Complex sentence: The 1975--76 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' fiftieth season in the NHL, and the club was coming off a 37-35-8 record in 1974-75, earning 82 points, and finishing in third place in the Smythe Division.
Split into simpler sentences: The 1975--76 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' fiftieth season in the NHL. During the previous season, the club had a 37-35-8 record, earning 82 points, and finished in third place in the Smythe Division.