1995–96 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 2nd Central |
Conference | 3rd Western |
1995–96 record | 40–28–14 |
Home record | 22–13–6 |
Road record | 18–15–8 |
Goals for | 273 |
Goals against | 220 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bob Pulford |
Coach | Craig Hartsburg |
Captain | Chris Chelios |
Arena | United Center |
Average attendance | 20,390 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Indianapolis Ice Columbus Chill |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jeremy Roenick (32) |
Assists | Chris Chelios (58) |
Points | Chris Chelios (72) |
Penalty minutes | Bob Probert (237) |
Plus/minus | Keith Carney (+31) |
Wins | Ed Belfour (22) |
Goals against average | Jeff Hackett (2.40) |
The 1995–96 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 70th season of operation of the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League.
Captain Dirk Graham retired. [1] Defenseman Chris Chelios was named the new captain.
The Blackhawks had the fewest power-play opportunities during the Regular season, with 356. [2]
No. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
2 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
4 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
5 | Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
6 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
3 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
6 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
8 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
10 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
11 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
12 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
13 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy
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October: 6–5–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–3–0)
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November: 5–4–4 (home: 2–2–1; road: 3–2–3)
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December: 8–3–3 (home: 5–2–1; road: 3–1–2)
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January: 7–3–3 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–1–2)
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February: 7–4–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 4–3–0)
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March: 5–7–1 (home: 4–3–1; road: 1–4–0)
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April: 2–2–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 1–1–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Calgary Flames – Blackhawks win 4–0
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche – Avalanche win 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
7 | Chris Chelios | D | 81 | 14 | 58 | 72 | 25 | 140 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
27 | Jeremy Roenick | LW | 66 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 9 | 109 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
20 | Gary Suter | D | 82 | 20 | 47 | 67 | 3 | 80 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
10 | Tony Amonte | RW | 81 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 10 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
92 | Bernie Nicholls | C | 59 | 19 | 41 | 60 | 11 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
55 | Eric Daze | LW | 80 | 30 | 23 | 53 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
17 | Joe Murphy | RW | 70 | 22 | 29 | 51 | −3 | 86 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 33 |
18 | Denis Savard | C | 69 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 20 | 102 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
32 | Murray Craven | LW | 66 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
24 | Bob Probert | RW | 78 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 15 | 237 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 23 |
12 | Brent Sutter | C | 80 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 14 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 6 |
11 | Jeff Shantz | C | 78 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 |
4 | Keith Carney | D | 82 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 31 | 94 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
25 | Sergei Krivokrasov | LW | 46 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
44 | Patrick Poulin‡ | LW | 38 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Eric Weinrich | D | 77 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
6 [a] | Igor Ulanov†‡ | D | 53 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Steve Smith | D | 37 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 16 |
38 [b] | James Black | C | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
15 | Jim Cummins | RW | 52 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 180 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
19 | Brent Grieve | LW | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Steve Dubinsky | C | 43 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Kip Miller | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Cam Russell | D | 61 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 129 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
30 | Ed Belfour | G | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
39 | Enrico Ciccone† | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 30 |
31 | Jeff Hackett | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
40 [c] | Ethan Moreau | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Danton Cole† | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 [d] | Ivan Droppa | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Mike Prokopec | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Jimmy Waite | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
3 | Brad Werenka | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
30 | Ed Belfour | 50 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 1373 | 135 | 2.74 | .902 | 1 | 2956 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 323 | 23 | 2.07 | .929 | 1 | 666 |
31 | Jeff Hackett | 35 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 948 | 80 | 2.40 | .916 | 4 | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 5.00 | .844 | 0 | 60 |
29 | Jimmy Waite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
James Norris Memorial Trophy | Chris Chelios | [5] |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Eric Daze ( Forward) | [6] | |
NHL First All-Star team | Chris Chelios ( Defense) | [6] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Ed Belfour [e] | [8] |
Chris Chelios [e] | |||
Denis Savard [f] | |||
Gary Suter [g] | |||
NHL Rookie of the Month | Eric Daze (January) | [11] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Brent Sutter | February 23, 1996 | [12] |
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Chicago's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta. [13]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 19 | Dmitri Nabokov | ![]() |
Krylya Sovetov (Russia) |
2 | 45 | Christian Laflamme | ![]() |
Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
3 | 71 | Kevin McKay | ![]() |
Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
4 | 82 | Chris Van Dyk | ![]() |
Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
4 | 97 | Pavel Kriz | ![]() |
Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
6 | 146 | Marc Magliarditi | ![]() |
Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) |
6 | 149 | Marty Wilford | ![]() |
Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
7 | 175 | Steve Tardif | ![]() |
Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
8 | 201 | Casey Hankinson | ![]() |
University of Minnesota (WCHA) |
9 | 227 | Michael Pittman | ![]() |
Guelph Storm (OHL) |
On the Western Conference team, Toronto defenseman Larry Murphy replaced Chicago's Gary Suter, who injured his knee in a 3-2 loss to Washington Wednesday.