1959β60 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Prince of Wales Trophy winners | |
League | 1st NHL |
1959β60 record | 40β18β12 |
Goals for | 255 |
Goals against | 178 |
Team information | |
General manager | Frank J. Selke |
Coach | Toe Blake |
Captain | Maurice Richard |
Alternate captains |
Bernie Geoffrion Doug Harvey Tom Johnson |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jean Beliveau (34) |
Assists | Henri Richard (43) |
Points | Jean Beliveau (74) |
Penalty minutes | Henri Richard (66) |
Wins | Jacques Plante (40) |
Goals against average | Jacques Plante (2.54) |
The 1959β60 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 51st season of play. The team had another outstanding season, placing first in the league and winning the Stanley Cup for the fifth consecutive season, and the 12th time in team history.
On November 1, 1959, at 3:06 of the first period, Jacques Plante was hit in the face by a shot fired by Andy Bathgate. Plante came back in the game wearing a mask (the second goaltender in NHL history to wear a mask after Clint Benedict) starting a trend where all NHL goaltenders today wear a mask.
The use of the goalie mask was Plante's most enduring contribution to the game, however, occurred as a result of an incident on November 1, 1959. He was hit in the face by a shot from New York Rangers player Andy Bathgate, needing to go to the dressing room for stitches. When he returned, he was wearing the crude home-made goalie mask that he had been using in practices. His coach, Toe Blake, was livid, but he had no other goalie to call upon, and Plante refused to return to the goal unless he kept the mask. Blake agreed on the condition that Plante discard the mask when the cut healed. Only Camille Henry beat him in that game, which the Canadiens won 3β1. In the ensuing days Plante refused to discard the mask, and as the Canadiens continued to win, Blake became less obstinate. The unbeaten streak stretched to 18 games. Plante did not wear the mask, at Blake's request, against Detroit on March 8, 1960. The Canadiens lost 3β0, and the mask returned for good the next night. Plante subsequently designed his own mask and masks for other goalies. Although Plante was not the first NHL goalie known to wear a facemask ( Montreal Maroons goaltender Clint Benedict had done so thirty years before), Plante introduced the mask as everyday equipment, which continues to this day.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 255 | 178 | +77 | 92 |
2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 199 | 195 | +4 | 79 |
3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 191 | 180 | +11 | 69 |
4 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 186 | 197 | β11 | 67 |
5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 28 | 34 | 8 | 220 | 241 | β21 | 64 |
6 | New York Rangers | 70 | 17 | 38 | 15 | 187 | 247 | β60 | 49 |
1959β60 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | β | 5β6β3 | 5β8β1 | 4β8 | 8β4β2 | 6β6β2 | ||||||
Chicago | 6β5β3 | β | 4β8β2 | 3β7β4 | 11β1β2 | 4β8β2 | ||||||
Detroit | 8β5β1 | 8β4β2 | β | 2β7β5 | 4β6β4 | 4β9β1 | ||||||
Montreal | 8β4 | 7β3β4 | 7β2β5 | β | 6β6β2 | 10β3β1 | ||||||
New York | 4β8β2 | 1β11β2 | 6β4β4 | 6β6β2 | β | 2β9β3 | ||||||
Toronto | 6β6β2 | 8β4β2 | 9β4β1 | 3β10β1 | 9β2β3 | β |
Regular season results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | W | October 8, 1959 | 4β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 1β0β0 |
2 | T | October 10, 1959 | 1β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 1β0β1 |
3 | L | October 11, 1959 | 4β8 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 1β1β1 |
4 | W | October 15, 1959 | 4β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 2β1β1 |
5 | L | October 17, 1959 | 2β4 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 2β2β1 |
6 | W | October 18, 1959 | 6β5 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 3β2β1 |
7 | W | October 22, 1959 | 4β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 4β2β1 |
8 | W | October 24, 1959 | 5β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 5β2β1 |
9 | W | October 25, 1959 | 2β1 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 6β2β1 |
10 | W | October 27, 1959 | 2β1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 7β2β1 |
11 | T | October 28, 1959 | 1β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 7β2β2 |
12 | T | October 31, 1959 | 2β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 7β2β3 |
13 | W | November 1, 1959 | 3β1 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 8β2β3 |
14 | W | November 5, 1959 | 8β2 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 9β2β3 |
15 | T | November 7, 1959 | 2β2 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 9β2β4 |
16 | W | November 12, 1959 | 3β0 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 10β2β4 |
17 | W | November 14, 1959 | 8β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 11β2β4 |
18 | W | November 15, 1959 | 4β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 12β2β4 |
