2017–18 Chicago Blackhawks season

2017–18 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	TBD Central
Conference	TBD Western
Team information
General Manager	Stan Bowman
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Jonathan Toews
Alternate captains	Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook
Arena	United Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Indy Fuel (ECHL)

The 2017–18 Chicago Blackhawks season will be the 92nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Blackhawks published their preseason schedule on June 8, 2017.^[1]

2017 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 19	@ Columbus	–			Nationwide Arena
2	September 21	Detroit	–			United Center
3	September 23	Columbus	–			United Center
4	September 25	@ Boston	–			TD Garden
5	September 28	@ Detroit	–			Little Caesars Arena
6	September 30	Boston	–			United Center

Regular season

The Blackhawks released their regular season schedule on June 22, 2017.^[2]

2017–18 game log

October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 5	Pittsburgh	–			United Center
2	October 7	Columbus	–			United Center
3	October 9	@ Toronto	–			Air Canada Centre
4	October 10	@ Montreal	–			Bell Centre
5	October 12	Minnesota	–			United Center
6	October 14	Nashville	–			United Center
7	October 18	@ St. Louis	–			Scottrade Center
8	October 19	Edmonton	–			United Center
9	October 21	@ Arizona	–			Gila River Arena
10	October 24	@ Vegas	–			T-Mobile Arena
11	October 27	Nashville	–			United Center
12	October 28	@ Colorado	–			Pepsi Center

November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	Philadelphia	–			United Center
14	November 4	@ Minnesota	–			Xcel Energy Center
15	November 5	Montreal	–			United Center
16	November 9	@ Philadelphia	–			Wells Fargo Center
17	November 11	@ Carolina	–			PNC Arena
18	November 12	New Jersey	–			United Center
19	November 15	NY Rangers	–			United Center
20	November 18	@ Pittsburgh	–			PPG Paints Arena
21	November 22	@ Tampa Bay	–			Amalie Arena
22	November 25	@ Florida	–			BB&T Center
23	November 27	Anaheim	–			United Center
24	November 28	@ Nashville	–			Bridgestone Arena
25	November 30	Dallas	–			United Center

December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
26	December 2	@ Dallas	–			American Airlines Center
27	December 3	Los Angeles	–			United Center
28	December 6	@ Washington	–			Verizon Center
29	December 8	Buffalo	–			United Center
30	December 10	Arizona	–			United Center
31	December 12	Florida	–			United Center
32	December 14	@ Winnipeg	–			Bell MTS Place
33	December 17	Minnesota	–			United Center
34	December 21	@ Dallas	–			American Airlines Center
35	December 23	@ New Jersey	–			Prudential Center
36	December 28	@ Vancouver	–			Rogers Arena
37	December 29	@ Edmonton	–			Rogers Place
38	December 31	@ Calgary	–			Scotiabank Saddledome

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 3	@ NY Rangers	–			Madison Square Garden
40	January 5	Vegas	–			United Center
41	January 7	Edmonton	–			United Center
42	January 9	@ Ottawa	–			Canadian Tire Centre
43	January 10	Minnesota	–			United Center
44	January 12	Winnipeg	–			United Center
45	January 14	Detroit	–			United Center
46	January 20	NY Islanders	–			United Center
47	January 22	Tampa Bay	–			United Center
48	January 24	Toronto	–			United Center
49	January 25	@ Detroit	–			Little Caesars Arena
50	January 30	@ Nashville	–			Bridgestone Arena

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
51	February 1	@ Vancouver	–			Rogers Arena
52	February 3	@ Calgary	–			Scotiabank Saddledome
53	February 6	Calgary	–			United Center
54	February 8	Dallas	–			United Center
55	February 10	@ Minnesota	–			Xcel Energy Center
56	February 12	@ Arizona	–			Gila River Arena
57	February 13	@ Vegas	–			T-Mobile Arena
58	February 15	Anaheim	–			United Center
59	February 17	Washington	–			United Center
60	February 19	Los Angeles	–			United Center
61	February 21	Ottawa	–			United Center
62	February 23	San Jose	–			United Center
63	February 24	@ Columbus	–			Nationwide Arena

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 1	@ San Jose	–			SAP Center
65	March 3	@ Los Angeles	–			Staples Center
66	March 4	@ Anaheim	–			Honda Center
67	March 6	Colorado	–			United Center
68	March 8	Carolina	–			United Center
69	March 10	@ Boston	–			TD Garden
70	March 11	Boston	–			United Center
71	March 15	@ Winnipeg	–			Bell MTS Place
72	March 17	@ Buffalo	–			Buffalo
73	March 18	St. Louis	–			United Center
74	March 20	Colorado	–			United Center
75	March 22	Vancouver	–			United Center
76	March 24	@ NY Islanders	–			Barclays Center
77	March 26	San Jose	–			United Center
78	March 29	Winnipeg	–			United Center
79	March 30	@ Colorado	–			Pepsi Center

