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{{NHL Team
|team_name = Chicago Blackhawks
|bg_color = #E23E40
|text_color = #211D1E
|logo_image = ChicagoBlackhawks.png
|conference = [[Western Conference (NHL)|Western]]
|division = [[Central Division (NHL)|Central]]
|founded = [[1926–27 NHL season|1926]]
|history = '''Chicago Black Hawks''' <br> [[1926–27 NHL season|1926]] - [[1985–86 NHL season|1986]]<br>'''Chicago Blackhawks''' <br>[[1986–87 NHL season|1986]]-present
|arena = [[United Center]]
|city = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
|media_affiliates = [[CSN Chicago|Comcast SportsNet Chicago]]
[[WGN-TV]] Chicago<br>[[WGN (AM)|720 WGN AM]]
|team_colors = Tomato Red, Black, and White
|head_coach = {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Denis Savard]]
|general_manager = {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Dale Tallon]]
|owner = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rocky Wirtz]]
|president = {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McDonough]]
|captain = ''Vacant''
|minor_league_affiliates = [[Rockford IceHogs]] ([[American Hockey League|AHL]])<br />[[Pensacola Ice Pilots]] ([[ECHL]])
|stanley_cups = [[1933–34 NHL season|1933–34]], [[1937–38 NHL season|1937–38]], [[1960–61 NHL season|1960–61]]
|presidents_trophy = [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
|conf_titles = [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
|division_titles = [[1969–70 NHL season|1969–70]], [[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]], [[1971–72 NHL season|1971–72]], [[1972–73 NHL season|1972–73]], [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]], [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]], [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]], [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]], [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]], [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]], [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]], [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]], [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
}}
The '''Chicago Blackhawks''' are a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. They are members of the [[Central Division (NHL)|Central Division]] of the [[Western Conference (NHL)|Western Conference]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). They have won three [[Stanley Cup]] Championships and thirteen division titles since their founding in 1926. The Blackhawks are one of the [[Original Six]] NHL teams, along with the [[Boston Bruins]], [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], [[New York Rangers]], and [[Detroit Red Wings]]. Since [[1994–95 NHL season|1994]], the Blackhawks have played their home games at the [[United Center]] after having spent over 60 years playing at [[Chicago Stadium]].
==Franchise history==
===Founding===
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The Chicago Black Hawks joined the NHL in [[1926–27 NHL season|1926]] as part of the league's successful foray into [[United States]]-based teams. They were founded by coffee tycoon [[Frederic McLaughlin]]. Most of the Hawks' original players came from the [[Portland Rosebuds]] of the [[Western Canada Hockey League]], which had folded the previous season.
McLaughlin had been a commander with the 333rd Machine Gun Battalion of the [[U.S. 86th Infantry Division|86th Infantry Division]] during [[World War I]]. This Division was nicknamed the "Blackhawk Division", after a Native American of the [[Sauk]] nation, [[Black Hawk (chief)|Chief Black Hawk]], who was a prominent figure in the history of Illinois. McLaughlin evidently named the hockey team in honour of the military unit, making it one of many sports team names using [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]]s as icons. For many years, the name was spelled primarily "Black Hawks", but sometimes "Blackhawks", even by the club itself. This ambiguity was finally settled in the summer of 1986 when the club officially decided on the one-word version based on the spelling found in the original franchise documents.
McLaughlin took a very active role in running the team despite knowing very little about hockey. For most of his tenure as owner, he served as his own general manager. He was also very interested in promoting American hockey players, then very rare in professional hockey. Several of them, including [[Doc Romnes]], [[Taffy Abel]], [[Alex Levinsky]], [[Mike Karakas]], [[Cully Dahlstrom]] and numerous others, become staples with the club, and under McLaughlin, the Black Hawks were the first NHL team to field an all-American-born lineup.
===1926–1938===
The Hawks' first season was a moderate success, with the [[Forward (ice hockey)|forward]] line of [[Mickey MacKay]], [[Babe Dye]], and [[Dick Irvin]] each finishing near the top of the league's scoring race. The Black Hawks lost their [[1926–27 NHL season|1927]] first-round playoff series to the [[Boston Bruins]], who had made the playoffs for the first time ever.
The Blackhawks were considered the worst team in the NHL at that time.
Following the series, McLaughlin fired head coach [[Pete Muldoon]]. According to [[Jim Coleman]], sportswriter for the [[Toronto]] ''[[Globe and Mail]]'', McLaughlin felt the 'Hawks were good enough to finish first. Muldoon disagreed, and in a fit of pique, McLaughlin fired him. According to Coleman, Muldoon responded by yelling, "Fire me, Major, and you'll never finish first. I'll put a curse on this team that will [[hoodoo]] it until the end of time." The [[Curse of Muldoon]] was born - although Coleman admitted years after the fact that he had fabricated the whole incident - and became one of the first widely-known sports "curses." While the team would go on to win three Stanley Cups, it did so without having finished in first place, either in a single- or multi-division format.
The 'Hawks proceeded to have the worst record in the league in [[1927–28 NHL season|1927–28]]. By [[1930–31 NHL season|1931]], they reached their first Stanley Cup Final, with goal-scorer [[Johnny Gottselig]], [[Cy Wentworth]] on [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|defense]], and [[Charlie Gardiner]] in [[Goaltender|goal]], but fizzled in the final two games against the [[Montreal Canadiens]]. Chicago had another stellar season in [[1931–32 NHL season|1932]], but that did not translate into playoff success.
