1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks season

1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks
Division	6th NHL
1949–50 record	22–38–10
Home record	13–18–4
Road record	9–20–6
Goals for	203
Goals against	244
Team information
General manager	Bill Tobin
Coach	Charlie Conacher
Captain	Doug Bentley
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Metro Prystai (29)
Assists	Bep Guidolin (34)
Points	Roy Conacher (56)
Penalty minutes	Bill Gadsby (138)
Wins	Frank Brimsek (22)
Goals against average	Frank Brimsek (3.49)

The 1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 24th season in the National Hockey League. The Hawks finished last in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Prior to the season, the NHL announced that they would be adding 10 games to the regular season schedule, raising it from 60 games to 70. Despite the extra games added, the Black Hawks would only win 1 more game than the previous season, and finish in last place in the NHL with 54 points, 13 behind the New York Rangers for the final playoff spot, missing the playoffs for the 4th straight season. The Hawks would score 203 goals, 2nd highest total in the league, but would allow a league high 244 goals.

Maurice Richard, Elmer Lach, Frank Brimsek during the 1949-50 season.

After the Detroit Red Wings clobbered Chicago 9-2 on February 8, writer Lew Walter tried to interview Chicago coach Charlie Conacher. Conacher exploded in anger, criticized Walter's past stories and punched Walter, knocking him down to the floor. Walter announced that he would seek a warrant for Conacher's arrest. NHL president Clarence Campbell took a dim view of Conacher's actions and fined him $200. Conacher then phoned Walter and apologized, saying he regretted what had taken place.

Offensively, the Hawks scoring was spread out, as 22 year old Metro Prystai led the Hawks with 29 goals, Doug Bentley had a team high 33 assists, and Roy Conacher had a club best 56 points. Bill Gadsby would be a force on the blueline, leading the way with 10 goals and 35 points, and having a team high 138 penalty minutes.

In goal, the Black Hawks would acquire long time Boston Bruins goaltender Frank Brimsek in the off-season, and he would play in all 70 games for the Hawks, winning 22 of them, earning 5 shutouts along the way, and posting a 3.49 GAA.

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	88	229	164
Montreal Canadiens	70	29	22	19	77	172	150
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	31	27	12	74	176	173
New York Rangers	70	28	31	11	67	170	189
Boston Bruins	70	22	32	16	60	198	228
Chicago Black Hawks	70	22	38	10	54	203	244

