1960–61) 32–16–9
58WFebruary 19, 19614–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 33–16–9
59LFebruary 23, 19612–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 33–17–9
60TFebruary 25, 19611–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 33–17–10
61WFebruary 26, 19613–1 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 34–17–10
62LMarch 1, 19611–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 34–18–10
63WMarch 4, 19616–4 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 35–18–10
64WMarch 5, 19612–1 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 36–18–10
65WMarch 9, 19616–1 New York Rangers (1960–61) 37–18–10
66WMarch 11, 19617–5 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 38–18–10
67WMarch 12, 19616–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 39–18–10
68WMarch 16, 19615–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 40–18–10
69LMarch 18, 19611–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 40–19–10
70WMarch 19, 19612–0 @ 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

Roster

1960–1961 Montréal Canadiens Roster
Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

See also

References

  1. "1960–1961 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1960–61 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. "Montreal Canadiens 1961–62 Game Log and Scores". Databasehockey.com. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  4. "1960-61 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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