19 | W | November 21, 1959 | 4β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 13β2β4 |
20 | W | November 22, 1959 | 3β1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 14β2β4 |
21 | W | November 26, 1959 | 4β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 15β2β4 |
22 | W | November 28, 1959 | 1β0 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 16β2β4 |
23 | W | November 29, 1959 | 4β2 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 17β2β4 |
24 | L | December 2, 1959 | 0β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 17β3β4 |
25 | L | December 3, 1959 | 4β7 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 17β4β4 |
26 | T | December 5, 1959 | 2β2 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 17β4β5 |
27 | T | December 6, 1959 | 4β4 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 17β4β6 |
28 | L | December 12, 1959 | 2β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 17β5β6 |
29 | T | December 13, 1959 | 4β4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 17β5β7 |
30 | W | December 17, 1959 | 8β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 18β5β7 |
31 | W | December 19, 1959 | 5β3 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 19β5β7 |
32 | L | December 20, 1959 | 5β6 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 19β6β7 |
33 | W | December 26, 1959 | 9β2 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 20β6β7 |
34 | W | December 27, 1959 | 3β1 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 21β6β7 |
35 | W | December 30, 1959 | 3β2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 22β6β7 |
36 | W | January 2, 1960 | 6β5 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 23β6β7 |
37 | L | January 3, 1960 | 3β8 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 23β7β7 |
38 | W | January 9, 1960 | 2β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 24β7β7 |
39 | L | January 10, 1960 | 0β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 24β8β7 |
40 | W | January 14, 1960 | 3β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 25β8β7 |
41 | W | January 16, 1960 | 8β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 26β8β7 |
42 | W | January 17, 1960 | 3β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 27β8β7 |
43 | W | January 21, 1960 | 11β2 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 28β8β7 |
44 | W | January 23, 1960 | 4β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 29β8β7 |
45 | W | January 24, 1960 | 3β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 30β8β7 |
46 | T | January 27, 1960 | 2β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 30β8β8 |
47 | W | January 28, 1960 | 4β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 31β8β8 |
48 | T | January 30, 1960 | 2β2 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 31β8β9 |
49 | L | January 31, 1960 | 5β6 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 31β9β9 |
50 | W | February 4, 1960 | 4β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 32β9β9 |
51 | W | February 6, 1960 | 5β3 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 33β9β9 |
52 | L | February 7, 1960 | 1β4 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 33β10β9 |
53 | W | February 10, 1960 | 4β2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 34β10β9 |
54 | L | February 13, 1960 | 6β7 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 34β11β9 |
55 | L | February 14, 1960 | 0β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 34β12β9 |
56 | T | February 18, 1960 | 3β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 34β12β10 |
57 | T | February 20, 1960 | 3β3 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 34β12β11 |
58 | W | February 21, 1960 | 6β3 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 35β12β11 |
59 | L | February 24, 1960 | 1β3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 35β13β11 |
60 | W | February 27, 1960 | 3β2 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 36β13β11 |
61 | W | March 3, 1960 | 5β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 37β13β11 |
62 | T | March 5, 1960 | 2β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 37β13β12 |
63 | L | March 6, 1960 | 2β4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 37β14β12 |
64 | L | March 8, 1960 | 0β3 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 37β15β12 |
65 | W | March 9, 1960 | 9β4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 38β15β12 |
66 | W | March 12, 1960 | 5β0 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 39β15β12 |
67 | L | March 13, 1960 | 2β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 39β16β12 |
68 | L | March 17, 1960 | 2β6 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 39β17β12 |
69 | W | March 19, 1960 | 5β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 40β17β12 |
70 | L | March 20, 1960 | 1β3 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 40β18β12 |
The Canadiens placed first in the standings and met the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round of the playoffs. The Canadiens swept the Hawks 4β0 to move on to the finals against Toronto.
