2010–11 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2010–11 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 85th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.[2] The team was nicknamed the "Hangover 'Hawks" for having to recover from winning the franchise's first Stanley Cup in 49 years while adapting to the loss of several players from that team due to salary cap restrictions.

2010–11 Chicago Blackhawks
Division3rd Central
Conference8th Western
2010–11 record44–29–9
Home record24–17–0
Road record20–12–9
Goals for258
Goals against225
Team information
General managerStan Bowman
CoachJoel Quenneville
CaptainJonathan Toews
Alternate captainsDuncan Keith
Patrick Sharp
ArenaUnited Center
Average attendance21,423 (108.6%)
Total: 878,356 [1]
Team leaders
GoalsPatrick Sharp (34)
AssistsPatrick Kane (46)
PointsJonathan Toews (76)
Penalty minutesJohn Scott (72)
Plus/minusBrian Campbell (+28)
WinsCorey Crawford (33)
Goals against averageCorey Crawford (2.30)

The defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks narrowly made the playoffs as the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference having clinched their playoff berth on the last day of the season after the Dallas Stars lost their season finale against the Minnesota Wild 5–3.[3] In the opening round of the 2011 playoffs against the Presidents' Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks, the Blackhawks lost the first three games of the series before winning the next three and were eventually succumbed to the Canucks in seven games in the first round, losing the seventh game in overtime.

Off-season

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Under pressure to fit the team's player salaries under the salary cap for the 2010–11 season, the team began making trades shortly after winning the Stanley Cup. On June 24, the club traded Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, Brent Sopel and Akim Aliu to the Atlanta Thrashers for Marty Reasoner, Joey Crabb, Jeremy Morin, a first-round pick (#24 overall) in 2010 and a second-round pick (#54 overall) in 2010.[4] Later that same day, restricted free agent Colin Fraser was traded to the Edmonton Oilers for a sixth-round pick in 2010.[5] On June 30, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded for right winger Kris Versteeg from Chicago in a five-player trade. The Maple Leafs gave up forwards Viktor Stalberg, Chris DiDomenico and Philippe Paradis. Toronto also acquired the rights to 21-year-old left winger Bill Sweatt, who was a second-round pick in 2007.[6] On July 1, the Blackhawks traded Andrew Ladd to the Atlanta Thrashers for Ivan Vishnevskiy and a second-round draft pick in 2011.[7] On July 9, Niklas Hjalmarsson was signed to an offer sheet by the San Jose Sharks, though the Blackhawks matched the offer on July 12,[8] thereby retaining his services and forgoing compensation from the Sharks for signing a restricted free agent. This signing again put Chicago against the salary cap wall, and as a result forced the club to forego resigning goaltender Antti Niemi, who had filed for arbitration.

Regular season

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Defenseman Nick Leddy made his NHL debut on October 7, and he scored his first NHL goal on October 11. Evan Brophey made his NHL debut on October 23. Patrick Sharp had a record of 13 shots on goal, the highest shot total in a single game in Blackhawks history. Marian Hossa was named the NHL's Second Star of the Week for the week ending on October 18, and Duncan Keith was named Third Star of the Week for the week ending on November 1.

Division standings

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Central Division[9]
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 y-Detroit Red Wings 82 47 25 10 43 261 241 104
2 Nashville Predators 82 44 27 11 38 219 194 99
3 Chicago Blackhawks 82 44 29 9 38 258 225 97
4 St. Louis Blues 82 38 33 11 34 240 234 87
5 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 34 35 13 29 215 258 81

Conference standings

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Western Conference
R Div GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 p – Vancouver Canucks NW 82 54 19 9 50 262 185 117
2 y – San Jose Sharks PA 82 48 25 9 43 248 213 105
3 y – Detroit Red Wings CE 82 47 25 10 43 261 241 104
4 Anaheim Ducks PA 82 47 30 5 43 239 235 99
5 Nashville Predators CE 82 44 27 11 38 219 194 99
6 Phoenix Coyotes PA 82 43 26 13 38 231 226 99
7 Los Angeles Kings PA 82 46 30 6 36 219 198 98
8 Chicago Blackhawks CE 82 44 29 9 38 258 225 97
8.5
9 Dallas Stars PA 82 42 29 11 37 227 233 95
10 Calgary Flames NW 82 41 29 12 32 250 237 94
11 St. Louis Blues CE 82 38 33 11 34 240 234 87
12 Minnesota Wild NW 82 39 35 8 36 206 233 86
13 Columbus Blue Jackets CE 82 34 35 13 29 215 258 81
14 Colorado Avalanche NW 82 30 44 8 24 227 288 68
15 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 25 45 12 23 193 269 62

bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL)
CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division


