1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 24th season in the National Hockey League. The Black Hawks finished in sixth, out of the playoffs.

1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks
League	6th NHL
1949–50 record	22–38–10
Home record	13–18–4
Road record	9–20–6
Goals for	203
Goals against	244
Team information
General manager	Bill Tobin
Coach	Charlie Conacher
Captain	Doug Bentley
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Metro Prystai (29)
Assists	Bep Guidolin (34)
Points	Roy Conacher (56)
Penalty minutes	Bill Gadsby (138)
Wins	Frank Brimsek (22)
Goals against average	Frank Brimsek (3.49)
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Off-season

In goal, the Black Hawks acquired long-time Boston Bruins goaltender Frank Brimsek. Brimsek would play in all 70 games for the Hawks, winning 22 of them, earning five shutouts along the way, and posting a 3.49 GAA.

Regular season

The Black Hawks had finished in fifth place in 1948–49, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the third year in a row. Prior to the season, the NHL announced that they would be adding ten games to the regular season schedule, raising it from 60 games to 70. Despite the extra games added, the Black Hawks would only win one more game than the previous season, and finish in last place in the NHL with 54 points, 13 behind the New York Rangers for the final playoff spot, missing the playoffs for the fourth straight season.

Offensively, the Hawks scoring was spread out, as 22-year-old Metro Prystai led the Hawks with 29 goals, Doug Bentley had a team high 33 assists, and Roy Conacher had a club-best 56 points. Bill Gadsby would be a force on the blueline, leading the way with 10 goals and 35 points, and having a team high 138 penalty minutes. The Hawks scored 203 goals, second highest total in the league, but would allow a league high 244 goals.

Season standings

National Hockey League^[1]

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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	229	164	+65	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	29	22	19	172	150	+22	77
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	31	27	12	176	173	+3	74
4	New York Rangers	70	28	31	11	170	189	−19	67
5	Boston Bruins	70	22	32	16	198	228	−30	60
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	22	38	10	203	244	−41	54

Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NHL Records [2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	5–7–2	3–8–3	4–5–5	5–5–4	5–7–2
Chicago	7–5–2	—	3–9–2	4–8–2	4–9–1	4–7–3
Detroit	8–3–3	9–3–2	—	5–3–6	7–5–2	8–5–1
Montreal	5–4–5	8–4–2	3–5–6	—	7–5–2	6–4–4
New York	5–5–4	9–4–1	5–7–2	5–7–2	—	4–8–2
Toronto	7–5–2	7–4–3	5–8–1	4–6–4	8–4–2	—

