1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season

1960–61 Detroit Red Wings
Division4th NHL
1960–61 record25–29–16
Goals for195
Goals against215
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachSid Abel
CaptainGordie Howe
Alternate captainsAlex Delvecchio
Marcel Pronovost
ArenaDetroit Olympia
Team leaders
GoalsNorm Ullman (28)
AssistsGordie Howe (49)
PointsGordie Howe (72)
Penalty minutesHowie Young (108)
WinsHank Bassen (13)
Goals against averageHank 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 Finals in six games to the Chicago Black Hawks.

Offseason

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 66
5 New York Rangers 70 22 38 10 204 248 −44 54
6 Boston Bruins 70 15 42 13 176 254 −78 43

Record vs. opponents

1960–61 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 4–6–4 4–8–2 2–10–2 3–9–2 2–9–3
Chicago 6–4–4 — 6–4–4 5–5–4 7–4–3 5–7–2
Detroit 8–4–2 4–6–4 — 4–7–3 7–5–2 2–7–5
Montreal 10–2–2 5–5–4 7–4–3 — 11–2–1 8–6
New York 9–3–2 4–7–3 5–7–2 2–11–1 — 2–10–2
Toronto 9–2–3 7–5–2 7–2–5 6–8 10–2–2 —


Schedule and results

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

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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 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 RW 16 3 1 4 13
Brian Smith 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 GP W L T GA GAA 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 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 GP W L GA GAA 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

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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;

Playoffs

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "1960–1961 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1960–61 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ^ "1960-61 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.