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Belt game 2,463 · November 15, 1961

Chicago Black Hawks take the belt

Chicago Black Hawks beat Detroit Red Wings 2–0 at home to start reign 961 of the NHL belt, the 107th for the franchise.

Detroit Red Wings had held it since November 12, 1961, with 0 defenses over 3 days.

Chicago Black Hawks held it for 8 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Toronto Maple Leafs on November 23, 1961.

961Reign number
107Team's reign
1Defenses
8Days held

Box score

Chicago Black Hawks

PlayerGAPTS+/-PIMSOGHITSVSA
Bill Hay2020040——
Bronco Horvath0110000——
Stan Mikita0110010——
Bobby Hull0000030——
Ron Murphy0000020——
Gerry Melnyk0000020——
Ab McDonald0000010——
Eric Nesterenko0000210——
Kenny Wharram0000400——
Chico Maki0000030——
Bob Turner0000010——
Moose Vasko0000200——
Jack Evans0000020——
Reg Fleming0000000——
Dollard St. Laurent0000010——
Wayne Hillman0000000——
Glenn Hall————0——2828

Detroit Red Wings

PlayerGAPTS+/-PIMSOGHITSVSA
Norm Ullman0000010——
Leo Labine0000010——
Gordie Howe0000030——
Alex Delvecchio0000050——
Vic Stasiuk0000010——
Val Fonteyne0000020——
Ed Litzenberger0000030——
Howie Glover0000010——
Bruce MacGregor0000010——
Allan Johnson0000220——
Marc Boileau0000020——
Pete Goegan0000010——
Marcel Pronovost0000000——
Bill Gadsby0000220——
Warren Godfrey0000220——
Gerry Odrowski0000000——
Howie Young0000010——
Terry Sawchuk————0——1921

Box scores: the NHL's own game center.

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