men. He also holds the NHL record with 266
playoff games and 24 NHL playoff appearances.
He accumulated 185 goals and 948 points in
regular-season play and totaled 216 goals and
1,052 points when the playoffs are factored into
his career marks.
The first American-born captain of the Montreal Canadiens, he finished runner up for
rookie of the year honors to Mario Lemieux his
first full season in 1984-85, won his first Stanley
Cup in 1986 and his first Norris Trophy in 1989
with Montreal.
After a trade to his hometown Chicago Blackhawks, he won two more Norris Trophies and
reached the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals. One more
trade, this time to the Detroit Red Wings, netted Chelios two more Stanley Cup rings and
cemented his legendary status.
While all that went on, Chelios became captain America, officially leading Team USA at the
1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympic Winter Games.
He captured a silver medal at the Salt Lake City,
Utah games in 2002. He made his Olympic
debut in 1984. He also helped the Americans to
gold as an all-tournament performer at the 1996
World Cup of Hockey, one of the all-time inter-
national hockey highlights for USA Hockey. He
even made a run at the 2006 games in bobsled
for Greece, but skated for Team USA instead.
Originally a 1981 second-round draft pick
(No. 40 overall) by Montreal, Chelios spent his
early teenage years in California, and skated
with Moose Jaw of the Saskatchewan Junior
Hockey League, before arriving at Wisconsin.
Already a member of the Wisconsin Athletics
Hall of Fame (2011) and the U.S. Hockey Hall of
Fame (2011), Chelios becomes the first Badger
skater, the second Badger and the 14th collegiate hockey player to be elected to the Hockey
Hall of Fame. "Badger Bob" Johnson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992 as
part of the builders category.
Official enshrinement takes place Nov. 11 in
Toronto.
What is Chelios actually doing now? He
works for the Detroit Red Wings organization as
executive advisor to general manager Ken Holland, spending much of his time with the AHL's
Grand Rapids Griffins developing the next generation of Detroit's NHL stars.
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