1980–81 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1980–81 Chicago Black Hawks season was the 55th season of operation of the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League.

1980–81 Chicago Black Hawks
Division2nd Smythe
1980–81 record31–33–16
Goals for304
Goals against315
Team information
General ManagerBob Pulford
CoachKeith Magnuson
CaptainTerry Ruskowski
Alternate captainsNone

Offseason

At the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, the Black Hawks had the third overall pick, and selected Denis Savard from the Montreal Juniors of the QMJHL. In 72 games with the Juniors, Savard had 63 goals and 181 points during the 1979-80 season.

The club replaced head coach Eddie Johnston, as former Black Hawks defenceman and captain Keith Magnuson was named the new head coach of the team. Magnuson appeared in 589 games with Chicago from 1969-1980.

Regular season

The Black Hawks had a tough first half of the season, as the club had a record of 12-22-6 through their first 40 games, clinging on to the fourth and final playoff position in the Smythe Division. The Black Hawks then went 14-2-4 in their next 20 games, which included an eight-game winning streak, to improve their overall record to 26-24-10, and second place in the division. Chicago would finish their final 20 game stretch with a 5-9-6 record, finishing the season with a 31-33-16 record, earning 78 points, and maintaining second place in the Smythe Division, 31 points behind the division winners, the St. Louis Blues.

Offensively, Tom Lysiak led the club with 76 points, as he scored 21 goals and 55 assists. Rookie Denis Savard finished one point behind, scoring 28 goals and 75 points, while having a team best +27 rating. Darryl Sutter led the Black Hawks with 40 goals, while earning 62 points, and Reg Kerr had 30 goals and 60 points in 70 games. Terry Ruskowski chipped in with 59 points, while leading Chicago with 225 penalty minutes. On the blueline, Bob Murray led the scoring, getting 13 goals and 60 points, while Doug Wilson had 12 goals and 51 points.

In goal, Tony Esposito led the way, earning a 29-23-14 record in 66 games, posting a 3.75 GAA.

Final standings
Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
St. Louis Blues80451817352281107
Chicago Black Hawks8031331630431578
Vancouver Canucks8028322028930176
Edmonton Oilers8029351632832774
Colorado Rockies8022451325834457
Winnipeg Jets809571424640032

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Playoffs

The Black Hawks opened the playoffs with a best-of-five preliminary series against the Calgary Flames. The Flames finished the season with a 39-27-14 record, earning 92 points, 14 more than Chicago, and a third place finish in the Patrick Division. The series opened with two games at the Calgary Corral, and in the first game, the Black Hawks were led by two goals by Darryl Sutter, but it wasn't enough as the Flames held on for a 4-3 victory. In the second game, the Flames dominated the Hawks, defeating Chicago 6-2, as Calgary was led by goaltender Reggie Lemelin, who made 38 saves. The series moved to Chicago Stadium for the third game, as the Flames took a 4-2 lead going into the third period. The Black Hawks tied the game on goals by Al Secord and Darryl Sutter to force overtime, however, in double overtime, Willi Plett of the Flames scored, as Calgary completed the series sweep.

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 9, 19804–3Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)1–0–0
2WOctober 11, 19805–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)2–0–0
3TOctober 12, 19803–3Calgary Flames (1980–81)2–0–1
4WOctober 15, 19804–2Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)3–0–1
5LOctober 17, 19802–6@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)3–1–1
6WOctober 19, 19808–4Washington Capitals (1980–81)4–1–1
7LOctober 21, 19800–2@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)4–2–1
8LOctober 23, 19802–7Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)4–3–1
9LOctober 25, 19803–5@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)4–4–1
10WOctober 26, 19807–4Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)5–4–1
11TOctober 28, 19802–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)5–4–2
12WOctober 29, 19808–4Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)6–4–2
13LNovember 2, 19803–5St. Louis Blues (1980–81)6–5–2
14TNovember 5, 19803–3New York Rangers (1980–81)6–5–3
15LNovember 8, 19803–7@ New York Islanders (1980–81)6–6–3
16LNovember 9, 19801–7Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)6–7–3
17TNovember 11, 19806–6@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)6–7–4
18TNovember 13, 19804–4@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)6–7–5
19LNovember 15, 19802–5@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)6–8–5
20LNovember 16, 19804–5Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)6–9–5
21WNovember 19, 19805–2Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)7–9–5
22WNovember 22, 19806–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)8–9–5
23WNovember 23, 198011–3Hartford Whalers (1980–81)9–9–5
24LNovember 26, 19803–10@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)9–10–5
25LNovember 28, 19804–6@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)9–11–5
26LNovember 29, 19802–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)9–12–5
27LDecember 4, 19805–7@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)9–13–5
28LDecember 6, 19804–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)9–14–5
29LDecember 7, 19804–5@ New York Rangers (1980–81)9–15–5
30TDecember 10, 19802–2Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)9–15–6
31WDecember 11, 19805–2@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)10–15–6
32LDecember 13, 19803–7@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)10–16–6
33WDecember 14, 19802–1New York Rangers (1980–81)11–16–6
34LDecember 17, 19801–6Colorado Rockies (1980–81)11–17–6
35WDecember 20, 19805–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)12–17–6
36LDecember 21, 19800–9New York Islanders (1980–81)12–18–6
37LDecember 26, 19802–3@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)12–19–6
38LDecember 28, 19803–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)12–20–6
39LDecember 31, 19802–4Boston Bruins (1980–81)12–21–6
40LJanuary 3, 19811–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)12–22–6
41WJanuary 4, 19813–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)13–22–6
42WJanuary 7, 19816–2Colorado Rockies (1980–81)14–22–6
43WJanuary 10, 19815–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)15–22–6
44WJanuary 11, 19812–1Calgary Flames (1980–81)16–22–6
45WJanuary 15, 19813–2Boston Bruins (1980–81)17–22–6
46WJanuary 17, 19813–2@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)18–22–6
47WJanuary 18, 19817–2Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)19–22–6
48WJanuary 21, 19814–2Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)20–22–6
49LJanuary 24, 19812–4@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)20–23–6
50WJanuary 28, 19817–3Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)21–23–6
51LJanuary 30, 19812–4@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)21–24–6
52TJanuary 31, 19813–3@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)21–24–7
53WFebruary 2, 19818–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)22–24–7
54WFebruary 4, 19816–3Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)23–24–7
55WFebruary 7, 19816–2@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)24–24–7
56WFebruary 8, 19819–1Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)25–24–7
57TFebruary 12, 19815–5Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)25–24–8
58WFebruary 14, 19814–3@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)26–24–8
59TFebruary 15, 19814–4Hartford Whalers (1980–81)26–24–9
60TFebruary 18, 19815–5@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)26–24–10
61LFebruary 21, 19813–6@ New York Islanders (1980–81)26–25–10
62LFebruary 22, 19814–7Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)26–26–10
63TFebruary 25, 19812–2Washington Capitals (1980–81)26–26–11
64LFebruary 27, 19811–6@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)26–27–11
65TMarch 1, 19814–4St. Louis Blues (1980–81)26–27–12
66TMarch 4, 19813–3Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)26–27–13
67LMarch 7, 19811–7@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)26–28–13
68WMarch 8, 19813–2@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)27–28–13
69TMarch 11, 19814–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)27–28–14
70LMarch 13, 19813–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)27–29–14
71WMarch 15, 19818–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)28–29–14
72WMarch 18, 19815–1Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)29–29–14
73TMarch 21, 19814–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)29–29–15
74LMarch 22, 19812–6New York Islanders (1980–81)29–30–15
75LMarch 25, 19812–4Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)29–31–15
76LMarch 28, 19812–5@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)29–32–15
77WMarch 29, 19814–3Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)30–32–15
78TApril 1, 19812–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)30–32–16
79LApril 3, 19811–3@ New York Rangers (1980–81)30–33–16
80WApril 5, 19818–4Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)31–33–16

