1950–51 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1950–51 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 25th season in the NHL. The Hawks finished last in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.
==Off-season==
In the off-season, the Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings made the biggest trade in NHL history at the time, as Chicago sent Jim Henry, Gaye Stewart, Bob Goldham and Metro Prystai to Detroit for Harry Lumley, Jack Stewart, Al Dewsbury, Don Morrison and Pete Babando. The club also replaced head coach Charlie Conacher with former Red Wings player Ebbie Goodfellow, and named the newly acquired Jack Stewart the captain of the team.
==Regular Season==
Chicago started the season off playing very good hockey, as they went a solid 7–3–2 in their opening 12 games. The Black Hawks then fell into a slump, however, 27 games into the season, they were still playing over .500 hockey, as their record was 11–10–6, and fighting with the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens for a playoff spot. Chicago then ran into injuries, as team captain Jack Stewart ruptured a disc in his back, ending his season after only 26 games, while Gus Bodnar and Bill Gadsby would also run into severe injury problems, as the Black Hawks would go on to a 2–37–4 record in their last 43 games, finishing in last place for the second consecutive season. The 36 points the Hawks earned was the lowest total since 1944–45, when the team earned 33, however, they played 20 less games that season.
Offensively, Chicago was led by Roy Conacher, who notched a team high 26 goals and 50 points, while Jim Conacher recorded a team high 27 assists, and finished tied with Pete Babando in second place on the team scoring list with 37 points. Bill Mosienko would join Roy Conacher as the only Hawks to record over 20 goals, as he registered 21 goals. Al Dewsbury led the blueline with 5 goals and 19 points, and had a club high 79 penalty minutes.
In goal, newly acquired Harry Lumley played the majority of the games, winning a team high 12 games while posting a team best 3.90 GAA, while earning 3 shutouts along the way.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record 	Pts
1 	October 12 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens 	0–0–1 	1
2 	October 14 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0–1 	3
3 	October 15 	New York Rangers 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1–1 	3
4 	October 22 	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2–1 	3
5 	October 26 	Montreal Canadiens 	1–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2–1 	5
6 	October 28 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	2–3–1 	5
7 	October 29 	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3–2 	6
8 	November 2 	Boston Bruins 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3–2 	8
9 	November 5 	New York Rangers 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	4–3–2 	10
10	November 9 	Montreal Canadiens 	1–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	5–3–2 	12
11	November 11	Chicago Black Hawks	4–2 	Boston Bruins 	6–3–2 	14
12	November 12	Chicago Black Hawks	4–1 	New York Rangers 	7–3–2 	16
13	November 16	Detroit Red Wings 	5–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–4–2 	16
14	November 18	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens 	7–5–2 	16
15	November 19	Montreal Canadiens 	3–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	7–6–2 	16
16	November 22	Chicago Black Hawks	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–7–2 	16
17	November 23	Boston Bruins 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	8–7–2 	18
18	November 25	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings 	8–8–2 	18
19	November 26	Detroit Red Wings 	0–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	9–8–2 	20
20	November 29	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1 	New York Rangers 	9–8–3 	21
21	December 2 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs	9–8–4 	22
22	December 3 	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	9–8–5 	23
23	December 6 	Chicago Black Hawks	4–5 	Boston Bruins 	9–9–5 	23
24	December 9 	Chicago Black Hawks	5–0 	Montreal Canadiens 	10–9–5 	25
25	December 10	New York Rangers 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	10–9–6 	26
26	December 14	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	10–10–6 	26
27	December 16	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs	11–10–6 	28
28	December 17	Montreal Canadiens 	7–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–11–6 	28
29	December 19	Chicago Black Hawks	1–6 	Detroit Red Wings 	11–12–6 	28
30	December 21	Boston Bruins 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–13–6 	28
31	December 24	Chicago Black Hawks	1–6 	New York Rangers 	11–14–6 	28
32	December 25	Chicago Black Hawks	4–7 	Boston Bruins 	11–15–6 	28
33	December 27	Chicago Black Hawks	4–4 	Boston Bruins 	11–15–7 	29
34	December 30	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	11–16–7 	29
35	January 1 	Montreal Canadiens 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–16–8 	30
36	January 4 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1 	Detroit Red Wings 	11–17–8 	30
37	January 7 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3 	New York Rangers 	11–18–8 	30
38	January 9 	Boston Bruins 	5–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–19–8 	30
39	January 11 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	11–20–8 	30
40	January 13 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs	11–20–9 	31
41	January 14 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5 	Boston Bruins 	11–21–9 	31
42	January 17 	Detroit Red Wings 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–22–9 	31
43	January 18 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings 	11–23–9 	31
44	January 21 	Montreal Canadiens 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–24–9 	31
45	January 23 	Detroit Red Wings 	8–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–25–9 	31
46	January 25 	New York Rangers 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–26–9 	31
47	January 27 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens 	11–27–9 	31
48	January 28 	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	11–28–9 	31
49	February 1 	Boston Bruins 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks	12–28–9 	33
50	February 3 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs	12–29–9 	33
51	February 4 	New York Rangers 	4–4 	Chicago Black Hawks	12–29–10	34
52	February 7 	Chicago Black Hawks	3–11 	Detroit Red Wings 	12–30–10	34
53	February 8 	Detroit Red Wings 	4–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	12–31–10	34
54	February 11	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	12–32–10	34
55	February 14	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5 	New York Rangers 	12–33–10	34
56	February 15	New York Rangers 	7–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	12–34–10	34
57	February 18	Boston Bruins 	7–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	12–35–10	34
58	February 22	Montreal Canadiens 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	13–35–10	36
59	February 25	Boston Bruins 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks	13–36–10	36
60	March 1 	New York Rangers 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks	13–37–10	36
61	March 3 	Chicago Black Hawks	0–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs	13–38–10	36
62	March 4 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–10 	Boston Bruins 	13–39–10	36
63	March 7 	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3 	New York Rangers 	13–40–10	36
64	March 10 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–12 	Montreal Canadiens 	13–41–10	36
65	March 11 	Detroit Red Wings 	7–0 	Chicago Black Hawks	13–42–10	36
66	March 15 	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	13–43–10	36
67	March 17 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–8 	Detroit Red Wings 	13–44–10	36
68	March 18 	Detroit Red Wings 	4–3 	Chicago Black Hawks	13–45–10	36
69	March 21 	Chicago Black Hawks	5–6 	Boston Bruins 	13–46–10	36
70	March 25 	Chicago Black Hawks	2–5 	New York Rangers 	13–47–10	36
==Playoffs==
*The Black Hawks did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Scoring Leaders===
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Roy Conacher 	70	26	24	50 	16
Pete Babando 	70	18	19	37 	36
Jim Conacher 	52	10	27	37 	16
Bill Mosienko	65	21	15	36 	18
Bep Guidolin 	69	12	22	34 	56
===Goaltending===
Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	T 	GA 	SO	GAA
Harry Lumley 	64	3785	12	41	10	246	3 	3.90
Marcel Pelletier	6 	355 	1 	5 	0 	29 	0 	4.90
Red Almas 	1 	60 	0 	1 	0 	5 	0 	5.00
==Awards and Records==
*The Black Hawks did not win any awards this season.
==Gallery==
Vic_Lynn_goal-6Dec1950.gif|Vic Lynn scores on Ralph "Red" Almas (playing in his only game for Chicago), December 6, 1950.
50-51NHLExhChiBHQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
==See Also==
*1950–51 NHL season
==References==
*Hockey-Reference
*National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
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