Belt game 2,341 · December 27, 1959
Chicago Black Hawks take the belt
Chicago Black Hawks beat Boston Bruins 6–1 at home to start reign 916 of the NHL belt, the 96th for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since December 25, 1959, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Chicago Black Hawks held it for 7 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on January 3, 1960.
916Reign number
96Team's reign
2Defenses
7Days held
Box score
Chicago Black Hawks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hull | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Hay | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Litzenberger | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Pilote | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ted Lindsay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Murray Balfour | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Mikita | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Moose Vasko | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Tod Sloan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Skov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Kenny Wharram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Earl Balfour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Arbour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dollard St. Laurent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glenn Hall | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 15 | 16 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronco Horvath | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Stasiuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Bucyk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Fleming MacKell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Charlie Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Labine | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Don McKenney | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Jerry Toppazzini | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dick Meissner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Leach | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Aut Erickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fern Flaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Mohns | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Boivin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Harry Lumley | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 27 | 33 |
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