1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1960-61 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 44th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 2nd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 6, 1960 	0–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 8, 1960 	2–5 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	0–2–0
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
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1===
==Player Stats==
===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
Carl Brewer 	51	1 	14	15 	92
Bob Baun 	70	1 	14	15 	70
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
Jack Martin 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Gary Jarrett 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Garry Edmundson 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
Gerry McNamara 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2
Cesare Maniago 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2
Johnny Bower 	58	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	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
John MacMillan 	4 	0	0	0 	0
Larry Regan 	4 	0	0	0 	0
Eddie Shack 	4 	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
Bob Pulford 	5 	0	0	0 	8
Cesare Maniago 	2 	0	0	0 	0
Johnny Bower 	3 	0	0	0 	2
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	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
==Awards and Records==
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Dave Keon
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Red Kelly
*Vezina Trophy: Johnny Bower
*Johnny Bower, Goalie, NHL First Team All-Star
*Frank Mahovlich, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Allan Stanley, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Gallery==
60-61NHLExhBostonWpgGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Winnipeg
20Nov1961-O'Ree_Baun_Burns.jpg|Willie O'Ree, Bobby Baun, Charlie Burns, November 20, 1960.
20Nov1961-O'Ree_Baun.jpg|Willie O'Ree, Bobby Baun, November 20, 1960.
1961-Jan7-Labine goal.gif|Leo Labine scores, January 7, 1961.
1961-Jan7-ORee beats Horton.gif|Willie O'Ree dekes Tim Horton, January 7, 1961.
ORee_to_Burns-18Mar1961.gif|Willie O'Ree passes to Charlie Burns, March 18, 1961.
60-61NHLExhQuebecGameAd.jpg|Exhibition @ Quebec City
60-61NHLTorHomeOpenerGameAd.jpg|Home opener
==References==
Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1960–61
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1960–61