1979–80 CHL season

1979–80 CHL season
1979–80 CHL season
League	Central Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	9
Regular season
Regular Season Top Team	Salt Lake Golden Eagles
Season MVP	Doug Palazzari
Top scorer	Doug Palazzari
Adams Cup playoffs
Adams Cup playoffs MVP	Doug Grant
Adams Cup
Champions	Salt Lake Golden Eagles
Runners-up	Fort Worth Texans
CHL seasons
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 CHL season was the 17th season of the Central Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Nine teams participated in the regular season, and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles won the league title.

Regular season

Central Hockey League	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
Salt Lake Golden Eagles (STL)	80	49	24	7	342	259	105
Indianapolis Checkers (NYI)	79	40	32	7	275	238	87
Fort Worth Texans (COL)	80	37	34	9	312	298	83
Birmingham Bulls (ATL)	80	36	39	5	260	295	77
Tulsa Oilers (WPG)	80	34	37	9	241	256	77
Houston Apollos (EDM)	80	32	38	10	300	319	74
Oklahoma City Stars (MIN)	80	33	44	3	261	268	69
Dallas Black Hawks (VAN)	80	29	43	8	291	334	66
Cincinnati Stingers (HFD)	33	11	21	1	108	151	23

Playoffs

First round

(1) Salt Lake Golden Eagles – (6) Houston Apollos 4:2
(2) Indianapolis Checkers – (5) Tulsa Oilers 3:0
(3) Fort Worth Texans – (4) Birmingham Bulls 3:1

Second round

(1) Bye for Salt Lake Golden Eagles
(2) Indianapolis Checkers (3) – Fort Worth Texans 1:3

Final

(1) Salt Lake Golden Eagles – (3) Fort Worth Texans 4:3

External links

Statistics on hockeydb.com