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34-35-13 (81 points), Finished 5th in NHL Central Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 223 goals, Allowed 210 goals, SRS: 0.18 (9th of 26)
Coached by Craig Hartsburg (34-35-13)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) to Colorado Avalanche
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1996-97 Statistics / Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 81 | .494 | 223 | 210 | 0.18 | 5.28 | 45 | 304 | 14.80 | 59 | 374 | 84.22 | 5 | 9 |
| League Average | 82 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 82 | .500 | 239 | 239 | 0.00 | 5.83 | 55 | 336 | 16.27 | 55 | 336 | 83.73 | 10 | 10 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Amonte | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | 81 | 41 | 36 | 77 | 0.95 | 31 | 0.39 | 96 | 23 | 56 | 18 | 35 | 64 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 266 | 3.28 | 15.4 | ||
| 2 | Alex Zhamnov | C | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | 74 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 0.84 | 23 | 0.31 | 85 | 28 | 56 | 17 | 18 | 56 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 2.81 | 9.6 | ||
| 3 | Chris Chelios | D | 6-0 | 191 | 35 | 72 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 0.67 | 16 | 0.23 | 111 | 34 | 93 | 32 | 16 | 112 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 194 | 2.69 | 5.2 | ||
| 4 | Eric Daze | RW | 6-6 | 235 | 21 | 71 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 0.58 | 17 | 0.24 | 67 | 26 | 46 | 1 | -4 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 176 | 2.48 | 12.5 | ||
| 5 | Murray Craven | LW | 6-3 | 195 | 32 | 75 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 0.47 | 12 | 0.16 | 53 | 13 | 63 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 1.63 | 6.6 | ||
| 6 | Eric Weinrich | D | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | 81 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 0.40 | 11 | 0.14 | 82 | 10 | 76 | 23 | 19 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 1.42 | 6.1 | ||
| 7 | Kevin Miller | C | 5-11 | 190 | 31 | 69 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 0.45 | 12 | 0.18 | 40 | 11 | 57 | 18 | -10 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 139 | 2.01 | 10.1 | ||
| 8 | Ethan Moreau | LW | 6-2 | 220 | 21 | 82 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 0.38 | 12 | 0.15 | 52 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 13 | 123 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 1.39 | 13.2 | ||
| 9 | Jeff Shantz | C | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | 69 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 0.43 | 11 | 0.16 | 41 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 1.25 | 10.5 | ||
| 10 | Gary Suter | D | 6-0 | 215 | 32 | 82 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 0.34 | 10 | 0.12 | 98 | 35 | 83 | 16 | -4 | 70 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 2.74 | 3.1 | ||
| 11 | Denis Savard | C | 5-10 | 175 | 35 | 64 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 0.42 | 10 | 0.16 | 40 | 15 | 37 | 2 | -10 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 1.28 | 11.0 | ||
| 12 | Sergei Krivokrasov | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | 67 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 0.36 | 10 | 0.15 | 31 | 3 | 29 | 0 | -1 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 1.55 | 12.5 | ||
| 13 | James Black | LW | 6-0 | 202 | 27 | 64 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 0.36 | 9 | 0.15 | 32 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 1.91 | 9.8 | ||
| 14 | Bob Probert | LW | 6-3 | 225 | 31 | 82 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0.28 | 9 | 0.11 | 47 | 12 | 38 | 0 | -3 | 326 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 1.35 | 8.1 | ||
| 15 | Keith Carney | D | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | 81 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0.22 | 6 | 0.07 | 75 | 4 | 80 | 35 | 26 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 0.95 | 3.9 | ||
| 16 | Brent Sutter | C | 6-0 | 188 | 34 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.36 | 6 | 0.14 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 1.59 | 11.3 | ||
| 17 | Ulf Dahlen | LW | 6-2 | 199 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0.47 | 5 | 0.18 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 1.77 | 11.3 | ||
| 18 | Jim Cummins | RW | 6-2 | 212 | 26 | 65 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.18 | 5 | 0.07 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 199 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0.94 | 9.8 | ||
| 19 | Michal Sykora | D | 6-5 | 225 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.36 | 3 | 0.11 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1.36 | 2.6 | ||
| 20 | Enrico Ciccone | D | 6-5 | 220 | 26 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 0.02 | 28 | 0 | 33 | 4 | -1 | 233 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 0.97 | 3.1 | ||
| 21 | Adam Creighton | C | 6-5 | 220 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.06 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.05 | 5.0 | ||
| 22 | Cam Russell | D | 6-4 | 200 | 28 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.02 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 1 | -8 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.43 | 5.3 | ||
| 23 | Christian Laflamme | D | 6-1 | 206 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.08 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Jean-Yves Leroux | LW | 6-2 | 211 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 25 | Tuomas Gronman | D | 6-3 | 219 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.02 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | -4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.56 | 0.0 | ||
| 26 | Basil McRae | LW | 6-2 | 210 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Steve Dubinsky | C | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.80 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Mike Prokopec | RW | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Steve Smith | D | 6-4 | 215 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Sergei Klimovich | C | 6-3 | 189 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 31 | Dave Chyzowski | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.75 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 223 | 370 | 593 | 7.23 | 223 | 2.72 | 223 | 45 | 210 | 59 | 27 | 1749 | 173 | 45 | 5 | 34 | 2491 | 30.38 | 9.0 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Hackett | G | 6-1 | 198 | 28 | 41 | 2473 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 42 | .512 | 2 | 89 | 2.16 | 1212 | 1123 | .927 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Ed Belfour | G | 5-11 | 202 | 31 | 33 | 1966 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 28 | .438 | 1 | 88 | 2.69 | 946 | 858 | .907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | Chris Terreri | G | 5-9 | 170 | 32 | 7 | 429 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .714 | 0 | 19 | 2.66 | 192 | 173 | .901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Jimmy Waite | G | 6-1 | 180 | 27 | 2 | 105 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 7 | 4.00 | 58 | 51 | .879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4973 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 203 | 2.45 | 2408 | 2205 | .916 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Amonte | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1.00 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.00 | 16.7 | ||
| 2 | Gary Suter | D | 6-0 | 215 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.83 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.00 | 8.3 | ||
| 3 | Jeff Shantz | C | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.67 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.17 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | Eric Daze | RW | 6-6 | 235 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.50 | 13.3 | ||
| 5 | Bob Probert | LW | 6-3 | 225 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 | -4 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.67 | 20.0 | ||
| 6 | Denis Savard | C | 5-10 | 175 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.33 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | James Black | LW | 6-0 | 202 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.60 | 12.5 | ||
| 8 | Keith Carney | D | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.17 | 14.3 | ||
| 9 | Kevin Miller | C | 5-11 | 190 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.67 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Ethan Moreau | LW | 6-2 | 220 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.67 | 10.0 | ||
| 11 | Eric Weinrich | D | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Sergei Krivokrasov | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.83 | 9.1 | ||
| 13 | Steve Dubinsky | C | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.50 | 16.7 | ||
| 14 | Chris Chelios | D | 6-0 | 191 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | -2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Ulf Dahlen | LW | 6-2 | 199 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Jim Cummins | RW | 6-2 | 212 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Michal Sykora | D | 6-5 | 225 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Brent Sutter | C | 6-0 | 188 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Steve Smith | D | 6-4 | 215 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 20 | Enrico Ciccone | D | 6-5 | 220 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Cam Russell | D | 6-4 | 200 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Murray Craven | LW | 6-3 | 195 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 6 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 5.67 | 160 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 30.67 | 7.6 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Hackett | G | 6-1 | 198 | 28 | 6 | 345 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 25 | 4.35 | 190 | 165 | .868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Chris Terreri | G | 5-9 | 170 | 32 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.09 | 28 | 25 | .893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 389 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 4.32 | 218 | 190 | .872 |