1927–28 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1927–28 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 2nd season of play. They finished last in the American Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Regular Season==
The team was coming off a 19–22–3 expansion season, however, team owner Frederic McLaughlin saw it as a disappointment, and fired head coach Pete Muldoon. He was replaced by Barney Stanley. The team would score only 68 goals, 3rd fewest in the league, and allow a league high 134, and finish with a 7–34–3 record, dead last in the NHL. Midway through the season, the Hawks would fire Stanley and name Hugh Lehman, who was the backup goaltender, as the team's head coach.
Injuries played a big part in the Hawks horrible season, as Babe Dye, who scored a team high 25 goals the previous year, would suit up for only 9 games and get no points. Team captain and scoring leader from 1926–27, Dick Irvin, would miss 30 games due to injuries, and as a result, goals were hard to come by. Mickey MacKay would lead the Hawks with 17 goals, while Duke Keats would have a team best 22 points and 55 penalty minutes.
In goal, rookie Charlie Gardiner would get the majority of action, playing in 40 games, winning 6 of them and posting a 2.83 GAA, along with 3 shutouts.
Chicago would miss the playoffs for the first time in the clubs short history, finishing 29 points behind the Pittsburgh Pirates for the final playoff spot in the American Division.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record	Pts
1 	November 15	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1 	Boston Bruins 	0–0–1 	1
2 	November 17	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2 	Montreal Maroons 	1–0–1 	3
3 	November 19	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1–1 	3
4 	November 23	Ottawa Senators 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2–1 	3
5 	November 26	Detroit Cougars 	0–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2–2 	4
6 	November 30	Montreal Canadiens 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3–2 	4
7 	December 1 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	Detroit Cougars 	1–4–2 	4
8 	December 3 	New York Rangers 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4–2 	6
9 	December 7 	New York Americans 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–5–2 	6
10	December 10	Boston Bruins 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–6–2 	6
11	December 14	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–7–2 	6
12	December 17	Chicago Black Hawks	5–2 	Pittsburgh Pirates 	3–7–2 	8
13	December 18	Chicago Black Hawks	0–2 	New York Americans 	3–8–2 	8
14	December 22	Chicago Black Hawks	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens 	3–9–2 	8
15	December 25	Chicago Black Hawks	0–2 	New York Rangers 	3–10–2	8
16	December 28	Montreal Maroons 	4–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–11–2	8
17	January 2 	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–12–2	8
18	January 4 	Montreal Canadiens 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–13–2	8
19	January 8 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–5 	New York Rangers 	3–14–2	8
20	January 10 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	Boston Bruins 	3–15–2	8
21	January 12 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–2 	Pittsburgh Pirates 	3–16–2	8
22	January 16 	Pittsburgh Pirates 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–17–2	8
23	January 18 	Detroit Cougars 	0–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	4–17–2	10
24	January 21 	Boston Bruins 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	4–17–3	11
25	January 24 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–10 	Montreal Canadiens 	4–18–3	11
26	January 26 	Chicago Black Hawks	6–9 	Ottawa Senators 	4–19–3	11
27	January 28 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–20–3	11
28	January 29 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4 	Detroit Cougars 	4–21–3	11
29	February 5 	Chicago Black Hawks	6–0 	New York Americans 	5–21–3	13
30	February 8 	Pittsburgh Pirates 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	5–22–3	13
31	February 10	Montreal Maroons 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	5–23–3	13
32	February 12	Chicago Black Hawks	3–0 	New York Rangers 	6–23–3	15
33	February 14	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1 	Boston Bruins 	6–24–3	15
34	February 19	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1 	Detroit Cougars 	7–24–3	17
35	February 22	Ottawa Senators 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–25–3	17
36	February 25	New York Rangers 	1–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–26–3	17
37	February 28	New York Americans 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–27–3	17
38	March 1 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–6 	Montreal Maroons 	7–28–3	17
39	March 3 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	Ottawa Senators 	7–29–3	17
40	March 10 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–5 	Pittsburgh Pirates 	7–30–3	17
41	March 12 	Pittsburgh Pirates 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–31–3	17
42	March 15 	Boston Bruins 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–32–3	17
43	March 17 	Detroit Cougars 	7–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–33–3	17
44	March 21 	New York Rangers 	6–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–34–3	17
==Playoffs==
*The Black Hawks did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Player Stats==
===Scoring Leaders===
Player 	GP	G 	A	Pts	PIM
Duke Keats 	32	14	8	22 	55
Mickey MacKay 	36	17	4	21 	23
Rabbit McVeigh	38	6 	7	13 	10
Ty Arbour 	32	5 	5	10 	32
Cy Wentworth 	44	5 	5	10 	31
===Goaltending===
Player 	GP	TOI 	W	L 	T	GA 	SO	GAA
Charlie Gardiner	40	2420	6	32	2	114	3 	2.83
Hugh Lehman 	4 	250 	1	2 	1	20 	1 	4.80
==Awards and Records==
*The Black Hawks did not win any awards this season.
==See Also==
*1927–28 NHL season
==References==
*SHRP Sports
*The Internet Hockey Database
*National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
Category:Chicago Blackhawks seasons
Category:1927 in hockey
Category:1928 in hockey