1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks season saw the Blackhawks finish second in the Norris Division with a record of 36 wins, 29 losses, and 15 ties for 87 points. They defeated the St. Louis Blues in six games in the Division Semi-finals and swept the first-place Detroit Red Wings in the Division Finals. After sweeping the Edmonton Oilers in the Campbell Conference Finals, the Blackhawks met the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals. However, Chicago's luck ran out against Pittsburgh, as the Penguins swept them in four straight games to capture their second straight Stanley Cup championship.

1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks
Campbell Conference champions
Division2nd Norris
Conference3rd Campbell
1991–92 record36–29–15
Home record23–9–8
Road record13–20–7
Goals for257
Goals against236
Team information
General managerMike Keenan
CoachMike Keenan
CaptainDirk Graham
Alternate captainsChris Chelios
Steve Larmer
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsJeremy Roenick (53)
AssistsJeremy Roenick (50)
PointsJeremy Roenick (103)
Penalty minutesMike Peluso (408)
WinsEd Belfour (21)
Goals against averageDominik Hasek (2.60)

Offseason

Following the Blackhawks implosion in the first round of the 1991 playoffs, it was no surprise Mike Keenan made some major changes. The offseason saw the Hawks make a series of trades that parted ways with Doug Wilson, Troy Murray, Dave Manson, Wayne Presley and Greg Millen. In return the Hawks added Brent Sutter, Steve Smith, Bryan Marchment, Adam Creighton, and Steve Thomas.

NHL Draft
See also: 1991 NHL Entry Draft
Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
122Dean McAmmondCenter CanadaPrince Albert Raiders (WHL)
239Mike PomichterCenter United StatesSpringfield Olympics (NEJHL)
244Jamie MatthewsCenter CanadaSudbury Wolves (OHL)
366Bobby HouseRight Wing CanadaBrandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
471Igor KravchukDefense Soviet UnionCSKA Moscow (USSR)
488Zac BoyerRight Wing CanadaKamloops Blazers (WHL)
5110Maco BalkovecDefense CanadaMerritt Centennials (BCHL)
6112Kevin St. JacquesLeft Wing CanadaLethbridge Broncos (WHL)
6132Jacques AugerDefense CanadaUniversity of Wisconsin (WCHA)
7154Scott KirtonRight Wing CanadaPowell River Paper Kings (BCHL)
8176Roch BelleyGoaltender CanadaNiagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
9198Scott MacDonaldDefense United StatesChoate Rosemary Hall (USHS-CT)
10220Alexander AndrievskyRight Wing Soviet UnionDynamo Moscow (NCAA)
11242Mike LarkinDefense United StatesRice Memorial High School (USHS-MA)
12264Scott DeanDefense United StatesLake Forrest High School (USHS-IL)
S28Dan GravelleLeft Wing CanadaMerrimack College (Hockey East)

Regular season

Following their President's Cup level play the prior year, the 1991-92 regular season was disappointing second-place finish with only 87 points (19 less than the prior year). The Blackhawks did, however, make the playoffs for their 23 consecutive season. The Blackhawks had the most power-play opportunities in the NHL, with 467.[1]

Offensively, the Hawks were led by center Jeremy Roenick in goals (53), assists (50) and scoring (103). This was Roenick's first of three straight 100 point seasons. Steve Larmer was second on the team in goals (29) and points (74). Chris Chelios was second on the team in assists (47) and tied with Steve Smith for the lead in goals (9) by a defenseman. Mike Peluso only played in 63 games, but was able to accumulate 408 minutes in the penalty box breaking Dave Manson's record.

Ed Belfour's multiple trophy season the year before virtually continued into the 1991–92 season despite being a contract holdout to begin the season. He also missed a brief spell in the second half of the season due to personal reasons. This enabled Dominik Hasek to show flashes of the brilliance that would later define his Hall of Fame career. Hasek earned All-Rookie honors with a 10-4-1 record and a 2.60 GGA, while Belfour was 21-18-10 with a 2.70 GGA. The Hawks tried to get former first-rounder Jimmy Waite going during Belfour's holdout absence, however he could only produce a 4-7-4 record and a 3.69 GGA. Raymond LeBlanc, the ex-Team USA goalie, played one game in net, allowing only 1 goal in a win versus the San Jose Sharks.

