1989–90 Chicago Blackhawks season

1989–90 Chicago Blackhawks
Norris Division Champions
Division 1st Norris
Conference 2nd Campbell
1989–90 record 41–33–6
Home record 25–13–2
Road record 16–20–4
Goals for 316
Goals against 294
Team information
General Manager Bob Pulford
Coach Mike Keenan
Captain Dirk Graham
Alternate captains Keith Brown
Steve Larmer
Denis Savard
Doug Wilson
Arena Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals Steve Thomas (40)
Assists Steve Larmer (59)
Points Steve Larmer (90)
Penalties in minutes Wayne Van Dorp (303)
Wins Jacques Cloutier (18)
Goals against average Jacques Cloutier (3.09)
<1988–89 1990–91>

The 1989–90 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Hawks' 64th season. The season involved winning the Norris Division.

Offseason

The most publicized offseason move was Coach Mike Keenan pulling the "C" off team star, Denis Savard's jersey, and making Dirk Graham captain. A less harolded move was the Blackhawks bringing 1970s Soviet star goaltender Vladislav Tretiak to Chicago to help improve their netminders. The biggest offseason trade was a September 1990 deal sending Steve Ludzick to the Sabres for goalie Jacques Cloutier.

NHL Draft

Regular season

The Blackhawks would play consistent hockey all season as they win the Norris Division with a record of 41-33-6.

Offensively, Steve Larmer again led the team with 59 assists and 90 points. Steve Thomas led the team in goals with 40. Dennis Savard was second in points with 80 and assists with 53. Jeremey Roenick finished his first full year with 26 goals and 40 assists for 66 points. Doug Wilson had an outstanding year with 23 goals, 50 assists for a team third-best 73 points. Dave Manson was again second-highest defenseman in scoring with 28 points. On November 2, 1989, Doug Wilson scored just 18 seconds into the overtime period to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 home win over the Minnesota North Stars.[1] It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 1989-90 NHL regular season.[2]

In goal, while Alain Chevrier took the Blackhawks to the Conference finals the year before, his 16-14-3 record and 4.18 Goals Against Average in 89-90 got him traded in March 1990. Jacques Cloutier who was acquired just before the season began, was the primary goaltender with an 18-15-2 record and a 3.09 Goals Against Average. In March, the Blackhawks acquired Greg Millen from Quebec, and he began to take over in the nets at the end of the season with a 5-4-1 record. Eddie Belfour could not make the Hawks roster, and instead spent six months with the Canadian national team.


Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Chicago Blackhawks 80 41 33 6 315 294 88
St. Louis Blues 80 37 34 9 295 279 83
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 38 38 4 337 358 80
Minnesota North Stars 80 36 40 4 284 291 76
Detroit Red Wings 80 28 38 14 288 323 70

[3]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.

Campbell Conference[4]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Calgary Flames SMY 80 42 23 15 348 265 99
2 Edmonton Oilers SMY 80 38 28 14 315 283 90
3 Chicago Blackhawks NRS 80 41 33 6 316 294 88
4 Winnipeg Jets SMY 80 37 32 11 298 290 85
5 St. Louis Blues NRS 80 37 34 9 295 279 83
6 Toronto Maple Leafs NRS 80 38 38 4 337 358 80
7 Minnesota North Stars NRS 80 36 40 4 284 291 76
8 Los Angeles Kings SMY 80 34 39 7 338 337 75
9 Detroit Red Wings NRS 80 28 38 14 288 323 70
10 Vancouver Canucks SMY 80 25 41 14 245 306 64

