WHL 1960/61

Western Hockey League
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Master:	Portland Buckaroos
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The 1960/61 season was the ninth regular season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The champions were the Portland Buckaroos .

Team changes

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

• The New Westminster Royals resumed gaming after a year of inactivity , relocated to Portland , Oregon , and changed their name to Portland Buckaroos .

mode

In the regular season, the eight teams played 70 games each. The six best-placed teams qualified for the playoffs. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a tie and zero points for a defeat.

Regular season

table

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

	GP	W.	L.	T	GF	GA	Pts
Calgary Stampeders	70	44	22nd	4th	300	215	92
Portland Buckaroos	70	38	23	9	242	192	85
Vancouver Canucks	70	38	29	3	208	191	79
Seattle totems	70	37	28	5	262	222	79
Spokane Comets	70	33	34	3	247	258	69
Victoria Cougars	70	27	41	2	220	267	56
Edmonton Flyers	70	27	43	0	229	295	54
Winnipeg Warriors	70	21st	45	4th	191	259	46

Playoffs

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	2	Portland Buckaroos	3
	5	Spokane Comets	1
						2	Portland Buckaroos	3
						3	Vancouver Canucks	1
	3	Vancouver Canucks	3
	6th	Victoria Cougars	2
											2	Portland Buckaroos	4th
											4th	Seattle totems	2
	1	Calgary Stampeders
		bye
						1	Calgary Stampeders	1
						4th	Seattle totems	4th
	4th	Seattle totems
		bye

literature

• Jon C. Stott, Ice warriors: the Pacific Coast / Western Hockey League, 1948-1974 . Heritage House Publishing Co, 2009, ISBN 978-1-894974-54-7 .

Web links

• The playing time at hockeydb.com