====1938 Cup Win====
In [[1937–38 NHL season|1938]] the Black Hawks had a record of 14–25, and only barely made the playoffs. They stunned the Canadiens and [[New York Americans]] on [[Overtime (hockey)|overtime]] goals in the deciding games of both semifinal series, advancing to the Cup Final against the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]. Black Hawks goalie [[Mike Karakas]] was injured and could not play, forcing a desperate Chicago team to pull minor-leaguer [[Alfie Moore]] out of a Toronto bar and onto the ice. Moore played one game and won it, but repeating the plan with another player failed as the Hawks lost the game. However, for Games 3 and 4, Karakas was fitted with a special skate to protect his injured toe, and won both games. It was too late for Toronto, as the Hawks won their second championship. To this day, the 1938 Black Hawks possess the poorest regular-season record of any Stanley Cup champion.
:''see [[1938 Stanley Cup Finals]]''
===The Original Six era===
The Black Hawks returned to the Final in [[1943–44 NHL season|1944]] behind [[Bill Mosienko]] and [[Doug Bentley]]'s 30-goal seasons and their linemate [[Clint Smith]] leading the league in assists. After upsetting the Red Wings in the semifinals, they were promptly dispatched by the dominant Canadiens in four games. Mosienko still holds the record for quickest [[hat trick]], 21 seconds, in the NHL, but Habs star [[Maurice Richard|Maurice "The Rocket" Richard]] proved to be Mosienko's better.
Owner and founder Frederic McLaughlin died in 1944. His estate sold the team to a syndicate headed by longtime team president Bill Tobin. However, Tobin was only a puppet for Red Wings owner [[James E. Norris]], who had been the Black Hawks' landlord since his [[1936]] purchase of [[Chicago Stadium]]. For the next eight years, the Norris-Tobin ownership, as a rule, paid almost no attention to the Black Hawks. Nearly every trade made between Detroit and Chicago ended up being Red Wing heists. As a result, for the next several years, Chicago was the model of futility in the NHL. Between [[1944–45 NHL season|1945]] and [[1957–58 NHL season|1958]], they only made the playoffs twice.
Upon Norris' death, his eldest son, [[James D. Norris]], and Red Wings minority owner [[Arthur Wirtz]] (the senior Norris' original partner in buying the Red Wings 23 years earlier) took over the floundering club. They guided it through financial reverses, and rebuilt the team from there. One of their first moves was to hire former Detroit coach and GM [[Tommy Ivan]] as general manager.
In the late 1950s, the Hawks struck gold, picking up three young prospects (forwards [[Bobby Hull]] and [[Stan Mikita]] and defenseman [[Pierre Pilote]]), as well as obtaining both star goaltender [[Glenn Hall]] and veteran forward [[Ted Lindsay]] (who had just had a career season with 30 goals and 55 assists) from Detroit. Hull, Mikita, Pilote, and Hall became preeminent stars in Chicago, and all four would eventually be inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].
After two first-round exits at the hands of the eventual champions from [[Montreal]] in [[1958–59 NHL season|1959]] and [[1959–60 NHL season|1960]], it was expected that the Canadiens would once again beat the Hawks when they met in the semifinals in [[1960–61 NHL season|1961]]. A defensive plan that completely wore down Montreal's superstars worked, however, as Chicago won the series in six games. They then bested the Wings to win their third (and, as of 2008, most recent) Stanley Cup championship. In the 25 years of the [[Original Six]] era, this was the only time a team other than Montreal, Toronto, or Detroit won the Cup.
The Hawks made the Cup Finals twice more in the 1960s, losing to the Leafs in [[1961–62 NHL season|1962]] and the Habs in [[1964–65 NHL season|1965]]. They remained a force to be reckoned with throughout the decade, with Hull enjoying four 50-goal seasons, Mikita winning back-to-back scoring titles and MVP accolades, Pilote winning three consecutive [[James Norris Memorial Trophy|Norris Trophies]], and Hall being named the First or Second All-Star goaltender eight out of nine seasons. Hull and Mikita especially were widely regarded as the most feared one-two punch in the league. However, despite a strong supporting cast which included [[Bill Hay]], [[Ken Wharram]], [[Phil Esposito]], [[Moose Vasko]], [[Doug Mohns]], and [[Pat Stapleton]], the Hawks never quite put it all together.
In [[1966–67 NHL season|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 Frederic McLaughlin. However, they lost in the semifinals to Toronto, who went on to win their last Stanley Cup to date. Afterward, 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 column deadline approached.
===The expansion era===
Hall was drafted by the expansion [[St. Louis Blues (hockey)|St. Louis Blues]] for the [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68 season]], while Pilote was traded to the Maple Leafs for [[Jim Pappin]] in [[1968–69 NHL season|1968]]. In that season, despite Hull breaking his own previous record of 54 goals in a season with 58, the Black Hawks missed the playoffs for the first time since 1958 — and the last time before [[1997–98 NHL season|1998]].
In [[1967–68 NHL season|1967]], the Black Hawks made a trade with the [[Boston Bruins]] that turned out to be one of the most one-sided in the history of the sport. Chicago sent young forwards Esposito, [[Ken Hodge]] and [[Fred Stanfield]] to Boston in exchange for [[Pit Martin]], [[Jack Norris]] and [[Gilles Marotte]]. While Martin would star for the Hawks for many seasons, Esposito, Hodge, and Stanfield would lead the Bruins to the top of the league for several years and capture two Stanley Cups. In Boston, Phil Esposito set numerous scoring records en route to a career as one of the NHL's all-time greats.
