Curse of Muldoon
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The Curse of Muldoon, named after Pete Muldoon, was a sports-related curse that supposedly prevented the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League from finishing in first place between 1927 and 1967.[1]
History
The Hawks' first season, 1926–27, was a moderate success, with the forward line of Mickey MacKay, Babe Dye, and Dick Irvin each finishing near the top of the league's scoring race. The Hawks lost their 1927 first-round playoff series to the Boston Bruins. Following this series, team owner Frederic McLaughlin fired head coach Pete Muldoon.
In 1967, the last season of the six-team NHL, the Hawks finished first, breaking the supposed Curse of Muldoon, 23 years after the death of McLaughlin. Afterward, sportswriter Jim Coleman, who first printed the story of the curse in 1943, admitted that he made the story up to break a writer's block he had as a deadline approached.[2]
References
- ^ Mooshill, Joe (13 March 1967). "Black Hawks bury 'Curse of Muldoon'". The Free-Lance Star (via Google News). Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ McIntyre, Gordon (January 13, 2016). "Remembering peerless Province sports writer Jim Coleman". The Province. Retrieved June 27, 2020.