# 1960–61 Boston Bruins season

The 1960–61 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 37th season in the NHL.

## Offseason
### Trades and Transfers

* June 7: The Boston Bruins purchase centre Billy Carter from the Montreal Canadiens for a reported sum of over $20000.

## Regular Season Overview

October 6: Boston 1 ─ New York 2
The Bruins began their season with a loss away against the New York Rangers.
Period 1: At 7:30 the Rangers scored after Andy Bathgate flicked the puck into the net on a pass from Bill Gadsby. At 17:36 the Bruins scored via Doug Mohns taking a loose puck on a power play in front of the net due to Rangers Len in front of the net.
Period 3: At 6:13 Len Ronson scored for the Rangers by tipping the puck into the net after a blue-line shot by Jim Morrison.
October 8: Boston 1 ─ Montreal 1
The second game of the Bruins' season ended in a 1─1 tie against the Montreal Canadiens.
Period 1: At 10:45 the Canadiens scored on a power play caused by Fern Flaman hooking. Dickie Moore tipped the puck past Don Simmons on a blast by Bernie Geoffrion.
Period 2: At 18:12 the Bruins scored after Leo Labine used Montreal's Doug Harvey as a screen to score from an angle.

## Regular season
### Trades and Transfers

* November 27: The Boston Bruins trade Jean-Guy Gendron to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for André Pronovost.
* January 24: The Boston Bruins complete a five-player trade with the Detroit Red Wings: The Bruins receive left-wingers Gary Aldcorn and Tom McCarthy as well as centre Murray Oliver; the Red Wings receive right-wingers Vic Stasiuk and Leo Labine.
* January 30: The Boston Bruins trade Don Simmons to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Ed Chadwick.

### 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

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

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Jerry Toppazzini | RW | 67 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 35 |
| Don McKenney | C | 68 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 22 |
| Charlie Burns | C | 62 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 16 |
| John Bucyk | LW | 70 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 48 |
| Doug Mohns | LW/D | 65 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 63 |
| Bronco Horvath | C | 47 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 15 |
| Vic Stasiuk | LW | 46 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 35 |
| Jim Bartlett | LW | 63 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 95 |
| Leo Boivin | D | 57 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 50 |
| Andre Pronovost | LW | 47 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 30 |
| Leo Labine | RW | 40 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 34 |
| Murray Oliver | C | 21 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 |
| Willie O'Ree | W | 43 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 62 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 59 |
| Dallas Smith | D | 70 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 79 |
| Bob Armstrong | D | 54 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 72 |
| Gerry Ouellette | RW | 34 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom McCarthy | LW | 24 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Aut Erickson | D | 68 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 65 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | LW | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| Orval Tessier | C | 32 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Gary Aldcorn | LW | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Dick Meissner | RW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Billy Carter | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Art Chisholm | C/D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Gamble | G | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Ted Green | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Simmons | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Bruce Gamble | 3120 | 52 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 193 | 3.71 | 0 |
| Don Simmons | 1079 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 58 | 3.23 | 1 |
| Jerry Toppazzini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 15 | 42 | 13 | 251 | 3.59 | 1 |
    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;