Nonetheless, in [[1970–71 NHL season|1971]], life was made easier for Chicago, as in an attempt to better balance the divisions, the expansion [[Buffalo Sabres]] and [[Vancouver Canucks]] were both placed in the [[NHL Eastern Division|East Division]], while the Hawks moved into the [[NHL Western Division|West Division]]. They became the class of the West overnight, rampaging to a 46–17–15 record and an easy first-place finish. With second-year goalie [[Tony Esposito]] (Phil's younger brother and winner of the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] for Rookie of the Year the previous season), Hull, his younger brother [[Dennis Hull|Dennis]], Mikita, and sterling defensemen Stapleton and [[Bill White (hockey)|Bill White]], the Hawks reached the Stanley Cup final before bowing out to the Canadiens. [[Montreal]] veteran [[Henri Richard]] admitted later, "I could have been a bum, and instead, I was a hero."{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
A critical blow to the franchise came in [[1972–73 NHL season|1972]], though, with the start of the [[World Hockey Association]]. Long dissatisfied with how little he was paid as the league's marquee star, Bobby Hull jumped to the upstart [[Winnipeg Jets]] for a million-dollar contract. Former [[Philadelphia Flyers]] star [[Andre Lacroix (ice hockey)|Andre Lacroix]], who received very little ice time in his single season in Chicago, joined Hull, and the pair became two of the WHA's great stars. The Hawks repeated their appearance in Cup Final that year, however, again losing to Montreal. Stapleton left for the WHA too after that year, depleting the team further.
[[Image:TonyEsposito.jpg|thumb|#35 Goaltender Tony Esposito was a frequent NHL All-Star during his lengthy [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] career while a Chicago Black Hawk.]]
While the team led or was second in the West Division for four straight seasons, for the rest of the 1970s, the Black Hawks made the playoffs each year - winning seven division championships in the decade in all - but were never a successful Stanley Cup contender, losing 16 straight playoff games at one point. The team acquired legendary blueliner [[Bobby Orr]] from the [[Boston Bruins]] in 1976, but ill health forced him to sit out for most of the season, and he eventually retired in 1979, having played only 26 games for the Hawks. Mikita did the same the following year after playing 22 years in Chicago, the third-longest career for a single team in league history.
By [[1981–82 NHL season|1982]], the Black Hawks squeaked into the playoffs as the 4th seed in the Norris Division (at the time the top four teams in each division automatically made the playoffs), and were one of the league's Cinderella teams that year. Led by second-year [[Denis Savard]]'s 32 goals and 119 points and [[Douglas Wilson (hockey player)|Doug Wilson]]'s 39 goals, the Hawks stunned the [[Minnesota North Stars]] and Blues in the playoffs before losing to another surprise team, the [[Vancouver Canucks]], who made the Stanley Cup Finals. Chicago proved they were no fluke the next season, also making the third round before losing to the eventual runner-up [[Edmonton Oilers]]. After an off-year in [[1983–84 NHL season|1984]], the Hawks again faced a now fresh-off-a-ring [[Edmonton]] offensive juggernaut of a team and lost in the third round in [[1984–85 NHL season|1985]].
In [[1985–86 NHL season|1986]], while going through the team's records, someone discovered the team's original NHL contract, and found that the name "Blackhawks" was printed as a compound word as opposed to two separate words ("Black Hawks") which was the way most sources had been printing it and as the team had always officially listed it. The name officially became "Chicago Blackhawks" from that point on.
In the late 1980s, Chicago still made the playoffs on an annual basis, but made early-round exits each time.
In [[1988–89 NHL season|1989]], after three straight first-round defeats, and despite a fourth-place finish in their division in the regular season, Chicago made it to the Conference Final in the [[rookie]] seasons of both goalie [[Ed Belfour]] and center [[Jeremy Roenick]]. Once again though, they would fail to make the Stanley Cup Final, losing to the eventual champion [[Calgary Flames]].
The following season the Hawks did prove they were late-round playoff material, running away with the [[Norris Division]] title, but, yet again, the third round continued to stymie them, this time against the Oilers, despite 1970s [[Russia|Soviet]] star goaltender [[Vladislav Tretiak]] coming to [[Chicago]] to become the Blackhawks' goaltender coach.
In [[1990–91 NHL season|1991]], Chicago was poised to fare even better in the playoffs, winning the [[Presidents' Trophy]] for best regular-season record, but the Cinderella [[Minnesota North Stars]] stunned them in six games in the first-round en route to an improbable Stanley Cup Final appearance.
In [[1991–92 NHL season|1992]] the Blackhawks, with Roenick scoring 53 goals, [[Chris Chelios]] (acquired from [[Montreal]] two years previously) on defense, and Belfour in goal, finally reached the Final after 19 years out of such status. However, they were swept four games to none by the [[Mario Lemieux]]-led defending [[Stanley Cup]] champion [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]. Although the 4–0 sweep would normally indicate Pittsburgh dominance, it was actually a close series that could have gone either way. Game 1 saw the Blackhawks squander leads of 3–0 and 4–1, and would eventually be beaten 5–4 after a Lemieux power-play goal with 9 seconds remaining in regulation. The Blackhawks most lackluster game was Game 2, losing 3–1. A frustrating loss of 1–0 followed in game 3, and a [[natural hat trick]] from [[Dirk Graham]] and stellar play from [[Dominik Hašek|Dominik Hasek]] (who showed indications of the goaltender he would later become) could not secure a win in game 4, which ended in 6–5 final in favor of Pittsburgh.
Belfour posted a 40-win season in [[1992–93 NHL season|1993]] as the Hawks looked to go deep yet again, and Chelios accumulated career-high penalty time with 282 minutes in the box, but St. Louis stunned Chicago with a first-round sweep.
After a near-.500 season in [[1993–94 NHL season|1994]], the Blackhawks moved out of the old [[Chicago Stadium]] and into the new [[United Center]] in the [[1994–95 NHL lockout|lockout-shortened]] [[1994–95 NHL season|1995]] season. [[Bernie Nicholls]] and [[Joe Murphy (ice hockey)|Joe Murphy]] both scored 20 goals over 48 games, and Chicago once again made it to the Western Conference Final, losing to the rival [[Detroit Red Wings]].
