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1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season

1960–61 Montreal Canadiens
League1st NHL
1960–61 record41–19–10
Home record24–6–5
Road record17–13–5
Goals for254
Goals against188
Team information
General managerFrank J. Selke
CoachToe Blake
CaptainDoug Harvey
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsBernard Geoffrion (50)
AssistsJean Beliveau (58)
PointsBernard Geoffrion (95)
Penalty minutesJean-Guy Talbot (143)
WinsJacques Plante (23)
Goals against averageCharlie Hodge (2.47)

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

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Final standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1960–61 regular season[3]
October
Game Result 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
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

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Semi-finals

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring

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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

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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

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Scoring

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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

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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

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Transactions

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See also

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Citations

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  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 Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  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.

References

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