1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 26th season in the NHL. The Hawks finished last in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.
==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==
In an early season matchup 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. Also, during the game, Chicago goaltender Harry Lumley suffered a minor knee injury, and 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, made an emergency appearance. Roberts stopped every shot he faced to help the Hawks win the game.
Bill Mosienko wore a helmet early in the season, the only NHL players to don one in 1951-52.
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.
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 accumlated 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.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record 	Pts
1 	October 11 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	0–1–0 	0
2 	October 13 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 14 	New York Rangers 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1–0 	4
4 	October 18 	Detroit Red Wings 	6–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2–0 	4
5 	October 21 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2–1 	5
6 	October 25 	Montreal Canadiens 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2–2 	6
7 	October 28 	Boston Bruins 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3–2 	6
8 	November 1 	New York Rangers 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3–2 	8
9 	November 4 	Boston Bruins 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4–2 	8
10	November 7 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–5–2 	8
11	November 8 	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–6–2 	8
12	November 10	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	3–7–2 	8
13	November 11	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3 	New York Rangers 	3–8–2 	8
14	November 13	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1 	Boston Bruins 	4–8–2 	10
15	November 15	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	4–9–2 	10
16	November 18	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	5–9–2 	12
17	November 21	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–10–2 	12
18	November 22	Montreal Canadiens 	1–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	6–10–2 	14
19	November 24	Chicago Black Hawks	6–2 	Detroit Red Wings 	7–10–2 	16
20	November 25	Detroit Red Wings 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–11–2 	16
21	November 28	Chicago Black Hawks	3–6 	New York Rangers 	7–12–2 	16
22	December 1 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	7–13–2 	16
23	December 2 	New York Rangers 	4–6 	Chicago Black Hawks	8–13–2 	18
24	December 4 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	Boston Bruins 	8–14–2 	18
25	December 8 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs	8–15–2 	18
26	December 9 	Boston Bruins 	3–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	9–15–2 	20
27	December 13	Montreal Canadiens 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	9–15–3 	21
28	December 15	Chicago Black Hawks	0–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	9–16–3 	21
29	December 16	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	10–16–3	23
30	December 20	Detroit Red Wings 	6–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	10–17–3	23
31	December 22	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens 	10–18–3	23
32	December 23	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3 	New York Rangers 	10–19–3	23
33	December 25	Chicago Black Hawks	6–2 	Boston Bruins 	11–19–3	25
34	December 29	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	11–20–3	25
35	January 1 	Montreal Canadiens 	3–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–21–3	25
36	January 5 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs	11–22–3	25
37	January 6 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3 	New York Rangers 	11–23–3	25
38	January 8 	Boston Bruins 	7–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–24–3	25
39	January 12 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–8 	Montreal Canadiens 	11–25–3	25
40	January 13 	Chicago Black Hawks	4–5 	Boston Bruins 	11–26–3	25
41	January 16 	Chicago Black Hawks	6–4 	New York Rangers 	12–26–3	27
42	January 17 	New York Rangers 	6–6 	Chicago Black Hawks	12–26–4	28
43	January 20 	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	12–27–4	28
44	January 24 	Montreal Canadiens 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	12–28–4	28
45	January 26 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings 	13–28–4	30
46	January 27 	Detroit Red Wings 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	13–29–4	30
47	January 31 	Boston Bruins 	0–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	13–29–5	31
48	February 3 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	14–29–5	33
49	February 5 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–5 	Boston Bruins 	14–30–5	33
50	February 7 	New York Rangers 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	14–31–5	33
51	February 10	Montreal Canadiens 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	14–32–5	33
52	February 14	Detroit Red Wings 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	14–33–5	33
53	February 16	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs	14–33–6	34
54	February 17	Boston Bruins 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	14–34–6	34
55	February 21	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	15–34–6	36
56	February 23	Chicago Black Hawks	0–7 	Montreal Canadiens 	15–35–6	36
57	February 24	Detroit Red Wings 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	15–36–6	36
58	February 28	New York Rangers 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	15–36–7	37
59	March 2 	Montreal Canadiens 	6–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	15–37–7	37
60	March 3 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	15–38–7	37
61	March 6 	New York Rangers 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	15–39–7	37
62	March 8 	Chicago Black Hawks	4–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	15–39–8	38
63	March 9 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4 	Boston Bruins 	15–40–8	38
64	March 12 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–10 	New York Rangers 	15–41–8	38
65	March 13 	Boston Bruins 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	15–41–9	39
66	March 15 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–6 	Detroit Red Wings 	15–42–9	39
67	March 16 	Detroit Red Wings 	4–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	15–43–9	39
68	March 18 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–4 	Boston Bruins 	15–44–9	39
69	March 22 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs	16–44–9	41
70	March 23 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–6 	New York Rangers 	17–44–9	43
==Playoffs==
*The Black Hawks did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Scoring Leaders===
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Bill Mosienko	70	31	22	53 	10
George Gee 	70	18	31	49 	39
Gus Bodnar 	69	14	26	40 	26
Jimmy Peters 	70	15	21	36 	16
Jim McFadden 	70	10	24	34 	14
===Goaltending===
Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	T	GA 	SO	GAA
Moe Roberts 	1 	20 	0 	0 	0	0 	0 	0.00
Harry Lumley	70	4180	17	44	9	241	2 	3.46
==Awards and Records==
*Bill Mosienko set an NHL record by scoring the fastest three goals by one player, 21 seconds.
==Gallery==
51-52NHLExhChiBHOttawaGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Ottawa
51-52ExhChiBHQuebecQSHL.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
Mosienko_3_pucks.jpg|Mosienko celebrates his record, March 23, 1952.
==See Also==
*1951–52 NHL season
==References==
*Hockey-Reference
*National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
Category:Chicago Blackhawks seasons
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1951–52
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1951–52