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Chris Chelios

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 191 lbs.
Born: January 25, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:03AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #67. Michel Goulet… #68. Ted Lindsay… #69. CHRIS CHELIOS… #70. Dale Hawerchuk… #71. Eddie Shore… #71. Brian Leetch… #71. Pierre Turgeon… #71. Rick Middleton… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 22 MTL NHL 12 0 2 2 1 -5 12 0 0 0 0 23 0.0
1984-85 23 MTL NHL 74 9 55 64 20 11 87 6 2 1 0 199 4.5
1985-86 24 MTL NHL 41 8 26 34 12 4 67 6 2 0 0 101 7.9
1986-87 25 MTL NHL 71 11 33 44 15 -5 124 5 6 0 2 141 7.8
1987-88 26 MTL NHL 71 20 41 61 22 14 172 9 10 1 5 199 10.1
1988-89 27 MTL NHL 80 15 58 73 24 35 185 7 8 0 6 206 7.3
1989-90 28 MTL NHL 53 9 22 31 11 20 136 6 1 2 1 123 7.3
1990-91 29 CHI NHL 77 12 52 64 21 23 192 5 5 2 2 187 6.4
1991-92 30 CHI NHL 80 9 47 56 18 24 245 5 2 2 2 239 3.8
1992-93 31 CHI NHL 84 15 58 73 24 14 282 7 8 0 2 290 5.2
1993-94 32 CHI NHL 76 16 44 60 21 12 212 8 7 1 2 219 7.3
1994-95 33 CHI NHL 48 5 33 38 12 17 72 1 3 1 0 166 3.0
1995-96 34 CHI NHL 81 14 58 72 23 25 140 7 7 0 3 219 6.4
1996-97 35 CHI NHL 72 10 38 48 16 16 112 8 2 0 2 194 5.2
1997-98 36 CHI NHL 81 3 39 42 12 -7 151 2 1 0 0 205 1.5
1998-99 37 TOT NHL 75 9 27 36 12 1 93 5 3 1 1 187 4.8 1999 26:39
1998-99 37 CHI NHL 65 8 26 34 12 -4 89 5 2 1 0 172 4.7 1776 27:19
1998-99 37 DET NHL 10 1 1 2 1 5 4 0 1 0 1 15 6.7 224 22:21
1999-00 38 DET NHL 81 3 31 34 10 48 103 3 0 0 0 135 2.2 2047 25:16
2000-01 39 DET NHL 24 0 3 3 1 4 45 0 0 0 0 26 0.0 548 22:51
2001-02 40 DET NHL 79 6 33 39 12 40 126 5 1 0 1 128 4.7 1999 25:18
2002-03 41 DET NHL 66 2 17 19 6 4 78 1 0 1 1 92 2.2 1600 24:15
2003-04 42 DET NHL 69 2 19 21 6 12 61 2 0 0 0 113 1.8 1473 21:21
2005-06 44 DET NHL 81 4 7 11 4 22 108 2 1 1 0 83 4.8 1497 18:29
2006-07 45 DET NHL 71 0 11 11 3 11 34 0 0 0 0 72 0.0 1287 18:08
2007-08 46 DET NHL 69 3 9 12 4 11 36 3 0 0 1 60 5.0 1170 16:58
2008-09 47 DET NHL 28 0 0 0 0 1 18 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 327 11:40
2009-10 48 ATL NHL 7 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 78 11:10
Career NHL 1651 185 763 948 308 350 2891 103 69 13 31 3626 5.1 14025 21:35

