1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 24th season in the National Hockey League. The Black Hawks finished in sixth, out of the playoffs.

1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks
Division6th NHL
1949–50 record22–38–10
Home record13–18–4
Road record9–20–6
Goals for203
Goals against244
Team information
General ManagerBill Tobin
CoachCharlie Conacher
CaptainDoug Bentley
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsMetro Prystai (29)
AssistsBep Guidolin (34)
PointsRoy Conacher (56)
Penalty minutesBill Gadsby (138)
WinsFrank Brimsek (22)
Goals against averageFrank Brimsek (3.49)

Off-season

In goal, the Black Hawks acquired long-time Boston Bruins goaltender Frank Brimsek. Brimsek would play in all 70 games for the Hawks, winning 22 of them, earning five shutouts along the way, and posting a 3.49 GAA.

Regular season

The Black Hawks had finished in fifth place in 1948–49, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the third year in a row. Prior to the season, the NHL announced that they would be adding ten games to the regular season schedule, raising it from 60 games to 70. Despite the extra games added, the Black Hawks would only win one more game than the previous season, and finish in last place in the NHL with 54 points, 13 behind the New York Rangers for the final playoff spot, missing the playoffs for the fourth straight season.

Offensively, the Hawks scoring was spread out, as 22-year-old Metro Prystai led the Hawks with 29 goals, Doug Bentley had a team high 33 assists, and Roy Conacher had a club-best 56 points. Bill Gadsby would be a force on the blueline, leading the way with 10 goals and 35 points, and having a team high 138 penalty minutes. The Hawks scored 203 goals, second highest total in the league, but would allow a league high 244 goals.

Season standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Detroit Red Wings70371914229164+6588
2Montreal Canadiens70292219172150+2277
3Toronto Maple Leafs70312712176173+374
4New York Rangers70283111170189−1967
5Boston Bruins70223216198228−3060
6Chicago Black Hawks70223810203244−4154

Record vs. opponents
1949–50 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston —5–7–23–8–34–5–55–5–45–7–2
Chicago 7–5–2—3–9–24–8–24–9–14–7–3
Detroit 8–3–39–3–2—5–3–67–5–28–5–1
Montreal 5–4–58–4–23–5–6—7–5–26–4–4
New York 5–5–49–4–15–7–25–7–2—4–8–2
Toronto 7–5–27–4–35–8–14–6–48–4–2—

