1957–58 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1957–58 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 32nd season in the NHL, and the club was coming off their fourth consecutive last place finish in the league in 1956–57, as they had a 16–39–15 record, earning 47 points. The struggling Black Hawks had finished in last nine times in the past eleven seasons, and only one playoff appearance since 1946.

1957–58 Chicago Black Hawks
Division5th NHL
1957–58 record24–39–7
Home record15–17–3
Road record9–22–4
Goals for163
Goals against202
Team information
General managerTommy Ivan
CoachTommy Ivan
Rudy Pilous (1st Season)
CaptainVacant
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsEd Litzenberger (32)
AssistsBobby Hull (34)
PointsEd Litzenberger (62)
Penalty minutesTed Lindsay (110)
WinsGlenn Hall (24)
Goals against averageGlenn Hall (2.86)

During the off-season, the Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings made a blockbuster trade, as Chicago traded Hank Bassen, Johnny Wilson, Bill Preston, and Forbes Kennedy to the Red Wings for Glenn Hall and Ted Lindsay. Hall had won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1956, while Lindsay was a key member of the Red Wings Stanley Cup championships in 1950, 1952, 1954, and 1955. Chicago also signed 18-year-old Bobby Hull, who had spent the past two seasons with the St. Catharines Teepees of the OHA.

Chicago got off to a good start, playing over .500 hockey thirteen games into the season, as they had a 6–5–3 record, however, the club fell into a slump, going 4–12–3 in their next 19 games, falling out of the playoff race. Tommy Ivan decided to step down from head coaching duties, as he hired former Teepees head coach Rudy Pilous to take over the team. The Hawks responded, playing .500 hockey in Pilous' first 18 games behind the bench to get back into the playoff race, however, a seven-game losing streak soon followed, and the team fell out of playoff contention for good. The Hawks finished the year 24–39–7, earning 55 points, their highest total since 1952–53, and did not finish in last place for the first time since 1953, as they had two more points than the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Offensively, Chicago was led by Ed Litzenberger, who led the club in goals with 32, while adding 30 assists for 62 points. Rookie Bobby Hull scored 13 goals and 47 points, as he finishing second to Frank Mahovlich of the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Calder Memorial Trophy. Ted Lindsay recorded 15 goals and 39 points in his first season with the team, which was a 46-point dropoff from the previous season. Lindsay also had a club high 110 penalty minutes. Pierre Pilote led the defense, scoring 6 goals and 30 points, while fellow blueliner Moose Vasko scored 6 goals and 26 points.

In goal, Glenn Hall had all the playing time, winning 24 games, while posting a 2.86 GAA, and earning 7 shutouts.

Season standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens70431710250158+9296
2New York Rangers70322513195188+777
3Detroit Red Wings70292912176207−3170
4Boston Bruins70272815199194+569
5Chicago Black Hawks7024397163202−3955
6Toronto Maple Leafs70213811192226−3453

Record vs. opponents
1957–58 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —7–3–48–5–13–9–26–5–33–6–5
Chicago 3–7–4—7–73–10–14–9–17–6–1
Detroit 5–8–17–7—3–7–44–5–510–2–2
Montreal 9–3–210–3–17–3–4—6–6–211–2–1
New York 5–6–39–4–15–4–56–6–2—7–5–2
Toronto 6–3–56–7–12–10–22–11–15–7–2—

