Chicago Black Hawks 1981 - 82

Team Roster
Front Row L to R - Tony Esposito, Glen Sharpley, Terry Ruskowski (captain), Reg Kerr, Bill Gardner, Denis Savard, Darryl Sutter, Al Secord, Doug Wilson, Murray Bannerman.

Middle Row - Doug Crossman, Jerome Dupont, Tim Higgins, Keith Brown, Grant Mulvey, Dave Hutchison, Rich Preston, Bob Murray.

Back Row - Ted Bulley, Lou Varga (trainer), Tom Lysiak, Cliff Koroll (assistant coach), Keith Magnuson (coach), Greg Fox, Peter Marsh, Skip Thayer (trainer).

The Chicago Black Hawks played a 80 game regular NHL season, winning 30, losing 38 with 12 ties and finished 4th in NHL Norris Division.

In the 1982 NHL playoffs, the Black Hawks defeated Minnesota North Stars 3-1 in games in division semifinals, St. Louis Blues 4-2 in games in division finals, then lost to Vancouver Canucks 4-1 in games in conference finals.

NOTE
In game 2 of conference finals at Chicago Stadium on April 29, 1982, the Canucks protested the officiating of the game by putting white towels on the end of their Hockey sticks in a mock surrender. At game 3 in Vancouver on May 1st, Towel Power was officially born, as the Canucks fans came out with any type of white towel, including some which were printed with logos and waved and twirled them on the streets and in Pacific Coliseum. Towel Power has been used since in all professional team sports.