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The Chicago Blackhawks are an American professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was first named the "Chicago Black Hawks", until 1986, when spelling found in the original franchise documents spelled the franchise name as the "Chicago Blackhawks", making the "team change its name in response." The team is: also referredββto as the "Hawks". The Blackhawks began their NHL play in the 1926β27 season as an expansion team with the Detroit Cougars and the New York Rangers, and is one of the Original Six teams. The franchise has 6 Stanley Cup championships, most recently winning in the 2014β15 season. Having played in the Chicago Coliseum (1926β1929) and the Chicago Stadium (1929β1994), the Blackhawks have played their home games at the United Center since 1994. The Blackhawks are owned by, the Wirtz Corporation, chaired by Danny Wirtz; Kyle Davidson serves as the team's general manager. The Blackhawks captaincy is vacant, following the team's decisionββto not re-sign Jonathan Toews for the 2023β24 season.
There have been 37 head coaches for the Blackhawks. The franchise's first head coach was Pete Muldoon, who coached for 44 games in the 1926β27 season. However, he is also well remembered for allegedly "putting a curse" on the Blackhawks, "which stipulated that the team would never finish in first in the NHL." The Blackhawks never had a first-place finish until 40 years after that incident. Hughie Lehman, originally the team's goaltender, "became the Blackhawks' third head coach after yelling at the first Blackhawks owner," Frederic McLaughlin, that his proposed plays were "the craziest bunch of junk β» ever seen".
Orval Tessier became the only head coach to have been awarded the Jack Adams Award with the Blackhawks by winning it in the 1982β83 season. Tommy Gorman, Tommy Ivan, and Rudy Pilous are the only Blackhawks head coaches to have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder. Gorman, Bill Stewart, Pulios, and Joel Quenneville are the only coaches to have won a Stanley Cup championship as the head coach of the Hawks.
Billy Reay, the Blackhawks' head coach for 14 seasons, is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season and "playoff games coached." And wins, with 1012 regular-season games coached, 516 regular-season game wins, 117 playoff games coached, and 57 playoff game wins. Twenty-three head coaches spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Blackhawks. Darryl Sutter and Brian Sutter are the only pair of brothers to have coached the Blackhawks; both coached the Hawks for three seasons each.
Joel Quenneville was the head coach of the Blackhawks from the 2008β09 season to early in the 2018β19 season. and guided the Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup titles in 2010, 2013 and 2015. At the time of his firing, Quenneville was the second-winningest coach both in the Blackhawks and NHL history, and was also second in all-time games coached.
The 40th and current head coach of the Blackhawks is Luke Richardson, who was hired on June 24, 2022.
Keyβ»
# | Number of coaches |
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins = Two points |
L | Losses = No points |
T | Ties = One point |
OT | Overtime/shootout losses = One point |
PTS | Points |
Win% | Winning percentage |
Ref | Reference |
* | Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Blackhawks |
β | Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder |
β‘ | Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Blackhawks and have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder |
Coachesβ»
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Hughie_Lehman.jpg/170px-Hughie_Lehman.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Charlie_Conacher_Red_wings.jpg/170px-Charlie_Conacher_Red_wings.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Darryl_Sutter%2C_2006_NHL_Awards.jpg/170px-Darryl_Sutter%2C_2006_NHL_Awards.jpg)
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# | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | Ref | |||||||||
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GC | W | L | T/OT | PTS | Win% | GC | W | L | T | Win% | |||||
1 | Pete Muldoon* | 1926β1927 | 44 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 41 | .466 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | ||
2 | Barney Stanley* | 1927β1928 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 10 | .217 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
3 | Hughie Lehman* | 1928 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 7 | .167 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
4 | Herb Gardiner* | 1928β1929 | 32 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 14 | .219 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
5 | Dick Irvin | 1929 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | .333 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
6 | Tom Shaughnessy* | 1929β1930 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 23 | .548 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
7 | Bill Tobin* | 1930 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 24 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | ||
