Stanley Cup playoffs 1961

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Stanley Cup playoffs 1961
Period March 21, 1961 to April 16, 1961
Stanley Cup winner Chicago Black Hawks (3rd title)
finalist Detroit Red Wings
Top scorer Canada 1957Canada Gordie Howe (Detroit)  and Pierre Pilote (Chicago)
Canada 1957Canada
Gates 85 (5.0 per game)
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The playoffs for the Stanley Cup of 1961 began on March 21, 1961 and ended on April 16, 1961 with the Chicago Black Hawks' 4-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings . The Black Hawks won their first title since 1938 and at the same time the third title in their franchise history , but also the last title until 2010 . Together with the Red Wings, they formed the first all-American final since 1950 (Detroit vs. New York ), while both teams with Gordie Howe and Pierre Pilote each had a top scorer. In addition, the record series of five consecutive Stanley Cup victories and ten finals of the Canadiens de Montréal ended at the same time . In addition, the playoffs 1961 marked the only year of the original Six era (1942-1967) in which the title holder was not called Montréal, Detroit or Toronto .

mode

The four best teams in the league qualified for the playoffs. In the semi-finals, the first and third as well as the second and fourth of the final table faced each other. The respective winners then contested the Stanley Cup final.

All series were held in best-of-seven mode , which means that a team needed four wins to advance. The higher seeded team had home rights in the first two games, the next two the opposing team. If no winner has emerged from the round by then, the home law changed from game to game. The higher-ranked team had a home advantage in games 1, 2, 5 and 7, i.e. four of the maximum seven games. This usual mode was deviated from in this final, however, with home rights changing continuously from game to game.

Overtime followed for games that remained tied after 60 minutes of regular playing time . It ended with the first goal scored ( Sudden Death ) .

Qualified teams

Playoff tree

  Semifinals Stanley Cup Final
                 
1 Canadiens de Montréal 2    
3 Chicago Black Hawks 4th  
3 Chicago Black Hawks 4th
  4th Detroit Red Wings 2
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 1
4th Detroit Red Wings 4th  

Semifinals

(1) Canadiens de Montréal - (3) Chicago Black Hawks

21 Mar 1961 Canadiens de Montréal
Bernie Geoffrion (2:53)
Gilles Tremblay (21:21)
Claude Provost (43:23)
Dickie Moore (46:10)
Phil Goyette (47:57)
Jean-Guy Talbot (50:06) 		6: 2
(1: 1, 1: 1, 4: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Chicago Black Hawks
Tod Sloan (11:04)
Pierre Pilote (39:23) 		Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec
23 Mar 1961 Canadiens de Montréal
Bernie Geoffrion (36:02)
Henri Richard (38:36)
Phil Goyette (50:26) 		3: 4
(0: 0, 2: 2, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Chicago Black Hawks
Stan Mikita (29:02)
Kenny Wharram (33:18)
Bobby Hull (48:23)
Ed Litzenberger (57:05) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
26th Mar 1961 Chicago Black Hawks
Murray Balfour (38:33)
Gilles Tremblay (112: 12) 		2: 1 n.V.
(0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 1 		Canadiens de Montréal
Henri Richard (59:24) 		Chicago Stadium , Chicago , Illinois
28 Mar 1961 Chicago Black Hawks
Dollard St. Laurent (4:24)
Stan Mikita (29:28) 		2: 5
(1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Canadiens de Montréal
Phil Goyette (4:02)
Dickie Moore (17:57)
Bill Hicke (25:00)
Dickie Moore (34:18)
Bill Hicke (44:24) 		Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
0Apr 1, 1961 Canadiens de Montréal
 0: 3
(0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		Chicago Black Hawks
Elmer Vasko (28:34)
From McDonald (53:17)
Stan Mikita (55:40) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
0Apr 4, 1961 Chicago Black Hawks
Bill Hay (21:15)
Bobby Hull (25:49)
Eric Nesterenko (35:58) 		3: 0
(0: 0, 3: 0, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 4: 2 		Canadiens de Montréal
 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois

