1980-1981 Hartford Whalers: 21-41-18
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Home record: 14-17-9 (158 goals scored, 169 allowed)
Road record: 7-24-9 (134 goals scored, 203 allowed)
Head Coaches: Don Blackburn (15-29-16), Larry Pleau (6-12-2)
Power Play: 60/318 (18.9%)
Penalty Killing: 248/328 (75.6%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 13-15
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 219-277
292 goals scored (15th of 21 teams), 372 goals allowed (20th), 1584 PIM (13th)
NHL Averages: 3.84 goals/game (307.5 goals/team), 1659.0 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 26 80 40 65 105 32 10 4 133 45 150 40 242 16.5 -22
C/RW 28 Pat Boutette 5'8 175 28 80 28 52 80 160 8 2 130 37 132 26 182 15.4 -13
RW 21 Blaine Stoughton 5'11 185 27 71 43 30 73 56 10 2 114 33 115 17 212 20.3 -17
D 5 Mark Howe 5'11 185 25 63 19 46 65 54 7 2 137 38 118 29 172 11.0 +10
D 3 Al Sims 6'0 182 27 80 16 36 52 68 5 0 133 40 153 40 182 8.8 -20
C 14 Dave Keon 5'9 165 40 80 13 34 47 26 2 0 69 15 116 31 131 9.9 -31
RW 27 Warren Miller 6'0 180 26 77 22 22 44 37 3 2 64 15 107 27 160 13.8 -31
RW 12 Tom Rowe 6'0 190 24 74 13 28 41 190 1 0 65 9 66 0 143 9.1 -10
C 26 Don Nachbaur 6'2 200 21 77 16 17 33 139 2 0 44 2 43 0 70 22.9 -1
C 15 Dave Debol 5'11 175 24 44 14 12 26 0 2 0 38 6 44 0 70 20.0 -12
LW 11 Jordy Douglas 6'0 200 22 55 13 9 22 29 3 0 40 7 56 0 98 13.3 -23
LW 18 Mike Fidler 5'11 195 24 38 9 9 18 4 2 0 29 7 38 1 59 15.3 -15
C 20 Rick Meagher 5'9 192 27 27 7 10 17 19 0 0 25 3 25 5 73 9.6 +2
D 6 Thommy Abrahamsson 6'2 185 33 32 6 11 17 16 4 0 46 17 34 1 66 9.1 -4
RW 10 Ray Neufeld 6'3 210 21 52 5 10 15 44 0 0 32 3 28 0 55 9.1 +1
C 24 Bernie Johnston 5'11 185 24 25 4 11 15 8 0 0 18 1 21 0 34 11.8 -4
D 7 Gordie Roberts 6'1 195 23 27 2 11 13 81 1 0 36 6 58 13 36 5.6 -15
D 32 Mickey Volcan 6'0 190 18 49 2 11 13 26 0 0 47 2 63 6 49 4.1 -12
D 25 Norm Barnes 6'0 190 27 54 1 10 11 82 0 0 68 4 133 39 72 1.4 -30
LW 22 Jeff Brubaker 6'2 207 22 43 5 3 8 93 0 0 14 0 19 0 29 17.2 -5
C 16 Michel Galarneau 6'2 180 19 30 2 6 8 9 0 0 12 1 23 0 19 10.5 -12
D 33 Stuart Smith 6'1 205 20 38 1 7 8 55 0 0 35 2 61 14 34 2.9 -14
LW 23 Nick Fotiu 6'2 210 28 42 4 3 7 79 0 0 17 1 23 0 36 11.1 -7
D 29 Jack McIlhargey 6'0 190 28 48 1 6 7 142 0 0 37 0 53 13 14 7.1 -3
D 23 Gilles Lupien 6'6 210 26 20 2 4 6 39 0 0 16 1 22 1 16 12.5 -6
LW 25 Steve Alley 6'0 185 27 8 2 2 4 11 0 0 8 0 7 0 10 20.0 +1
D 2 Rick Ley 5'9 190 32 16 0 2 2 20 0 0 14 1 33 7 19 0.0 -13
D 32 Mark Renaud 6'0 185 21 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 100.0 0
RW 8 Ray Allison 5'10 195 21 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 6 16.7 -1
D 18 Marty Howe 6'1 195 26 12 0 1 1 25 0 0 6 1 12 2 3 0.0 -5
G 35 John Garrett 5'8 175 29 54 0 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 Ken Holland 5'8 160 25 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 24 Kevin Kemp 6'0 188 26 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 4 0 5 0.0 -1
D 4 Fred Arthur 6'5 210 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 3 0.0 -5
G 1 Mike Veisor 5'9 160 28 29 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
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Mike Veisor 28 29 1588 118 4.46 6 13 6 913 .871 3 1
G 35 John Garrett 29 54 3152 241 4.59 15 27 12 1860 .870 3 0
G 30 Ken Holland 25 1 60 7 7.00 0 1 0 46 .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
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1980 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 8 D Fred Arthur 80 Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
2 29 C Michel Galarneau 78 Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
3 50 D Mickey Volcan 162 University of North Dakota (NCAA)
4 71 RW Kevin McClelland 588 Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
5 92 G Darren Jensen 30 University of North Dakota (NCAA)
6 113 C Mario Cerri Ottawa 67's (OHA)
7 134 D Mike Martin Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
8 155 LW Brent DeNat Michigan Tech (NCAA)
9 176 G Paul Fricker University of Michigan (NCAA)
10 197 C Lorne Bokshowan Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
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 |
11-21-1980 | traded Hartford's #2 pick in the 1982 draft to Flyers for Norm Barnes and Jack McIlhargey |
12-16-1980 | traded Gordie Roberts to North Stars for Mike Fidler |
01-15-1981 | traded Nick Fotiu to Rangers for Rangers' #5 pick in the 1981 draft |
02-1981 | traded future considerations to Flames for John Stewart |
02-1981 | signed Randy MacGregor as a free agent |
02-20-1981 | traded Hartford's #6 pick in the 1981 draft to Penguins for Gilles Lupien |
02-22-1981 | Rick Ley retired |
05-1981 | released Steve Alley |
06-1981 | released Dave Debol, Kevin Kemp and Tommy Abrahamsson |
06-09-1981 | signed Jeff Brownschidle as a free agent |
06-15-1981 | signed Greg Millen as a free agent |
06-29-1981 | assigned Pat Boutette and Kevin McClelland to Penguins as compensation for signing Greg Millen as a free agent |
07-03-1981 | traded Fred Arthur, Ray Allison and Hartford's #1 and #3 picks in the 1982 draft to Flyers for Rick MacLeish, Blake Wesley, Don Gillen and Philadelphia's #1, #2 and #3 picks in the 1982 draft |
08-06-1981 | signed Ross Yates as a free agent |
10-1981 | signed Paul Shmyr as a free agent |
10-02-1981 | traded Mike Rogers and Hartford's #10 pick in the 1982 draft to Rangers for Doug Sulliman, Chris Kotsopoulos and Gerry MacDonald |
10-02-1981 | traded Hartford's #5 pick in the 1983 draft to Islanders for Garry Howatt |
10-05-1981 | Kings claimed Al Sims in waiver draft |
10-05-1981 | Canadiens claimed Jeff Brubaker in waiver draft |
10-06-1981 | claimed Rob McClanahan from Sabres in waiver draft |
10-06-1981 | claimed Mike McDougal from Rangers in waiver draft |
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