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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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NHL/WHA Regular Season Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1983-84 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 12 0 2 2 -5 12 0 0 0 0 23 0.0
1984-85 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 74 9 55 64 11 87 6 2 1 0 199 4.5
1985-86 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 41 8 26 34 4 67 6 2 0 0 101 7.9
1986-87 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 71 11 33 44 -5 124 5 6 0 2 141 7.8
1987-88 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 71 20 41 61 14 172 9 10 1 5 199 10.1
1988-89 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 80 15 58 73 35 185 7 8 0 6 206 7.3
1989-90 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 53 9 22 31 20 136 6 1 2 1 123 7.3
1990-91 29 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 77 12 52 64 23 192 5 5 2 2 187 6.4
1991-92 30 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 9 47 56 24 245 5 2 2 2 239 3.8
1992-93 31 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 84 15 58 73 14 282 7 8 0 2 290 5.2
1993-94 32 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 16 44 60 12 212 8 7 1 2 219 7.3
1994-95 33 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 48 5 33 38 17 72 1 3 1 0 166 3.0
1995-96 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 14 58 72 25 140 7 7 0 3 219 6.4
1996-97 35 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 72 10 38 48 16 112 8 2 0 2 194 5.2
1997-98 36 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 3 39 42 -7 151 2 1 0 0 205 1.5
1998-99 37 2 Teams NHL 75 9 27 36 1 93 5 3 1 1 187 4.8 1999 26:39
1998-99 37 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 65 8 26 34 -4 89 5 2 1 0 172 4.7 1776 27:19
1998-99 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 1 1 2 5 4 0 1 0 1 15 6.7 224 22:21
1999-00 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 3 31 34 48 103 3 0 0 0 135 2.2 2047 25:16
2000-01 39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 24 0 3 3 4 45 0 0 0 0 26 0.0 548 22:51
2001-02 40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 6 33 39 40 126 5 1 0 1 128 4.7 1999 25:18
2002-03 41 Detroit Red Wings NHL 66 2 17 19 4 78 1 0 1 1 92 2.2 1600 24:15
2003-04 42 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 2 19 21 12 61 2 0 0 0 113 1.8 1473 21:21
2005-06 44 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 4 7 11 22 108 2 1 1 0 83 4.8 1497 18:29
2006-07 45 Detroit Red Wings NHL 71 0 11 11 11 34 0 0 0 0 72 0.0 1287 18:08
2007-08 46 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 3 9 12 11 36 3 0 0 1 60 5.0 1170 16:58
2008-09 47 Detroit Red Wings NHL 28 0 0 0 1 18 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 327 11:40
Career 25 Seasons NHL 1644 185 763 948 352 2891 103 69 13 31 3621 5.1 13947 21:41

