1971-72 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 46-17-15 - 107 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's West Division
Postseason: 4-4
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0
Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-0
Coach: Billy Reay (46-17-15)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1971-72 Chicago Black Hawks Roster
1971-72 Chicago Black Hawks Results

The Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 46 wins and 17 losses and 15 ties for 107 points, finishing first in the NHL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-4.

The Black Hawks yielded 166 goals, fewest in the league. Chicago netted 256 goals. Bobby Hull scored 50 goals for the team, while Dennis Hull tallied 30 or more, too. Pit Martin contributed 51 assists. Tony Esposito earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 1.77 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Billy Reay coached the team. The 1971-72 Chicago Black Hawks lost in the NHL semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Bobby Hull	L	78	50	43	93	24	54	8	3	9	4	336	14.9
Pit Martin	C	78	24	51	75	56	44	5	1	7	4	170	14.1
Dennis Hull	L	78	30	39	69	10	21	8	1	2	2	270	11.1
Stan Mikita	C	74	26	39	65	46	16	5	0	6	2	185	14.1
Jim Pappin	R	64	27	21	48	38	3	1	1	5	0	145	18.6
Chico Maki	R	62	13	34	47	22	44	3	1	2	0	136	9.6
Cliff Koroll	R	76	22	23	45	51	20	4	0	6	0	136	16.2
Pat Stapleton	D	78	3	38	41	47	41	2	0	2	0	133	2.3
Bill White	D	76	7	22	29	58	42	0	0	0	1	122	5.7
Doug Jarrett	D	78	6	23	29	68	39	2	0	1	0	123	4.9
Keith Magnuson	D	74	2	19	21	201	52	0	0	0	0	83	2.4
Bryan Campbell	C	75	5	13	18	22	2	0	0	1	0	87	5.7
Danny O'Shea	C	48	6	9	15	28	0	0	0	2	1	63	9.5
Lou Angotti	C	65	5	10	15	23	0	0	0	0	0	58	8.6
Jerry Korab	D	73	9	5	14	95	1	2	0	1	1	97	9.3
Christian Bordeleau	C	25	6	8	14	6	5	1	0	1	0	35	17.1
Eric Nesterenko	C	38	4	8	12	27	7	1	0	0	0	25	16.0
Daryl Maggs	D	59	7	4	11	4	-1	0	0	0	0	47	14.9
Andre Lacroix	C	51	4	7	11	6	4	1	0	1	0	34	11.8
J.P. Bordeleau	R	3	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Tony Esposito	G	48	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Smith	G	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Desjardins	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1335	256	419	675	836	395	43	7	46	15	2289	11.2

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Tony Esposito	48	2780	31	10	6	0	9	82	1.77	0
Gary Smith	28	1540	14	5	6	0	5	62	2.42	0
Gerry Desjardins	6	360	1	2	3	1	0	21	3.50	0
Totals	82	4680	46	17	15	1	14	165	2.12		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bobby Hull	L	8	4	4	8	6	0	1	0
Pit Martin	C	8	4	2	6	4	0	0	1
Dennis Hull	L	8	4	2	6	4	1	0	0
Stan Mikita	C	8	3	1	4	4	0	0	0
Jim Pappin	R	8	2	5	7	4	0	1	1
Chico Maki	R	8	1	4	5	4	0	0	1
Cliff Koroll	R	8	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Pat Stapleton	D	8	2	2	4	4	2	0	0
Bill White	D	8	0	3	3	6	0	0	0
Doug Jarrett	D	8	0	2	2	16	0	0	0
Keith Magnuson	D	8	0	1	1	29	0	0	0
Bryan Campbell	C	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Lou Angotti	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Korab	D	8	0	1	1	20	0	0	0
Christian Bordeleau	C	8	3	6	9	0	0	0	1
Eric Nesterenko	C	8	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Daryl Maggs	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Lacroix	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Esposito	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Smith	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Desjardins	G	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Totals		135	23	33	56	129	3	2	4

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Tony Esposito	5	300	2	3	1	0	16	3.20	0
Gary Smith	2	120	1	1	0	1	3	1.50	0
Gerry Desjardins	1	60	1	0	0	0	5	5.00	0
Totals	8	480	4	4	1	1	24	3.00		0