1981–82 Chicago Black Hawks season

1981–82 Chicago Black Hawks
Division	4th Norris
1981–82 record	30–38–12
Goals for	332
Goals against	363
Team information
General manager	Bob Pulford
Coach	Keith Magnuson
Captain	Terry Ruskowski
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Al Secord (44)
Assists	Denis Savard (87)
Points	Denis Savard (119)
Penalty minutes	Al Secord (303)
Wins	Tony Esposito (19)
Goals against average	Murray Bannerman (4.17)

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.

Regular Season

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

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	80	32	87	119	82	0	8	0	4
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	76	39	46	85	54	1	14	1	3
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	71	32	50	82	84	-8	10	2	4
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	80	44	31	75	303	-17	14	0	6
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	74	20	30	50	85	-6	6	0	2
Mulvey, GrantGrant Mulvey	RW	73	30	19	49	141	-9	3	0	3
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	75	15	28	43	30	0	1	1	1
Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	D	70	12	28	40	24	-19	7	0	1
Kerr, RegReg Kerr	LW	59	11	28	39	39	-10	1	0	1
Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski	C	60	7	30	37	120	-13	2	0	0
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	40	23	12	35	31	0	4	3	0
Bulley, TedTed Bulley	LW	59	12	18	30	120	-1	2	0	2
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	45	8	22	30	48	1	3	1	0
Marsh, PeterPeter Marsh	RW	57	10	18	28	47	3	0	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	33	4	20	24	26	4	2	0	0
Gardner, BillBill Gardner	C	69	8	15	23	20	-9	1	4	0
Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison	D	66	5	18	23	246	4	0	1	0
Fox, GregGreg Fox	D	79	2	19	21	137	-13	0	0	0
Sharpley, GlenGlen Sharpley	C	36	9	7	16	11	2	0	0	2
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	48	4	7	11	8	-2	0	0	1
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont	D	34	0	4	4	51	-2	0	0	0
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	8	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	0
Robidoux, FlorentFlorent Robidoux	LW	4	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0
Zaharko, MilesMiles Zaharko	D	15	1	2	3	18	-1	0	0	0
Feamster, DaveDave Feamster	D	29	0	2	2	29	-6	0	0	0
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	G	52	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Marks, JohnJohn Marks	LW	13	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	29	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanti, TonyTony Tanti	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren Skorodenski	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	3069	52	19	25	8	231	4.52	1
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	1671	29	11	12	4	116	4.17	1
Skorodenski, WarrenWarren 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
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	15	11	7	18	52	5	0	2
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	15	6	9	15	13	3	0	0
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	15	3	10	13	32	0	1	1
Sharpley, GlenGlen Sharpley	C	15	6	3	9	16	0	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	15	2	5	7	61	2	0	1
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	15	1	6	7	16	0	0	0
Mulvey, GrantGrant Mulvey	RW	15	4	2	6	50	1	0	0
Feamster, DaveDave Feamster	D	15	2	4	6	53	0	0	1
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	15	2	4	6	21	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	15	3	2	5	21	0	0	0
Gardner, BillBill Gardner	C	15	1	4	5	6	0	0	0
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	12	3	1	4	15	0	0	0
Fox, GregGreg Fox	D	15	1	3	4	27	0	0	1
Bulley, TedTed Bulley	LW	15	2	1	3	12	0	0	1
Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski	C	11	1	2	3	53	0	0	0
Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison	D	14	1	2	3	44	0	0	0
Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	D	11	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	4	0	2	2	5	0	0	0
Marsh, PeterPeter Marsh	RW	12	0	2	2	31	0	0	0
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	10	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Marks, JohnJohn Marks	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	555	10	5	4	35	3.78	0
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	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

See Also

• 1981–82 NHL season

References

• 1981–82 Chicago Black Hawks Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.