Roenick, Belfour, and Chelios were all traded away as the Blackhawks faltered through the late 1990s until they missed the playoffs in [[1997–98 NHL season|1998]] for the first time in 29 years, one season short of tying the Boston Bruins' record for the longest such streak in [[North America]]n professional sports history.
=== The 21st century ===
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The millennium has largely been a disappointing time for the Hawks thus far. [[Eric Daze]], [[Alexei Zhamnov]], and [[Tony Amonte]] emerged as some of the team's leading stars by this time. However, aside from a quick first-round exit in [[2001–02 NHL season|2002]], the team has not returned to the playoffs, in most years finishing well out of contention. Amonte left for the [[Phoenix Coyotes]] in the summer of 2002.
A somber note was struck in February 2004, when [[ESPN]] named the Blackhawks the worst franchise in professional sports<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/story?page=FranchiseBlackhawks</ref>. Indeed, the Blackhawks were viewed with much indifference by Chicagoans for much of the 1990s and early 2000s, due to anger over several policies instituted by late owner [[Bill Wirtz]] (derisively known as "Dollar Bill"). For example, Wirtz raised ticket prices to an average of $50, and did not allow home games to be televised in the Chicago area. Many hockey fans in Chicago prefer the [[American Hockey League]]'s [[Chicago Wolves]] to the Hawks, who have advertised themselves by saying "We Play Hockey the Old-Fashioned Way: We Actually Win." The club under Wirtz was then subject of a highly critical book, ''Career Misconduct'', sold outside games until Wirtz had its author and publisher arrested.
Following the lockout of the [[2004–05 NHL season|2004–05]] season, new GM [[Dale Tallon]] set about restructuring the team in the hopes of making a playoff run. Tallon made several moves in the summer of 2005, most notably the signing of [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] Stanley Cup-winning goalie [[Nikolai Khabibulin]] and All-Star defenseman [[Adrian Aucoin]]. However, injuries plagued Khabibulin and Aucoin (among others), and the Blackhawks again finished with one of the worst records in the league (26–43–13) — next-to-last in the [[Western Conference (NHL)|Western Conference]] and twenty seventh in the league.
The Blackhawks reached another low point on [[May 16]], [[2005–06 NHL season|2006]], when they [http://www.chicagoblackhawks.com/news/news.asp?story_id=3301 announced] that popular TV/radio play-by-play announcer Pat Foley was not going to be brought back after 25 years with the team, a move [http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/fans/cs-060601hawksfanview,1,3815153.story?coll=cs-blackhawks-headlines unpopular] amongst most Blackhawks fans. Foley then became the television/radio voice of the Wolves.
With the third overall pick in the [[2006 NHL Entry Draft]], the team selected [[Jonathan Toews]], who led the [[University of North Dakota]] [[Fighting Sioux]] hockey team to the 2006 [[NCAA]] [[Frozen Four]].
The Blackhawks were eager to make a splash in the free-agent market, and offered big money to many of the top free agents. They were, however, denied, only being able to acquire two backup goalies in [[Patrick Lalime]] and [[Sebastien Caron]]. Chicago was one of the biggest buyers in the trade market, though, acquiring a future franchise player in [[Winger (ice hockey)|left-winger]] [[Martin Havlat]], as well as [[Centre (ice hockey)|center]] [[Bryan Smolinski]] from the [[Ottawa Senators]] in a three-way deal that also involved the [[San Jose Sharks]]. The 'Hawks dealt mean forward [[Mark Bell (hockey)|Mark Bell]] to the Sharks, [[Michal Barinka]] and a 2008 second-round draft pick to the Senators, while Ottawa also received defenseman [[Tom Preissing]] and center [[Josh Hennessy]] from San Jose. Havlat gave the Blackhawks the talented, first-line caliber gamebreaker they so desperately needed. The Havlat trade was soon followed by another major trade — winger and key Blackhawk player, another left wing, [[Kyle Calder]], was traded to the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] in exchange for grinding defensive center [[Michal Handzus]]. The move caused a stir in Chicago. Calder had won an increase in his contract through arbitration, which was accepted by the Hawks, but rather than ink their leading scorer, the Blackhawks decided to address their need for a proven center by acquiring Handzus. Injuries to both Havlat and Handzus hurt the Blackhawks, and Smolinski was eventually traded at the trade deadline to the [[Vancouver Canucks]]. On [[November 26]], [[2006]] Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon fired Head Coach Trent Yawney and appointed assistant coach [[Denis Savard]] as head coach. Savard had been the assistant coach of the Blackhawks since 1997, the year after he retired as one of the most popular and successful Blackhawks of all time. The Blackhawks continued to struggle, and finished last in the Central Division, 12 games out of the playoffs.
They finished with the fourth worst record in the league, and in the Draft Lottery, won the opportunity to select first overall in the draft, whereas the team had never had a draft pick higher than 3rd overall. They used the pick to draft [[centre (ice hockey)|center]] [[Patrick Kane]] from the [[London Knights]] of the [[Ontario Hockey League]].
====2007-08====
On [[September 26]]th, [[2007]] after a brief battle with cancer, longtime owner Wirtz died at age 77. During a tribute and moment of silence for him during the Blackhawks home opener on [[October 8]]th of that year, the Chicago crowd displayed their displeasure with Wirtz's operation of the organization by booing the proceedings. He was succeeded by his younger son, [[Rocky Wirtz|Rocky]].
