The defeat, 17.21 (123) to 8.11 (59), consigned the Hawks to a 1-3 start for the year and was the Magpies' first triumph over the Hawks since 2006.
Hawks stars were few and far between.
Already without Buddy Franklin and Josh Gibson, they needed more than Luke Hodge and Chance Bateman to stand up against the Pies.
The loss was compounded by injuries to captain Sam Mitchell and Xavier Ellis.
Mitchell sat out the last quarter with a hamstring problem while Ellis was concussed after colliding with Travis Cloke's knee.
By half time, the Pies' intensity had locked the ball in their attacking arc for the better part of the game.
More importantly, they had managed a 46-point lead and restricted the Hawks to just 2.8 for the half.
It was a big enough lead for the Pies to survive another period of inaccurate kicking that saw them slot 2.11 in the third quarter.
While the Hawks broke even in the clearances, the Pies applied incredible pressure when they won the ball, notching up 76 tackles to the Hawks' 45.
After allowing the Pies to build a 29-point lead in the first, the Hawks pegged goals on either side of quarter time to climb within 16 points.
But a goal to Cloke - his second attempt within a minute - kick-started a five-goal surge that gave his side handy half-time buffer that proved impossible to turn around.
Collingwood 5.3 10.6 11.11 17.21 (123)
Hawthorn 1.4 2.8 4.9 8.11 (59) ? ?
GOALS
Collingwood: Davis 3, Thomas 3, Didak 2, Jolly 2, Cloke, Macaffer, Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Swan, Wellingham
Hawthorn: Morton 2, Bateman, Brown, Lewis, Peterson, Roughead
BEST
Collingwood: Thomas, Shaw, Davis, Sidebottom, Swan, Pendlebury, Cloke
Hawthorn: Bateman, Hodge, Renouf, Birchall
INJURIES
Collingwood: None
Hawthorn: Mitchell (hamstring), Ellis (concussion)
Reports: Nil
Umpires: Farmer, Rosebury, McInerney
Official crowd: 67,668 at MCG
