1933–34 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1933–34 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's eighth season in the NHL, and they were coming off a disappointing 1932–33 season, as the Hawks finished in last place in the American Division and missed the playoffs. Tommy Gorman was brought back to be the head coach of the Black Hawks, and while the team would score an NHL low 88 goals, they also allowed an NHL best 83 goals, and have a 20–17–11 record to finish in 2nd place in the American Division. Goaltender Chuck Gardiner was named captain of the team for the season.

1933–34 Chicago Black Hawks
Stanley Cup champions
Division2nd American
1933–34 record20–17–11
Home record13–4–7
Road record7–13–4
Goals for88
Goals against83
Team information
General managerFrederic McLaughlin
CoachTommy Gorman
CaptainChuck Gardiner
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsPaul Thompson (20)
AssistsDoc Romnes (21)
PointsPaul Thompson (36)
Penalty minutesLionel Conacher (87)
WinsChuck Gardiner (20)
Goals against averageChuck Gardiner (1.63)

Paul Thompson would score a team leading 20 goals and 36 points, while Doc Romnes earned a club high 21 assists. Johnny Gottselig would have a strong season, recording 16 goals and 30 points, while Lionel Conacher, acquired from the Montreal Maroons before the season began, would bolster the blueline, leading all defensemen with 23 points and had a club high 87 penalty minutes.

In goal, Chuck Gardiner would win his 2nd Vezina Trophy, as he helped the Black Hawks to a league low 83 goals against. Gardiner would win 20 games, post 10 shutouts and set a club record with a 1.63 GAA.

The Hawks would face the Montreal Canadiens in the 1st round of the playoffs in a 2-game total goal series, and after winning the first game at the Montreal Forum by a 3–2 score, the Black Hawks would tie Montreal 1–1 in the 2nd game to win the series by a 4–3 score. In the 2nd round, Chicago would face the other Montreal team, the Montreal Maroons, in another 2 game total goal series. The Hawks would once again win the opening game, this time by a 3–0 score, and then Chicago would hold off the Maroons in the 2nd game, winning 3–2, to win the series by a 6–2 score, allowing the Hawks to advance to their 2nd Stanley Cup final in 3 years. The Hawks would face the Detroit Red Wings in a best of 5 series, and the Black Hawks would take the first 2 games in Detroit, returning home needing only 1 win to clinch the Stanley Cup. The Wings spoiled the party in game 3, beating the Black Hawks by a 5–2 victory, but the Black Hawks would come back, and win the 4th game 1–0 in double overtime to clinch their first ever Stanley Cup.

The Black Hawks Stanley Cup celebration would be cut short, when goaltender Chuck Gardiner would suffer from a brain hemorrhage, and died on June 13, 1934, due to brain surgery complications.

Season standings
American Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Detroit Red Wings482414101139858
Chicago Black Hawks48201711888351
New York Rangers482119812011350
Boston Bruins481825511113041

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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.

Record vs. opponents
1933-34 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON MTM NYA NYR OTT TOR
Boston —3–2–11–4–15–11–4–13–32–3–12–41–4–1
Chicago 2–3–1—1–4–13–2–12–2–23–1–22–3–14–0–23–2–1
Detroit 4–1–14–1–1—2–3–12–1–33–0–33–34–22–3–1
M. Canadiens 1–52–3–13–2–1—2–3–15–12–3–13–1–24–2
M. Maroons 4–1–12–2–21–2–33–2–1—2–2–22–3–14–1–11–5
N.Y. Americans 3–31–3–20–3–31–52–2–2—4–24–20–3–3
N.Y. Rangers 3–2–13–2–13–33–2–13–2–12–4—4–1–10–3–3
Ottawa 4–20–4–22–41–3–21–4–12–41–4–1—2–4
Toronto 4–1–12–3–13–2–12–45–13–0–33–0–34–2—

