1979-1980 Hartford Whalers: 27-34-19
Next Season Home record: 22-12-6 (179 goals scored, 141 allowed) Road record: 5-22-13 (124 goals scored, 171 allowed) Head Coach: Don Blackburn Power Play: 42/216 (19.4%) Penalty Killing: 185/249 (74.3%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 7-1 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 254-247 303 goals scored (8th of 21 teams), 312 goals allowed (16th), 875 PIM (20th) NHL Averages: 3.51 goals/game (281.0 goals/team), 1211.7 PIM/team Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 17 Mike Rogers 5'9 170 25 80 44 61 105 10 3 2 133 30 79 5 229 19.2 +29 RW 21 Blaine Stoughton 5'11 185 26 80 56 44 100 16 16 2 134 31 104 10 234 23.9 +9 D 5 Mark Howe 5'11 185 24 74 24 56 80 20 5 2 137 32 120 29 178 13.5 +14 C 14 Dave Keon 5'9 165 39 76 10 52 62 10 0 0 87 18 107 25 146 6.8 -13 LW 11 Jordy Douglas 6'0 200 21 77 33 24 57 39 5 0 79 11 84 5 188 17.6 -11 C/RW 28 Pat Boutette 5'8 175 27 47 13 31 44 75 3 0 77 16 62 18 72 18.1 +17 RW 9 Gordie Howe 6'0 205 51 80 15 26 41 42 2 0 66 11 46 0 94 16.0 +9 D 3 Al Sims 6'0 182 26 76 10 31 41 30 2 0 125 19 131 34 141 7.1 +9 D 7 Gordie Roberts 6'1 195 22 80 8 28 36 89 1 0 135 16 133 20 107 7.5 +6 C 31 Greg Carroll 6'0 185 23 71 13 19 32 24 0 1 48 1 79 27 85 15.3 -5 RW 8 Ray Allison 5'10 195 20 64 16 12 28 13 0 0 40 0 43 0 79 20.3 -3 C 15 Dave Debol 5'11 175 23 48 12 14 26 4 0 0 35 0 41 1 96 12.5 -5 C 24 Bernie Johnston 5'11 185 23 32 8 13 21 8 0 0 33 0 24 0 54 14.8 +9 D 2 Rick Ley 5'9 190 31 65 4 16 20 92 0 0 104 13 120 31 78 5.1 +2 LW 23 Nick Fotiu 6'2 210 27 74 10 8 18 107 0 0 28 0 26 0 54 18.5 +2 D 10 Alan Hangsleben 6'1 195 26 37 3 15 18 69 0 0 39 0 44 14 40 7.5 +9 C 4 Andre Lacroix 5'8 175 34 29 3 14 17 2 1 0 22 3 27 2 45 6.7 -6 RW 12 Tom Rowe 6'0 190 23 20 6 4 10 30 1 0 17 1 19 0 41 14.6 -3 D 6 Ron Plumb 5'10 175 29 26 3 4 7 14 0 0 35 1 26 2 38 7.9 +10 LW 16 Bobby Hull 5'10 195 40 9 2 5 7 0 1 0 9 2 10 0 13 15.4 -3 D 32 Larry Giroux 6'0 190 28 47 2 5 7 44 0 0 49 1 56 9 63 3.2 +1 LW 16 Bill Bennett 6'5 235 26 24 3 3 6 63 2 0 10 2 7 0 15 20.0 +1 RW 15 Tim Sheehy 6'1 185 31 12 2 1 3 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 15 13.3 +6 RW 25 Jim Warner 5'11 180 25 32 0 3 3 10 0 0 6 0 26 14 26 0.0 -6 LW 27 Steve Alley 6'0 185 26 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 5 20.0 -4 RW 27 Brian Hill 6'0 175 22 19 1 1 2 4 0 0 9 0 10 0 17 5.9 -1 D 20 Mark Renaud 6'0 185 20 13 0 2 2 4 0 0 9 0 10 0 9 0.0 -1 G 35 John Garrett 5'8 175 28 52 0 2 2 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- RW 10 Ray Neufeld 6'3 210 20 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 4 25.0 -3 LW 22 Jeff Brubaker 6'2 207 21 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0.0 -2 RW 28 Bob Stephenson 6'1 187 25 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 0.0 +2 C 12 Mike Antonovich 5'8 165 28 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0.0 0 D 18 Marty Howe 6'1 195 25 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 6 0 6 0.0 -2 D 29 Chuck Luksa 6'1 190 25 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 6 0 8 2 3 0.0 0 G 1 Al Smith 6'1 200 34 30 0 1 1 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- C 6 Jean Savard 5'11 172 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 D 33 Stuart Smith 6'1 205 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 3 0.0 -1 D 33 Rick Hodgson 6'0 175 23 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 10 1 1 0.0 -5 LW 24 M.F. Schurman 6'3 205 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.0 -1
| 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 1 Al Smith 34 30 1754 107 3.66 11 10 8 863 .876 2 2 G 35 John Garrett 28 52 3046 202 3.98 16 24 11 1497 .865 1 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 |
1979 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 18 RW Ray Allison 238 Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2 39 D Stu Smith 77 Peterborough Petes (OHA)