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1983-84 22 MTL NHL 12 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 1.00 1.92 0 2 2 1 8 0 16 3 -5 -0.1 0.5 0.4
1984-85 23 MTL NHL 74 0.12 0.74 0.86 0.27 1.18 2.69 7 44 51 16 139 43 106 21 11 3.7 5.2 8.9
1985-86 24 MTL NHL 41 0.20 0.63 0.83 0.28 1.63 2.46 6 20 26 9 83 37 55 13 4 2.1 2.6 4.7
1986-87 25 MTL NHL 71 0.15 0.46 0.62 0.21 1.75 1.99 9 28 37 13 102 35 97 25 -5 2.6 4.2 6.8
1987-88 26 MTL NHL 71 0.28 0.58 0.86 0.31 2.42 2.80 17 34 51 19 125 38 105 32 14 4.5 4.6 9.0
1988-89 27 MTL NHL 80 0.19 0.73 0.91 0.30 2.31 2.58 12 48 60 20 167 62 106 36 35 4.8 6.7 11.5
1989-90 28 MTL NHL 53 0.17 0.42 0.58 0.21 2.57 2.32 8 18 26 9 82 19 74 31 20 1.9 4.1 6.0
1990-91 29 CHI NHL 77 0.16 0.68 0.83 0.27 2.49 2.43 11 46 57 19 143 63 97 40 23 4.4 5.9 10.2
1991-92 30 CHI NHL 80 0.11 0.59 0.70 0.22 3.06 2.99 8 41 49 16 138 55 91 32 24 3.4 6.4 9.8
1992-93 31 CHI NHL 84 0.18 0.69 0.87 0.28 3.36 3.45 12 47 59 19 165 81 115 45 14 4.8 6.3 11.1
1993-94 32 CHI NHL 76 0.21 0.58 0.79 0.27 2.79 2.88 14 40 54 19 136 61 102 39 12 4.7 5.0 9.7
1994-95 33 CHI NHL 48 0.10 0.69 0.79 0.25 1.50 3.46 9 57 66 20 94 40 59 22 17 2.9 4.0 6.9
1995-96 34 CHI NHL 81 0.17 0.72 0.89 0.28 1.73 2.70 13 56 69 22 151 54 115 43 25 5.7 5.6 11.3
1996-97 35 CHI NHL 72 0.14 0.53 0.67 0.22 1.56 2.69 10 39 49 16 111 34 93 32 16 4.0 4.9 8.9
1997-98 36 CHI NHL 81 0.04 0.48 0.52 0.15 1.86 2.53 3 45 48 14 105 38 112 38 -7 2.9 4.0 6.9
1998-99 37 TOT NHL 75 0.12 0.36 0.48 0.16 1.24 2.49 10 30 40 14 89 28 101 41 1 2.7 3.6 6.2
1998-99 37 CHI NHL 65 0.12 0.40 0.52 0.18 1.37 2.65 9 29 38 13 79 26 97 40 -4 2.6 2.8 5.3
1998-99 37 DET NHL 10 0.10 0.10 0.20 0.08 0.40 1.50 1 1 2 1 10 2 4 1 5 0.1 0.8 0.9
1999-00 38 DET NHL 81 0.04 0.38 0.42 0.12 1.27 1.67 3 34 37 11 115 13 79 25 48 1.6 7.6 9.2
2000-01 39 DET NHL 24 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.03 1.88 1.08 0 3 3 1 22 1 23 6 4 -0.3 1.5 1.2
2001-02 40 DET NHL 79 0.08 0.42 0.49 0.15 1.59 1.62 7 37 44 14 95 14 74 33 40 2.8 7.2 10.0
2002-03 41 DET NHL 66 0.03 0.26 0.29 0.09 1.18 1.39 2 19 21 6 55 7 71 27 4 0.6 2.9 3.5
2003-04 42 DET NHL 69 0.03 0.28 0.30 0.09 0.88 1.64 2 22 24 7 64 6 61 15 12 0.9 3.6 4.5
2005-06 44 DET NHL 81 0.05 0.09 0.14 0.05 1.33 1.02 4 7 11 4 54 3 71 42 22 -0.3 4.7 4.4
2006-07 45 DET NHL 71 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.04 0.48 1.01 0 11 11 3 40 1 60 32 11 -0.4 3.6 3.3
2007-08 46 DET NHL 69 0.04 0.13 0.17 0.06 0.52 0.87 3 10 13 4 36 2 51 28 11 0.3 3.6 3.9
2008-09 47 DET NHL 28 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.64 0.50 0 0 0 0 9 0 14 6 1 -0.4 0.6 0.2
2009-10 48 ATL NHL 7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.71 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NHL 1651 0.11 0.46 0.57 0.19 1.75 2.20 170 738 908 294 2328 735 1951 708 350 59.8 108.6 168.4

