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1960 Stanley Cup playoffs

NHL postseason tournament


NHL postseason tournament

FieldValue
titleStanley Cup playoffs
year1960
datesMarch 23 – April 14, 1960
num_teams4
defending_champions[Montreal Canadiens](1959-60-montreal-canadiens-season)
winners[Montreal Canadiens](1959-60-montreal-canadiens-season)
second[Toronto Maple Leafs](1959-60-toronto-maple-leafs-season)
prev_season[1959](1959-stanley-cup-playoffs)
next_season[1961](1961-stanley-cup-playoffs)

The 1960 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 1959–60 season. The Montreal Canadiens played the minimum number eight games (at-the-time) to become the last Stanley Cup winners in NHL history to go perfect in the playoffs to date. After winning the Cup, Maurice Richard retired from the NHL as a champion.

Playoff seeds

The top four out of the six teams in the league qualified for the playoffs:

  1. Montreal Canadiens – 92 points
  2. Toronto Maple Leafs – 79 points
  3. Chicago Black Hawks – 69 points
  4. Detroit Red Wings – 67 points

Playoff bracket

In each round, teams competed in a best-of-seven series (scores in the bracket indicate the number of games won in each best-of-seven series). In the semifinals, the first-place team played the third-place team, while the second-place team played the fourth-place team. The winners of the semifinals then played for the Stanley Cup.

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Montreal | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2=3 | RD1-team2=Chicago | RD1-score2=0 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Toronto | RD1-score3=4 | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4=Detroit | RD1-score4=2 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Montreal | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Toronto | RD2-score2=0

Semifinals

(1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (3) Chicago Black Hawks

Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks had led the league in scoring, but the Montreal Canadiens managed to hold him to only one goal as the Canadiens swept the Black Hawks in four.

|1-1-1 =Murray Balfour (1) – 16:15 |1-1-2 =11:05 – Jean Beliveau (1) 15:04 – Andre Pronovost (1) |1-2-1 =Ted Lindsay (1) – 16:18 |1-2-2 =08:45 – pp – Dickie Moore (1) |1-3-1 =Ron Murphy (1) – 18:17 |1-3-2 =10:32 – Bernie Geoffrion (1) |goalie1-1 =Glenn Hall |goalie1-2 =Jacques Plante

|2-1-1 =Kenny Wharram (1) – 13:13 |2-1-2 =11:38 – Dickie Moore (2) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =17:55 – Marcel Bonin (1) |2-3-1 =Bobby Hull (1) – 02:34 Bill Hay (1) – 18:58 |2-3-2 =08:35 – pp – Dickie Moore (3) |2-4-1 =No scoring |2-4-2 =08:38 – Doug Harvey (1) |goalie2-1 =Glenn Hall |goalie2-2 =Jacques Plante

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Bill Hicke (1) – 10:15 Jean-Guy Talbot (1) |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Donnie Marshall (1) – 09:39 Bernie Geoffrion (2) – 18:04 |goalie3-1 =Glenn Hall |goalie3-2 =Jacques Plante

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Claude Provost (1) – 04:47 Dickie Moore (4) – 13:09 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Glenn Hall |goalie4-2 =Jacques Plante

(2) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (4) Detroit Red Wings

Gordie Howe led the Detroit Red Wings as it took the Toronto Maple Leafs in 6 games, including one in triple overtime, to win the series.

|1-1-1 =Gordie Howe (1) – 02:38 Len Haley (1) – 14:24 |1-1-2 =No scoring |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =16:04 – Carl Brewer (1) |goalie1-1 =Terry Sawchuck |goalie1-2 =Johnny Bower

|2-1-1 =Pete Goegan (1) – 16:12 |2-1-2 =13:37 – George Armstrong (1) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =17:04 – Larry Regan (1) |2-3-1 =Alex Delvecchio (1) – 05:50 |2-3-2 =04:02 – Frank Mahovlich (1) 19:13 – en – Bob Pulford (1) |goalie2-1 =Terry Sawchuck |goalie2-2 =Johnny Bower

