1985–86 Chicago Black Hawks season

1985–86 Chicago Black Hawks
Norris Division Champions
Division 1st Norris
1985–86 record 39–33–8
Goals for 351
Goals against 349
Team information
General Manager Bob Pulford
Coach Bob Pulford
Captain Darryl Sutter
Bob Murray (Nov-Jan), (interim)
Team leaders
<1984–85

1986–87 >

Offseason

The 1985-86 Chicago Black Hawks were coming off a second place Norris Division finish and made it to the Clarence Campbell Conference Finals, but again could not get past Gretzky's Oilers in the playoffs who won their second straight Stanley Cup Championship. The Black Hawks were happy with their roster and made no major offseason moves. There were high hopes and optimism heading into the season. The only Black Hawks change came about while someone was going through the team's records, and discovered in the team's original NHL contract that the name was printed as a compound word "Blackhawks" as opposed to two separate words ("Black Hawks") which was the way most sources had been printing it for 60 years and as the team had always officially listed it. The name officially became "Chicago Blackhawks" from the 1986-87 season on.

Regular season

The Blackhawks started slow winning only four of their first 14 games, but would heat up winning 14 of 18 games in December–January. They would finish the season in first place in the Norris Division with a record of 39-33-8.

Offensively, the Blackhawks were again led by Denis Savard, who led the team in scoring for the fifth year in a row with team highs of 47 goals, 69 assists and 116 points, which placed him seventh in NHL scoring (Gretzky again lead the league - this time with 215 points). Troy Murray was second on the team in goals, assists and points (45-54-99), led the club with a +32 rating, and won the Selke award as best defensive forward. Al Secord also reached the 40-goal level, and once again led the team in penalty minutes, as he accumulated 201. On defense, Doug Wilson again led the club with 64 points, while Behn Wilson (no relation) added 51 points. Defenseman Bob Murray served as team captain for two months while Darryl Sutter was out due to injury.

In goal, Murray Bannerman led the club with 20 victories in 48 games, but had a high 4.48 GGA. Bob Sauve acquired in October from the Sabres, split time with Bannerman, and had 19 vicotories in 38 games with a 3.94 GAA.

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Chicago Black Hawks 80 39 33 8 351 349 86
Minnesota North Stars 80 38 33 9 327 305 85
St. Louis Blues 80 37 34 9 302 291 83
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 25 48 7 311 386 57
Detroit Red Wings 80 17 57 6 266 415 40

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 10, 19852–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 0–1–0
2LOctober 12, 19853–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 0–2–0
3LOctober 13, 19851–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 0–3–0
4TOctober 16, 19855–5 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 0–3–1
5WOctober 19, 19856–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 1–3–1
6LOctober 20, 19852–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 1–4–1
7WOctober 23, 19859–2 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 2–4–1
8WOctober 24, 19856–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 3–4–1
9LOctober 27, 19852–4 Washington Capitals (1985–86) 3–5–1
10WOctober 30, 19856–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 4–5–1
11LNovember 2, 19854–5 @ Boston Bruins (1985–86) 4–6–1
12LNovember 5, 19854–8 @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 4–7–1
13LNovember 7, 19852–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 4–8–1
14LNovember 9, 19851–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 4–9–1
15WNovember 11, 19855–4 OT @ New York Rangers (1985–86) 5–9–1
16WNovember 13, 19856–4 Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 6–9–1
17LNovember 16, 19854–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 6–10–1
18TNovember 17, 19855–5 OT Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 6–10–2
19WNovember 20, 19852–0 Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 7–10–2
20WNovember 23, 19857–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 8–10–2
21TNovember 24, 19854–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 8–10–3
22WNovember 26, 19855–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 9–10–3
23TNovember 30, 19854–4 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 9–10–4
24LDecember 3, 19852–9 @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 9–11–4
25LDecember 6, 19852–5 @ Calgary Flames (1985–86) 9–12–4
26LDecember 8, 19853–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 9–13–4
27LDecember 11, 19859–12 Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 9–14–4
28LDecember 14, 19853–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 9–15–4
29WDecember 15, 19856–4 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 10–15–4
30WDecember 18, 19855–4 Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 11–15–4
31WDecember 21, 19856–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 12–15–4
32WDecember 22, 19855–4 OT Calgary Flames (1985–86) 13–15–4
33LDecember 26, 19856–9 @ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 13–16–4
34WDecember 28, 19857–4 @ Washington Capitals (1985–86) 14–16–4
35WDecember 29, 19854–3 Boston Bruins (1985–86) 15–16–4
36WJanuary 1, 19867–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1985–86) 16–16–4
37WJanuary 4, 19864–1 @ New York Islanders (1985–86) 17–16–4
38WJanuary 5, 19866–2 Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 18–16–4
39LJanuary 8, 19867–8 New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 18–17–4
40WJanuary 10, 19869–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 19–17–4
41WJanuary 12, 19864–2 Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 20–17–4
42TJanuary 14, 19863–3 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 20–17–5
43WJanuary 15, 19864–2 Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 21–17–5
44LJanuary 17, 19861–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 21–18–5
45WJanuary 19, 19866–4 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 22–18–5
46TJanuary 22, 19863–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1985–86) 22–18–6
47WJanuary 24, 19865–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 23–18–6
48TJanuary 25, 19863–3 OT @ New York Islanders (1985–86) 23–18–7
49LJanuary 27, 19863–4 Edmonton Oilers (1985–86) 23–19–7
50WJanuary 29, 19865–4 New York Rangers (1985–86) 24–19–7
51WFebruary 1, 19867–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 25–19–7
52LFebruary 2, 19863–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 25–20–7
53WFebruary 5, 19863–2 New York Islanders (1985–86) 26–20–7
54LFebruary 8, 19865–8 @ Quebec Nordiques (1985–86) 26–21–7
55TFebruary 9, 19862–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1985–86) 26–21–8
56WFebruary 11, 19865–4 Boston Bruins (1985–86) 27–21–8
57WFebruary 13, 19865–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 28–21–8
58LFebruary 15, 19863–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 28–22–8
59WFebruary 16, 19864–2 St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 29–22–8
60LFebruary 19, 19865–6 Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 29–23–8
61WFebruary 21, 19865–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1985–86) 30–23–8
62WFebruary 23, 19866–2 Calgary Flames (1985–86) 31–23–8
63WFebruary 27, 19866–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1985–86) 32–23–8
64LMarch 1, 19863–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 32–24–8
65WMarch 2, 19866–4 St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 33–24–8
66LMarch 5, 19863–8 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 33–25–8
67LMarch 8, 19863–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 33–26–8
68WMarch 9, 19864–2 St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 34–26–8
69LMarch 12, 19866–7 Buffalo Sabres (1985–86) 34–27–8
70LMarch 15, 19864–11 @ Hartford Whalers (1985–86) 34–28–8
71WMarch 16, 19865–4 Vancouver Canucks (1985–86) 35–28–8
72LMarch 22, 19864–8 @ Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 35–29–8
73WMarch 23, 19865–3 @ New York Rangers (1985–86) 36–29–8
74WMarch 26, 19865–3 Detroit Red Wings (1985–86) 37–29–8
75LMarch 29, 19862–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1985–86) 37–30–8
76LMarch 30, 19864–5 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1985–86) 37–31–8
77WApril 1, 19862–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 38–31–8
78LApril 2, 19865–7 Minnesota North Stars (1985–86) 38–32–8
79LApril 5, 19865–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 38–33–8
80WApril 6, 19863–1 St. Louis Blues (1985–86) 39–33–8