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 22 MTL NHL 15 1 9 10 3 17 0 1 0 0 25 4.0
1984-85 23 MTL NHL 9 2 8 10 2 17 0 2 0 0 19 10.5
1985-86 24 MTL NHL SC 20 2 9 11 3 49 1 1 0 0 57 3.5
1986-87 25 MTL NHL 17 4 9 13 -1 38 1 2 1 0 49 8.2
1987-88 26 MTL NHL 11 3 1 4 3 29 2 1 0 0 39 7.7
1988-89 27 MTL NHL 21 4 15 19 2 28 3 1 0 2 53 7.5
1989-90 28 MTL NHL 5 0 1 1 -4 8 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1990-91 29 CHI NHL 6 1 7 8 2 46 0 1 0 0 11 9.1
1991-92 30 CHI NHL 18 6 15 21 19 37 3 3 0 1 54 11.1
1992-93 31 CHI NHL 4 0 2 2 -1 14 0 0 0 0 18 0.0
1993-94 32 CHI NHL 6 1 1 2 0 8 0 1 0 0 29 3.4
1994-95 33 CHI NHL 16 4 7 11 6 12 3 0 1 3 49 8.2
1995-96 34 CHI NHL 9 0 3 3 2 8 0 0 0 0 28 0.0
1996-97 35 CHI NHL 6 0 1 1 -2 8 0 0 0 0 18 0.0
1998-99 37 DET NHL 10 0 4 4 -6 14 0 0 0 0 21 0.0 273 27:15
1999-00 38 DET NHL 9 0 1 1 -3 8 0 0 0 0 11 0.0 217 24:06
2000-01 39 DET NHL 5 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 0 0 9 11.1 98 19:41
2001-02 40 DET NHL SC 23 1 13 14 15 44 0 1 0 0 28 3.6 606 26:22
2002-03 41 DET NHL 4 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 103 25:43
2003-04 42 DET NHL 8 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 170 21:13
2005-06 44 DET NHL 6 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 117 19:25
2006-07 45 DET NHL 18 1 6 7 7 12 0 0 1 0 27 3.7 362 20:07
2007-08 46 DET NHL SC 14 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 11 0.0 181 12:54
2008-09 47 DET NHL 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 44 7:21
Career NHL 3 266 31 113 144 48 423 14 14 3 6 587 5.3 2170 21:04

