1930–31 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1930–31 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's fifth season in the NHL, and they were coming off a surprising season, in which they finished over .500 for the first time in team history, and making the playoffs after a 2-year absence. The Hawks would go on to lose to the Montreal Canadiens in the 1st round. Prior to the season, Chicago would name former team captain and player-coach Dick Irvin as the head coach. The team responded with a club record 24 wins and 51 points, and finished in 2nd place in the American Division, and make the playoffs for the 2nd straight season.

Regular season

Chicago was led offensively once again by Johnny Gottselig, who scored a club high 20 goals and 32 points, and by Tom Cook, who was the team leader in assists with 14, and finished 2nd in team scoring with 29 points. Frank Ingram would have a big season, scoring a career high 17 goals.

In goal, Chuck Gardiner would play in every game, and he would break the Hawks record for wins (24), shutouts (12) and GAA (1.73). The Hawks finished with the 2nd fewest goals against in the league.

Season standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	28	10	6	143	90	62
Chicago Black Hawks	44	24	17	3	108	78	51
New York Rangers	44	19	16	9	106	87	47
Detroit Falcons	44	16	21	7	102	105	39
Philadelphia Quakers	44	4	36	4	76	184	12

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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 16	New York Rangers	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks	0–0–1	1
2	November 20	Boston Bruins	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0–1	3
3	November 23	Montreal Canadiens	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks	2–0–1	5
4	November 25	Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	Boston Bruins	3–0–1	7
5	November 27	Chicago Black Hawks	4–0	New York Rangers	4–0–1	9
6	November 29	Chicago Black Hawks	3–0	Ottawa Senators	5–0–1	11
7	December 2	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2	Montreal Maroons	5–1–1	11
8	December 4	New York Americans	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks	6–1–1	13
9	December 7	Detroit Falcons	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	7–1–1	15
10	December 9	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1	Detroit Falcons	7–2–1	15
11	December 14	Montreal Maroons	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks	7–3–1	15
12	December 16	Ottawa Senators	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks	8–3–1	17
13	December 18	Chicago Black Hawks	0–0	Montreal Canadiens	8–3–2	18
14	December 20	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	8–4–2	18
15	December 23	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	Philadelphia Quakers	9–4–2	20
16	December 28	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks	9–5–2	20
17	January 1	Philadelphia Quakers	3–10	Chicago Black Hawks	10–5–2	22
18	January 4	Detroit Falcons	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	10–6–2	22
19	January 6	Chicago Black Hawks	2–5	Boston Bruins	10–7–2	22
20	January 8	Chicago Black Hawks	4–0	Philadelphia Quakers	11–7–2	24
21	January 11	Chicago Black Hawks	2–0	New York Rangers	12–7–2	26
22	January 13	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0	New York Americans	13–7–2	28
23	January 15	Boston Bruins	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks	14–7–2	30
24	January 18	New York Rangers	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks	15–7–2	32
25	January 22	Philadelphia Quakers	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks	16–7–2	34
26	January 25	Montreal Maroons	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks	16–8–2	34
27	February 1	Montreal Canadiens	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks	16–9–2	34
28	February 5	Philadelphia Quakers	1–6	Chicago Black Hawks	17–9–2	36
29	February 8	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	New York Rangers	18–9–2	38
30	February 10	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2	Boston Bruins	18–10–2	38
31	February 12	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	Ottawa Senators	19–10–2	40
32	February 15	New York Rangers	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	19–11–2	40
33	February 19	Detroit Falcons	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks	19–12–2	40
34	February 22	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1	Detroit Falcons	19–12–3	41
35	February 24	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3	Montreal Maroons	19–13–3	41
36	March 1	Ottawa Senators	0–5	Chicago Black Hawks	20–13–3	43
37	March 5	New York Americans	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks	21–13–3	45
38	March 8	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2	New York Americans	21–14–3	45
39	March 10	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2	Montreal Canadiens	21–15–3	45
40	March 12	Boston Bruins	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	22–15–3	47
41	March 15	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	22–16–3	47
42	March 17	Chicago Black Hawks	4–0	Philadelphia Quakers	23–16–3	49
43	March 19	Chicago Black Hawks	2–8	Toronto Maple Leafs	23–17–3	49
44	March 22	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	Detroit Falcons	24–17–3	51

Playoffs

The Hawks would open the playoffs in a 2-game total goal series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and for the 1st time in team history, the Black Hawks won the series by a score of 4–3. Next up was a 2-game total goal series against the New York Rangers, and Chuck Gardiner would shine by shutting New York out in both games, as the Hawks won the series by a 3–0 score and earn a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals against the Montreal Canadiens. The Hawks would lose the first game of the best-of-5 series, but then would win 2 in a row in overtime to take a 2–1 series lead. Montreal would respond with a 4–2 victory in game 4, and then the Canadiens would put away the Black Hawks with a 2–0 win in the 5th and deciding game, ending the Black Hawks dream of winning the championship one win short.

Chicago Black Hawks 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 24	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–0–1
2	March 26	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0–1

Chicago Black Hawks 3, New York Rangers 0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 29	New York Rangers	0–2	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0
2	March 31	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0	New York Rangers	2–0

Montreal Canadiens 3, Chicago Black Hawks 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 3	Montreal Canadiens	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1
2	April 5	Montreal Canadiens	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1
3	April 9	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	Montreal Canadiens	2–1
4	April 11	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4	Montreal Canadiens	2–2
5	April 13	Chicago Black Hawks	0–2	Montreal Canadiens	2–3

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Johnny Gottselig	42	20	12	32	14
Tom Cook	44	15	14	29	34
Frank Ingram	44	17	4	21	37
Lolo Couture	44	8	11	19	30
Stewart Adams	36	5	13	18	18

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Chuck Gardiner	44	2710	24	17	3	78	12	1.73
Alex Wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Playoff stats

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Stewart Adams	8	3	3	6	8
Johnny Gottselig	9	3	3	6	2
Mush March	9	3	1	4	11
Tom Cook	9	1	3	4	11
Vic Ripley	9	2	1	3	4

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Chuck Gardiner	9	638	5	3	1	14	2	1.32
Alex Wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

1930–31 NHL season by team

Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens Mtl Maroons NY Americans Ottawa Toronto

American Division	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers Philadelphia

See also	Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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