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 5, 19893–8 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 0–1–0
2WOctober 7, 19893–2 @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 1–1–0
3LOctober 8, 19893–5 New York Rangers (1989–90) 1–2–0
4WOctober 12, 19899–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 2–2–0
5LOctober 14, 19891–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 2–3–0
6WOctober 15, 19893–0 Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 3–3–0
7TOctober 17, 19893–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1989–90) 3–3–1
8LOctober 19, 19893–5 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 3–4–1
9WOctober 20, 19894–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 4–4–1
10WOctober 22, 19897–4 Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 5–4–1
11WOctober 24, 19895–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 6–4–1
12WOctober 26, 19895–3 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 7–4–1
13LOctober 28, 19892–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 7–5–1
14WOctober 29, 19891–0 Washington Capitals (1989–90) 8–5–1
15WOctober 31, 19895–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 9–5–1
16WNovember 2, 19894–3 OT Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 10–5–1
17LNovember 4, 19890–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 10–6–1
18WNovember 5, 19894–3 OT Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 11–6–1
19WNovember 9, 19894–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 12–6–1
20WNovember 11, 19895–3 @ New York Islanders (1989–90) 13–6–1
21WNovember 12, 19894–2 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 14–6–1
22LNovember 16, 19893–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 14–7–1
23TNovember 18, 19894–4 OT @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 14–7–2
24LNovember 19, 19894–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 14–8–2
25LNovember 22, 19893–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 14–9–2
26LNovember 26, 19893–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 14–10–2
27LNovember 30, 19890–2 New York Islanders (1989–90) 14–11–2
28LDecember 3, 19893–4 Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 14–12–2
29WDecember 6, 19896–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 15–12–2
30WDecember 9, 19896–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 16–12–2
31WDecember 10, 19897–1 Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 17–12–2
32WDecember 13, 19893–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 18–12–2
33LDecember 15, 19894–8 @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 18–13–2
34WDecember 17, 19896–5 Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 19–13–2
35WDecember 20, 19899–6 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 20–13–2
36LDecember 22, 19893–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 20–14–2
37WDecember 23, 19897–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 21–14–2
38LDecember 26, 19893–8 @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 21–15–2
39TDecember 28, 19891–1 OT Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 21–15–3
40WDecember 30, 19897–3 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 22–15–3
41WJanuary 3, 19903–2 Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 23–15–3
42WJanuary 6, 19908–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 24–15–3
43TJanuary 10, 19902–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1989–90) 24–15–4
44WJanuary 11, 19905–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 25–15–4
45LJanuary 14, 19905–6 Calgary Flames (1989–90) 25–16–4
46LJanuary 15, 19906–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 25–17–4
47WJanuary 17, 19903–1 Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 26–17–4
48WJanuary 19, 19905–2 Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 27–17–4
49LJanuary 24, 19902–3 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 27–18–4
50WJanuary 26, 19904–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 28–18–4
51LJanuary 27, 19904–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 28–19–4
52WFebruary 1, 19907–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 29–19–4
53LFebruary 4, 19903–7 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 29–20–4
54WFebruary 8, 19908–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 30–20–4
55LFebruary 10, 19904–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 30–21–4
56WFebruary 13, 19904–1 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 31–21–4
57LFebruary 15, 19901–4 Calgary Flames (1989–90) 31–22–4
58WFebruary 17, 19903–1 @ New York Islanders (1989–90) 32–22–4
59WFebruary 18, 19906–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 33–22–4
60WFebruary 20, 19908–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 34–22–4
61LFebruary 22, 19903–6 Boston Bruins (1989–90) 34–23–4
62LFebruary 24, 19902–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 34–24–4
63WFebruary 25, 19904–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 35–24–4
64LFebruary 27, 19900–4 @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 35–25–4
65LMarch 1, 19904–6 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 35–26–4
66LMarch 3, 19903–4 @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 35–27–4
67LMarch 4, 19901–4 Boston Bruins (1989–90) 35–28–4
68LMarch 7, 19904–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 35–29–4
69TMarch 10, 19902–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 35–29–5
70LMarch 11, 19904–6 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 35–30–5
71TMarch 13, 19903–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 35–30–6
72WMarch 15, 19906–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 36–30–6
73LMarch 17, 19902–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 36–31–6
74WMarch 19, 19903–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 37–31–6
75WMarch 22, 19906–3 New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 38–31–6
76LMarch 24, 19903–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 38–32–6
77WMarch 25, 19903–2 Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 39–32–6
78WMarch 29, 19904–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 40–32–6
79LMarch 31, 19904–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 40–33–6
80WApril 1, 19904–1 Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 41–33–6

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer RW 80 31 59 90 4025824
Savard, DenisDenis Savard C 60 27 53 80 5681024
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson D 70 23 50 73 40131312
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas LW 76 40 30 70 91-31307
Creighton, AdamAdam Creighton C 80 34 36 70 22441203
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick C 78 26 40 66 542604
Murray, TroyTroy Murray C 68 17 38 55 86-2314
Graham, DirkDirk Graham W 73 22 32 54 1021231
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert LW 70 12 25 37 5427003
Manson, DaveDave Manson D 59 5 23 28 3014101
Brown, KeithKeith Brown D 67 5 20 25 8726200
Murray, BobBob Murray D 49 5 19 24 453301
Secord, AlAl Secord LW 43 14 7 21 1315100
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux RW 39 10 11 21 470101
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson C/LW 49 9 12 21 56-3003
Yawney, TrentTrent Yawney D 70 5 15 20 82-6101
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 72 4 14 18 156-2001
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd D 75 3 14 17 346100
Presley, WayneWayne Presley RW 49 6 7 13 69-19100
McGill, BobBob McGill D 69 2 10 12 204-7010
Van Dorp, WayneWayne Van Dorp LW 61 7 4 11 303-3001
Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet LW 8 4 1 5 91110
Sanipass, EverettEverett Sanipass LW 12 2 2 4 170000
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles C/LW 23 1 2 3 34-4000
Bassen, BobBob Bassen C 6 1 1 2 81000
Cassidy, BruceBruce Cassidy D 2 1 1 2 0-1100
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier G 39 0 2 2 60000
Noonan, BrianBrian Noonan RW 8 0 2 2 60000
Millen, GregGreg Millen G 10 0 1 1 00000
Russell, CamCam Russell D 19 0 1 1 27-3000
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier G 43 0 0 0 80000
Peluso, MikeMike Peluso LW 2 0 0 0 150000
Vincelette, DanDan Vincelette LW 2 0 0 0 4-1000
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite G 4 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier 2178 43 18 15 2 112 3.09 2931819.880
Chevrier, AlainAlain Chevrier 1894 39 16 14 3 132 4.18 0898766.853
Millen, GregGreg Millen 575 10 5 4 1 32 3.34 0267235.880
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite 183 4 2 0 0 14 4.59 09278.848
Team: 4830 80 41 33 6 290 3.60 221881898.867

