# 1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 25 wins, 29 losses, and 16 ties for 66 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games in the Semi-finals before losing the Stanley Cup Finals in six games to the Chicago Black Hawks.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | 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 :
| 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

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

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 64 | 23 | 49 | 72 | 30 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 70 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 34 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 70 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 26 |
| Allan Johnson | RW/C | 70 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 14 |
| Pete Goegan | D | 67 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 78 |
| Howie Glover | RW | 66 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 46 |
| Parker MacDonald | C | 70 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 6 |
| Gerry Melnyk | C | 70 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 2 |
| Murray Oliver | C | 49 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 8 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 23 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 16 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 63 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 62 |
| Len Lunde | C | 53 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 |
| Val Fonteyne | LW | 66 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 70 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 44 |
| Leo Labine | RW | 24 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| Gary Aldcorn | LW | 49 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| Howie Young | D/RW | 29 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 108 |
| Gerry Odrowski | D | 68 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 45 |
| John McKenzie | RW | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Brian Smith | LW | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Len Haley | RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Claude Laforge | LW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hank Bassen | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Bruce MacGregor | C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marc Reaume | D | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Edward Diachuk | LW | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Rich Healey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Hank Bassen | 2050 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 100 | 2.93 | 0 |
| Terry Sawchuk | 2150 | 37 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 112 | 3.13 | 2 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 212 | 3.03 | 2 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gordie Howe | RW | 11 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 |
| Alex Delvecchio | C/LW | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Leo Labine | RW | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Val Fonteyne | LW | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Marcel Pronovost | D | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Allan Johnson | RW/C | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Howie Young | D/RW | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 30 |
| Norm Ullman | C | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Howie Glover | RW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Bruce MacGregor | C | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Len Lunde | C | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Warren Godfrey | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Parker MacDonald | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gerry Melnyk | C | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pete Goegan | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Hank Bassen | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Odrowski | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Terry Sawchuk | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Terry Sawchuk | 465 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 2.32 | 1 |
| Hank Bassen | 220 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2.45 | 0 |
| Team: | 685 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 2.36 | 1 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;  MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;