1960-61 WHL (minor pro) Season

This is the 1960-61 season of the Western Hockey League. It was the ninth season of the league.
The Portland Buckaroos were admitted, making a total of eight teams in the league. The Spokane Spokes were renamed the Spokane Comets.
==Standings==
Regular Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	70	44	22	4	300	215	92
Portland Buckaroos	70	38	23	9	242	192	85
Vancouver Canucks 	70	38	29	3	208	191	81
Seattle Totems 	70	37	28	5	262	222	79
Spokane Comets 	70	33	34	3	247	258	69
Victoria Cougars 	70	27	41	2	220	267	56
Edmonton Flyers 	70	27	43	0	229	295	54
Winnipeg Warriors 	70	21	45	4	191	259	46
==Playoffs==
===Quarter Finals===
Best of 5
*Portland Buckaroos beat Spokane Comets 3 wins to 1. (7-2, 1-3, 6-4, 5-3)
*Vancouver Canucks beat Victoria Cougars 3 wins to 2. (2-1, 1-4, 3-4, 3-1, 3-2)
===Semi Finals===
Best of 7
*Seattle Totems beat Calgary Stampeders 4 wins to 1. (2-5, 5-4, 6-2, 2-1, 2-1)
Best of 5
*Portland Buckaroos beat Vancouver Canucks 3 wins to 1. (5-1, 1-2, 3-0, 4-1)
===Final===
Best of 7
*Portland Buckaroos beat Seattle Totems 4 wins to 2. (1-2, 3-2, 5-3, 2-3, 5-3, 4-0)
Portland Buckaroos won the Lester Patrick Cup.
Note:This was the first All-American final in the league's history. By coincidence, the National Hockey League also had an All-American final this season, its first in 11 years.
==All-Star Game==
This was the fourth annual game.
The previous games pitted the Coast Division all stars against those from the Prairie Division. The games were played in mid-season.
This game featured the defending champion Vancouver Canucks against an all-star team chosen from the other teams. It was played before the start of the season.
Friday, October 7, 1960 @ Vancouver
Attendance = approx. 2000
All-Stars 4 Vancouver Canucks 3
==Awards==
*Most Valuable Player: Lou Jankowski, Calgary
*Fred J. Hume Cup (Most Gentlemanly Player): Gord Fashoway, Portland
==Team photos==
PortBuck60-61.jpg|Portland Buckaroos
60-61SeaTot.jpg|Seattle Totems
60-61CalSta.jpg|Calgary Stampeders
==All-Star Teams==
===First Team===
*Goaltender: Don Head, Portland Buckaroos
*Defenceman: Larry Cahan, Vancouver Canucks
*Defenceman: Ralph Keller, Vancouver
*Center: Norm Johnson, Calgary Stampeders
*Left Winger: Lou Jankowski, Calgary
*Right Winger: Ron Leopold, Calgary
===Second Team===
*Goaltender: Marcel Pelletier, Victoria Cougars
*Defenceman: Ron Matthews, Portland
*Defenceman:Fred Hucul, Calgary
*Center: Guyle Fielder, Seattle Totems
*Left Winger: Gord Fashoway, Portland
*Right Winger: Arnie Schmautz, Portland
==Game Ads==
60-61NHLDetroitExhCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Calgary
60-61WHLExhReginaGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Regina
60-61NHLDetroitExhSpokaneGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Spokane
60-61WHLCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Calgary
60-61QHLSpokaneGameAd.jpg|Spokane
60-61WHLVancouverGameAd.jpg|Vancouver
60-61WHLWinnipegGameAd.jpg|Winnipeg
60-61WHLQFVancouverGameAd.jpg|Quarter Final @ Vancouver
60-61WHLSFVancouverGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Vancouver
60-61WHLSFCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Calgary
60-61NHLExhBostonWpgGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Winnipeg
==Season Tickets==
60-61WHLCalgarySeasonTickets.jpg|Calgary
==See Also==
List of WHL (minor pro) Seasons
Category:Western Hockey League (minor pro) seasons
Category:1961 in hockey