1960–61 NHL season

The **1960–61 NHL season** was the 44th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. For the first time since , two American based teams competed for the Stanley Cup and it was the Chicago Black Hawks beating the Detroit Red Wings four games to two. It was Chicago's first Cup win since , not winning another until .

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bernie Geoffrion|Montreal Canadiens|64|50|45|95|29||||||||
|Jean Beliveau|Montreal Canadiens|69|32|58|90|57||||||||
|Frank Mahovlich|Toronto Maple Leafs|70|48|36|84|131||||||||
|Andy Bathgate|New York Rangers|70|29|48|77|22||||||||
|Gordie Howe|Detroit Red Wings|64|23|49|72|30||||||||
|Norm Ullman|Detroit Red Wings|70|28|42|70|24||||||||
|Red Kelly|Toronto Maple Leafs|64|20|50|70|12||||||||
|Dickie Moore|Montreal Canadiens|57|35|34|69|62||||||||
|Henri Richard|Montreal Canadiens|70|24|44|68|91||||||||
|Alex Delvecchio|Detroit Red Wings|70|27|35|62|26||||||||

### Leading goaltenders

_Note: GP = Games played; Min - Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|MIN|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GAA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|SO|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Charlie Hodge|Montreal Canadiens|30|1800|74|2.47|19|8|3|4|||||||||||
|Johnny Bower|Toronto Maple Leafs|58|3480|145|2.50|33|15|10|2|||||||||||
|Glenn Hall|Chicago Black Hawks|70|4200|176|2.51|29|24|17|6|||||||||||
|Hank Bassen|Detroit Red Wings|34|2120|98|2.77|13|12|9|0|||||||||||
|Jacques Plante|Montreal Canadiens|40|2400|112|2.80|22|11|7|2|||||||||||
|Terry Sawchuk|Detroit Red Wings|38|2080|112|3.23|12|17|7|2|||||||||||
|Don Simmons|Boston Bruins|18|1080|58|3.23|3|9|6|1|||||||||||
|Lorne Worsley|New York Rangers|59|3473|191|3.30|20|29|8|1|||||||||||
|Bruce Gamble|Boston Bruins|52|3120|193|3.71|12|33|7|0|||||||||||

## Playoffs

- _see 1961 Stanley Cup Finals_.

## NHL awards

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="2"|1960–61 NHL awards|
| --- | --- |
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|Montreal Canadiens|
|Art Ross Trophy:|Bernie Geoffrion, Montreal Canadiens|
|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Bernie Geoffrion, Montreal Canadiens|
|James Norris Memorial Trophy:|Doug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens|
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:|Red Kelly, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Vezina Trophy:|Johnny Bower, Toronto Maple Leafs|

### All-Star teams

|First team|Position|Second team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Johnny Bower, Toronto Maple Leafs|align=center|G|Glenn Hall, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Doug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|D|Allan Stanley, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Marcel Pronovost, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|D|Pierre Pilote, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|C|Henri Richard, Montreal Canadiens|
|Bernie Geoffrion, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|RW|Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings|
|Frank Mahovlich, Toronto Maple Leafs|align=center|LW|Dickie Moore, Montreal Canadiens|

## Other websites

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com