Schedule and results

Regular season

1949–50 regular season[3]
October Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points 1 October 13 Chicago Black Hawks 0–4 Montreal Canadiens 0–1–0 0 2 October 15 Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–1–1 1 3 October 19 Chicago Black Hawks 4–7 Boston Bruins 0–2–1 1 4 October 23 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 Detroit Red Wings 0–2–2 2 5 October 25 New York Rangers 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks 0–3–2 2 6 October 27 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks 0–4–2 2 7 October 29 Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 New York Rangers 1–4–2 4 8 October 30 Boston Bruins 4–10 Chicago Black Hawks 2–4–2 6
November Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points 9 November 2 Montreal Canadiens 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks 3–4–2 8 10 November 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks 3–5–2 8 11 November 9 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 Boston Bruins 4–5–2 10 12 November 12 Chicago Black Hawks 0–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–6–2 10 13 November 13 Montreal Canadiens 0–0 Chicago Black Hawks 4–6–3 11 14 November 16 Chicago Black Hawks 1–4 Detroit Red Wings 4–7–3 11 15 November 17 Boston Bruins 3–8 Chicago Black Hawks 5–7–3 13 16 November 20 New York Rangers 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks 5–8–3 13 17 November 24 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks 5–8–4 14 18 November 26 Chicago Black Hawks 7–2 Detroit Red Wings 6–8–4 16 19 November 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–6 Chicago Black Hawks 7–8–4 18
December Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points 20 December 1 Boston Bruins 4–5 Chicago Black Hawks 8–8–4 20 21 December 3 Chicago Black Hawks 3–5 Boston Bruins 8–9–4 20 22 December 4 Chicago Black Hawks 0–4 New York Rangers 8–10–4 20 23 December 7 Chicago Black Hawks 1–2 New York Rangers 8–11–4 20 24 December 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks 8–12–4 20 25 December 10 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 Montreal Canadiens 8–12–5 21 26 December 11 Montreal Canadiens 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks 8–13–5 21 27 December 14 New York Rangers 3–5 Chicago Black Hawks 9–13–5 23 28 December 17 Chicago Black Hawks 7–1 Toronto Maple Leafs 10–13–5 25 29 December 18 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks 10–14–5 25 30 December 21 Boston Bruins 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks 10–15–5 25 31 December 25 Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 Boston Bruins 10–15–6 26 32 December 28 Chicago Black Hawks 2–5 New York Rangers 10–16–6 26 33 December 31 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 Montreal Canadiens 10–17–6 26
January Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points 34 January 1 Montreal Canadiens 1–5 Chicago Black Hawks 11–17–6 28 35 January 4 Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 11–17–7 29 36 January 7 Chicago Black Hawks 2–5 Toronto Maple Leafs 11–18–7 29 37 January 8 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 New York Rangers 11–18–8 30 38 January 10 Montreal Canadiens 7–3 Chicago Black Hawks 11–19–8 30 39 January 14 Chicago Black Hawks 0–3 Montreal Canadiens 11–20–8 30 40 January 15 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 Boston Bruins 12–20–8 32 41 January 18 Detroit Red Wings 5–4 Chicago Black Hawks 12–21–8 32 42 January 21 Chicago Black Hawks 3–5 Detroit Red Wings 12–22–8 32 43 January 22 New York Rangers 3–4 Chicago Black Hawks 13–22–8 34 44 January 26 Boston Bruins 1–5 Chicago Black Hawks 14–22–8 36 45 January 28 Chicago Black Hawks 1–9 Toronto Maple Leafs 14–23–8 36 46 January 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks 14–24–8 36
February Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points 47 February 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–3 Chicago Black Hawks 15–24–8 38 48 February 4 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 Montreal Canadiens 16–24–8 40 49 February 5 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks 16–25–8 40 50 February 8 Chicago Black Hawks 2–9 Detroit Red Wings 16–26–8 40 51 February 9 New York Rangers 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks 16–27–8 40 52 February 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks 16–27–9 41 53 February 15 Detroit Red Wings 0–3 Chicago Black Hawks 17–27–9 43 54 February 19 Boston Bruins 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks 17–27–10 44 55 February 22 Chicago Black Hawks 0–3 New York Rangers 17–28–10 44 56 February 23 New York Rangers 7–3 Chicago Black Hawks 17–29–10 44 57 February 26 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks 17–30–10 44
March Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points 58 March 2 Montreal Canadiens 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks 18–30–10 46 59 March 4 Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 Montreal Canadiens 18–31–10 46 60 March 5 Chicago Black Hawks 4–11 Boston Bruins 18–32–10 46 61 March 8 New York Rangers 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks 18–33–10 46 62 March 11 Chicago Black Hawks 1–5 Detroit Red Wings 18–34–10 46 63 March 12 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks 18–35–10 46 64 March 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–4 Chicago Black Hawks 19–35–10 48 65 March 18 Chicago Black Hawks 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 19–36–10 48 66 March 19 Boston Bruins 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks 19–37–10 48 67 March 21 Chicago Black Hawks 6–3 New York Rangers 20–37–10 50 68 March 22 Chicago Black Hawks 7–5 Boston Bruins 21–37–10 52 69 March 25 Chicago Black Hawks 0–4 Montreal Canadiens 21–38–10 52 70 March 26 Chicago Black Hawks 5–4 Detroit Red Wings 22–38–10 52
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Roy Conacher	70	25	31	56	16
Doug Bentley	64	20	33	53	28
Metro Prystai	65	29	22	51	31
Bep Guidolin	70	17	34	51	42
Bert Olmstead	70	20	29	49	40

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Frank Brimsek	70	4200	22	38	10	244	5	3.49