1960–61 Boston Bruins season

1960–61 Boston Bruins
1960–61 Boston Bruins
Division	6th NHL
1960��61 record	15–42–13
Goals for	176
Goals against	254
Team information
General manager	Lynn Patrick
Coach	Milt Schmidt
Captain	Fernie Flaman
Team leaders
Goals	Don McKenney (26)
Assists	Jerry Toppazzini (35)
Points	Jerry Toppazzini
Penalty minutes	Jim Bartlett (95)
Wins	Bruce Gamble (12)
Goals against average	Don Simmons (3.23)
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 37th season in the NHL.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

National Hockey League^[1]
v
t
		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
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	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[]

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

Playoffs[]

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jerry Toppazzini	RW	67	15	35	50	35
Don McKenney	C	68	26	23	49	22
Charlie Burns	C	62	15	26	41	16
John Bucyk	LW	70	19	20	39	48
Doug Mohns	LW/D	65	12	21	33	63
Bronco Horvath	C	47	15	15	30	15
Vic Stasiuk	LW	46	5	25	30	35
Jim Bartlett	LW	63	15	9	24	95
Leo Boivin	D	57	6	17	23	50
Andre Pronovost	LW	47	11	11	22	30
Leo Labine	RW	40	7	12	19	34
Murray Oliver	C	21	6	10	16	8
Willie O'Ree	W	43	4	10	14	26
Fern Flaman	D	62	2	9	11	59
Dallas Smith	D	70	1	9	10	79
Bob Armstrong	D	54	0	10	10	72
Gerry Ouellette	RW	34	5	4	9	0
Tom McCarthy	LW	24	4	5	9	0
Aut Erickson	D	68	2	6	8	65
Jean-Guy Gendron	LW	13	1	7	8	24
Orval Tessier	C	32	3	4	7	0
Gary Aldcorn	LW	21	2	3	5	12
Dick Meissner	RW	9	0	1	1	2
Billy Carter	C	8	0	0	0	2
Art Chisholm	C/D	3	0	0	0	0
Bruce Gamble	G	52	0	0	0	14
Ted Green	D	1	0	0	0	2
Don Simmons	G	18	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bruce Gamble	3120	52	12	33	7	193	3.71	0
Don Simmons	1079	18	3	9	6	58	3.23	1
Jerry Toppazzini	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Team:	4200	70	15	42	13	251	3.59	1

^[2]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

Boston Bruins 1960–1961 Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Bruce Gamble
1 – Don Simmons

Defensemen

4 – Bob Armstrong
6 – Ted Green
8 – Dallas Smith
11 – Aut Erickson
14 – Fern Flaman –C
19 – Doug Mohns
20 – Léo Boivin

Wingers

7 – Gary Aldcorn
7 – Vic Stasiuk
9 – John Bucyk
12 – Gerry Ouellette
16 – Leo Labine
21 – Jerry Toppazzini
22 – Dick Meissner
22 – Willie O'Ree
23 – Jean-Guy Gendron
23 – André Pronovost
25 – Tom McCarthy
29 – Jim Bartlett

Centers

6 – Bronco Horvath
10 – Charlie Burns
12 – Billy Carter
12 – Art Chisholm
16 – Murray Oliver
17 – Don McKenney
18 – Orval Tessier
GM: Lynn Patrick
Coach: Milt Schmidt

References[]

^ "1960–1961 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "1960-61 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

"1960–61 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links[]

[standings-div-1] "1960–1961 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "1960-61 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

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See also	All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

1960–61 Boston Bruins season

Contents

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Record vs. opponents[]

Schedule and results[]

Playoffs[]

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]