1934–35 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1934–35 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's ninth season in the NHL. The Hawks qualified for the playoffs, but lost to the Montreal Maroons in the semi-finals.

Offseason

The Black Hawks were coming off a Stanley Cup championship, as the Hawks defeated the Detroit Red Wings in the 1934 Stanley Cup Finals to win their first ever championship. The celebration was short lived though, as goaltender Chuck Gardiner would pass away on June 13, 1934 due to a brain hemorrhage.

In the off-season, the Black Hawks and Montreal Canadiens would make a huge trade, as the Canadiens sent Lorne Chabot, Howie Morenz and Marty Burke to the Hawks in exchange for Lionel Conacher, Roger Jenkins and LeRoy Goldsworthy.

Regular season

The Hawks would rebound, as they would set a team record with 57 points, along with 26 wins, to finish in 2nd place in the American Division, just 1 point behind the Boston Bruins. Chicago would score 118 goals, which placed them 6th in the 9 team NHL, while they would allow a league low 88 goals. Morenz would help the Black Hawks offensively, recording a team record and career high 26 assists, while Johnny Gottselig would score a club high 19 goals. Paul Thompson would lead the team with 39 points, scoring 16 goals and adding 23 assists. Defenseman Arthur Coulter would lead the team with 68 penalty minutes, and lead all defensemen with 12 points. In goal, Lorne Chabot would win the Vezina Trophy, as the Hawks allowed the fewest goals in the NHL. Chabot would post a 1.88 GAA, and win a club record 26 games.

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	26	16	6	129	112	58
Chicago Black Hawks	48	26	17	5	118	88	57
New York Rangers	48	22	20	6	137	139	50
Detroit Red Wings	48	19	22	7	127	114	45

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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 8	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	St. Louis Eagles	1–0–0	2
2	November 15	Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	Montreal Maroons	2–0–0	4
3	November 18	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1–0	4
4	November 22	St. Louis Eagles	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1–0	6
5	November 25	Boston Bruins	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks	4–1–0	8
6	November 27	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	Boston Bruins	5–1–0	10
7	November 29	Chicago Black Hawks	0–2	New York Americans	5–2–0	10
8	December 2	New York Americans	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	5–3–0	10
9	December 9	New York Rangers	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks	6–3–0	12
10	December 11	Detroit Red Wings	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks	7–3–0	14
11	December 16	Montreal Maroons	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	8–3–0	16
12	December 18	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1	Montreal Canadiens	8–3–1	17
13	December 20	Chicago Black Hawks	4–1	New York Rangers	9–3–1	19
14	December 22	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	9–4–1	19
15	December 23	Montreal Canadiens	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks	9–5–1	19
16	December 25	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	Detroit Red Wings	10–5–1	21
17	December 30	St. Louis Eagles	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks	10–5–2	22
18	January 1	Montreal Maroons	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	10–6–2	22
19	January 5	Chicago Black Hawks	6–0	Boston Bruins	11–6–2	24
20	January 6	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	New York Americans	12–6–2	26
21	January 8	Detroit Red Wings	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	12–7–2	26
22	January 10	Chicago Black Hawks	0–4	Montreal Maroons	12–8–2	26
23	January 12	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5	Toronto Maple Leafs	12–9–2	26
24	January 13	Boston Bruins	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks	12–9–3	27
25	January 15	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks	12–10–3	27
26	January 17	Chicago Black Hawks	5–1	St. Louis Eagles	13–10–3	29
27	January 20	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks	14–10–3	31
28	January 22	Chicago Black Hawks	2–0	New York Americans	15–10–3	33
29	January 24	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3	New York Rangers	15–10–4	34
30	January 27	St. Louis Eagles	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks	16–10–4	36
31	February 3	New York Americans	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	17–10–4	38
32	February 5	Montreal Canadiens	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks	18–10–4	40
33	February 7	Chicago Black Hawks	0–1	St. Louis Eagles	18–11–4	40
34	February 10	New York Rangers	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	18–12–4	40
35	February 12	Chicago Black Hawks	0–3	Montreal Maroons	18–13–4	40
36	February 14	Chicago Black Hawks	3–0	Detroit Red Wings	19–13–4	42
37	February 17	Boston Bruins	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	19–14–4	42
38	February 21	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	Montreal Canadiens	20–14–4	44
39	February 23	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	20–15–4	44
40	February 24	Montreal Maroons	1–6	Chicago Black Hawks	21–15–4	46
41	February 28	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5	Detroit Red Wings	21–16–4	46
42	March 3	Montreal Canadiens	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks	22–16–4	48
43	March 5	New York Americans	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks	23–16–4	50
44	March 10	New York Rangers	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks	23–16–5	51
45	March 14	Detroit Red Wings	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks	23–17–5	51
46	March 16	Chicago Black Hawks	5–2	Boston Bruins	24–17–5	53
47	March 17	Chicago Black Hawks	5–2	New York Rangers	25–17–5	55
48	March 19	Chicago Black Hawks	4–2	Montreal Canadiens	26–17–5	57

Playoffs

The Black Hawks would face the Montreal Maroons in the opening round of the playoffs in their quest for their second-straight Stanley Cup, as the teams faced off in a two-game, total goals series. The teams would play to a 0–0 draw in the opening game in Montreal, then in the 2nd game in Chicago, the series would come to an end as the Maroons surprised the Black Hawks with a 1–0 OT victory, drawing an end to the Hawks season.

Montreal Maroons 1, Chicago Black Hawks 0

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

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Paul Thompson	48	16	23	39	20
Johnny Gottselig	48	19	18	37	16
Howie Morenz	48	8	26	34	21
Tom Cook	48	13	18	31	33
Mush March	48	13	17	30	48

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Lorne Chabot	48	2940	26	17	5	88	8	1.80

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	PIM
Lolo Couture	2	5
Arthur Coulter	2	5
Marty Burke	2	2
Norm Locking	2	2
Tom Cook	2	2

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Lorne Chabot	2	124	0	1	1	1	1	0.48

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. 147. 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

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1934–35 NHL season

Canadian	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Maroons NY Americans St. Louis Toronto

American	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers

See also	Stanley Cup Finals