Montreal swept the Maple Leafs, outscoring them 15β5, en route to being the first team since the 1952 Detroit Red Wings to go without a loss in the playoffs.
After the series Rocket Richard retired. He went out with style, finishing with his 34th finals goal in game three.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | |
April 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | |
April 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | |
April 14 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 |
Montreal won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 0.
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Beliveau | C | 60 | 34 | 40 | 74 | 57 |
Henri Richard | C | 70 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 66 |
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 59 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 36 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 62 | 22 | 42 | 64 | 54 |
Marcel Bonin | W | 59 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 59 |
Claude Provost | RW | 70 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 42 |
Phil Goyette | C | 65 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 4 |
Don Marshall | LW | 70 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 4 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 51 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 50 |
Andre Pronovost | LW | 69 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 61 |
Tom Johnson | D | 64 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 59 |
Ralph Backstrom | C | 64 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 24 |
Doug Harvey | D | 66 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 45 |
Ab McDonald | LW | 68 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 26 |
Albert Langlois | D | 67 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 48 |
Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 69 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 60 |
Bill Hicke | RW | 43 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 17 |
Bob Turner | D | 54 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 40 |
J.C. Tremblay | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Reggie Fleming | D/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Charlie Hodge | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cec Hoekstra | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jacques Plante | G | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacques Plante | 4140 | 69 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 175 | 2.54 | 3 |
Charlie Hodge | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
Team: | 4200 | 70 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 178 | 2.54 | 3 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henri Richard | C | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
Jean Beliveau | C | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
Marcel Bonin | W | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
Don Marshall | LW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Doug Harvey | D | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Phil Goyette | C | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Bill Hicke | RW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Andre Pronovost | LW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Ralph Backstrom | C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Albert Langlois | D | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
Claude Provost | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Tom Johnson | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Jacques Plante | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Turner | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacques Plante | 489 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1.35 | 3 |
Team: | 489 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1.35 | 3 |
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1959β60 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Stanley Cup champions | |
Prince of Wales Trophy winners | |
League | 1st NHL |
1959β60 record | 40β18β12 |
Goals for | 255 |
Goals against | 178 |
Team information | |
General manager | Frank J. Selke |
Coach | Toe Blake |
Captain | Maurice Richard |
Alternate captains |
Bernie Geoffrion Doug Harvey Tom Johnson |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jean Beliveau (34) |
Assists | Henri Richard (43) |
Points | Jean Beliveau (74) |
Penalty minutes | Henri Richard (66) |
Wins | Jacques Plante (40) |
Goals against average | Jacques Plante (2.54) |
The 1959β60 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 51st season of play. The team had another outstanding season, placing first in the league and winning the Stanley Cup for the fifth consecutive season, and the 12th time in team history.
On November 1, 1959, at 3:06 of the first period, Jacques Plante was hit in the face by a shot fired by Andy Bathgate. Plante came back in the game wearing a mask (the second goaltender in NHL history to wear a mask after Clint Benedict) starting a trend where all NHL goaltenders today wear a mask.
