1939–40 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1939–40 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 14th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a disastrous 1938–39 season, in which the Hawks were the only team in the 7 team league to not qualify for the playoffs. Paul Thompson, who finished the previous season as a player-coach with the Hawks, would retire from playing and become the full-time head coach of the team, and Chicago responded, as they improved by 20 points, finishing above .500 for the first time since 1935–36, and having their highest point total since 1934–35, as they would have a 23–19–6 record for 52 points, good for 4th place in the NHL standings.

1939–40 Chicago Black Hawks
Division4th NHL
1939–40 record23–19–6
Home record15–7–2
Road record8–12–4
Goals for112
Goals against120
Team information
General ManagerFrederic McLaughlin
CoachPaul Thompson
CaptainJohnny Gottselig
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsDoug Bentley (12)
AssistsCully Dahlstrom (19)
PointsCully Dahlstrom (30)
Penalty minutesJoe Cooper (59)
WinsPaul Goodman (16)
Goals against averagePaul Goodman (1.94)

Rookie Doug Bentley would lead the team with 12 goals, while Cully Dahlstrom would have team highs in assists (19) and points (30). Joe Cooper led all defensemen with 11 points and had a team high 59 penalty minutes, while fellow blueliner Earl Seibert had another productive season, earning 10 points, despite missing some time due to injuries.

In goal, Mike Karakas would begin the season as the starter, however, after 17 games, he was loaned to the Montreal Canadiens for the remainder of the year after posting a 7–9–1 record and a 3.31 GAA. Paul Goodman would then be named the Hawks starting goalie, and he would respond with a 16–10–5 record, and a team high 1.94 GAA.

Chicago would return to the playoffs after a 1-year absence, as they would face the 3rd place team, the Toronto Maple Leafs in a best of 3 series in the 1st round. The Leafs would win the first game of the series by a score of 3–2 in OT at Maple Leaf Gardens, and Toronto would then eliminate Chicago by a 2–1 score in the 2nd game at Chicago Stadium to eliminate the Black Hawks.

Season standings
National Hockey League
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Boston Bruins48311251709833067
New York Rangers482711101367752064
Toronto Maple Leafs482517613411048556
Chicago Black Hawks482319611212035152
Detroit Red Wings48162669012625038
New York Americans481529410614023634
Montreal Canadiens48103359016733825

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents
1939-40 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYA NYR TOR
Boston —6–1–15–36–1–17–12–4–25–2–1
Chicago 1–6–1—6–0–25–2–13–4–14–44–3–1
Detroit 3–50–6–2—5–35–32–3–21–6–1
Montreal 1–6–12–5–13–5—2–4–21–6–11–7
N.Y. Americans 1–74–3–13–54–2–2—1–6–12–6
N.Y. Rangers 4–2–24–43–2–26–1–16–1–1—4–1–3
Toronto 2–5–13–4–16–1–17–16–21–4–3—

Schedule and results

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1November 2Detroit Red Wings2–3Chicago Black Hawks1–0–02
2November 5Chicago Black Hawks2–8Montreal Canadiens1–1–02
3November 12New York Americans1–2Chicago Black Hawks2–1–04
4November 14Chicago Black Hawks1–3Boston Bruins2–2–04
5November 16Chicago Black Hawks3–2New York Rangers3–2–06
6November 19Boston Bruins2–0Chicago Black Hawks3–3–06
7November 26Chicago Black Hawks4–2Detroit Red Wings4–3–08
8November 30New York Rangers7–2Chicago Black Hawks4–4–08
9December 2Chicago Black Hawks3–3Toronto Maple Leafs4–4–19
10December 3Toronto Maple Leafs3–1Chicago Black Hawks4–5–19
11December 7New York Americans1–2Chicago Black Hawks5–5–111
12December 10Montreal Canadiens2–3Chicago Black Hawks6–5–113
13December 12Chicago Black Hawks0–4New York Americans6–6–113
14December 17Boston Bruins4–2Chicago Black Hawks6–7–113
15December 21Toronto Maple Leafs1–3Chicago Black Hawks7–7–115
16December 23Chicago Black Hawks1–7New York Rangers7–8–115
17December 25Chicago Black Hawks3–6Boston Bruins7–9–115
18December 27Chicago Black Hawks2–4New York Americans7–10–115
19December 30Chicago Black Hawks2–4Toronto Maple Leafs7–11–115
20January 1Detroit Red Wings0–1Chicago Black Hawks8–11–117
21January 4Toronto Maple Leafs1–2Chicago Black Hawks9–11–119
22January 7Montreal Canadiens2–1Chicago Black Hawks9–12–119
23January 9Chicago Black Hawks2–0Montreal Canadiens10–12–121
24January 11Chicago Black Hawks3–5New York Rangers10–13–121
25January 14New York Rangers1–2Chicago Black Hawks11–13–123
26January 21New York Americans2–1Chicago Black Hawks11–14–123
27January 25Boston Bruins2–2Chicago Black Hawks11–14–224
28January 26Chicago Black Hawks1–1Detroit Red Wings11–14–325
29January 28Montreal Canadiens1–8Chicago Black Hawks12–14–327
30January 30Chicago Black Hawks0–5Boston Bruins12–15–327
31February 1Chicago Black Hawks2–5New York Americans12–16–327
32February 3Chicago Black Hawks3–2Toronto Maple Leafs13–16–329
33February 4Detroit Red Wings1–1Chicago Black Hawks13–16–430
34February 8New York Americans2–3Chicago Black Hawks14–16–432
35February 9Chicago Black Hawks3–0Detroit Red Wings15–16–434
36February 11New York Rangers0–3Chicago Black Hawks16–16–436
37February 15Chicago Black Hawks1–1Montreal Canadiens16–16–537
38February 18Chicago Black Hawks1–1New York Americans16–16–638
39February 22Montreal Canadiens1–10Chicago Black Hawks17–16–640
40February 25Boston Bruins1–3Chicago Black Hawks18–16–642
41February 27Chicago Black Hawks0–6Boston Bruins18–17–642
42February 29Chicago Black Hawks2–1New York Rangers19–17–644
43March 3New York Rangers2–1Chicago Black Hawks19–18–644
44March 7Chicago Black Hawks6–1Montreal Canadiens20–18–646
45March 9Chicago Black Hawks2–5Toronto Maple Leafs20–19–646
46March 10Toronto Maple Leafs1–2Chicago Black Hawks21–19–648
47March 15Chicago Black Hawks4–3Detroit Red Wings22–19–650
48March 17Detroit Red Wings1–3Chicago Black Hawks23–19–652

Playoffs

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Chicago Black Hawks 0
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 19Chicago Black Hawks2–3Toronto Maple Leafs0–1
2March 21Toronto Maple Leafs2–1Chicago Black Hawks0–2

Player statistics

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Cully Dahlstrom4511193015
Bill Carse4810132310
Mush March479142349
Johnny Gottselig39815237
George Allen4710122226

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Paul Goodman311920161056241.94
Mike Karakas1710507915803.31

Playoffs statistics

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Mush March21012
Bill Carse21010
Art Wiebe21012
Johnny Gottselig20110
Earl Seibert20118

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLGASOGAA
Paul Goodman212702502.36

References
Notes
  1. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
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