1979-1980 Hartford Whalers team stats

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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

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