# Steve Larmer

Steven Donald Larmer (born June 16, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He is the brother of Jeff Larmer.

## Career

As a youth, Larmer played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Peterborough, Ontario.
Steve Larmer played in the NHL for the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers and was known as one of the NHL's best power forwards of that era. He won the 1983 Calder Memorial Trophy as well as being named to the NHL All-Rookie Team that year. From 1982 to 1993, Larmer played in 884 consecutive games for the Blackhawks, an NHL record for most consecutive games played with the same team, and the third longest consecutive-games streak in league history at that time. He had a chance at breaking Doug Jarvis' record for consecutive games played but a contract dispute at the beginning of the 1993–94 officially ended his streak. The impasse was resolved by Larmer being traded to the New York Rangers, who would go on to win the Stanley Cup that same year. Larmer was selected to play in Pittsburgh in the 1990 All-Star Game, and in Chicago's 1991 All-Star Game as well. In the 1990–91 season he finished 5th in the voting for NHL league MVP. Larmer was great at both ends of the ice as he received Frank J. Selke Trophy votes on five occasions (1989-17th, 1991-3rd, 1992-8th, 1993-10th, 1994-13th) as best defensive forward in the league. He received votes for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy on five occasions. He won a Stanley Cup with the Rangers in 1994 where he served as alternate captain and scored the most Goals in the Stanley Cup Finals with (4). Steve scored his 1,000th point and played in his 1,000th game in 1994–95, his final season.
Larmer was a member of the 1991 Canada Cup team for Canada and played on team's top line with Wayne Gretzky where Larmer led the entire competition in goals (6) and ranked second in points (11) behind only Gretzky.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1977–78 | Peterborough Petes | OMJHL | 62 | 24 | 17 | 41 | 51 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 |
| 1977–78 | Peterborough Petes | MC | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 1978–79 | Niagara Falls Flyers | OMJHL | 66 | 37 | 47 | 84 | 108 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 43 |
| 1979–80 | Niagara Falls Flyers | OMJHL | 67 | 45 | 69 | 114 | 71 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 15 |
| 1980–81 | Niagara Falls Flyers | OHL | 61 | 55 | 78 | 133 | 73 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 24 |
| 1980–81 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82 | New Brunswick Hawks | AHL | 74 | 38 | 44 | 82 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982–83 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 80 | 43 | 47 | 90 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 |
| 1983–84 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 80 | 35 | 40 | 75 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 1984–85 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 80 | 46 | 40 | 86 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 14 |
| 1985–86 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 80 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 1986–87 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 80 | 28 | 56 | 84 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1987–88 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 80 | 41 | 48 | 89 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988–89 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 80 | 43 | 44 | 87 | 54 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 22 |
| 1989–90 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 80 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 |
| 1990–91 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 80 | 44 | 57 | 101 | 79 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 1991–92 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 80 | 29 | 45 | 74 | 65 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
| 1992–93 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 84 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993–94 | New York Rangers | NHL | 68 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 14 |
| 1994–95 | New York Rangers | NHL | 47 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 1,006 | 441 | 571 | 1,012 | 532 | 140 | 56 | 75 | 131 | 95 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1991 | Canada | WC | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 1991 | Canada | CC | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 18 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 8 |

## Awards and achievements
### Individual awards

* Calder Memorial Trophy – 1983
* NHL All-Rookie Team - 1983
* 1990 NHL All-Star
* 1991 NHL All-Star

### Team awards

* 1982 Calder Cup Champion with New Brunswick Hawks
* 1991 Canada Cup Gold Medalist with Team Canada
* 1991 Silver Medalist with Team Canada
* 1994 Stanley Cup Champion with New York Rangers

### NHL accolades

* Led NHL in Games Played for 11 Consecutive Seasons (1982-83 - 1992–1993)
* Led NHL in Shooting % with 31.3% (1990–91)
* Top 10 in Goals (1984–85)
* Top 10 in Assists (1986–87)
* Top 10 in Points (1990–91)
* 3 time Top 10 in Shorthanded Goals (1987–88) (1992–93) (1993–94)
* 4 time Top 10 in Power-Play Goals (1984–85) (1987–88) (1988–89) (1990–91)
* 2 time Top 10 on Plus/Minus (1982–83) (1990–91)
* 2 time Top 10 in Game Winning Goals (1982–83) (1990–91)
* 3 time Top 10 in Hat Tricks (1982–83) (1991–92) (1992–93)
* Top 10 in Shooting % (1984–85)
* 5 times (+20 Plus/Minus)
* 9 times (30+ Goals)
* 5 times (40+ Goals)
* 10 times (40+ Assists)
* 3 times (55+ Assists)
* 11 times (70+ Points)
* 9 times (75+ Points)
* 7 times (80+ Points)
* 3 times (90+ Points)
* 1 time (100+ Points)
* 9 Hat Tricks (Regular Season)

### NHL Records

* Most Game Winning Goals by a Rookie in a Single Season (9)
* Most Assists in a single Game Seven (4)
* Most Points in a single Game Seven (5)
* Highest Plus/Minus in a single Game Seven (+4)
* Most Shorthanded Goals in a single Game Seven (1)
* Most Shorthanded Points in a single Game Seven (2)
* Highest Assists per Game Average in a single Game Seven (4.000)
* Highest Points per Game Average in a single Game Seven (5.000)
* Most Consecutive Games Played by a Right Winger in Regular Season History (884)