1927–28 Chicago Black Hawks season

The team was coming off a 19–22–3 expansion season, however, team owner Frederic McLaughlin saw it as a disappointment, and fired head coach Pete Muldoon. He was replaced by Barney Stanley. The team would score only 68 goals, 3rd fewest in the league, and allow a league high 134, and finish with a 7–34–3 record, dead last in the NHL. Midway through the season, the Hawks would fire Stanley and name Hugh Lehman, who was the backup goaltender, as the team's head coach.

Injuries played a big part in the Hawks horrible season, as Babe Dye, who scored a team high 25 goals the previous year, would suit up for only 9 games and get no points. Team captain and scoring leader from 1926–27, Dick Irvin, would miss 30 games due to injuries, and as a result, goals were hard to come by. Mickey MacKay would lead the Hawks with 17 goals, while Duke Keats would have a team best 22 points and 55 penalty minutes.

In goal, rookie Chuck Gardiner would get the majority of action, playing in 40 games, winning 6 of them and posting a 2.83 GAA, along with 3 shutouts.

Chicago would miss the playoffs for the first time in the clubs short history, finishing 29 points behind the Pittsburgh Pirates for the final playoff spot in the American Division.

Season standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Boston Bruins	44	20	13	11	77	70	558	51
New York Rangers	44	19	16	9	94	79	462	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	19	17	8	67	76	395	46
Detroit Cougars	44	19	19	6	88	79	395	44
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	34	3	68	134	375	17

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

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Duke Keats	32	14	8	22	55
Mickey MacKay	36	17	4	21	23
Rabbit McVeigh	38	6	7	13	10
Ty Arbour	32	5	5	10	32
Cy Wentworth	44	5	5	10	31

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Chuck Gardiner	40	2420	6	32	2	114	3	2.83
Hugh Lehman	4	250	1	2	1	20	1	4.80

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 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1927–28 NHL season

Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens Mtl Maroons NY Americans Ottawa Toronto

American Division	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers Pittsburgh

See also	The S Line Stanley Cup Finals

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