Playoffs

The Hawks opened the playoffs against the Toronto Maple Leafs, who finished fourth in the Norris with a record of 25-48-7, 29 points behind the Hawks. The series opened with two games at Chicago Stadium, and the Blackhawks dropped both games with scores of 5-3 and 6-4. The series moved to Toronto where the Maple Leafs finished off the shocking series sweep with a 7-2 win to end the series in three. That year Gretzky's Oilers were eliminated in the second round, and if the Blackhawks could have won their highly favored playoff against Toronto, they would not have had to go through Edmonton to get to the Finals.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard C 80 47 69 116 11171418
Murray, TroyTroy Murray C 80 45 54 99 9432957
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk C 79 29 50 79 472812
Secord, AlAl Secord LW 80 40 36 76 20181203
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer RW 80 31 45 76 4791313
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser LW 61 29 39 68 8411701
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson D 79 17 47 64 8024302
Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson D 69 13 37 50 113-111006
Brown, KeithKeith Brown D 70 11 29 40 87-6110
Murray, BobBob Murray D 80 9 29 38 756301
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk C 78 14 20 34 43-17002
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter LW 50 17 10 27 44-15302
Watson, BillBill Watson RW 52 8 16 24 2-4200
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan D 80 4 19 23 1165000
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak C 51 2 19 21 14-19000
Presley, WayneWayne Presley RW 38 7 8 15 38-6001
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont D 75 2 13 15 173-17000
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin D 71 7 7 14 600001
Gardner, BillBill Gardner C 46 3 10 13 6-8000
Paterson, RickRick Paterson C 70 9 3 12 24-1050
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik C 49 6 5 11 21-2010
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman G 48 0 2 2 60000
Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau C 7 1 0 1 21000
Sauve, BobBob Sauve G 38 0 1 1 270000
Cassidy, BruceBruce Cassidy D 1 0 0 0 00000
Larmer, JeffJeff Larmer LW 2 0 0 0 01000
LaVarre, MarkMark LaVarre RW 2 0 0 0 0-2000
McMurchy, TomTom McMurchy RW 4 0 0 0 2-1000
Posa, VictorVictor Posa LW/D 2 0 0 0 20000
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski G 1 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman 2689 48 20 19 6 201 4.48 115381337.869
Sauve, BobBob Sauve 2099 38 19 13 2 138 3.94 012101072.886
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski 60 1 0 1 0 6 6.00 04539.867
Team: 4848 80 39 33 8 345 4.27 127932448.876

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard C 3 4 1 5 6-1200
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak C 3 2 1 3 2-1000
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter LW 3 1 2 3 0-4100
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer RW 3 0 3 3 4-1000
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson D 3 1 1 2 2-5000
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk C 3 1 1 2 22000
Murray, BobBob Murray D 3 0 2 2 0-4000
Secord, AlAl Secord LW 2 0 2 2 26-1000
Brown, KeithKeith Brown D 3 0 1 1 9-1000
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser LW 3 0 1 1 12-4000
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan D 3 0 1 1 4-3000
Watson, BillBill Watson RW 2 0 1 1 0-1000
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman G 2 0 0 0 40000
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin D 3 0 0 0 0-1000
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont D 1 0 0 0 01000
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik C 3 0 0 0 12-1000
Murray, TroyTroy Murray C 2 0 0 0 2-3000
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk C 3 0 0 0 0-6000
Paterson, RickRick Paterson C 3 0 0 0 00000
Presley, WayneWayne Presley RW 3 0 0 0 00000
Sauve, BobBob Sauve G 2 0 0 0 00000
Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson D 2 0 0 0 2-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman 81 2 0 1 9 6.67 04031.775
Sauve, BobBob Sauve 99 2 0 2 8 4.85 06153.869
Team: 180 3 0 3 17 5.67 010184.832

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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;

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ↑ "1985-86 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

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