1959–60 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1959–60 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 34th season in the NHL. The Hawks finished 3rd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 0.
==Regular Season==
After winning the season opener, the Black Hawks struggled, going on a 14 game winless streak to fall into last place in the league. Chicago snapped out of their slump, and in their next 26 games, the Hawks had a record of 11–10–5, bringing them back into the playoff race with the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, and Detroit Red Wings. The Black Hawks then got very hot, posting a record of 16–8–5 in their remaining 29 games to finish the season with a 28–29–13 record, which was identical to the previous season, and once again finish in third place in the league, earning a playoff spot. This was the first time since the 1940-41 and 1941-42 seasons that the Black Hawks had consecutive playoff appearances.
Offensively, Chicago was led by Bobby Hull, who scored a team record 39 goals, and finished at the top of the NHL scoring race with a club record 81 points, winning the Art Ross Trophy. Rookie Bill Hay finished second to Hull in team scoring, earning 18 goals and 55 points, and winning the Calder Trophy. Tod Sloan had another solid season, scoring 20 goals and 40 points. Pierre Pilote led the defense, scoring 7 goals and 45 points, while Stan Mikita led the club with 110 penalty minutes.
In goal, Glenn Hall played in all 70 games, winning 28 of them, while posting a 2.56 GAA, and earning 6 shutouts.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record 	Pts
1 	October 7 	New York Rangers 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0–0 	2
2 	October 10 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 11 	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2–0 	2
4 	October 14 	Detroit Red Wings 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3–0 	2
5 	October 15 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings 	1–4–0 	2
6 	October 18 	Boston Bruins 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4–1 	3
7 	October 22 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	1–5–1 	3
8 	October 25 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	New York Rangers 	1–6–1 	3
9 	October 27 	Montreal Canadiens 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–7–1 	3
10	November 1 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings 	1–8–1 	3
11	November 3 	Boston Bruins 	6–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–9–1 	3
12	November 7 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens 	1–9–2 	4
13	November 8 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–5 	Boston Bruins 	1–10–2 	4
14	November 10	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–11–2 	4
15	November 14	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–11–3 	5
16	November 15	Detroit Red Wings 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–11–3 	7
17	November 16	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	2–12–3 	7
18	November 18	New York Rangers 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–12–3 	9
19	November 22	Montreal Canadiens 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–13–3 	9
20	November 26	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–14–3 	9
21	November 28	New York Rangers 	2–6 	Chicago Black Hawks	4–14–3 	11
22	November 29	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2 	New York Rangers 	4–14–4 	12
23	December 2 	Boston Bruins 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	4–14–5 	13
24	December 5 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens 	4–14–6 	14
25	December 6 	Chicago Black Hawks	6–3 	Boston Bruins 	5–14–6 	16
26	December 9 	Detroit Red Wings 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	5–15–6 	16
27	December 12	Chicago Black Hawks	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–15–6 	18
28	December 13	Montreal Canadiens 	4–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	6–15–7 	19
29	December 16	Boston Bruins 	0–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–15–7 	21
30	December 17	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	7–16–7 	21
31	December 20	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–7 	Chicago Black Hawks	8–16–7 	23
32	December 23	Chicago Black Hawks	3–0 	New York Rangers 	9–16–7 	25
33	December 25	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5 	Boston Bruins 	9–17–7 	25
34	December 26	Chicago Black Hawks	2–9 	Montreal Canadiens 	9–18–7 	25
35	December 27	Boston Bruins 	1–6 	Chicago Black Hawks	10–18–7 	27
36	January 1 	Detroit Red Wings 	4–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	10–18–8 	28
37	January 2 	Chicago Black Hawks	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs	11–18–8 	30
38	January 3 	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–19–8 	30
39	January 6 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1 	New York Rangers 	12–19–8 	32
40	January 7 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5 	Boston Bruins 	12–20–8 	32
41	January 9 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens 	12–21–8 	32
