1959–60 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1959–60 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 34th season in the NHL, and the club was coming off of a third-place finish in 1958–59, as they finished the season with a club record 28 wins, and tying a club record with 69 points, and earned their first playoff berth since 1953. Chicago then lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the first round, losing in six games.

1959–60 Chicago Black Hawks
Division3rd NHL
1959–60 record28–29–13
Home record18–11–6
Road record10–18–7
Goals for191
Goals against180
Team information
General managerTommy Ivan
CoachRudy Pilous
CaptainEd Litzenberger
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsBobby Hull (39)
AssistsBobby Hull (42)
PointsBobby Hull (81)
Penalty minutesStan Mikita (119)
WinsGlenn Hall (28)
Goals against averageGlenn Hall (2.56)

Regular season

After winning the season opener, the Black Hawks would struggle, going on a 14-game winless streak to fall into last place in the league. Chicago would snap out of their slump, and in their next 26 games, the Hawks would have a record of 11–10–5, bringing them back into the playoff race with the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, and Detroit Red Wings. The Black Hawks would then get very hot, posting a record of 16–8–5 in their remaining 29 games to finish the season with a 28–29–13 record, which was identical to the previous season, and once again finish in third place in the league, earning a playoff spot. This was the first time since the 1940–41 and 1941–42 seasons that the Black Hawks had consecutive playoff appearances.

Offensively, Chicago was led by Bobby Hull, who scored a team record 39 goals, and finished at the top of the NHL scoring race with a club record 81 points, winning the Art Ross Trophy. Rookie Bill Hay finished second to Hull in team scoring, earning 18 goals and 55 points, and winning the Calder Memorial Trophy. Tod Sloan had another solid season, scoring 20 goals and 40 points. Pierre Pilote led the defense, scoring 7 goals and 45 points, while Stan Mikita led the club with 110 penalty minutes.

In goal, Glenn Hall played in all 70 games, winning 28 of them, while posting a 2.56 GAA, and earning 6 shutouts.

Season standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens70401812255178+7792
2Toronto Maple Leafs7035269199195+479
3Chicago Black Hawks70282913191180+1169
4Detroit Red Wings70262915186197−1167
5Boston Bruins7028348220241−2164
6New York Rangers70173815187247−6049

Record vs. opponents
1959–60 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —5–6–35–8–14–88–4–26–6–2
Chicago 6–5–3—4–8–23–7–411–1–24–8–2
Detroit 8–5–18–4–2—2–7–54–6–44–9–1
Montreal 8–47–3–47–2–5—6–6–210–3–1
New York 4–8–21–11–26–4–46–6–2—2–9–3
Toronto 6–6–28–4–29–4–13–10–19–2–3—

