1931–32 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1931–32 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's sixth season in the NHL, and they were coming off of their first ever Stanley Cup finals appearance, as they lost to the Montreal Canadiens in 5 games in the 1931 finals. The Hawks would not bring back Dick Irvin as head coach though, as they rehired Bill Tobin, who coached the Hawks at the end of the 1929–30 season. Despite finishing with an under .500 record, as the Hawks would get 47 points in 48 games, the team finished in 2nd place in the American Division, and would qualify for the playoffs for the 3rd straight season.

1931–32 Chicago Black Hawks
Division2nd American
1931–32 record18–19–11
Home record13–5–6
Road record5–14–5
Goals for86
Goals against101
Team information
General managerFrederic McLaughlin
CoachBill Tobin
CaptainCy Wentworth
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsJohnny Gottselig (13)
AssistsJohnny Gottselig (15)
PointsJohnny Gottselig (28)
Penalty minutesMush March (59)
WinsChuck Gardiner (18)
Goals against averageChuck Gardiner (1.85)

The Black Hawks would be led offensively by Johnny Gottselig, who led the club with 13 goals and 28 points, while Tom Cook would finish just behind him with 12 goals and 25 points. Mush March would have a big season, scoring 12 goals and earning 22 points, while leading the club with 59 penalty minutes.

In goal, Chuck Gardiner would win the Vezina Trophy, as the Black Hawks would have the fewest goals against in the entire league. Gardiner would win 18 games, post a 1.85 GAA and have 4 shutouts.

One seemingly routine regular season game was recalled 30 years later in a February 1, 1962, episode of ABC television's The Untouchables, titled "Silent Partner" in which one of the characters, agent Lee Hobson, goes to the Black Hawks game vs. the New York Americans. The game was played on March 4, 1932, but narrator Walter Winchell's script put the date at March 5, possibly because researchers would have found stories about the night game in the next morning's newspapers. The show got the 6–1 Black Hawk victory correct, but it cannot be determined if Winchell's remark of attendance of 7,000 was also correct.

Chicago would face the Toronto Maple Leafs in the opening round of the playoffs for the 2nd straight year, however, unlike the previous season, the Black Hawks could not defeat Toronto in the 2 game total goal series, as the Leafs would eliminate the Hawks by a 6–2 score.

Season standings
American Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
New York Rangers482317813411254
Chicago Black Hawks481819118610147
Detroit Falcons481820109510846
Boston Bruins4815211212211742

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents
1931-32 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON MTM NYA NYR TOR
Boston —2–4–23–1–43–2–11–4–12–3–12–4–22–3–1
Chicago 4–2–2—3–4–11–4–12–1–34–1–11–5–23–2–1
Detroit 1–3–44–3–1—2–3–13–32–2–23–3–23–3
M. Canadiens 2–3–14–1–13–2–1—5–2–14–43–2–14–2–2
M. Maroons 4–1–11–2–33–32–5–1—4–3–12–3–13–5
N.Y. Americans 3–2–11–4–12–2–24–43–4–1—2–41–4–3
N.Y. Rangers 4–2–25–1–23–3–22–3–13–2–14–2—2–4
Toronto 3–2–12–3–13–32–4–25–34–1–34–2—

Schedule and results

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1November 12Chicago Black Hawks2–1Toronto Maple Leafs1–0–02
2November 15New York Americans1–1Chicago Black Hawks1–0–13
3November 18Toronto Maple Leafs1–1Chicago Black Hawks1–0–24
4November 22Montreal Maroons2–4Chicago Black Hawks2–0–26
5November 24Chicago Black Hawks1–1New York Rangers2–0–37
6November 26Chicago Black Hawks0–1Boston Bruins2–1–37
7November 29New York Rangers5–0Chicago Black Hawks2–2–37
8December 2Montreal Canadiens1–2Chicago Black Hawks3–2–39
9December 6Chicago Black Hawks0–2New York Americans3–3–39
10December 8Chicago Black Hawks1–1Montreal Canadiens3–3–410
11December 13Boston Bruins3–0Chicago Black Hawks3–4–410
12December 16Detroit Falcons1–4Chicago Black Hawks4–4–412
13December 17Chicago Black Hawks1–4Detroit Falcons4–5–412
14December 20Toronto Maple Leafs0–1Chicago Black Hawks5–5–414
15December 22Chicago Black Hawks1–1Montreal Maroons5–5–515
16December 27Chicago Black Hawks1–3New York Rangers5–6–515
17December 29Chicago Black Hawks3–3Boston Bruins5–6–616
18January 1New York Americans2–3Chicago Black Hawks6–6–618
19January 3New York Rangers1–1Chicago Black Hawks6–6–719
20January 6Detroit Falcons2–4Chicago Black Hawks7–6–721
21January 10Boston Bruins1–1Chicago Black Hawks7–6–822
22January 13Montreal Canadiens2–1Chicago Black Hawks7–7–822
23January 14Chicago Black Hawks0–2Detroit Falcons7–8–822
24January 17Montreal Maroons3–3Chicago Black Hawks7–8–923
25January 19Chicago Black Hawks3–2Boston Bruins8–8–925
26January 21Chicago Black Hawks1–0New York Americans9–8–927
27January 23Chicago Black Hawks3–3Montreal Maroons9–8–1028
28January 27Detroit Falcons1–2Chicago Black Hawks10–8–1030
29January 28Chicago Black Hawks2–4Detroit Falcons10–9–1030
30January 31New York Rangers3–0Chicago Black Hawks10–10–1030
31February 3Toronto Maple Leafs0–7Chicago Black Hawks11–10–1032
32February 7Chicago Black Hawks0–1New York Rangers11–11–1032
33February 9Chicago Black Hawks3–1New York Americans12–11–1034
34February 11Chicago Black Hawks1–4Montreal Canadiens12–12–1034
35February 14Chicago Black Hawks1–3Detroit Falcons12–13–1034
36February 17Montreal Canadiens3–1Chicago Black Hawks12–14–1034
37February 20Boston Bruins1–2Chicago Black Hawks13–14–1036
38February 24Montreal Maroons1–3Chicago Black Hawks14–14–1038
39February 27Chicago Black Hawks2–4Toronto Maple Leafs14–15–1038
40March 1Chicago Black Hawks0–1Montreal Maroons14–16–1038
41March 4New York Americans1–6Chicago Black Hawks15–16–1040
42March 6New York Rangers3–4Chicago Black Hawks16–16–1042
43March 8Chicago Black Hawks1–6New York Rangers16–17–1042
44March 10Chicago Black Hawks3–2Boston Bruins17–17–1044
45March 12Chicago Black Hawks0–1Montreal Canadiens17–18–1044
46March 16Detroit Falcons1–1Chicago Black Hawks17–18–1145
47March 19Chicago Black Hawks3–11Toronto Maple Leafs17–19–1145
48March 20Boston Bruins0–1Chicago Black Hawks18–19–1147

Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Chicago Black Hawks 2
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 27Toronto Maple Leafs0–1Chicago Black Hawks1–0
2March 29Chicago Black Hawks1–6Toronto Maple Leafs1–1

Player statistics

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Johnny Gottselig4413152828
Tom Cook4812132536
Mush March4812102259
Paul Thompson488142234
Vic Ripley461261847

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Chuck Gardiner4829891819119241.85
Wilf Cude1410009013.17

Playoff stats

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Gerry Lowrey21012
Arthur Coulter21010
Buck Boucher20110

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Chuck Gardiner2120110613.00

References
  1. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
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