1981–82 Chicago Black Hawks season

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Chicago Black Hawks
Division4th Norris
1981–82 record30–38–12
Goals for332
Goals against363
Team information
General managerBob Pulford
CoachKeith Magnuson
CaptainTerry Ruskowski
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaChicago Stadium
Average attendance12,698
Team leaders
GoalsAl Secord (44)
PointsDenis Savard (119)
Penalty minutesAl Secord (303)
Plus/minusKeith Brown (5)
WinsTony Esposito (19)
Goals against averageMurray Bannerman (4.53)

The 1981–82 Chicago Black Hawks season was the 56th season of operation of the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League.

Offseason

During the off-season, the NHL realigned their divisions, and the Black Hawks moved from the Smythe Division to the Norris Division. Joining Chicago in the Norris Division were the Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota North Stars, St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Winnipeg Jets, making it the only six team division in the league.

At the

1981 NHL Entry Draft, the Hawks drafted Tony Tanti with their first round draft pick. Tanti had 81 goals and 150 points with the Oshawa Generals of the OHL in 1980–81
.

Regular season

Chicago had a solid start to the season, opening with a 9–5–6 record in their first 20 games, only two points behind the Minnesota North Stars for first place in the Norris Division. The Black Hawks struggled over the next part of the season, as they quickly fell out of contention for first place, going 14-28-4 in their next 46 games, falling into fourth place. During the slump, head coach Keith Magnuson resigned, as Bob Pulford took over as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Chicago finished the season with a 30–38–12 record, earning 72 points, which was good enough for the final playoff spot in the Norris.

Offensively, Denis Savard had a breakout season, scoring 32 goals and a club record 119 points while playing in all 80 games. Al Secord scored a team high 44 goals, and finished with 75 points, while getting a team high 303 penalty minutes. Tom Lysiak had another solid season, scoring 32 goals and 82 points. On defence, Doug Wilson had an excellent season, scoring 39 goals and 85 points, while Doug Crossman emerged with 12 goals and 40 points.

In goal, Tony Esposito had the majority of playing time, going 19–25–8 with a 4.52 GAA in 52 games. Murray Bannerman backed him up with an 11–12–4 record and a 4.17 GAA in 29 games.

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Minnesota North Stars 80 37 23 20 346 288 94
Winnipeg Jets 80 33 33 14 319 332 80
St. Louis Blues 80 32 40 8 315 349 72
Chicago Black Hawks 80 30 38 12 332 363 72
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 20 44 16 298 380 56
Detroit Red Wings 80 21 47 12 270 351 54

[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.

Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Wales Conference


Playoffs

Chicago Black Hawks 3, Minnesota North Stars 1

The Black Hawks opened the playoffs with a best-of-five Norris Division semi-final series against the Minnesota North Stars. The North Stars had the best record in the Norris, going 37–23–20, earning 94 points, which was 22 more than the Black Hawks. The series opened with two games at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. With the game tied at 2–2 at the end of regulation time, the Hawks Greg Fox emerged as the hero in overtime, scoring 3:34 into the extra period, as Chicago won the game 3–2 to take a 1–0 series lead. Chicago goaltender Murray Bannerman made 45 saves in the victory. In the second game, the Black Hawks, led by two goals by Tom Lysiak and 33 saves from Murray Bannerman, defeated the North Stars 5–3 to take both games in Minnesota. The series shifted to Chicago Stadium for the next two games, and the North Stars rebounded with a 7–1 victory in the third game, as Dino Ciccarelli led the way with three goals for Minnesota. The Black Hawks completed the upset in the fourth game, defeating the North Stars 5–2, as goaltender Tony Esposito made 31 saves for the win.

