1948–49 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1948–49 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 23rd season in the National Hockey League. The Black Hawks finished fifth and did not qualify for the playoffs.

1948–49 Chicago Black Hawks
Division5th NHL
1948–49 record21–31–8
Home record13–12–5
Road record8–19–3
Goals for173
Goals against211
Team information
General managerBill Tobin
CoachCharlie Conacher
CaptainGaye Stewart
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsRoy Conacher (26)
AssistsDoug Bentley (43)
PointsRoy Conacher (69)
Penalty minutesBep Guidolin (116)
WinsJim Henry (21)
Goals against averageJim Henry (3.52)

Regular season

The Black Hawks were coming off a last-place finish in the 1947–48 season, failing to qualify for post-season play for the second straight year. The Black Hawks would get off to a bad start, losing their first four games, before making a trade with the Detroit Red Wings. The Hawks sent Bud Poile and Hully Gee to Detroit in exchange for Jim Conacher, Doug McCaig, and Bep Guidolin. The trade would initially pay off, as the Black Hawks would post a 14–9–2 record in the next 25 games. However, they slumped again, winning only seven of their remaining 21 games and missing the playoffs for the third straight season, finishing in fifth place, seven points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final playoff spot.

Offensively, the Hawks were led by Roy Conacher, who would win the Art Ross Trophy as he led the NHL with 68 points, scoring a team high 26 goals. Doug Bentley would finish just behind Conacher, with 66 points, including an NHL high 43 assists. Jim Conacher played a solid season, earning 48 points in 55 games. Defenseman Ralph Nattrass led the Hawks' blue line with 14 points, while Bep Guidolin had a team high 116 penalty minutes.

In goal, Jim Henry, who the Hawks acquired from the New York Rangers in exchange for Emile Francis and Alex Kaleta in the off-season, received all the action, winning 21 games and posting a GAA of 3.52.

Season standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Detroit Red Wings6034197195145+5075
2Boston Bruins6029238178163+1566
3Montreal Canadiens6028239152126+2665
4Toronto Maple Leafs60222513147161−1457
5Chicago Black Hawks6021318173211−3850
6New York Rangers60183111133172−3947

Record vs. opponents
1948–49 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston —6–5–15–4–35–6–18–2–25–6–1
Chicago 5–6–1—3–93–7–26–5–14–4–4
Detroit 4–5–39–3—7–4–17–4–17–3–2
Montreal 6–5–17–3–24–7–1—5–4–36–4–2
New York 2–8–25–6–14–7–14–5–3—3–5–4
Toronto 6–5–14–4–43–7–24–6–25–3–4—

Schedule and results

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1October 13Chicago Black Hawks1–4Detroit Red Wings0–1–00
2October 16Chicago Black Hawks2–8Montreal Canadiens0–2–00
3October 20Chicago Black Hawks3–8Boston Bruins0–3–00
4October 23Chicago Black Hawks1–6Toronto Maple Leafs0–4–00
5October 28Boston Bruins5–1Chicago Black Hawks0–5–00
6October 31Toronto Maple Leafs1–2Chicago Black Hawks1–5–02
7November 7New York Rangers2–4Chicago Black Hawks2–5–04
8November 10Chicago Black Hawks3–4New York Rangers2–6–04
9November 11Chicago Black Hawks1–4Montreal Canadiens2–7–04
10November 13Chicago Black Hawks6–3Toronto Maple Leafs3–7–06
11November 14Detroit Red Wings3–1Chicago Black Hawks3–8–06
12November 17Montreal Canadiens3–4Chicago Black Hawks4–8–08
13November 21Toronto Maple Leafs3–3Chicago Black Hawks4–8–19
14November 25New York Rangers4–6Chicago Black Hawks5–8–111
15November 27Chicago Black Hawks5–3Detroit Red Wings6–8–113
16November 28Detroit Red Wings9–6Chicago Black Hawks6–9–113
17November 30Chicago Black Hawks4–2New York Rangers7–9–115
18December 1Chicago Black Hawks1–5Boston Bruins7–10–115
19December 4Chicago Black Hawks6–4Toronto Maple Leafs8–10–117
20December 5Toronto Maple Leafs2–0Chicago Black Hawks8–11–117
21December 8Boston Bruins3–4Chicago Black Hawks9–11–119
22December 11Chicago Black Hawks5–2Montreal Canadiens10–11–121
23December 12Montreal Canadiens4–4Chicago Black Hawks10–11–222
24December 15Detroit Red Wings1–5Chicago Black Hawks11–11–224
25December 19Boston Bruins2–7Chicago Black Hawks12–11–226
26December 23New York Rangers3–2Chicago Black Hawks12–12–226
27December 25Chicago Black Hawks1–2Boston Bruins12–13–226
28December 26Chicago Black Hawks2–1New York Rangers13–13–228
29January 1Detroit Red Wings3–5Chicago Black Hawks14–13–230
30January 2Chicago Black Hawks3–5Detroit Red Wings14–14–230
31January 5Chicago Black Hawks1–3New York Rangers14–15–230
32January 6Chicago Black Hawks2–7Montreal Canadiens14–16–230
33January 8Chicago Black Hawks3–3Toronto Maple Leafs14–16–331
34January 9Boston Bruins2–4Chicago Black Hawks15–16–333
35January 15Chicago Black Hawks1–7Montreal Canadiens15–17–333
36January 16Chicago Black Hawks1–3Boston Bruins15–18–333
37January 19Chicago Black Hawks1–2Detroit Red Wings15–19–333
38January 23New York Rangers2–2Chicago Black Hawks15–19–434
39January 26Montreal Canadiens3–2Chicago Black Hawks15–20–434
40January 29Chicago Black Hawks4–4Toronto Maple Leafs15–20–535
41January 30Toronto Maple Leafs2–4Chicago Black Hawks16–20–537
42February 2Chicago Black Hawks4–6Detroit Red Wings16–21–537
43February 3Detroit Red Wings4–2Chicago Black Hawks16–22–537
44February 6New York Rangers2–0Chicago Black Hawks16–23–537
45February 9Chicago Black Hawks3–5Boston Bruins16–24–537
46February 10Chicago Black Hawks3–1New York Rangers17–24–539
47February 13Montreal Canadiens3–4Chicago Black Hawks18–24–541
48February 16Boston Bruins1–5Chicago Black Hawks19–24–543
49February 20Toronto Maple Leafs4–3Chicago Black Hawks19–25–543
50February 24Montreal Canadiens3–1Chicago Black Hawks19–26–543
51February 26Chicago Black Hawks2–2Toronto Maple Leafs19–26–644
52February 27Boston Bruins2–2Chicago Black Hawks19–26–745
53March 2New York Rangers2–5Chicago Black Hawks20–26–747
54March 5Chicago Black Hawks5–6Detroit Red Wings20–27–747
55March 6Detroit Red Wings6–2Chicago Black Hawks20–28–747
56March 9Montreal Canadiens2–2Chicago Black Hawks20–28–848
57March 13Toronto Maple Leafs3–1Chicago Black Hawks20–29–848
58March 16Chicago Black Hawks4–3Boston Bruins21–29–850
59March 19Chicago Black Hawks1–5Montreal Canadiens21–30–850
60March 20Chicago Black Hawks1–5New York Rangers21–31–850

Awards and records

Player statistics

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Roy Conacher602642688
Doug Bentley5823436638
Jim Conacher5525234841
Gus Bodnar5919264514
Bill Mosienko601725426

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Jim Henry6036002131821103.52

References
Notes
  1. "1948–1949 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
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