1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1960–61 Montreal Canadiens 1960 1st 41–19–10 24–6–5 17–13–5 254 188 Frank J. Selke Toe Blake Doug Harvey Montreal Forum Bernard Geoffrion (50) Jean Beliveau (58) Bernard Geoffrion (95) Jean-Guy Talbot (143) Jacques Plante (23) Charlie Hodge (2.47) YesThe 1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season was the 52nd season in club history. The team placed first in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens were eliminated in semi-finals by the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2. 2 Regular season Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1960–61 regular season1960-61 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1961_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 7, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 6, 1960||5–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||1–0–0 |- |2||T||October 8, 1960||1–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||1–0–1 |- |3||T||October 9, 1960||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||1–0–2 |- |4||W||October 11, 1960||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||2–0–2 |- |5||W||October 13, 1960||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||3–0–2 |- |6||W||October 15, 1960||8–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||4–0–2 |- |7||L||October 16, 1960||4–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||4–1–2 |- |8||L||October 19, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||4–2–2 |- |9||L||October 22, 1960||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||4–3–2 |- |10||W||October 23, 1960||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||5–3–2 |- |11||L||October 25, 1960||4–8 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||5–4–2 |- |12||W||October 29, 1960||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||6–4–2 |- |13||L||October 30, 1960||3–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||6–5–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |14||W||November 3, 1960||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||7–5–2 |- |15||T||November 5, 1960||4–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||7–5–3 |- |16||W||November 10, 1960||9–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||8–5–3 |- |17||W||November 12, 1960||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||9–5–3 |- |18||W||November 13, 1960||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||10–5–3 |- |19||L||November 19, 1960||3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||10–6–3 |- |20||T||November 20, 1960||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||10–6–4 |- |21||L||November 24, 1960||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||10–7–4 |- |22||W||November 26, 1960||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||11–7–4 |- |23||W||November 27, 1960||3–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||12–7–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||W||December 1, 1960||6–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||13–7–4 |- |25||W||December 3, 1960||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||14–7–4 |- |26||W||December 4, 1960||7–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||15–7–4 |- |27||W||December 7, 1960||6–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||16–7–4 |- |28||W||December 10, 1960||6–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||17–7–4 |- |29||W||December 11, 1960||5–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||18–7–4 |- |30||L||December 15, 1960||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||18–8–4 |- |31||W||December 17, 1960||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||19–8–4 |- |32||W||December 18, 1960||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||20–8–4 |- |33||W||December 24, 1960||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||21–8–4 |- |34||L||December 25, 1960||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||21–9–4 |- |35||W||December 28, 1960||4–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||22–9–4 |- |36||T||December 29, 1960||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||22–9–5 |- |37||W||December 31, 1960||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||23–9–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |38||L||January 1, 1961||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||23–10–5 |- |39||W||January 7, 1961||6–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||24–10–5 |- |40||L||January 8, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||24–11–5 |- |41||W||January 12, 1961||6–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||25–11–5 |- |42||W||January 14, 1961||4–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||26–11–5 |- |43||T||January 15, 1961||4–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||26–11–6 |- |44||W||January 18, 1961||4–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||27–11–6 |- |45||L||January 21, 1961||2–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||27–12–6 |- |46||L||January 25, 