The use of the goalie mask was Plante's most enduring contribution to the game, however, occurred as a result of an incident on November 1, 1959. He was hit in the face by a shot from New York Rangers player Andy Bathgate, needing to go to the dressing room for stitches. When he returned, he was wearing the crude home-made goalie mask that he had been using in practices. His coach, Toe Blake, was livid, but he had no other goalie to call upon, and Plante refused to return to the goal unless he kept the mask. Blake agreed on the condition that Plante discard the mask when the cut healed. Only Camille Henry beat him in that game, which the Canadiens won 3β1. In the ensuing days Plante refused to discard the mask, and as the Canadiens continued to win, Blake became less obstinate. The unbeaten streak stretched to 18 games. Plante did not wear the mask, at Blake's request, against Detroit on March 8, 1960. The Canadiens lost 3β0, and the mask returned for good the next night. Plante subsequently designed his own mask and masks for other goalies. Although Plante was not the first NHL goalie known to wear a facemask ( Montreal Maroons goaltender Clint Benedict had done so thirty years before), Plante introduced the mask as everyday equipment, which continues to this day.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 255 | 178 | +77 | 92 |
2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 199 | 195 | +4 | 79 |
3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 191 | 180 | +11 | 69 |
4 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 186 | 197 | β11 | 67 |
5 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 28 | 34 | 8 | 220 | 241 | β21 | 64 |
6 | New York Rangers | 70 | 17 | 38 | 15 | 187 | 247 | β60 | 49 |
1959β60 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | β | 5β6β3 | 5β8β1 | 4β8 | 8β4β2 | 6β6β2 | ||||||
Chicago | 6β5β3 | β | 4β8β2 | 3β7β4 | 11β1β2 | 4β8β2 | ||||||
Detroit | 8β5β1 | 8β4β2 | β | 2β7β5 | 4β6β4 | 4β9β1 | ||||||
Montreal | 8β4 | 7β3β4 | 7β2β5 | β | 6β6β2 | 10β3β1 | ||||||
New York | 4β8β2 | 1β11β2 | 6β4β4 | 6β6β2 | β | 2β9β3 | ||||||
Toronto | 6β6β2 | 8β4β2 | 9β4β1 | 3β10β1 | 9β2β3 | β |
Regular season results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | W | October 8, 1959 | 4β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 1β0β0 |
2 | T | October 10, 1959 | 1β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 1β0β1 |
3 | L | October 11, 1959 | 4β8 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 1β1β1 |
4 | W | October 15, 1959 | 4β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 2β1β1 |
5 | L | October 17, 1959 | 2β4 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 2β2β1 |
6 | W | October 18, 1959 | 6β5 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 3β2β1 |
7 | W | October 22, 1959 | 4β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 4β2β1 |
8 | W | October 24, 1959 | 5β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 5β2β1 |
9 | W | October 25, 1959 | 2β1 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 6β2β1 |
10 | W | October 27, 1959 | 2β1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 7β2β1 |
11 | T | October 28, 1959 | 1β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 7β2β2 |
12 | T | October 31, 1959 | 2β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 7β2β3 |
13 | W | November 1, 1959 | 3β1 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 8β2β3 |
14 | W | November 5, 1959 | 8β2 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 9β2β3 |
15 | T | November 7, 1959 | 2β2 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 9β2β4 |
16 | W | November 12, 1959 | 3β0 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 10β2β4 |
17 | W | November 14, 1959 | 8β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 11β2β4 |
18 | W | November 15, 1959 | 4β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 12β2β4 |
19 | W | November 21, 1959 | 4β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 13β2β4 |
20 | W | November 22, 1959 | 3β1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 14β2β4 |
21 | W | November 26, 1959 | 4β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 15β2β4 |
22 | W | November 28, 1959 | 1β0 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 16β2β4 |
23 | W | November 29, 1959 | 4β2 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 17β2β4 |
24 | L | December 2, 1959 | 0β1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 17β3β4 |
25 | L | December 3, 1959 | 4β7 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 17β4β4 |
26 | T | December 5, 1959 | 2β2 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 17β4β5 |
27 | T | December 6, 1959 | 4β4 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 17β4β6 |
28 | L | December 12, 1959 | 2β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 17β5β6 |
29 | T | December 13, 1959 | 4β4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 17β5β7 |
30 | W | December 17, 1959 | 8β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 18β5β7 |
31 | W | December 19, 1959 | 5β3 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 19β5β7 |
32 | L | December 20, 1959 | 5β6 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 19β6β7 |
33 | W | December 26, 1959 | 9β2 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 20β6β7 |
34 | W | December 27, 1959 | 3β1 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 21β6β7 |
35 | W | December 30, 1959 | 3β2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 22β6β7 |
36 | W | January 2, 1960 | 6β5 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 23β6β7 |
37 | L | January 3, 1960 | 3β8 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 23β7β7 |
38 | W | January 9, 1960 | 2β1 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 24β7β7 |
39 | L | January 10, 1960 | 0β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 24β8β7 |
40 | W | January 14, 1960 | 3β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 25β8β7 |
41 | W | January 16, 1960 | 8β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 26β8β7 |
42 | W | January 17, 1960 | 3β1 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 27β8β7 |
43 | W | January 21, 1960 | 11β2 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 28β8β7 |
44 | W | January 23, 1960 | 4β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 29β8β7 |
45 | W | January 24, 1960 | 3β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 30β8β7 |
46 | T | January 27, 1960 | 2β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 30β8β8 |
47 | W | January 28, 1960 | 4β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 31β8β8 |
