1979-1980 New York Rangers team stats

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1979-1980 New York Rangers: 38-32-10
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 22-10-8 (168 goals scored, 129 allowed) Road record: 16-22-2 (140 goals scored, 155 allowed) Head Coach: Fred Shero Power Play: 79/304 (26.0%) Penalty Killing: 250/304 (82.2%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 8-7 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 221-223 308 goals scored (6th of 21 teams), 284 goals allowed (11th), 1342 PIM (5th) 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     77  Phil Esposito        6'1   205   37   80   34   44   78   73  13   0  118   42   89    0  245  13.9  -13
LW    12  Don Maloney          6'1   190   21   79   25   48   73   97   6   1   97   33   84    5  123  20.3  -15
RW    15  Anders Hedberg       5'11  175   28   80   32   39   71   21   7   0  106   35   64    6  241  13.3  +13
LW     8  Steve Vickers        6'0   180   28   75   29   33   62   38  12   0   95   32   44    1   98  29.6  +20
D      3  Barry Beck           6'3   216   22   61   14   45   59   98   5   0  124   46   80   18  150   9.3  +16
D      4  Ron Greschner        6'2   205   25   76   21   37   58  103   6   1  131   52  106   16  187  11.2  -11
C     11  Ulf Nilsson          5'11  175   29   50   14   44   58   20   5   0   69   22   36    4   72  19.4  +15
C/RW  10  Ron Duguay           6'2   200   22   73   28   22   50   37   3   3   65    8   81   18  154  18.2   -6
RW    14  Don Murdoch          5'11  180   23   56   23   19   42   16   5   1   68   23   56    0  143  16.1  -11
C     18  Walt Tkaczuk         6'0   185   32   76   12   25   37   36   4   2   67   13   55   20  128   9.4  +19
D     26  Dave Maloney         6'1   195   23   77   12   25   37  186   3   0   97   15   91   19  102  11.8  +10
RW    17  Ed Johnstone         5'9   175   25   78   14   21   35   60   0   0   59    4   69   17  121  11.6   +3
D     25  Mario Marois         5'11  190   22   79    8   23   31  142   1   0   96   13  102   19  158   5.1    0
RW    19  Dean Talafous        6'4   180   26   55   10   20   30   26   4   0   49   15   44   11   69  14.5   +1
D      5  Carol Vadnais        6'1   185   34   66    3   20   23  118   1   0   86   15   97   25   82   3.7   -1
RW    24  Warren Miller        6'0   180   25   55    7    6   13   17   0   0   32    1   53   16   51  13.7   -6
LW    20  Claude Larose        5'10  175   24   25    4    7   11    2   0   0   19    5   19    0   50   8.0   -5
RW     9  Doug Sulliman        6'2   210   20   31    4    7   11    2   1   0   23    5   18    0   26  15.4    0
D      6  Tim Bothwell         6'3   190   24   45    4    6   10   20   0   0   36    1   45    7   37  10.8   -3
D     27  Mike McEwen          6'1   185   23    9    1    7    8    8   1   0   19    4   14    2   16   6.2   +3
D      2  Jocelyn Guevremont   6'2   200   28   20    2    5    7    6   2   0   17    6   26    3   41   4.9  -12
LW    28  Pat Conacher         5'8   190   20   17    0    5    5    4   0   0    6    0   16    0   15   0.0  -10
C     23  Lucien DeBlois       5'11  200   22    6    3    1    4    7   0   0    5    0    7    1   16  18.8   -1
LW    16  Pat Hickey           6'1   190   26    7    2    2    4   10   0   0   10    3    9    1    5  40.0   -1
RW    20  Cam Connor           6'2   200   25   12    0    3    3   37   0   0    8    0    5    0   10   0.0   +3
C     29  Ray Markham          6'3   220   21   14    1    1    2   21   0   0    3    0    6    0    6  16.7   -3
LW    21  Frank Beaton         5'10  200   26   23    1    1    2   43   0   0    9    0   14    0   19   5.3   -5
G     30  John Davidson        6'3   205   26   41    0    2    2    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D     23  Ed Hospodar          6'2   210   20   20    0    1    1   76   0   0    5    0    7    0    9   0.0   -2
D     27  Andre Dore           6'2   200   21    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    1    0    0   ---   -1
RW    16  Dave Silk            5'11  190   21    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    0    0    4   0.0   +1
RW    34  Jim Mayer            6'0   190   25    4    0    0    0    0   0   0    2    1    0    0    2   0.0   +1
LW    28  Bill Lochead         6'1   195   25    7    0    0    0    4   0   0    0    0    5    0    3   0.0   -5
G     31  Doug Soetaert        6'0   180   24    8    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G      1  Wayne Thomas         6'2   195   32   12    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     35  Steve Baker          6'3   200   22   27    0    0    0    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

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   30  John Davidson        26   41  2306  122  3.17  20  15   4 1062   .885   3   2
G   35  Steve Baker          22   27  1391   79  3.41   9   8   6  669   .882   1   1
G    1  Wayne Thomas         32   12   668   44  3.95   4   7   0  347   .873   2   0
G   31  Doug Soetaert        24    8   435   33  4.55   5   2   0  213   .845   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

