The 1998–99 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 73rd season of operation of the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League. They missed the playoffs in back to back seasons for the first time since the 1957–58 season.
1998–99 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 3rd Central |
Conference | 10th Western |
1998–99 record | 29–41–12 |
Home record | 20–17–4 |
Road record | 9–24–8 |
Goals for | 202 |
Goals against | 248 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bob Murray |
Coach | Dirk Graham (Oct-Feb) Lorne Molleken (Feb-Apr) |
Captain | Chris Chelios (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr) |
Arena | United Center |
Average attendance | 17,329 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Portland Pirates Columbus Chill |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Tony Amonte (44) |
Assists | Alexei Zhamnov (41) |
Points | Tony Amonte (75) |
Penalty minutes | Bob Probert (206) |
Plus/minus | Doug Gilmour (+16) |
Wins | Jocelyn Thibault (21) |
Goals against average | Jocelyn Thibault (2.69) |
Offseason
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Regular season
editThe Blackhawks allowed the most power-play goals of all 27 teams, with 80.[1] Captain Chris Chelios was traded late in the season, to the Detroit Red Wings. The team finishes the season without a captain.
Final standings
editR | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 245 | 202 | 1202 | 93 |
2 | 5 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 237 | 209 | 1308 | 87 |
3 | 10 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 202 | 248 | 1807 | 70 |
4 | 12 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 190 | 261 | 1420 | 63 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 236 | 168 | 114 |
2 | y – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 239 | 205 | 98 |
3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 245 | 202 | 93 |
4 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 205 | 197 | 90 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 237 | 209 | 87 |
6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 215 | 206 | 83 |
7 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 196 | 191 | 80 |
8 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 230 | 226 | 78 |
9 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 211 | 234 | 72 |
10 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 202 | 248 | 70 |
11 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 189 | 222 | 69 |
12 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 190 | 261 | 63 |
13 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 192 | 258 | 58 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division
Schedule and results
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October: 4–4–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 1–2–0)
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November: 2–10–2 (home: 0–3–1; road: 2–7–1)
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December: 5–6–1 (home: 5–4–1; road: 0–2–0)
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January: 3–6–4 (home: 1–2–1; road: 2–4–3)
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February: 3–11–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 2–6–0)
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March: 6–3–4 (home: 5–1–0; road: 1–2–4)
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April: 6–1–0 (home: 5–0–0; road: 1–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
10 | Tony Amonte | RW | 82 | 44 | 31 | 75 | 0 | 60 |
36 | Alexei Zhamnov | C | 76 | 20 | 41 | 61 | −10 | 50 |
93 | Doug Gilmour | C | 72 | 16 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 56 |
55 | Eric Daze | LW | 72 | 22 | 20 | 42 | −13 | 22 |
7 | Chris Chelios‡ | D | 65 | 8 | 26 | 34 | −4 | 89 |
15 | Chad Kilger‡ | C | 64 | 14 | 11 | 25 | −1 | 30 |
16 | Eddie Olczyk | C | 61 | 10 | 15 | 25 | −3 | 29 |
24 | Bob Probert | LW | 78 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −11 | 206 |
22[a] | Dave Manson† | D | 64 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 107 |
17 | Jean-Pierre Dumont | RW | 25 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 10 |
19 | Ethan Moreau‡ | LW | 66 | 9 | 6 | 15 | −5 | 84 |
11 | Nelson Emerson†‡ | RW | 27 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 13 |
4 | Doug Zmolek | D | 62 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 102 |
26 | Todd White | C | 35 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −1 | 20 |
3 | Christian Laflamme‡ | D | 62 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 70 |
33 | Reid Simpson | LW | 53 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 145 |
25 | Daniel Cleary‡ | LW | 35 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −1 | 24 |
3 | Boris Mironov† | D | 12 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
23 | Jean-Yves Leroux | LW | 40 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −7 | 21 |
2 | Brad Brown† | D | 61 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −4 | 184 |
8[b] | Anders Eriksson† | D | 11 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
14 | Mike Maneluk†‡ | RW | 28 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 |
44 | Josef Marha† | C | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
34 | Dean McAmmond† | C | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
37[c] | Bryan Muir† | D | 53 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 50 |
38 | Jamie Allison† | D | 39 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 62 |
2 | Eric Weinrich‡ | D | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −13 | 12 |
77 | Paul Coffey‡ | D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 0 |
20 | Mark Janssens | C | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −11 | 65 |
11 | Jeff Shantz‡ | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
30 | Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
41 | Jocelyn Thibault† | G | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
32 | Radim Bicanek† | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
44[d] | Dennis Bonvie†‡ | RW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 44 |
14 | Sylvain Cloutier | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
14 | Steve Dubinsky‡ | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Jeff Hackett‡ | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
27 | Ty Jones | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 12 |
39[e] | Craig Mills | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
15 | Chris Murray† | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
32 | Alain Nasreddine‡ | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 19 |
6 | Remi Royer | D | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | 67 |
8 | Cam Russell‡ | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
29 | Andrei Trefilov†‡ | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19[f] | Ryan VandenBussche | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
14 | Roman Vopat†‡ | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
5 | Trent Yawney‡ | D | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 32 |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
41 | Jocelyn Thibault† | 52 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 1435 | 136 | 2.71 | .905 | 4 | 3014 |
30 | Mark Fitzpatrick | 27 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 682 | 64 | 2.78 | .906 | 0 | 1403 |
31 | Jeff Hackett‡ | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 256 | 33 | 4.12 | .871 | 0 | 524 |
29 | Andrei Trefilov†‡ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 9.70 | .800 | 0 | 25 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Tony Amonte | [5] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Jean-Pierre Dumont (April) | [6] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
editChicago's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[7]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 8 | Mark Bell | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
4 | 94 | Matthias Trattnig | Austria | University of Maine (Hockey East) |
6 | 156 | Kent Huskins | Canada | Clarkson University (ECAC) |
6 | 158 | Jari Viuhkola | Finland | Karpat (Finland) |
6 | 166 | Jonathan Pelletier | Canada | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
7 | 183 | Tyler Arnason | United States | St. Cloud State University (WCHA) |
8 | 210 | Sean Griffin | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
9 | 238 | Alexandre Couture | Canada | Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL) |
9 | 240 | Andrei Yershov | Russia | Khimik Voskresensk (Russia) |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- "Chicago Blackhawks 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- "1998-99 Chicago Blackhawks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- ^ "1998-99 NHL Summary".
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1998-99 Chicago Blackhawks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ^ "1999 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "Chicago's Dumont Named Rookie of the Month". NHL.com. April 20, 1999. Archived from the original on October 9, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.