1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 26th season in the NHL, and they were coming off of a horrible season in 1950–51, when they finished with an NHL worst record of 13–47–10, earning 36 points, as Chicago missed the playoffs for the fifth straight season. The Black Hawks ended the 1950–51 season winning only two of their last 43 games. In 1951–52, Chicago finished marginally better, but did not qualify for the playoffs.

1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks
Division6th NHL
1951–52 record17–44–9
Home record9–19–7
Road record8–25–2
Goals for158
Goals against241
Team information
General managerBill Tobin
CoachEbbie Goodfellow
CaptainJack Stewart
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsBill Mosienko (31)
AssistsGeorge Gee (31)
PointsBill Mosienko (53)
Penalty minutesAl Dewsbury (99)
WinsHarry Lumley (17)
Goals against averageHarry Lumley (3.46)

Off-season

In the off-season, the Black Hawks were involved in the largest cash deal at the time, as they gave the Detroit Red Wings $75,000 in exchange for Jim McFadden, George Gee, Jimmy Peters, Clare Martin, Clare Raglan and Max McNab.

Regular season

The Black Hawks started the season off playing .500 hockey through their opening eight games, as they sat with a 3–3–2 record, however, the team fell into a five-game losing streak, and quickly fell out of playoff contention. Chicago would slump all season long, ending up in last place in the league for the second consecutive season with a 17–44–9 record, earning 43 points, which was a seven-point improvement on the previous season.

In an early season matchup (November 24) against the Detroit Red Wings at the Detroit Olympia, Black Hawks captain Jack Stewart made his return to the team after missing nearly a year of action due to a back injury. The Black Hawks defeated the powerful Red Wings 6–2 in his return. The following night in Chicago, Chicago goaltender Harry Lumley suffered a minor knee injury. Team trainer Moe Roberts, who had first played in the NHL in 1925–26 with the Boston Bruins, and had not played in the league since 1933–34 with the New York Americans, was an emergency third period replacement in goal for Chicago. Roberts stopped every shot he faced to help the Hawks win the game.[1]

With the team having some attendance problems, the Black Hawks decided to experiment with afternoon games, and it worked, as on January 20, 1952, the Hawks had a season high crowd of 13,600 in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Black Hawks forward Bill Mosienko set an NHL record during Chicago's final game of the season at Madison Square Garden in New York, as he scored 3 goals on New York Rangers goaltender Lorne Anderson in 21 seconds as Chicago defeated New York 7–6.

Offensively, Bill Mosienko led the team with 31 goals and 53 points, while newly acquired George Gee had a club high 31 assists, and finished second in team scoring with 49 points. Al Dewsbury led the Black Hawks blueline, scoring 7 goals and earning 24 points, while posting a team high 99 penalty minutes, while fellow defenceman Bill Gadsby also had a solid season, scoring 7 goals, registering 22 points and accumulated 87 penalty minutes.

In goal, Harry Lumley played in all 70 games, winning 17 of them, while posting a GAA of 3.46, and earning 2 shutouts.

Season standings
National Hockey League[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Detroit Red Wings70441412215133+82100
2Montreal Canadiens70342610195164+3178
3Toronto Maple Leafs70292516168157+1174
4Boston Bruins70252916162176−1466
5New York Rangers70233413192219−2759
6Chicago Black Hawks7017449158241−8343

Record vs. opponents
1951–52 NHL Records [3]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —9–3–23–8–37–5–24–6–42–7–5
Chicago 3–9–2—2–121–10–35–7–26–6–2
Detroit 8–3–312–2—9–2–39–3–26–4–4
Montreal 5–7–210–1–32–9–3—9–4–18–5–1
New York 6–4–47–5–23–9–24–9–1—3–7–4
Toronto 7–2–56–6–24–6–45–8–17–3–4—