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Arena	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 4	@ St. Louis	–			Scottrade Center
81	April 6	St. Louis	–			United Center
82	April 7	@ Winnipeg	–			Bell MTS Place

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Western Conference
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks	—	—	—	—	—	—
Colorado Avalanche
Dallas Stars
Minnesota Wild
Nashville Predators
St. Louis Blues
Winnipeg Jets

Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks
Arizona Coyotes
Calgary Flames
Edmonton Oilers
Los Angeles Kings
San Jose Sharks
Vancouver Canucks
Vegas Golden Knights

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres
Detroit Red Wings
Florida Panthers
Montreal Canadiens
Ottawa Senators
Tampa Bay Lightning
Toronto Maple Leafs

Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes
Columbus Blue Jackets
New Jersey Devils
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Washington Capitals

Roster

Updated July 2, 2017.^[3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
15	Russia !	Anisimov, ArtemArtem Anisimov	4.0 !C	L	29	2015	Yaroslavl, Soviet Union
39	Canada !	Baun, KyleKyle Baun	7.0 !RW	R	25	2015	Toronto, Ontario
–	Canada !	Berube, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Berube	1.0 !G	L	26	2017	Repentigny, Quebec
17	Canada !	Bouma, LanceLance Bouma	4.0 !C	L	27	2017	Provost, Alberta
50	Canada !	Crawford, CoreyCorey Crawford	1.0 !G	L	32	2003	Montreal, Quebec
–	Canada !	Dauphin, LaurentLaurent Dauphin	4.0 !C	L	22	2017	Repentigny, Quebec
31	Sweden !	Forsberg, AntonAnton Forsberg	1.0 !G	L	24	2017	Härnösand, Sweden
42	Sweden !	Forsling, GustavGustav Forsling	2.0 !D	L	21	2014	Linköping, Sweden
30	Canada !	Glass, JeffJeff Glass	1.0 !G	L	31	2017	Calgary, Alberta
56	Sweden !	Gustafsson, ErikErik Gustafsson	2.0 !D	L	25	2015	Nynäshamn, Sweden
38	United States !	Hartman, RyanRyan Hartman	7.0 !RW	R	23	2013	Hilton Head, South Carolina
40	United States !	Hayden, JohnJohn Hayden	4.0 !C	R	21	2013	Chicago, Illinois
48	United States !	Hinostroza, VinceVince Hinostroza	4.3 !C/RW	R	23	2012	Bartlett, Illinois
81	Slovakia !	Hossa, MarianMarian Hossa	7.0 !RW	L	38	2009	Stará Ľubovňa, Czechoslovakia
13	Slovakia !	Jurco, TomasTomas Jurco	7.0 !RW	L	24	2017	Košice, Czechoslovakia
88	United States !	Kane, PatrickPatrick Kane	7.0 !RW	L	28	2007	Buffalo, New York
2	Canada !	Keith, DuncanDuncan Keith (A)	2.0 !D	L	34	2002	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6	Czech Republic !	Kempny, MichalMichal Kempny	2.0 !D	L	26	2016	Hodonin, Czechoslovakia
67	United States !	Kero, TannerTanner Kero	4.0 !C	L	25	2015	Hancock, Michigan
5	United States !	Murphy, ConnorConnor Murphy	2.0 !D	R	24	2017	Boston, Massachusetts
82	United States !	Oesterle, JordanJordan Oesterle	2.0 !D	L	25	2017	Dearborn Heights, Michigan
14	Slovakia !	Panik, RichardRichard Panik	6.0 !LW	L	26	2016	Martin, Czechoslovakia
32	Czech Republic !	Rozsival, MichalMichal Rozsival	2.0 !D	R	38	2013	Vlasim, Czechoslovakia
44	Czech Republic !	Rutta, JanJan Rutta	2.0 !D	R	27	2017	Písek, Czechoslovakia
20	United States !	Saad, BrandonBrandon Saad	6.0 !LW	L	24	2017	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
8	United States !	Schmaltz, NickNick Schmaltz	4.0 !C	R	21	2014	Madison, Wisconsin
7	Canada !	Seabrook, BrentBrent Seabrook (A)	2.0 !D	R	32	2003	Richmond, British Columbia
10	Canada !	Sharp, PatrickPatrick Sharp	6.0 !LW	R	35	2017	Winnipeg, Manitoba
19	Canada !	Toews, JonathanJonathan Toews (C)	4.0 !C	L	29	2006	Winnipeg, Manitoba
22	Canada !	Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo	7.0 !RW	R	34	2016	Churchill, Manitoba
57	United States !	Wingels, TommyTommy Wingels	4.0 !C	R	29	2017	Evanston, Illinois

