1960 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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Location(s) |
Montreal:
Montreal Forum (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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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. The Canadiens won the series, four games to none, for their fifth straight Cup victory, which stands as an NHL record.
Montreal 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.
Montreal 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 | Montreal Forum | 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 | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante |
April 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | 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 | Goalie stats | Jacques Plante |
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 | Goalie stats | Johnny Bower |
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 | Goalie stats | Johnny Bower |
Montreal won series 4–0 | |
The 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
Jean 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).