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    Eugammon of Cyrene

    1941–42 Chicago Black Hawks
    League4th NHL
    1941–42 record22–23–3
    Home record15–8–1
    Road record7–15–2
    Goals for145
    Goals against155
    Team information
    General managerFrederic McLaughlin
    CoachPaul Thompson
    CaptainEarl Seibert
    ArenaChicago Stadium
    Team leaders
    GoalsRed Hamill (18)
    AssistsBill Thoms (30)
    PointsBill Thoms (45)
    Penalty minutesJohn Mariucci (66)
    WinsSam LoPresti (21)
    Goals against averageSam LoPresti (3.19)

    The 1941–42 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 16th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a 5th-place finish in the 7 team league in 1940–41, and losing in the 2nd round of the playoffs against the Detroit Red Wings after defeating the Montreal Canadiens in the opening round.

    The Black Hawks would finish just under .500, as they had a 22–23–3 record, good for 47 points and 4th place in the standings. Chicago would score 145 goals, 4th in the league, and let in 155, which was the 3rd highest. They had a very solid 15–8–1 home record, but would struggle on the road, getting only 7 victories. On December 9, 1941, the Chicago Blackhawks-Boston Bruins game would be delayed for over a half-hour as United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared that America was at war.[1]

    Bill Thoms would set a team record by finishing the year with 45 points, which was the 6th highest point total in the league, and his 30 assists also broke a Black Hawks record. Red Hamill would score a team high 18 goals in only 34 games with Chicago, as he came to the Hawks in a mid-season trade with the Boston Bruins. Along with his 6 goals in Boston, his 24 goals would be tied for the 2nd most in the NHL. Earl Seibert would once again lead the defense, earning 21 points, while Joe Cooper would finish just behind him with 20 points. John Mariucci led the Black Hawks with 61 penalty minutes.

    In goal, Sam LoPresti would appear in 47 games, winning 21 of them and earning 3 shutouts. Bill Dickie would replace LoPresti in a game due to an injury, and he would record the victory.

    Chicago would qualify for post-season play for the 3rd straight season, and face a 1st round matchup against the 3rd seeded Boston Bruins in a best of 3 series. The Hawks would drop the opening game in overtime at Chicago Stadium, then would play the next 2 games on the road at the Boston Garden. The Hawks would surprise the Bruins in game 2, with a convincing 4–0 victory, however, Chicago could not repeat their success in game 3, as Boston would hold off the Hawks 3–2 and win the series.

    Season standings

    National Hockey League
    GP W L T Pts GF GA
    New York Rangers 48 29 17 2 60 177 143
    Toronto Maple Leafs 48 27 18 3 57 158 136
    Boston Bruins 48 25 17 6 56 160 118
    Chicago Black Hawks 48 22 23 3 47 145 155
    Detroit Red Wings 48 19 25 4 42 140 147
    Montreal Canadiens 48 18 27 3 39 134 173
    Brooklyn Americans 48 16 29 3 35 133 175

    [2]

    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.

    Record vs. opponents

    1941–42 NHL Records [3]
    Team BOS BRK CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
    Boston — 4–4 3–3–2 4–2–2 6–1–1 4–4 4–3–1
    Brooklyn 4–4 — 2–6 3–4–1 3–4–1 2–5–1 2–6
    Chicago 3–3–2 6–2 — 3–5 4–3–1 2–6 4–4
    Detroit 2–4–2 4–3–1 5–3 — 5–3 1–7 2–5–1
    Montreal 1–6–1 4–3–1 3–4–1 3–5 — 4–4 3–5
    New York 4–4 5–2–1 6–2 7–1 4–4 — 3–4–1
    Toronto 3–4–1 6–2 4–4 5–2–1 5–3 4–3–1 —


