# 1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 44th season of operation of the Toronto franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Leafs placed second, and lost in the semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings.

## 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 |
| 3 | T | October 9, 1960 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 0–2–1 |
| 4 | L | October 12, 1960 | 0–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 0–3–1 |
| 5 | T | October 15, 1960 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 0–3–2 |
| 6 | W | October 16, 1960 | 7–2 | @ New York Rangers (1960–61) | 1–3–2 |
| 7 | W | October 19, 1960 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 2–3–2 |
| 8 | L | October 22, 1960 | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 2–4–2 |
| 9 | W | October 23, 1960 | 3–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 3–4–2 |
| 10 | W | October 29, 1960 | 8–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 4–4–2 |
| 11 | W | October 30, 1960 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1960–61) | 5–4–2 |
| 12 | T | November 2, 1960 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 5–4–3 |
| 13 | L | November 3, 1960 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 5–5–3 |
| 14 | W | November 5, 1960 | 7–3 | New York Rangers (1960–61) | 6–5–3 |
| 15 | L | November 9, 1960 | 0–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 6–6–3 |
| 16 | W | November 12, 1960 | 7–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 7–6–3 |
| 17 | W | November 13, 1960 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 8–6–3 |
| 18 | T | November 16, 1960 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 8–6–4 |
| 19 | W | November 19, 1960 | 6–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 9–6–4 |
| 20 | W | November 20, 1960 | 3–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 10–6–4 |
| 21 | L | November 24, 1960 | 1–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 10–7–4 |
| 22 | T | November 26, 1960 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 10–7–5 |
| 23 | L | November 27, 1960 | 0–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 10–8–5 |
| 24 | L | December 1, 1960 | 3–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 10–9–5 |
| 25 | W | December 3, 1960 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1960–61) | 11–9–5 |
| 26 | W | December 4, 1960 | 5–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 12–9–5 |
| 27 | L | December 7, 1960 | 2–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 12–10–5 |
| 28 | W | December 10, 1960 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 13–10–5 |
| 29 | W | December 11, 1960 | 6–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 14–10–5 |
| 30 | W | December 15, 1960 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 15–10–5 |
| 31 | T | December 17, 1960 | 3–3 | Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 15–10–6 |
| 32 | W | December 18, 1960 | 3–2 | @ New York Rangers (1960–61) | 16–10–6 |
| 33 | T | December 24, 1960 | 4–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 16–10–7 |
| 34 | W | December 25, 1960 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 17–10–7 |
| 35 | L | December 28, 1960 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 17–11–7 |
| 36 | W | December 31, 1960 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1960–61) | 18–11–7 |
| 37 | W | January 1, 1961 | 4–1 | @ New York Rangers (1960–61) | 19–11–7 |
| 38 | W | January 4, 1961 | 6–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 20–11–7 |
| 39 | W | January 5, 1961 | 4–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 21–11–7 |
| 40 | W | January 7, 1961 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 22–11–7 |
| 41 | L | January 8, 1961 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 22–12–7 |
| 42 | L | January 12, 1961 | 2–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 22–13–7 |
| 43 | W | January 14, 1961 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 23–13–7 |
| 44 | W | January 15, 1961 | 6–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 24–13–7 |
| 45 | T | January 18, 1961 | 4–4 | New York Rangers (1960–61) | 24–13–8 |
| 46 | L | January 21, 1961 | 1–3 | Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 24–14–8 |
| 47 | W | January 25, 1961 | 5–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 25–14–8 |
| 48 | L | January 26, 1961 | 4–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 25–15–8 |
| 49 | W | January 28, 1961 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 26–15–8 |
| 50 | W | January 29, 1961 | 4–1 | @ New York Rangers (1960–61) | 27–15–8 |
| 51 | W | February 2, 1961 | 5–0 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 28–15–8 |
| 52 | W | February 4, 1961 | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 29–15–8 |
| 53 | T | February 5, 1961 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 29–15–9 |
| 54 | W | February 8, 1961 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1960–61) | 30–15–9 |
| 55 | W | February 11, 1961 | 6–3 | Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 31–15–9 |
| 56 | W | February 12, 1961 | 4–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 32–15–9 |
| 57 | L | February 15, 1961 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 32–16–9 |
| 58 | W | February 18, 1961 | 5–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 33–16–9 |
| 59 | L | February 19, 1961 | 2–4 | @ New York Rangers (1960–61) | 33–17–9 |
| 60 | W | February 23, 1961 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 34–17–9 |
| 61 | W | February 25, 1961 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 35–17–9 |
| 62 | T | February 26, 1961 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) | 35–17–10 |
| 63 | W | March 1, 1961 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 36–17–10 |
| 64 | W | March 4, 1961 | 5–4 | New York Rangers (1960–61) | 37–17–10 |
| 65 | L | March 5, 1961 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 37–18–10 |
| 66 | T | March 11, 1961 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) | 37–18–11 |
| 67 | W | March 12, 1961 | 5–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 38–18–11 |
| 68 | L | March 16, 1961 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) | 38–19–11 |
| 69 | W | March 18, 1961 | 6–2 | Boston Bruins (1960–61) | 39–19–11 |
| 70 | T | March 19, 1961 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1960–61) | 39–19–12 |

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Frank Mahovlich | 70 | 48 | 36 | 84 | 131 |
| Red Kelly | 64 | 20 | 50 | 70 | 12 |
| Bob Nevin | 68 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 13 |
| Bert Olmstead | 67 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 84 |
| Dave Keon | 70 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 6 |
| Billy Harris | 66 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 30 |
| Allan Stanley | 68 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 42 |
| Dick Duff | 67 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 54 |
| George Armstrong | 47 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 21 |
| Bob Pulford | 40 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 41 |
| Eddie Shack | 55 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 90 |
| Ron Stewart | 51 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 8 |
| Tim Horton | 57 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 75 |
| Bob Baun | 70 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 70 |
| Carl Brewer | 51 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 92 |
| Larry Hillman | 62 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 59 |
| John MacMillan | 31 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Larry Regan | 37 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Gerry Ehman | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Johnny Wilson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Bower | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Edmundson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Jarrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cesare Maniago | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry McNamara | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Johnny Bower | 3480 | 58 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 145 | 2.50 | 2 |
| Cesare Maniago | 420 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2.43 | 0 |
| Gerry McNamara | 300 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 174 | 2.49 | 2 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bert Olmstead | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Allan Stanley | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| George Armstrong | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Keon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Mahovlich | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Billy Harris | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Red Kelly | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Nevin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Stewart | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dick Duff | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Baun | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Johnny Bower | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carl Brewer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Larry Hillman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Horton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John MacMillan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cesare Maniago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Pulford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Larry Regan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Shack | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Cesare Maniago | 145 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2.48 | 0 |
| Johnny Bower | 180 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 | 0 |
| Team: | 325 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 2.58 | 0 |

## Farm teams

* Rochester Americans AHL
* Toronto Marlboros OHA Jr. A
* St. Mikes Majors Metro Jr. A