1990–91 Chicago Blackhawks season

1990–91 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	1st Norris
Conference	1st Campbell
1990–91 record	49–23–8
Home record	28–8–4
Road record	21–15–4
Goals for	284
Goals against	211
Team information
General manager	Mike Keenan
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Dirk Graham
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Larmer (44)
Assists	Steve Larmer (57)
Points	Steve Larmer (101)
Penalty minutes	Mike Peluso (320)
Wins	Ed Belfour (43)
Goals against average	Jimmy Waite (2.00)

The 1990–91 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Hawks' 65th season. The Hawks finished 1st in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Minnesota North Stars 4 games to 2.

Off-season

Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	16	Karl Dykhuis (D)		Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

Regular Season

All-Star Game

The 42nd National Hockey League All-Star Game took place in Chicago Stadium, home of the Chicago Blackhawks, on January 19, 1991. The game saw the team of Campbell conference all-stars beat the team of Wales conference all-stars 11–5.

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Blackhawks	80	49	23	8	284	211	106
St. Louis Blues	80	47	22	11	310	250	105
Detroit Red Wings	80	34	38	8	273	298	76
Minnesota North Stars	80	27	39	14	256	266	68
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	23	46	11	241	318	57

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 4, 1990	4–3	New York Rangers (1990–91)	1–0–0
2	W	October 6, 1990	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	2–0–0
3	L	October 7, 1990	2–4	New York Islanders (1990–91)	2–1–0
4	W	October 11, 1990	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	3–1–0
5	W	October 13, 1990	4–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	4–1–0
6	L	October 14, 1990	1–3	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	4–2–0
7	L	October 16, 1990	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	4–3–0
8	W	October 18, 1990	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	5–3–0
9	L	October 20, 1990	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	5–4–0
10	W	October 21, 1990	7–1	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	6–4–0
11	W	October 25, 1990	3–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1990–91)	7–4–0
12	L	October 27, 1990	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	7–5–0
13	W	October 28, 1990	2–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	8–5–0
14	W	November 1, 1990	6–2	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	9–5–0
15	W	November 3, 1990	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	10–5–0
16	L	November 4, 1990	0–2	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	10–6–0
17	T	November 6, 1990	1–1 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	10–6–1
18	W	November 8, 1990	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	11–6–1
19	W	November 10, 1990	5–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	12–6–1
20	T	November 11, 1990	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	12–6–2
21	W	November 14, 1990	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	13–6–2
22	W	November 16, 1990	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	14–6–2
23	W	November 17, 1990	7–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	15–6–2
24	W	November 20, 1990	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	16–6–2
25	L	November 21, 1990	1–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	16–7–2
26	W	November 24, 1990	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	17–7–2
27	L	November 29, 1990	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	17–8–2
28	L	December 1, 1990	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	17–9–2
29	W	December 2, 1990	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	18–9–2
30	W	December 6, 1990	5–2	New York Islanders (1990–91)	19–9–2
31	W	December 8, 1990	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	20–9–2
32	L	December 9, 1990	4–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	20–10–2
33	W	December 11, 1990	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	21–10–2
34	W	December 13, 1990	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	22–10–2
35	L	December 15, 1990	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	22–11–2
36	W	December 16, 1990	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	23–11–2
37	W	December 19, 1990	3–2	Washington Capitals (1990–91)	24–11–2
38	L	December 22, 1990	0–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	24–12–2
39	W	December 23, 1990	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	25–12–2
40	T	December 26, 1990	6–6 OT	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	25–12–3
41	L	December 28, 1990	0–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	25–13–3
42	W	December 29, 1990	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	26–13–3
43	W	December 31, 1990	4–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	27–13–3
44	W	January 3, 1991	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	28–13–3
45	L	January 6, 1991	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	28–14–3
46	W	January 10, 1991	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	29–14–3
47	W	January 11, 1991	3–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	30–14–3
48	W	January 13, 1991	5–3	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	31–14–3
49	T	January 16, 1991	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	31–14–4
50	W	January 17, 1991	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	32–14–4
51	L	January 24, 1991	4–5	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	32–15–4
52	W	January 26, 1991	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	33–15–4
53	W	January 28, 1991	1–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	34–15–4
54	L	February 1, 1991	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	34–16–4
55	L	February 2, 1991	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	34–17–4
56	W	February 6, 1991	8–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	35–17–4
57	L	February 9, 1991	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	35–18–4
58	L	February 10, 1991	1–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	35–19–4
59	W	February 14, 1991	2–1 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	36–19–4
60	T	February 17, 1991	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	36–19–5
61	L	February 18, 1991	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	36–20–5
62	W	February 21, 1991	4–1	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	37–20–5
63	T	February 23, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	37–20–6
64	W	February 24, 1991	6–2	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	38–20–6
65	L	February 26, 1991	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	38–21–6
66	W	February 28, 1991	6–3	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	39–21–6
67	W	March 3, 1991	8–0	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	40–21–6
68	L	March 6, 1991	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	40–22–6
69	W	March 8, 1991	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	41–22–6
70	W	March 10, 1991	5–2	New York Rangers (1990–91)	42–22–6
71	W	March 14, 1991	6–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	43–22–6
72	W	March 16, 1991	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	44–22–6
73	W	March 17, 1991	6–4	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	45–22–6
74	T	March 21, 1991	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	45–22–7
75	W	March 23, 1991	7–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	46–22–7
76	W	March 24, 1991	5–4	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	47–22–7
77	T	March 26, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	47–22–8
78	W	March 28, 1991	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	48–22–8
79	L	March 30, 1991	1–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	48–23–8
80	W	March 31, 1991	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	49–23–8

