The 1960 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1959–60 season, and the culmination of the 1960 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the four-time defending champion Montreal Canadiens, appearing in their tenth consecutive finals, and the Toronto Maple Leafs; it was a rematch of the previous year's finals and the fourth finals meeting in the history of the Canadiens–Maple Leafs rivalry. The Canadiens swept the Maple Leafs for their fifth straight Cup victory, which stands as an NHL record.
| 1960 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Montreal: Forum de Montréal (1, 2) Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens (3, 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Montreal: Toe Blake Toronto: Punch Imlach | ||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Montreal: Maurice Richard Toronto: George Armstrong | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 7–14, 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Jean Beliveau (8:16, first) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Canadiens: Jean Beliveau (1972) Bernie Geoffrion (1972) Doug Harvey (1973) Tom Johnson (1970) Dickie Moore (1974) Jacques Plante (1978) Henri Richard (1979) Maurice Richard (1961) Maple Leafs: George Armstrong (1975) Johnny Bower (1976) Dick Duff (2006) Tim Horton (1977) Red Kelly (1969) Frank Mahovlich (1981) Bert Olmstead (1985) Bob Pulford (1991) Allan Stanley (1981) Coaches: Toe Blake (1966, player) Punch Imlach (1984) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Paths to the finals
editMontreal swept the Chicago Black Hawks in four games to reach the Final. In the other semi-final, Toronto defeated the Detroit Red Wings four games to two.
Game summaries
editMontreal swept the Maple Leafs, outscoring them 15–5, en route to being the first team since the 1952 Detroit Red Wings to go perfect in the playoffs, with Jean Beliveau scoring the game-winning goal in three of the matches. The Red Wings beat both the Leafs and Habs in the 1952 playoffs to set the record.
Maurice "Rocket" Richard retired after the series in style, finishing with his 34th final-series goal, his 82nd and final goal, and his last-ever goal (626th) in the third game.
As of 2022, this is the last time a team from Toronto has lost a championship series in any of the "big four" major professional sports leagues. The Leafs would go on to appear in and win four Stanley Cup Finals in the 1960s, these being 1962, 1963, 1964, and their most recent Finals appearance and win in 1967. Since then, the Toronto Blue Jays (who joined Major League Baseball in 1977) have appeared in and won the World Series in 1992 and 1993, while the Toronto Raptors (who joined the National Basketball Association in 1995) appeared in and won the NBA Finals in 2019.
| April 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens | Forum de Montréal | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 2:27 - pp - Dickie Moore (5) 8:55 - Doug Harvey (2) 11:56 - Jean Beliveau (2) | ||||||
| Bob Baun (1) - 5:23 Bert Olmstead (2) - 17:35 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:30 - Henri Richard (1) | ||||||
| Johnny Bower 38 saves / 42 shots | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante 27 saves / 29 shots | ||||||
| April 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Forum de Montréal | Recap | |||
| Larry Regan (3) - 19:32 | First period | 1:26 - Dickie Moore (6) 5:56 - Jean Beliveau (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johnny Bower 34 saves / 36 shots | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante 26 saves / 27 shots | ||||||
| April 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Don Marshall (2) - 13:54 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Phil Goyette (1) - 00:21 Henri Richard (2) - 15:27 |
Second period | 16:19 - Johnny Wilson (1) | ||||||
| Phil Goyette (2) - 8:57 Maurice Richard (1) - 10:07 |
Third period | 19:47 - pp - Bert Olmstead (3) | ||||||
| Jacques Plante 32 saves / 34 shots | Goalie stats | Johnny Bower 26 saves / 31 shots | ||||||
| April 14 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
| Jean Beliveau (4) - 8:16 Doug Harvey (3) - 8:45 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Henri Richard (3) - 16:40 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jean Beliveau (5) - 1:21 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jacques Plante 30 saves / 30 shots | Goalie stats | Johnny Bower 28 saves / 32 shots | ||||||
| Montreal won series 4–0 | |
Stanley Cup engraving
editThe 1960 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Maurice Richard by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Canadiens 4–0 win over the Maple Leafs in game four.
The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1959–60 Montreal Canadiens
Players
- 5 Bernie Geoffrion (A)
- 9 Maurice Richard (Captain)
- 12 Dickie Moore
- 14 Claude Provost
- 15 Alvin Ab McDonald
- 18 Marcel Bonin
- 22 Don Marshall
- 23 Andre Pronovost
- 2 Doug Harvey (A)
- 8 Bill Hicke
- 10 Tom Johnson (A)
- 11 Bob Turner
- 17 Jean-Guy Talbot
- 19 Albert Langlois
- 1 Jacques Plante
- 1 Charlie Hodge (Sub)
Coaching and administrative staff
- Hartland Molson (President/Owner)
- Frank Selke Sr. (Manager), Ken Reardon (Vice President)
- Sam Pollock (Personnel Director), Toe Blake (Coach)
- Hector Dubois (Trainer)
- Larry Aubut (Asst. Trainer)
- Camile DesRoches^, Frank Selke Jr.^ (Publicity Directors)
- ^- on the team picture, but missing from the Stanley Cup.
Stanley Cup engraving
edit- Camile DesRoches, Frank Selke Jr. (Publicity Directors) are part of all six team winning pictures 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960. However, their names do not appear on the Stanley Cup.
- Dickie Moore won six Stanley Cups. His name was spelled differently 5 times. 1953, 1957 as Dickie MOORE, 1956 D MOORE, 1958 R MOORE, 1959 RICHARD MOORE, 1960 RICH MOORE. On the Replica Cup, Moore's name appears as DICKIE MOORE in 1953, 1957, 1959, 1960, D. MOORE in 1956, and R. Moore in 1958.
- Jacques Plante won six Stanley Cups. His name was spelled differently 4 times. 1953, 1957, 1960 Jacques Plante, 1956 J Plante, 1958 Jac Plante, 1959 Jacq Plante. On the Replica Cup Plante's name appears as JACQUES PLANTE in 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, and J. PLANTE in 1956.
- In 1959, the Montreal Canadiens engraved 29 names on the Stanley Cup; only 27 names were engraved on the Cup in 1960. Every person engraved on the Cup in 1960 was included on the Cup with Montreal in 1959. The only changes in the lineup where with Ian Cushnan and Ken Mosdell were no longer with the team, but were playing in the minors. The only other time in Stanley Cup history that no member engraved on the Cup was a first-time winner was in 1972.
Members of Montreal Canadiens Five Straight Dynasty 1956 to 1960
editJean Beliveau, Bernie Geoffrion*, Doug Harvey*, Tom Johnson*, Don Marshall, Dickie Moore*, Jacques Plante*, Claude Provost, Henri Richard, Maurice Richard*, Jean-Guy Talbot, Bob Turner (twelve players), Frank Selke Sr*, Ken Reardon, Toe Blake, Hector Dubois* (four non-players).
- *-Also won the Stanley Cup in 1953. Bernie Geoffrion is the only player who appeared in every game of the Stanley Cup Finals from 1951 to 1960.
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- "All-Time NHL Results".
- Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7