1929–30 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1929–30 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's fourth season in the NHL. After a two-year absence, the Hawks would return to the playoffs, losing to the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs.

Regular season

They were coming their second straight season of winning only 7 games, and finishing in last place in the league. The Black Hawks would make yet another coaching change, hiring Tom Shaughnessy. The Hawks would surprise the league, getting off to a 10–8–3 start, however, the team would fire Shaughnessy and replace him with Bill Tobin. Tobin would lead Chicago to a record of 11–10–2, and they would finish the year with a 21–18–5 record, tripling their win total from the previous season, to finish in second place in the American Division, and make the playoffs for the second time in team history. The Black Hawks would set team records with wins, points and goals for, and finish above .500 for the first time in team history.

Despite the brand new Chicago Stadium being built and ready at the start of the season, the Hawks would play a few home games at Chicago Coliseum due to a disagreement with the Chicago Stadium Corporation, however it was resolved in December, and the Hawks moved in.

Chicago was led offensively by young players Tom Cook, who at 22, led the club with 30 points, and Johnny Gottselig, at 23 years old, leading the Black Hawks with 21 goals. Team captain Duke Dutkowski would lead all Black Hawk defensemen with 17 points in 44 games.

In goal, Chuck Gardiner would once again get all the playing time, setting a Black Hawks team record with 21 wins, and have 3 shutouts, along with a 2.42 GAA.

Season standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	38	5	1	179	98	77
Chicago Black Hawks	44	21	18	5	117	111	47
New York Rangers	44	17	17	10	136	143	44
Detroit Cougars	44	14	24	6	117	133	34
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	5	36	3	102	185	13

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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.

Schedule and results

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	November 14	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–0–1	1
2	November 16	Chicago Black Hawks	4–4	Montreal Canadiens	0–0–2	2
3	November 19	Chicago Black Hawks	5–1	New York Americans	1–0–2	4
4	November 21	Ottawa Senators	6–5	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1–2	4
5	November 24	Detroit Cougars	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1–2	6
6	November 28	New York Rangers	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2–2	6
7	December 1	Boston Bruins	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2–2	8
8	December 5	Chicago Black Hawks	5–2	Pittsburgh Pirates	4–2–2	10
9	December 8	New York Americans	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks	5–2–2	12
10	December 12	Montreal Maroons	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks	6–2–2	14
11	December 15	Pittsburgh Pirates	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks	7–2–2	16
12	December 19	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4	Detroit Cougars	7–3–2	16
13	December 21	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	Boston Bruins	7–4–2	16
14	December 22	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3	New York Rangers	7–5–2	16
15	December 24	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	Ottawa Senators	8–5–2	18
16	December 26	Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	Montreal Maroons	9–5–2	20
17	December 29	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks	9–6–2	20
18	January 1	Montreal Canadiens	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks	9–7–2	20
19	January 5	Detroit Cougars	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks	9–8–2	20
20	January 9	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1	Detroit Cougars	9–8–3	21
21	January 12	New York Rangers	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks	10–8–3	23
22	January 14	Pittsburgh Pirates	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks	11–8–3	25
23	January 16	Boston Bruins	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks	12–8–3	27
24	January 19	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	New York Rangers	12–9–3	27
25	January 21	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5	Boston Bruins	12–10–3	27
26^A	January 25	Chicago Black Hawks	5–2	Pittsburgh Pirates	13–10–3	29
27	January 28	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	Ottawa Senators	14–10–3	31
28	January 30	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1	Montreal Canadiens	14–11–3	31
29	February 1	Chicago Black Hawks	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	14–12–3	31
30	February 2	Chicago Black Hawks	4–1	Detroit Cougars	15–12–3	33
31	February 6	Montreal Maroons	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	16–12–3	35
32	February 16	Montreal Canadiens	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	16–13–3	35
33	February 18	New York Americans	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks	16–14–3	35
34	February 20	Ottawa Senators	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks	16–15–3	35
35	February 23	Detroit Cougars	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	16–16–3	35
36	February 25	Chicago Black Hawks	2–0	Montreal Maroons	17–16–3	37
37	February 27	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1	New York Rangers	17–16–4	38
38	March 2	Pittsburgh Pirates	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks	18–16–4	40
39	March 4	New York Rangers	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks	18–16–5	41
40^B	March 8	Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	Pittsburgh Pirates	19–16–5	43
41	March 9	Chicago Black Hawks	2–5	New York Americans	19–17–5	43
42	March 11	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4	Boston Bruins	19–18–5	43
43	March 13	Boston Bruins	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	20–18–5	45
44	March 18	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks	21–18–5	47

A – played at Atlantic City, New Jersey. B – played at Peace Bridge, Buffalo, New York.

Playoffs

After a two-year absence, the Hawks would return to the playoffs, and face the second place team from the Canadian Division, the Montreal Canadiens, in the opening round in a two-game, total goal series. After dropping the opening game 1–0 in Chicago, the Hawks and Canadiens would battle to a 2–2 tie in Montreal, allowing the Canadiens to win the series by a 3–2 score, and ending the Black Hawks season.

Montreal Canadiens 3, Chicago Black Hawks 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 23	Montreal Canadiens	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1
2	March 26	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	Montreal Canadiens	0–1–1

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Tom Cook	41	14	16	30	16
Johnny Gottselig	39	21	4	25	28
Art Somers	44	11	13	24	74
Ty Arbour	44	10	8	18	26
Duke Dutkowski	44	7	10	17	42

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Chuck Gardiner	44	2750	21	18	5	111	3	2.42

Playoff stats

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ty Arbour	2	1	0	1	0
Earl Miller	2	1	0	1	7
Tom Cook	2	0	1	1	4

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Chuck Gardiner	2	172	0	1	1	3	0	1.05

References

↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

SHRP Sports
The Internet Hockey Database
National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

Chicago Blackhawks seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1929–30 NHL season

Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens Mtl Maroons NY Americans Ottawa Toronto

American Division	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers Pittsburgh

See also	Stanley Cup Finals

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