1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season

1960–61 Montreal Canadiens
1960–61 Montreal Canadiens
Prince of Wales Trophy winners
League	1st NHL
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)
Penalty 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]
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		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

Record vs. opponents

1960–61 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	4–6–4	4–8–2	2–10–2	3–9–2	2–9–3
Chicago	6–4–4	—	6–4–4	5–5–4	7–4–3	5–7–2
Detroit	8–4–2	4–6–4	—	4–7–3	7–5–2	2–7–5
Montreal	10–2–2	5–5–4	7–4–3	—	11–2–1	8–6
New York	9–3–2	4–7–3	5–7–2	2–11–1	—	2–10–2
Toronto	9–2–3	7–5–2	7–2–5	6–8	10–2–2	—

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
Bernie Geoffrion	RW	64	50	45	95	29
Jean Beliveau	C	69	32	58	90	57
Dickie Moore	LW	57	35	34	69	62
Henri Richard	C	70	24	44	68	91
Marcel Bonin	W	65	16	35	51	45
Bill Hicke	RW	70	18	27	45	31
Doug Harvey	D	58	6	33	39	48
Ralph Backstrom	C	69	12	20	32	44
Donnie Marshall	LW	70	14	17	31	8
Jean-Guy Talbot	D	70	5	26	31	143
Jean-Guy Gendron	LW	53	9	12	21	51
Gilles Tremblay	LW	45	7	11	18	4
Tom Johnson	D	70	1	15	16	54
Claude Provost	RW	49	11	4	15	32
Albert Langlois	D	61	1	12	13	56
Phil Goyette	C	62	7	4	11	4
Andre Pronovost	LW	21	1	5	6	4
Bob Turner	D	60	2	2	4	16
J.C. Tremblay	D	29	1	3	4	18
Bobby Rousseau	RW	15	1	2	3	4
Cliff Pennington	C	4	1	0	1	0
Jean Gauthier	D	4	0	1	1	8
Wayne Connelly	C	3	0	0	0	0
Charlie Hodge	G	30	0	0	0	0
Jacques Plante	G	40	0	0	0	2
Glen Skov	C/LW	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Jacques Plante	2400	40	23	11	6	112	2.80	2
Charlie 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
Phil Goyette	C	6	3	3	6	0
Henri Richard	C	6	2	4	6	22
Jean Beliveau	C	6	0	5	5	0
Dickie Moore	LW	6	3	1	4	4
Claude Provost	RW	6	1	3	4	4
Gilles Tremblay	LW	6	1	3	4	0
Bernie Geoffrion	RW	4	2	1	3	0
Bill Hicke	RW	5	2	0	2	19
Jean-Guy Talbot	D	6	1	1	2	10
Donnie Marshall	LW	6	0	2	2	0
Marcel Bonin	W	6	0	1	1	29
Doug Harvey	D	6	0	1	1	8
Tom Johnson	D	6	0	1	1	8
Ralph Backstrom	C	5	0	0	0	4
Jean-Guy Gendron	LW	5	0	0	0	2
Albert Langlois	D	5	0	0	0	6
Jacques Plante	G	6	0	0	0	2
J.C. Tremblay	D	5	0	0	0	2
Bob Turner	D	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Jacques 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 Trophy: Bernard Geoffrion
James Norris Memorial Trophy: Doug Harvey

Transactions

Citations

^ "1960–1961 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1960–61 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
^ "Montreal Canadiens 1961–62 Game Log and Scores". Databasehockey.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
^ "1960-61 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

References

[standings-div-1] "1960–1961 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[3] "1960–61 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

[4] "Montreal Canadiens 1961–62 Game Log and Scores". Databasehockey.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2008.

[5] "1960-61 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

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v t e 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 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e Montreal Canadiens
Founded in 1909 Based in Montreal, Quebec
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season
History	History Original Six Centennial Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman) General manager Kent Hughes Head coach Martin St. Louis Team captain Nick Suzuki Current roster
Arenas	Jubilee Arena Montreal Arena Mount Royal Arena Montreal Forum Bell Centre
Rivalries	Boston Bruins Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs
Affiliates	AHL Laval Rocket ECHL Trois-Rivières Lions
Media	TV TSN2 (English) RDS (French) Radio TSN Radio 690 (English) 98,5 FM (French)
Culture and lore	Youppi! The Hockey Sweater Pour toujours, les Canadiens! Ginette Reno Tour des Canadiens The Punch Line Richard Riot 1938 European tour "Fix You" Good Friday Massacre 2003 Heritage Classic 2011 Heritage Classic 2016 Winter Classic NHL 100 Classic Bell Sports Complex
Category Commons

v t e 1960–61 NHL season
Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto
See also	All-Star Game Intra-league draft Stanley Cup Finals

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

Citations

References