Central Hockey League 1980/81
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The 1980/81 season was the 18th regular season of the Central Hockey League . The nine teams should complete 80 games each in the regular season, but the Birmingham Bulls and Houston Apollos withdrew their team from play during the season, after which the schedule had to be changed. The Central Hockey League was played in a division . The team with the highest points in the regular season were the Dallas Black Hawks , while the Salt Lake Golden Eagles prevailed in the final games of the Adams Cup .
Team changes
The following changes were made before the start of the season:
- The Wichita Wind were added to the league as an expansion team.
Regular season
Closing tables
Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
| Central Hockey League | GP | W. | L. | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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| Dallas Black Hawks | 79 | 56 | 16 | 7th | 356 | 233 | 119 |
| Salt Lake Golden Eagles | 80 | 46 | 29 | 5 | 368 | 295 | 97 |
| Indianapolis Checkers | 80 | 44 | 30th | 6th | 306 | 238 | 94 |
| Oklahoma City Stars | 79 | 39 | 38 | 2 | 312 | 328 | 80 |
| Tulsa Oilers | 79 | 33 | 42 | 4th | 285 | 312 | 70 |
| Wichita wind | 80 | 32 | 45 | 3 | 307 | 346 | 67 |
| Fort Worth Texans | 80 | 24 | 53 | 3 | 201 | 309 | 51 |
| Birmingham Bulls | 58 | 17th | 37 | 4th | 204 | 277 | 38 |
| Houston Apollos | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8th | 97 | 98 | 32 |
Adams Cup playoffs
| Division semi-finals | Division finals | Adams Cup Final | |||||||||||
| 2 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7th | Fort Worth Texans | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | 4th | |||||||||||
| 5 | Tulsa Oilers | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4th | Oklahoma City Stars | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Tulsa Oilers | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | 4th | |||||||||||
| 6th | Wichita wind | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Dallas Black Hawks | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Dallas Black Hawks | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6th | Wichita wind | 4th | |||||||||||
| 3 | Indianapolis Checkers | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6th | Wichita wind | 3 | |||||||||||