1980–81 Chicago Black Hawks season

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 Blues	80	45	18	17	352	281	107
Chicago Black Hawks	80	31	33	16	304	315	78
Vancouver Canucks	80	28	32	20	289	301	76
Edmonton Oilers	80	29	35	16	328	327	74
Colorado Rockies	80	22	45	13	258	344	57
Winnipeg Jets	80	9	57	14	246	400	32

^[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
1	W	October 9, 1980	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	1–0–0
2	W	October 11, 1980	5–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	2–0–0
3	T	October 12, 1980	3–3	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	2–0–1
4	W	October 15, 1980	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	3–0–1
5	L	October 17, 1980	2–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	3–1–1
6	W	October 19, 1980	8–4	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	4–1–1
7	L	October 21, 1980	0–2	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	4–2–1
8	L	October 23, 1980	2–7	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	4–3–1
9	L	October 25, 1980	3–5	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	4–4–1
10	W	October 26, 1980	7–4	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	5–4–1
11	T	October 28, 1980	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	5–4–2
12	W	October 29, 1980	8–4	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	6–4–2
13	L	November 2, 1980	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	6–5–2
14	T	November 5, 1980	3–3	New York Rangers (1980–81)	6–5–3
15	L	November 8, 1980	3–7	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	6–6–3
16	L	November 9, 1980	1–7	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	6–7–3
17	T	November 11, 1980	6–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	6–7–4
18	T	November 13, 1980	4–4	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	6–7–5
19	L	November 15, 1980	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	6–8–5
20	L	November 16, 1980	4–5	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	6–9–5
21	W	November 19, 1980	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	7–9–5
22	W	November 22, 1980	6–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	8–9–5
23	W	November 23, 1980	11–3	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	9–9–5
24	L	November 26, 1980	3–10	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	9–10–5
25	L	November 28, 1980	4–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	9–11–5
26	L	November 29, 1980	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	9–12–5
27	L	December 4, 1980	5–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	9–13–5
28	L	December 6, 1980	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	9–14–5
29	L	December 7, 1980	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	9–15–5
30	T	December 10, 1980	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	9–15–6
31	W	December 11, 1980	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	10–15–6
32	L	December 13, 1980	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	10–16–6
33	W	December 14, 1980	2–1	New York Rangers (1980–81)	11–16–6
34	L	December 17, 1980	1–6	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	11–17–6
35	W	December 20, 1980	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	12–17–6
36	L	December 21, 1980	0–9	New York Islanders (1980–81)	12–18–6
37	L	December 26, 1980	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	12–19–6
38	L	December 28, 1980	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	12–20–6
39	L	December 31, 1980	2–4	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	12–21–6
40	L	January 3, 1981	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	12–22–6
41	W	January 4, 1981	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	13–22–6
42	W	January 7, 1981	6–2	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	14–22–6
43	W	January 10, 1981	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	15–22–6
44	W	January 11, 1981	2–1	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	16–22–6
45	W	January 15, 1981	3–2	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	17–22–6
46	W	January 17, 1981	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	18–22–6
47	W	January 18, 1981	7–2	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	19–22–6
48	W	January 21, 1981	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	20–22–6
49	L	January 24, 1981	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	20–23–6
50	W	January 28, 1981	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	21–23–6
51	L	January 30, 1981	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	21–24–6
52	T	January 31, 1981	3–3	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	21–24–7
53	W	February 2, 1981	8–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	22–24–7
54	W	February 4, 1981	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	23–24–7
55	W	February 7, 1981	6–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	24–24–7
56	W	February 8, 1981	9–1	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	25–24–7
57	T	February 12, 1981	5–5	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	25–24–8
58	W	February 14, 1981	4–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	26–24–8
59	T	February 15, 1981	4–4	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	26–24–9
60	T	February 18, 1981	5–5	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	26–24–10
61	L	February 21, 1981	3–6	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	26–25–10
62	L	February 22, 1981	4–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	26–26–10
63	T	February 25, 1981	2–2	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	26–26–11
64	L	February 27, 1981	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	26–27–11
65	T	March 1, 1981	4–4	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	26–27–12
66	T	March 4, 1981	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	26–27–13
67	L	March 7, 1981	1–7	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	26–28–13
68	W	March 8, 1981	3–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	27–28–13
69	T	March 11, 1981	4–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	27–28–14
70	L	March 13, 1981	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	27–29–14
71	W	March 15, 1981	8–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	28–29–14
72	W	March 18, 1981	5–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	29–29–14
73	T	March 21, 1981	4–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	29–29–15
74	L	March 22, 1981	2–6	New York Islanders (1980–81)	29–30–15
75	L	March 25, 1981	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	29–31–15
76	L	March 28, 1981	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	29–32–15
77	W	March 29, 1981	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	30–32–15
78	T	April 1, 1981	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	30–32–16
79	L	April 3, 1981	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	30–33–16
80	W	April 5, 1981	8–4	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	31–33–16