Schedule and results

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Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Pre-season

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Regular season

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2010–11 Season

Playoffs

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The Blackhawks returned to the playoffs for the third straight season and were defending their championship of the Stanley Cup as the 8th and final seed. The Blackhawks played the Canucks for the third straight postseason. In the previous two rounds, the Blackhawks defeated the Canucks twice, four games to two. The Blackhawks were down three games to none, but managed to tie up the series facing elimination. The Blackhawks became just the seventh team in NHL history to come back to tie an 0–3 deficit in the playoffs. The Blackhawks lost in overtime in game seven to an Alex Burrows goal for a 2–1 loss.

2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

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Skaters

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 

Goaltenders

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Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM
Corey Crawford 57 3,337 33 18 6 128 2.30 1,545 .917 4 0 1 2
Marty Turco 29 1,631 11 11 3 82 3.02 799 .897 1 0 0 6
Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM
Corey Crawford 7 435 3 4 16 2.21 218 .927 1 0 2 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blackhawks. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
Traded or released mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Detailed records

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Awards and records

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Awards

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Regular Season
Player Award Reached
Marian Hossa[10] NHL Second Star of the Week October 18, 2010
Duncan Keith[11] NHL Third Star of the Week November 1, 2010
Corey Crawford[12] NHL Second Star of the Week February 28, 2011
Jonathan Toews[13] NHL First Star of the Month February 2011

Milestones

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Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Nick Leddy 1st Career NHL Game October 7, 2010 [14]
Brandon Pirri 1st Career NHL Game October 9, 2010 [15]
Nick Leddy 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point
October 11, 2010 [14]
Brent Seabrook 400th Career NHL Game October 20, 2010
Duncan Keith 200th Career NHL Point October 22, 2010
Evan Brophey 1st Career NHL Game October 23, 2010 [16]
Ben Smith 1st Career NHL Game October 29, 2010 [17]
Jonathan Toews 200th Career NHL Point October 29, 2010
Jordan Hendry 100th Career NHL Game November 1, 2010
Jeremy Morin 1st Career NHL Game November 6, 2010 [18]
Jeremy Morin 1st Career NHL Assist
1st Career NHL Point
November 30, 2010 [19]
Jassen Cullimore 800th Career NHL Game December 8, 2010
Rob Klinkhammer 1st Career NHL Game December 8, 2010
Jeremy Morin 1st Career NHL Goal December 8, 2010 [20]
John Scott 100th Career NHL Game December 28, 2010
Troy Brouwer 200th Career NHL Game January 3, 2011
Brian Campbell 300th Career NHL Point January 9, 2011
Tomas Kopecky 300th Career NHL Game January 9, 2011
Dave Bolland 200th Career NHL Game
100th Career NHL Point
January 16, 2011
Jonathan Toews 100th Career NHL Goal January 16, 2011
Brian Campbell 600th Career NHL Game February 4, 2011
Marian Hossa 800th Career NHL Point February 12, 2011
Troy Brouwer 100th Career NHL Point February 16, 2011
Patrick Sharp 300th Career NHL Point February 24, 2011
Viktor Stalberg 100th Career NHL Game March 2, 2011
Patrick Kane 300th Career NHL Game March 4, 2011
Patrick Kane 100th Career NHL Goal March 14, 2011
Nick Leddy 1st Career NHL Assist March 20, 2011
Marcus Kruger 1st Career NHL Game March 23, 2011
Chris Campoli 100th Career NHL Assist March 28, 2011
Patrick Kane 300th Career NHL Point April 5, 2011
Jake Dowell 100th Career NHL Game April 6, 2011
Jonathan Toews 300th Career NHL Game April 6, 2011
Bryan Bickell 100th Career NHL Game April 8, 2011
Ryan Johnson 700th Career NHL Game April 8, 2011
Ben Smith 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point
April 8, 2011
Patrick Kane 200th Career NHL Assist April 10, 2011
Playoffs
Player Milestone Reached
Jake Dowell 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 13, 2011
Michael Frolik 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 13, 2011
Nick Leddy 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 13, 2011
Ben Smith 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 13, 2011
Viktor Stalberg 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 13, 2011
Michael Frolik 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist
1st Career NHL Playoff Point
April 15, 2011
Marcus Kruger 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 15, 2011
Ben Smith 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal
1st Career NHL Playoff Point
April 15, 2011
Viktor Stalberg 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal
1st Career NHL Playoff Point
April 15, 2011
John Scott 1st Career NHL Playoff Game April 17, 2011
Bryan Bickell 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal April 19, 2011
Corey Crawford 1st Career NHL Playoff Win April 19, 2011
Michael Frolik 1st Career NHL Playoff Goal April 19, 2011
Corey Crawford 1st Career NHL Playoff Shutout April 21, 2011
Marcus Kruger 1st Career NHL Playoff Assist
1st Career NHL Playoff Point
April 21, 2011

