1931β32 Chicago Black Hawks | |
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Division | 2nd American |
1931β32 record | 18β19β11 |
Home record | 13β5β6 |
Road record | 5β14β5 |
Goals for | 86 |
Goals against | 101 |
Team information | |
General manager | Frederic McLaughlin |
Coach | Bill Tobin |
Captain | Cy Wentworth |
Arena | Chicago Stadium |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Johnny Gottselig (13) |
Assists | Johnny Gottselig (15) |
Points | Johnny Gottselig (28) |
Penalty minutes | Mush March (59) |
Wins | Chuck Gardiner (18) |
Goals against average | Chuck Gardiner (1.85) |
The 1931β32 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 1929β30 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.
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 6β1 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 6β2 score.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York Rangers | 48 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 134 | 112 | 54 |
Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 86 | 101 | 47 |
Detroit Falcons | 48 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 95 | 108 | 46 |
Boston Bruins | 48 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 122 | 117 | 42 |
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.
Vs. American Division
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Vs. Canadian Division
|
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Record | Pts |
1 | November 12 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1β0β0 | 2 |
2 | November 15 | New York Americans | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β0β1 | 3 |
3 | November 18 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β0β2 | 4 |
4 | November 22 | Montreal Maroons | 2β4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β0β2 | 6 |
5 | November 24 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β1 | New York Rangers | 2β0β3 | 7 |
6 | November 26 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β1 | Boston Bruins | 2β1β3 | 7 |
7 | November 29 | New York Rangers | 5β0 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β2β3 | 7 |
8 | December 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 1β2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β2β3 | 9 |
9 | December 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β2 | New York Americans | 3β3β3 | 9 |
10 | December 8 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β1 | Montreal Canadiens | 3β3β4 | 10 |
11 | December 13 | Boston Bruins | 3β0 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β4β4 | 10 |
12 | December 16 | Detroit Falcons | 1β4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4β4β4 | 12 |
13 | December 17 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β4 | Detroit Falcons | 4β5β4 | 12 |
14 | December 20 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 5β5β4 | 14 |
15 | December 22 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β1 | Montreal Maroons | 5β5β5 | 15 |
16 | December 27 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β3 | New York Rangers | 5β6β5 | 15 |
17 | December 29 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β3 | Boston Bruins | 5β6β6 | 16 |
18 | January 1 | New York Americans | 2β3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 6β6β6 | 18 |
19 | January 3 | New York Rangers | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 6β6β7 | 19 |
20 | January 6 | Detroit Falcons | 2β4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 7β6β7 | 21 |
21 | January 10 | Boston Bruins | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 7β6β8 | 22 |
22 | January 13 | Montreal Canadiens | 2β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 7β7β8 | 22 |
23 | January 14 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β2 | Detroit Falcons | 7β8β8 | 22 |
24 | January 17 | Montreal Maroons | 3β3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 7β8β9 | 23 |
25 | January 19 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β2 | Boston Bruins | 8β8β9 | 25 |
26 | January 21 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β0 | New York Americans | 9β8β9 | 27 |
27 | January 23 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β3 | Montreal Maroons | 9β8β10 | 28 |
28 | January 27 | Detroit Falcons | 1β2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 10β8β10 | 30 |
29 | January 28 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β4 | Detroit Falcons | 10β9β10 | 30 |
30 | January 31 | New York Rangers | 3β0 | Chicago Black Hawks | 10β10β10 | 30 |
31 | February 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0β7 | Chicago Black Hawks | 11β10β10 | 32 |
32 | February 7 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β1 | New York Rangers | 11β11β10 | 32 |
