1959–60 Boston Bruins
Division5th NHL
1959–60 record28–34–8
Goals for220
Goals against241
Team information
General managerLynn Patrick
CoachMilt Schmidt
CaptainFernie Flaman
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsBronco Horvath (39)
AssistsDon McKenney (49)
PointsBronco Horvath (80)
Penalty minutesVic Stasiuk (121)
WinsHarry Lumley (16)
Goals against averageDon Simmons (3.25)

The 1959–60 Boston Bruins season saw the Bruins finish in fifth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 28 wins, 34 losses, and 8 ties for 64 points.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens70401812255178+7792
2Toronto Maple Leafs7035269199195+479
3Chicago Black Hawks70282913191180+1169
4Detroit Red Wings70262915186197−1167
5Boston Bruins7028348220241−2164
6New York Rangers70173815187247−6049

Record vs. opponents

1959–60 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —5–6–35–8–14–88–4–26–6–2
Chicago 6–5–3—4–8–23–7–411–1–24–8–2
Detroit 8–5–18–4–2—2–7–54–6–44–9–1
Montreal 8–47–3–47–2–5—6–6–210–3–1
New York 4–8–21–11–26–4–46–6–2—2–9–3
Toronto 6–6–28–4–29–4–13–10–19–2–3—

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 8, 19591–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)0–1–0
2WOctober 10, 19596–4New York Rangers (1959–60)1–1–0
3WOctober 11, 19598–4Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)2–1–0
4WOctober 14, 19594–3@ New York Rangers (1959–60)3–1–0
5LOctober 17, 19590–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)3–2–0
6TOctober 18, 19592–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)3–2–1
7LOctober 22, 19591–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)3–3–1
8LOctober 24, 19591–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)3–4–1
9WOctober 29, 19592–1Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)4–4–1
10LOctober 31, 19593–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)4–5–1
11WNovember 1, 19596–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)5–5–1
12WNovember 3, 19596–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)6–5–1
13WNovember 5, 19598–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)7–5–1
14WNovember 8, 19595–3Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)8–5–1
15LNovember 11, 19593–6@ New York Rangers (1959–60)8–6–1
16LNovember 12, 19595–6Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)8–7–1
17LNovember 14, 19591–8@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)8–8–1
18LNovember 15, 19591–4Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)8–9–1
19TNovember 21, 19593–3Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)8–9–2
20LNovember 22, 19591–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)8–10–2
21TNovember 25, 19593–3@ New York Rangers (1959–60)8–10–3
22WNovember 26, 19594–3New York Rangers (1959–60)9–10–3
23TNovember 28, 19592–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)9–10–4
24LNovember 29, 19592–4Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)9–11–4
25TDecember 2, 19592–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)9–11–5
26LDecember 5, 19593–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)9–12–5
27LDecember 6, 19593–6Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)9–13–5
28WDecember 10, 19596–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)10–13–5
29LDecember 12, 19593–4New York Rangers (1959–60)10–14–5
30LDecember 13, 19593–4@ New York Rangers (1959–60)10–15–5
31LDecember 16, 19590–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)10–16–5
32LDecember 20, 19592–4Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)10–17–5
33WDecember 25, 19595–1Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)11–17–5
34LDecember 27, 19591–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)11–18–5
35WDecember 29, 19594–3@ New York Rangers (1959–60)12–18–5
36WJanuary 1, 19607–3New York Rangers (1959–60)13–18–5
37LJanuary 2, 19605–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)13–19–5
38LJanuary 3, 19603–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)13–20–5
39WJanuary 7, 19605–1Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)14–20–5
40WJanuary 9, 19603–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)15–20–5
41WJanuary 10, 19604–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)16–20–5
42WJanuary 14, 19606–0New York Rangers (1959–60)17–20–5
43LJanuary 16, 19602–8@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)17–21–5
44LJanuary 17, 19601–3Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)17–22–5
45LJanuary 20, 19601–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)17–23–5
46LJanuary 21, 19602–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)17–24–5
47TJanuary 23, 19603–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)17–24–6
48WJanuary 24, 19606–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)18–24–6
49WJanuary 30, 19603–2Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)19–24–6
50WJanuary 31, 19606–5Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)20–24–6
51LFebruary 4, 19602–7Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)20–25–6
52LFebruary 6, 19603–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)20–26–6
53WFebruary 7, 19603–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)21–26–6
54WFebruary 11, 19603–2Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)22–26–6
55WFebruary 13, 19607–6Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)23–26–6
56WFebruary 14, 19603–0New York Rangers (1959–60)24–26–6
57LFebruary 17, 19601–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)24–27–6
58LFebruary 20, 19601–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)24–28–6
59LFebruary 21, 19602–7@ New York Rangers (1959–60)24–29–6
60WFebruary 27, 19603–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)25–29–6
61LMarch 1, 19602–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)25–30–6
62LMarch 3, 19600–2Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)25–31–6
63LMarch 5, 19602–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)25–32–6
64LMarch 6, 19601–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)25–33–6
65TMarch 10, 19603–3New York Rangers (1959–60)25–33–7
66WMarch 12, 19605–1Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)26–33–7
67WMarch 13, 19603–2Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)27–33–7
68WMarch 16, 19603–2@ New York Rangers (1959–60)28–33–7
69LMarch 19, 19601–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)28–34–7
70TMarch 20, 19605–5Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)28–34–8

Playoffs

Boston's fifth-place finish caused them to miss the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 1955–56 season.[3]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Bronco HorvathC6839418060
Don McKenneyC7020496928
Vic StasiukLW69293968121
John BucykLW5616365226
Doug MohnsLW/D6520254562
Jerry ToppazziniRW6912334526
Leo LabineRW6316284458
Jean-Guy GendronLW6724113564
Charlie BurnsC6210172746
Leo BoivinD704212566
Fleming MacKellC477152219
Fern FlamanD6021820112
Larry LeachC697121947
Bob ArmstrongD695141996
Dick MeissnerRW60561122
Aut EricksonD5816729
Lorne DavisRW1011210
Dallas SmithD51120
Nick MickoskiLW181012
Larry HillmanD20112
Don WardD3101116
Stan BaluikC70002
Pierre GagneLW20000
Harry LumleyG4200012
Dale RolfeD30000
Don SimmonsG280004
Gord TurlickLW/C20002
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Harry Lumley252042162151463.482
Don Simmons16802812133913.252
Team:420070283482373.394

[4]

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Claim Aut Erikson from Chicago, Charlie Burns from Detroit and Bruce Gamble from New York.

Farm teams

References

  1. ↑ "1959–1960 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ Boston Bruins franchise index at Hockey Reference
  4. ↑ "1959-60 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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