1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	2nd NHL
1960–61 record	39–19–12
Team information
General Manager	Punch Imlach
Coach	Punch Imlach
Captain	George Armstrong
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Frank Mahovlich (48)
Assists	Red Kelly (50)
Points	Frank Mahovlich (84)
Penalties in minutes	Frank Mahovlich (131)
Wins	Johnny Bower (33)
Goals against average	Gerry McNamara (2.40)
<1959–60	1961–62>

The 1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the forty-fourth season of operation of the Toronto franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Leafs placed second, and lost in the semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	70	41	19	10	254	188	92
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	39	19	12	234	176	90
Chicago Black Hawks	70	29	24	17	198	180	75
Detroit Red Wings	70	25	29	16	195	215	66
New York Rangers	70	22	38	10	204	248	54
Boston Bruins	70	15	42	13	176	254	43

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
3	T	October 9, 1960	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	0–2–1
4	L	October 12, 1960	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	0–3–1
5	T	October 15, 1960	1–1	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	0–3–2
6	W	October 16, 1960	7–2	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	1–3–2
7	W	October 19, 1960	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	2–3–2
8	L	October 22, 1960	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	2–4–2
9	W	October 23, 1960	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	3–4–2
10	W	October 29, 1960	8–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	4–4–2
11	W	October 30, 1960	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	5–4–2
12	T	November 2, 1960	2–2	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	5–4–3
13	L	November 3, 1960	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	5–5–3
14	W	November 5, 1960	7–3	New York Rangers (1960–61)	6–5–3
15	L	November 9, 1960	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	6–6–3
16	W	November 12, 1960	7–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	7–6–3
17	W	November 13, 1960	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	8–6–3
18	T	November 16, 1960	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	8–6–4
19	W	November 19, 1960	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	9–6–4
20	W	November 20, 1960	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	10–6–4
21	L	November 24, 1960	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	10–7–4
22	T	November 26, 1960	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	10–7–5
23	L	November 27, 1960	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	10–8–5
24	L	December 1, 1960	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	10–9–5
25	W	December 3, 1960	5–2	New York Rangers (1960–61)	11–9–5
26	W	December 4, 1960	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	12–9–5
27	L	December 7, 1960	2–6	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	12–10–5
28	W	December 10, 1960	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	13–10–5
29	W	December 11, 1960	6–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	14–10–5
30	W	December 15, 1960	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	15–10–5
31	T	December 17, 1960	3–3	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	15–10–6
32	W	December 18, 1960	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	16–10–6
33	T	December 24, 1960	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	16–10–7
34	W	December 25, 1960	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	17–10–7
35	L	December 28, 1960	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	17–11–7
36	W	December 31, 1960	2–1	New York Rangers (1960–61)	18–11–7
37	W	January 1, 1961	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	19–11–7
38	W	January 4, 1961	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	20–11–7
39	W	January 5, 1961	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	21–11–7
40	W	January 7, 1961	4–1	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	22–11–7
41	L	January 8, 1961	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	22–12–7
42	L	January 12, 1961	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	22–13–7
43	W	January 14, 1961	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	23–13–7
44	W	January 15, 1961	6–4	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	24–13–7
45	T	January 18, 1961	4–4	New York Rangers (1960–61)	24–13–8
46	L	January 21, 1961	1–3	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	24–14–8
47	W	January 25, 1961	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	25–14–8
48	L	January 26, 1961	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	25–15–8
49	W	January 28, 1961	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	26–15–8
50	W	January 29, 1961	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	27–15–8
51	W	February 2, 1961	5–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	28–15–8
52	W	February 4, 1961	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	29–15–8
53	T	February 5, 1961	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	29–15–9
54	W	February 8, 1961	5–3	New York Rangers (1960–61)	30–15–9
55	W	February 11, 1961	6–3	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	31–15–9
56	W	February 12, 1961	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	32–15–9
57	L	February 15, 1961	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	32–16–9
58	W	February 18, 1961	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	33–16–9
59	L	February 19, 1961	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	33–17–9
60	W	February 23, 1961	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	34–17–9
61	W	February 25, 1961	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	35–17–9
62	T	February 26, 1961	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	35–17–10
63	W	March 1, 1961	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	36–17–10
64	W	March 4, 1961	5–4	New York Rangers (1960–61)	37–17–10
65	L	March 5, 1961	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	37–18–10
66	T	March 11, 1961	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	37–18–11
67	W	March 12, 1961	5–0	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	38–18–11
68	L	March 16, 1961	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	38–19–11
69	W	March 18, 1961	6–2	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	39–19–11
70	T	March 19, 1961	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1960–61)	39–19–12

