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.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70 41 19 10 254 188 +66 92
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 39 19 12 234 176 +58 90
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70 29 24 17 198 180 +18 75
4 Detroit Red Wings 70 25 29 16 195 215 -20 20 66
5 New York Rangers 70 22 38 10 204 248 -44 44 54
6 Boston Bruins 70 15 42 13 176 254 -78 78 43

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
3TOctober 9, 19603–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 0–2–1
4LOctober 12, 19600–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 0–3–1
5TOctober 15, 19601–1 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 0–3–2
6WOctober 16, 19607–2 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 1–3–2
7WOctober 19, 19603–1 Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 2–3–2
8LOctober 22, 19601–2 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 2–4–2
9WOctober 23, 19603–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 3–4–2
10WOctober 29, 19608–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 4–4–2
11WOctober 30, 19603–1 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 5–4–2
12TNovember 2, 19602–2 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 5–4–3
13LNovember 3, 19601–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 5–5–3
14WNovember 5, 19607–3 New York Rangers (1960–61) 6–5–3
15LNovember 9, 19600–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 6–6–3
16WNovember 12, 19607–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 7–6–3
17WNovember 13, 19604–2 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 8–6–3
18TNovember 16, 19603–3 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 8–6–4
19WNovember 19, 19606–3 Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 9–6–4
20WNovember 20, 19603–2 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 10–6–4
21LNovember 24, 19601–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 10–7–4
22TNovember 26, 19603–3 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 10–7–5
23LNovember 27, 19600–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 10–8–5
24LDecember 1, 19603–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 10–9–5
25WDecember 3, 19605–2 New York Rangers (1960–61) 11–9–5
26WDecember 4, 19605–2 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 12–9–5
27LDecember 7, 19602–6 Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 12–10–5
28WDecember 10, 19605–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 13–10–5
29WDecember 11, 19606–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 14–10–5
30WDecember 15, 19604–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 15–10–5
31TDecember 17, 19603–3 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 15–10–6
32WDecember 18, 19603–2 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 16–10–6
33TDecember 24, 19604–4 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 16–10–7
34WDecember 25, 19604–1 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 17–10–7
35LDecember 28, 19601–4 Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 17–11–7
36WDecember 31, 19602–1 New York Rangers (1960–61) 18–11–7
37WJanuary 1, 19614–1 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 19–11–7
38WJanuary 4, 19616–4 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 20–11–7
39WJanuary 5, 19614–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 21–11–7
40WJanuary 7, 19614–1 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 22–11–7
41LJanuary 8, 19611–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 22–12–7
42LJanuary 12, 19612–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 22–13–7
43WJanuary 14, 19614–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 23–13–7
44WJanuary 15, 19616–4 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 24–13–7
45TJanuary 18, 19614–4 New York Rangers (1960–61) 24–13–8
46LJanuary 21, 19611–3 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 24–14–8
47WJanuary 25, 19615–3 Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 25–14–8
48LJanuary 26, 19614–5 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 25–15–8
49WJanuary 28, 19612–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 26–15–8
50WJanuary 29, 19614–1 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 27–15–8
51WFebruary 2, 19615–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 28–15–8
52WFebruary 4, 19614–2 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 29–15–8
53TFebruary 5, 19611–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 29–15–9
54WFebruary 8, 19615–3 New York Rangers (1960–61) 30–15–9
55WFebruary 11, 19616–3 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 31–15–9
56WFebruary 12, 19614–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 32–15–9
57LFebruary 15, 19611–3 Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 32–16–9
58WFebruary 18, 19615–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 33–16–9
59LFebruary 19, 19612–4 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 33–17–9
60WFebruary 23, 19614–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 34–17–9
61WFebruary 25, 19613–1 Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 35–17–9
62TFebruary 26, 19612–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 35–17–10
63WMarch 1, 19613–1 Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 36–17–10
64WMarch 4, 19615–4 New York Rangers (1960–61) 37–17–10
65LMarch 5, 19611–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 37–18–10
66TMarch 11, 19612–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 37–18–11
67WMarch 12, 19615–0 @ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 38–18–11
68LMarch 16, 19612–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 38–19–11
69WMarch 18, 19616–2 Boston Bruins (1960–61) 39–19–11
70TMarch 19, 19612–2 @ New York Rangers (1960–61) 39–19–12

Player statistics

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

[2]

Roster

1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

Farm teams

Rochester Americans AHL Toronto Marlboros OHA Jr. A St. Mikes Majors Metro Jr. A

References