1973–74 Chicago Black Hawks season

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1973–74 Chicago Black Hawks
Division2nd West
1973–74 record41–14–23
Home record20–6–13
Road record21–8–10
Goals for272
Goals against164
Team information
General manager Tommy Ivan
Coach Billy Reay
Captain Vacant
Alternate captains Doug Jarrett
Stan Mikita
Bill White
Arena Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals Jim Pappin (32)
Assists Stan Mikita (50)
Points Stan Mikita (80)
Penalty minutes Phil Russell (184)
Plus/minus Bill White (+51)
Wins Tony Esposito (34)
Goals against average Tony Esposito (2.04)
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The 1973–74 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 48th season in the NHL, and the club was coming off their fourth consecutive first-place finish in 1972–73, as they finished on top of the West Division with a 42–27–9 record, earning 93 points. The Black Hawks defeated the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL quarter-finals, but lost to the Boston Bruins in the semi-finals. [1]

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Chicago started the season slowly, as they had a 2–4–4 record in their first ten games; however, the club then went on a nine-game unbeaten streak to push themselves over the .500 mark. The Hawks battled with the Philadelphia Flyers all season long for the top spot in the West Division, as Chicago finished with a record of 41–14–23, earning 105 points, which was their third-highest total in club history. It was not enough though, as the Flyers dethroned the Black Hawks for top spot in the West, as they finished with 112 points thus ending Chicago's streak of four consecutive division titles. The 14 losses by Chicago was the fewest by the team in one season, while the 23 ties they recorded was a new team record. [2]

Offensively, the Black Hawks were led by Stan Mikita, who had a club-high 50 assists and 80 points, while Jim Pappin led the team in goals for the second consecutive season, as he scored 32 goals, and finished with 73 points. Pit Martin scored 30 goals and 77 points, while Dennis Hull had 29 goals and 68 points. On defense, Dick Redmond emerged as the offensive leader, scoring 17 goals and 59 points, while Bill White recorded 36 points, while having a team-high +51 rating. Phil Russell had 10 goals and 35 points, while having a team-high 184 penalty minutes.

In goal, Tony Esposito led the club with 34 victories and a 2.04 GAA, along with ten shutouts while appearing in 70 games. [3] Rookie goaltender Mike Veisor backed up Esposito, going 7–0–2 with a 2.23 GAA in 10 games. [4] Chicago tied the Philadelphia Flyers with the fewest goals against in the league at 164, as Tony Esposito and the Flyers Bernie Parent shared the Vezina Trophy for their achievements.

The Hawks opened the playoffs against the Los Angeles Kings, who had a record of 33–33–12, earning 78 points, while placing third in the West Division. The series opened with two games at Chicago Stadium, and the Black Hawks used their home ice to their advantage, defeating the Kings 3–1 and 4–1 to take a 2–0 series lead. The series shifted to The Forum in Los Angeles for the next two games, and the Hawks continued to shut down the Kings in the third game, shutting them out 1–0. Los Angeles avoided the sweep by easily handling the Black Hawks 5–1 to send the series back to Chicago. In the fifth game, the Hawks, led by Tony Esposito, shut out Los Angeles by a score of 1–0 to eliminate the Kings from the playoffs.

Chicago's next opponent was the Boston Bruins, who had finished the season with a 52–17–9 record, earning 113 points, and a first-place finish in the East Division. The Bruins swept the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round. The series opened up with two games at the Boston Garden, but it was Chicago who struck first, doubling the Bruins 4–2 in the series opener. Boston responded in the second game, winning 8–6 to even the series. The next two games were played in Chicago, and the Black Hawks re-took the series lead, defeating Boston 4–3 in overtime; however, the Bruins rebounded, winning the fourth game 5–2 to even the series again. The fifth game was back in Boston, and the Bruins took their first series lead, dominating Chicago by a score of 6–2. Boston clinched the series in the sixth game, winning 4–2 on Chicago ice to eliminate the Black Hawks from the post-season.