48 | T | January 30, 1960 | 2β2 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 31β8β9 |
49 | L | January 31, 1960 | 5β6 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 31β9β9 |
50 | W | February 4, 1960 | 4β2 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 32β9β9 |
51 | W | February 6, 1960 | 5β3 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 33β9β9 |
52 | L | February 7, 1960 | 1β4 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 33β10β9 |
53 | W | February 10, 1960 | 4β2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 34β10β9 |
54 | L | February 13, 1960 | 6β7 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 34β11β9 |
55 | L | February 14, 1960 | 0β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 34β12β9 |
56 | T | February 18, 1960 | 3β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 34β12β10 |
57 | T | February 20, 1960 | 3β3 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 34β12β11 |
58 | W | February 21, 1960 | 6β3 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 35β12β11 |
59 | L | February 24, 1960 | 1β3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 35β13β11 |
60 | W | February 27, 1960 | 3β2 | New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 36β13β11 |
61 | W | March 3, 1960 | 5β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 37β13β11 |
62 | T | March 5, 1960 | 2β2 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 37β13β12 |
63 | L | March 6, 1960 | 2β4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 37β14β12 |
64 | L | March 8, 1960 | 0β3 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1959β60) | 37β15β12 |
65 | W | March 9, 1960 | 9β4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 38β15β12 |
66 | W | March 12, 1960 | 5β0 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1959β60) | 39β15β12 |
67 | L | March 13, 1960 | 2β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 39β16β12 |
68 | L | March 17, 1960 | 2β6 | Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1959β60) | 39β17β12 |
69 | W | March 19, 1960 | 5β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1959β60) | 40β17β12 |
70 | L | March 20, 1960 | 1β3 | @ New York Rangers ( 1959β60) | 40β18β12 |
The Canadiens placed first in the standings and met the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round of the playoffs. The Canadiens swept the Hawks 4β0 to move on to the finals against Toronto.
Montreal swept the Maple Leafs, outscoring them 15β5, en route to being the first team since the 1952 Detroit Red Wings to go without a loss in the playoffs.
After the series Rocket Richard retired. He went out with style, finishing with his 34th finals goal in game three.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens
Date | Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | |
April 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | |
April 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | |
April 14 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 |
Montreal won the best-of-seven series 4 games to 0.
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Beliveau | C | 60 | 34 | 40 | 74 | 57 |
Henri Richard | C | 70 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 66 |
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 59 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 36 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 62 | 22 | 42 | 64 | 54 |
Marcel Bonin | W | 59 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 59 |
Claude Provost | RW | 70 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 42 |
Phil Goyette | C | 65 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 4 |
Don Marshall | LW | 70 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 4 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 51 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 50 |
Andre Pronovost | LW | 69 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 61 |
Tom Johnson | D | 64 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 59 |
Ralph Backstrom | C | 64 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 24 |
Doug Harvey | D | 66 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 45 |
Ab McDonald | LW | 68 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 26 |
Albert Langlois | D | 67 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 48 |
Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 69 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 60 |
Bill Hicke | RW | 43 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 17 |
Bob Turner | D | 54 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 40 |
J.C. Tremblay | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Reggie Fleming | D/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Charlie Hodge | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cec Hoekstra | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jacques Plante | G | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacques Plante | 4140 | 69 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 175 | 2.54 | 3 |
Charlie Hodge | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 |
Team: | 4200 | 70 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 178 | 2.54 | 3 |
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henri Richard | C | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
Bernie Geoffrion | RW | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
Dickie Moore | LW | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
Jean Beliveau | C | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
Marcel Bonin | W | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
Don Marshall | LW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Doug Harvey | D | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Phil Goyette | C | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Bill Hicke | RW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Andre Pronovost | LW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Ralph Backstrom | C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Albert Langlois | D | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
Claude Provost | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Jean-Guy Talbot | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Tom Johnson | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Jacques Plante | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Turner | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacques Plante | 489 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1.35 | 3 |
Team: | 489 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1.35 | 3 |
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