Chicago Black Hawks 4, St. Louis Blues 2

In the best-of-seven

The Checkerdome, and the two teams ended regulation time tied at 2-2. In overtime, the Blues Bernie Federko kept St. Louis alive, scoring 3:28 into the extra period, as the Blues avoided elimination with a 3–2 victory. The sixth game was back in Chicago, as the Black Hawks, led by Tony Esposito
and his 31 saves, eliminated the Blues with a 2–0 victory.

Vancouver Canucks 4, Chicago Black Hawks 1

The Black Hawks would face the

PNE Coliseum, and in the third game, Glen Sharpley give Chicago a 1–0 lead. However, this lead would not last as Vancouver's two consecutive power play goals would prove too much for the Hawks even though they tied the game at the end of first period. The Canucks would break the tie in 2nd period by Curt Fraser and win the game 4–3 to take a 2–1 series lead. Vancouver took a 3–0 lead midway through the fourth game, however, the Black Hawks, on goals by Glen Sharpley and Denis Savard cut the Canucks lead to 3-2 early in the third. Vancouver then scored two quick goals, and hung on for a 5–3 win, taking a 3–1 series lead back to Chicago. In the fifth game, the Canucks jumped out to a quick 2–0 lead before the Hawks Tom Lysiak scored 5:09 into the game to cut the Canucks lead in half. Vancouver took a 3–1 lead after the first. After a scoreless second period, the Black Hawks cut the Canucks lead to 3–2 with an early third period goal by Grant Mulvey
, however, Vancouver took control of the game, and the series, skating their way to a 6–2 victory, eliminating the Hawks.

