1960–61 Detroit Red Wings season

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.

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)

Regular season

Final standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens70411910254188+6692
2Toronto Maple Leafs70391912234176+5890
3Chicago Black Hawks70292417198180+1875
4Detroit Red Wings70252916195215−2066
5New York Rangers70223810204248−4454
6Boston Bruins70154213176254−7843

Record vs. opponents
1960–61 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston —4–6–44–8–22–10–23–9–22–9–3
Chicago 6–4–4—6–4–45–5–47–4–35–7–2
Detroit 8–4–24–6–4—4–7–37–5–22–7–5
Montreal 10–2–25–5–47–4–3—11–2–18–6
New York 9–3–24–7–35–7–22–11–1—2–10–2
Toronto 9–2–37–5–27–2–56–810–2–2—

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 5, 19601–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)0–0–1
2LOctober 6, 19602–4Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)0–1–1
3TOctober 9, 19603–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)0–1–2
4TOctober 11, 19603–3@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)0–1–3
5LOctober 13, 19603–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)0–2–3
6WOctober 16, 19606–4Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)1–2–3
7WOctober 20, 19605–0Boston Bruins (1960–61)2–2–3
8WOctober 22, 19602–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)3–2–3
9LOctober 23, 19601–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)3–3–3
10LOctober 26, 19603–4@ New York Rangers (1960–61)3–4–3
11WOctober 30, 19602–1Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)4–4–3
12WNovember 3, 19608–5Boston Bruins (1960–61)5–4–3
13WNovember 6, 19605–2New York Rangers (1960–61)6–4–3
14WNovember 9, 19604–3@ New York Rangers (1960–61)7–4–3
15WNovember 10, 19604–1@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)8–4–3
16LNovember 12, 19602–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)8–5–3
17LNovember 13, 19601–7@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)8–6–3
18WNovember 15, 19603–2Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)9–6–3
19TNovember 16, 19603–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)9–6–4
20LNovember 19, 19604–6@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)9–7–4
21WNovember 20, 19604–3@ New York Rangers (1960–61)10–7–4
22WNovember 24, 19603–1Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)11–7–4
23TNovember 26, 19603–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)11–7–5
24WNovember 27, 19602–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)12–7–5
25LDecember 1, 19602–3Boston Bruins (1960–61)12–8–5
26LDecember 4, 19601–4New York Rangers (1960–61)12–9–5
27WDecember 7, 19603–1@ New York Rangers (1960–61)13–9–5
28LDecember 10, 19604–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)13–10–5
29LDecember 11, 19601–5Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)13–11–5
30TDecember 15, 19601–1New York Rangers (1960–61)13–11–6
31WDecember 18, 19603–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)14–11–6
32TDecember 24, 19604–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)14–11–7
33LDecember 25, 19600–3Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)14–12–7
34WDecember 28, 19604–3@ New York Rangers (1960–61)15–12–7
35TDecember 29, 19601–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)15–12–8
36LDecember 31, 19600–3Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)15–13–8
37LJanuary 1, 19610–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)15–14–8
38LJanuary 4, 19614–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)15–15–8
39LJanuary 5, 19611–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)15–16–8
40WJanuary 8, 19615–3Boston Bruins (1960–61)16–16–8
41TJanuary 11, 19612–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)16–16–9
42TJanuary 14, 19612–2New York Rangers (1960–61)16–16–10
43TJanuary 15, 19614–4Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)16–16–11
44LJanuary 19, 19612–4@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)16–17–11
45WJanuary 21, 19613–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)17–17–11
46LJanuary 22, 19613–5New York Rangers (1960–61)17–18–11
47TJanuary 26, 19612–2Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)17–18–12
48TJanuary 28, 19613–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)17–18–13
49WJanuary 29, 19613–1@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)18–18–13
50LFebruary 2, 19610–5Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)18–19–13
51LFebruary 4, 19612–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)18–20–13
52WFebruary 5, 19617–2Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)19–20–13
53LFebruary 8, 19612–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)19–21–13
54WFebruary 9, 19614–2New York Rangers (1960–61)20–21–13
55LFebruary 12, 19612–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)20–22–13
56WFebruary 18, 19615–1Boston Bruins (1960–61)21–22–13
57LFebruary 19, 19612–4Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)21–23–13
58TFebruary 23, 19613–3Boston Bruins (1960–61)21–23–14
59LFebruary 25, 19611–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)21–24–14
60TFebruary 26, 19612–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)21–24–15
61WFebruary 28, 19613–1Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)22–24–15
62LMarch 2, 19612–4@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)22–25–15
63LMarch 4, 19614–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)22–26–15
64LMarch 5, 19613–8@ New York Rangers (1960–61)22–27–15
65WMarch 7, 19613–1Boston Bruins (1960–61)23–27–15
66WMarch 9, 19615–2@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)24–27–15
67LMarch 12, 19613–7@ New York Rangers (1960–61)24–28–15
68WMarch 14, 19615–2New York Rangers (1960–61)25–28–15
69TMarch 15, 19612–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)25–28–16
70LMarch 19, 19610–2Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)25–29–16

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Roster
1960–1961 Detroit Red Wings Roster
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie HoweRW6423497230
Norm UllmanC7028427034
Alex DelvecchioC/LW7027356226
Allan JohnsonRW/C7016213714
Pete GoeganD675293478
Howie GloverRW662182946
Parker MacDonaldC701412266
Gerry MelnykC70916252
Murray OliverC491112238
Vic StasiukLW2310132316
Warren GodfreyD633161962
Len LundeC536121810
Val FonteyneLW66611174
Marcel PronovostD706111744
Leo LabineRW24291132
Gary AldcornLW4926816
Howie YoungD/RW29088108
Gerry OdrowskiD6814545
John McKenzieRW1631413
Brian SmithLW2602210
Len HaleyRW31012
Claude LaforgeLW101012
Hank BassenG350116
Bruce MacGregorC120110
Marc ReaumeD380118
Terry SawchukG370118
Edward DiachukLW1200019
Rich HealeyD10002
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Hank Bassen205035131381002.930
Terry Sawchuk215037121681123.132
Team:4200702529162123.032

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie HoweRW114111510
Alex DelvecchioC/LW114590
Vic StasiukLW112574
Leo LabineRW113254
Val FonteyneLW112350
Marcel PronovostD92350
Allan JohnsonRW/C112246
Howie YoungD/RW1122430
Norm UllmanC110444
Howie GloverRW111232
Bruce MacGregorC81236
Len LundeC102020
Warren GodfreyD1102218
Parker MacDonaldC91010
Gerry MelnykC111012
Pete GoeganD1101118
Hank BassenG40000
Gerry OdrowskiD100004
Terry SawchukG80000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Terry Sawchuk465853182.321
Hank Bassen22041292.450
Team:6851165272.361

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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;

References
  1. "1960–1961 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1960–61 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. "1960-61 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
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