Schedule and results

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1October 13Chicago Black Hawks0–4Montreal Canadiens0–1–00
2October 15Chicago Black Hawks4–4Toronto Maple Leafs0–1–11
3October 19Chicago Black Hawks4–7Boston Bruins0–2–11
4October 23Chicago Black Hawks3–3Detroit Red Wings0–2–22
5October 25New York Rangers2–1Chicago Black Hawks0–3–22
6October 27Detroit Red Wings3–1Chicago Black Hawks0–4–22
7October 29Chicago Black Hawks2–0New York Rangers1–4–24
8October 30Boston Bruins4–10Chicago Black Hawks2–4–26
9November 2Montreal Canadiens1–4Chicago Black Hawks3–4–28
10November 6Toronto Maple Leafs4–2Chicago Black Hawks3–5–28
11November 9Chicago Black Hawks3–1Boston Bruins4–5–210
12November 12Chicago Black Hawks0–4Toronto Maple Leafs4–6–210
13November 13Montreal Canadiens0–0Chicago Black Hawks4–6–311
14November 16Chicago Black Hawks1–4Detroit Red Wings4–7–311
15November 17Boston Bruins3–8Chicago Black Hawks5–7–313
16November 20New York Rangers5–2Chicago Black Hawks5–8–313
17November 24Detroit Red Wings3–3Chicago Black Hawks5–8–414
18November 26Chicago Black Hawks7–2Detroit Red Wings6–8–416
19November 27Toronto Maple Leafs3–6Chicago Black Hawks7–8–418
20December 1Boston Bruins4–5Chicago Black Hawks8–8–420
21December 3Chicago Black Hawks3–5Boston Bruins8–9–420
22December 4Chicago Black Hawks0–4New York Rangers8–10–420
23December 7Chicago Black Hawks1–2New York Rangers8–11–420
24December 8Toronto Maple Leafs4–1Chicago Black Hawks8–12–420
25December 10Chicago Black Hawks1–1Montreal Canadiens8–12–521
26December 11Montreal Canadiens3–0Chicago Black Hawks8–13–521
27December 14New York Rangers3–5Chicago Black Hawks9–13–523
28December 17Chicago Black Hawks7–1Toronto Maple Leafs10–13–525
29December 18Detroit Red Wings5–3Chicago Black Hawks10–14–525
30December 21Boston Bruins4–1Chicago Black Hawks10–15–525
31December 25Chicago Black Hawks4–4Boston Bruins10–15–626
32December 28Chicago Black Hawks2–5New York Rangers10–16–626
33December 31Chicago Black Hawks2–3Montreal Canadiens10–17–626
34January 1Montreal Canadiens1–5Chicago Black Hawks11–17–628
35January 4Chicago Black Hawks4–4Toronto Maple Leafs11–17–729
36January 7Chicago Black Hawks2–5Toronto Maple Leafs11–18–729
37January 8Chicago Black Hawks1–1New York Rangers11–18–830
38January 10Montreal Canadiens7–3Chicago Black Hawks11–19–830
39January 14Chicago Black Hawks0–3Montreal Canadiens11–20–830
40January 15Chicago Black Hawks5–1Boston Bruins12–20–832
41January 18Detroit Red Wings5–4Chicago Black Hawks12–21–832
42January 21Chicago Black Hawks3–5Detroit Red Wings12–22–832
43January 22New York Rangers3–4Chicago Black Hawks13–22–834
44January 26Boston Bruins1–5Chicago Black Hawks14–22–836
45January 28Chicago Black Hawks1–9Toronto Maple Leafs14–23–836
46January 29Toronto Maple Leafs4–0Chicago Black Hawks14–24–836
47February 1Toronto Maple Leafs0–3Chicago Black Hawks15–24–838
48February 4Chicago Black Hawks6–2Montreal Canadiens16–24–840
49February 5Montreal Canadiens4–3Chicago Black Hawks16–25–840
50February 8Chicago Black Hawks2–9Detroit Red Wings16–26–840
51February 9New York Rangers5–3Chicago Black Hawks16–27–840
52February 12Toronto Maple Leafs1–1Chicago Black Hawks16–27–941
53February 15Detroit Red Wings0–3Chicago Black Hawks17–27–943
54February 19Boston Bruins4–4Chicago Black Hawks17–27–1044
55February 22Chicago Black Hawks0–3New York Rangers17–28–1044
56February 23New York Rangers7–3Chicago Black Hawks17–29–1044
57February 26Detroit Red Wings4–1Chicago Black Hawks17–30–1044
58March 2Montreal Canadiens2–5Chicago Black Hawks18–30–1046
59March 4Chicago Black Hawks1–3Montreal Canadiens18–31–1046
60March 5Chicago Black Hawks4–11Boston Bruins18–32–1046
61March 8New York Rangers4–2Chicago Black Hawks18–33–1046
62March 11Chicago Black Hawks1–5Detroit Red Wings18–34–1046
63March 12Detroit Red Wings4–2Chicago Black Hawks18–35–1046
64March 15Toronto Maple Leafs0–4Chicago Black Hawks19–35–1048
65March 18Chicago Black Hawks1–2Toronto Maple Leafs19–36–1048
66March 19Boston Bruins4–3Chicago Black Hawks19–37–1048
67March 21Chicago Black Hawks6–3New York Rangers20–37–1050
68March 22Chicago Black Hawks7–5Boston Bruins21–37–1052
69March 25Chicago Black Hawks0–4Montreal Canadiens21–38–1052
70March 26Chicago Black Hawks5–4Detroit Red Wings22–38–1052

Player statistics

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Roy Conacher7025315616
Doug Bentley6420335328
Metro Prystai6529225131
Bep Guidolin7017345142
Bert Olmstead7020294940

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Frank Brimsek70420022381024453.49

References
Notes
  1. "1949–1950 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
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