Schedule and results

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1November 9New York Americans2–2Chicago Black Hawks0–0–11
2November 12New York Rangers0–1Chicago Black Hawks1–0–13
3November 14Chicago Black Hawks1–3Montreal Canadiens1–1–13
4November 16Chicago Black Hawks2–1Ottawa Senators2–1–15
5November 19Ottawa Senators1–2Chicago Black Hawks3–1–17
6November 21Chicago Black Hawks0–2Boston Bruins3–2–17
7November 23Chicago Black Hawks2–0New York Americans4–2–19
8November 26Boston Bruins0–1Chicago Black Hawks5–2–111
9November 30Chicago Black Hawks1–2Detroit Red Wings5–3–111
10December 3Chicago Black Hawks0–1New York Rangers5–4–111
11December 7Montreal Maroons1–3Chicago Black Hawks6–4–113
12December 9Chicago Black Hawks0–1Toronto Maple Leafs6–5–113
13December 12Chicago Black Hawks1–4Detroit Red Wings6–6–113
14December 14Detroit Red Wings0–4Chicago Black Hawks7–6–115
15December 17Montreal Canadiens1–4Chicago Black Hawks8–6–117
16December 19Chicago Black Hawks2–2Ottawa Senators8–6–218
17December 21Chicago Black Hawks0–0Montreal Maroons8–6–319
18December 23Chicago Black Hawks3–1Boston Bruins9–6–321
19December 26Chicago Black Hawks2–1New York Americans10–6–323
20December 28Ottawa Senators2–2Chicago Black Hawks10–6–424
21January 1Toronto Maple Leafs2–1Chicago Black Hawks10–7–424
22January 7New York Rangers1–1Chicago Black Hawks10–7–525
23January 11Boston Bruins0–0Chicago Black Hawks10–7–626
24January 14New York Americans0–4Chicago Black Hawks11–7–628
25January 16Chicago Black Hawks5–6Montreal Maroons11–8–628
26January 18Chicago Black Hawks0–5New York Rangers11–9–628
27January 20Chicago Black Hawks2–2Toronto Maple Leafs11–9–729
28January 21Montreal Maroons2–2Chicago Black Hawks11–9–830
29January 25Montreal Canadiens1–2Chicago Black Hawks12–9–832
30January 28Toronto Maple Leafs0–2Chicago Black Hawks13–9–834
31January 30Chicago Black Hawks2–0Ottawa Senators14–9–836
32February 1Chicago Black Hawks3–3Montreal Canadiens14–9–937
33February 4Boston Bruins2–1Chicago Black Hawks14–10–937
34February 8Detroit Red Wings1–1Chicago Black Hawks14–10–1038
35February 11Montreal Canadiens1–4Chicago Black Hawks15–10–1040
36February 15Ottawa Senators2–5Chicago Black Hawks16–10–1042
37February 18Chicago Black Hawks2–1New York Rangers17–10–1044
38February 20Chicago Black Hawks1–3New York Americans17–11–1044
39February 22New York Americans0–0Chicago Black Hawks17–11–1145
40February 24Chicago Black Hawks2–3Montreal Canadiens17–12–1145
41February 27Chicago Black Hawks1–3Boston Bruins17–13–1145
42March 1New York Rangers3–1Chicago Black Hawks17–14–1145
43March 4Montreal Maroons2–4Chicago Black Hawks18–14–1147
44March 8Detroit Red Wings3–0Chicago Black Hawks18–15–1147
45March 11Chicago Black Hawks2–3Detroit Red Wings18–16–1147
46March 13Chicago Black Hawks2–6Montreal Maroons18–17–1147
47March 15Chicago Black Hawks2–1Toronto Maple Leafs19–17–1149
48March 18Toronto Maple Leafs2–3Chicago Black Hawks20–17–1151

Chicago Black Hawks 4, Montreal Canadiens 3
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 22Chicago Black Hawks3–2Montreal Canadiens1–0
2March 25Montreal Canadiens1–1Chicago Black Hawks1–0–1

Chicago Black Hawks 6, Montreal Maroons 2
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 28Chicago Black Hawks3–0Montreal Maroons1–0
2April 1Montreal Maroons2–3Chicago Black Hawks2–0

Chicago Black Hawks 3, Detroit Red Wings 1
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1April 3Chicago Black Hawks2–1Detroit Red Wings1–0
2April 5Chicago Black Hawks4–1Detroit Red Wings2–0
3April 8Detroit Red Wings5–2Chicago Black Hawks2–1
4April 10Detroit Red Wings0–1Chicago Black Hawks3–1

Roster

Clarence Abel, Rosie Couture, Louis Trudel, Lionel Conacher, Paul Thompson, Leroy Goldsworthy, Art Coulter, Roger Jenkins, Don McFadyen, Tom Cook, Doc Romnes, Johnny Gottselig, Mush March, Johnny Sheppard, Chuck Gardiner (captain), Bill Kendall, Tommy Gorman(manager-coach), Eddie Froelich(trainer)

Player statistics

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Paul Thompson4820163617
Johnny Gottselig481614304
Doc Romnes47721286
Lionel Conacher4810132387
Mush March484131726

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Chuck Gardiner48305020171183101.63

Playoff stats

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Doc Romnes82790
Johnny Gottselig84374
Paul Thompson84376
Don McFadyen82245
Mush March82246

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Chuck Gardiner85426111221.33

References
  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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