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1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ4570218 ↗
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The 1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season was the 52nd season in club history. The team placed first in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens were eliminated in semi-finals by the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2.

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The public source identifies “1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season” as nHL hockey team season. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Montreal, Canadiens and season.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1960—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Montreal, Canadiens and season providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.