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Chicago Blackhawks: 5 Best Goalies in team history

By Ryan Fedrau

CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 15: Corey Crawford #50 of the Chicago Blackhawks makes a save in the first period against the Tampa Bay Lightning during Game Six of the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final at the United Center on June 15, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 15: Corey Crawford #50 of the Chicago Blackhawks makes a save in the first period against the Tampa Bay Lightning during Game Six of the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final at the United Center on June 15, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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Ed Belfour, Chicago Blackhawks
(Photo by Graig Abel/Graig Abel Photography/Getty Images) /

2. Ed Belfour

Ed Belfour was apart of the 1990s evolution in goalies. Before the 1990s, the majority of goalies were considered stand-up goalies. Once players like Belfour, Patrick Roy, and others came to the NHL, everything changed.

Belfour was with the Blackhawks for eight seasons. He was the Rookie of the Year in 1991, he was a two-time All-Star with the Blackhawks, and he won the Jennings Trophy three times. Even though he didn’t win a Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks, he would get one with Dallas.

He is one of the only goalies in NHL history to win 40-plus games multiple times in a season. Belfour was called on many times. Belfour played a lot of hockey for the Blackhawks.

Many fans were upset when Belfour was traded by the Blackhawks in 1997. The trade consisted of right-wing Ulf Dahlen, defenseman Michal Sykora, goalie Chris Terreri and a conditional second-round draft pick in 1998. Even back then the Blackhawks were making bad trades.

Either way, in eight seasons, Belfour won 201 games for the Blackhawks. His career record was 484-320-125. After leaving Chicago, he would add another Jennings Trophy and another All-Star appearance. That isn’t a bad mark to leave on the league.

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