Steven Donald Larmer (born June 16, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. After excelling in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League, Larmer was selected by the Chicago Black Hawks in 1980 in the sixth round of the NHL draft. Larmer became a regular right-wing player for Chicago in 1982, where he recorded 43 goals in the first of eleven straight seasons with at least 60 points while being awarded Calder Memorial Trophy for his rookie play. He would go on to have five 40-goal seasons. A two-time All-Star, he also won the Canada Cup in 1991 for the Canadian team. A contract dispute at the start of the 1993-94 season saw him traded to the New York Rangers, where he recorded 60 points in 68 games before playing in all 23 games of the run to the Stanley Cup Final that saw New York win in seven games. In his final season, he played in his 1,000th career game and recorded his 1,000th career point. In 13 full seasons as a player, Larmer made the Stanley Cup playoffs each time.
He is the brother of Jeff Larmer, who played with Steven for Chicago from 1983 to 1986.
Early life
As a youth, Larmer played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Peterborough, Ontario. He made the Peterborough Petes as a walk-on player and played for the team in the 1977-78 season. He scored 24 goals in 62 games. He was traded to the Niagara Falls Flyers after the season, where he would play for the next three years, with his final two seasons seeing him record consecutive 100-point seasons. He was drafted as the 120th overall pick of the 1980 NHL draft by the Chicago Black Hawks.
Professional career
thumb|Larmer with the Black Hawks in 1984.
Larmer appeared in four games of the season and three games of the season, recording one total assist while spending the latter with the New Brunswick Hawks of the American Hockey League, who won the Calder Cup. He became a regular starter with the season. In his first official year as a rookie, he had 43 goals (second most among his teammates) and 47 assists for a 90-point season with a career-high plus-minus of +44 and was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy for his rookie play and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team as the team won the Norris Division and made it to the Conference Finals. He followed the season with a 35-goal campaign and 75 total points that saw him go through a slump in January that saw him express frustration with "not playing smart". He rebounded in the campaign with 46 goals and 86 total points that saw him finish 8th in Byng Trophy voting.
From 1982 to 1993, Larmer played in 884 consecutive games for the Blackhawks, an NHL record for most consecutive games played with the same team, and the third longest consecutive-games streak in league history at that time. He had a chance at breaking Doug Jarvis' record for consecutive games played but a contract dispute at the beginning of the 1993–94 officially ended his streak. The impasse was resolved by Larmer being traded to the New York Rangers, who would go on to win the Stanley Cup that same year. Larmer was selected to play in Pittsburgh in the 1990 All-Star Game, and in Chicago's 1991 All-Star Game as well. In the 1990–91 season he finished 5th in the voting for NHL league MVP. Larmer was great at both ends of the ice as he received Frank J. Selke Trophy votes on five occasions (1989-17th, 1991-3rd, 1992-8th, 1993-10th, 1994-13th) as best defensive forward in the league. He received votes for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy on five occasions. He won a Stanley Cup with the Rangers in 1994 where he served as alternate captain and recorded four goals in the series.
He scored his 1,000th point and played in his 1,000th game in 1994–95, his final season. In his career span of 1980 to 1995, he was 18th of 18 players to record 1,000 points. After retirement, he served as the NHLPA director of player relations for seven years.
Larmer was a member of the 1991 Canada Cup team for Canada and played on team's top line with Wayne Gretzky where Larmer led the entire competition in goals (6) and ranked second in points (11) behind only Gretzky.
