IHL 1960/61

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The 1960/61 season was the 16th regular season of the International Hockey League . During the regular season, the eight teams should play 70 games each, but due to the early financially-conditioned departure of the Milwaukee Falcons , the schedule had to be fundamentally revised. Last year's winner St. Paul Saints prevailed again in the play-offs and won the second Turner Cup in their club's history.

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

• The Louisville Rebels stopped gaming.
• The Milwaukee Falcons stopped playing during the season.
• The Muskegon Zephyrs were added to the league as an expansion team.
• The Toledo-St. Louis Mercurys reverted to their original name Toledo Mercurys.

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

Eastern Division	GP	W.	L.	T	GF	GA	Pts
Toledo Mercurys	70	36	33	1	274	260	71
Fort Wayne Comet	69	31	35	3	304	265	65
Muskegon Zephyrs	70	25th	41	4th	243	319	54
Indianapolis Chiefs	70	20th	46	4th	217	313	44

Western Division	GP	W.	L.	T	GF	GA	Pts
Minneapolis Millers	72	50	20th	2	323	229	102
St. Paul Saints	72	46	22nd	4th	309	233	96
Omaha Knights	70	35	32	3	254	235	73
Milwaukee Falcons	17th	1	15th	1	45	115	3

Turner Cup Playoffs

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

Eastern Division	GP	W.	L.	GF	GA	Pts
Muskegon Zephyrs	6th	4th	2	30th	29	8th
Toledo Mercurys	8th	3	5	30th	32	6th
Fort Wayne Comet	6th	3	3	27	26th	6th

Western Division	GP	W.	L.	GF	GA	Pts
St. Paul Saints	7th	6th	1	31	15th	12
Minneapolis Millers	6th	3	3	28	22nd	6th
Omaha Knights	7th	1	6th	20th	42	2

	Turner Cup semi-finals					Turner Cup Final
	W1	St. Paul Saints
						W1	St. Paul Saints	4th
						E1	Muskegon Zephyrs	1
	E1	Muskegon Zephyrs

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award	team
Turner Cup winner of the IHL playoffs	St. Paul Saints
Fred A. Huber Trophy Best team of the regular season	Minneapolis Millers

Individual trophies

Award	player	team
James Gatschene Memorial Trophy MVP of the regular season	Len Thornson	Fort Wayne Comet
Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy Best Scorer	Ken Yackel	Minneapolis Millers
James Norris Memorial Trophy Goalkeeper with the fewest goals against	Ray Mikulan	Minneapolis Millers

Web links

• 1960/61 season on hockeydb.com (English)