Calgary Flames 3, Chicago Black Hawks 0
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1April 8Chicago Black Hawks3–4Calgary Flames0-1
2April 9Chicago Black Hawks2–6Calgary Flames0-2
3April 11Calgary Flames5–4Chicago Black Hawks0-3

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Tom LysiakC72215576207523
Denis SavardC762847754727403
Darryl SutterLW7640226286-11404
Reg KerrLW703030605610604
Bob MurrayD77134760936601
Tim HigginsRW782435598620101
Terry RuskowskiC7285159225-19202
Doug WilsonD76123951806301
Keith BrownD8093443805011
Ted BulleyLW681816349518302
Grant MulveyRW4218143281-18614
Glen SharpleyC35101626126400
Al SecordLW4113922145-4302
Rich PrestonRW477142124-15301
Mike O'ConnellD3451621325110
Greg FoxD7531619112-10000
Ron SedlbauerLW391231512-7300
John MarksLW39861428-3110
Miles ZaharkoD42311144022001
Dave HutchisonD59291112412000
Rick PatersonC49821018-2121
Peter MarshRW294610100000
Florent RobidouxLW3962875-6100
Tony EspositoG6603300000
Ken SolheimLW52020-3000
Doug CrossmanD90222-5000
Brian YoungD80226-4000
Steve LarmerRW401101000
Murray BannermanG1500000000
Bill GardnerC100000000
Doug LecuyerLW1400041-2000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Tony Esposito3935662923142463.750
Murray Bannerman865152102624.300
Team:4800803133163083.850

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Al SecordLW340414000
Darryl SutterLW33142100
Tom LysiakC30330000
Doug WilsonD30332000
Peter MarshRW21122000
Keith BrownD30222000
Terry RuskowskiC302211000
Glen SharpleyC10220000
Rick PatersonC21010010
Greg FoxD30112000
Rich PrestonRW30110000
Tony EspositoG30000000
Tim HigginsRW30000000
Dave HutchisonD20002000
Reg KerrLW30002000
John MarksLW30000000
Grant MulveyRW30000000
Bob MurrayD30002000
Denis SavardC30000000
Miles ZaharkoD20000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Tony Esposito215303154.190
Team:215303154.190

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
13Denis Savard CanadaMontreal Juniors (QMJHL)
115Jerry Dupont CanadaToronto Marlboros (OHA)
228Steve Ludzik CanadaNiagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
230Ken Solheim CanadaMedicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
236Len Dawes CanadaVictoria Cougars (WHL)
357Troy Murray CanadaSt. Albert Saints (AJHL)
358Marcel Frere CanadaBillings Bighorns (WHL)
467Carey Wilson CanadaDartmouth College (ECAC)
478Brian Shaw CanadaPortland Winter Hawks (WHL)
599Kevin Ginnell CanadaMedicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6120Steve Larmer CanadaNiagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
7141Sean Simpson CanadaOttawa 67's (OMJHL)
8162Jim Ralph CanadaOttawa 67's (OMJHL)
9183Don Dietrich CanadaBrandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
10204Dan Frawley CanadaSudbury Wolves (OMJHL)

Farm teams

See also

References
  1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. "1980-81 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
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