Calgary Flames 3, Chicago Black Hawks 0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 8	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4	Calgary Flames	0-1
2	April 9	Chicago Black Hawks	2–6	Calgary Flames	0-2
3	April 11	Calgary Flames	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks	0-3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	72	21	55	76	20	7	5	2	3
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	76	28	47	75	47	27	4	0	3
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	76	40	22	62	86	-1	14	0	4
Kerr, RegReg Kerr	LW	70	30	30	60	56	10	6	0	4
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	77	13	47	60	93	6	6	0	1
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	78	24	35	59	86	20	1	0	1
Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski	C	72	8	51	59	225	-19	2	0	2
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	76	12	39	51	80	6	3	0	1
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	80	9	34	43	80	5	0	1	1
Bulley, TedTed Bulley	LW	68	18	16	34	95	18	3	0	2
Mulvey, GrantGrant Mulvey	RW	42	18	14	32	81	-18	6	1	4
Sharpley, GlenGlen Sharpley	C	35	10	16	26	12	6	4	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	41	13	9	22	145	-4	3	0	2
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	47	7	14	21	24	-15	3	0	1
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	34	5	16	21	32	5	1	1	0
Fox, GregGreg Fox	D	75	3	16	19	112	-10	0	0	0
Sedlbauer, RonRon Sedlbauer	LW	39	12	3	15	12	-7	3	0	0
Marks, JohnJohn Marks	LW	39	8	6	14	28	-3	1	1	0
Zaharko, MilesMiles Zaharko	D	42	3	11	14	40	22	0	0	1
Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison	D	59	2	9	11	124	12	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	49	8	2	10	18	-2	1	2	1
Marsh, PeterPeter Marsh	RW	29	4	6	10	10	0	0	0	0
Robidoux, FlorentFlorent Robidoux	LW	39	6	2	8	75	-6	1	0	0
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	G	66	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Solheim, KenKen Solheim	LW	5	2	0	2	0	-3	0	0	0
Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	D	9	0	2	2	2	-5	0	0	0
Young, BrianBrian Young	D	8	0	2	2	6	-4	0	0	0
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gardner, BillBill Gardner	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lecuyer, DougDoug Lecuyer	LW	14	0	0	0	41	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	3935	66	29	23	14	246	3.75
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	865	15	2	10	2	62	4.30
Team:	4800	80	31	33	16	308	3.85

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	3	4	0	4	14	0	0
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	3	3	1	4	2	1	0
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	3	0	3	3	0	0	0
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	3	0	3	3	2	0	0
Marsh, PeterPeter Marsh	RW	2	1	1	2	2	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	3	0	2	2	2	0	0
Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski	C	3	0	2	2	11	0	0
Sharpley, GlenGlen Sharpley	C	1	0	2	2	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
Fox, GregGreg Fox	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Kerr, RegReg Kerr	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Marks, JohnJohn Marks	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mulvey, GrantGrant Mulvey	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zaharko, MilesMiles Zaharko	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	215	3	0	3	15	4.19	0
Team:	215	3	0	3	15	4.19	0

^[2]

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;

References

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

"1980–81 Chicago Black Hawks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

Chicago Blackhawks

Founded in 1926 Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Records Award winners Seasons Current season

Personnel	Owner Wirtz Corporation (Rocky Wirtz, chairman) General manager Stan Bowman Head coach Joel Quenneville Team captain Jonathan Toews Current roster

Arenas	Chicago Coliseum Chicago Stadium United Center

Rivalries	St. Louis Blues Detroit Red Wings

Culture and lore	2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Stadium Series 2015 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series 2017 NHL Winter Classic Ashland Green/Pink Line Station "Chelsea Dagger" Curse of Muldoon Eddie Olczyk Gene Honda "Here Come the Hawks" "Holiday Road" Jim Cornelison The "Madhouse on Madison" Nancy Faust Original Six Pat Foley Sudden Death Wayne Messmer 86th Infantry Division 17 seconds

Stanley Cup championships (6)	1934 1938 1961 2010 2013 2015

Retired numbers	1 3 3 9 18 21 35 99

General managers	McLaughlin Tobin Ivan Pulford Keenan Pulford Murray Pulford Smith Pulford Tallon Bowman

Head coaches	Muldoon Stanley Lehman Gardiner Irvin Shaughnessy Tobin Iverson Matheson Gorman Loughlin Stewart Thompson Gottselig Conacher Goodfellow Abel Eddolls Ivan Pilous Reay White Pulford Johnston Magnuson Pulford Tessier Pulford Murdoch Keenan D. Sutter Hartsburg Graham Molleken Pulford Suhonen B. Sutter Yawney Savard Quenneville

Affiliates	AHL Rockford IceHogs ECHL Indy Fuel

Media	CSN Chicago WGN Sports WGN Radio Hawkvision FSN Chicago Broadcasters

Chicago Blackhawks seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1980–81 NHL season

Patrick	Calgary NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Quebec Toronto

Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1980–81 Chicago Black Hawks season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Calgary Flames 3, Chicago Black Hawks 0

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References