Playoffs

Minnesota North Stars 4, Chicago Blackhawks 2

After reaching the Conference finals the prior two years and winning the Presidents' Trophy, hopes were extremely high entering the playoffs. The first round again reunited the Hawks with their old rivals from Minnesota who the Blackhawks needed seven games to dispatch in the prior year when the North Stars were the last place team in the division. This series however would not last seven games. The teams needed overtime to determine the winner of Game 1 at the Chicago Stadium, however it was Minnesota who emerged as the 4–3 winner. The Blackhawks won Games 2 and 3, an easy 5–2 win in Chicago, and a close 6–5 win in Minnesota. However the North Stars swept the remaining games in blowout fashion including a 6–0 shutout on the Hawks home ice in Game 5. What was looking like it could be one of the greatest seasons in Hawks history was suddenly over. Minnesota won their next two series and reached the Stanley Cup where they lost to Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	80	44	57	101	79	37	17	2	9
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick	C	79	41	53	94	80	38	15	4	10
Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet	LW	74	27	38	65	65	27	9	0	1
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	D	77	12	52	64	192	23	5	2	2
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	69	19	35	54	129	8	2	0	3
Creighton, AdamAdam Creighton	C	72	22	29	51	135	0	10	2	6
Graham, DirkDirk Graham	W	80	24	21	45	88	12	4	6	7
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	51	11	29	40	32	25	6	1	1
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	75	14	23	37	74	13	4	0	2
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	71	15	19	34	122	11	1	0	3
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	75	14	15	29	191	20	6	1	2
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	72	10	15	25	58	6	1	0	0
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson	C/LW	55	7	9	16	62	5	0	0	1
Yawney, TrentTrent Yawney	D	61	3	13	16	77	6	3	0	0
Kucera, FrantisekFrantisek Kucera	D	40	2	12	14	32	3	1	0	0
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	67	6	7	13	119	-7	1	1	2
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	D	70	0	12	12	40	11	0	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	45	1	10	11	55	9	0	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	77	4	5	9	151	8	0	0	0
Peluso, MikeMike Peluso	LW	53	6	1	7	320	-3	2	0	0
Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis	C	13	0	5	5	53	1	0	0	0
McNeill, MikeMike McNeill	RW	23	2	2	4	6	-1	0	1	0
Noonan, BrianBrian Noonan	RW	7	0	4	4	2	-1	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	G	74	0	3	3	34	0	0	0	0
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	C	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
McKegney, TonyTony McKegney	LW	9	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Grimson, StuStu Grimson	LW	35	0	1	1	183	-3	0	0	0
Russell, CamCam Russell	D	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Millen, GregGreg Millen	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier	G	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	4127	74	43	19	7	170	2.47	4	1883	1713	.910
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	195	5	3	0	1	8	2.46	0	93	85	.914
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier	403	10	2	3	0	24	3.57	0	175	151	.863
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	60	1	1	0	0	2	2.00	0	28	26	.929
Millen, GregGreg Millen	58	3	0	1	0	4	4.14	0	32	28	.875
Team:	4843	80	49	23	8	208	2.58	4	2211	2003	.906

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick	C	6	3	5	8	4	2	1	0	1
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	D	6	1	7	8	46	2	1	0	0
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	6	5	1	6	4	2	1	0	0
Rychel, WarrenWarren Rychel	LW	3	1	3	4	2	1	1	0	1
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	5	2	1	3	2	1	2	0	0
Graham, DirkDirk Graham	W	6	1	2	3	17	2	0	0	0
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas	LW	6	1	2	3	15	3	0	0	0
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson	C/LW	6	0	2	2	8	1	0	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	6	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	0
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	D	6	1	0	1	8	1	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert	LW	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Creighton, AdamAdam Creighton	C	6	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	6	0	1	1	36	2	0	0	0
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	6	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	6	0	1	1	38	0	0	0	0
Russell, CamCam Russell	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Yawney, TrentTrent Yawney	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McKegney, TonyTony McKegney	LW	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis	C	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Peluso, MikeMike Peluso	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Grimson, StuStu Grimson	LW	5	0	0	0	46	-1	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	G	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	295	6	2	4	20	4.07	0	183	163	.891
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	69	3	0	0	3	2.61	0	39	36	.923
Team:	364	6	2	4	23	3.79	0	222	199	.896

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; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage

Awards and Records

• Presidents' Trophy: Chicago Blackhawks
• Calder Memorial Trophy: Ed Belfour
• Frank J. Selke Trophy: Dirk Graham
• Vezina Trophy: Ed Belfour
• William M. Jennings Trophy: Ed Belfour
• Jeremy Roenick, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Steve Larmer, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Chris Chelios, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Ed Belfour, Goaltender, NHL All-Rookie Team

References

• Blackhawks on Hockey Database