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	October 13	Chicago Black Hawks	0–4	Montreal Canadiens	0–1–0	0
2	October 15	Chicago Black Hawks	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–1–1	1
3	October 19	Chicago Black Hawks	4–7	Boston Bruins	0–2–1	1
4	October 23	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3	Detroit Red Wings	0–2–2	2
5	October 25	New York Rangers	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	0–3–2	2
6	October 27	Detroit Red Wings	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks	0–4–2	2
7	October 29	Chicago Black Hawks	2–0	New York Rangers	1–4–2	4
8	October 30	Boston Bruins	4–10	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4–2	6
9	November 2	Montreal Canadiens	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4–2	8
10	November 6	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks	3–5–2	8
11	November 9	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	Boston Bruins	4–5–2	10
12	November 12	Chicago Black Hawks	0–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–6–2	10
13	November 13	Montreal Canadiens	0–0	Chicago Black Hawks	4–6–3	11
14	November 16	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	Detroit Red Wings	4–7–3	11
15	November 17	Boston Bruins	3–8	Chicago Black Hawks	5–7–3	13
16	November 20	New York Rangers	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks	5–8–3	13
17	November 24	Detroit Red Wings	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks	5–8–4	14
18	November 26	Chicago Black Hawks	7–2	Detroit Red Wings	6–8–4	16
19	November 27	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks	7–8–4	18
20	December 1	Boston Bruins	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks	8–8–4	20
21	December 3	Chicago Black Hawks	3–5	Boston Bruins	8–9–4	20
22	December 4	Chicago Black Hawks	0–4	New York Rangers	8–10–4	20
23	December 7	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2	New York Rangers	8–11–4	20
24	December 8	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks	8–12–4	20
25	December 10	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1	Montreal Canadiens	8–12–5	21
26	December 11	Montreal Canadiens	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks	8–13–5	21
27	December 14	New York Rangers	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks	9–13–5	23
28	December 17	Chicago Black Hawks	7–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	10–13–5	25
29	December 18	Detroit Red Wings	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks	10–14–5	25
30	December 21	Boston Bruins	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks	10–15–5	25
31	December 25	Chicago Black Hawks	4–4	Boston Bruins	10–15–6	26
32	December 28	Chicago Black Hawks	2–5	New York Rangers	10–16–6	26
33	December 31	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3	Montreal Canadiens	10–17–6	26
34	January 1	Montreal Canadiens	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks	11–17–6	28
35	January 4	Chicago Black Hawks	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	11–17–7	29
36	January 7	Chicago Black Hawks	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs	11–18–7	29
37	January 8	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1	New York Rangers	11–18–8	30
38	January 10	Montreal Canadiens	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks	11–19–8	30
39	January 14	Chicago Black Hawks	0–3	Montreal Canadiens	11–20–8	30
40	January 15	Chicago Black Hawks	5–1	Boston Bruins	12–20–8	32
41	January 18	Detroit Red Wings	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks	12–21–8	32
42	January 21	Chicago Black Hawks	3–5	Detroit Red Wings	12–22–8	32
43	January 22	New York Rangers	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks	13–22–8	34
44	January 26	Boston Bruins	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks	14–22–8	36
45	January 28	Chicago Black Hawks	1–9	Toronto Maple Leafs	14–23–8	36
46	January 29	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks	14–24–8	36
47	February 1	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks	15–24–8	38
48	February 4	Chicago Black Hawks	6–2	Montreal Canadiens	16–24–8	40
49	February 5	Montreal Canadiens	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks	16–25–8	40
50	February 8	Chicago Black Hawks	2–9	Detroit Red Wings	16–26–8	40
51	February 9	New York Rangers	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks	16–27–8	40
52	February 12	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks	16–27–9	41
53	February 15	Detroit Red Wings	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks	17–27–9	43
54	February 19	Boston Bruins	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks	17–27–10	44
55	February 22	Chicago Black Hawks	0–3	New York Rangers	17–28–10	44
56	February 23	New York Rangers	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks	17–29–10	44
57	February 26	Detroit Red Wings	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks	17–30–10	44
58	March 2	Montreal Canadiens	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks	18–30–10	46
59	March 4	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3	Montreal Canadiens	18–31–10	46
60	March 5	Chicago Black Hawks	4–11	Boston Bruins	18–32–10	46
61	March 8	New York Rangers	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks	18–33–10	46
62	March 11	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5	Detroit Red Wings	18–34–10	46
63	March 12	Detroit Red Wings	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks	18–35–10	46
64	March 15	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks	19–35–10	48
65	March 18	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	19–36–10	48
66	March 19	Boston Bruins	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks	19–37–10	48
67	March 21	Chicago Black Hawks	6–3	New York Rangers	20–37–10	50
68	March 22	Chicago Black Hawks	7–5	Boston Bruins	21–37–10	52
69	March 25	Chicago Black Hawks	0–4	Montreal Canadiens	21–38–10	52
70	March 26	Chicago Black Hawks	5–4	Detroit Red Wings	22–38–10	52

Playoffs

• The Black Hawks did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Scoring Leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Roy Conacher	70	25	31	56	16
Doug Bentley	64	20	33	53	28
Metro Prystai	65	29	22	51	31
Bep Guidolin	70	17	34	51	42
Bert Olmstead	70	20	29	49	40

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Frank Brimsek	70	4200	22	38	10	244	5	3.49

Awards and Records

• The Black Hawks did not win any awards this season.

Farm Teams

• Kansas City Mohawks, USHL

Gallery

Pre-season @ Shawinigan

Pre-season @ Ottawa

Pre-season @ Valleyfield

See Also

• 1949–50 NHL season

References

• SHRP Sports
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007