1959–60 Montreal Canadiens season

1959–60 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
1959–60 record 40–18–12
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)
Penalties in minutes Henri Richard (66)
Wins Jacques Plante (40)
Goals against average Jacques Plante (2.54)
<1958–59 1960–61>

The 1959–60 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.

Regular season

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.

Jacques Plante

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'd 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 3–1. 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 didn't wear the mask, at Blake's request, against Detroit on March 8, 1960. The Canadiens lost 3–0, 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.

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
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 −11 67
5 Boston Bruins 70 28 34 8 220 241 −21 64
6 New York Rangers 70 17 38 15 187 247 −60 49

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 8, 19594–1 Boston Bruins (1959–60) 1–0–0
2TOctober 10, 19591–1 Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 1–0–1
3LOctober 11, 19594–8 @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) 1–1–1
4WOctober 15, 19594–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 2–1–1
5LOctober 17, 19592–4 New York Rangers (1959–60) 2–2–1
6WOctober 18, 19596–5 @ New York Rangers (1959–60) 3–2–1
7WOctober 22, 19594–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 4–2–1
8WOctober 24, 19595–1 Boston Bruins (1959–60) 5–2–1
9WOctober 25, 19592–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 6–2–1
10WOctober 27, 19592–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 7–2–1
11TOctober 28, 19591–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 7–2–2
12TOctober 31, 19592–2 Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 7–2–3
13WNovember 1, 19593–1 @ New York Rangers (1959–60) 8–2–3
14WNovember 5, 19598–2 New York Rangers (1959–60) 9–2–3
15TNovember 7, 19592–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 9–2–4
16WNovember 12, 19593–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 10–2–4
17WNovember 14, 19598–1 Boston Bruins (1959–60) 11–2–4
18WNovember 15, 19594–1 @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) 12–2–4
19WNovember 21, 19594–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 13–2–4
20WNovember 22, 19593–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 14–2–4
21WNovember 26, 19594–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 15–2–4
22WNovember 28, 19591–0 Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 16–2–4
23WNovember 29, 19594–2 @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) 17–2–4
24LDecember 2, 19590–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 17–3–4
25LDecember 3, 19594–7 New York Rangers (1959–60) 17–4–4
26TDecember 5, 19592–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 17–4–5
27TDecember 6, 19594–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 17–4–6
28LDecember 12, 19592–3 Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 17–5–6
29TDecember 13, 19594–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 17–5–7
30WDecember 17, 19598–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 18–5–7
31WDecember 19, 19595–3 New York Rangers (1959–60) 19–5–7
32LDecember 20, 19595–6 @ New York Rangers (1959–60) 19–6–7
33WDecember 26, 19599–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 20–6–7
34WDecember 27, 19593–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 21–6–7
35WDecember 30, 19593–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 22–6–7
36WJanuary 2, 19606–5 Boston Bruins (1959–60) 23–6–7
37LJanuary 3, 19603–8 @ New York Rangers (1959–60) 23–7–7
38WJanuary 9, 19602–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 24–7–7
39LJanuary 10, 19600–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 24–8–7
40WJanuary 14, 19603–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 25–8–7
41WJanuary 16, 19608–2 Boston Bruins (1959–60) 26–8–7
42WJanuary 17, 19603–1 @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) 27–8–7
43WJanuary 21, 196011–2 New York Rangers (1959–60) 28–8–7
44WJanuary 23, 19604–2 Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 29–8–7
45WJanuary 24, 19603–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 30–8–7
46TJanuary 27, 19602–2 @ New York Rangers (1959–60) 30–8–8
47WJanuary 28, 19604–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 31–8–8
48TJanuary 30, 19602–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 31–8–9
49LJanuary 31, 19605–6 @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) 31–9–9
50WFebruary 4, 19604–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 32–9–9
51WFebruary 6, 19605–3 Boston Bruins (1959–60) 33–9–9
52LFebruary 7, 19601–4 @ New York Rangers (1959–60) 33–10–9
53WFebruary 10, 19604–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 34–10–9
54LFebruary 13, 19606–7 @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) 34–11–9
55LFebruary 14, 19600–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 34–12–9
56TFebruary 18, 19603–3 Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 34–12–10
57TFebruary 20, 19603–3 New York Rangers (1959–60) 34–12–11
58WFebruary 21, 19606–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 35–12–11
59LFebruary 24, 19601–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 35–13–11
60WFebruary 27, 19603–2 New York Rangers (1959–60) 36–13–11
61WMarch 3, 19605–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 37–13–11
62TMarch 5, 19602–2 Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 37–13–12
63LMarch 6, 19602–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 37–14–12
64LMarch 8, 19600–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60) 37–15–12
65WMarch 9, 19609–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 38–15–12
66WMarch 12, 19605–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60) 39–15–12
67LMarch 13, 19602–3 @ Boston Bruins (1959–60) 39–16–12
68LMarch 17, 19602–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60) 39–17–12
69WMarch 19, 19605–1 Boston Bruins (1959–60) 40–17–12
70LMarch 20, 19601–3 @ New York Rangers (1959–60) 40–18–12

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Playoffs

The Canadiens placed first in the standings and met the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round of the playoffs. The Canadiens would sweep the Hawks 4–0 to move on to the finals against Toronto.