Final standings
Norris Division[2]
GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings8043251232025698
2 Chicago Blackhawks8036291525723687
3 St. Louis Blues8036331127926683
4 Minnesota North Stars803242624627870
5 Toronto Maple Leafs803043723429467
Campbell Conference[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1Detroit Red WingsNRS8043251232025698
2Vancouver CanucksSMY8042261228525096
3Chicago BlackhawksNRS8036291525723687
4Los Angeles KingsSMY8035311428729684
5St. Louis BluesNRS8036331127926683
6Edmonton OilersSMY8036341029529782
7Winnipeg JetsSMY8033321525124481
8Calgary FlamesSMY8031371229630574
9Minnesota North StarsNRS803242624627870
10Toronto Maple LeafsNRS803043723429467
11San Jose SharksSMY801758521935939

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe
bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 3, 19913–3 OTDetroit Red Wings (1991–92)0–0–1
2LOctober 5, 19912–4@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)0–1–1
3LOctober 6, 19912–4New Jersey Devils (1991–92)0–2–1
4WOctober 10, 19917–6Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)1–2–1
5WOctober 12, 19917–2@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)2–2–1
6WOctober 13, 19917–3San Jose Sharks (1991–92)3–2–1
7WOctober 17, 19914–2Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)4–2–1
8TOctober 19, 19914–4 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)4–2–2
9LOctober 20, 19911–4St. Louis Blues (1991–92)4–3–2
10TOctober 22, 19914–4 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)4–3–3
11LOctober 24, 19912–5Calgary Flames (1991–92)4–4–3
12WOctober 26, 19914–2@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)5–4–3
13LOctober 27, 19913–6Boston Bruins (1991–92)5–5–3
14WOctober 31, 19914–3New York Islanders (1991–92)6–5–3
15LNovember 2, 19913–4@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)6–6–3
16TNovember 3, 19914–4 OTMinnesota North Stars (1991–92)6–6–4
17WNovember 7, 19914–2Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)7–6–4
18LNovember 9, 19912–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)7–7–4
19WNovember 10, 19913–0Hartford Whalers (1991–92)8–7–4
20WNovember 14, 19913–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)9–7–4
21TNovember 16, 19912–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)9–7–5
22WNovember 17, 19915–1St. Louis Blues (1991–92)10–7–5
23LNovember 19, 19911–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)10–8–5
24LNovember 22, 19910–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)10–9–5
25LNovember 27, 19912–6@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)10–10–5
26LNovember 29, 19912–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)10–11–5
27LDecember 1, 19912–3 OT@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)10–12–5
28WDecember 5, 19916–2Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)11–12–5
29WDecember 7, 19915–2@ New York Islanders (1991–92)12–12–5
30WDecember 8, 19917–2Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)13–12–5
31LDecember 10, 19913–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)13–13–5
32TDecember 14, 19911–1 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)13–13–6
33TDecember 15, 19914–4 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1991–92)13–13–7
34WDecember 19, 19916–4Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)14–13–7
35TDecember 21, 19911–1 OT@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)14–13–8
36WDecember 22, 19915–2St. Louis Blues (1991–92)15–13–8
37LDecember 26, 19911–3@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)15–14–8
38TDecember 27, 19913–3 OTWinnipeg Jets (1991–92)15–14–9
39LDecember 29, 19914–6Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)15–15–9
40LDecember 31, 19912–6@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)15–16–9
41LJanuary 2, 19923–4New York Rangers (1991–92)15–17–9
42WJanuary 4, 19924–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)16–17–9
43WJanuary 5, 19925–2Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)17–17–9
44WJanuary 9, 19922–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)18–17–9
45LJanuary 10, 19922–6@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)18–18–9
46WJanuary 12, 19924–2Washington Capitals (1991–92)19–18–9
47TJanuary 14, 19921–1 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)19–18–10
48WJanuary 16, 19924–0Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)20–18–10
49WJanuary 23, 19924–2Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)21–18–10
50WJanuary 25, 19922–0@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)22–18–10
51WJanuary 27, 19924–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)23–18–10
52WJanuary 29, 19924–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)24–18–10
53LJanuary 30, 19921–4@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)24–19–10
54LFebruary 1, 19920–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)24–20–10
55LFebruary 5, 19922–5@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)24–21–10
56WFebruary 8, 19923–1@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)25–21–10
57TFebruary 13, 19922–2 OTLos Angeles Kings (1991–92)25–21–11
58TFebruary 16, 19925–5 OTCalgary Flames (1991–92)25–21–12
59TFebruary 20, 19924–4 OTNew Jersey Devils (1991–92)25–21–13
60LFebruary 22, 19921–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)25–22–13
61WFebruary 23, 19924–2St. Louis Blues (1991–92)26–22–13
62LFebruary 25, 19921–4@ New York Rangers (1991–92)26–23–13
63WFebruary 27, 19924–2Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)27–23–13
64LFebruary 29, 19925–6 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)27–24–13
65WMarch 1, 19923–1@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)28–24–13
66TMarch 5, 19924–4 OTNew York Islanders (1991–92)28–24–14
67WMarch 7, 19922–1@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)29–24–14
68WMarch 8, 19924–0Boston Bruins (1991–92)30–24–14
69WMarch 10, 19925–1San Jose Sharks (1991–92)31–24–14
70LMarch 11, 19921–7@ New York Rangers (1991–92)31–25–14
71LMarch 15, 19923–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)31–26–14
72WMarch 19, 19924–1Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)32–26–14
73WMarch 21, 19923–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)33–26–14
74LMarch 22, 19922–6Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)33–27–14
75WMarch 26, 19925–4 OT@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)34–27–14
76WMarch 28, 19923–1@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)35–27–14
77WMarch 29, 19925–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)36–27–14
78TMarch 31, 19923–3 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)36–27–15
79LApril 12, 19921–2Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)36–28–15
80LApril 14, 19923–5@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)36–29–15