3 60 C Don Nachbaur 223 Billings Bighorns (WHL)
4 81 RW Ray Neufeld 595 Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
5 102 D Mark Renaud 152 Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
6 123 LW Dave McDonald Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
| 06-1979 | John McKenzie retired |
| 06-09-1979 | claimed Dave Debol from Stingers in dispersal draft |
| 06-09-1979 | claimed Charlie Luksa from Stingers in dispersal draft |
| 06-09-1979 | selected Steve Alley from Bulls in expansion draft |
| 06-09-1979 | Maple Leafs reclaimed the rights to Rick Ley prior to expansion draft |
| 06-09-1979 | Canadiens reclaimed the rights to Alan Hangsleben prior to expansion draft |
| 06-09-1979 | Red Wings reclaimed the rights to George Lyle prior to expansion draft |
| 06-09-1979 | Black Hawks reclaimed the rights to John Garrett prior to expansion draft |
| 06-09-1979 | Maple Leafs reclaimed the rights to Jordy Douglas prior to expansion draft |
| 06-09-1979 | Bruins reclaimed the rights to Mark Howe prior to expansion draft |
| 06-09-1979 | claimed Jordy Douglas as an expansion draft priority selection |
| 06-09-1979 | claimed John Garrett as an expansion draft priority selection |
| 06-09-1979 | claimed Mark Howe as an expansion draft priority selection |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Dave Given from Sabres in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Nick Beverley from Rockies in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Don Kozak from Canucks in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Rick Ley from Maple Leafs in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Alan Hangsleben from Canadiens in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Normand Lapointe from Canucks in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Blaine Stoughton from Maple Leafs in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Bill Bennett from Bruins in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Ralph Klassen from Rockies in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Nick Fotiu from Rangers in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Al Sims from Bruins in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Bernie Johnston from Flyers in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Brian Hill from Flames in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Maynard Schurman from Flyers in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Rck Hodgson from Flames in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Kevin Kemp from Maple Leafs in expansion draft |
| 06-13-1979 | selected Jean Savard from Black Hawks in expansion draft |
| 06-14-1979 | traded Ralph Klassen to Islanders for Terry Richardson |
| 06-22-1979 | selected Gordie Roberts from Canadiens in expansion draft |
| 10-17-1979 | signed Mike Antonovich as a free agent |
| 10-30-1979 | signed Greg Carroll as a free agent |
| 12-13-1979 | signed Larry Giroux as a free agent |
| 12-20-1979 | Andre Lacroix retired |
| 12-24-1979 | traded Bob Stephenson to Maple Leafs for Pat Boutette |
| 01-17-1980 | traded Alan Hangsleben to Capitals for Tom Rowe |
| 02-27-1980 | traded future considerations to Jets for Bobby Hull |
| 05-1980 | released Mike Antonovich |
| 05-23-1980 | signed Thommy Abrahamsson as a free agent |
| 06-01-1980 | released Bill Bennett and Brian Hill |
| 06-04-1980 | Gordie Howe retired |
| 06-08-1980 | traded Hartford's #3 and #5 picks in the 1981 draft to Canadiens for Rick Meagher and Montreal's #3 and #5 picks in the 1981 draft |
| 06-19-1980 | traded Hartford's #2 pick in the 1981 draft to Black Hawks for Mike Veisor |
| 07-1980 | released Tim Sheehy, Greg Carroll and Jim Warner |
| 07-17-1980 | signed Ken Holland as a free agent |