Transactions

The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	To Arizona Coyotes Niklas Hjalmarsson	To Chicago Blackhawks Connor Murphy Laurent Dauphin	^[4]
June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Artemi Panarin Tyler Motte NYI's 6th round pick in 2017	To Chicago Blackhawks Brandon Saad Anton Forsberg 5th round pick in 2018	^[5]
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02)	To Vegas Golden Knights Marcus Kruger	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations	^[6]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Jean-Francois Berube	Vegas Golden Knights	2-year, $1.5 million	^[7]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Lance Bouma	Calgary Flames	1-year, $1 million	^[8]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Jordan Oesterle	Edmonton Oilers	2-year, $1.3 million	^[9]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Patrick Sharp	Dallas Stars	1-year, $1 million	^[10]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Tommy Wingels	Ottawa Senators	1-year, $750,000	^[11]
July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28)	Collin Delia	Merrimack Warriors	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[12]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
May 5, 2017 (2017-05-05)	Martin Lundberg	Växjö Lakers	Unknown	^[13]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Pierre-Cedric Labrie	Nashville Predators	1-year, $650,000	^[14]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Lars Johansson	CSKA Moscow	1-year
July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04)	Michael Latta	Arizona Coyotes	1-year, $650,000	^[15]
July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)	Dennis Rasmussen	Anaheim Ducks	1-year, $725,000	^[16]
July 24, 2017 (2017-07-24)	Johnny Oduya	Ottawa Senators	1-year, $1 million	^[17]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref
July 17, 2017 (2017-07-17)	Brian Campbell	^[18]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Anton Forsberg	2-year, $1.5 million	^[19]
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Tomas Jurco	1-year, $800,000	^[19]
June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27)	Ville Pokka	1-year, $650,000	^[20]
July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)	Erik Gustafsson	1-year, $650,000	^[21]

Draft picks

Below are the Chicago Blackhawks' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	29¹	Henri Jokiharju	D	Finland	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
2	57	Ian Mitchell	D	Canada	Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL)
3	70²	Andrei Altybarmakyan	RW	Russia	SKA-Neva St. Petersburg (VHL)
3	90³	Evan Barratt	C	USA	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
4	112⁴	Tim Soderlund	C	Sweden	Skelleftea AIK (SHL)
4	119	Roope Laavainen	D	Finland	Jokerit U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
5	144⁵	Parker Foo	LW	Canada	Brooks Bandits (AJHL)
5	150	Jakub Galvas	D	Czech Republic	HC Olomouc (Czech Extraliga)
7	215⁶	Josh Ess	D	USA	Lakeville South (USHS)

Notes:^[22]

The Anaheim Ducks' first-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2017 that sent a first-round pick in 2017 (26th overall) to Dallas in exchange for a third-round pick in 2017 (70th overall) and this pick.^[23]
The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2017 that sent a first-round pick in 2017 (26th overall) to Dallas in exchange for Anaheim's first-round pick in 2017 (29th overall) and this pick.^[23]
The Ottawa Senators' third-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on April 28, 2017 that sent Scott Darling to Carolina in exchange for this pick.^[24]
The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017 that sent Carolina's fifth-round pick and a sixth-round pick both in 2017 (135th and 181st overall) to Vancouver in exchange for this pick.^[25]
The St. Louis Blues' fifth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a Florida's fifth-round pick in 2016 to St. Louis in exchange for this pick.^[26]
The Anaheim Ducks' seventh-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Corey Tropp to Anaheim in exchange for Tim Jackman and this pick.^[27]

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Chicago Blackhawks
Founded in 1926 Based in Chicago, Illinois
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Records Award winners Seasons Current season
History	Original Six Records Award winners Retired numbers
Personnel	Owner Wirtz Corporation (Rocky Wirtz, chairman) General manager Stan Bowman Head coach Joel Quenneville Team captain Jonathan Toews Current roster
Arenas	Chicago Coliseum Chicago Stadium United Center
Rivalries	St. Louis Blues Detroit Red Wings
Affiliates	AHL Rockford IceHogs ECHL Indy Fuel
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Culture and lore	Ashland Green/Pink Line Station "Chelsea Dagger" Curse of Muldoon Eddie Olczyk Gene Honda "Here Come the Hawks" "Holiday Road" Jim Cornelison The "Madhouse on Madison" Nancy Faust Pat Foley Sudden Death Wayne Messmer 86th Infantry Division 17 seconds 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Stadium Series 2015 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series 2017 NHL Winter Classic

Chicago Blackhawks seasons
1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
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1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
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2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

2017–18 NHL season
Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Arizona Coyotes Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles Kings San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks Vegas Golden Knights
Central	Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Avalanche Dallas Stars Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Winnipeg Jets
Atlantic	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto Maple Leafs
Metropolitan	Carolina Hurricanes Columbus Blue Jackets New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals
See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft 100 Classic Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and Fines

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