Transactions

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The Blackhawks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

Trades

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Date
Details
June 24, 2010[21] To Atlanta Thrashers
Dustin Byfuglien
Ben Eager
Brent Sopel
Akim Aliu
To Chicago Blackhawks
Marty Reasoner
Joey Crabb
Jeremy Morin
1st-round pick in 2010 – Kevin Hayes
2nd-round pick in 2010 – Justin Holl
June 24, 2010[22] To Edmonton Oilers
Colin Fraser
To Chicago Blackhawks
6th-round pick in 2010 – Mirko Hofflin
June 25, 2010[23] To New York Islanders
1st-round pick in 2010Brock Nelson
To Chicago Blackhawks
2nd-round pick in 2010 – Ludvig Rensfeldt
2nd-round pick in 2010 – Kent Simpson
June 26, 2010
[24]
To Toronto Maple Leafs
2nd-round pick in 2010 – Bradley Ross
To Chicago Blackhawks
Jimmy Hayes
June 26, 2010
[25]
To Boston Bruins
7th-round pick in 2010Zach Trotman
To Chicago Blackhawks
7th-round pick in 2011Johan Mattsson
June 30, 2010
[26]
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Kris Versteeg
Bill Sweatt
To Chicago Blackhawks
Viktor Stalberg
Chris DiDomenico
Philippe Paradis
July 1, 2010
[27]
To Atlanta Thrashers
Andrew Ladd
To Chicago Blackhawks
Ivan Vishnevskiy
2nd-round pick in 2011 – Adam Clendening
July 22, 2010
[28]
To Florida Panthers
Marty Reasoner
To Chicago Blackhawks
Jeff Taffe
February 9, 2011
[29]
To Florida Panthers
Jack Skille
Hugh Jessiman
David Pacan
To Chicago Blackhawks
Michael Frolik
Alexander Salak
February 28, 2011
[30]
To Ottawa Senators
Ryan Potulny
Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2011[a] – Xavier Ouellet
To Chicago Blackhawks
Chris Campoli
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2012[b]

Draft picks

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The 2010 NHL Entry Draft was at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on June 25 and 26, 2010. The Blackhawks picked 30th in each round. The Blackhawks were active in trading, moving up from 30th in the draft to 24th to select Kevin Hayes. Through other trades, the Blackhawks picked up three selections in the second round, and had ten selections overall in the draft.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 24 (from Atlanta via New Jersey) Kevin Hayes RW   United States Noble and Greenough School (USHS-MA)
2 35 (from NY Islanders) Ludvig Rensfeldt C   Sweden Brynäs IF (J20 SuperElit)
2 54 (from New Jersey via Atlanta) Justin Holl D   United States Omaha Lancers (USHL)
2 58 (from San Jose via Ottawa via NY Islanders) Kent Simpson G   Canada Everett Silvertips (WHL)
2 60 Stephen Johns D   United States U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
3 90 Joakim Nordstrom C   Sweden AIK IF (Elitserien Jr.)
4 120 Rob Flick C   Canada Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
6 151 (from Edmonton) Mirko Hofflin C   Germany Adler Mannheim Jr. (Germany Jr.)
6 180 Nick Mattson D   United States Indiana Ice (USHL)
7 191 (from Dallas) Macmillan Carruth G   United States Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

See also

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References

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