1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1960–61 1960 Detroit Red Wings 4th 25–29–16 15–13–7 10–16–9 195 215 Jack Adams Sid Abel Gordie Howe Alex DelvecchioMarcel Pronovost Detroit Olympia Norm Ullman (28) Gordie Howe (49) Gordie Howe (72) Howie Young (108) Hank Bassen (13) Hank Bassen (2.93) The 1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season saw the Red Wings finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 25 wins, 29 losses, and 16 ties for 66 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games in the Semi-finals before losing the Stanley Cup Final in six games to the Chicago Black Hawks. 2 Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Playoffs July 2010 Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1960–61 regular season1960-61 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1961_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||T||October 5, 1960||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||0–0–1 |- |2||L||October 6, 1960||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||0–1–1 |- |3||T||October 9, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||0–1–2 |- |4||T||October 11, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||0–1–3 |- |5||L||October 13, 1960||3–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||0–2–3 |- |6||W||October 16, 1960||6–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||1–2–3 |- |7||W||October 20, 1960||5–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||2–2–3 |- |8||W||October 22, 1960||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||3–2–3 |- |9||L||October 23, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||3–3–3 |- |10||L||October 26, 1960||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||3–4–3 |- |11||W||October 30, 1960||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||4–4–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |12||W||November 3, 1960||8–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||5–4–3 |- |13||W||November 6, 1960||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||6–4–3 |- |14||W||November 9, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||7–4–3 |- |15||W||November 10, 1960||4–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||8–4–3 |- |16||L||November 12, 1960||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||8–5–3 |- |17||L||November 13, 1960||1–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||8–6–3 |- |18||W||November 15, 1960||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||9–6–3 |- |19||T||November 16, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||9–6–4 |- |20||L||November 19, 1960||4–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||9–7–4 |- |21||W||November 20, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||10–7–4 |- |22||W||November 24, 1960||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||11–7–4 |- |23||T||November 26, 1960||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||11–7–5 |- |24||W||November 27, 1960||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||12–7–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |25||L||December 1, 1960||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||12–8–5 |- |26||L||December 4, 1960||1–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||12–9–5 |- |27||W||December 7, 1960||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||13–9–5 |- |28||L||December 10, 1960||4–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||13–10–5 |- |29||L||December 11, 1960||1–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||13–11–5 |- |30||T||December 15, 1960||1–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||13–11–6 |- |31||W||December 18, 1960||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||14–11–6 |- |32||T||December 24, 1960||4–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||14–11–7 |- |33||L||December 25, 1960||0–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||14–12–7 |- |34||W||December 28, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||15–12–7 |- |35||T||December 29, 1960||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||15–12–8 |- |36||L||December 31, 1960||0–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||15–13–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |37||L||January 1, 1961||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||15–14–8 |- |38||L||January 4, 1961||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||15–15–8 |- |39||L||January 5, 1961||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||15–16–8 |- |40||W||January 8, 1961||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||16–16–8 |- |41||T||January 11, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||16–16–9 |- |42||T||January 14, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||16–16–10 |- |43||T||January 15, 1961||4–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||16–16–11 |- |44||L||January 19, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||16–17–11 |- |45||W||January 21, 1961||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||17–17–11 |- |46||L||January 22, 1961||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||17–18–11 |- |47||T||January 26, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||17–18–12 |- |48||T||January 28, 1961||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||17–18–13 |- |49||W||January 29, 1961||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||18–18–13 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |50||L||February 2, 1961||0–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||18–19–13 |- |51||L||February 4, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||18–20–13 |- |52||W||February 5, 1961||7–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||19–20–13 |- |53||L||February 8, 1961||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||19–21–13 |- |54||W||February 9, 1961||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||20–21–13 |- |55||L||February 12, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||20–22–13 |- |56||W||February 18, 1961||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||21–22–13 |- |57||L||February 19, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||21–23–13 |- |58||T||February 23, 1961||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||21–23–14 |- |59||L||February 25, 1961||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||21–24–14 |- |60||T||February 26, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||21–24–15 |- |61||W||February 28, 1961||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||22–24–15 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||L||March 2, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||22–25–15 |- |63||L||March 4, 1961||4–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||22–26–15 |- |64||L||March 5, 1961||3–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||22–27–15 |- |65||W||March 7, 1961||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||23–27–15 |- |66||W||March 9, 1961||5–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||24–27–15 |- |67||L||March 12, 1961||3–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||24–28–15 |- |68||W||March 14, 1961||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||25–28–15 |- |69||T||March 15, 1961||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||25–28–16 |- |70||L||March 19, 1961||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) ||25–29–16 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Gordie Howe RW 64 23 49 72 30 Norm Ullman C 70 28 42 70 34 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 70 27 35 62 26 Allan Johnson Al Johnson (ice hockey) RW/C 70 16 21 37 14 Pete Goegan D 67 5 29 34 78 Howie Glover RW 66 21 8 29 46 Parker MacDonald C 70 14 12 26 6 Gerry Melnyk C 70 9 16 25 2 Murray Oliver C 49 11 12 23 8 Vic Stasiuk LW 23 10 13 23 16 Warren Godfrey D 63 3 16 19 62 Len Lunde C 53 6 12 18 10 Val Fonteyne LW 66 6 11 17 4 Marcel Pronovost D 70 6 11 17 44 Leo Labine RW 24 2 9 11 32 Gary Aldcorn LW 49 2 6 8 16 Howie Young D/RW 29 0 8 8 108 Gerry Odrowski D 68 1 4 5 45 John McKenzie John McKenzie (ice hockey) RW 16 3 1 4 13 Brian Smith Brian Smith (ice hockey, born 1937) LW 26 0 2 2 10 Len Haley RW 3 1 0 1 2 Claude Laforge LW 10 1 0 1 2 Hank Bassen G 35 0 1 1 6 Bruce MacGregor C 12 0 1 1 0 Marc Reaume D 38 0 1 1 8 Terry Sawchuk G 37 0 1 1 8 Edward Diachuk LW 12 0 0 0 19 Rich Healey D 1 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Hank Bassen 2050 35 13 13 8 100 2.93 0 Terry Sawchuk 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 Gordie Howe RW 11 4 11 15 10 Alex Delvecchio C/LW 11 4 5 9 0 Vic Stasiuk LW 11 2 5 7 4 Leo Labine RW 11 3 2 5 4 Val Fonteyne LW 11 2 3 5 0 Marcel Pronovost D 9 2 3 5 0 Allan Johnson Al Johnson (ice hockey) RW/C 11 2 2 4 6 Howie Young D/RW 11 2 2 4 30 Norm Ullman C 11 0 4 4 4 Howie Glover RW 11 1 2 3 2 Bruce MacGregor C 8 1 2 3 6 Len Lunde C 10 2 0 2 0 Warren Godfrey D 11 0 2 2 18 Parker MacDonald C 9 1 0 1 0 Gerry Melnyk C 11 1 0 1 2 Pete Goegan D 11 0 1 1 18 Hank Bassen G 4 0 0 0 0 Gerry Odrowski D 10 0 0 0 4 Terry Sawchuk G 8 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Terry Sawchuk 465 8 5 3 18 2.32 1 Hank Bassen 220 4 1 2 9 2.45 0 Team: 685 11 6 5 27 2.36 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1960-61 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1961.html 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; References Red Wings on Hockey Database Detroit Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Category:1960 in Detroit Category:1961 in Detroit