| 08-07-1980 | purchased Warren Miller from Rangers |
| 08-10-1980 | signed Glenn Merkosky as a free agent |
| 09-04-1980 | sold Al Smith to Rockies |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Round 1 04/08/1980 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-6 04/09/1980 at Montreal Canadiens L 4-8 04/11/1980 vs Montreal Canadiens L 3-4 (OT) Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- D 5 Mark Howe 5'11 185 24 3 1 2 3 2 0 0 C 17 Mike Rogers 5'9 170 25 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 RW 9 Gordie Howe 6'0 205 51 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 D 18 Marty Howe 6'1 195 25 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 D 7 Gordie Roberts 6'1 195 22 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 RW 12 Tom Rowe 6'0 190 23 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 RW 8 Ray Allison 5'10 195 20 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 RW 10 Ray Neufeld 6'3 210 20 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 LW 27 Steve Alley 6'0 185 26 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 C/RW 28 Pat Boutette 5'8 175 27 3 1 0 1 6 0 1 C 24 Bernie Johnston 5'11 185 23 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 C 14 Dave Keon 5'9 165 39 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 G 35 John Garrett 5'8 175 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 33 Rick Hodgson 6'0 175 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 21 Blaine Stoughton 5'11 185 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 1 Al Smith 6'1 200 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 15 Dave Debol 5'11 175 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 23 Nick Fotiu 6'2 210 27 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 D 32 Larry Giroux 6'0 190 28 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 16 Bobby Hull 5'10 195 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 3 Al Sims 6'0 182 26 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 C 12 Mike Antonovich 5'8 165 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 16 Bill Bennett 6'5 235 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 22 Jeff Brubaker 6'2 207 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 31 Greg Carroll 6'0 185 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 11 Jordy Douglas 6'0 200 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 10 Alan Hangsleben 6'1 195 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 27 Brian Hill 6'0 175 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 4 Andre Lacroix 5'8 175 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 2 Rick Ley 5'9 190 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 29 Chuck Luksa 6'1 190 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 6 Ron Plumb 5'10 175 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 20 Mark Renaud 6'0 185 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 6 Jean Savard 5'11 172 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 24 M.F. Schurman 6'3 205 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 15 Tim Sheehy 6'1 185 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 33 Stuart Smith 6'1 205 19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 28 Bob Stephenson 6'1 187 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 25 Jim Warner 5'11 180 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 1 Al Smith 34 2 120 10 5.00 0 2 65 .846 0 0 G 35 John Garrett 28 1 60 8 8.00 0 1 40 .800 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result Record 10/11/1979 at Minnesota North Stars L 1-4 0-1-0 10/13/1979 at Pittsburgh Penguins T 3-3 0-1-1 10/14/1979 at Chicago Black Hawks T 3-3 0-1-2 10/17/1979 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-3 0-2-2 10/19/1979 vs Los Angeles Kings W 6-3 1-2-2 10/20/1979 at New York Islanders