1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 35th season. They finished in fourth place with a record of 25 wins, 29 losses, and 16 ties for 66 points. The Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in five games in the Semi-finals before losing the 1960 Stanley Cup Finals in six games to the Chicago Black Hawks.
==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 	T 	October 5, 1960 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	0–0–1
2 	L 	October 6, 1960 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	0–1–1
3 	T 	October 9, 1960 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	0–1–2
4 	T 	October 11, 1960 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	0–1–3
5 	L 	October 13, 1960 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	0–2–3
6 	W 	October 16, 1960 	6–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	1–2–3
7 	W 	October 20, 1960 	5–0 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	2–2–3
8 	W 	October 22, 1960 	2–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	3–2–3
9 	L 	October 23, 1960 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	3–3–3
10 	L 	October 26, 1960 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	3–4–3
11 	W 	October 30, 1960 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	4–4–3
12 	W 	November 3, 1960 	8–5 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	5–4–3
13 	W 	November 6, 1960 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	6–4–3
14 	W 	November 9, 1960 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	7–4–3
15 	W 	November 10, 1960 	4–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	8–4–3
16 	L 	November 12, 1960 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	8–5–3
17 	L 	November 13, 1960 	1–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	8–6–3
18 	W 	November 15, 1960 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	9–6–3
19 	T 	November 16, 1960 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	9–6–4
20 	L 	November 19, 1960 	4–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	9–7–4
21 	W 	November 20, 1960 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	10–7–4
22 	W 	November 24, 1960 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	11–7–4
23 	T 	November 26, 1960 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	11–7–5
24 	W 	November 27, 1960 	2–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	12–7–5
25 	L 	December 1, 1960 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	12–8–5
26 	L 	December 4, 1960 	1–4 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	12–9–5
27 	W 	December 7, 1960 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	13–9–5
28 	L 	December 10, 1960 	4–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	13–10–5
29 	L 	December 11, 1960 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	13–11–5
30 	T 	December 15, 1960 	1–1 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	13–11–6
31 	W 	December 18, 1960 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	14–11–6
32 	T 	December 24, 1960 	4–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	14–11–7
33 	L 	December 25, 1960 	0–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	14–12–7
34 	W 	December 28, 1960 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	15–12–7
35 	T 	December 29, 1960 	1–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	15–12–8
36 	L 	December 31, 1960 	0–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	15–13–8
37 	L 	January 1, 1961 	0–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	15–14–8
38 	L 	January 4, 1961 	4–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	15–15–8
39 	L 	January 5, 1961 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	15–16–8
40 	W 	January 8, 1961 	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	16–16–8
41 	T 	January 11, 1961 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	16–16–9
42 	T 	January 14, 1961 	2–2 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	16–16–10
43 	T 	January 15, 1961 	4–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	16–16–11
44 	L 	January 19, 1961 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	16–17–11
45 	W 	January 21, 1961 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	17–17–11
46 	L 	January 22, 1961 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	17–18–11
47 	T 	January 26, 1961 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	17–18–12
48 	T 	January 28, 1961 	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	17–18–13
49 	W 	January 29, 1961 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	18–18–13
50 	L 	February 2, 1961 	0–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	18–19–13
51 	L 	February 4, 1961 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	18–20–13
52 	W 	February 5, 1961 	7–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	19–20–13
53 	L 	February 8, 1961 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	19–21–13
54 	W 	February 9, 1961 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	20–21–13
55 	L 	February 12, 1961 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	20–22–13
56 	W 	February 18, 1961 	5–1 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	21–22–13
57 	L 	February 19, 1961 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	21–23–13
58 	T 	February 23, 1961 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	21–23–14
59 	L 	February 25, 1961 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	21–24–14
60 	T 	February 26, 1961 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	21–24–15
61 	W 	February 28, 1961 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	22–24–15
62 	L 	March 2, 1961 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	22–25–15
63 	L 	March 4, 1961 	4–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	22–26–15
64 	L 	March 5, 1961 	3–8 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	22–27–15
65 	W 	March 7, 1961 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	23–27–15
66 	W 	March 9, 1961 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	24–27–15
67 	L 	March 12, 1961 	3–7 	@ New York Rangers (1960–61) 	24–28–15
68 	W 	March 14, 1961 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1960–61) 	25–28–15
69 	T 	March 15, 1961 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	25–28–16
70 	L 	March 19, 1961 	0–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	25–29–16
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1===
===Chicago Black Hawks 4, Detroit Red Wings 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	64	23	49	72 	30
 	C 	70	28	42	70 	34
 	C/LW	70	27	35	62 	26
 	RW/C	70	16	21	37 	14
 	D 	67	5 	29	34 	78
 	RW 	66	21	8 	29 	46
 	C 	70	14	12	26 	6
 	C 	70	9 	16	25 	2
 	C 	49	11	12	23 	8
 	LW 	23	10	13	23 	16
 	D 	63	3 	16	19 	62
 	C 	53	6 	12	18 	10
 	LW 	66	6 	11	17 	4
 	D 	70	6 	11	17 	44
 	RW 	24	2 	9 	11 	32
 	LW 	49	2 	6 	8 	16
 	D/RW	29	0 	8 	8 	108
 	D 	68	1 	4 	5 	45
 	RW 	16	3 	1 	4 	13
 	LW 	26	0 	2 	2 	10
 	RW 	3 	1 	0 	1 	2
 	LW 	10	1 	0 	1 	2
 	G 	35	0 	1 	1 	6
 	G 	37	0 	1 	1 	8
 	C 	12	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	38	0 	1 	1 	8
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	12	0 	0 	0 	19
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2050	35	13	13	8 	100	2.93	0
 	2150	37	12	16	8 	112	3.13	2
Team: 	4200	70	25	29	16	212	3.03	2
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	11	4	11	15 	10
 	C/LW	11	4	5 	9 	0
 	LW 	11	2	5 	7 	4
 	RW 	11	3	2 	5 	4
 	D 	9 	2	3 	5 	0
 	LW 	11	2	3 	5 	0
 	RW/C	11	2	2 	4 	6
 	D/RW	11	2	2 	4 	30
 	C 	11	0	4 	4 	4
 	C 	8 	1	2 	3 	6
 	RW 	11	1	2 	3 	2
 	C 	10	2	0 	2 	0
 	D 	11	0	2 	2 	18
 	C 	9 	1	0 	1 	0
 	C 	11	1	0 	1 	2
 	D 	11	0	1 	1 	18
 	D 	10	0	0 	0 	4
 	G 	4 	0	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	465	8 	5	3	18	2.32	1
 	220	4 	1	2	9 	2.45	0
Team: 	685	11	6	5	27	2.36	1
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==
*Marcel Pronovost, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Game Ads==
60-61NHLDetroitExhCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Calgary
60-61NHLDetroitExhSpokaneGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Spokane
==References==
* Red Wings on Hockey Database
Detroit Red Wings season, 1960–61
Detroit Red Wings season, 1960–61
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