1928–29 Chicago Black Hawks season

1928–29 Chicago Black Hawks
Division	5th American
1928–29 record	7–29–8
Home record	3–13–6
Road record	4–16–2
Goals for	33
Goals against	85
Team information
General Manager	Frederic McLaughlin
Coach	Herb Gardiner (5–23–4) Dick Irvin (2–6–4)
Captain	Dick Irvin
Arena	Chicago Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Vic Ripley (11)
Assists	Ty Arbour (4)
Points	Vic Ripley (13)
Penalties in minutes	Bouncer Taylor (56)
Wins	Chuck Gardiner (7)
Goals against average	Chuck Gardiner (1.85)

<1927–28	1929–30>

The 1928–29 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's third season of play. The Hawks would miss the playoffs for the second straight season.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Final standings
2 Game log
- 2.1 Regular Season
3 Season stats
- 3.1 Scoring leaders
- 3.2 Goaltending
4 Awards and records
5 Transactions
6 Roster
7 See also
8 References

Regular season

The team was coming off a 7–34–3 season, in which they finished in last place in the league. The Black Hawks would let head coach Hugh Lehman go and hire Herb Gardiner to become the team's head coach. This season was also a long one for the club, as they finished with a league worst 7–29–8 record, and 25 points out of a playoff spot. Chicago would score an NHL record worst 33 goals, averaging less than a goal per game, while giving up 85 goals, which was the highest in the league. In one stretch from February 7 through February 28, the Hawks were shut out in eight consecutive games. Gardiner was fired after posting a 5–23–4 record, and for the remainder of the season, the Hawks used team captain Dick Irvin as a player-coach.

Due to the new Chicago Stadium, the new home of the Black Hawks, not being ready for the 1928–29 season, the team was only able to get ice time at Chicago Coliseum through January. Chicago would then play the rest of their "home" games in Detroit, Michigan and Fort Erie, Ontario in February and March.

Vic Ripley would have a team high 13 points, which included 11 goals, which was 1/3 of the Hawks goal total. Dick Irvin would score 6 goals, while youngster Johnny Gottselig scored 5. Goaltender Chuck Gardiner saw all the action in net, winning 7 games, while posting a 1.85 GAA and earning 5 shutouts.

While they improved by their point total by 5 points over the previous season, they still were a long way from contending for a playoff spot.

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Boston Bruins	44	26	13	5	89	52	472	57
New York Rangers	44	21	13	10	72	65	384	52
Detroit Cougars	44	19	16	9	72	63	381	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	9	27	8	46	80	324	26
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	29	8	33	85	363	22

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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.

Game log

Regular Season

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

Season stats

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Vic Ripley	39	11	2	13	31
Johnny Gottselig	44	5	3	8	26
Dick Irvin	36	6	1	7	30
Ty Arbour	44	3	4	7	32
Mush March	35	3	3	6	6

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Chuck Gardiner	44	2758	7	29	8	85	5	1.85

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

References

^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. 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

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1928–29 NHL season by team

Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens • Mtl Maroons • NY Americans • Ottawa • Toronto

American Division	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • NY Rangers • Pittsburgh

See also	Stanley Cup Finals • Transactions