1979 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1   13  LW   Doug Sulliman            631          Kitchener Rangers (OHA)            
  2   34  D    Ed Hospodar              450          Ottawa 67's (OHA)                  
  4   76  C    Pat Conacher             521          Saskatoon Blades (WHL)             
  5   97  RW   Dan Makuch                            Clarkson University (NCAA)         
  6  118  C    Stan Adams                            Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)         

Traded draft picks:

#3 to BUF (Jacques Cloutier)


Transactions

06-09-1979	reclaimed the rights to Warren Miller prior to expansion draft
06-09-1979	reclaimed the rights to Jim Mayer prior to expansion draft
06-13-1979	Jets selected Lindsay Middlebrook in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Nordiques selected Pierre Plante in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Nordiques selected Dave Farrish in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Whalers selected Nick Fotiu in expansion draft
07-02-1979	traded Hardy Astrom to Rockies for Bill Lochead
07-25-1979	traded Wayne Dillon to Jets for future considerations
08-1979	released Mike Korney and Greg Hickey
10-11-1979	signed Mike Backman as a free agent
10-12-1979	traded Bud Stefanski to Jets for future considerations
11-02-1979	traded Lucien Deblois, Pat Hickey, Mike McEwen, Bobby Crawford (acq. 1/15/80) and Dean Turner to Rockies for Barry Beck
11-16-1979	signed Bobby Crawford as a free agent
03-11-1980	traded Don Murdoch to Oilers for Cam Connor and Edmonton's #3 pick in the 1981 draft
07-1980	Jocelyn Guevremont retired
07-10-1980	signed Chris Kotsopoulos as a free agent
08-06-1980	purchased Gord Smith from Jets
08-07-1980	sold Warren Miller to Whalers
09-16-1980	signed Gary Burns as a free agent

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/08/1980   vs Atlanta Flames            W   2-1 (OT)
04/09/1980   vs Atlanta Flames            W   5-1 
04/11/1980   at Atlanta Flames            L   2-4 
04/12/1980   at Atlanta Flames            W   5-2 
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Round 2
04/16/1980   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   1-2 
04/17/1980   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   1-4 
04/19/1980   vs Philadelphia Flyers       L   0-3 
04/20/1980   vs Philadelphia Flyers       W   4-2 
04/22/1980   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   1-3

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C/RW 10 Ron Duguay 6'2 200 22 9 5 2 7 11 2 0 C 77 Phil Esposito 6'1 205 37 9 3 3 6 8 1 0 D 4 Ron Greschner 6'2 205 25 9 0 6 6 10 0 0 C 11 Ulf Nilsson 5'11 175 29 9 0 6 6 2 0 0 D 3 Barry Beck 6'3 216 22 9 1 4 5 6 1 0 RW 15 Anders Hedberg 5'11 175 28 9 3 2 5 7 0 0 LW 12 Don Maloney 6'1 190 21 9 0 4 4 10 0 0 LW 8 Steve Vickers 6'0 180 28 9 2 2 4 4 0 0 RW 19 Dean Talafous 6'4 180 26 5 1 2 3 9 1 0 D 26 Dave Maloney 6'1 195 23 8 2 1 3 8 0 1 D 5 Carol Vadnais 6'1 185 34 9 1 2 3 6 0 0 D 25 Mario Marois 5'11 190 22 9 0 2 2 8 0 0 LW 28 Pat Conacher 5'8 190 20 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 RW 24 Warren Miller 6'0 180 25 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 D 23 Ed Hospodar 6'2 210 20 7 1 0 1 42 0 0 C 29 Ray Markham 6'3 220 21 7 1 0 1 24 0 0 C 18 Walt Tkaczuk 6'0 185 32 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 RW 17 Ed Johnstone 5'9 175 25 9 0 1 1 25 0 0 RW 20 Cam Connor 6'2 200 25 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 D 6 Tim Bothwell 6'3 190 24 9 0 0 0 8 0 0 G 30 John Davidson 6'3 205 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 35 Steve Baker 6'3 200 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 21 Frank Beaton 5'10 200 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 23 Lucien DeBlois 5'11 200 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 27 Andre Dore 6'2 200 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 2 Jocelyn Guevremont 6'2 200 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 16 Pat Hickey 6'1 190 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 20 Claude Larose 5'10 175 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 28 Bill Lochead 6'1 195 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 34 Jim Mayer 6'0 190 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 27 Mike McEwen 6'1 185 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 14 Don Murdoch 5'11 180 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 16 Dave Silk 5'11 190 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 31 Doug Soetaert 6'0 180 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 9 Doug Sulliman 6'2 210 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 1 Wayne Thomas 6'2 195 32 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 30 John Davidson 26 9 541 21 2.33 4 5 288 .927 1 0