(2) Toronto Maple Leafs - (4) Detroit Red Wings

22 Mar 1961 Toronto Maple Leafs
Bob Nevin (22:20)
Ron Stewart (54:26)
Chief Armstrong (84:51) 		3: 2 n.V.
(0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Detroit Red Wings
Alex Delvecchio (0:14)
Howie Young (41:46) 		Maple Leaf Gardens , Toronto , Ontario
25th Mar 1961 Toronto Maple Leafs
Billy Harris (24:04)
Frank Mahovlich (49:49) 		2: 4
(0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 2)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Detroit Red Wings
Marcel Pronovost (27:49)
Leo Labine (36:27)
Gerry Melnyk (45:34)
Vic Stasiuk (48:02) 		Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
26th Mar 1961 Detroit Red Wings
Gordie Howe (44:51)
Val Fonteyne (46:13) 		2: 0
(0: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 1 		Toronto Maple Leafs
 Detroit Olympia , Detroit , Michigan
28 Mar 1961 Detroit Red Wings
Leo Labine (19:08)
Gordie Howe (31:20)
Marcel Pronovost (43:24)
Val Fonteyne (59:55) 		4: 1
(1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 1 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Bert Olmstead (12:52) 		Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan
0Apr 1, 1961 Toronto Maple Leafs
Red Kelly (36:36)
Dave Keon (53:51) 		2: 3
(0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 4 		Detroit Red Wings
Gordie Howe (4:26)
Len Lunde (14:11)
Al Johnson (25:27) 		Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

Stanley Cup Final

(3) Chicago Black Hawks - (4) Detroit Red Wings

0Apr 6, 1961 Chicago Black Hawks
Bobby Hull (9:39)
Kenny Wharram (10:10)
Bobby Hull (13:15) 		3: 2
(3: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Detroit Red Wings
Len Lunde (36:14)
Al Johnson (59:18) 		Chicago Stadium , Chicago , Illinois
0Apr 8, 1961 Detroit Red Wings
Howie Young (8:10)
Alex Delvecchio (17:39)
Alex Delvecchio (59:22) 		3: 1
(2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 1 		Chicago Black Hawks
Pierre Pilote (20:41) 		Detroit Olympia , Detroit , Michigan
Apr 10, 1961 Chicago Black Hawks
Stan Mikita (31:54)
Ron Murphy (34:19)
Murray Balfour (38:16) 		3: 1
(0: 0, 3: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 1 		Detroit Red Wings
Gordie Howe (49:28) 		Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Apr 12, 1961 Detroit Red Wings
Alex Delvecchio (28:48)
Bruce MacGregor (53:10) 		2: 1
(0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Chicago Black Hawks
Bill Hay (27:34) 		Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan
Apr 14, 1961 Chicago Black Hawks
Murray Balfour (9:36)
Ron Murphy (10:04)
Murray Balfour (36:25)
Stan Mikita (42:51)
Pierre Pilote (47:02)
Stan Mikita (53:27) 		6: 3
(2: 2, 1: 1, 3: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 2 		Detroit Red Wings
Leo Labine (2:14)
Howie Glover (15:35)
Vic Stasiuk (38:49) 		Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Apr 16, 1961 Detroit Red Wings
Parker MacDonald (3:24 PM) 		1: 5
(1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 3)
Match report
as of: 2: 4 		Chicago Black Hawks
Reg Fleming (26:45)
From McDonald (38:49)
Eric Nesterenko (40:57)
Jack Evans (46:27)
Kenny Wharram (58:00) 		Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan

Stanley Cup winner

Stanley Cup winner



Chicago Black Hawks

Goalkeepers: Denis DeJordy , Roy Edwards , Glenn Hall

Defenders: Al Arbor , Jack Evans , Wayne Hillman , Pierre Pilote , Dollard St. Laurent , Elmer Vasko

Attackers: Earl Balfour , Murray Balfour , Reg Fleming , Bill Hay , Wayne Hicks , Bobby Hull , Ed Litzenberger  ( C ), Chico Maki , Ab McDonald , Stan Mikita , Ron Murphy , Eric Nesterenko , Tod Sloan , Kenny Wharram

Head Coach: Rudy Pilous   General Manager: Tommy Ivan

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player team GP G A. Pts +/- PIM
Gordie Howe Detroit 11 4th 11 15th +5 10
Pierre Pilote Chicago 12 3 12 15th +11 8th
Bobby Hull Chicago 12 4th 10 14th +10 4th
Stan Mikita Chicago 12 6th 5 11 +5 21st
Murray Balfour Chicago 11 5 5 10 +5 14th
Alex Delvecchio Detroit 11 4th 5 9 +5 0
Kenny Wharram Chicago 12 3 5 8th +6 12
Vic Stasiuk Detroit 11 2 5 7th +5 4th
Bill Hay Chicago 12 2 5 7th +4 20th
Phil Goyette Montréal 6th 3 3 6th +4 0

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the categories conceded goals and catch quota as well as the leaders in the categories shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = saved shots (in%), GAA = goals against goals against; Fat: best value; Sorted by goal conceded.
Only goalkeepers who have played 120 minutes are recorded.

player team GP Min W. L. GA SO Sv% ATM
Glenn Hall Chicago 12 771: 12 8th 4th 26th 2 95.2 2.02
Terry Sawchuk Detroit 8th 464: 51 5 3 18th 1 92.1 2.32
Jacques Plante Montréal 6th 412: 12 2 4th 16 0 92.9 2.33
Johnny Bower Toronto 3 180: 00 0 3 8th 0 92.7 2.67

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