Schedule and results

Regular season
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 7, 1981 5–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 0–0–1
2 L October 10, 1981 8–9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 0–1–1
3 W October 11, 1981 3–0 Calgary Flames (1981–82) 1–1–1
4 L October 14, 1981 5–8 Boston Bruins (1981–82) 1–2–1
5 L October 17, 1981 3–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 1–3–1
6 W October 18, 1981 7–5 Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 2–3–1
7 T October 21, 1981 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 2–3–2
8 T October 23, 1981 5–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 2–3–3
9 T October 25, 1981 4–4 St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 2–3–4
10 W October 28, 1981 7–6 Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 3–3–4
11 T October 31, 1981 2–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 3–3–5
12 W November 1, 1981 9–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 4–3–5
13 W November 4, 1981 5–4 Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 5–3–5
14 L November 6, 1981 3–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 5–4–5
15 W November 8, 1981 10–4 Calgary Flames (1981–82) 6–4–5
16 T November 11, 1981 5–5 Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 6–4–6
17 L November 14, 1981 3–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 6–5–6
18 W November 15, 1981 10–0 Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 7–5–6
19 W November 18, 1981 4–3 Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 8–5–6
20 W November 21, 1981 6–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 9–5–6
21 T November 22, 1981 1–1 Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 9–5–7
22 L November 25, 1981 2–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 9–6–7
23 L November 27, 1981 1–8 @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 9–7–7
24 T November 28, 1981 4–4 @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 9–7–8
25 L December 2, 1981 2–3 @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 9–8–8
26 W December 5, 1981 3–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 10–8–8
27 W December 9, 1981 7–3 Washington Capitals (1981–82) 11–8–8
28 L December 12, 1981 3–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 11–9–8
29 W December 13, 1981 8–3 Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 12–9–8
30 T December 16, 1981 3–3 Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 12–9–9
31 W December 19, 1981 6–4 @ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 13–9–9
32 L December 20, 1981 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 13–10–9
33 L December 23, 1981 6–7 Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 13–11–9
34 W December 26, 1981 3–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 14–11–9
35 L December 27, 1981 3–4 St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 14–12–9
36 L December 29, 1981 1–8 @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 14–13–9
37 L December 30, 1981 3–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 14–14–9
38 L January 2, 1982 3–5 @ New York Islanders (1981–82) 14–15–9
39 W January 3, 1982 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 15–15–9
40 W January 6, 1982 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 16–15–9
41 L January 9, 1982 5–7 @ New York Rangers (1981–82) 16–16–9
42 W January 10, 1982 3–2 Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 17–16–9
43 L January 13, 1982 2–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 17–17–9
44 L January 16, 1982 6–8 @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 17–18–9
45 L January 17, 1982 5–7 @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 17–19–9
46 L January 20, 1982 4–5 Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 17–20–9
47 L January 22, 1982 5–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 17–21–9
48 L January 23, 1982 4–8 @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 17–22–9
49 L January 25, 1982 5–6 Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 17–23–9
50 T January 27, 1982 3–3 Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 17–23–10
51 L January 30, 1982 2–5 @ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 17–24–10
52 L January 31, 1982 2–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 17–25–10
53 W February 3, 1982 9–5 St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 18–25–10
54 L February 4, 1982 4–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 18–26–10
55 W February 6, 1982 4–3 @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 19–26–10
56 W February 7, 1982 5–2 Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 20–26–10
57 L February 11, 1982 2–8 New York Islanders (1981–82) 20–27–10
58 W February 13, 1982 6–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 21–27–10
59 L February 15, 1982 1–4 Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 21–28–10
60 L February 17, 1982 2–3 Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 21–29–10
61 W February 21, 1982 5–3 Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 22–29–10
62 L February 23, 1982 1–5 @ New York Islanders (1981–82) 22–30–10
63 L February 24, 1982 4–6 @ New York Rangers (1981–82) 22–31–10
64 W February 27, 1982 5–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 23–31–10
65 L February 28, 1982 3–5 @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 23–32–10
66 L March 3, 1982 2–4 Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 23–33–10
67 W March 6, 1982 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 24–33–10
68 W March 7, 1982 5–1 Boston Bruins (1981–82) 25–33–10
69 W March 10, 1982 7–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 26–33–10
70 L March 11, 1982 0–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 26–34–10
71 L March 13, 1982 3–9 @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 26–35–10
72 T March 18, 1982 4–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 26–35–11
73 W March 20, 1982 4–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 27–35–11
74 L March 22, 1982 5–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 27–36–11
75 W March 24, 1982 6–4 Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 28–36–11
76 T March 27, 1982 3–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 28–36–12
77 L March 28, 1982 3–8 St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 28–37–12
78 L March 31, 1982 1–4 New York Rangers (1981–82) 28–38–12
79 W April 3, 1982 7–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 29–38–12
80 W April 4, 1982 4–3 Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 30–38–12
Chicago Black Hawks vs. Minnesota North Stars
# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 7 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 Minnesota North Stars 1–0
2 April 8 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 Minnesota North Stars 2–0
3 April 10 Minnesota North Stars 7–1 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1
4 April 11 Minnesota North Stars 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1
Chicago Black Hawks vs. St. Louis Blues
# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 15 Chicago Black Hawks 5–4 St. Louis Blues 1–0
2 April 16 Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 St. Louis Blues 1–1
3 April 18 St. Louis Blues 5–6 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1
4 April 19 St. Louis Blues 4–7 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1
5 April 21 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 St. Louis Blues 3–2
6 April 23 St. Louis Blues 0–2 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2
Chicago Black Hawks vs. Vancouver Canucks
# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 27 Vancouver Canucks 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks 0–1
2 April 29 Vancouver Canucks 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1
3 May 1 Chicago Black Hawks 3–4 Vancouver Canucks 1–2
4 May 4 Chicago Black Hawks 3–5 Vancouver Canucks 1–3
5 May 6 Vancouver Canucks 6–2 Chicago Black Hawks 1–4

