1960-61 NHL ReplayFinal Individual Statistical Leaders and Awards

Final 1960-61 National Hockey League awards and leaderboards . . .

1960-61 NHL ReplayFinal Individual Statistics

Final 1960-61 National Hockey League individual statistics . . .

1960-61 NHL ReplayFinal Team and League Statistics

Final 1960-61 National Hockey League team and League statistics . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - Stanley Cup FinalsToronto vs Detroit

The Red Wings surprisingly shrugged aside the Canadiens in five games, while the Maple Leafs needed every one of the seven scheduled games to bring to an end the Ranger’s late-season heroics, so the season now comes down to the Stanley Cup Finals between Detroit and Toronto. Who will win out in the end - the high-powered Leaf offense led by 49-goal scorer Frank Mahovlich, or the gritty Red Wing defense anchored by two-way stars Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio? There’s only one way to find out for sure . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - Playoff SemifinalsToronto vs New York

After languishing in fifth place for much of the season, the New York Rangers ran roughshod over the League for the final month of the season, going 7-1-3 in their final eleven games (outscoring their opposition 54-23) to vault over the Black Hawks and grab the final spot in the playoffs. The Maple Leafs fell just short in their pursuit of Montréal for the top spot, despite going unbeaten in their last four and 7-3-2 in their final twelve. In their head-to-head meetings, Toronto won six games to New York's five and outscored the Rangers 51 to 43, suggesting a closer matchup than would the standings at first glance . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - Playoff SemifinalsMontréal vs Detroit

The regular-season champion Canadiens face the third-placed Red Wings in the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Detroit has had the third seed clinched for weeks, and stumbled to the finish line, losing their final four games by a combined score of 17-5, while Montréal finished with four wins and a tie in their last five as they engaged in a dogfight with Toronto for the top spot. The media have tabbed Montreal as the heavy favorite, and it would be hard to argue based on their regular-season results; the Canadiens won eleven of the fourteen games between the two clubs, by an aggregate score of 51-31 . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 19 March 1961

After more than five grueling months of hockey, we have reached the final eight days of the regular season, and the bumps and bruises (and worse) are starting to accumulate as the clubs struggled to dress full lineups even though there were still playoff positions at stake . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 11 March 1961

The magic number in the NHL is two - two points separate both the top two teams and the two clubs fighting for the final playoff spot, with two weeks to go in the season . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 4 March 1961

With the remaining schedule dwindling into the single digits, fierce contests are underway for both the regular-season laurels and, surprisingly, the final seat at the playoff table while a new name appears atop the League goal-scoring chart for the first time since the opening week of the season . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 25 February 1961

After riding high for so long, the Maple Leafs face what could already be considered a "must-win" date with the Canadiens in Montréal . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 18 February 1961

Toronto tastes defeat for the first time in over a month and, cruelly, find themselves relegated to second place as a result - but that would only be the start of their difficulties . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 11 February 1961

While the Canadiens and the Maple Leafs battle tooth-and-nail over the regular-season title, the battle for the fourth and final playoff spot has become an unexpected tussle between the Black Hawks and the Rangers . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 4 February 1961

Will the Maple Leafs ever lose again? Will a team other than Toronto ever win away from home again? Will League leader Jean Beliveau ever score a goal again? The answers to these questions, and more, await us in the action from the first week of February . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 28 January 1961

The Canadiens visit Toronto midweek with first place on the line, and there is a five-player swap between Detroit and Boston as the Wings look to build up their experience heading towards the playoffs while the Bruins aim to get younger as they look ahead to next season . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 21 January 1961

It's really become a nip-and-tuck race at the very top of the standings as Toronto and Montréal take turns knocking around the rest of the League in order to grab first place . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 14 January 1961

The NHL cavalcade grinds towards the dog days of winter, with the holidays in the rear-view mirror and another matchup looming between the Leafs and Canadiens as just a few points separate the two clubs at the top of the standings . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 7 January 1961

The NHL rolls into the New Year of 1961 with a full slate of games, kicked off by the return engagements of three New Year's Eve - New Year's Day home-and-homes (was the League trying to schedule the players out of the bars?) . . .

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 31 December 1960

A Christmas Day triple-header highlights the schedule as the year, and the season's first half, winds to a close . . .

1981-82 NHL Co-Op Replay - Wales Conference Finals, Game 4

4 May 1982: The Islanders scored two third-period goals to complete their comeback from a early two-goal deficit and grab firm control of the Prince of Wales Conference Finals by three games to one.

1960-61 NHL Replay - week ending 24 December 1960

Not a great time for the Hawks to be embarking a four-day, three-city road swing, just as they are starting to feel a little breath on the back of their necks from the last-placed Bruins, but the two clubs will face off in Boston in the middle of that trip . . .