Soon after taking over, Rocky Wirtz reversed several of his father's longstanding policies. For example, the Blackhawks began airing select home games on [[CSN Chicago|Comcast SportsNet Chicago]] (only because the networks had filled most of their programming) {{Fact|date=June 2008}}, of which Rocky is part-owner. In March [[2008]], it was announced that all Blackhawks games will be televised starting the 2008–09 season, with [[WGN-TV]] airing 20 games, this is the first time the team's games aired on WGN-TV since the end of the 1974–75 season, and the first free TV outlet for the team since the 1979–80 season, when [[WSNS-TV]] (Channel 44, now a [[Telemundo]] station) aired the Hawks road games. He has also named [[Chicago Cubs]] president [[John McDonough (sports executive)|John McDonough]] as the new Blackhawks president. McDonough was the architect of the Cubs' incredible marketing machine established in the 1980s and 1990's. Radio rights moved to [[WGN-AM]] for the 2008-09 season as well. Former greats Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, who had wanted nothing to do with the team under Bill Wirtz, have returned as "ambassadors" for the franchise, as has Tony Esposito. After a slow start, the Hawks rallied to finish with their first winning record since 2002. Playing in the tough Western Conference, it was not enough to make the playoffs; they finished three points behind the [[Nashville Predators]] for the last spot.
On [[February 13]]th, the Blackhawks announced they would hold their first annual fan convention.
On [[February 26]]th, the Blackhawks traded their longest tenured player, [[Tuomo Ruutu]], to the Carolina Hurricanes for forward Andrew Ladd. Ruutu was a former 1st round (9th overall) pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. That same day, the Hawks traded alternate captain [[Martin Lapointe]] to the Ottawa Senators for a 6th round draft pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
On [[July 16]]th, it was announced that the Blackhawks would host the [[2009 NHL Winter Classic]] on a temporary ice rink at [[Wrigley Field]], home of the [[Chicago Cubs]] on [[New Years Day]] ([[January 1]]st, [[2009]]) against fellow "[[Original Six]]" member and divisional rivals the [[Detroit Red Wings]].<ref>[http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/23999864.html Hawks, Wings To Play Jan. 1 at Wrigley Field; Minneapolis Star Tribune July 6 2008; retrieved July 7th 2008.]</ref>
On [[June 16]]th, Pat Foley was hired to replace [[Dan P. Kelly (sportscaster)|Dan Kelly]] as the Blackhawks TV play-by-play man. Foley had been fired two years before and had been calling games for the Chicago Wolves since then. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/cs-080616-pat-foley-chicago-blackhawks-tv-booth,0,1716449.story|title=Chicago Tribune.com: February 2008 Transactions |accessdate=2008-06-20}}</ref>
==Team information==
[[Image:ChicagoBlackHawks 07-08 jerseys.jpg|thumb|150px|right|2007-08 jerseys]]
===Jerseys===
Like all NHL teams for the [[2007–08 NHL season]], the Chicago Blackhawks unveiled Rbk Edge jerseys from the [[Reebok]] Company. Unlike other clubs, Chicago did not deviate much from previous jerseys with small exceptions:
* new collar with NHL logo
* a "baseball-style" cut along the bottom
It is expected that the Blackhawks will bring back their black third jerseys for several games in 2008-09 after a one-year absence, and wear a replica of their 1940's "barber pole" sweaters for the Winter Classic game. The Blackhawks last wore those jerseys in the [[1993-94 NHL season|1993-94 season]] as part of the final season of "The Madhouse on Madison Street" against the [[Detroit Red Wings]].
===Logo===
McLaughlin's wife, [[Irene Castle]], designed the original version of the team's logo, which survived, with only minor changes, until 1955. The circle around the head was removed that season, and the basic logo and jersey design has remained fairly constant since then. The striping has changed over the years and a shoulder patch logo was added.
===Mascot===
The Blackhawks mascot is '''Tommy Hawk''', a hawk, as in a bird, who wears the Blackhawks' 4 feathers on his head, along with a Blackhawks jersey and hockey pants.
Tommy Hawk often participates in the T-shirt toss and puck chuck at the United Center. He walks around the concourse greeting fans before and during the game. The Hawks introduced Tommy in the 2001–02 season. His oversized jersey has "WWW" [[William Wadsworth Wirtz]] and American flag patch on it.
The Hawks have had two giveaways featuring Tommy Hawk items. The first was a bobble-head doll and the second was a [[Mountain Dew]] sponsored Tommy Hawk water bottle.
===Cup drought===
The team has not won the Cup since [[1961 Stanley Cup Finals|1961]]. This is the longest drought of any current NHL team. It is shorter than all-time drought of 54 seasons of the [[New York Rangers]], which was ended in 1994.[http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/long179.html]
==Media and Announcers==
For the first time in team history, all 82 games plus playoffs will be broadcast on Television during the 2008-2009 season. At least 20 of which will be on [[WGN-TV|WGN Channel 9]]. The others will air on [[CSN Chicago|Comcast Sports Net Chicago]]. For the last 8 seasons, the teams radio affiliate was [[WSCR|WSCR 670 The Score]]. On April 30th, 2008, the team signed a three year deal with [[WGN (AM)|WGN 720 AM]].
