1950–51 Chicago Black Hawks season

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.

1950–51 Chicago Black Hawks
Division6th NHL
1950–51 record13–47–10
Home record8–22–5
Road record5–25–5
Goals for171
Goals against280
Team information
General managerBill Tobin
CoachEbbie Goodfellow
CaptainJack Stewart
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsRoy Conacher (26)
AssistsJim Conacher (27)
PointsRoy Conacher (50)
Penalty minutesAl Dewsbury (79)
WinsHarry Lumley (12)
Goals against averageHarry Lumley (3.90)

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
1Detroit Red Wings70441313236139+97101
2Toronto Maple Leafs70411613212138+7495
3Montreal Canadiens70253015173184−1165
4Boston Bruins70223018178197−1962
5New York Rangers70202921169201−3261
6Chicago Black Hawks70134710171280−10936

Teams in bold qualified for the playoffs.

Record vs. opponents
1950–51 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston —9–4–12–8–45–6–34–2–82–10–2
Chicago 4–9–1—1–134–8–22–9–32–8–4
Detroit 8–2–413–1—8–4–27–5–27–3–4
Montreal 6–5–38–4–24–8–2—5–3–62–10–2
New York 2–4–89–2–35–7–23–5–6—3–10–1
Toronto 10–2–28–2–43–7–410–2–210–3–1—

Schedule and results

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1October 12Chicago Black Hawks3–3Montreal Canadiens0–0–11
2October 14Chicago Black Hawks2–1Toronto Maple Leafs1–0–13
3October 15New York Rangers3–2Chicago Black Hawks1–1–13
4October 22Toronto Maple Leafs5–3Chicago Black Hawks1–2–13
5October 26Montreal Canadiens1–5Chicago Black Hawks2–2–15
6October 28Chicago Black Hawks1–3Detroit Red Wings2–3–15
7October 29Toronto Maple Leafs3–3Chicago Black Hawks2–3–26
8November 2Boston Bruins2–5Chicago Black Hawks3–3–28
9November 5New York Rangers1–3Chicago Black Hawks4–3–210
10November 9Montreal Canadiens1–2Chicago Black Hawks5–3–212
11November 11Chicago Black Hawks4–2Boston Bruins6–3–214
12November 12Chicago Black Hawks4–1New York Rangers7–3–216
13November 16Detroit Red Wings5–1Chicago Black Hawks7–4–216
14November 18Chicago Black Hawks2–3Montreal Canadiens7–5–216
15November 19Montreal Canadiens3–0Chicago Black Hawks7–6–216
16November 22Chicago Black Hawks2–5Toronto Maple Leafs7–7–216
17November 23Boston Bruins1–4Chicago Black Hawks8–7–218
18November 25Chicago Black Hawks1–4Detroit Red Wings8–8–218
19November 26Detroit Red Wings0–5Chicago Black Hawks9–8–220
20November 29Chicago Black Hawks1–1New York Rangers9–8–321
21December 2Chicago Black Hawks0–0Toronto Maple Leafs9–8–422
22December 3Toronto Maple Leafs3–3Chicago Black Hawks9–8–523
23December 6Chicago Black Hawks4–5Boston Bruins9–9–523
24December 9Chicago Black Hawks5–0Montreal Canadiens10–9–525
25December 10New York Rangers3–3Chicago Black Hawks10–9–626
26December 14Toronto Maple Leafs7–1Chicago Black Hawks10–10–626
27December 16Chicago Black Hawks3–2Toronto Maple Leafs11–10–628
28December 17Montreal Canadiens7–3Chicago Black Hawks11–11–628
29December 19Chicago Black Hawks1–6Detroit Red Wings11–12–628
30December 21Boston Bruins3–1Chicago Black Hawks11–13–628
31December 24Chicago Black Hawks1–6New York Rangers11–14–628
32December 25Chicago Black Hawks4–7Boston Bruins11–15–628
33December 27Chicago Black Hawks4–4Boston Bruins11–15–729
34December 30Chicago Black Hawks3–4Montreal Canadiens11–16–729
35January 1Montreal Canadiens3–3Chicago Black Hawks11–16–830
36January 4Chicago Black Hawks0–1Detroit Red Wings11–17–830
37January 7Chicago Black Hawks2–3New York Rangers11–18–830
38January 9Boston Bruins5–4Chicago Black Hawks11–19–830
39January 11Chicago Black Hawks1–4Montreal Canadiens11–20–830
40January 13Chicago Black Hawks3–3Toronto Maple Leafs11–20–931
41January 14Chicago Black Hawks1–5Boston Bruins11–21–931
42January 17Detroit Red Wings4–2Chicago Black Hawks11–22–931
43January 18Chicago Black Hawks2–3Detroit Red Wings11–23–931
44January 21Montreal Canadiens3–2Chicago Black Hawks11–24–931
45January 23Detroit Red Wings8–2Chicago Black Hawks11–25–931
46January 25New York Rangers2–1Chicago Black Hawks11–26–931
47January 27Chicago Black Hawks2–4Montreal Canadiens11–27–931
48January 28Toronto Maple Leafs4–3Chicago Black Hawks11–28–931
49February 1Boston Bruins2–5Chicago Black Hawks12–28–933
50February 3Chicago Black Hawks3–6Toronto Maple Leafs12–29–933
51February 4New York Rangers4–4Chicago Black Hawks12–29–1034
52February 7Chicago Black Hawks3–11Detroit Red Wings12–30–1034
53February 8Detroit Red Wings4–3Chicago Black Hawks12–31–1034
54February 11Toronto Maple Leafs5–3Chicago Black Hawks12–32–1034
55February 14Chicago Black Hawks1–5New York Rangers12–33–1034
56February 15New York Rangers7–3Chicago Black Hawks12–34–1034
57February 18Boston Bruins7–3Chicago Black Hawks12–35–1034
58February 22Montreal Canadiens2–3Chicago Black Hawks13–35–1036
59February 25Boston Bruins3–2Chicago Black Hawks13–36–1036
60March 1New York Rangers4–1Chicago Black Hawks13–37–1036
61March 3Chicago Black Hawks0–3Toronto Maple Leafs13–38–1036
62March 4Chicago Black Hawks2–10Boston Bruins13–39–1036
63March 7Chicago Black Hawks1–3New York Rangers13–40–1036
64March 10Chicago Black Hawks2–12Montreal Canadiens13–41–1036
65March 11Detroit Red Wings7–0Chicago Black Hawks13–42–1036
66March 15Toronto Maple Leafs5–3Chicago Black Hawks13–43–1036
67March 17Chicago Black Hawks2–8Detroit Red Wings13–44–1036
68March 18Detroit Red Wings4–3Chicago Black Hawks13–45–1036
69March 21Chicago Black Hawks5–6Boston Bruins13–46–1036
70March 25Chicago Black Hawks2–5New York Rangers13–47–1036

Player statistics

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Roy Conacher7026245016
Pete Babando7018193736
Jim Conacher5210273716
Bill Mosienko6521153618
Bep Guidolin6912223456

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Harry Lumley64378512411024633.90
Marcel Pelletier63551502904.90
Red Almas160010505.00

Roster
1950–51 Chicago Black Hawks
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

References
  1. "1950–1951 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
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