Season standings

West Division [5]
GPWLTGFGADIFFPts
1 Philadelphia Flyers 78501612273164+109112
2 Chicago Black Hawks 78411423272164+108105
3 Los Angeles Kings 78333312233231+278
4 Atlanta Flames 78303414214238−2474
5 Pittsburgh Penguins 7828419242273−3165
6 St. Louis Blues 78264012206248−4264
7 Minnesota North Stars 78233817235275−4063
8 California Golden Seals 78135510195342−14736

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1October 10Chicago Black Hawks3–0 Los Angeles Kings 1–0–02
2October 12Chicago Black Hawks2–3 California Golden Seals 1–1–02
3October 14 Minnesota North Stars 1–1Chicago Black Hawks1–1–13
4October 17 Vancouver Canucks 0–5Chicago Black Hawks2–1–15
5October 21 New York Islanders 3–3Chicago Black Hawks2–1–26
6October 24Chicago Black Hawks1–3 Buffalo Sabres 2–2–26
7October 27Chicago Black Hawks4–4 St. Louis Blues 2–2–37
8October 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1Chicago Black Hawks2–2–48
9November 1Chicago Black Hawks0–1 Philadelphia Flyers 2–3–48
10November 3Chicago Black Hawks4–5 Minnesota North Stars 2–4–48
11November 4 New York Rangers 1–4Chicago Black Hawks3–4–410
12November 7Chicago Black Hawks1–1 California Golden Seals 3–4–511
13November 9Chicago Black Hawks4–0 Vancouver Canucks 4–4–513
14November 11Chicago Black Hawks3–0 Los Angeles Kings 5–4–515
15November 14Chicago Black Hawks4–4 New York Rangers 5–4–616
16November 16Chicago Black Hawks6–1 Atlanta Flames 6–4–618
17November 17Chicago Black Hawks4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–4–620
18November 21 St. Louis Blues 1–4Chicago Black Hawks8–4–622
19November 24Chicago Black Hawks3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs 9–4–624
20November 25 Montreal Canadiens 6–4Chicago Black Hawks9–5–624
21November 28 Boston Bruins 3–3Chicago Black Hawks9–5–725
22December 1Chicago Black Hawks5–0 Montreal Canadiens 10–5–727
23December 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–2Chicago Black Hawks11–5–729
24December 5Chicago Black Hawks8–2 Detroit Red Wings 12–5–731
25December 9 Minnesota North Stars 3–5Chicago Black Hawks13–5–733
26December 12 Philadelphia Flyers 2–2Chicago Black Hawks13–5–834
27December 15Chicago Black Hawks3–3 New York Islanders 13–5–935
28December 16Chicago Black Hawks6–1 New York Rangers 14–5–937
29December 19 Buffalo Sabres 2–2Chicago Black Hawks14–5–1038
30December 22Chicago Black Hawks2–4 Philadelphia Flyers 14–6–1038
31December 23 Vancouver Canucks 2–6Chicago Black Hawks15–6–1040
32December 26 Los Angeles Kings 3–3Chicago Black Hawks15–6–1141
33December 29Chicago Black Hawks4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins 16–6–1143
34December 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3Chicago Black Hawks16–7–1143
35January 2 New York Islanders 1–5Chicago Black Hawks17–7–1145
36January 3Chicago Black Hawks2–3 Atlanta Flames 17–8–1145
37January 6 California Golden Seals 4–9Chicago Black Hawks18–8–1147
38January 9 Los Angeles Kings 4–4Chicago Black Hawks18–8–1248
39January 10Chicago Black Hawks2–2 Boston Bruins 18–8–1349
40January 13 Detroit Red Wings 1–4Chicago Black Hawks19–8–1351
41January 16 Boston Bruins 5–5Chicago Black Hawks19–8–1452
42January 19 New York Rangers 3–2Chicago Black Hawks19–9–1452
43January 20 Vancouver Canucks 2–7Chicago Black Hawks20–9–1454
44January 24Chicago Black Hawks2–1 Boston Bruins 21–9–1456
45January 26Chicago Black Hawks1–4 Montreal Canadiens 21–10–1456
46January 27 New York Islanders 4–2Chicago Black Hawks21–11–1456
47January 31 California Golden Seals 1–2Chicago Black Hawks22–11–1458
48February 2Chicago Black Hawks3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 23–11–1460
49February 3 St. Louis Blues 0–3Chicago Black Hawks24–11–1462
50February 6 Atlanta Flames 1–1Chicago Black Hawks24–11–1563
51February 8Chicago Black Hawks3–0 Atlanta Flames 25–11–1565
52February 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–5Chicago Black Hawks26–11–1567
53February 13 Los Angeles Kings 0–4Chicago Black Hawks27–11–1569
54February 16Chicago Black Hawks4–0 New York Islanders 28–11–1571
55February 17 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–4Chicago Black Hawks29–11–1573
56February 20 California Golden Seals 0–3Chicago Black Hawks30–11–1575
57February 23 Philadelphia Flyers 1–3Chicago Black Hawks31–11–1577
58February 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2Chicago Black Hawks31–12–1577
59February 27Chicago Black Hawks3–1 Minnesota North Stars 32–12–1579
60February 28Chicago Black Hawks2–2 Buffalo Sabres 32–12–1680
61March 3Chicago Black Hawks6–6 Detroit Red Wings 32–12–1781
62March 6Chicago Black Hawks3–3 California Golden Seals 32–12–1882
63March 7Chicago Black Hawks2–3 Los Angeles Kings 32–13–1882
64March 9Chicago Black Hawks4–4 Vancouver Canucks 32–13–1983
65March 13 Montreal Canadiens 3–3Chicago Black Hawks32–13–2084
66March 14Chicago Black Hawks5–2 New York Rangers 33–13–2086
67March 16Chicago Black Hawks3–1 Montreal Canadiens 34–13–2088
68March 17 Atlanta Flames 3–3Chicago Black Hawks34–13–2189
69March 20 Buffalo Sabres 3–2Chicago Black Hawks34–14–2189
70March 23Chicago Black Hawks3–1 Philadelphia Flyers 35–14–2191
71March 24 Minnesota North Stars 0–6Chicago Black Hawks36–14–2193
72March 27Chicago Black Hawks5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 37–14–2195
73March 28Chicago Black Hawks2–2 Buffalo Sabres 37–14–2296
74March 30Chicago Black Hawks2–1 Detroit Red Wings 38–14–2298
75March 31 St. Louis Blues 2–2Chicago Black Hawks38–14–2399
76April 3 Boston Bruins 2–6Chicago Black Hawks39–14–23101
77April 6Chicago Black Hawks6–3 St. Louis Blues 40–14–23103
78April 7 Detroit Red Wings 4–7Chicago Black Hawks41–14–23105

