1980–81 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1980–81 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 55th season in the NHL. The Hawks finished 2nd in the Smythe Division and lost in the Preliminary round to the Calgary Flames 3 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
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
==Playoffs==
===Calgary Flames 3, Chicago Black Hawks 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	72	21	55	76 	20 	7 	5 	2 	3
 	C 	76	28	47	75 	47 	27 	4 	0 	3
 	LW 	76	40	22	62 	86 	-1 	14 	0 	4
 	LW 	70	30	30	60 	56 	10 	6 	0 	4
 	D 	77	13	47	60 	93 	6 	6 	0 	1
 	RW 	78	24	35	59 	86 	20 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	72	8 	51	59 	225	-19	2 	0 	2
 	D 	76	12	39	51 	80 	6 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	80	9 	34	43 	80 	5 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	68	18	16	34 	95 	18 	3 	0 	2
 	RW 	42	18	14	32 	81 	-18	6 	1 	4
 	C 	35	10	16	26 	12 	6 	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	41	13	9 	22 	145	-4 	3 	0 	2
 	RW 	47	7 	14	21 	24 	-15	3 	0 	1
 	D 	34	5 	16	21 	32 	5 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	75	3 	16	19 	112	-10	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	39	12	3 	15 	12 	-7 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	39	8 	6 	14 	28 	-3 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	42	3 	11	14 	40 	22 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	59	2 	9 	11 	124	12 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	49	8 	2 	10 	18 	-2 	1 	2 	1
 	RW 	29	4 	6 	10 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	39	6 	2 	8 	75 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	G 	66	0 	3 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	2 	0 	2 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	2 	2 	6 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	2 	2 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	0 	0 	0 	41 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3935	66	29	23	14	246	3.75	0
 	865 	15	2 	10	2 	62 	4.30	0
Team: 	4800	80	31	33	16	308	3.85	0
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	3 	4	0	4 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	3	1	4 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	3	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	3	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	2	2 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	215	3 	0	3	15	4.19	0
Team: 	215	3 	0	3	15	4.19	0
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==
*The Black Hawks did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1980–81 NHL season
==References==
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Category:1980 in hockey
Category:1981 in hockey