    Schedule and results

    1941–42 regular season[4]
    November
    Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
    1 November 6 Brooklyn Americans 0–1 Chicago Black Hawks 1–0–0 2
    2 November 8 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 Montreal Canadiens 1–0–1 3
    3 November 13 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 Brooklyn Americans 2–0–1 5
    4 November 16 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks 3–0–1 7
    5 November 20 Boston Bruins 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks 4–0–1 9
    6 November 22 Chicago Black Hawks 0–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1–1 9
    7 November 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1–1 11
    8 November 25 Chicago Black Hawks 4–5 New York Rangers 5–2–1 11
    9 November 27 Chicago Black Hawks 1–4 Detroit Red Wings 5–3–1 11
    10 November 30 New York Rangers 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks 5–4–1 11
    December
    Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
    11 December 4 Montreal Canadiens 2–9 Chicago Black Hawks 6–4–1 13
    12 December 7 Brooklyn Americans 4–5 Chicago Black Hawks 7–4–1 15
    13 December 9 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 Boston Bruins 7–4–2 16
    14 December 14 Boston Bruins 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks 7–4–3 17
    15 December 18 New York Rangers 1–5 Chicago Black Hawks 8–4–3 19
    16 December 20 Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 Toronto Maple Leafs 9–4–3 21
    17 December 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks 9–5–3 21
    18 December 23 Chicago Black Hawks 3–4 Brooklyn Americans 9–6–3 21
    19 December 25 Chicago Black Hawks 2–5 New York Rangers 9–7–3 21
    20 December 30 Chicago Black Hawks 3–5 Montreal Canadiens 9–8–3 21
    January
    Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
    21 January 1 Detroit Red Wings 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks 9–9–3 21
    22 January 6 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 Boston Bruins 9–10–3 21
    23 January 8 Montreal Canadiens 1–5 Chicago Black Hawks 10–10–3 23
    24 January 11 Detroit Red Wings 5–6 Chicago Black Hawks 11–10–3 25
    25 January 15 Chicago Black Hawks 7–4 Brooklyn Americans 12–10–3 27
    26 January 17 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 13–10–3 29
    27 January 18 Boston Bruins 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks 13–11–3 29
    28 January 22 Brooklyn Americans 2–4 Chicago Black Hawks 14–11–3 31
    29 January 25 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–6 Chicago Black Hawks 15–11–3 33
    30 January 29 Chicago Black Hawks 0–2 Detroit Red Wings 15–12–3 33
    February
    Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
    31 February 1 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks 15–13–3 33
    32 February 3 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 Boston Bruins 16–13–3 35
    33 February 5 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 Montreal Canadiens 17–13–3 37
    34 February 8 New York Rangers 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks 17–14–3 37
    35 February 10 Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 New York Rangers 18–14–3 39
    36 February 12 Detroit Red Wings 2–4 Chicago Black Hawks 19–14–3 41
    37 February 15 Boston Bruins 0–2 Chicago Black Hawks 20–14–3 43
    38 February 19 Chicago Black Hawks 1–6 Detroit Red Wings 20–15–3 43
    39 February 21 Chicago Black Hawks 3–5 Montreal Canadiens 20–16–3 43
    40 February 22 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 New York Rangers 20–17–3 43
    41 February 26 Montreal Canadiens 4–5 Chicago Black Hawks 21–17–3 45
    42 February 28 Chicago Black Hawks 2–8 Toronto Maple Leafs 21–18–3 45
    March
    Game Date Visitor Score Home Record Points
    43 March 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks 21–19–3 45
    44 March 5 Chicago Black Hawks 1–2 Brooklyn Americans 21–20–3 45
    45 March 8 Brooklyn Americans 1–6 Chicago Black Hawks 22–20–3 47
    46 March 10 Chicago Black Hawks 1–9 Boston Bruins 22–21–3 47
    47 March 15 New York Rangers 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks 22–22–3 47
    48 March 19 Chicago Black Hawks 4–6 Detroit Red Wings 22–23–3 47

    Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

    Playoffs

    Bruins 2, Black Hawks 1

    NHL quarter-finals

    (3) Boston Bruins vs. (4) Chicago Black Hawks
    March 22 Boston Bruins 2 – 1 OT Chicago Black Hawks Chicago Stadium Recap  
    Conacher (1) – (Cowley, Wiseman) – 11:08 First period No scoring
    No scoring Second period No scoring
    No scoring Third period 18:50 – M. Bentley (1) – (D. Bentley, March)
    Smith (1) – (Conacher, Cowley) – 6:51 First overtime period No scoring
    Brimsek (1-0) Goalie stats LoPresti (0-1)
    March 24 Chicago Black Hawks 4 – 0 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
    No scoring First period No scoring
    Mosienko (1) – (Hamill, Carse) – 3:57
    Kaleta (1) – (Thoms, Allen) – 10:19
    Carse (1) – (Kaleta) – 10:30     		Second period No scoring
    Allen (1) – (Kaleta, Carse) – 6:27 Third period No scoring
    LoPresti (1-1) Goalie stats Brimsek (1-1)
    March 26 Chicago Black Hawks 2 – 3 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
    No scoring First period 18:01 – Bruce (1) – (McGill, Shewchuk)
    M. Bentley (2) – (March, Cooper) – 7:09
    Mosienko (2) – pp – (Carse, Cooper) – 15:26     		Second period 0:48 – Bruce (2) – (Hiller, Crawford)
    8:15 – McGill (2) – (Unassisted)
    No scoring Third period No scoring
    LoPresti (1-2) Goalie stats Brimsek (2-1)
    Boston wins series 2 – 1


    Season stats

    Scoring leaders

    Player GP G A Pts PIM
    Bill Thoms 47 15 30 45 8
    Mush March 46 6 26 32 22
    Max Bentley 38 13 17 30 2
    Alex Kaleta 47 7 21 28 24
    Red Hamill 34 18 9 27 21

    Goaltending

    Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
    Bill Dickie 1 60 1 0 0 3 0 3.00
    Sam LoPresti 47 2860 21 23 3 152 3 3.19

    Playoff stats

    Scoring leaders

    Player GP G A Pts PIM
    Alex Kaleta 3 1 2 3 0
    Bill Mosienko 3 2 0 2 0
    Max Bentley 3 2 0 2 0
    Bill Carse 3 1 1 2 0
    George Allen 3 1 1 2 0

    Goaltending

    Player GP TOI W L GA SO GAA
    Sam LoPresti 3 187 1 2 5 1 1.60

    References

    1. ^ Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.71, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
    2. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
    3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
    4. ^ "1941-42 Chicago Black Hawks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941%E2%80%9342_Chicago_Black_Hawks_season

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