33 | February 9 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β1 | New York Americans | 12β11β10 | 34 |
34 | February 11 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β4 | Montreal Canadiens | 12β12β10 | 34 |
35 | February 14 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β3 | Detroit Falcons | 12β13β10 | 34 |
36 | February 17 | Montreal Canadiens | 3β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 12β14β10 | 34 |
37 | February 20 | Boston Bruins | 1β2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 13β14β10 | 36 |
38 | February 24 | Montreal Maroons | 1β3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 14β14β10 | 38 |
39 | February 27 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 14β15β10 | 38 |
40 | March 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β1 | Montreal Maroons | 14β16β10 | 38 |
41 | March 4 | New York Americans | 1β6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 15β16β10 | 40 |
42 | March 6 | New York Rangers | 3β4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 16β16β10 | 42 |
43 | March 8 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β6 | New York Rangers | 16β17β10 | 42 |
44 | March 10 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β2 | Boston Bruins | 17β17β10 | 44 |
45 | March 12 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β1 | Montreal Canadiens | 17β18β10 | 44 |
46 | March 16 | Detroit Falcons | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 17β18β11 | 45 |
47 | March 19 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 17β19β11 | 45 |
48 | March 20 | Boston Bruins | 0β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 18β19β11 | 47 |
March 27 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 β 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 7:12 β Lowrey (1) β (Unassisted) | ||||||
Chabot (0-1-0) | Goalie stats | Gardiner (1-0-0) |
March 29 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1 β 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 8:32 β
Day (1) β (Unassisted) 9:55 β Conacher (1) β ( Primeau) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 6:07 β
Gracie (1) β (
Finnigan) 12:47 β Conacher (2) β ( Primeau) 16:06 β Finnigan (1) β ( Cotton) | ||||||
Coulter (1) β ( Boucher) β 9:50 | Third period | 19:35 β Cotton (1) β ( Bailey, Darragh) | ||||||
Gardiner (1-1-0) | Goalie stats | Chabot (1-1-0) |
Toronto wins series 6 β 2 | |
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Gottselig | 44 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 28 |
Tom Cook | 48 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 36 |
Mush March | 48 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 59 |
Paul Thompson | 48 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 34 |
Vic Ripley | 46 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 47 |
Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | SO | GAA |
Chuck Gardiner | 48 | 2989 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 92 | 4 | 1.85 |
Wilf Cude | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13.17 |
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Lowrey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Arthur Coulter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Buck Boucher | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | SO | GAA |
Chuck Gardiner | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
1931β32 Chicago Black Hawks | |
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Division | 2nd American |
1931β32 record | 18β19β11 |
Home record | 13β5β6 |
Road record | 5β14β5 |
Goals for | 86 |
Goals against | 101 |
Team information | |
General manager | Frederic McLaughlin |
Coach | Bill Tobin |
Captain | Cy Wentworth |
Arena | Chicago Stadium |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Johnny Gottselig (13) |
Assists | Johnny Gottselig (15) |
Points | Johnny Gottselig (28) |
Penalty minutes | Mush March (59) |
Wins | Chuck Gardiner (18) |
Goals against average | Chuck Gardiner (1.85) |
The 1931β32 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 1929β30 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.
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 6β1 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 6β2 score.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York Rangers | 48 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 134 | 112 | 54 |
Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 86 | 101 | 47 |
Detroit Falcons | 48 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 95 | 108 | 46 |
Boston Bruins | 48 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 122 | 117 | 42 |
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.