[[Pat Foley]] - TV Play-by-play<br />
[[Eddie Olczyk]] - TV Analyst<br/>
[[John Wiedeman]] - Radio Play-by-Play<br/>
[[Troy Murray]] - Radio Analyst
==Season-by-season record==
''This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Blackhawks. For the full season-by-season history, see [[Chicago Blackhawks seasons]]''
'''''Note:''' GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;" |
|Season || GP || W || L || T<sup>1</sup> || OTL || Pts || GF || GA || PIM || Finish || Playoffs
|-
| [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]] || 82 || 30 || 33 || 13 || 6 || 79 || 207 || 226 || 1189 || 3rd, Central || Did not qualify
|-
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]] || 82 || 20 || 43 || 11 || 8 || 59 || 188 || 259 || 1318 || 5th, Central || Did not qualify
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| [[2004–05 NHL season|2004–05]] || colspan="11"| ''Season canceled due to [[2004–05 NHL lockout]]''
|-
| [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]<sup>1</sup>|| 82 || 26 || 43 || — || 13 || 65 || 211 || 285 || 1518 || 4th, Central || Did not qualify
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]] || 82 || 31 || 42 || — || 9 || 71 || 201 || 258 || 1330 || 5th, Central || Did not qualify
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]] || 82 || 40 || 34 || - || 8 || 88 || 239 || 235 || 1292 || 3rd, Central || Did not qualify
|}
:<sup>1</sup> <small>As of the [[2005–06 NHL season]], all games will have a winner; the OTL column includes SOL (Shootout losses).</small>
==Players==
{{main|List of Chicago Blackhawks players}}
{{details|List of Chicago Blackhawks statistics and records}}
===Current roster===
{{Chicago Blackhawks roster}}
===Team captains===
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*[[Dick Irvin]], 1926–29
*[[Duke Dukowski]], 1929–30
*[[Ty Arbour]], 1930–31
*[[Marvin Wentworth|Cy Wentworth]], 1931–32
*[[Helge Bostrom]], 1932–33
*[[Charlie Gardiner (ice hockey player)|Chuck Gardiner]], 1933–34
*No captain, 1934–35
*[[Johnny Gottselig]], 1935–40
*[[Earl Seibert]], 1940–42
*[[Doug Bentley]], 1942–44
*[[Clint Smith]], 1944–45
*[[John Mariucci]], 1945–46
*[[Red Hamill]], 1946–47
*John Mariucci, 1947–48
*[[Gaye Stewart]], 1948–49
*Doug Bentley, 1949–50
*[[Jack Stewart (ice hockey)|Jack Stewart]], 1950–52
*[[Bill Gadsby]], 1952–54
*[[Gus Mortson]], 1954–57
*No captain, 1957–58
*[[Ed Litzenberger]], 1958–61
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*[[Pierre Pilote]], 1961–68
*No captain, 1968–69
*[[Pat Stapleton]], 1969–70
*No captain, 1970–75
*[[Pit Martin]], 1975–76
*Pit Martin; [[Stan Mikita]]; [[Keith Magnuson]], 1976–77
*Keith Magnuson, 1977–79
*[[Terry Ruskowski]], 1979–82
*[[Darryl Sutter]], 1982–87
*[[Robert Frederick Murray|Bob Murray]], 1985–86
*No captain, 1987–88
*[[Denis Savard]], 1988–89
*[[Dirk Graham]], 1989–95
*[[Chris Chelios]], 1995–99
*[[Doug Gilmour]], 1999–2000
*[[Tony Amonte]], 2000–02
*[[Alexei Zhamnov]], 2002–04
*No captain, 2004–05 <small> ([[2004–05 NHL lockout|Lockout]])</small>
*[[Adrian Aucoin]], 2005–07
*[[Martin Lapointe]], 2006
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===Hall of Famers===
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*[[Doug Bentley]], LW, 1939–52, inducted 1964
*[[Max Bentley]], C, 1940–48, inducted 1966
*[[Paul Coffey]], D, 1998, inducted 2004
*[[Roy Conacher]], LW, 1947–52, inducted 1998
*[[Art Coulter]], D, 1931–36, inducted 1974
*[[Babe Dye]], C, 1926–28, inducted 1970
*[[Phil Esposito]], C, 1963–67, inducted 1984
*[[Tony Esposito]], G, 1969–84, inducted 1988
*[[Bill Gadsby]], D, 1946–55, inducted 1970
*[[Charlie Gardiner (ice hockey player)|Charlie Gardiner]], G, 1927–34, inducted 1945
</div><div style="float:right; width:48%;">
*[[Glenn Hall]], G, 1957–67, inducted 1975
*[[Bobby Hull]], LW, 1957–72, inducted 1983
*[[Stan Mikita]], C, 1958–80, inducted 1983
*[[Howie Morenz]], C, 1934–36, inducted 1945
*[[Bill Mosienko]], RW, 1941–55, inducted 1965
*[[Bobby Orr]], D, 1976–79, inducted 1979
*[[Pierre Pilote]], D, 1955–68, inducted 1975
*[[Denis Savard]], C, 1980–90 & 1995–97, inducted 2000
*[[Earl Seibert]], D, 1935–45, inducted 1963
*[[Clint Smith]], C, 1943–47, inducted 1991
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===Retired numbers===
*'''1''' [[Glenn Hall]], G, 1957–67, number retired November 20, 1988
*'''9''' [[Bobby Hull]], LW, 1957–72, number retired December 18, 1983
*'''18''' [[Denis Savard]], C, 1980–90 & 1995–97, number retired March 19, 1998
*'''21''' [[Stan Mikita]], C, 1958–80, number retired October 19, 1980
*'''35''' [[Tony Esposito]], G, 1969–84, number retired November 20, 1988
*[[Keith Magnuson]], D, 1969–80, has not had his number officially retired, but his '''#3''' has been out of circulation since his death in 2003.
*[[Wayne Gretzky]]'s '''#99''' is retired throughout the league, though Gretzky never played for Chicago.