L 1-6 1-3-2 10/24/1979 at Quebec Nordiques T 2-2 1-3-3 10/26/1979 vs New York Islanders L 1-2 1-4-3 10/28/1979 at New York Rangers T 2-2 1-4-4 10/31/1979 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-2 2-4-4 11/02/1979 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 5-3 3-4-4 11/06/1979 at Colorado Rockies W 7-2 4-4-4 11/09/1979 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 2-4 4-5-4 11/11/1979 at Chicago Black Hawks T 5-5 4-5-5 11/14/1979 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-3 4-6-5 11/17/1979 vs Edmonton Oilers W 4-0 5-6-5 11/18/1979 at Boston Bruins L 4-5 5-7-5 11/21/1979 vs Buffalo Sabres W 5-3 6-7-5 11/24/1979 vs Quebec Nordiques T 4-4 6-7-6 11/25/1979 vs Atlanta Flames W 4-2 7-7-6 11/27/1979 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-6 7-8-6 11/30/1979 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 7-5 8-8-6 12/01/1979 at Montreal Canadiens T 4-4 8-8-7 12/04/1979 at Washington Capitals T 3-3 8-8-8 12/07/1979 vs New York Rangers L 4-7 8-9-8 12/09/1979 at Edmonton Oilers L 0-3 8-10-8 12/11/1979 at Vancouver Canucks L 3-5 8-11-8 12/12/1979 at Los Angeles Kings L 4-7 8-12-8 12/15/1979 at Colorado Rockies L 5-6 8-13-8 12/19/1979 vs Washington Capitals W 5-4 9-13-8 12/22/1979 vs Buffalo Sabres L 2-4 9-14-8 12/23/1979 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-4 9-15-8 12/26/1979 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 4-4 9-15-9 12/29/1979 at St. Louis Blues L 0-3 9-16-9 01/02/1980 at Edmonton Oilers T 3-3 9-16-10 01/04/1980 vs Washington Capitals L 3-6 9-17-10 01/06/1980 vs Detroit Red Wings L 1-2 9-18-10 01/07/1980 at New York Rangers L 2-5 9-19-10 01/09/1980 at Minnesota North Stars L 2-6 9-20-10 01/12/1980 at Detroit Red Wings W 6-4 10-20-10 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/17/1980 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 7-1 11-20-10 01/19/1980 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 5-3 12-20-10 01/21/1980 vs Winnipeg Jets W 7-2 13-20-10 01/24/1980 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-7 13-21-10 01/26/1980 at New York Islanders L 2-3 13-22-10 01/28/1980 vs Atlanta Flames W 6-1 14-22-10 01/30/1980 vs Boston Bruins W 8-2 15-22-10 02/02/1980 at Atlanta Flames L 3-5 15-23-10 02/03/1980 vs New York Islanders W 5-3 16-23-10 02/06/1980 vs Los Angeles Kings W 7-3 17-23-10 02/08/1980 vs Colorado Rockies T 4-4 17-23-11 02/10/1980 vs Minnesota North Stars L 2-6 17-24-11 02/12/1980 vs Vancouver Canucks T 5-5 17-24-12 02/15/1980 vs Winnipeg Jets W 5-4 18-24-12 02/16/1980 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 3-5 18-25-12 02/18/1980 vs New York Rangers W 6-4 19-25-12 02/19/1980 vs Edmonton Oilers W 6-2 20-25-12 02/23/1980 at Atlanta Flames W 6-5 21-25-12 02/26/1980 at Quebec Nordiques L 5-9 21-26-12 02/27/1980 vs Boston Bruins L 3-6 21-27-12 02/29/1980 vs St. Louis Blues W 3-0 22-27-12 03/01/1980 at St. Louis Blues W 6-3 23-27-12 03/06/1980 at Buffalo Sabres L 3-4 23-28-12 03/08/1980 at Washington Capitals L 5-9 23-29-12 03/09/1980 at Boston Bruins T 1-1 23-29-13 03/12/1980 at Detroit Red Wings T 4-4 23-29-14 03/13/1980 vs Vancouver Canucks W 3-1 24-29-14 03/15/1980 vs Colorado Rockies W 4-1 25-29-14 03/16/1980 vs Minnesota North Stars L 1-6 25-30-14 03/19/1980 vs Montreal Canadiens T 5-5 25-30-15 03/21/1980 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 5-5 25-30-16 03/22/1980 at Montreal Canadiens T 5-5 25-30-17 03/24/1980 vs St. Louis Blues L 5-7 25-31-17 03/26/1980 at Winnipeg Jets L 0-7 25-32-17 03/28/1980 at Vancouver Canucks T 4-4 25-32-18 03/29/1980 at Los Angeles Kings T 2-2 25-32-19 04/01/1980 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 4-5 25-33-19 04/02/1980 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 4-6 25-34-19 04/04/1980 vs Quebec Nordiques W 9-2 26-34-19 04/06/1980 vs Detroit Red Wings W 5-3 27-34-19 |