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

Date Opponent Result Record 10/10/1979 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 6-3 1-0-0 10/14/1979 vs Washington Capitals L 3-5 1-1-0 10/18/1979 vs Vancouver Canucks W 6-3 2-1-0 10/20/1979 at Montreal Canadiens L 4-5 2-2-0 10/21/1979 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 6-3 3-2-0 10/24/1979 vs Edmonton Oilers W 10-2 4-2-0 10/25/1979 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-5 4-3-0 10/27/1979 at Minnesota North Stars L 2-7 4-4-0 10/28/1979 vs Hartford Whalers T 2-2 4-4-1 11/01/1979 at Los Angeles Kings L 2-4 4-5-1 11/03/1979 at Colorado Rockies L 2-7 4-6-1 11/04/1979 at Vancouver Canucks W 4-2 5-6-1 11/07/1979 vs Los Angeles Kings W 8-4 6-6-1 11/10/1979 vs Quebec Nordiques W 5-4 7-6-1 11/11/1979 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 1-4 7-7-1 11/13/1979 at New York Islanders L 5-10 7-8-1 11/14/1979 vs Detroit Red Wings W 3-2 8-8-1 11/16/1979 at Atlanta Flames L 2-4 8-9-1 11/18/1979 vs St. Louis Blues W 5-3 9-9-1 11/21/1979 vs Winnipeg Jets L 4-6 9-10-1 11/24/1979 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-5 9-11-1 11/25/1979 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 3-4 9-12-1 11/28/1979 vs Minnesota North Stars T 4-4 9-12-2 11/29/1979 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-2 9-13-2 12/01/1979 at St. Louis Blues W 2-0 10-13-2 12/03/1979 vs Montreal Canadiens T 3-3 10-13-3 12/05/1979 vs Chicago Black Hawks T 3-3 10-13-4 12/07/1979 at Hartford Whalers W 7-4 11-13-4 12/09/1979 vs New York Islanders W 5-4 12-13-4 12/11/1979 at Detroit Red Wings W 2-1 13-13-4 12/12/1979 at Chicago Black Hawks W 5-2 14-13-4 12/15/1979 at Washington Capitals L 4-5 14-14-4 12/16/1979 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 1-1 14-14-5 12/19/1979 vs Vancouver Canucks W 5-3 15-14-5 12/22/1979 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-3 16-14-5 12/23/1979 vs Boston Bruins L 3-4 16-15-5 12/30/1979 vs Washington Capitals W 5-2 17-15-5 01/02/1980 at Quebec Nordiques T 3-3 17-15-6 01/04/1980 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 3-5 17-16-6 01/06/1980 vs Atlanta Flames T 5-5 17-16-7

Date Opponent Result Record 01/07/1980 vs Hartford Whalers W 5-2 18-16-7 01/09/1980 at Detroit Red Wings L 0-4 18-17-7 01/11/1980 at Edmonton Oilers W 6-2 19-17-7 01/12/1980 at Winnipeg Jets W 3-0 20-17-7 01/14/1980 vs Colorado Rockies T 6-6 20-17-8 01/16/1980 vs Winnipeg Jets W 4-1 21-17-8 01/19/1980 at Boston Bruins L 3-6 21-18-8 01/20/1980 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 1-2 21-19-8 01/22/1980 at Los Angeles Kings W 5-4 22-19-8 01/23/1980 at Vancouver Canucks W 6-4 23-19-8 01/27/1980 at Colorado Rockies T 3-3 23-19-9 01/31/1980 at Buffalo Sabres L 2-6 23-20-9 02/02/1980 at Washington Capitals W 6-3 24-20-9 02/03/1980 at Quebec Nordiques L 4-5 24-21-9 02/10/1980 vs Quebec Nordiques W 3-1 25-21-9 02/13/1980 at Chicago Black Hawks L 1-3 25-22-9 02/17/1980 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 4-6 25-23-9 02/18/1980 at Hartford Whalers L 4-6 25-24-9 02/20/1980 vs Edmonton Oilers W 4-1 26-24-9 02/23/1980 at Minnesota North Stars L 3-6 26-25-9 02/24/1980 vs New York Islanders W 8-2 27-25-9 02/27/1980 vs Los Angeles Kings W 5-4 28-25-9 02/28/1980 at Boston Bruins W 5-2 29-25-9 03/02/1980 vs Boston Bruins W 2-1 30-25-9 03/05/1980 vs Buffalo Sabres W 4-2 31-25-9 03/08/1980 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-5 31-26-9 03/09/1980 vs Minnesota North Stars W 4-2 32-26-9 03/12/1980 vs Colorado Rockies W 6-0 33-26-9 03/15/1980 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 8-4 34-26-9 03/16/1980 vs St. Louis Blues W 5-2 35-26-9 03/19/1980 at Edmonton Oilers L 2-4 35-27-9 03/21/1980 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-4 35-28-9 03/23/1980 vs Montreal Canadiens L 1-6 35-29-9 03/25/1980 vs Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 35-29-10 03/28/1980 at Atlanta Flames L 2-4 35-30-10 03/29/1980 at St. Louis Blues W 4-3 36-30-10 03/31/1980 vs Detroit Red Wings W 7-5 37-30-10 04/02/1980 vs Atlanta Flames L 3-7 37-31-10 04/05/1980 at New York Islanders L 1-2 37-32-10 04/06/1980 at Philadelphia Flyers W 8-3 38-32-10

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