1984–85 Chicago Black Hawks season

1984–85 Chicago Black Hawks
Division	2nd Norris
Conference	Campbell
1984–85 record	38-35-7
Goals for	309
Goals against	299
Team information
General manager	Bob Pulford
Coach	Orval Tessier
Captain	Darryl Sutter
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Larmer (46)
Assists	Denis Savard (67)
Points	Denis Savard (105)
Penalty minutes	Al Secord (193)
Wins	Murray Bannerman (27)
Goals against average	Warren Skorodenski (3.22)

The 1984–85 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 59th season in the NHL. The Hawks finished 2nd in the Norris Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 2.

Off-season

Long-time goalie Tony Esposito retired from the team after a 16-year career in the NHL.

Regular Season

Denis Savard was the offensive sparkplug for the Hawks with 38 goals and 67 assists, good enough for eighth-best in the NHL. Steve Larmer finished second on the team with 86 points. Doug Wilson carried the defense with a +/- of 23. Al Secord led the Hawks in penalty minutes with 193; defenseman Behn Wilson racked up 185 minutes in the penalty box to finish a close second.

In the net, Murray Bannerman led the team with a 27-25-4 record with a 3.83 GAA and 1,632 saves in 60 games for the Hawks. His backup Warren Skorodenski went 11-9-3 with a 3.22 GAA in 20 games; his .903 save percentage was the best amongst NHL goalies a in minimum of 15 games played.

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	80	37	31	12	299	288	86
Chicago Black Hawks	80	38	35	7	309	299	83
Detroit Red Wings	80	27	41	12	313	357	66
Minnesota North Stars	80	25	43	12	268	321	62
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	20	52	8	253	358	48

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1984	7–3	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	1–0–0
2	L	October 13, 1984	6–7 OT	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	1–1–0
3	L	October 14, 1984	3–5	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	1–2–0
4	W	October 17, 1984	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	2–2–0
5	L	October 20, 1984	4–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	2–3–0
6	W	October 21, 1984	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	3–3–0
7	W	October 24, 1984	9–3	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	4–3–0
8	W	October 27, 1984	5–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	5–3–0
9	L	October 28, 1984	1–4	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	5–4–0
10	T	October 30, 1984	5–5 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	5–4–1
11	L	November 2, 1984	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	5–5–1
12	L	November 3, 1984	4–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	5–6–1
13	W	November 5, 1984	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	6–6–1
14	W	November 7, 1984	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	7–6–1
15	T	November 10, 1984	4–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	7–6–2
16	W	November 14, 1984	6–4	New York Rangers (1984–85)	8–6–2
17	W	November 17, 1984	7–0	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	9–6–2
18	L	November 18, 1984	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	9–7–2
19	L	November 20, 1984	2–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	9–8–2
20	L	November 22, 1984	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	9–9–2
21	W	November 24, 1984	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	10–9–2
22	L	November 25, 1984	0–5	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	10–10–2
23	L	November 27, 1984	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	10–11–2
24	W	November 29, 1984	6–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	11–11–2
25	W	December 1, 1984	5–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	12–11–2
26	T	December 5, 1984	5–5 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	12–11–3
27	L	December 7, 1984	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	12–12–3
28	W	December 9, 1984	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	13–12–3
29	W	December 12, 1984	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	14–12–3
30	W	December 15, 1984	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	15–12–3
31	L	December 16, 1984	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	15–13–3
32	L	December 19, 1984	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	15–14–3
33	W	December 21, 1984	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	16–14–3
34	L	December 23, 1984	2–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	16–15–3
35	L	December 26, 1984	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	16–16–3
36	W	December 29, 1984	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	17–16–3
37	L	December 30, 1984	2–5	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	17–17–3
38	W	January 2, 1985	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	18–17–3
39	L	January 5, 1985	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	18–18–3
40	L	January 6, 1985	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	18–19–3
41	W	January 9, 1985	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	19–19–3
42	L	January 10, 1985	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	19–20–3
43	L	January 13, 1985	5–6	New York Islanders (1984–85)	19–21–3
44	W	January 16, 1985	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	20–21–3
45	L	January 18, 1985	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	20–22–3
46	L	January 19, 1985	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	20–23–3
47	W	January 21, 1985	7–2	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	21–23–3
48	L	January 23, 1985	2–3	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	21–24–3
49	W	January 26, 1985	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	22–24–3
50	L	January 27, 1985	2–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	22–25–3
51	L	January 30, 1985	3–6	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	22–26–3
52	L	February 2, 1985	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	22–27–3
53	L	February 3, 1985	4–6	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	22–28–3
54	W	February 6, 1985	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	23–28–3
55	W	February 9, 1985	6–5	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	24–28–3
56	W	February 10, 1985	4–3	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	25–28–3
57	W	February 14, 1985	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	26–28–3
58	L	February 16, 1985	4–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	26–29–3
59	T	February 17, 1985	4–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	26–29–4
60	W	February 20, 1985	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	27–29–4
61	L	February 22, 1985	1–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	27–30–4
62	W	February 24, 1985	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	28–30–4
63	W	February 25, 1985	4–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	29–30–4
64	W	February 27, 1985	6–3	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	30–30–4
65	T	March 2, 1985	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	30–30–5
66	W	March 3, 1985	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	31–30–5
67	W	March 6, 1985	5–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	32–30–5
68	L	March 8, 1985	2–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	32–31–5
69	L	March 10, 1985	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	32–32–5
70	W	March 11, 1985	4–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	33–32–5
71	L	March 13, 1985	3–4	New York Islanders (1984–85)	33–33–5
72	W	March 17, 1985	6–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	34–33–5
73	L	March 20, 1985	4–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	34–34–5
74	W	March 22, 1985	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	35–34–5
75	W	March 27, 1985	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	36–34–5
76	T	March 29, 1985	5–5 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	36–34–6
77	L	March 31, 1985	3–7	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	36–35–6
78	W	April 3, 1985	5–0	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	37–35–6
79	T	April 6, 1985	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	37–35–7
80	W	April 7, 1985	3–1	New York Rangers (1984–85)	38–35–7

