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Chris Chelios

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 191 lbs.
Born: January 25, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1979-80 18 Moose Jaw Canucks SJHL 53 12 31 43 0.81 118
1980-81 19 Moose Jaw Canucks SJHL 54 23 64 87 1.61 175
1981-82 20 University of Wisconsin WCHA 43 6 43 49 1.14 50
1981-82 20 United States WJC-A 7 1 2 3 0.43 10
1982-83 21 University of Wisconsin WCHA 26 9 17 26 1.00 50
1983-84 22 United States Nat-Tm 60 14 35 49 0.82 58
1983-84 22 United States Olympics 6 0 4 4 0.67 8
1983-84 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 12 0 2 2 0.17 1 0.05 8 0 16 3 -5 12 0 0 0 0 23 1.92 0.0
1984-85 23 United States Can-Cup 6 0 2 2 0.33 2
1984-85 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 74 9 55 64 0.86 21 0.29 139 43 106 21 11 87 6 2 1 0 199 2.69 4.5
1985-86 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 41 8 26 34 0.83 12 0.29 83 37 55 13 4 67 6 2 0 0 101 2.46 7.9
1986-87 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 71 11 33 44 0.62 15 0.22 102 35 97 25 -5 124 5 6 0 2 141 1.99 7.8
1986-87 25 NHL All-Stars RV-87 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
1987-88 26 United States Can-Cup 5 0 2 2 0.40 2
1987-88 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 71 20 41 61 0.86 22 0.32 125 38 105 32 14 172 9 10 1 5 199 2.80 10.1
1988-89 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 80 15 58 73 0.91 25 0.31 167 62 106 36 35 185 7 8 0 6 206 2.58 7.3
1989-90 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 53 9 22 31 0.58 11 0.21 82 19 74 31 20 136 6 1 2 1 123 2.32 7.3
1990-91 29 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 77 12 52 64 0.83 22 0.28 143 63 97 40 23 192 5 5 2 2 187 2.43 6.4
1991-92 30 United States Can-Cup 8 1 3 4 0.50 4
1991-92 30 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 9 47 56 0.70 18 0.23 138 55 91 32 24 245 5 2 2 2 239 2.99 3.8
1992-93 31 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 84 15 58 73 0.87 24 0.29 165 81 115 45 14 282 7 8 0 2 290 3.45 5.2
1993-94 32 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 16 44 60 0.79 21 0.28 136 61 102 39 12 212 8 7 1 2 219 2.88 7.3
1994-95 33 EHC Biel-Bienne Swiss 3 0 3 3 1.00 4
1994-95 33 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 48 5 33 38 0.79 12 0.26 94 40 59 22 17 72 1 3 1 0 166 3.46 3.0
1995-96 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 14 58 72 0.89 24 0.29 151 54 115 43 25 140 7 7 0 3 219 2.70 6.4
1996-97 35 United States W-Cup 7 0 4 4 0.57 10
1996-97 35 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 72 10 38 48 0.67 16 0.23 111 34 93 32 16 112 8 2 0 2 194 2.69 5.2
1997-98 36 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 3 39 42 0.52 13 0.16 105 38 112 38 -7 151 2 1 0 0 205 2.53 1.5
1997-98 36 United States Olympics 4 2 0 2 0.50 2
1998-99 37 2 Teams NHL 75 9 27 36 0.48 13 0.17 89 28 101 41 1 93 5 3 1 1 187 2.49 4.8 1999 26:39
1998-99 37 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 65 8 26 34 0.52 12 0.18 79 26 97 40 -4 89 5 2 1 0 172 2.65 4.7 1776 27:19
1998-99 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 1 1 2 0.20 1 0.08 10 2 4 1 5 4 0 1 0 1 15 1.50 6.7 224 22:21
1999-00 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 3 31 34 0.42 11 0.13 115 13 79 25 48 103 3 0 0 0 135 1.67 2.2 2047 25:16
2000-01 39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 24 0 3 3 0.13 1 0.04 22 1 23 6 4 45 0 0 0 0 26 1.08 0.0 548 22:51
2001-02 40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 6 33 39 0.49 13 0.16 95 14 74 33 40 126 5 1 0 1 128 1.62 4.7 1999 25:18
2001-02 40 United States Olympics 6 1 0 1 0.17 4
2002-03 41 Detroit Red Wings NHL 66 2 17 19 0.29 6 0.09 55 7 71 27 4 78 1 0 1 1 92 1.39 2.2 1600 24:15
2003-04 42 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 2 19 21 0.30 7 0.10 64 6 61 15 12 61 2 0 0 0 113 1.64 1.8 1473 21:21
2004-05 43 United States W-Cup 5 0 1 1 0.20 0 6
2004-05 43 Motor City Mechanics UHL 23 5 19 24 1.04 13 25 1 3 1 0
2005-06 44 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 4 7 11 0.14 4 0.05 54 3 71 42 22 108 2 1 1 0 83 1.02 4.8 1497 18:29
2005-06 44 United States Olympics 6 0 1 1 0.17 2
2006-07 45 Detroit Red Wings NHL 71 0 11 11 0.15 3 0.05 40 1 60 32 11 34 0 0 0 0 72 1.01 0.0 1287 18:08
2007-08 46 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 3 9 12 0.17 4 0.06 36 2 51 28 11 36 3 0 0 1 60 0.87 5.0 1170 16:58
Career NHL 1616 185 763 948 0.59 319 0.20 2319 735 1934 701 351 2873 103 69 13 31 3607 2.23 5.1 13620 22:09

Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1983-84 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 15 1 9 10 0.67 3 17 0 1 0 0 25 1.67 4.0
1984-85 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 9 2 8 10 1.11 2 17 0 2 0 0 19 2.11 10.5
1985-86 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 20 2 9 11 0.55 3 49 1 1 0 0 57 2.85 3.5
1986-87 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 17 4 9 13 0.76 -1 38 1 2 1 0 49 2.88 8.2
1987-88 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 11 3 1 4 0.36 3 29 2 1 0 0 39 3.55 7.7
1988-89 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 21 4 15 19 0.90 2 28 3 1 0 2 53 2.52 7.5
1989-90 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 0 1 1 0.20 -4 8 0 0 0 0 6 1.20 0.0
1990-91 29 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 6 1 7 8 1.33 2 46 0 1 0 0 11 1.83 9.1
1991-92 30 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 18 6 15 21 1.17 19 37 3 3 0 1 54 3.00 11.1
1992-93 31 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 4 0 2 2 0.50 -1 14 0 0 0 0 18 4.50 0.0
1993-94 32 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 6 1 1 2 0.33 0 8 0 1 0 0 29 4.83 3.4
1994-95 33 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 16 4 7 11 0.69 6 12 3 0 1 3 49 3.06 8.2
1995-96 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 9 0 3 3 0.33 2 8 0 0 0 0 28 3.11 0.0
1996-97 35 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 6 0 1 1 0.17 -2 8 0 0 0 0 18 3.00 0.0
1998-99 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 0 4 4 0.40 -6 14 0 0 0 0 21 2.10 0.0 273 27:15
1999-00 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 9 0 1 1 0.11 -3 8 0 0 0 0 11 1.22 0.0 217 24:06
2000-01 39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 1 0 1 0.20 -1 2 1 0 0 0 9 1.80 11.1 98 19:41
2001-02 40 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 23 1 13 14 0.61 15 44 0 1 0 0 28 1.22 3.6 606 26:22
2002-03 41 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 0 0 0 0.00 -3 2 0 0 0 0 4 1.00 0.0 103 25:43
2003-04 42 Detroit Red Wings NHL 8 0 1 1 0.13 1 4 0 0 0 0 14 1.75 0.0 170 21:13
2005-06 44 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 0 0 0 0.00 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.50 0.0 117 19:25
2006-07 45 Detroit Red Wings NHL 18 1 6 7 0.39 7 12 0 0 1 0 27 1.50 3.7 362 20:07
2007-08 46 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 14 0 0 0 0.00 2 10 0 0 0 0 11 0.79 0.0 181 12:54
Career NHL 3 260 31 113 144 0.55 48 421 14 14 3 6 583 2.24 5.3 2126 21:55

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1985 NHL
1990 NHL
1991 NHL
1992 NHL
1993 NHL
1994 NHL
1996 NHL
1997 NHL
1998 NHL
2000 NHL
2002 NHL

Awards

1988-89 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1992-93 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1995-96 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy

Honors

1984-85 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)
1988-89 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1990-91 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1992-93 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1994-95 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1995-96 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1996-97 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
2001-02 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

1988-89 NHL 80 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1994-95 NHL 48 (5)
Active 1616 (1)
 Career NHL 1616 (6)

Assists

Active 763 (5)
Career NHL 763 (35)

Points

Career NHL 948 (81)

Total Goals For

1988-89 NHL 167 (8)
1994-95 NHL 94 (3)
1995-96 NHL 151 (7)
Active 2319 (1)
 Career NHL 2319 (13)

Power Play Goals For

1990-91 NHL 63 (7)
1994-95 NHL 40 (4)
Active 735 (7)
Career NHL 735 (29)

Total Goals Against

1995-96 NHL 115 (10)
1997-98 NHL 112 (4)
1998-99 NHL 101 (4)
Active 1934 (1)
 Career NHL 1934 (8)

Power Play Goals Against

1995-96 NHL 43 (6)
1996-97 NHL 32 (8)
1997-98 NHL 38 (3)
1998-99 NHL 41 (1)
 Active 701 (1)
 Career NHL 701 (1)

Plus/Minus

1999-00 NHL 48 (2)
2001-02 NHL 40 (1)
 Active 351 (2)
Career NHL 351 (19)

Penalties in Minutes

1992-93 NHL 282 (10)
Active 2873 (1)
 Career NHL 2873 (12)

Shots on Goal

Active 3607 (7)
Career NHL 3607 (28)
      

Transactions

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June 29, 1990: Traded to Chicago by Montreal with Montreal's 2nd round choice (Michael Pomichter) in 1991 Entry Draft for Denis Savard, June 29, 1990.

March 23, 1999: Traded to Detroit by Chicago for Anders Eriksson and Detroit's 1st round choices in 1999 (Steve McCarthy) and 2001 (Adam Munro) Entry Drafts, March 23, 1999.

November 17, 2000: Missed majority of 2000-01 season recovering from knee injury suffered in game vs. Dallas, November 17, 2000.

February 1, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Motor City (UHL), February 1, 2005.