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Frank Mahovlich	70	48	36	84	131
Red Kelly	64	20	50	70	12
Bob Nevin	68	21	37	58	13
Bert Olmstead	67	18	34	52	84
Dave Keon	70	20	25	45	6
Billy Harris	66	12	27	39	30
Allan Stanley	68	9	25	34	42
Dick Duff	67	16	17	33	54
George Armstrong	47	14	19	33	21
Bob Pulford	40	11	18	29	41
Eddie Shack	55	14	14	28	90
Ron Stewart	51	13	12	25	8
Tim Horton	57	6	15	21	75
Bob Baun	70	1	14	15	70
Carl Brewer	51	1	14	15	92
Larry Hillman	62	3	10	13	59
John MacMillan	31	3	5	8	8
Larry Regan	37	3	5	8	2
Gerry Ehman	14	1	1	2	2
Johnny Wilson	3	0	1	1	0
Johnny Bower	58	0	0	0	0
Garry Edmundson	3	0	0	0	0
Gary Jarrett	1	0	0	0	0
Cesare Maniago	7	0	0	0	2
Jack Martin	1	0	0	0	0
Gerry McNamara	5	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Johnny Bower	3480	58	33	15	10	145	2.50				2
Cesare Maniago	420	7	4	2	1	17	2.43				0
Gerry McNamara	300	5	2	2	1	12	2.40				0
Team:	4200	70	39	19	12	174	2.49				2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bert Olmstead	3	1	2	3	10
Allan Stanley	5	0	3	3	0
George Armstrong	5	1	1	2	0
Dave Keon	5	1	1	2	0
Frank Mahovlich	5	1	1	2	6
Billy Harris	5	1	0	1	0
Red Kelly	2	1	0	1	0
Bob Nevin	5	1	0	1	2
Ron Stewart	5	1	0	1	2
Dick Duff	5	0	1	1	2
Bob Baun	3	0	0	0	8
Johnny Bower	3	0	0	0	2
Carl Brewer	5	0	0	0	4
Larry Hillman	5	0	0	0	0
Tim Horton	5	0	0	0	0
John MacMillan	4	0	0	0	0
Cesare Maniago	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Pulford	5	0	0	0	8
Larry Regan	4	0	0	0	0
Eddie Shack	4	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Cesare Maniago	145	2	1	1		6	2.48				0
Johnny Bower	180	3	0	3		8	2.67				0
Team:	325	5	1	4		14	2.58				0

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Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Goaltenders 1 Johnny Bower  1 Cesare Maniago  1 Gerry McNamara		Defensemen 2 Carl Brewer  7 Tim Horton  21 Bobby Baun  22 Larry Hillman  26 Allan Stanley		Wingers 8 Larry Regan  9 Dick Duff  11 Bob Nevin  16 Bert Olmstead  17 Gerry Ehman  19 Johnny Wilson  23 Eddie Shack  24 Gary Jarrett  25 Garry Edmundson  25 John MacMillan		Centres 4 Red Kelly  10 George Armstrong  - C 12 Ron Stewart  14 Dave Keon  15 Billy Harris  20 Bob Pulford  24 Jack Martin  27 Frank Mahovlich  GM: Punch Imlach Coach: Punch Imlach

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

Toronto Maple Leafs Franchise Franchise History Original Six • Players Coaches GMs Seasons Records Draft picks Award winners Broadcasters Arenas Mutual Street Arena Maple Leaf Gardens MasterCard Centre (practice) Air Canada Centre Affiliates Toronto Marlies (AHL) Reading Royals (ECHL) Rivalries Ottawa Senators Montreal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres Other Toronto Blueshirts Toronto Arenas Toronto St. Patricks Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. Carlton the Bear 67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory, and the End of an Empire

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