1981-1982 Detroit Red Wings team stats

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1981-1982 Detroit Red Wings: 21-47-12
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 15-19-6 (153 goals scored, 152 allowed) Road record: 6-28-6 (117 goals scored, 199 allowed) Head Coaches: Wayne Maxner (18-39-12), Billy Dea (3-8-0) Power Play: 43/257 (16.7%) Penalty Killing: 209/284 (73.6%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 10-6 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 217-270 270 goals scored (19th of 21 teams), 351 goals allowed (17th), 1250 PIM (20th) NHL Averages: 4.01 goals/game (321.0 goals/team), 1592.7 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
LW    23  Mark Osborne         6'2   205   20   80   26   41   67   61   5   0   97   19   88    3  181  14.4   -7
D     28  Reed Larson          6'0   195   25   80   21   39   60  112   4   2  137   26  161   33  311   6.8  -17
RW    21  Mike Blaisdell       6'1   196   21   80   23   32   55   48   5   0   75    9   83    2  165  13.9  -15
C     11  Walt McKechnie       6'2   195   34   74   18   37   55   35   2   0   86   16   80    9   87  20.7   -1
LW    25  John Ogrodnick       6'0   204   22   80   28   26   54   28   3   2   81   18   93   15  254  11.0  -15
D      7  Willie Huber         6'5   228   23   74   15   30   45   98   5   0  134   25  163   38  270   5.6  -16
C     16  Mark Kirton          5'10  170   23   74   14   28   42   62   0   1   65    3  112   32  121  11.6  -18
RW    20  Vaclav Nedomansky    6'2   205   37   68   12   28   40   22   1   0   51   16   51    1  103  11.7  -15
D      5  Greg Smith           6'0   195   26   69   10   22   32   79   2   0   99   10  143   32  154   6.5  -22
C     10  Dale McCourt         5'10  180   24   26   13   14   27    6   6   0   40   12   50   19   84  15.5   -3
LW    15  Paul Woods           5'10  175   26   75   10   17   27   48   0   1   48    1   83   31   68  14.7   -5
RW    17  Mike Foligno         6'2   195   22   26   13   13   26   28   3   0   33    6   30    1   70  18.6   -2
LW    19  Eric Vail            6'1   220   28   52   10   14   24   35   3   0   43   15   54    5   86  11.6  -21
RW    18  Danny Gare           5'9   175   27   36   13    9   22   74   2   1   34    6   35    3  100  13.0   -4
RW    14  Don Murdoch          5'11  180   25   49    9   13   22   23   1   0   38    8   29    0   97   9.3   +1
C/LW  24  Derek Smith          5'11  180   27   49    6   14   20   10   0   0   34    5   36    3   82   7.3   -4
RW    17  Jody Gage            6'0   190   22   31    9   10   19    2   0   0   35    4   32    0   47  19.1   -1
C     29  Ted Nolan            6'0   185   23   41    4   13   17   45   0   2   25    2   37    8   67   6.0   -6
D      2  Jim Schoenfeld       6'2   200   29   39    5    9   14   69   0   0   49    1   58   12   87   5.7   +2
D      3  John Barrett         6'1   210   23   69    1   12   13   93   0   0   55    1  111   26   97   1.0  -31
D     26  Jim Korn             6'4   220   24   59    1    7    8  104   0   0   28    2   55   10   41   2.4  -19
RW/C  10  Mark Lofthouse       6'2   195   24   12    3    4    7   13   0   0    8    1   14    0   21  14.3   -7
D     22  Greg Joly            6'1   190   27   37    1    5    6   30   0   1   24    1   31    3   30   3.3   -5
LW    18  George Lyle          6'2   205   28   11    1    2    3    4   0   0    4    1    5    0    9  11.1   -2
RW    27  Brad Smith           6'1   195   23   33    2    0    2   80   0   0    4    0   11    0   25   8.0   -7
C      8  Claude Loiselle      5'11  195   18    4    1    0    1    2   1   0    2    2    2    0    2  50.0   -2
C     12  Brent Peterson       6'0   190   23   15    1    0    1    6   0   0    2    0   16    8   10  10.0   -6
G     31  Claude Legris        5'9   160   25    1    0    1    1    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D      4  Rejean Cloutier      6'0   185   21    2    0    1    1    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     29  Greg Stefan          5'11  180   20    2    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
LW    29  Joe Paterson         6'2   207   21    3    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    0    0    1   0.0   +1
G     30  Corrado Micalef      5'8   172   20   18    0    0    0    9  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G      1  Gilles Gilbert       6'1   175   32   27    0    0    0    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     31  Bob Sauve            5'8   175   26   41    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   31  Claude Legris        25    1    28    0  0.00   0   0   1   16  1.000   0   0
G   31  Bob Sauve            26   41  2365  165  4.19  11  25   4 1069   .846   5   0
G    1  Gilles Gilbert       32   27  1478  105  4.26   6  10   6  695   .849   2   0
G   30  Corrado Micalef      20   18   809   63  4.67   4  10   1  398   .842   1   0
G   29  Greg Stefan          20    2   120   10  5.00   0   2   0   66   .848   0   0

Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts

1981 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  2   23  C    Claude Loiselle          616          Windsor Spitfires (OHL)            
  3   44  G    Corrado Micalef          113          Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)         
  5   86  D    Larry Trader              91          London Knights (OHL)               
  6  107  LW   Gerard Gallant           615          Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)         
  7  128  G    Greg Stefan              299          Oshawa Generals (OHL)              
  8  149  D    Rick Zombo               652          Austin Prep H.S. (Mass.)           
  9  170  LW   Don Leblanc                           Toronto Marlboros (OHL)            
 10  191  D    Robert Nordmark          236          Lulea HF (Sweden)                  

Traded draft picks:

#1 to LA (Doug Smith)
#4 to PHI (Dave Michayluk)


Transactions

07-23-1981	traded Al Jensen to Capitals for Mark Lofthouse
08-21-1981	traded Detroit's #1 pick in the 1982 draft to North Stars for Greg Smith, Minnesota's #1 pick in the 1982 draft and the rights to Don Murdoch
10-01-1981	signed Walt McKechnie as a free agent
11-10-1981	traded Gary McAdam and Detroit's #4 pick in the 1983 draft to Flames for Eric Vail
11-13-1981	Whalers claimed George Lyle on waivers
12-02-1981	traded Dale McCourt, Mike Foligno and Brent Peterson to Sabres for Danny Gare, Jim Schoenfeld and Derek Smith
12-02-1981	traded a conditional draft pick (not exercised) to Sabres for Bob Sauve
03-08-1982	traded Jim Korn to Maple Leafs for Toronto's #4 pick in the 1982 draft and #5 pick in the 1983 draft
06-1982	signed Bobby Crawford as a free agent
07-26-1982	signed Colin Campbell as a free agent
08-09-1982	signed Tom Rowe as a free agent
08-25-1982	signed Reggie Leach as a free agent
09-13-1982	signed Jim Rutherford as a free agent
09-14-1982	purchased Stan Weir from Oilers

