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60-61NHLExhBostonWpgGameAd.jpg|Pre-seaason @ [[Winnipeg]]
 
60-61NHLExhBostonWpgGameAd.jpg|Pre-seaason @ [[Winnipeg]]
 
28Dec1960-O'Ree-Hay_Arbour.jpg|[[Willie O'Ree]] shooting on [[Glenn Hall]] while being checked by [[Bill Hay]], December 28, 1960.
 
28Dec1960-O'Ree-Hay_Arbour.jpg|[[Willie O'Ree]] shooting on [[Glenn Hall]] while being checked by [[Bill Hay]], December 28, 1960.
Willie_Oree_first_goal-1Jan1961.jpg|[[Willie O'Ree|Willie Ree's]] first goal, January 1, 1961 against Montreal's [[Charlie Hodge]] was the winner as the Bruins edges the Habs 3-2.
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Willie_Oree_first_goal-1Jan1961.jpg|[[Willie O'Ree|Willie O'Ree's]] first goal, January 1, 1961 against Montreal's [[Charlie Hodge]] was the winner as the Bruins edges the Habs 3-2.
 
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1961-O'Ree_Burns_Hicke_Backstrom2.jpg|Willie O'Ree, [[Charlie Burns]], [[Bill Hicke]], [[Ralph Backstrom]], [[Leo Boivin]] and [[Bruce Gamble]] in 1960-61 action.
 
1961-O'Ree_Burns_Hicke_Backstrom2.jpg|Willie O'Ree, [[Charlie Burns]], [[Bill Hicke]], [[Ralph Backstrom]], [[Leo Boivin]] and [[Bruce Gamble]] in 1960-61 action.

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60-61BosBru
1960–61 Boston Bruins
Division 6th NHL
1960–61 record 15–42–13
Goals for 176 (6th)
Goals against 254 (6th)
Team information
General manager Lynn Patrick
Coach Milt Schmidt
Captain Fern Flaman
Team leaders
Goals Don McKenney (26)
Assists Jerry Toppazzini (35)
Points Jerry Toppazzini (50)
Penalty minutes Jim Bartlett (95)
Wins Bruce Gamble (12)
Goals against average Don Simmons (3.23)

The 1960–61 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 37th season in the NHL. The Bruins finished 6th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

Regular Season

23Oct1960-Litzenberger goes after fan

Ed Litzenberger goes into the stands at the Boston Garden assisted by #9 Tod Sloan and #2 Al Arbour, October 23, 1960.

During the October 23, 1960 game versus the Chicago Blackhawks at Boston, a fan threw a light bulb at goalie Glenn Hall. It hit Hall in the face, which allowed Don McKenney to tie the score 2-2 with 1:45 left to play. Several angry Blackhawks, including Ed Litzenberger, climbed into the stands and went after abusive fans that picked fights with the players. Litzenberger scored both Chicago goals.

Final Standings

National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens 70 41 19 10 254 188 92
Toronto Maple Leafs 70 39 19 12 234 176 90
Chicago Black Hawks 70 29 24 17 198 180 75
Detroit Red Wings 70 25 29 16 195 215 66
New York Rangers 70 22 38 10 204 248 54
Boston Bruins 70 15 42 13 176 254 43

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

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

The Bruins did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Toppazzini, JerryJerry Toppazzini RW 67 15 35 50 35
McKenney, DonDon McKenney C 68 26 23 49 22
Burns, CharlieCharlie Burns C 62 15 26 41 16
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk LW 70 19 20 39 48
Mohns, DougDoug Mohns LW/D 65 12 21 33 63
Horvath, BroncoBronco Horvath C 47 15 15 30 15
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk LW 46 5 25 30 35
Bartlett, JimJim Bartlett LW 63 15 9 24 95
Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin D 57 6 17 23 50
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost LW 47 11 11 22 30
Labine, LeoLeo Labine RW 40 7 12 19 34
Oliver, MurrayMurray Oliver C 21 6 10 16 8
O'Ree, WillieWillie O'Ree W 43 4 10 14 26
Flaman, FernFern Flaman D 62 2 9 11 59
Smith, DallasDallas Smith D 70 1 9 10 79
Armstrong, BobBob Armstrong D 54 0 10 10 72
Ouellette, GerryGerry Ouellette RW 34 5 4 9 0
McCarthy, TomTom McCarthy LW 24 4 5 9 0
Erickson, AutAut Erickson D 68 2 6 8 65
Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron LW 13 1 7 8 24
Tessier, OrvalOrval Tessier C 32 3 4 7 0
Aldcorn, GaryGary Aldcorn LW 21 2 3 5 12
Meissner, DickDick Meissner RW 9 0 1 1 2
Green, TedTed Green D 1 0 0 0 2
Chisholm, ArtArt Chisholm C/D 3 0 0 0 0
Carter, BillyBilly Carter C 8 0 0 0 2
Simmons, DonDon Simmons G 18 0 0 0 6
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble G 52 0 0 0 14
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble 3120 52 12 33 7 193 3.71 0
Simmons, DonDon Simmons 1079 18 3 9 6 58 3.23 1
Toppazzini, JerryJerry Toppazzini 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Team: 4200 70 15 42 13 251 3.59 1

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; 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

Awards and Records

The Bruins did not receive any awards this season.

Transactions

Gallery

See Also

References

  1. 1960-61 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-09.