1959–60 NHL season

The 1959–60 NHL season was the 43rd season of the National Hockey League. The Montreal Canadiens were the Stanley Cup winners as they defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to none for their fifth straight Stanley Cup.

 Regular season 
Final standings
 National Hockey League GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Montreal Canadiens  70  40  18  12  92 255  178  756 Toronto Maple Leafs  70  35  26  9 79 199  195  859 Chicago Black Hawks  70  28  29  1369  191  180  970 Detroit Red Wings  70  26  29  15  67186  197  538 Boston Bruins  70  28  34  8  64 220  241  932 New York Rangers  70  17  38  15 49  187  247 850

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
 Player Team GP G A Pts Bobby Hull  Chicago Black Hawks  70  39  42  81 Bronco Horvath  Boston Bruins  68  39  41  80 Jean Beliveau  Montreal Canadiens  60  34  40  74 Andy Bathgate  New York Rangers  70  26  48  74 Henri Richard  Montreal Canadiens  70  30  43  73 Gordie Howe  Detroit Red Wings  70  28  45  73 Bernie Geoffrion  Montreal Canadiens  59  30  41  71 Don McKenney  Boston Bruins  70  20  49  69 Vic Stasiuk  Boston Bruins  69  29  39  68 Dean Prentice  New York Rangers  70  32  34  66

Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shut outs; AVG = Goals against average
 Player Team GP MINS GA SO AVG Jacques Plante  Montreal Canadiens  69  4140  175  3  2.54 Glenn Hall  Chicago Black Hawks  70  4200  179  6  2.56 Terry Sawchuk  Detroit Red Wings  58  3480  155  5  2.67 Johnny Bower  Toronto Maple Leafs  66  3960  177  5  2.68 Don Simmons  Boston Bruins  28  1680  91  2  3.25 Harry Lumley  Boston Bruin  42  2520  146  2  3.48 Gump Worsley  New York Rangers  39  2301  135  0  3.52

 Stanley Cup playoffs 
All dates in 1960
Playoff bracket

 Semifinals 
Chicago Black Hawks vs. Montreal Canadiens
 Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 24Chicago Black Hawks3Montreal Canadiens4March 26Chicago Black Hawks3Montreal Canadiens4 (OT)March 29Montreal Canadiens4Chicago Black Hawks0March 31Montreal Canadiens2Chicago Black Hawks0
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0

Detroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
 Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 23Detroit Red Wings2Toronto Maple Leafs1March 26Detroit Red Wings2Toronto Maple Leafs4March 27Toronto Maple Leafs5Detroit Red Wings4 (3OT)March 29Toronto Maple Leafs1Detroit Red Wings2 (OT)April 2Detroit Red Wings4Toronto Maple Leafs5April 3Toronto Maple Leafs4Detroit Red Wings2
Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 2

Finals 
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens
 Date Away Score Home Score NotesApril 7Toronto Maple Leafs2Montreal Canadiens4April 9Toronto Maple Leafs1Montreal Canadiens2April 12Montreal Canadiens5Toronto Maple Leafs2April 14Montreal Canadiens4Toronto Maple Leafs0
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0

Playoff leading scorers
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
 Player Team GP G A PtsHenri Richard  Montreal Canadiens 8 3 9 12Bernie Geoffrion Montreal Canadiens 8  2  10 12Leonard "Red" Kelly  Toronto Maple Leafs  10 3 8 11Dickie Moore  Montreal Canadiens  8  6  410Alex Delvecchio  Detroit Red Wings 6 2 6 8Jean Beliveau  Montreal Canadiens  85 2 7Bert Olmstead  Toronto Maple Leafs  10 3 4 7

NHL awards
 1959–60 NHL awardsPrince of Wales Trophy:  Montreal CanadiensArt Ross Memorial Trophy:  Bobby Hull, Chicago Black HawksCalder Memorial Trophy:  Bill Hay, Chicago Black HawksHart Memorial Trophy:  Gordie Howe, Detroit Red WingsJames Norris Memorial Trophy  Doug Harvey, Montreal CanadiensLady Byng Memorial Trophy:  Don McKenney, Boston BruinsVezina Trophy:  Jacques Plante, Montreal Canadiens

All-Star teams
 First team    Position    Second teamGlenn Hall, Chicago Black Hawks GJacques Plante, Montreal CanadiensDoug Harvey, Montreal Canadiens DAllan Stanley, Toronto Maple LeafsMarcel Pronovost, Detroit Red Wings DPierre Pilote, Chicago Black HawksJean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens CBronco Horvath, Boston BruinsGordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings RWBernie Geoffrion, Montreal CanadiensBobby Hull, Chicago Black Hawks LWDean Prentice, New York Rangers

References
Hockey Database
NHL.com

Category:1959 in North America
Category:1960 in North America
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