1950–51 Chicago Black Hawks season

1950–51 Chicago Black Hawks
Division 6th NHL
1950–51 record 13–47–10
Home record 8–22–5
Road record 5–25–5
Goals for 171
Goals against 280
Team information
General Manager Bill Tobin
Coach Ebbie Goodfellow
Captain Jack Stewart
Arena Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals Roy Conacher (26)
Assists Jim Conacher (27)
Points Roy Conacher (50)
Penalties in minutes Al Dewsbury (79)
Wins Harry Lumley (12)
Goals against average Harry Lumley (3.90)
<1949–50 1951–52>

The 1950–51 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 25th season in the NHL, and they were coming off of a last place finish in 1949–50, as the Hawks had a record of 22–38–10, earning 54 points, and failing to qualify for the post-season for the fourth season in a row. In 1950–51, the Black Hawks would have one of the worst seasons in their history, winning only 13 games.

Off-season

In the off-season, the Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings made the biggest trade in NHL history at the time, as Chicago sent Jim Henry, Gaye Stewart, Bob Goldham and Metro Prystai to Detroit for Harry Lumley, Jack Stewart, Al Dewsbury, Don Morrison and Pete Babando. The club also replaced head coach Charlie Conacher with former Red Wings player Ebbie Goodfellow, and named the newly acquired Jack Stewart the captain of the team.

Regular season

Chicago started the season off playing very good hockey, as they went a solid 7–3–2 in their opening 12 games. The Black Hawks then fell into a slump, however, 27 games into the season, they were still playing over .500 hockey, as their record was 11–10–6, and fighting with the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens for a playoff spot. Chicago then ran into injuries, as team captain Jack Stewart ruptured a disc in his back, ending his season after only 26 games, while Gus Bodnar and Bill Gadsby would also run into severe injury problems, as the Black Hawks would go on to a 2–37–4 record in their last 43 games, finishing in last place for the second consecutive season. The 36 points the Hawks earned was the lowest total since 1944–45, when the team earned 33, however, they played 20 less games that season.

Offensively, Chicago was led by Roy Conacher, who notched a team high 26 goals and 50 points, while Jim Conacher recorded a team high 27 assists, and finished tied with Pete Babando in second place on the team scoring list with 37 points. Bill Mosienko would join Roy Conacher as the only Hawks to record over 20 goals, as he registered 21 goals. Al Dewsbury led the blueline with 5 goals and 19 points, and had a club high 79 penalty minutes.

In goal, newly acquired Harry Lumley played the majority of the games, winning a team high 12 games while posting a team best 3.90 GAA, while earning three shutouts along the way.

Season standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 70 44 13 13 236 139 +97 101
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 41 16 13 212 138 +74 95
3 Montreal Canadiens 70 25 30 15 173 184 −11 65
4 Boston Bruins 70 22 30 18 178 197 −19 62
5 New York Rangers 70 20 29 21 169 201 −32 61
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 13 47 10 171 280 −109 36

Teams in bold qualified for the playoffs.

