1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season was the 52nd season in club history. The Canadiens finished 1st in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2.
==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 	W 	October 6, 1960 	5–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	1–0–0
2 	T 	October 8, 1960 	1–1 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	1–0–1
3 	T 	October 9, 1960 	4–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	1–0–2
4 	W 	October 11, 1960 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	2–0–2
5 	W 	October 13, 1960 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	3–0–2
6 	W 	October 15, 1960 	8–4 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	4–0–2
7 	L 	October 16, 1960 	4–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	4–1–2
8 	L 	October 19, 1960 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	4–2–2
9 	L 	October 22, 1960 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	4–3–2
10 	W 	October 23, 1960 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	5–3–2
11 	L 	October 25, 1960 	4–8 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	5–4–2
12 	W 	October 29, 1960 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	6–4–2
13 	L 	October 30, 1960 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	6–5–2
14 	W 	November 3, 1960 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	7–5–2
15 	T 	November 5, 1960 	4–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	7–5–3
16 	W 	November 10, 1960 	9–7 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	8–5–3
17 	W 	November 12, 1960 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	9–5–3
18 	W 	November 13, 1960 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	10–5–3
19 	L 	November 19, 1960 	3–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	10–6–3
20 	T 	November 20, 1960 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	10–6–4
21 	L 	November 24, 1960 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	10–7–4
22 	W 	November 26, 1960 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	11–7–4
23 	W 	November 27, 1960 	3–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	12–7–4
24 	W 	December 1, 1960 	6–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	13–7–4
25 	W 	December 3, 1960 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	14–7–4
26 	W 	December 4, 1960 	7–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	15–7–4
27 	W 	December 7, 1960 	6–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	16–7–4
28 	W 	December 10, 1960 	6–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	17–7–4
29 	W 	December 11, 1960 	5–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	18–7–4
30 	L 	December 15, 1960 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	18–8–4
31 	W 	December 17, 1960 	2–0 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	19–8–4
32 	W 	December 18, 1960 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	20–8–4
33 	W 	December 24, 1960 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	21–8–4
34 	L 	December 25, 1960 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	21–9–4
35 	W 	December 28, 1960 	4–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	22–9–4
36 	T 	December 29, 1960 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	22–9–5
37 	W 	December 31, 1960 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	23–9–5
38 	L 	January 1, 1961 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	23–10–5
39 	W 	January 7, 1961 	6–3 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	24–10–5
40 	L 	January 8, 1961 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	24–11–5
41 	W 	January 12, 1961 	6–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	25–11–5
42 	W 	January 14, 1961 	4–0 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	26–11–5
43 	T 	January 15, 1961 	4–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	26–11–6
44 	W 	January 18, 1961 	4–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	27–11–6
45 	L 	January 21, 1961 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	27–12–6
46 	L 	January 25, 1961 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	27–13–6
47 	T 	January 28, 1961 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	27–13–7
48 	T 	January 29, 1961 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	27–13–8
49 	W 	February 2, 1961 	7–5 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	28–13–8
50 	L 	February 4, 1961 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	28–14–8
51 	L 	February 5, 1961 	2–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	28–15–8
52 	W 	February 9, 1961 	5–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	29–15–8
53 	T 	February 11, 1961 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	29–15–9
54 	L 	February 12, 1961 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	29–16–9
55 	W 	February 15, 1961 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	30–16–9
56 	W 	February 16, 1961 	9–1 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	31–16–9
57 	W 	February 18, 1961 	7–4 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	32–16–9
58 	W 	February 19, 1961 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	33–16–9
59 	L 	February 23, 1961 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	33–17–9
60 	T 	February 25, 1961 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	33–17–10
61 	W 	February 26, 1961 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	34–17–10
62 	L 	March 1, 1961 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	34–18–10
63 	W 	March 4, 1961 	6–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	35–18–10
64 	W 	March 5, 1961 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	36–18–10
65 	W 	March 9, 1961 	6–1 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	37–18–10
66 	W 	March 11, 1961 	7–5 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	38–18–10
67 	W 	March 12, 1961 	6–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	39–18–10
68 	W 	March 16, 1961 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	40–18–10
69 	L 	March 18, 1961 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	40–19–10
70 	W 	March 19, 1961 	2–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	41–19–10
==Playoffs==
===Chicago Black Hawks 4, Montreal Canadiens 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	64	50	45	95 	29
 	C 	69	32	58	90 	57
 	LW 	57	35	34	69 	62
 	C 	70	24	44	68 	91
 	W 	65	16	35	51 	45
 	RW 	70	18	27	45 	31
 	D 	58	6 	33	39 	48
 	C 	69	12	20	32 	44
 	LW 	70	14	17	31 	8
 	D 	70	5 	26	31 	143
 	LW 	53	9 	12	21 	51
 	LW 	45	7 	11	18 	4
 	D 	70	1 	15	16 	54
 	RW 	49	11	4 	15 	32
 	D 	61	1 	12	13 	56
 	C 	62	7 	4 	11 	4
 	LW 	21	1 	5 	6 	4
 	D 	60	2 	2 	4 	16
 	D 	29	1 	3 	4 	18
 	RW 	15	1 	2 	3 	4
 	C 	4 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	8
 	C/LW	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	0 	0 	2
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2400	40	23	11	6 	112	2.80	2
 	1800	30	18	8 	4 	74 	2.47	4
Team: 	4200	70	41	19	10	186	2.66	6
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	C 	6 	3	3	6 	0
 	C 	6 	2	4	6 	22
 	C 	6 	0	5	5 	0
 	LW 	6 	3	1	4 	4
 	RW 	6 	1	3	4 	4
 	LW 	6 	1	3	4 	0
 	RW 	4 	2	1	3 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	0	2 	19
 	D 	6 	1	1	2 	10
 	LW 	6 	0	2	2 	0
 	W 	6 	0	1	1 	29
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	8
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	8
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	4
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	2
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	6
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	2
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	412	6 	2	4	16	2.33	0
Team: 	412	6 	2	4	16	2.33	0
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 
==Awards and Records==
*Prince of Wales Trophy: Montreal Canadiens
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Bernie Geoffrion
*Art Ross Memorial Trophy: Bernie Geoffrion
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Doug Harvey
*Jean Beliveau, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
*Bernie Geoffrion, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Doug Harvey, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Henri Richard, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Dickie Moore, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Gallery==
Willie_Oree_first_goal-1Jan1961.jpg|Willie O'Ree's first goal, January 1, 1961 against Montreal's Charlie Hodge was the winner as the Bruins edges the Habs 3-2.
9Feb1961-O'Ree_Plante_Harvey_Backstrom_Tremblay.jpg|O'Ree, Jacques Plante, #2 Doug Harvey, #3 Gilles Tremblay, #6 Ralph Backstrom, February 9, 1961.
1961-O'Ree_Burns_Hicke_Backstrom2.jpg|Willie O'Ree, Charlie Burns, Bill Hicke, Ralph Backstrom, Leo Boivin and Bruce Gamble in 1961 action.
1961-Erikson-Hicke-O'Ree.jpg|Autry Erickson, Bill Hicke and Willie O'Ree in 1961 action.
60-61NHLMontrealExhHullGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Hull
60-61NHLMontrealExhGameAd.jpg|Pre-season
60-61NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Opening Game
60-61NHLSFMontrealGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
==See Also==
* 1960–61 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Montreal Canadiens season, 1959–60
Montreal Canadiens season, 1960–61