1943-44 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 22-23-5 - 49 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL
Postseason: 4-5
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Semi-Finals - Defeated Detroit Red Wings 4-1
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-0
Coach: Paul Thompson (22-23-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1943-44 Chicago Black Hawks Roster
1943-44 Chicago Black Hawks Results

The Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League ended the 1943-44 season with a record of 22 wins and 23 losses and 5 ties for 49 points, finishing fourth in the NHL. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-5.

The Black Hawks netted 178 goals and conceded 187. Doug Bentley scored 38 goals for Chicago, and Bill Mosienko tallied 30 or more, too. Clint Smith contributed 49 assists. Mike Karakas topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.04 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Paul Thompson coached the team. The 1943-44 Chicago Black Hawks lost in the Stanley Cup finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Doug Bentley	L	50	38	39	77	22
Clint Smith	C	50	23	49	72	4
Bill Mosienko	R	50	32	38	70	10
Cully Dahlstrom	C	50	20	22	42	8
George Allen	L	45	17	24	41	36
Mush March	R	48	10	27	37	16
Earl Seibert	D	50	8	25	33	20
Johnny Gottselig	L	45	8	15	23	6
Fido Purpur	R	40	9	10	19	13
Virgil Johnson	D	48	1	8	9	23
Bill Thoms	C	7	3	5	8	2
Art Wiebe	D	21	2	4	6	2
Vic Heyliger	C	26	2	3	5	2
Don Campbell	C	17	1	3	4	8
Jacques Toupin	R	8	1	2	3	0
George Grigor	C	2	1	0	1	0
Joe Cooper	D	13	1	0	1	17
Jack Dyte	D	27	1	0	1	31
Walt Farrant	R	1	0	0	0	0
John Harms	R	1	0	0	0	0
Hec Highton	G	24	0	0	0	0
Gord Buttrey	R	10	0	0	0	0
Mike Karakas	G	26	0	0	0	0
Totals		659	178	274	452	220

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Mike Karakas	26	1560	12	9	5	3	79	3.04	0
Hec Highton	24	1440	10	14	0	0	108	4.50	0
Totals	50	3000	22	23	5	3	187	3.74		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Doug Bentley	L	9	8	4	12	4
Clint Smith	C	9	4	8	12	0
Bill Mosienko	R	8	2	2	4	6
Cully Dahlstrom	C	9	0	4	4	6
George Allen	L	9	5	4	9	8
Mush March	R	4	0	0	0	4
Earl Seibert	D	9	0	2	2	2
Johnny Gottselig	L	6	1	1	2	2
Fido Purpur	R	9	1	1	2	0
Virgil Johnson	D	9	0	3	3	4
Art Wiebe	D	8	0	2	2	4
Jacques Toupin	R	4	0	0	0	0
George Grigor	C	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Cooper	D	9	1	1	2	18
John Harms	R	4	3	0	3	2
Mike Karakas	G	9	0	0	0	0
Totals		116	25	32	57	60

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Mike Karakas	9	549	4	5	0	0	1	24	2.62	0
Totals	9	549	4	5	0	0	1	24	2.62		0