β | Dick Irvin | 1930β1931 | 44 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 51 | .580 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | ||
β | Bill Tobin* | 1931β1932 | 48 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 47 | .490 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | ||
8 | Emil Iverson* | 1932β1933 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 22 | .524 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
9 | Godfrey Matheson* | 1933 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
10 | Tommy Gormanβ | 1933β1934 | 73 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 73 | .500 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .813 | 1933β34 Stanley Cup championship | |
11 | Clem Loughlin* | 1934β1937 | 144 | 61 | 63 | 20 | 142 | .493 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .375 | ||
12 | Bill Stewart* | 1937β1939 | 69 | 22 | 35 | 12 | 56 | .406 | 10 | 7 | 3 | β | .700 | 1937β38 Stanley Cup championship | |
13 | Paul Thompson* | 1939β1944 | 272 | 104 | 127 | 41 | 249 | .458 | 19 | 7 | 12 | β | .368 | ||
14 | Johnny Gottselig* | 1944β1947 | 187 | 62 | 105 | 20 | 144 | .385 | 4 | 0 | 4 | β | .000 | ||
15 | Charlie Conacher* | 1948β1950 | 162 | 56 | 84 | 22 | 134 | .414 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
16 | Ebbie Goodfellow* | 1950β1952 | 140 | 30 | 91 | 19 | 79 | .282 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
17 | Sid Abel | 1952β1954 | 140 | 39 | 79 | 22 | 100 | .357 | 7 | 3 | 4 | β | .429 | ||
18 | Frank Eddolls* | 1954β1955 | 70 | 13 | 40 | 17 | 43 | .307 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
β | Dick Irvin | 1955β1956 | 70 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 50 | .357 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
19 | Tommy Ivanβ | 1956β1957 | 103 | 26 | 56 | 21 | 73 | .354 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
20 | Rudy Pilousβ‘ | 1957β1963 | 387 | 162 | 151 | 74 | 398 | .514 | 40 | 18 | 22 | β | .450 | 1960β61 Stanley Cup championship | |
21 | Billy Reay | 1963β1976 | 1,012 | 516 | 335 | 161 | 1,193 | .589 | 117 | 57 | 60 | β | .487 | ||
22 | Bill White* | 1976β1977 | 46 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 38 | .413 | 2 | 0 | 2 | β | .000 | ||
23 | Bob Pulford | 1977β1979 | 160 | 61 | 65 | 34 | 156 | .488 | 4 | 0 | 8 | β | .000 | ||
24 | Eddie Johnston | 1979β1980 | 80 | 34 | 27 | 19 | 87 | .544 | 7 | 3 | 4 | β | .429 | ||
25 | Keith Magnuson* | 1980β1982 | 132 | 49 | 57 | 26 | 124 | .470 | 3 | 0 | 3 | β | .000 | ||
β | Bob Pulford | 1982 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 26 | .464 | 15 | 8 | 7 | β | .533 | ||
26 | Orval Tessier* | 1982β1985 | 213 | 99 | 93 | 21 | 219 | .514 | 18 | 9 | 9 | β | .500 | 1982β83 Jack Adams Award winner | |
β | Bob Pulford | 1985β1987 | 187 | 84 | 77 | 26 | 194 | .519 | 22 | 9 | 13 | β | .409 | ||
27 | Bob Murdoch | 1987β1988 | 80 | 30 | 41 | 9 | 69 | .431 | 5 | 1 | 4 | β | .200 | ||
28 | Mike Keenan | 1988β1992 | 320 | 153 | 126 | 41 | 347 | .542 | 60 | 33 | 27 | β | .550 | ||
29 | Darryl Sutter | 1992β1995 | 216 | 110 | 80 | 26 | 246 | .569 | 26 | 11 | 15 | β | .423 | ||
30 | Craig Hartsburg | 1995β1998 | 246 | 104 | 102 | 40 | 248 | .504 | 16 | 8 | 8 | β | .500 | ||
31 | Dirk Graham* | 1998β1999 | 59 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 40 | .339 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
32 | Lorne Molleken* | 1999β1999 | 47 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 46 | .489 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
β | Bob Pulford | 1999β2000 | 58 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 62 | .534 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
33 | Alpo Suhonen* | 2000β2001 | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 70 | .427 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
34 | Brian Sutter | 2001β2004 | 246 | 91 | 103 | 52 | 234 | .476 | 5 | 1 | 4 | β | .200 | ||
35 | Trent Yawney* | 2005β2006 | 103 | 33 | 55 | 15 | 81 | .393 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
36 | Denis Savard* | 2006β2008 | 147 | 65 | 66 | 16 | 146 | .497 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
37 | Joel Quenneville | 2008β2018 | 797 | 452 | 249 | 96 | 1,000 | .627 | 128 | 76 | 52 | β | .594 | 3 Stanley Cup championships (2009β10, 2012β13, 2014β15) | |
38 | Jeremy Colliton* | 2018β2021 | 205 | 87 | 92 | 26 | 200 | .488 | 9 | 4 | 5 | β | .444 | ||
39 | Derek King* | 2021β2022 | 70 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 64 | .457 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
40 | Luke Richardson* | 2022βpresent | 164 | 49 | 102 | β | 13 | 111 | .338 | β | β | β | β |
Notesβ»
- A running total of the number of coaches of the Blackhawks; thus, any coach who has two. Or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- Before the 2005β06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.
- In ice hockey, the winning percentage is calculated by dividing points by maximum possible points.
- Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.
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