NHL/WHA Regular Season Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM SOG G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/-
1983-84 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 12 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 -0.42 1.00 1.92 0 2 2 1 8 0 16 3 -5
1984-85 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 74 0.12 0.74 0.86 0.27 0.15 1.18 2.69 7 44 51 16 139 43 106 21 11
1985-86 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 41 0.20 0.63 0.83 0.28 0.10 1.63 2.46 6 20 26 9 83 37 55 13 4
1986-87 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 71 0.15 0.46 0.62 0.21 -0.07 1.75 1.99 9 28 37 13 102 35 97 25 -5
1987-88 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 71 0.28 0.58 0.86 0.31 0.20 2.42 2.80 17 34 51 19 125 38 105 32 14
1988-89 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 80 0.19 0.73 0.91 0.30 0.44 2.31 2.58 12 48 60 20 167 62 106 36 35
1989-90 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 53 0.17 0.42 0.58 0.21 0.38 2.57 2.32 8 18 26 9 82 19 74 31 20
1990-91 29 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 77 0.16 0.68 0.83 0.27 0.30 2.49 2.43 11 46 57 19 143 63 97 40 23
1991-92 30 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 0.11 0.59 0.70 0.22 0.30 3.06 2.99 8 41 49 16 138 55 91 32 24
1992-93 31 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 84 0.18 0.69 0.87 0.28 0.17 3.36 3.45 12 47 59 19 165 81 115 45 14
1993-94 32 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 0.21 0.58 0.79 0.27 0.16 2.79 2.88 14 40 54 19 136 61 102 39 12
1994-95 33 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 48 0.10 0.69 0.79 0.25 0.35 1.50 3.46 9 57 66 20 94 40 59 22 17
1995-96 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 0.17 0.72 0.89 0.28 0.31 1.73 2.70 13 56 69 22 151 54 115 43 25
1996-97 35 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 72 0.14 0.53 0.67 0.22 0.22 1.56 2.69 10 39 49 16 111 34 93 32 16
1997-98 36 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 0.04 0.48 0.52 0.15 -0.09 1.86 2.53 3 45 48 14 105 38 112 38 -7
1998-99 37 2 Teams NHL 75 0.12 0.36 0.48 0.16 0.01 1.24 2.49 10 30 40 14 89 28 101 41 1
1998-99 37 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 65 0.12 0.40 0.52 0.18 -0.06 1.37 2.65 9 29 38 13 79 26 97 40 -4
1998-99 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 0.10 0.10 0.20 0.08 0.50 0.40 1.50 1 1 2 1 10 2 4 1 5
1999-00 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 0.04 0.38 0.42 0.12 0.59 1.27 1.67 3 34 37 11 115 13 79 25 48
2000-01 39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 24 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.03 0.17 1.88 1.08 0 3 3 1 22 1 23 6 4
2001-02 40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 0.08 0.42 0.49 0.15 0.51 1.59 1.62 7 37 44 14 95 14 74 33 40
2002-03 41 Detroit Red Wings NHL 66 0.03 0.26 0.29 0.09 0.06 1.18 1.39 2 19 21 6 55 7 71 27 4
2003-04 42 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 0.03 0.28 0.30 0.09 0.17 0.88 1.64 2 22 24 7 64 6 61 15 12
2005-06 44 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 0.05 0.09 0.14 0.05 0.27 1.33 1.02 4 7 11 4 54 3 71 42 22
2006-07 45 Detroit Red Wings NHL 71 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.04 0.15 0.48 1.01 0 11 11 3 40 1 60 32 11
2007-08 46 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 0.04 0.13 0.17 0.06 0.16 0.52 0.87 3 10 13 4 36 2 51 28 11
2008-09 47 Detroit Red Wings NHL 28 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.64 0.50 0 0 0 0 9 0 14 6 1
Career 25 Seasons NHL 1644 0.11 0.46 0.58 0.19 0.21 1.76 2.20 170 738 908 294 2328 735 1948 707 352

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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

Other Regular Season Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT 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 4
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 2
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 16
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, 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)

Games Played

1988-89 NHL 80 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1994-95 NHL 48 (5)
Active 1644 (1)
 Career NHL 1644 (4)

Assists

Active 763 (6)
Career NHL 763 (37)

Adjusted Assists

Active 738 (7)
Career NHL 738 (36)

Points

Career NHL 948 (82)

Adjusted Points

Career NHL 908 (87)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1988-89 NHL 167 (8)
1994-95 NHL 94 (3)
1995-96 NHL 151 (7)
Active 2328 (2)
Career NHL 2328 (14)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1990-91 NHL 63 (7)
1994-95 NHL 40 (4)
Active 735 (7)
Career NHL 735 (30)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1995-96 NHL 115 (10)
1997-98 NHL 112 (4)
1998-99 NHL 101 (4)
Active 1948 (1)
 Career NHL 1948 (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)
 Active 707 (1)
 Career NHL 707 (1)

Plus/Minus

1999-00 NHL 48 (2)
2001-02 NHL 40 (1)
 Active 352 (2)
Career NHL 352 (19)

Penalties in Minutes

1992-93 NHL 282 (10)
Active 2891 (1)
 Career NHL 2891 (12)

Shots on Goal

Active 3621 (9)
Career NHL 3621 (29)
  

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 season recovering from knee injury suffered in game vs. Dallas, November 17, 2000.

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

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