Playoffs

After reaching the Conference finals the year before, hopes were high entering the playoffs. The first round reunited the Hawks with their old rivals the Minnesota North Stars for the first time since their four-year consecutive playoff match streak ended in 1985. The playoff format had changed since then, and now featured a seven-game series. The Blackhawks would barely survive this seven game war with the fourth place Minnesota North Stars. The Hawks defeated the North Stars four games to three with the Hawks outscoring Minnesota by a total of three goals over the series.

Apr 4, 1990 - CHI 1, MIN 2

Apr 6, 1990 - CHI 5, MIN 3

Apr 8, 1990 - MIN 1, CHI 2

Apr 10, 1990 - MIN 4, CHI 0

Apr 12, 1990 - CHI 5, MIN 1

Apr 14, 1990 - MIN 5, CHI 3

Apr 16, 1990 - CHI 5, MIN 2

The second round Norris Division Finals, saw the Blackhawks pitted against the St. Louis Blues. The Blackhawks again needed all seven games to advance. In a bold move, coach Mike Keenan decided to start Eddie Belfour, who was recently recalled from the minors, in nets in three of the games, and Eddie the Eagle went 3-0! The first six games were decided by one or two goals each, and game seven in Chicago was set for another close battle, however after Jeremy Roenick gave the Hawks a 2-0 first period lead, the Blues went on a powerplay only to have Steve Larmer score a demoralizing shorthanded goal, and the rout was on - resulting in 8-2 victory. The Blackhawks were again headed to the conference finals - with only the Edmonton Oilers standing in their way to get to the Stanley Cup Finals (and unlike their previous playoff loses to Edmonton, this time the Oilers were without Gretzky)

Apr 18, 1990 - CHI 3, STL 4

Apr 20, 1990 - CHI 5, STL 3

Apr 22, 1990 - STL 5, CHI 4

Apr 24, 1990 - STL 2, CHI 3

Apr 26, 1990 - CHI 3, STL 2

Apr 28, 1990 - STL 4, CHI 2

Apr 30, 1990 - CHI 8, STL 2

The Conference Finals saw Keenan go back to Millen and Cloutier in the nets with Belfour only appearing in the first game despite his 2.49 goals against average. After splitting the first two in the Edmonton, the Hawks took the first home game at the Chicago Stadium to take a 2-1 series lead. However the Oilers won the next three to win the series, and went on to win the Stanley Cup.

May 2, 1990 - EDM 5, CHI 2

May 4, 1990 - EDM 3, CHI 4

May 6, 1990 - CHI 5, EDM 1

May 8, 1990 - CHI 2, EDM 4

May 10, 1990 - EDM 4, CHI 3

May 12, 1990 - CHI 4, EDM 8

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer RW 20 7 15 22 22222
Savard, DenisDenis Savard C 20 7 15 22 410401
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick C 20 11 7 18 8-1401
Presley, WayneWayne Presley RW 19 9 6 15 298111
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson D 20 3 12 15 185101
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas LW 20 7 6 13 332103
Gilbert, GregGreg Gilbert LW 19 5 8 13 3410000
Creighton, AdamAdam Creighton C 20 3 6 9 591010
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux RW 18 1 8 9 281000
Murray, TroyTroy Murray C 20 4 4 8 222100
Yawney, TrentTrent Yawney D 20 3 5 8 27-1301
Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet LW 14 2 4 6 62000
Manson, DaveDave Manson D 20 2 4 6 46-5100
Murray, BobBob Murray D 16 2 4 6 88000
Graham, DirkDirk Graham W 5 1 5 6 20010
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd D 20 1 3 4 196000
Brown, KeithKeith Brown D 18 0 4 4 432000
Sutter, DuaneDuane Sutter RW 20 1 1 2 48-1000
Belfour, EdEd Belfour G 9 0 1 1 60000
Bassen, BobBob Bassen C 1 0 0 0 2-1000
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier G 4 0 0 0 00000
Hudson, MikeMike Hudson C/LW 4 0 0 0 2-2000
McGill, BobBob McGill D 5 0 0 0 21000
Millen, GregGreg Millen G 14 0 0 0 40000
Russell, CamCam Russell D 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Secord, AlAl Secord LW 12 0 0 0 8-2000
Van Dorp, WayneWayne Van Dorp LW 8 0 0 0 23-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Millen, GregGreg Millen 613 14 6 6 40 3.92 0300260.867
Belfour, EdEd Belfour 409 9 4 2 17 2.49 0200183.915
Cloutier, JacquesJacques Cloutier 175 4 0 2 8 2.74 07567.893
Team: 1197 20 10 10 65 3.26 0575510.887

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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;

References

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  2. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1990_games.html
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