1984–85 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1984–85 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 59th season in the NHL. The Hawks finished 2nd in the Norris Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
Long-time goalie Tony Esposito retired from the team after a 16-year career in the NHL.
==Regular Season==
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.
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===
===Game Log===
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==
===Chicago Black Hawks 3, Detroit Red Wings 0===
===Chicago Black Hawks 4, Minnesota North Stars ===
===Edmonton Oilers 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	79	38	67	105	56 	16 	7 	0 	1
 	RW 	80	46	40	86 	16 	17 	14 	0 	6
 	D 	78	22	54	76 	44 	23 	7 	0 	2
 	C 	80	26	40	66 	82 	16 	6 	4 	5
 	C 	74	17	34	51 	12 	7 	5 	1 	1
 	LW 	73	25	25	50 	109	3 	4 	0 	5
 	C 	70	20	30	50 	67 	11 	1 	1 	2
 	C 	74	16	30	46 	13 	-16	2 	0 	4
 	D 	80	5 	38	43 	56 	13 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	49	20	18	38 	12 	8 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	76	10	23	33 	185	5 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	79	11	20	31 	86 	5 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	51	15	11	26 	193	0 	6 	0 	2
 	C 	63	10	16	26 	16 	-6 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	56	1 	22	23 	55 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	79	7 	12	19 	25 	6 	0 	3 	1
 	D 	66	6 	8 	14 	105	6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	55	3 	10	13 	105	5 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	36	5 	7 	12 	12 	-16	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	30	4 	3 	7 	64 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	60	0 	6 	6 	54 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	1 	3 	4 	14 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	1 	2 	3 	13 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	60	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	27	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3371	60	27	25	4	215	3.83	0
 	1396	27	11	9 	3	75 	3.22	2
 	20 	1 	0 	0 	0	0 	0.00	0
 	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
 	C 	15	9 	20	29 	20 	4 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	9 	13	22 	14 	2 	5 	0 	1
 	LW 	15	12	7 	19 	12 	7 	2 	0 	4
 	C 	15	5 	14	19 	24 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	7 	9 	16 	42 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	12	3 	10	13 	12 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	15	4 	8 	12 	10 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	6 	5 	11 	11 	-4 	1 	1 	0
 	C 	15	5 	5 	10 	37 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	15	6 	3 	9 	36 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	15	4 	5 	9 	60 	8 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	15	3 	6 	9 	20 	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	11	2 	7 	9 	31 	13 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	15	3 	5 	8 	25 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	1 	5 	6 	15 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	1 	3 	4 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	3 	3 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	1 	1 	2 	16 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	2 	2 	41 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	906	15	9	6	72	4.77 	0
 	33 	2 	0	0	6 	10.91	0
Team: 	939	15	9	6	78	4.98 	0
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 
==Awards and Records==
*Doug Wilson, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1984–85 NHL season
==References==
* BlackHawks on Hockey Database
Category:Chicago Blackhawks seasons
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1984–85
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1984–85