===First-round draft picks===
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*[[1963 NHL Entry Draft|1963]]: [[Art Hampson]] (5th overall)
*[[1964 NHL Entry Draft|1964]]: [[Richie Bayes]] (4th overall)
*[[1965 NHL Entry Draft|1965]]: [[Andy Culligan]] (2nd overall)
*[[1966 NHL Entry Draft|1966]]: [[Terry Caffery]] (3rd overall)
*[[1967 NHL Entry Draft|1967]]: [[Bob Tombari]] (7th overall)
*[[1968 NHL Entry Draft|1968]]: [[John Marks (ice hockey)|John Marks]] (9th overall)
*[[1969 NHL Entry Draft|1969]]: [[J. P. Bordeleau]] (13th overall)
*[[1970 NHL Entry Draft|1970]]: [[Dan Maloney]] (14th overall)
*[[1971 NHL Entry Draft|1971]]: [[Dan Spring (ice hockey)|Dan Spring]] (12th overall)
*[[1972 NHL Entry Draft|1972]]: [[Phil Russell (ice hockey)|Phil Russell]] (13th overall)
*[[1973 NHL Entry Draft|1973]]: [[Darcy Rota]] (13th overall)
*[[1974 NHL Entry Draft|1974]]: [[Grant Mulvey]] (16th overall)
*[[1975 NHL Entry Draft|1975]]: [[Greg Vaydik]] (7th overall)
*[[1976 NHL Entry Draft|1976]]: [[Real Cloutier]] (9th overall)
*[[1977 NHL Entry Draft|1977]]: [[Doug Wilson (ice hockey)|Doug Wilson]] (6th overall)
*[[1978 NHL Entry Draft|1978]]: [[Tim Higgins (ice hockey)|Tim Higgins]] (10th overall)
*[[1979 NHL Entry Draft|1979]]: [[Keith Brown (ice hockey)|Keith Brown]] (7th overall)
*[[1980 NHL Entry Draft|1980]]: [[Denis Savard]] (3rd overall)
*[[1981 NHL Entry Draft|1981]]: [[Tony Tanti]] (12th overall)
*[[1982 NHL Entry Draft|1982]]: [[Ken Yaremchuk]] (7th overall)
*[[1983 NHL Entry Draft|1983]]: [[Bruce Cassidy]] (18th overall)
*[[1984 NHL Entry Draft|1984]]: [[Ed Olczyk]] (3rd overall)
*[[1985 NHL Entry Draft|1985]]: [[Dave Manson]] (11th overall)
*[[1986 NHL Entry Draft|1986]]: [[Everett Sanipass]] (14th overall)
</div><div style="float:right; width:48%;">
*[[1987 NHL Entry Draft|1987]]: [[Jimmy Waite]] (8th overall)
*[[1988 NHL Entry Draft|1988]]: [[Jeremy Roenick]] (8th overall)
*[[1989 NHL Entry Draft|1989]]: [[Adam Bennett]] (6th overall)
*[[1990 NHL Entry Draft|1990]]: [[Karl Dykhuis]] (16th overall)
*[[1991 NHL Entry Draft|1991]]: [[Dean McAmmond]] (22nd overall)
*[[1992 NHL Entry Draft|1992]]: [[Sergei Krivokrasov]] (12th overall)
*[[1993 NHL Entry Draft|1993]]: [[Eric Lecompte]] (24th overall)
*[[1994 NHL Entry Draft|1994]]: [[Ethan Moreau]] (14th overall)
*[[1995 NHL Entry Draft|1995]]: [[Dmitri Nabokov]] (19th overall)
*[[1996 NHL Entry Draft|1996]]: None
*[[1997 NHL Entry Draft|1997]]: [[Daniel Cleary]] (13th overall) & [[Ty Jones]] (16th overall)
*[[1998 NHL Entry Draft|1998]]: [[Mark Bell (ice hockey)|Mark Bell]] (8th overall)
*[[1999 NHL Entry Draft|1999]]: [[Steve McCarthy]] (23rd overall)
*[[2000 NHL Entry Draft|2000]]: [[Mikhail Yakubov]] (10th overall) & [[Pavel Vorobiev]] (11th overall)
*[[2001 NHL Entry Draft|2001]]: [[Tuomo Ruutu]] (9th overall) & [[Adam Munro]] (29th overall)
*[[2002 NHL Entry Draft|2002]]: [[Anton Babchuk]] (21st overall)
*[[2003 NHL Entry Draft|2003]]: [[Brent Seabrook]] (14th overall)
*[[2004 NHL Entry Draft|2004]]: [[Cam Barker]] (3rd overall)
*[[2005 NHL Entry Draft|2005]]: [[Jack Skille]] (7th overall)
*[[2006 NHL Entry Draft|2006]]: [[Jonathan Toews]] (3rd overall)
*[[2007 NHL Entry Draft|2007]]: [[Patrick Kane]] (1st overall)
*[[2008 NHL Entry Draft|2008]]: [[Kyle Beach]] (11th overall)
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===Franchise scoring leaders===
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These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
'''''Note:''' Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Blackhawks player''
<table>
<tr>
<td style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;" align="center">Points</td>
<td style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;text-align=center;" align="center">Goals</td>
<td style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;text-align=center;" align="center">Assists</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center" style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;" |
| align="left" | Player || Pos || GP || G || A || Pts || P/G
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Stan Mikita]] || C || 1394 || 541 || 926 || '''1467''' || 1.05
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Bobby Hull]] || LW || 1036 || 604 || 549 || '''1153''' || 1.11
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Denis Savard]] || C || 881 || 337 || 719 || '''1096''' || 1.24
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Steve Larmer]] || RW || 891 || 406 || 517 || '''923''' || 1.04
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Douglas Wilson (hockey player)|Doug Wilson]] || D || 938 || 225 || 554 || '''779''' || .83
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Dennis Hull]] || LW || 904 || 298 || 342 || '''640''' || .71
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Pit Martin]] || C || 740 || 243 || 384 || '''627''' || .85
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Jeremy Roenick]] || C || 524 || 267 || 329 || '''596''' || 1.14
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Tony Amonte]] || RW || 627 || 268 || 273 || '''541''' || .86
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Bill Mosienko]] || RW || 711 || 258 || 282 || '''540''' || .76
|}
</td>
<td>
{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center" style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;" |
| align="left" | Player || Pos || G
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Bobby Hull]] || LW || 604
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Stan Mikita]] || C || 541
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Steve Larmer]] || RW || 406
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Denis Savard]] || C || 377
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Dennis Hull]] || LW || 298
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Tony Amonte]] || RW || 268
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Jeremy Roenick]] || C || 267