Stanley Cup finals

For more details on this topic, see 1960 Stanley Cup Finals.

Montreal swept the Maple Leafs, outscoring them 15–5, 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 Leafs2Montreal Canadiens4
April 9 Toronto Maple Leafs1Montreal Canadiens2
April 12 Montreal Canadiens5Toronto Maple Leafs2
April 14 Montreal Canadiens4Toronto Maple Leafs0

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau C 60 34 40 74 57
Richard, HenriHenri Richard C 70 30 43 73 66
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion RW 59 30 41 71 36
Moore, DickieDickie Moore LW 62 22 42 64 54
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin W 59 17 34 51 59
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW 70 17 29 46 42
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette C 65 21 22 43 4
Marshall, DonDon Marshall LW 70 16 22 38 4
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 51 19 16 35 50
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost LW 69 12 19 31 61
Johnson, TomTom Johnson D 64 4 25 29 59
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 64 13 15 28 24
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey D 66 6 21 27 45
McDonald, AbAb McDonald LW 68 9 13 22 26
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois D 67 1 14 15 48
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot D 69 1 14 15 60
Hicke, BillBill Hicke RW 43 3 10 13 17
Turner, BobBob Turner D 54 0 9 9 40
Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay D 11 0 1 1 0
Fleming, ReggieReggie Fleming D/LW 3 0 0 0 2
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge G 1 0 0 0 0
Hoekstra, CecCec Hoekstra C 4 0 0 0 0
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante G 69 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante 4140 69 40 17 12 175 2.54 3
Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 0
Team: 4200 70 40 18 12 178 2.54 3

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Richard, HenriHenri Richard C 8 3 9 12 9
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion RW 8 2 10 12 4
Moore, DickieDickie Moore LW 8 6 4 10 4
Beliveau, JeanJean Beliveau C 8 5 2 7 6
Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin W 8 1 4 5 12
Marshall, DonDon Marshall LW 8 2 2 4 0
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 8 1 3 4 2
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey D 8 3 0 3 6
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette C 8 2 1 3 4
Hicke, BillBill Hicke RW 7 1 2 3 0
Pronovost, AndreAndre Pronovost LW 8 1 2 3 0
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 7 0 3 3 2
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois D 8 0 3 3 18
Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW 8 1 1 2 0
Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot D 8 1 1 2 8
Johnson, TomTom Johnson D 8 0 1 1 4
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante G 8 0 0 0 0
Turner, BobBob Turner D 8 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante 489 8 8 0 11 1.35 3
Team: 489 8 8 0 11 1.35 3

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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;

Roster

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
6 Canada Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C L 22 1956 Kirkland Lake, Ontario
4 Canada Béliveau, JeanJean Béliveau C L 28 1950 Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
18 Canada Bonin, MarcelMarcel Bonin LW L 27 1957 Montreal, Quebec
21 Canada Fleming, ReggieReggie Fleming LW L 23 1959 Montreal, Quebec
5 Canada Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion RW R 29 1950 Montreal, Quebec
20 Canada Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette C L 26 1956 Lachine, Quebec
2 Canada Harvey, DougDoug Harvey D L 35 1947 Montreal, Quebec
8 Canada Hicke, BillBill Hicke RW L 22 1959 Regina, Saskatchewan
29 Canada Hodge, CharlieCharlie Hodge G L 26 1954 Lachine, Quebec
24 Canada Hoekstra, CecCec Hoekstra C L 25 1959 Winnipeg, Manitoba
10 Canada Johnson, TomTom Johnson D L 32 1947 Baldur, Manitoba
19 Canada Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois D L 25 1957 Magog, Quebec
22 Canada Marshall, DonDon Marshall LW L 28 1951 Montreal, Quebec
15 Canada McDonald, AbAb McDonald LW L 24 1958 Winnipeg, Manitoba
12 Canada Moore, DickieDickie Moore LW L 29 1951 Montreal, Quebec
1 Canada Plante, JacquesJacques Plante G L 31 1952 Shawinigan Falls, Quebec
23 Canada Pronovost, AndréAndré Pronovost LW L 23 1956 Shawinigan Falls, Quebec
14 Canada Provost, ClaudeClaude Provost RW R 26 1955 Montreal, Quebec
16 Canada Richard, HenriHenri Richard C R 24 1955 Montreal, Quebec
9 Canada Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard (C) RW R 38 1942 Montreal, Quebec
17 Canada Talbot, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Talbot D L 27 1954 Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
3 Canada Tremblay, J.C.J.C. Tremblay D L 21 1959 Bagotville, Quebec
11 Canada Turner, BobBob Turner D L 26 1955 Regina, Saskatchewan

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1959–1960 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "1959–60 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. ↑ "1959-60 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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