List of Chicago Blackhawks statistics and records

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This article is a list of statistics and records relating to the Chicago Blackhawks. The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team that joined the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1926 as one of the Original Six. The Blackhawks, who were known as the Black Hawks 1926 to 1986, has won the Stanley Cup six times in their 87-year history. This list encompasses the major honours won by the Blackhawks, records set by the team, their managers and their players, and details the team's NHL performances.

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Team honors and achievements

The Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup, the highest team honor in the National Hockey League, on six occasions. They also won the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl six times as the Western Conference champions, most recently in 2014-15. [1] The Blackhawks won the Prince of Wales Trophy in 1966–67 as the regular season champions, then again in 1969–70 as the East Division champions. [2] In 1990–91 and again in 2012-13 the team won the Presidents' Trophy for accumulating the most points in the regular season.

Stanley Cup

Prince of Wales Trophy

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Presidents' Trophy

Player records

Appearances

#NameYearsRegular seasonPlayoffsTotal
1 Flag of Slovakia.svg Stan Mikita 1959–197913941551549
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bobby Hull 1957–197210631191182
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Eric Nesterenko 1956–197210131151128
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bob Murray 1975–199010081121120
5 Flag of the United States.svg Doug Wilson 1977–1991938951033
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Savard 1980–1990
1995–1997
8811311012
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dennis Hull 1964–1977904971001
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Larmer 1981–1993891107998
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Esposito 1969–198387399972
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ron "Chico" Maki 1961–1975841113954

Points

Top goal scorers

#NameYearsRegular seasonPlayoffsTotal
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bobby Hull 1957–197260462666
2 Flag of Slovakia.svg Stan Mikita 1959–197954159600
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Larmer 1981–199340645451
4 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Kane 2007–202344652498
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Savard 1980–1990
1995–1997
37761438
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathan Toews 2006–202034545390
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dennis Hull 1964–197729833331
8 Flag of the United States.svg Tony Amonte 1994–200226813281
9 Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Roenick 1988–199626735302
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Hubert "Pit" Martin 1967–197724326269

Goalies

All Time

Single season

Penalty minutes

Team records

Goals

Points

Games

Record scores

Consecutive results

  • Record consecutive wins: 12 (from December 29, 2015 to present). [3]
  • Record consecutive defeats: 12 (from February 25, 1951 to March 25, 1951). [3]
  • Record consecutive games without a defeat: 15 (from January 14, 1967 to February 16, 1967 and from November 29, 1975 to December 3, 1975). [3]
  • Record consecutive games earning at least one point: 24 (from January 19, 2013 to March 9, 2013).
  • Record consecutive games without a win: 21 (from December 17, 1950 to January 28, 1951). [3]

Longest Game

  • 116 minutes and 12 seconds (On May 19, 2015) [5]

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References

  1. The Western Conference was known as the West Division from 1967–74.
  2. The Prince of Wales Trophy was originally awarded to the regular season champion. After the league expanded in 1967–68, the trophy was awarded to the East Division champions. The Blackhawks were placed in the Western Conference in 1970 and are thus no longer eligible for the award.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Blackhawks Team Records (PDF), Chicago Blackhawks Last accessed March 17, 2008.
  4. 1 2 Blackhawks Double Figure Goal Games (PDF), Chicago Blackhawks Last accessed March 18, 2008.
  5. Scott Powers (May 20, 2015). "By the numbers: Blackhawks-Ducks, Game 2". ESPN. Retrieved May 20, 2015. Going 116:12, the game was the longest in the Blackhawks' franchise history