|3-1-1 =16:57 – pp – Norm Ullman (1) 17:18 – Marcel Pronovost (1) |3-1-2 =No scoring |3-2-1 =16:58 – pp – Len Lunde (1) |3-2-2 =Red Kelly (1) – 03:35 Dick Duff (1) – 07:00 Bob Pulford (2) – 08:05 Red Kelly (2) – pp – 19:24 |3-3-1 =12:40 – Gerry Melnyk (1) |3-3-2 =No scoring |3-4-1 =No scoring |3-4-2 =Frank Mahovlich (2) – 03:00 |goalie3-1 =Terry Sawchuck |goalie3-2 =Johnny Bower

|4-1-1 =13:15 – Gary Aldcorn (1) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Carl Brewer (2) – 10:29 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |4-4-1 =01:54 – pp – Gerry Melnyk (2) |4-4-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Terry Sawchuck |goalie4-2 =Johnny Bower

|5-1-1 =No scoring |5-1-2 =05:14 – pp – Allan Stanley (1) 09:05 – pp – Bert Olmstead (1) |5-2-1 =Warren Godfrey (1) – 10:32 Gerry Melnyk (3) – 11:56 |5-2-2 =12:45 – Allan Stanley (2) |5-3-1 =Jack McIntyre (1) – 08:36 Alex Delvecchio (2) – 19:19 |5-3-2 =04:32 – Red Kelly (3) 12:10 – Larry Regan (2) |goalie5-1 =Terry Sawchuck |goalie5-2 =Johnny Bower

|6-1-1 =05:26 – Murray Oliver (1) |6-1-2 =Bob Pulford (3) – 19:19 |6-2-1 =00:57 – pp – Norm Ullman (2) |6-2-2 =No scoring |6-3-1 =No scoring |6-3-2 =Bob Pulford (4) – 00:37 Frank Mahovlich (3) – 02:40 Dick Duff (2) – 17:06 |goalie6-1 =Terry Sawchuck |goalie6-2 =Johnny Bower

Finals

Main article: 1960 Stanley Cup Finals

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =02:27 – pp – Dickie Moore (5) 08:55 – Doug Harvey (2) 11:56 – Jean Beliveau (2) |1-2-1 =Bob Baun (1) – 05:23 Bert Olmstead (2) – 17:35 |1-2-2 =No scoring |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =01:30 – Henri Richard (1) |goalie1-1 =Johnny Bower |goalie1-2 =Jacques Plante

|2-1-1 =Larry Regan (3) – 19:32 |2-1-2 =01:26 – Dickie Moore (6) 05:56 – Jean Beliveau (3) |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =No scoring |2-3-2 =No scoring |goalie2-1 =Johnny Bower |goalie2-2 =Jacques Plante

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Donnie Marshall (2) – 13:54 |3-2-1 =16:19 – Johnny Wilson (1) |3-2-2 =Phil Goyette (1) – 00:21 Henri Richard (2) – 15:27 |3-3-1 =19:47 – pp – Bert Olmstead (3) |3-3-2 =Phil Goyette (2) – 08:57 Maurice Richard (1) – 10:07 |goalie3-1 =Johnny Bower |goalie3-2 =Jacques Plante

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Jean Beliveau (4) – 08:16 Doug Harvey (3) – 08:45 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Henri Richard (3) – 16:40 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Jean Beliveau (5) – 01:21 |goalie4-1 =Johnny Bower |goalie4-2 =Jacques Plante

Leading scorers

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

PlayerTeamGPGAPts
Henri RichardMontreal Canadiens83912
Bernie GeoffrionMontreal Canadiens821012
Leonard "Red" KellyToronto Maple Leafs103811
Dickie MooreMontreal Canadiens86410
Alex DelvecchioDetroit Red Wings6268
Jean BeliveauMontreal Canadiens8527
Bert OlmsteadToronto Maple Leafs10347

References

;Notes

before = 1959 Stanley Cup playoffs | after = 1961 Stanley Cup playoffs | title = Stanley Cup playoffs | years = |

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