1961||3–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||27–13–6 |- |47||T||January 28, 1961||3–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||27–13–7 |- |48||T||January 29, 1961||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||27–13–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |49||W||February 2, 1961||7–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||28–13–8 |- |50||L||February 4, 1961||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||28–14–8 |- |51||L||February 5, 1961||2–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||28–15–8 |- |52||W||February 9, 1961||5–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||29–15–8 |- |53||T||February 11, 1961||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||29–15–9 |- |54||L||February 12, 1961||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||29–16–9 |- |55||W||February 15, 1961||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||30–16–9 |- |56||W||February 16, 1961||9–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||31–16–9 |- |57||W||February 18, 1961||7–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||32–16–9 |- |58||W||February 19, 1961||4–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||33–16–9 |- |59||L||February 23, 1961||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||33–17–9 |- |60||T||February 25, 1961||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||33–17–10 |- |61||W||February 26, 1961||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1960–61) ||34–17–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||L||March 1, 1961||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||34–18–10 |- |63||W||March 4, 1961||6–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||35–18–10 |- |64||W||March 5, 1961||2–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||36–18–10 |- |65||W||March 9, 1961||6–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1960–61) ||37–18–10 |- |66||W||March 11, 1961||7–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1960–61) ||38–18–10 |- |67||W||March 12, 1961||6–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||39–18–10 |- |68||W||March 16, 1961||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) ||40–18–10 |- |69||L||March 18, 1961||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) ||40–19–10 |- |70||W||March 19, 1961||2–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) ||41–19–10 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Semi-finals http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1961 Montreal Canadiens 1961–62 Game Log and Scores Databasehockey.com 2008-12-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120212160124/http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1961 2012-02-12 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Bernie Geoffrion RW 64 50 45 95 29 Jean Beliveau C 69 32 58 90 57 Dickie Moore Dickie Moore (ice hockey) LW 57 35 34 69 62 Henri Richard C 70 24 44 68 91 Marcel Bonin W 65 16 35 51 45 Bill Hicke RW 70 18 27 45 31 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 58 6 33 39 48 Ralph Backstrom C 69 12 20 32 44 Donnie Marshall LW 70 14 17 31 8 Jean-Guy Talbot D 70 5 26 31 143 Jean-Guy Gendron LW 53 9 12 21 51 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) LW 45 7 11 18 4 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 70 1 15 16 54 Claude Provost RW 49 11 4 15 32 Albert Langlois D 61 1 12 13 56 Phil Goyette C 62 7 4 11 4 Andre Pronovost LW 21 1 5 6 4 Bob Turner Bob Turner (ice hockey) D 60 2 2 4 16 J.C. Tremblay D 29 1 3 4 18 Bobby Rousseau RW 15 1 2 3 4 Cliff Pennington Cliff Pennington (ice hockey) C 4 1 0 1 0 Jean Gauthier D 4 0 1 1 8 Wayne Connelly C 3 0 0 0 0 Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) G 30 0 0 0 0 Jacques Plante G 40 0 0 0 2 Glen Skov C/LW 3 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Jacques Plante 2400 40 23 11 6 112 2.80 2 Charlie Hodge Charlie Hodge (ice hockey) 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 Phil Goyette C 6 3 3 6 0 Henri Richard C 6 2 4 6 22 Jean Beliveau C 6 0 5 5 0 Dickie Moore Dickie Moore (ice hockey) LW 6 3 1 4 4 Claude Provost RW 6 1 3 4 4 Gilles Tremblay Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey) LW 6 1 3 4 0 Bernie Geoffrion RW 4 2 1 3 0 Bill Hicke RW 5 2 0 2 19 Jean-Guy Talbot D 6 1 1 2 10 Donnie Marshall LW 6 0 2 2 0 Marcel Bonin W 6 0 1 1 29 Doug Harvey Doug Harvey (ice hockey) D 6 0 1 1 8 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (ice hockey) D 6 0 1 1 8 Ralph Backstrom C 5 0 0 0 4 Jean-Guy Gendron LW 5 0 0 0 2 Albert Langlois D 5 0 0 0 6 Jacques Plante G 6 0 0 0 2 J.C. Tremblay D 5 0 0 0 2 Bob Turner Bob Turner (ice hockey) D 5 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Jacques Plante 412 6 2 4 16 2.33 0 Team: 412 6 2 4 16 2.33 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1960-61 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1961.html Awards and records Hart Memorial Trophy: Bernard Geoffrion Art Ross Trophy: Bernard Geoffrion James Norris Memorial Trophy: Doug Harvey See also 1960–61 NHL season Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Mon Mon