Chicago Black Hawks 4, Los Angeles Kings 1

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1April 10 Los Angeles Kings 1–3Chicago Black Hawks1–0
2April 11 Los Angeles Kings 1–4Chicago Black Hawks2–0
3April 13Chicago Black Hawks1–0 Los Angeles Kings 3–0
4April 14Chicago Black Hawks1–5 Los Angeles Kings 3–1
5April 16 Los Angeles Kings 0–1Chicago Black Hawks4–1

Boston Bruins 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1April 18Chicago Black Hawks4–2 Boston Bruins 1–0
2April 21Chicago Black Hawks6–8 Boston Bruins 1–1
3April 23 Boston Bruins 3–4Chicago Black Hawks2–1
4April 25 Boston Bruins 5–2Chicago Black Hawks2–2
5April 28Chicago Black Hawks2–6 Boston Bruins 2–3
6April 30 Boston Bruins 4–2Chicago Black Hawks2–4

Season stats

Scoring leaders

PlayerGPGAPtsPIM
Stan Mikita 7630508046
Pit Martin 7830477743
Jim Pappin 7832417376
Dennis Hull 7429396815
Dick Redmond 7617425969

Goaltending

PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Tony Esposito 704143341421141102.04
Mike Veisor 105377022012.23

Playoff stats

Scoring leaders

PlayerGPGAPtsPIM
Stan Mikita 1156118
Dennis Hull 106390
Jim Pappin 1136929
Bill White 1117814
Dick Redmond 111788

Goaltending

PlayerGPTOIWLGASOGAA
Tony Esposito 10584642822.88
Mike Veisor 26501503.75

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal.

Round#PlayerNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
113 Darcy Rota Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
229 Reg Thomas Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada London Knights (OHA)
345 Randy Holt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
461Dave ElliotFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
577 Dan Hinton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
693Gary DoerksenFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
7109Wayne DyeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
8125 Jim Koleff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
9140Jack JohnsonFlag of the United States.svg United States University of Wisconsin (NCAA)
9141 Steve Alley Flag of the United States.svg United States University of Wisconsin (NCAA)
10156Rick ClubbeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada University of North Dakota (NCAA)
11165Gene StrateFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)

References

  1. ↑ 1973–74 NHL Season Summary – Hockey-Reference.com
  2. ↑ 1973–74 Chicago Black Hawks Games – Hockey-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Chicago Blackhawks goaltending history : Tony Esposito". Archived from the original on February 17, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Chicago Blackhawks goaltending history : Mike Veisor". Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
  5. ↑ "1973-1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  6. ↑ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

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