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 18 Moose Jaw Canucks SJHL 53 12 31 43 118
1980-81 19 Moose Jaw Canucks SJHL 54 23 64 87 175
1981-82 20 University of Wisconsin WCHA 43 6 43 49 50
1981-82 20 United States WJC-A 7 1 2 3 10
1982-83 21 University of Wisconsin WCHA 26 9 17 26 50
1983-84 22 United States Nat-Tm 60 14 35 49 58
1983-84 22 United States Olympics 6 0 4 4 8
1984-85 23 United States Can-Cup 6 0 2 2 2
1986-87 25 NHL All-Stars RV-87 2 0 0 0 0
1987-88 26 United States Can-Cup 5 0 2 2 2
1991-92 30 United States Can-Cup 8 1 3 4 4
1994-95 33 EHC Biel-Bienne Swiss 3 0 3 3 4
1996-97 35 United States W-Cup 7 0 4 4 10
1997-98 36 United States Olympics 4 2 0 2 2
2001-02 40 United States Olympics 6 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 0
2004-05 43 United States W-Cup 5 0 1 1 0 6
2004-05 43 Motor City Mechanics UHL 23 5 19 24 13 25 1 3 1 0
2005-06 44 United States Olympics 6 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0
2008-09 47 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
2009-10 48 Chicago Wolves AHL 46 5 17 22 34 24 4 1 0 1
Career 2 Seasons AHL 48 5 18 23 34 26 4 1 0 1
Career 3 Seasons Can-Cup 19 1 7 8 8
Career 1 Season Nat-Tm 60 14 35 49 58
Career 4 Seasons Olympics 22 3 5 8 5 16 1 0 0 0
Career 1 Season RV-87 2 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons SJHL 107 35 95 130 293
Career 1 Season Swiss 3 0 3 3 4
Career 1 Season UHL 23 5 19 24 13 25 1 3 1 0
Career 2 Seasons W-Cup 12 0 5 5 0 16
Career 2 Seasons WCHA 69 15 60 75 100
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 1 2 3 10

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2009-10 48 Chicago Wolves AHL 14 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season AHL 14 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 26 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Chris Chelios 11.5 11.3 11.1 10.2 10.0 9.8 9.7 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.2 6.0 4.7 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.5 3.3 1.2 0.4 0.2 -0.1
Phil Housley 96.1 11.3 11.2 10.6 10.3 10.1 9.8 9.7 9.4 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.2 7.1 6.8 5.4 5.2 4.4 2.9
Larry Murphy 95.0 12.4 11.9 11.3 10.5 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.4 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.1 6.9 5.7 5.3 3.1
Larry Robinson 93.2 16.9 12.5 11.5 11.4 11.2 11.0 10.0 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.8 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.4 4.6 4.3 2.7 1.6
Sergei Zubov 92.3 12.5 12.2 11.0 11.0 10.7 10.4 9.9 9.0 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.1 6.0 5.5 4.1 0.3
Scott Niedermayer 92.0 12.0 11.7 10.8 10.1 10.0 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.3 7.9 7.7 7.2 6.9 6.5 5.8 5.1 5.0 0.2
Brian Leetch 89.8 13.3 13.2 13.1 11.4 10.5 9.4 9.4 9.0 8.8 8.7 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.5 4.3 4.2 3.9 2.0
Chris Pronger 89.4 14.8 11.7 11.4 10.8 10.4 10.3 9.6 9.0 8.6 8.4 7.9 7.9 5.3 4.8 4.2 2.3 0.4
King Clancy 89.0 9.8 9.6 9.3 9.1 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.3 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.1 3.2 2.9 0.6
Red Kelly 87.6 12.2 12.1 11.8 11.3 11.2 11.1 9.6 8.7 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.2 3.7 2.9 1.8
Sergei Gonchar 87.4 11.5 11.1 11.1 10.6 10.4 9.8 9.6 8.8 7.4 7.1 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.0 3.4 2.4
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Chris Chelios 11.5 11.3 11.1 10.2 10.0 9.8 9.7 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.2 6.0 4.7 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.5 3.3 1.2 0.4 0.2 -0.1
Phil Housley 96.1 11.3 11.2 10.6 10.3 10.1 9.8 9.7 9.4 8.9 8.6 8.4 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.2 7.1 6.8 5.4 5.2 4.4 2.9
Larry Murphy 95.0 12.4 11.9 11.3 10.5 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.4 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.1 6.9 5.7 5.3 3.1
Larry Robinson 93.2 16.9 12.5 11.5 11.4 11.2 11.0 10.0 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.0 8.8 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.4 4.6 4.3 2.7 1.6
Sergei Zubov 92.3 12.5 12.2 11.0 11.0 10.7 10.4 9.9 9.0 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.1 6.0 5.5 4.1 0.3
Scott Niedermayer 92.0 12.0 11.7 10.8 10.1 10.0 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.3 7.9 7.7 7.2 6.9 6.5 5.8 5.1 5.0 0.2
Brian Leetch 89.8 13.3 13.2 13.1 11.4 10.5 9.4 9.4 9.0 8.8 8.7 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.5 4.3 4.2 3.9 2.0
Chris Pronger 89.4 14.8 11.7 11.4 10.8 10.4 10.3 9.6 9.0 8.6 8.4 7.9 7.9 5.3 4.8 4.2 2.3 0.4
King Clancy 89.0 9.8 9.6 9.3 9.1 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.3 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.1 3.2 2.9 0.6
Red Kelly 87.6 12.2 12.1 11.8 11.3 11.2 11.1 9.6 8.7 6.7 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.9 4.2 3.7 2.9 1.8
Sergei Gonchar 87.4 11.5 11.1 11.1 10.6 10.4 9.8 9.6 8.8 7.4 7.1 7.0 5.6 5.3 5.0 3.4 2.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1985 NHL
1990 NHL
1991 NHL
1992 NHL
1993 NHL
1994 NHL
1996 NHL
1997 NHL
1998 NHL
2000 NHL
2002 NHL

