1981–82 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1981–82 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 56th season in the NHL. The Hawks finished 4th in the Norris Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Vancouver Canucks 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
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
==Playoffs==
===Chicago Black Hawks 3, Minnesota North Stars 1===
===Chicago Black Hawks 4, St. Louis Blues 2===
===Vancouver Canucks 4, Chicago Black Hawks 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	32	87	119	82 	0 	8 	0 	4
 	D 	76	39	46	85 	54 	1 	14 	1 	3
 	C 	71	32	50	82 	84 	-8 	10 	2 	4
 	LW 	80	44	31	75 	303	-17	14 	0 	6
 	RW 	74	20	30	50 	85 	-6 	6 	0 	2
 	RW 	73	30	19	49 	141	-9 	3 	0 	3
 	RW 	75	15	28	43 	30 	0 	1 	1 	1
 	D 	70	12	28	40 	24 	-19	7 	0 	1
 	LW 	59	11	28	39 	39 	-10	1 	0 	1
 	C 	60	7 	30	37 	120	-13	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	40	23	12	35 	31 	0 	4 	3 	0
 	LW 	59	12	18	30 	120	-1 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	45	8 	22	30 	48 	1 	3 	1 	0
 	RW 	57	10	18	28 	47 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	33	4 	20	24 	26 	4 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	69	8 	15	23 	20 	-9 	1 	4 	0
 	D 	66	5 	18	23 	246	4 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	79	2 	19	21 	137	-13	0 	0 	0
 	C 	36	9 	7 	16 	11 	2 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	48	4 	7 	11 	8 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	34	0 	4 	4 	51 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	2 	1 	3 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	1 	2 	3 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	1 	2 	3 	18 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	29	0 	2 	2 	29 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	52	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	1 	0 	1 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	29	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3069	52	19	25	8 	231	4.52	1
 	1671	29	11	12	4 	116	4.17	1
 	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
 	C 	15	11	7 	18 	52 	5 	0 	2
 	C 	15	6 	9 	15 	13 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	15	3 	10	13 	32 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	15	6 	3 	9 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	2 	5 	7 	61 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	15	1 	6 	7 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	4 	2 	6 	50 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	15	2 	4 	6 	53 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	15	2 	4 	6 	21 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	3 	2 	5 	21 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	1 	4 	5 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	3 	1 	4 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	1 	3 	4 	27 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	15	2 	1 	3 	12 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	11	1 	2 	3 	53 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1 	2 	3 	44 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	3 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	2 	2 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	0 	2 	2 	31 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1 	0 	1 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	555	10	5	4	35	3.78	0
 	381	7 	3	3	16	2.52	1
Team: 	936	15	8	7	51	3.27	1
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==
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Doug Wilson
*Doug Wilson, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1981–82 NHL season
==References==
* 
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1981–82
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1981–82
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