Schedule and results

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1October 11Chicago Black Hawks2–4Montreal Canadiens0–1–00
2October 13Chicago Black Hawks3–1Toronto Maple Leafs1–1–02
3October 14New York Rangers2–3Chicago Black Hawks2–1–04
4October 18Detroit Red Wings6–1Chicago Black Hawks2–2–04
5October 21Toronto Maple Leafs1–1Chicago Black Hawks2–2–15
6October 25Montreal Canadiens2–2Chicago Black Hawks2–2–26
7October 28Boston Bruins2–0Chicago Black Hawks2–3–26
8November 1New York Rangers2–4Chicago Black Hawks3–3–28
9November 4Boston Bruins4–2Chicago Black Hawks3–4–28
10November 7Chicago Black Hawks0–1Toronto Maple Leafs3–5–28
11November 8Toronto Maple Leafs3–1Chicago Black Hawks3–6–28
12November 10Chicago Black Hawks2–4Montreal Canadiens3–7–28
13November 11Chicago Black Hawks2–3New York Rangers3–8–28
14November 13Chicago Black Hawks3–1Boston Bruins4–8–210
15November 15Chicago Black Hawks1–3Detroit Red Wings4–9–210
16November 18Toronto Maple Leafs0–1Chicago Black Hawks5–9–212
17November 21Chicago Black Hawks1–5Toronto Maple Leafs5–10–212
18November 22Montreal Canadiens1–5Chicago Black Hawks6–10–214
19November 24Chicago Black Hawks6–2Detroit Red Wings7–10–216
20November 25Detroit Red Wings5–2Chicago Black Hawks7–11–216
21November 28Chicago Black Hawks3–6New York Rangers7–12–216
22December 1Chicago Black Hawks2–4Montreal Canadiens7–13–216
23December 2New York Rangers4–6Chicago Black Hawks8–13–218
24December 4Chicago Black Hawks1–3Boston Bruins8–14–218
25December 8Chicago Black Hawks1–3Toronto Maple Leafs8–15–218
26December 9Boston Bruins3–4Chicago Black Hawks9–15–220
27December 13Montreal Canadiens1–1Chicago Black Hawks9–15–321
28December 15Chicago Black Hawks0–3Detroit Red Wings9–16–321
29December 16Toronto Maple Leafs3–4Chicago Black Hawks10–16–323
30December 20Detroit Red Wings6–4Chicago Black Hawks10–17–323
31December 22Chicago Black Hawks1–5Montreal Canadiens10–18–323
32December 23Chicago Black Hawks2–3New York Rangers10–19–323
33December 25Chicago Black Hawks6–2Boston Bruins11–19–325
34December 29Chicago Black Hawks1–3Detroit Red Wings11–20–325
35January 1Montreal Canadiens3–0Chicago Black Hawks11–21–325
36January 5Chicago Black Hawks1–2Toronto Maple Leafs11–22–325
37January 6Chicago Black Hawks2–3New York Rangers11–23–325
38January 8Boston Bruins7–2Chicago Black Hawks11–24–325
39January 12Chicago Black Hawks3–8Montreal Canadiens11–25–325
40January 13Chicago Black Hawks4–5Boston Bruins11–26–325
41January 16Chicago Black Hawks6–4New York Rangers12–26–327
42January 17New York Rangers6–6Chicago Black Hawks12–26–428
43January 20Toronto Maple Leafs3–1Chicago Black Hawks12–27–428
44January 24Montreal Canadiens4–1Chicago Black Hawks12–28–428
45January 26Chicago Black Hawks3–2Detroit Red Wings13–28–430
46January 27Detroit Red Wings2–0Chicago Black Hawks13–29–430
47January 31Boston Bruins0–0Chicago Black Hawks13–29–531
48February 3Toronto Maple Leafs1–3Chicago Black Hawks14–29–533
49February 5Chicago Black Hawks0–5Boston Bruins14–30–533
50February 7New York Rangers3–1Chicago Black Hawks14–31–533
51February 10Montreal Canadiens3–2Chicago Black Hawks14–32–533
52February 14Detroit Red Wings3–2Chicago Black Hawks14–33–533
53February 16Chicago Black Hawks2–2Toronto Maple Leafs14–33–634
54February 17Boston Bruins5–2Chicago Black Hawks14–34–634
55February 21Toronto Maple Leafs1–5Chicago Black Hawks15–34–636
56February 23Chicago Black Hawks0–7Montreal Canadiens15–35–636
57February 24Detroit Red Wings2–1Chicago Black Hawks15–36–636
58February 28New York Rangers2–2Chicago Black Hawks15–36–737
59March 2Montreal Canadiens6–4Chicago Black Hawks15–37–737
60March 3Chicago Black Hawks2–3Detroit Red Wings15–38–737
61March 6New York Rangers5–3Chicago Black Hawks15–39–737
62March 8Chicago Black Hawks4–4Montreal Canadiens15–39–838
63March 9Chicago Black Hawks2–4Boston Bruins15–40–838
64March 12Chicago Black Hawks2–10New York Rangers15–41–838
65March 13Boston Bruins3–3Chicago Black Hawks15–41–939
66March 15Chicago Black Hawks1–6Detroit Red Wings15–42–939
67March 16Detroit Red Wings4–0Chicago Black Hawks15–43–939
68March 18Chicago Black Hawks0–4Boston Bruins15–44–939
69March 22Chicago Black Hawks3–2Toronto Maple Leafs16–44–941
70March 23Chicago Black Hawks7–6New York Rangers17–44–943

Player statistics

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Bill Mosienko7031225310
George Gee7018314939
Gus Bodnar6914264026
Jimmy Peters7015213616
Jim McFadden7010243414

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Moe Roberts120000000.00
Harry Lumley7041801744924123.46

References
  1. Goaltending Legends: Maurice "Moe" Roberts
  2. "1951–1952 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
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