There are plenty of records in NHL history that will never be broken. Wayne Gretzky's 2,857 career points is one of them, and his 894 goals record was believed to be another, but Alex Ovechkin could sure give him a run for his money.
The Blackhawks have a handful of their own, too. We identified eight records in franchise history — although there could be more — and included three at the end from this current generation that remains ongoing.
Let's dive in:
1. Steve Larmer's consecutive games played streak: 884
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Larmer is one of the greatest Blackhawks of all-time, and what made him especially great is his ability to stay on the ice. His Ironman Streak of 884 games ranks third in NHL history, behind Doug Jarvis (964) and Garry Unger (914). Larmer was as durable as they come.
2. Glenn Hall's consecutive starts streak: 363
From 1955 to 1962, Hall started in 502 straight games — 363 of which came with the Blackhawks and the other 140 with Detroit. That's unheard of as a goaltender and is arguably the safest sports record of all-time given how the league has evolved since then.
3. Bill Mosienko's fastest hat trick: 21 seconds
Mosienko is a Hall of Famer, but he will forever be remembered as the one to record the fastest hat trick in NHL history after scoring three goals in a 21-second span on March 23, 1952.
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The only player to come close to that is Montreal's Jean Beliveau, who scored three goals in 44 seconds on Nov. 5, 1955. Most recently, Brayden Point scored three goals in 91 seconds on Nov. 15, 2018. It was the second-fastest natural hat trick since the NHL's expansion in 1967-68.
It's difficult to see Mosienko's hat trick record ever being touched.
4. Mike Peluso's penalty minutes in a single season: 408
Peluso appeared in only 118 games across three seasons with the Blackhawks, but he sure made his presence felt during his brief stint in Chicago.
Peluso accumulated 408 penalty minutes during the 1991-92 campaign, which is the third-most in a single NHL season ever, behind Dave Schultz (472) and Paul Baxter (409). The only player in Blackhawks history to come close to Peluso's 408 is Dave Manson, who racked up 352 penalty minutes during the 1988-1989 season.
5. Tony Esposito's shutouts as a rookie: 15
Esposito ranks No. 1 in franchise history with 418 wins, which is a mark that's going to be tough to beat. But we're going to turn our attention to a different Tony O accomplishment.
No goaltender in NHL history has recorded more shutouts in his rookie campaign than Esposito, who registered 15 in 63 starts during the 1969-70 season. Only one other goaltender has more than a dozen and that's George Hainsworth, who had 14 in 1926-27.
Mike Karakas previously held the Blackhawks record with nine shutouts in 48 starts during the 1935-36 season. Corey Crawford and Hugh Leghman are tied for third with five, respectively.
6. Jonathan Toews' faceoff wins: 10,604 and counting
The NHL didn't start tracking wins and losses at the faceoff circle until 1997-98 so this is a tough one to pick out, but we're fairly certain Toews will be the runaway favorite when it's all said and done. He already is.
Toews currently has 10,604 faceoff wins, which ranks No. 5 among all skaters. Only Joe Thornton (13,292), Patrice Bergeron (12,434), Sidney Crosby (11,144) and Rod Brind'Amour (11,027) are ahead of him.
Right now, Toews ranks No. 1 in Blackhawks history in faceoff wins. No. 2 is Alexei Zhamnov, who's at 4,424. That's more than double, and Toews' career is far from over. Imagine how significant the gap will be by the time Toews hangs up his skates. So even though the concrete number isn't set yet, we're comfortable in saying Toews' record won't be broken.
7. Patrick Kane's 26-game point streak
Kane made history in 2015 when he became the seventh NHL player ever to record a point streak of at least 26 games. He also broke Bobby Hull's Blackhawks record of 21, which held up for 43 years, and nearly passed it again when he registered a point in 20 straight in 2019.
The only way we can see Kane's 26-game point streak being broken is if he does it himself. Would it surprise anyone if he did?
8. Duncan Keith's career postseason minutes: 3,551:53 and counting
For the final one, we decided to go with a prediction before the actual prediction. And we're going to preface it by mentioning the NHL hadn't started tracking time on ice until the 1997-98 season.
Keith currently ranks No. 1 in franchise history with 3,551:53 total postseason minutes across 126 games. For reference, Brent Seabrook ranks No. 2 with 3,057:59 minutes in 123 games.
The only players that have a realistic chance of catching Keith are Kane and Toews, who are at 2,587:04 and 2,658:40, respectively. And that's because they may get a few more cracks after Keith is finished playing hockey.
But, like Kane and Toews, Keith has three years left on his contract after this season. If the Blackhawks return to postseason contention in that span, Keith will likely be a part of it, so at best the minutes will cancel out.
The question is how much Kane and Toews can gain ground after Keith's career ends? And for that reason, we're comfortable in saying it would be too tall of an order for anyone to surpass Keith, who's a physical specimen.
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