Schedule and results

Regular season

# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 October 12 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 Montreal Canadiens 0–0–1 1
2 October 14 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0–1 3
3 October 15 New York Rangers 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1–1 3
4 October 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks 1–2–1 3
5 October 26 Montreal Canadiens 1–5 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2–1 5
6 October 28 Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 Detroit Red Wings 2–3–1 5
7 October 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3–2 6
8 November 2 Boston Bruins 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3–2 8
9 November 5 New York Rangers 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3–2 10
10 November 9 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3–2 12
11 November 11 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 Boston Bruins 6–3–2 14
12 November 12 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 New York Rangers 7–3–2 16
13 November 16 Detroit Red Wings 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks 7–4–2 16
14 November 18 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 Montreal Canadiens 7–5–2 16
15 November 19 Montreal Canadiens 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks 7–6–2 16
16 November 22 Chicago Black Hawks 2–5 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–7–2 16
17 November 23 Boston Bruins 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks 8–7–2 18
18 November 25 Chicago Black Hawks 1–4 Detroit Red Wings 8–8–2 18
19 November 26 Detroit Red Wings 0–5 Chicago Black Hawks 9–8–2 20
20 November 29 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 New York Rangers 9–8–3 21
21 December 2 Chicago Black Hawks 0–0 Toronto Maple Leafs 9–8–4 22
22 December 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks 9–8–5 23
23 December 6 Chicago Black Hawks 4–5 Boston Bruins 9–9–5 23
24 December 9 Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 Montreal Canadiens 10–9–5 25
25 December 10 New York Rangers 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks 10–9–6 26
26 December 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–1 Chicago Black Hawks 10–10–6 26
27 December 16 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 11–10–6 28
28 December 17 Montreal Canadiens 7–3 Chicago Black Hawks 11–11–6 28
29 December 19 Chicago Black Hawks 1–6 Detroit Red Wings 11–12–6 28
30 December 21 Boston Bruins 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks 11–13–6 28
31 December 24 Chicago Black Hawks 1–6 New York Rangers 11–14–6 28
32 December 25 Chicago Black Hawks 4–7 Boston Bruins 11–15–6 28
33 December 27 Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 Boston Bruins 11–15–7 29
34 December 30 Chicago Black Hawks 3–4 Montreal Canadiens 11–16–7 29
35 January 1 Montreal Canadiens 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks 11–16–8 30
36 January 4 Chicago Black Hawks 0–1 Detroit Red Wings 11–17–8 30
37 January 7 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 New York Rangers 11–18–8 30
38 January 9 Boston Bruins 5–4 Chicago Black Hawks 11–19–8 30
39 January 11 Chicago Black Hawks 1–4 Montreal Canadiens 11–20–8 30
40 January 13 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 11–20–9 31
41 January 14 Chicago Black Hawks 1–5 Boston Bruins 11–21–9 31
42 January 17 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks 11–22–9 31
43 January 18 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 Detroit Red Wings 11–23–9 31
44 January 21 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks 11–24–9 31
45 January 23 Detroit Red Wings 8–2 Chicago Black Hawks 11–25–9 31
46 January 25 New York Rangers 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks 11–26–9 31
47 January 27 Chicago Black Hawks 2–4 Montreal Canadiens 11–27–9 31
48 January 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks 11–28–9 31
49 February 1 Boston Bruins 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks 12–28–9 33
50 February 3 Chicago Black Hawks 3–6 Toronto Maple Leafs 12–29–9 33
51 February 4 New York Rangers 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks 12–29–10 34
52 February 7 Chicago Black Hawks 3–11 Detroit Red Wings 12–30–10 34
53 February 8 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks 12–31–10 34
54 February 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks 12–32–10 34
55 February 14 Chicago Black Hawks 1–5 New York Rangers 12–33–10 34
56 February 15 New York Rangers 7–3 Chicago Black Hawks 12–34–10 34
57 February 18 Boston Bruins 7–3 Chicago Black Hawks 12–35–10 34
58 February 22 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks 13–35–10 36
59 February 25 Boston Bruins 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks 13–36–10 36
60 March 1 New York Rangers 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks 13–37–10 36
61 March 3 Chicago Black Hawks 0–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 13–38–10 36
62 March 4 Chicago Black Hawks 2–10 Boston Bruins 13–39–10 36
63 March 7 Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 New York Rangers 13–40–10 36
64 March 10 Chicago Black Hawks 2–12 Montreal Canadiens 13–41–10 36
65 March 11 Detroit Red Wings 7–0 Chicago Black Hawks 13–42–10 36
66 March 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks 13–43–10 36
67 March 17 Chicago Black Hawks 2–8 Detroit Red Wings 13–44–10 36
68 March 18 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks 13–45–10 36
69 March 21 Chicago Black Hawks 5–6 Boston Bruins 13–46–10 36
70 March 25 Chicago Black Hawks 2–5 New York Rangers 13–47–10 36

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Roy Conacher 70 26 24 50 16
Pete Babando 70 18 19 37 36
Jim Conacher 52 10 27 37 16
Bill Mosienko 65 21 15 36 18
Bep Guidolin 69 12 22 34 56

Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
Harry Lumley 64 3785 12 41 10 246 3 3.90
Marcel Pelletier 6 355 1 5 0 29 0 4.90
Red Almas 1 60 0 1 0 5 0 5.00

Roster

1950–51 Chicago Black Hawks
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

References

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