Awards

1988-89 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1992-93 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1995-96 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy

Honors

1984-85 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)
1988-89 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1990-91 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1992-93 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1994-95 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1995-96 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1996-97 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
2001-02 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1986 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)
2002 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
2008 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Games Played

1988-89 NHL 80 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1994-95 NHL 48 (5)
Career NHL 1651 (5)

Assists

Career NHL 763 (37)

Points

Career NHL 948 (88)

Plus/Minus

1999-00 NHL 48 (2)
2001-02 NHL 40 (1)
 Career NHL 350 (19)

Penalties in Minutes

1992-93 NHL 282 (10)
Career NHL 2891 (12)

Shots

Career NHL 3626 (34)

Adjusted Assists

Career NHL 738 (39)

Adjusted Points

Career NHL 908 (96)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1988-89 NHL 167 (8)
1994-95 NHL 94 (3)
1995-96 NHL 151 (7)
Career NHL 2328 (14)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1990-91 NHL 63 (7)
1994-95 NHL 40 (4)
Career NHL 735 (31)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1995-96 NHL 115 (10)
1997-98 NHL 112 (4)
1998-99 NHL 101 (4)
Career NHL 1951 (8)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1995-96 NHL 43 (6)
1996-97 NHL 32 (8)
1997-98 NHL 38 (3)
1998-99 NHL 41 (1)
 Career NHL 708 (1)

Defensive Point Shares

1988-89 NHL 6.7 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 5.9 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 6.4 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 6.3 (3)
1994-95 NHL 4.0 (2)
1999-00 NHL 7.6 (2)
2001-02 NHL 7.2 (1)
 Career NHL 108.6 (5)

Point Shares

1988-89 NHL 11.5 (6)
Career NHL 168.4 (18)
    

Transactions

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June 29, 1990: Traded to Chicago by Montreal with Montreal's 2nd round choice (Michael Pomichter) in 1991 Entry Draft for Denis Savard, June 29, 1990.

March 23, 1999: Traded to Detroit by Chicago for Anders Eriksson and Detroit's 1st round choices in 1999 (Steve McCarthy) and 2001 (Adam Munro) Entry Drafts, March 23, 1999.

November 17, 2000: Missed majority of 2000-01 due to knee injury vs. Dallas, November 17, 2000.

February 1, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Motor City (UHL), February 1, 2005.

September 30, 2008: Missed majority of 2008-09 due to leg injury in pre-season at Montreal, September 30, 2008.

October 20, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Chicago (AHL), October 20, 2009.

March 2, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Atlanta, March 2, 2010.

August 31, 2010: Officially announced his retirement, August 31, 2010.

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