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/06/1981 at New York Rangers W 5-2 1-0-0 10/09/1981 at Philadelphia Flyers T 2-2 1-0-1 10/10/1981 at Washington Capitals L 3-6 1-1-1 10/15/1981 vs St. Louis Blues W 6-3 2-1-1 10/17/1981 at Hartford Whalers L 1-8 2-2-1 10/18/1981 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 3-2 3-2-1 10/22/1981 vs Boston Bruins T 2-2 3-2-2 10/24/1981 at Quebec Nordiques L 3-8 3-3-2 10/25/1981 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 1-4 3-4-2 10/29/1981 vs Calgary Flames W 12-4 4-4-2 10/31/1981 at Minnesota North Stars L 4-5 4-5-2 11/01/1981 vs Vancouver Canucks W 3-1 5-5-2 11/05/1981 vs Los Angeles Kings W 10-2 6-5-2 11/07/1981 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-4 6-6-2 11/09/1981 at Quebec Nordiques L 3-5 6-7-2 11/11/1981 at Chicago Black Hawks T 5-5 6-7-3 11/13/1981 at Washington Capitals T 3-3 6-7-4 11/14/1981 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 6-3 7-7-4 11/18/1981 at Los Angeles Kings L 1-8 7-8-4 11/19/1981 at Vancouver Canucks L 3-8 7-9-4 11/21/1981 at Calgary Flames T 4-4 7-9-5 11/23/1981 at Edmonton Oilers L 4-8 7-10-5 11/25/1981 vs Buffalo Sabres L 1-3 7-11-5 11/28/1981 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-5 7-12-5 11/29/1981 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 3-6 7-13-5 12/01/1981 at St. Louis Blues L 5-7 7-14-5 12/03/1981 vs Montreal Canadiens W 4-3 8-14-5 12/05/1981 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 2-5 8-15-5 12/10/1981 vs Minnesota North Stars W 4-1 9-15-5 12/12/1981 vs Buffalo Sabres L 2-4 9-16-5 12/13/1981 at Winnipeg Jets W 2-1 10-16-5 12/17/1981 vs Quebec Nordiques L 2-3 10-17-5 12/19/1981 at New York Islanders L 1-5 10-18-5 12/20/1981 vs New York Islanders L 3-5 10-19-5 12/22/1981 vs Hartford Whalers L 2-3 10-20-5 12/26/1981 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 3-8 10-21-5 12/27/1981 at Winnipeg Jets T 2-2 10-21-6 12/31/1981 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-5 10-22-6 01/02/1982 at Colorado Rockies W 3-1 11-22-6 01/03/1982 at Chicago Black Hawks L 3-4 11-23-6

Date Opponent Result Record 01/06/1982 at Buffalo Sabres L 2-5 11-24-6 01/07/1982 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 5-4 12-24-6 01/09/1982 vs Winnipeg Jets L 2-4 12-25-6 01/14/1982 vs Colorado Rockies W 3-1 13-25-6 01/16/1982 vs Washington Capitals T 5-5 13-25-7 01/17/1982 vs Edmonton Oilers T 4-4 13-25-8 01/20/1982 at Chicago Black Hawks W 5-4 14-25-8 01/21/1982 vs Calgary Flames L 4-7 14-26-8 01/23/1982 vs Hartford Whalers T 2-2 14-26-9 01/26/1982 vs Winnipeg Jets T 3-3 14-26-10 01/27/1982 at Minnesota North Stars L 6-8 14-27-10 01/30/1982 at Montreal Canadiens L 3-5 14-28-10 02/04/1982 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 6-4 15-28-10 02/06/1982 at New York Islanders L 2-6 15-29-10 02/07/1982 vs St. Louis Blues W 8-5 16-29-10 02/11/1982 vs Vancouver Canucks T 4-4 16-29-11 02/13/1982 at Minnesota North Stars L 1-6 16-30-11 02/17/1982 at Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 16-30-12 02/18/1982 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-3 17-30-12 02/20/1982 vs Boston Bruins L 5-7 17-31-12 02/21/1982 vs Edmonton Oilers L 3-7 17-32-12 02/23/1982 at Colorado Rockies W 6-3 18-32-12 02/24/1982 at Los Angeles Kings L 3-5 18-33-12 02/27/1982 at St. Louis Blues L 2-6 18-34-12 02/28/1982 vs Minnesota North Stars L 4-5 18-35-12 03/03/1982 at Minnesota North Stars L 4-6 18-36-12 03/05/1982 at Winnipeg Jets L 0-2 18-37-12 03/06/1982 at St. Louis Blues L 1-5 18-38-12 03/08/1982 at New York Rangers L 3-6 18-39-12 03/11/1982 vs New York Rangers L 1-4 18-40-12 03/13/1982 at Boston Bruins L 3-5 18-41-12 03/18/1982 vs St. Louis Blues L 4-7 18-42-12 03/20/1982 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 3-4 18-43-12 03/21/1982 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-8 18-44-12 03/24/1982 at Chicago Black Hawks L 4-6 18-45-12 03/25/1982 vs Minnesota North Stars L 3-4 18-46-12 03/27/1982 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 2-1 19-46-12 03/28/1982 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 6-4 20-46-12 03/31/1982 vs Winnipeg Jets W 4-2 21-46-12 04/04/1982 vs St. Louis Blues L 2-3 21-47-12

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