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

[3]

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

[4]

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.
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