Vs. American Division
|
Vs. Canadian Division
|
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Record | Pts |
1 | November 12 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1β0β0 | 2 |
2 | November 15 | New York Americans | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β0β1 | 3 |
3 | November 18 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β0β2 | 4 |
4 | November 22 | Montreal Maroons | 2β4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β0β2 | 6 |
5 | November 24 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β1 | New York Rangers | 2β0β3 | 7 |
6 | November 26 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β1 | Boston Bruins | 2β1β3 | 7 |
7 | November 29 | New York Rangers | 5β0 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β2β3 | 7 |
8 | December 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 1β2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β2β3 | 9 |
9 | December 6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β2 | New York Americans | 3β3β3 | 9 |
10 | December 8 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β1 | Montreal Canadiens | 3β3β4 | 10 |
11 | December 13 | Boston Bruins | 3β0 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β4β4 | 10 |
12 | December 16 | Detroit Falcons | 1β4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4β4β4 | 12 |
13 | December 17 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β4 | Detroit Falcons | 4β5β4 | 12 |
14 | December 20 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 5β5β4 | 14 |
15 | December 22 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β1 | Montreal Maroons | 5β5β5 | 15 |
16 | December 27 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β3 | New York Rangers | 5β6β5 | 15 |
17 | December 29 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β3 | Boston Bruins | 5β6β6 | 16 |
18 | January 1 | New York Americans | 2β3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 6β6β6 | 18 |
19 | January 3 | New York Rangers | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 6β6β7 | 19 |
20 | January 6 | Detroit Falcons | 2β4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 7β6β7 | 21 |
21 | January 10 | Boston Bruins | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 7β6β8 | 22 |
22 | January 13 | Montreal Canadiens | 2β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 7β7β8 | 22 |
23 | January 14 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β2 | Detroit Falcons | 7β8β8 | 22 |
24 | January 17 | Montreal Maroons | 3β3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 7β8β9 | 23 |
25 | January 19 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β2 | Boston Bruins | 8β8β9 | 25 |
26 | January 21 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β0 | New York Americans | 9β8β9 | 27 |
27 | January 23 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β3 | Montreal Maroons | 9β8β10 | 28 |
28 | January 27 | Detroit Falcons | 1β2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 10β8β10 | 30 |
29 | January 28 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β4 | Detroit Falcons | 10β9β10 | 30 |
30 | January 31 | New York Rangers | 3β0 | Chicago Black Hawks | 10β10β10 | 30 |
31 | February 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0β7 | Chicago Black Hawks | 11β10β10 | 32 |
32 | February 7 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β1 | New York Rangers | 11β11β10 | 32 |
33 | February 9 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β1 | New York Americans | 12β11β10 | 34 |
34 | February 11 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β4 | Montreal Canadiens | 12β12β10 | 34 |
35 | February 14 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β3 | Detroit Falcons | 12β13β10 | 34 |
36 | February 17 | Montreal Canadiens | 3β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 12β14β10 | 34 |
37 | February 20 | Boston Bruins | 1β2 | Chicago Black Hawks | 13β14β10 | 36 |
38 | February 24 | Montreal Maroons | 1β3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 14β14β10 | 38 |
39 | February 27 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2β4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 14β15β10 | 38 |
40 | March 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β1 | Montreal Maroons | 14β16β10 | 38 |
41 | March 4 | New York Americans | 1β6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 15β16β10 | 40 |
42 | March 6 | New York Rangers | 3β4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 16β16β10 | 42 |
43 | March 8 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1β6 | New York Rangers | 16β17β10 | 42 |
44 | March 10 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β2 | Boston Bruins | 17β17β10 | 44 |
45 | March 12 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0β1 | Montreal Canadiens | 17β18β10 | 44 |
46 | March 16 | Detroit Falcons | 1β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 17β18β11 | 45 |
47 | March 19 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3β11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 17β19β11 | 45 |
48 | March 20 | Boston Bruins | 0β1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 18β19β11 | 47 |
March 27 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0 β 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | Chicago Stadium | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 7:12 β Lowrey (1) β (Unassisted) | ||||||
Chabot (0-1-0) | Goalie stats | Gardiner (1-0-0) |
March 29 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1 β 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Maple Leaf Gardens | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 8:32 β
Day (1) β (Unassisted) 9:55 β Conacher (1) β ( Primeau) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 6:07 β
Gracie (1) β (
Finnigan) 12:47 β Conacher (2) β ( Primeau) 16:06 β Finnigan (1) β ( Cotton) | ||||||
Coulter (1) β ( Boucher) β 9:50 | Third period | 19:35 β Cotton (1) β ( Bailey, Darragh) | ||||||
Gardiner (1-1-0) | Goalie stats | Chabot (1-1-0) |
Toronto wins series 6 β 2 | |
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Gottselig | 44 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 28 |
Tom Cook | 48 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 36 |
Mush March | 48 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 59 |
Paul Thompson | 48 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 34 |
Vic Ripley | 46 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 47 |
Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | SO | GAA |
Chuck Gardiner | 48 | 2989 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 92 | 4 | 1.85 |
Wilf Cude | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13.17 |
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerry Lowrey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Arthur Coulter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Buck Boucher | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | SO | GAA |
Chuck Gardiner | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |