1984–85 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1984–85 Chicago Black Hawks season was the 59th season of the Hawks' existence. Denis Savard was the offensive sparkplug for the Hawks with 38 goals and 67 assists, good enough for eighth-best in the NHL. Steve Larmer finished second on the team with 86 points. Doug Wilson carried the defense with a +/- of 23. Al Secord led the Hawks in penalty minutes with 193; defenseman Behn Wilson racked up 185 minutes in the penalty box to finish a close second.

Offseason

Long-time goalie Tony Esposito retired from the team after a 16-year career in the NHL.

Regular season

In the net, Murray Bannerman led the team with a 27-25-4 record with a 3.83 GAA and 1,632 saves in 60 games for the Hawks. His backup Warren Skorodenski went 11-9-3 with a 3.22 GAA in 20 games; his .903 save percentage was the best amongst NHL goalies a in minimum of 15 games played.

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
St. Louis Blues	80	37	31	12	299	288	86
Chicago Black Hawks	80	38	35	7	309	299	83
Detroit Red Wings	80	27	41	12	313	357	66
Minnesota North Stars	80	25	43	12	268	321	62
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	20	52	8	253	358	48

^[1]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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1984	7–3	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	1–0–0
2	L	October 13, 1984	6–7 OT	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	1–1–0
3	L	October 14, 1984	3–5	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	1–2–0
4	W	October 17, 1984	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	2–2–0
5	L	October 20, 1984	4–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	2–3–0
6	W	October 21, 1984	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	3–3–0
7	W	October 24, 1984	9–3	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	4–3–0
8	W	October 27, 1984	5–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	5–3–0
9	L	October 28, 1984	1–4	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	5–4–0
10	T	October 30, 1984	5–5 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	5–4–1
11	L	November 2, 1984	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	5–5–1
12	L	November 3, 1984	4–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	5–6–1
13	W	November 5, 1984	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	6–6–1
14	W	November 7, 1984	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	7–6–1
15	T	November 10, 1984	4–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	7–6–2
16	W	November 14, 1984	6–4	New York Rangers (1984–85)	8–6–2
17	W	November 17, 1984	7–0	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	9–6–2
18	L	November 18, 1984	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	9–7–2
19	L	November 20, 1984	2–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	9–8–2
20	L	November 22, 1984	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	9–9–2
21	W	November 24, 1984	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	10–9–2
22	L	November 25, 1984	0–5	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	10–10–2
23	L	November 27, 1984	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	10–11–2
24	W	November 29, 1984	6–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	11–11–2
25	W	December 1, 1984	5–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	12–11–2
26	T	December 5, 1984	5–5 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	12–11–3
27	L	December 7, 1984	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	12–12–3
28	W	December 9, 1984	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	13–12–3
29	W	December 12, 1984	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	14–12–3
30	W	December 15, 1984	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	15–12–3
31	L	December 16, 1984	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	15–13–3
32	L	December 19, 1984	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	15–14–3
33	W	December 21, 1984	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	16–14–3
34	L	December 23, 1984	2–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	16–15–3
35	L	December 26, 1984	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	16–16–3
36	W	December 29, 1984	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	17–16–3
37	L	December 30, 1984	2–5	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	17–17–3
38	W	January 2, 1985	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	18–17–3
39	L	January 5, 1985	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	18–18–3
40	L	January 6, 1985	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	18–19–3
41	W	January 9, 1985	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	19–19–3
42	L	January 10, 1985	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	19–20–3
43	L	January 13, 1985	5–6	New York Islanders (1984–85)	19–21–3
44	W	January 16, 1985	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	20–21–3
45	L	January 18, 1985	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	20–22–3
46	L	January 19, 1985	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	20–23–3
47	W	January 21, 1985	7–2	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	21–23–3
48	L	January 23, 1985	2–3	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	21–24–3
49	W	January 26, 1985	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	22–24–3
50	L	January 27, 1985	2–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	22–25–3
51	L	January 30, 1985	3–6	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	22–26–3
52	L	February 2, 1985	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	22–27–3
53	L	February 3, 1985	4–6	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	22–28–3
54	W	February 6, 1985	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	23–28–3
55	W	February 9, 1985	6–5	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	24–28–3
56	W	February 10, 1985	4–3	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	25–28–3
57	W	February 14, 1985	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	26–28–3
58	L	February 16, 1985	4–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	26–29–3
59	T	February 17, 1985	4–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	26–29–4
60	W	February 20, 1985	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	27–29–4
61	L	February 22, 1985	1–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	27–30–4
62	W	February 24, 1985	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	28–30–4
63	W	February 25, 1985	4–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	29–30–4
64	W	February 27, 1985	6–3	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	30–30–4
65	T	March 2, 1985	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	30–30–5
66	W	March 3, 1985	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	31–30–5
67	W	March 6, 1985	5–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	32–30–5
68	L	March 8, 1985	2–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	32–31–5
69	L	March 10, 1985	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	32–32–5
70	W	March 11, 1985	4–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	33–32–5
71	L	March 13, 1985	3–4	New York Islanders (1984–85)	33–33–5
72	W	March 17, 1985	6–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	34–33–5
73	L	March 20, 1985	4–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	34–34–5
74	W	March 22, 1985	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	35–34–5
75	W	March 27, 1985	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	36–34–5
76	T	March 29, 1985	5–5 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	36–34–6
77	L	March 31, 1985	3–7	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	36–35–6
78	W	April 3, 1985	5–0	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	37–35–6
79	T	April 6, 1985	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	37–35–7
80	W	April 7, 1985	3–1	New York Rangers (1984–85)	38–35–7

Playoffs

After heavily outscoring and sweeping the Detroit Red Wings in the Norris Division semi-finals and then running laps around the Minnesota North Stars in the Norris Division Finals, the Chicago Black Hawks' 1984-85 season ended in the Clarence Campbell Conference Finals, where they lost to the eventual champion Edmonton Oilers four games to two.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	79	38	67	105	56	16	7	0	1
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	80	46	40	86	16	17	14	0	6
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	78	22	54	76	44	23	7	0	2
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	80	26	40	66	82	16	6	4	5
Gardner, BillBill Gardner	C	74	17	34	51	12	7	5	1	1
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	73	25	25	50	109	3	4	0	5
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	70	20	30	50	67	11	1	1	2
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	74	16	30	46	13	-16	2	0	4
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	80	5	38	43	56	13	4	0	1
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	49	20	18	38	12	8	2	0	2
Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	D	76	10	23	33	185	5	2	0	1
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	79	11	20	31	86	5	0	1	1
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	51	15	11	26	193	0	6	0	2
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	63	10	16	26	16	-6	2	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	56	1	22	23	55	2	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	79	7	12	19	25	6	0	3	1
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	66	6	8	14	105	6	0	0	1
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont	D	55	3	10	13	105	5	0	0	1
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan	RW	36	5	7	12	12	-16	0	0	1
Frawley, DanDan Frawley	RW	30	4	3	7	64	-2	0	0	1
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	60	0	6	6	54	-9	0	0	0
Feamster, DaveDave Feamster	D	16	1	3	4	14	5	0	0	0
McMurchy, TomTom McMurchy	RW	15	1	2	3	13	-1	0	0	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	60	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Presley, WayneWayne Presley	RW	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd	D	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Clifford, ChrisChris Clifford	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larmer, JeffJeff Larmer	LW	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Pang, DarrenDarren Pang	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	G	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	3371	60	27	25	4	215	3.83	0
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	1396	27	11	9	3	75	3.22	2
Clifford, ChrisChris Clifford	20	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Pang, DarrenDarren Pang	60	1	0	1	0	4	4.00	0
Team:	4847	80	38	35	7	294	3.64	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	15	9	20	29	20	4	3	0	0
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	15	9	13	22	14	2	5	0	1
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	15	12	7	19	12	7	2	0	4
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	15	5	14	19	24	-5	1	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	15	7	9	16	42	-2	1	0	1
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	12	3	10	13	12	2	2	0	0
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	15	4	8	12	10	5	0	0	0
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	15	6	5	11	11	-4	1	1	0
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	15	5	5	10	37	6	0	0	1
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	15	6	3	9	36	-5	0	0	1
Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	D	15	4	5	9	60	8	1	0	1
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	15	3	6	9	20	-9	1	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	11	2	7	9	31	13	1	0	0
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	15	3	5	8	25	-1	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	15	1	5	6	15	-5	0	0	0
Gardner, BillBill Gardner	C	12	1	3	4	2	-4	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	6	0	3	3	2	-4	0	0	0
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	15	1	1	2	16	-1	0	0	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	15	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont	D	15	0	2	2	41	-7	0	0	0
Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd	D	3	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0
Frawley, DanDan Frawley	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	906	15	9	6	72	4.77
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	33	2	0	0	6	10.91
Team:	939	15	9	6	78	4.98

^[2]

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;

References

BlackHawks on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1984-85 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

Chicago Blackhawks

Founded in 1926 Based in Chicago

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Records Award winners Seasons Current season

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

Culture and lore	2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Stadium Series 2015 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series 2017 NHL Winter Classic 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 Original Six Pat Foley Sudden Death Wayne Messmer 86th Infantry Division 17 seconds

Stanley Cup championships (6)	1934 1938 1961 2010 2013 2015

Retired numbers	1 3 3 9 18 21 35 99

General managers	McLaughlin Tobin Ivan Pulford Keenan Pulford Murray Pulford Smith Pulford Tallon Bowman

Head coaches	Muldoon Stanley Lehman Gardiner Irvin Shaughnessy Tobin Iverson Matheson Gorman Loughlin Stewart Thompson Gottselig Conacher Goodfellow Abel Eddolls Ivan Pilous Reay White Pulford Johnston Magnuson Pulford Tessier Pulford Murdoch Keenan D. Sutter Hartsburg Graham Molleken Pulford Suhonen B. Sutter Yawney Savard Quenneville

Affiliates	AHL Rockford IceHogs ECHL Indy Fuel

Media	CSN Chicago WGN Sports WGN Radio Hawkvision FSN Chicago Broadcasters

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

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

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

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1984–85 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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