1928–29 Chicago Black Hawks season

1928–29 Chicago Black Hawks
Division 5th American
1928–29 record 7–29–8
Home record 3–13–6
Road record 4–16–2
Goals for 33
Goals against 85
Team information
General Manager Frederic McLaughlin
Coach Herb Gardiner (5–23–4)
Dick Irvin (2–6–4)
Captain Dick Irvin
Arena Chicago Coliseum
Detroit Olympia
Peace Bridge Arena
Team leaders
Goals Vic Ripley (11)
Assists Ty Arbour (4)
Points Vic Ripley (13)
Penalties in minutes Bouncer Taylor (56)
Wins Chuck Gardiner (7)
Goals against average Chuck Gardiner (1.85)

The 1928–29 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's third season of play. The Hawks would miss the playoffs for the second straight season.

Regular season

The team was coming off a 7–34–3 season, in which they finished in last place in the league. The Black Hawks would let head coach Hugh Lehman go and hire Herb Gardiner to become the team's head coach. This season was also a long one for the club, as they finished with a league worst 7–29–8 record, and 25 points out of a playoff spot. Chicago would score an NHL record worst 33 goals, averaging less than a goal per game, while giving up 85 goals, which was the highest in the league. In one stretch from February 7 through February 28, the Hawks were shut out in eight consecutive games. Gardiner was fired after posting a 5–23–4 record, and for the remainder of the season, the Hawks used team captain Dick Irvin as a player-coach.

Due to the new Chicago Stadium, the new home of the Black Hawks, not being ready for the 1928–29 season, the team was only able to get ice time at Chicago Coliseum through January. Chicago would then play the rest of their "home" games in Detroit, Michigan and Fort Erie, Ontario in February and March.

Vic Ripley would have a team high 13 points, which included 11 goals, which was 1/3 of the Hawks goal total. Dick Irvin would score 6 goals, while youngster Johnny Gottselig scored 5. Goaltender Chuck Gardiner saw all the action in net, winning 7 games, while posting a 1.85 GAA and earning 5 shutouts.

While they improved by their point total by 5 points over the previous season, they still were a long way from contending for a playoff spot.

Final standings

American Division
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Boston Bruins4426135895247257
New York Rangers44211310726538452
Detroit Cougars4419169726338147
Pittsburgh Pirates449278468032426
Chicago Black Hawks447298338536322

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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

1928-29 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON MTM NYA NYR OTT PIT TOR
Boston —4–1–14–1–11–2–13–10–3–15–12–1–15–12–2
Chicago 1–4–1—1–4–10–41–2–11–30–4–21–2–12–3–10–3–1
Detroit 1–4–14–1–1—1–1–22–1–12–1–11–4–11–1–25–12–2
M. Canadiens 2–1–14–01–1–2—4–0–22–1–31–1–25–0–12–0–21–3–2
M. Maroons 1–32–1–11–2–10–4–2—2–3–13–0–12–2–22–1–12–4
N.Y. Americans 3–0–13–11–2–11–2–33–2–1—1–1–22–0–42–23–3
N.Y. Rangers 1–54–0–24–1–11–1–20–3–11–1–2—3–14–0–23–1
Ottawa 1–2–12–1–11–1–20–5–12–2–20–2–41–3—3–0–14–1–1
Pittsburgh 1–53–2–11–50–2–21–2–12–20–4–20–3–1—1–2–1
Toronto 2–23–0–12–23–1–24–23–31–31–4–12–1–1—

Schedule and results

Regular Season

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1November 15Chicago Black Hawks0–2Toronto Maple Leafs0–1–00
2November 17Chicago Black Hawks2–4Montreal Maroons0–2–00
3November 20Pittsburgh Pirates2–0Chicago Black Hawks0–3–00
4November 22New York Rangers2–1Chicago Black Hawks0–4–00
5November 25Boston Bruins1–1Chicago Black Hawks0–4–11
6November 29Chicago Black Hawks2–3New York Rangers0–5–11
7December 1Chicago Black Hawks3–2Pittsburgh Pirates1–5–13
8December 6Chicago Black Hawks0–2Ottawa Senators1–6–13
9December 8Chicago Black Hawks1–2Montreal Canadiens1–7–13
10December 11Ottawa Senators1–2Chicago Black Hawks2–7–15
11December 16New York Americans1–0Chicago Black Hawks2–8–15
12December 18Montreal Canadiens5–0Chicago Black Hawks2–9–15
13December 25Chicago Black Hawks2–1Boston Bruins3–9–17
14December 27Chicago Black Hawks2–0New York Americans4–9–19
15December 30Chicago Black Hawks1–3Detroit Cougars4–10–19
16January 1Detroit Cougars2–1Chicago Black Hawks4–11–19
17January 3Toronto Maple Leafs2–0Chicago Black Hawks4–12–19
18January 6Detroit Cougars3–1Chicago Black Hawks4–13–19
19January 8Chicago Black Hawks0–1Pittsburgh Pirates4–14–19
20January 10Montreal Maroons1–1Chicago Black Hawks4–14–210
21January 13Pittsburgh Pirates1–1Chicago Black Hawks4–14–311
22January 15Chicago Black Hawks0–1Montreal Canadiens4–15–311
23January 17Chicago Black Hawks0–1New York Rangers4–16–311
24January 20Boston Bruins2–0Chicago Black Hawks4–17–311
25January 22Chicago Black Hawks1–1Ottawa Senators4–17–412
26January 26Chicago Black Hawks0–2Toronto Maple Leafs4–18–412
27January 29Chicago Black Hawks1–4Boston Bruins4–19–412
28January 31Chicago Black Hawks0–2Montreal Maroons4–20–412
29February 2New York Rangers3–2Chicago Black Hawks4–21–412
30February 5Chicago Black Hawks1–0Detroit Cougars5–21–414
31February 7Chicago Black Hawks0–1New York Americans5–22–414
32February 9New York Americans1–0Chicago Black Hawks5–23–414
33February 14Montreal Canadiens1–0Chicago Black Hawks5–24–414
34February 16Boston Bruins3–0Chicago Black Hawks5–25–414
35February 21Ottawa Senators3–0Chicago Black Hawks5–26–414
36February 24Detroit Cougars0–0Chicago Black Hawks5–26–515
37February 26Chicago Black Hawks0–3Detroit Cougars5–27–515
38February 28New York Rangers0–0Chicago Black Hawks5–27–616
39March 2Montreal Maroons1–2Chicago Black Hawks6–27–618
40March 5Chicago Black Hawks2–3Pittsburgh Pirates6–28–618
41March 7Toronto Maple Leafs1–1Chicago Black Hawks6–28–719
42March 10Pittsburgh Pirates0–1Chicago Black Hawks7–28–721
43March 12Chicago Black Hawks1–11Boston Bruins7–29–721
44March 14Chicago Black Hawks1–1New York Rangers7–29–822

Season stats

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Vic Ripley391121331
Johnny Gottselig4453826
Dick Irvin3661730
Ty Arbour4434732
Mush March353366

Goaltending

PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Chuck Gardiner44275872988551.85

See also

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. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
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