42	January 10 	Montreal Canadiens 	0–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	13–21–8 	34
43	January 13 	Detroit Red Wings 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	14–21–8 	36
44	January 16 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	14–22–8 	36
45	January 17 	New York Rangers 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	15–22–8 	38
46	January 20 	Boston Bruins 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	16–22–8 	40
47	January 23 	New York Rangers 	1–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	17–22–8 	42
48	January 24 	Montreal Canadiens 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	17–23–8 	42
49	January 27 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs	17–24–8 	42
50	January 30 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens 	17–24–9 	43
51	January 31 	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	17–24–10	44
52	February 4 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–2 	Boston Bruins 	18–24–10	46
53	February 6 	Chicago Black Hawks	5–1 	New York Rangers 	19–24–10	48
54	February 7 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–5 	Detroit Red Wings 	19–25–10	48
55	February 10	New York Rangers 	1–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	20–25–10	50
56	February 14	Montreal Canadiens 	0–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	21–25–10	52
57	February 17	Chicago Black Hawks	5–1 	New York Rangers 	22–25–10	54
58	February 20	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs	22–26–10	54
59	February 21	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–7 	Chicago Black Hawks	23–26–10	56
60	February 27	Boston Bruins 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	23–27–10	56
61	February 28	Detroit Red Wings 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	24–27–10	58
62	March 3 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–0 	Boston Bruins 	25–27–10	60
63	March 5 	New York Rangers 	0–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	26–27–10	62
64	March 6 	Montreal Canadiens 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	27–27–10	64
65	March 9 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1 	New York Rangers 	27–27–11	65
66	March 12 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–5 	Montreal Canadiens 	27–28–11	65
67	March 13 	Detroit Red Wings 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	27–28–12	66
68	March 15 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings 	28–28–12	68
69	March 19 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs	28–29–12	68
70	March 20 	Chicago Black Hawks	5–5 	Boston Bruins 	28–29–13	69
==Playoffs==
Chicago would face the Montreal Canadiens in the best of seven NHL semi-final for the second consecutive season. The Canadiens finished the season with an NHL best 92 points, and had won four consecutive Stanley Cups. The series opened up with two games at the Montreal Forum, and the Canadiens took a 2–0 series lead by winning both games by scores of 4–3, including an overtime win in the second game. The series moved to Chicago Stadium for the next two games, however, it was the Canadiens who stayed hot, shutting out the Black Hawks 4–0 in the third game, followed by another shutout victory in the fourth game, as Montreal won the game 2–0, and swept the series in four games.
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Chicago Black Hawks 0===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	March 24	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	0–1
2	March 26	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	0–2
3	March 29	Montreal Canadiens 	4–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–3
4	March 31	Montreal Canadiens 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–4
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring leaders
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Bobby Hull 	70	39	42	81 	68
Bill Hay 	70	18	37	55 	31
Pierre Pilote	70	7 	38	45 	100
Tod Sloan 	70	20	20	40 	54
Ron Murphy 	63	15	21	36 	18
;Goaltending
Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	T 	GA 	SO	GAA
Glenn Hall	70	4200	28	29	13	179	6 	2.56
===Playoffs===
;Scoring leaders
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bill Hay 	4 	1	2	3 	2
Kenny Wharram	4 	1	1	2 	0
Ted Lindsay 	4 	1	1	2 	0
Bobby Hull 	3 	1	0	1 	2
Ron Murphy 	4 	1	0	1 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Glenn Hall	4 	249	0	4	14	0 	3.37
==Awards and Records==
*Art Ross Trophy: Bobby Hull
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Bill Hay
*Bobby Hull, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Glenn Hall, Goalie, NHL First Team All-Star
*Pierre Pilote, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Gallery==
1960-Mar9-Mccartan_Hull.jpg|Jack McCartan stops Bobby Hull, March 9, 1960.
==See Also==
* 1959–60 NHL season
==References==
*Hockey-Reference
*National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
Category:Chicago Blackhawks seasons
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1959–60
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1959–60