1979-80 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 34-27-19 - 87 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Preliminary - Defeated St. Louis Blues 3-0
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Buffalo Sabres 4-0
Coach: Eddie Johnston (34-27-19)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1979-80 Chicago Black Hawks Roster
1979-80 Chicago Black Hawks Results

The Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 34 wins and 27 losses and 19 ties for 87 points, finishing first in the NHL's Smythe Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Black Hawks scored 241 goals and allowed 250. Grant Mulvey netted 39 goals for Chicago, and Rich Preston tallied 30 or more, too. Terry Ruskowski accounted for 55 assists. Tony Esposito earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.97 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Eddie Johnston coached the team. The 1979-80 Chicago Black Hawks lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Terry Ruskowski	C	74	15	55	70	252	7	6	1	3	4	90	16.7
Tom Lysiak	C	77	26	43	69	31	-7	10	0	7	0	160	16.3
Grant Mulvey	R	80	39	26	65	122	3	14	0	7	3	228	17.1
Rich Preston	R	80	31	30	61	70	16	12	2	5	1	205	15.1
Doug Wilson	D	73	12	49	61	70	-5	3	1	1	2	225	5.3
Bob Murray	D	74	16	34	50	60	-16	8	0	1	1	224	7.1
Ted Bulley	L	66	14	17	31	136	-12	1	0	1	0	125	11.2
Mike O'Connell	D	78	8	22	30	52	-2	2	0	2	0	158	5.1
Tim Higgins	R	74	13	12	25	50	-15	2	0	0	1	110	11.8
Ron Sedlbauer	L	45	13	10	23	14	1	1	0	0	1	132	9.8
J.P. Bordeleau	R	45	7	14	21	28	3	1	0	0	0	53	13.2
John Marks	L	74	6	15	21	51	-16	1	0	1	1	111	5.4
Keith Brown	D	76	2	18	20	27	7	0	0	2	0	105	1.9
Reg Kerr	L	49	9	8	17	17	-10	1	1	0	0	69	13.0
Alain Daigle	R	66	7	9	16	22	-6	0	1	0	0	56	12.5
Tim Trimper	L	30	6	10	16	10	-7	2	0	1	2	65	9.2
Greg Fox	D	71	4	11	15	73	-13	0	0	1	0	58	6.9
Doug Lecuyer	L	53	3	10	13	59	-7	0	0	1	1	75	4.0
Cliff Koroll	R	47	3	4	7	6	-10	0	0	0	0	40	7.5
Stan Mikita	C	17	2	5	7	12	2	0	0	0	0	28	7.1
Dave Logan	D	12	2	3	5	34	5	0	0	1	0	13	15.4
Dave Hutchison	D	38	0	5	5	73	0	0	0	0	0	57	0.0
Pat Ribble	D	23	1	2	3	14	-8	0	0	0	0	15	6.7
Darryl Sutter	L	8	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
Rick Paterson	C	11	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
Tony Esposito	G	69	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Magnuson	D	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Veisor	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harold Phillipoff	L	9	0	0	0	20	-3	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1433	241	415	656	1311	-92	64	6	34	17	2418	10.0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Tony Esposito	69	4140	31	22	16	6	6	205	2.97	0
Mike Veisor	11	660	3	5	3	2	0	37	3.36	0
Totals	80	4800	34	27	19	8	6	242	3.03		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Terry Ruskowski	C	4	0	0	0	22	0	0
Tom Lysiak	C	7	4	4	8	0	4	0
Grant Mulvey	R	7	1	1	2	8	0	0
Rich Preston	R	7	0	3	3	2	0	0
Doug Wilson	D	7	2	8	10	6	0	0
Bob Murray	D	7	2	4	6	6	0	0
Ted Bulley	L	7	2	3	5	10	0	0
Mike O'Connell	D	7	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tim Higgins	R	7	0	3	3	10	0	0
Ron Sedlbauer	L	7	1	1	2	6	1	1
J.P. Bordeleau	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Marks	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Brown	D	6	0	0	0	4	0	0
Alain Daigle	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Trimper	L	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Greg Fox	D	7	0	0	0	8	0	0
Doug Lecuyer	L	7	4	0	4	15	0	1
Cliff Koroll	R	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Dave Hutchison	D	6	0	0	0	12	0	0
Darryl Sutter	L	7	3	1	4	2	2	1
Rick Paterson	C	7	0	0	0	5	0	0
Tony Esposito	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Veisor	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		124	19	29	48	120	7	3

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Tony Esposito	6	373	3	3	14	2.25	0
Mike Veisor	1	60	0	1	6	6.00	0
Totals	7	433	3	4	20	2.77		0