In 2026, he was inducted as part of the inaugural class of the Blackhawks Hall of Fame.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | Regular season
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season
! Team
! League
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1977–78
| Peterborough Petes
| OMJHL
| 62
| 24
| 17
| 41
| 51
| 18
| 5
| 7
| 12
| 27
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1977–78
| Peterborough Petes
| MC
| —
| —
| —
| —
|—
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 11
|-
| 1978–79
| Niagara Falls Flyers
| OMJHL
| 66
| 37
| 47
| 84
| 108
| 20
| 11
| 13
| 24
| 43
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1979–80
| Niagara Falls Flyers
| OMJHL
| 67
| 45
| 69
| 114
| 71
| 10
| 5
| 9
| 14
| 15
|-
| 1980–81
| Niagara Falls Flyers
| OHL
| 61
| 55
| 78
| 133
| 73
| 12
| 13
| 8
| 21
| 24
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1980–81
| Chicago Black Hawks
| NHL
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1981–82
| Chicago Black Hawks
| NHL
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1981–82
| New Brunswick Hawks
| AHL
| 74
| 38
| 44
| 82
| 46
| 15
| 6
| 6
| 12
| 0
|-
| 1982–83
| Chicago Black Hawks
| NHL
| 80
| 43
| 47
| 90
| 28
| 11
| 5
| 7
| 12
| 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1983–84
| Chicago Black Hawks
| NHL
| 80
| 35
| 40
| 75
| 34
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 7
|-
| 1984–85
| Chicago Black Hawks
| NHL
| 80
| 46
| 40
| 86
| 16
| 15
| 9
| 13
| 22
| 14
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985–86
| Chicago Black Hawks
| NHL
| 80
| 31
| 45
| 76
| 47
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 4
|-
| 1986–87
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 80
| 28
| 56
| 84
| 22
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1987–88
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 80
| 41
| 48
| 89
| 42
| 5
| 1
| 6
| 7
| 0
|-
| 1988–89
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 80
| 43
| 44
| 87
| 54
| 16
| 8
| 9
| 17
| 22
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1989–90
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 80
| 31
| 59
| 90
| 40
| 20
| 7
| 15
| 22
| 8
|-
| 1990–91
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 80
| 44
| 57
| 101
| 79
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 6
| 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 80
| 29
| 45
| 74
| 65
| 18
| 8
| 7
| 15
| 6
|-
| 1992–93
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 84
| 35
| 35
| 70
| 48
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993–94
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 68
| 21
| 39
| 60
| 41
| 23
| 9
| 7
| 16
| 14
|-
| 1994–95
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 47
| 14
| 15
| 29
| 16
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 6
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 1,006
! 441
! 571
! 1,012
! 532
! 140
! 56
! 75
! 131
! 95
|}
International
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|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1991
| Canada
| WC
| 10
| 5
| 3
| 8
| 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991
| Canada
| CC
| 8
| 6
| 5
| 11
| 4
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | Senior totals
! 18
! 11
! 8
! 19
! 8
|}
Awards and achievements
Individual awards
- Calder Memorial Trophy – 1983
- NHL All-Rookie Team - 1983
- 1990 NHL All-Star
- 1991 NHL All-Star
Team awards
- 1982 Calder Cup Champion with New Brunswick Hawks
- 1991 Canada Cup Gold Medalist with Team Canada
- 1991 Silver Medalist with Team Canada
- 1994 Stanley Cup Champion with New York Rangers
NHL accolades
- Led NHL in Games Played for 11 Consecutive Seasons (1982-83 - 1992–1993)
- Led NHL in Shooting % with 31.3% (1990–91)
- Top 10 in Goals (1984–85)
- Top 10 in Assists (1986–87)
- Top 10 in Points (1990–91)
- 3 time Top 10 in Shorthanded Goals (1987–88) (1992–93) (1993–94)
- 4 time Top 10 in Power-Play Goals (1984–85) (1987–88) (1988–89) (1990–91)
- 2 time Top 10 on Plus/Minus (1982–83) (1990–91)
- 2 time Top 10 in Game Winning Goals (1982–83) (1990–91)
- 3 time Top 10 in Hat Tricks (1982–83) (1991–92) (1992–93)
- Top 10 in Shooting % (1984–85)
- 5 times (+20 Plus/Minus)
- 9 times (30+ Goals)
- 5 times (40+ Goals)
- 10 times (40+ Assists)
- 3 times (55+ Assists)
- 11 times (70+ Points)
- 9 times (75+ Points)
- 7 times (80+ Points)
- 3 times (90+ Points)
- 1 time (100+ Points)
- 9 Hat Tricks (Regular Season)
NHL Records
- Most Game Winning Goals by a Rookie in a Single Season (9)
- Most Assists in a single Game Seven (4)
- Most Points in a single Game Seven (5)
- Highest Plus/Minus in a single Game Seven (+4)
- Most Shorthanded Goals in a single Game Seven (1)
- Most Shorthanded Points in a single Game Seven (2)
- Highest Assists per Game Average in a single Game Seven (4.000)
- Highest Points per Game Average in a single Game Seven (5.000)
- Most Consecutive Games Played by a Right Winger in Regular Season History (884)
See also
- List of NHL players with 100-point seasons