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Denis Savard C 80 32 87 119 82 0 8 0 4
Doug Wilson D 76 39 46 85 54 1 14 1 3
Tom Lysiak C 71 32 50 82 84 -8 10 2 4
Al Secord LW 80 44 31 75 303 -17 14 0 6
Tim Higgins RW 74 20 30 50 85 -6 6 0 2
Grant Mulvey RW 73 30 19 49 141 -9 3 0 3
Rich Preston RW 75 15 28 43 30 0 1 1 1
Doug Crossman D 70 12 28 40 24 -19 7 0 1
Reg Kerr LW 59 11 28 39 39 -10 1 0 1
Terry Ruskowski C 60 7 30 37 120 -13 2 0 0
Darryl Sutter LW 40 23 12 35 31 0 4 3 0
Ted Bulley LW 59 12 18 30 120 -1 2 0 2
Bob Murray
 D 45 8 22 30 48 1 3 1 0
Peter Marsh RW 57 10 18 28 47 3 0 0 0
Keith Brown D 33 4 20 24 26 4 2 0 0
Bill Gardner C 69 8 15 23 20 -9 1 4 0
Dave Hutchison D 66 5 18 23 246 4 0 1 0
Greg Fox D 79 2 19 21 137 -13 0 0 0
Glen Sharpley C 36 9 7 16 11 2 0 0 2
Rick Paterson C 48 4 7 11 8 -2 0 0 1
Jerome Dupont D 34 0 4 4 51 -2 0 0 0
Steve Ludzik C 8 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
Florent Robidoux LW 4 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0
Miles Zaharko D 15 1 2 3 18 -1 0 0 0
Tony Esposito G 52 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Feamster D 29 0 2 2 29 -6 0 0 0
John Marks LW 13 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0
Murray Bannerman G 29 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Larmer RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Troy Murray C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren Skorodenski G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Tanti RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Tony Esposito 3069 52 19 25 8 231 4.52 1
Murray Bannerman 1671 29 11 12 4 116 4.17 1
Warren Skorodenski 60 1 0 1 0 5 5.00 0
Team: 4800 80 30 38 12 352 4.40 2

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Denis Savard C 15 11 7 18 52 5 0 2
Tom Lysiak C 15 6 9 15 13 3 0 0
Doug Wilson D 15 3 10 13 32 0 1 1
Glen Sharpley C 15 6 3 9 16 0 0 0
Al Secord LW 15 2 5 7 61 2 0 1
Bob Murray
 D 15 1 6 7 16 0 0 0
Grant Mulvey RW 15 4 2 6 50 1 0 0
Dave Feamster D 15 2 4 6 53 0 0 1
Rich Preston RW 15 2 4 6 21 0 0 0
Rick Paterson C 15 3 2 5 21 0 0 0
Bill Gardner C 15 1 4 5 6 0 0 0
Tim Higgins RW 12 3 1 4 15 0 0 0
Greg Fox D 15 1 3 4 27 0 0 1
Ted Bulley LW 15 2 1 3 12 0 0 1
Dave Hutchison D 14 1 2 3 44 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski C 11 1 2 3 53 0 0 0
Doug Crossman D 11 0 3 3 4 0 0 0
Keith Brown D 4 0 2 2 5 0 0 0
Peter Marsh RW 12 0 2 2 31 0 0 0
Troy Murray C 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 0
Murray Bannerman G 10 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Darryl Sutter LW 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Tony Esposito G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Marks LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Murray Bannerman 555 10 5 4 35 3.78 0
Tony Esposito 381 7 3 3 16 2.52 1
Team: 936 15 8 7 51 3.27 1

[3]

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

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the

1981 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal
.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 12 Tony Tanti  Canada Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
2 25 Kevin Griffin  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
3 54 Darrel Anholt  Canada Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
4 75 Perry Pelensky  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
5 96 Doug Chessell  Canada London Knights (OMJHL)
6 117 Bill Schafhauser  United States Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
7 138 Marc Centrone  Canada Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
8 159 Johan Mellstrom  Sweden Falun (Sweden)
9 180 John Benns  Canada Billings Bighorns (WHL)
10 201 Sylvain Roy  Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9781894801225
    .
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1981-82 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
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