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Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Jeremy Roenick805350103+2398
Steve Larmer80294574+1065
Michel Goulet75224163+2069
Chris Chelios8094756+24245
Brent Sutter61183250-530
Dirk Graham80173047-589

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player GP TOI W L OT GA SO SV% GAA

Playoffs

The Blackhawks began the playoffs against their rival the St. Louis Blues. After splitting the first two in Chicago, the Hawks would go on the road and lose a thriller in double-OT to find themselves down 1–2. The Blackhawks would win the last three games to close out the Blues in six games, and started a playoff winning streak

Apr 18, 1992 - CHI 3-STL 1

Apr 20, 1992 - CHI 3-STL 5

Apr 22, 1992 - STL 5-CHI 4 (OT)

Apr 24, 1992 - STL 3-CHI 5

Apr 26, 1992 - CHI 6-STL 4

Apr 28, 1992 - STL 1-CHI 2

The Blackhawks then took on the Detroit Red Wings, and kept the winning streak going by sweeping the Red Wings to advance to the Campbell Conference Finals

May 2, 1992 - DET 1-CHI 2

May 4, 1992 - DET 1-CHI 3

May 6, 1992 - CHI 5-DET 4

May 8, 1992 - CHI 1-DET 0

Conference finals

In the Conference Final, the Blackhawks faced the Edmonton Oilers for the fourth time in ten years. The Oilers had won all three previous matchups in 1983, 1985, and 1990. But this time around, with many of the players from the Oilers dynasty long gone, the Blackhawks kept their playoff winning streak going sweeping Edmonton in four games. The Blackhawks totally dominated the Oilers, outscoring them 21–8. The streak now reached 11 games (all with Belfour in net setting a Hawks playoff record for consecutive playoff wins by a goalie). The Hawks would be in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1973.

Campbell Conference
Chicago vs. Edmonton
DateAwayHome
May 16Edmonton 28 Chicago
May 18Edmonton 24 Chicago
May 20Chicago 43 EdmontonOT
May 22Chicago 51 Edmonton
Chicago wins series 4–0 and
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Stanley Cup finals

The Blackhawks were facing Mario Lemieux and the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins, who also swept their way into the Finals beating the Bruins. Lemieux proved to be too much for the Hawks, sweeping them en route to his second Conn Smythe Trophy.

Pittsburgh vs. Chicago
DateAwayScoreHomeScore
Tue, May 26Chicago4Pittsburgh5
Thu, May 28Chicago1Pittsburgh3
Sat, May 30Pittsburgh 1Chicago0
Mon, June 1Pittsburgh6Chicago5
Pittsburgh wins series 4–0 and Stanley Cup

Impact on the NBA Finals
See also: 1992 NBA Finals

The Chicago Bulls were in the NBA Finals in 1992, but were successful as they repeated as NBA champions, defeating the Portland Trail Blazers in six games. This was the only year that both the Bulls and the Blackhawks reached their respective league's finals in the same year.

Awards and records

All-Star Game

References
  1. "1991-92 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com.
  2. "1991-1992 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  3. "1991-1992 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  4. "1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

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