Game log

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1October 8Toronto Maple Leafs0–1Chicago Black Hawks1–0–02
2October 10Chicago Black Hawks1–5Montreal Canadiens1–1–02
3October 12Chicago Black Hawks1–3Boston Bruins1–2–02
4October 15Montreal Canadiens3–3Chicago Black Hawks1–2–13
5October 19Chicago Black Hawks1–3Montreal Canadiens1–3–13
6October 20Chicago Black Hawks1–6New York Rangers1–4–13
7October 22Boston Bruins1–2Chicago Black Hawks2–4–15
8October 27Chicago Black Hawks3–0Detroit Red Wings3–4–17
9October 29Detroit Red Wings0–1Chicago Black Hawks4–4–19
10November 2Chicago Black Hawks2–2Toronto Maple Leafs4–4–210
11November 3New York Rangers3–2Chicago Black Hawks4–5–210
12November 9New York Rangers0–5Chicago Black Hawks5–5–212
13November 10Toronto Maple Leafs1–3Chicago Black Hawks6–5–214
14November 13Chicago Black Hawks2–2New York Rangers6–5–315
15November 14Chicago Black Hawks2–5Boston Bruins6–6–315
16November 16Detroit Red Wings1–0Chicago Black Hawks6–7–315
17November 17Chicago Black Hawks3–2Detroit Red Wings7–7–317
18November 20Chicago Black Hawks1–2Toronto Maple Leafs7–8–317
19November 22New York Rangers4–2Chicago Black Hawks7–9–317
20November 24Boston Bruins2–2Chicago Black Hawks7–9–418
21November 28Montreal Canadiens2–0Chicago Black Hawks7–10–418
22November 30Chicago Black Hawks1–6Montreal Canadiens7–11–418
23December 1Toronto Maple Leafs7–2Chicago Black Hawks7–12–418
24December 4Chicago Black Hawks2–0New York Rangers8–12–420
25December 7Chicago Black Hawks2–2Boston Bruins8–12–521
26December 8Boston Bruins3–0Chicago Black Hawks8–13–521
27December 14Chicago Black Hawks1–4Toronto Maple Leafs8–14–521
28December 15Montreal Canadiens2–0Chicago Black Hawks8–15–521
29December 21Detroit Red Wings5–3Chicago Black Hawks8–16–521
30December 22Chicago Black Hawks0–2Detroit Red Wings8–17–521
31December 25Chicago Black Hawks3–1New York Rangers9–17–523
32December 28Boston Bruins0–0Chicago Black Hawks9–17–624
33December 29Toronto Maple Leafs1–2Chicago Black Hawks10–17–626
34December 31Chicago Black Hawks2–3Detroit Red Wings10–18–626
35January 1Detroit Red Wings3–4Chicago Black Hawks11–18–628
36January 4Chicago Black Hawks4–2Toronto Maple Leafs12–18–630
37January 5Boston Bruins3–4Chicago Black Hawks13–18–632
38January 9Chicago Black Hawks3–11Montreal Canadiens13–19–632
39January 11Chicago Black Hawks1–4Detroit Red Wings13–20–632
40January 12Montreal Canadiens1–7Chicago Black Hawks14–20–634
41January 16Chicago Black Hawks2–3Detroit Red Wings14–21–634
42January 18New York Rangers3–2Chicago Black Hawks14–22–634
43January 19Toronto Maple Leafs3–5Chicago Black Hawks15–22–636
44January 23Chicago Black Hawks3–4Boston Bruins15–23–636
45January 25Chicago Black Hawks1–2Montreal Canadiens15–24–636
46January 26New York Rangers3–4Chicago Black Hawks16–24–638
47January 29Chicago Black Hawks4–1Toronto Maple Leafs17–24–640
48February 1Chicago Black Hawks2–3New York Rangers17–25–640
49February 2Montreal Canadiens3–1Chicago Black Hawks17–26–640
50February 6Chicago Black Hawks4–1Boston Bruins18–26–642
51February 8Chicago Black Hawks3–2Montreal Canadiens19–26–644
52February 9Detroit Red Wings2–1Chicago Black Hawks19–27–644
53February 14New York Rangers3–1Chicago Black Hawks19–28–644
54February 16Montreal Canadiens0–4Chicago Black Hawks20–28–646
55February 19Chicago Black Hawks2–3New York Rangers20–29–646
56February 22Chicago Black Hawks1–3Toronto Maple Leafs20–30–646
57February 23Boston Bruins2–0Chicago Black Hawks20–31–646
58February 26Chicago Black Hawks3–4New York Rangers20–32–646
59March 1Boston Bruins3–2Chicago Black Hawks20–33–646
60March 2Toronto Maple Leafs6–5Chicago Black Hawks20–34–646
61March 5Chicago Black Hawks2–5Toronto Maple Leafs20–35–646
62March 6Chicago Black Hawks4–4Boston Bruins20–35–747
63March 8Detroit Red Wings3–4Chicago Black Hawks21–35–749
64March 9Montreal Canadiens4–1Chicago Black Hawks21–36–749
65March 12New York Rangers3–2Chicago Black Hawks21–37–749
66March 15Chicago Black Hawks1–4Montreal Canadiens21–38–749
67March 16Toronto Maple Leafs2–3Chicago Black Hawks22–38–751
68March 20Detroit Red Wings4–5Chicago Black Hawks23–38–753
69March 22Chicago Black Hawks6–4Detroit Red Wings24–38–755
70March 23Chicago Black Hawks5–7Boston Bruins24–39–755

Season stats

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Ed Litzenberger7032306263
Bobby Hull7013344762
Ted Lindsay67152439110
Eric Nesterenko70201838104
Glen Skov7017183535

Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Glenn Hall7042002439720072.86

References
  1. "1957–1958 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
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