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	79	38	67	105	56	16	7	0	1
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	80	46	40	86	16	17	14	0	6
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	78	22	54	76	44	23	7	0	2
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	80	26	40	66	82	16	6	4	5
Gardner, BillBill Gardner	C	74	17	34	51	12	7	5	1	1
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	73	25	25	50	109	3	4	0	5
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	70	20	30	50	67	11	1	1	2
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	74	16	30	46	13	-16	2	0	4
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	80	5	38	43	56	13	4	0	1
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	49	20	18	38	12	8	2	0	2
Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	D	76	10	23	33	185	5	2	0	1
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	79	11	20	31	86	5	0	1	1
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	51	15	11	26	193	0	6	0	2
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	63	10	16	26	16	-6	2	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	56	1	22	23	55	2	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	79	7	12	19	25	6	0	3	1
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	66	6	8	14	105	6	0	0	1
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont	D	55	3	10	13	105	5	0	0	1
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan	RW	36	5	7	12	12	-16	0	0	1
Frawley, DanDan Frawley	RW	30	4	3	7	64	-2	0	0	1
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	60	0	6	6	54	-9	0	0	0
Feamster, DaveDave Feamster	D	16	1	3	4	14	5	0	0	0
McMurchy, TomTom McMurchy	RW	15	1	2	3	13	-1	0	0	0
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	60	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd	D	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Larmer, JeffJeff Larmer	LW	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Clifford, ChrisChris Clifford	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pang, DarrenDarren Pang	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	G	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	3371	60	27	25	4	215	3.83	0
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	1396	27	11	9	3	75	3.22	2
Clifford, ChrisChris Clifford	20	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Pang, DarrenDarren Pang	60	1	0	1	0	4	4.00	0
Team:	4847	80	38	35	7	294	3.64	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	15	9	20	29	20	4	3	0	0
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	15	9	13	22	14	2	5	0	1
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	15	12	7	19	12	7	2	0	4
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	15	5	14	19	24	-5	1	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	15	7	9	16	42	-2	1	0	1
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	12	3	10	13	12	2	2	0	0
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	15	4	8	12	10	5	0	0	0
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	15	6	5	11	11	-4	1	1	0
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	15	5	5	10	37	6	0	0	1
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	15	6	3	9	36	-5	0	0	1
Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	D	15	4	5	9	60	8	1	0	1
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	15	3	6	9	20	-9	1	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	11	2	7	9	31	13	1	0	0
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	15	3	5	8	25	-1	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	15	1	5	6	15	-5	0	0	0
Gardner, BillBill Gardner	C	12	1	3	4	2	-4	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	6	0	3	3	2	-4	0	0	0
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	15	1	1	2	16	-1	0	0	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	15	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont	D	15	0	2	2	41	-7	0	0	0
Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd	D	3	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0
Frawley, DanDan Frawley	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	906	15	9	6	72	4.77	0
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	33	2	0	0	6	10.91	0
Team:	939	15	9	6	78	4.98	0

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• Doug Wilson, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

See Also

• 1984–85 NHL season

References

• BlackHawks on Hockey Database