Belt game 2,414 · January 5, 1961
Chicago Black Hawks take the belt
Chicago Black Hawks beat Boston Bruins 4–3 on the road to start reign 944 of the NHL belt, the 102nd for the franchise.
Boston Bruins had held it since January 1, 1961, with 0 defenses over 4 days.
Chicago Black Hawks held it for 9 days and 2 defenses, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on January 14, 1961.
944Reign number
102Team's reign
2Defenses
9Days held
Box score
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronco Horvath | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Vic Stasiuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Johnny Bucyk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Charlie Burns | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Labine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Jerry Toppazzini | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Gerry Ouellette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Don McKenney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Willie O'Ree | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Andre Pronovost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy Bartlett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dallas Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Aut Erickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Fern Flaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Mohns | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Boivin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bruce Gamble | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 18 | 22 |
Chicago Black Hawks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Balfour | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Hay | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Hull | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ron Murphy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Litzenberger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ab McDonald | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Stan Mikita | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Pilote | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eric Nesterenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Kenny Wharram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Earl Balfour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Al Arbour | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jack Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Reg Fleming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Dollard St. Laurent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glenn Hall | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 34 | 37 |
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