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Bill Mosienko]] || RW || 258
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Ken Wharram]] || C || 252
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Pit Martin]] || C || 243
|}
</td>
<td>
{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center" style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;" |
| align="left" | Player || Pos || A
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Stan Mikita]] || C || 926
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Denis Savard]] || C || 719
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Doug Wilson]] || D || 554
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Bobby Hull]] || LW || 549
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Steve Larmer]] || RW || 517
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Pierre Pilote]] || D || 400
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Chris Chelios]] || D || 395
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Pit Martin]] || C || 384
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Robert Frederick Murray|Bob Murray]] || D || 382
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Dennis Hull]] || LW || 342
|}
</td>
</tr>
</table>
==NHL awards and trophies==
<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
'''[[Stanley Cup]]'''
*[[1933–34 NHL season|1933–34]], [[1937–38 NHL season|1937–38]], [[1960–61 NHL season|1960–61]]
'''[[Presidents' Trophy]]'''
*[[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
'''[[Clarence S. Campbell Bowl]]'''
*[[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]], [[1971–72 NHL season|1971–72]], [[1972–73 NHL season|1972–73]], [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
'''[[Prince of Wales Trophy]]'''
*[[1966–67 NHL season|1966–67]], [[1969–70 NHL season|1969–70]]
'''[[Art Ross Trophy]]'''
*[[Roy Conacher]]: [[1948–49 NHL season|1948–49]]
*[[Bobby Hull]]: [[1959–60 NHL season|1959–60]], [[1961–62 NHL season|1961–62]], [[1965–66 NHL season|1965–66]]
*[[Stan Mikita]]: [[1963–64 NHL season|1963–64]], [[1964–65 NHL season|1964–65]], [[1966–67 NHL season|1966–67]], [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68]]
'''[[Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy]]'''
*[[Pit Martin]]: [[1969–70 NHL season|1969–70]]
*[[Bryan Berard]]: [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
'''[[Calder Memorial Trophy]]'''
*[[Cully Dahlstrom]]: [[1937–38 NHL season|1937–38]] <small>(trophy known as "Calder Trophy")</small>
*[[Ed Litzenberger]]: [[1954–55 NHL season|1954–55]]
*[[Bill Hay]]: [[1959–60 NHL season|1959–60]]
*[[Tony Esposito]]: [[1969–70 NHL season|1969–70]]
*[[Steve Larmer]]: [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]
*[[Ed Belfour]]: [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
*[[Patrick Kane]]: [[2007-08 NHL season|2007-08]]
'''[[Frank J. Selke Trophy]]'''
*[[Troy Murray]]: [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]
*[[Dirk Graham]]: [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
'''[[Hart Memorial Trophy]]'''
*[[Max Bentley]]: [[1945–46 NHL season|1945–46]]
*[[Al Rollins]]: [[1953–54 NHL season|1953–54]]
*[[Bobby Hull]]: [[1964–65 NHL season|1964–65]], [[1965–66 NHL season|1965–66]]
*[[Stan Mikita]]: [[1966–67 NHL season|1966–67]], [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68]]
'''[[Jack Adams Award]]'''
*[[Orval Tessier]]: [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]
</div><div style="float:right; width:48%;">
'''[[James Norris Memorial Trophy]]'''
*[[Pierre Pilote]]: [[1962–63 NHL season|1962–63]], [[1963–64 NHL season|1963–64]], [[1964–65 NHL season|1964–65]]
*[[Douglas Wilson (hockey player)|Doug Wilson]]: [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]
*[[Chris Chelios]]: [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]], [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
'''[[Lady Byng Memorial Trophy]]'''
*[[Elwyn "Doc" Romnes]]: [[1935–36 NHL season|1935–36]]
*[[Max Bentley]]: [[1942–43 NHL season|1942–43]]
*[[Clint Smith]]: [[1943–44 NHL season|1943–44]]
*[[Bill Mosienko]]: [[1944–45 NHL season|1944–45]]
*[[Ken Wharram]]: [[1963–64 NHL season|1963–64]]
*[[Bobby Hull]]: [[1964–65 NHL season|1964–65]]
*[[Stan Mikita]]: [[1966–67 NHL season|1966–67]], [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68]]
'''[[Lester Patrick Trophy]]'''
*[[Bobby Hull]]: [[1968–69 NHL season|1968–69]]
*[[Tommy Ivan]]: [[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75]]
*[[Stan Mikita]]: [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]]
*[[Phil Esposito]]: [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]
*[[Bill Wirtz]]: [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]
*[[Bobby Orr]]: [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]]
*[[Arthur M. Wirtz]]: [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]
'''[[Vezina Trophy]]'''
*[[Chuck Gardiner]]: [[1931–32 NHL season|1931–32]], [[1933–34 NHL season|1933–34]]
*[[Lorne Chabot]]: [[1934–35 NHL season|1934–35]]
*[[Glenn Hall]]: [[1962–63 NHL season|1962–63]]
*[[Glenn Hall]] & [[Denis DeJordy]]: [[1966–67 NHL season|1966–67]]
*[[Tony Esposito]]: [[1969–70 NHL season|1969–70]], [[1973–74 NHL season|1973–74]] <small>(shared with [[Bernie Parent]] of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]])</small>
*[[Tony Esposito]] & [[Gary Smith (hockey player)|Gary Smith]]: [[1971–72 NHL season|1971–72]]
*[[Ed Belfour]]: [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]], [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
'''[[William M. Jennings Trophy]]'''
*[[Ed Belfour]]: [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]], [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]], [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://blackhawks.nhl.com/ Official website of the Chicago Blackhawks]
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