Game log

Regular season
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1October 7New York Rangers2–5Chicago Black Hawks1–0–02
2October 10Chicago Black Hawks3–6Toronto Maple Leafs1–1–02
3October 11Toronto Maple Leafs3–1Chicago Black Hawks1–2–02
4October 14Detroit Red Wings2–0Chicago Black Hawks1–3–02
5October 15Chicago Black Hawks1–2Detroit Red Wings1–4–02
6October 18Boston Bruins2–2Chicago Black Hawks1–4–13
7October 22Chicago Black Hawks1–4Montreal Canadiens1–5–13
8October 25Chicago Black Hawks1–3New York Rangers1–6–13
9October 27Montreal Canadiens2–1Chicago Black Hawks1–7–13
10November 1Chicago Black Hawks1–2Detroit Red Wings1–8–13
11November 3Boston Bruins6–3Chicago Black Hawks1–9–13
12November 7Chicago Black Hawks2–2Montreal Canadiens1–9–24
13November 8Chicago Black Hawks3–5Boston Bruins1–10–24
14November 10Toronto Maple Leafs3–1Chicago Black Hawks1–11–24
15November 14Chicago Black Hawks3–3Toronto Maple Leafs1–11–35
16November 15Detroit Red Wings3–5Chicago Black Hawks2–11–37
17November 16Chicago Black Hawks2–3Detroit Red Wings2–12–37
18November 18New York Rangers3–5Chicago Black Hawks3–12–39
19November 22Montreal Canadiens3–1Chicago Black Hawks3–13–39
20November 26Toronto Maple Leafs4–3Chicago Black Hawks3–14–39
21November 28New York Rangers2–6Chicago Black Hawks4–14–311
22November 29Chicago Black Hawks2–2New York Rangers4–14–412
23December 2Boston Bruins2–2Chicago Black Hawks4–14–513
24December 5Chicago Black Hawks2–2Montreal Canadiens4–14–614
25December 6Chicago Black Hawks6–3Boston Bruins5–14–616
26December 9Detroit Red Wings2–0Chicago Black Hawks5–15–616
27December 12Chicago Black Hawks4–2Toronto Maple Leafs6–15–618
28December 13Montreal Canadiens4–4Chicago Black Hawks6–15–719
29December 16Boston Bruins0–4Chicago Black Hawks7–15–721
30December 17Chicago Black Hawks2–3Detroit Red Wings7–16–721
31December 20Toronto Maple Leafs4–7Chicago Black Hawks8–16–723
32December 23Chicago Black Hawks3–0New York Rangers9–16–725
33December 25Chicago Black Hawks1–5Boston Bruins9–17–725
34December 26Chicago Black Hawks2–9Montreal Canadiens9–18–725
35December 27Boston Bruins1–6Chicago Black Hawks10–18–727
36January 1Detroit Red Wings4–4Chicago Black Hawks10–18–828
37January 2Chicago Black Hawks4–2Toronto Maple Leafs11–18–830
38January 3Toronto Maple Leafs4–0Chicago Black Hawks11–19–830
39January 6Chicago Black Hawks2–1New York Rangers12–19–832
40January 7Chicago Black Hawks1–5Boston Bruins12–20–832
41January 9Chicago Black Hawks1–2Montreal Canadiens12–21–832
42January 10Montreal Canadiens0–3Chicago Black Hawks13–21–834
43January 13Detroit Red Wings2–5Chicago Black Hawks14–21–836
44January 16Chicago Black Hawks1–3Detroit Red Wings14–22–836
45January 17New York Rangers1–3Chicago Black Hawks15–22–838
46January 20Boston Bruins1–3Chicago Black Hawks16–22–840
47January 23New York Rangers1–2Chicago Black Hawks17–22–842
48January 24Montreal Canadiens3–2Chicago Black Hawks17–23–842
49January 27Chicago Black Hawks1–2Toronto Maple Leafs17–24–842
50January 30Chicago Black Hawks2–2Montreal Canadiens17–24–943
51January 31Toronto Maple Leafs3–3Chicago Black Hawks17–24–1044
52February 4Chicago Black Hawks7–2Boston Bruins18–24–1046
53February 6Chicago Black Hawks5–1New York Rangers19–24–1048
54February 7Chicago Black Hawks0–5Detroit Red Wings19–25–1048
55February 10New York Rangers1–5Chicago Black Hawks20–25–1050
56February 14Montreal Canadiens0–2Chicago Black Hawks21–25–1052
57February 17Chicago Black Hawks5–1New York Rangers22–25–1054
58February 20Chicago Black Hawks1–3Toronto Maple Leafs22–26–1054
59February 21Toronto Maple Leafs5–7Chicago Black Hawks23–26–1056
60February 27Boston Bruins3–1Chicago Black Hawks23–27–1056
61February 28Detroit Red Wings2–5Chicago Black Hawks24–27–1058
62March 3Chicago Black Hawks2–0Boston Bruins25–27–1060
63March 5New York Rangers0–5Chicago Black Hawks26–27–1062
64March 6Montreal Canadiens2–4Chicago Black Hawks27–27–1064
65March 9Chicago Black Hawks1–1New York Rangers27–27–1165
66March 12Chicago Black Hawks0–5Montreal Canadiens27–28–1165
67March 13Detroit Red Wings1–1Chicago Black Hawks27–28–1266
68March 15Chicago Black Hawks3–2Detroit Red Wings28–28–1268
69March 19Chicago Black Hawks0–1Toronto Maple Leafs28–29–1268
70March 20Chicago Black Hawks5–5Boston Bruins28–29–1369

Playoffs

Chicago would face the Montreal Canadiens in the best of seven NHL semi-final for the second consecutive season. The Canadiens finished the season with an NHL best 92 points, and had won four consecutive Stanley Cups. The series opened up with two games at the Montreal Forum, and the Canadiens took a 2–0 series lead by winning both games by scores of 4–3, including an overtime win in the second game. The series moved to Chicago Stadium for the next two games, however, it was the Canadiens who stayed hot, shutting out the Black Hawks 4–0 in the third game, followed by another shutout victory in the fourth game, as Montreal won the game 2–0, and swept the series in four games.

Montreal Canadiens 4, Chicago Black Hawks 0
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 24Chicago Black Hawks3–4Montreal Canadiens0–1
2March 26Chicago Black Hawks3–4Montreal Canadiens0–2
3March 29Montreal Canadiens4–0Chicago Black Hawks0–3
4March 31Montreal Canadiens2–0Chicago Black Hawks0–4

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Bobby Hull7039428168
Bill Hay7018375531
Pierre Pilote7073845100
Tod Sloan7020204054
Ron Murphy6315213618
Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Glenn Hall70420028291317962.56

Playoffs
Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Bill Hay41232
Kenny Wharram41120
Ted Lindsay41120
Bobby Hull31012
Ron Murphy41010
Goaltending
PlayerGPTOIWLGASOGAA
Glenn Hall4249041403.37

Awards and records

See also

References
  1. "1959–1960 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
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