1980-1981 New York Rangers team stats

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1980-1981 New York Rangers: 30-36-14
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 17-13-10 (166 goals scored, 143 allowed) Road record: 13-23-4 (146 goals scored, 174 allowed) Head Coaches: Fred Shero (4-13-3), Craig Patrick (26-23-11) Power Play: 63/351 (17.9%) Penalty Killing: 309/392 (78.8%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 14-12 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 235-222 312 goals scored (12th of 21 teams), 317 goals allowed (13th), 1981 PIM (2nd) 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%   +/-
RW    15  Anders Hedberg       5'11  175   29   80   30   40   70   52   7   1  110   34   91   15  243  12.3    0
RW    17  Ed Johnstone         5'9   175   26   80   30   38   68  100   4   3   97   21   85   24  187  16.0  +15
D      4  Ron Greschner        6'2   205   26   74   27   41   68  112   6   0  135   42  106   13  193  14.0    0
LW    14  Mike Allison         6'0   200   19   75   26   38   64   83   4   0   96   23   67    6  122  21.3  +12
LW     8  Steve Vickers        6'0   180   29   73   19   39   58   40   5   1   76   15   56    2   85  22.4   +7
LW    12  Don Maloney          6'1   190   22   61   29   23   52   99   7   5   89   23   60   11  124  23.4  +17
D     26  Dave Maloney         6'1   195   24   79   11   36   47  132   3   0  121   26  101   30  140   7.9  +24
C     11  Ulf Nilsson          5'11  175   30   51   14   25   39   42   1   0   59   20   55   13   80  17.5   -3
C/RW  10  Ron Duguay           6'2   200   23   50   17   21   38   83   5   1   54   10   62   20  103  16.5   +2
D      3  Barry Beck           6'3   216   23   75   11   23   34  231   6   1  114   30  111   36  182   6.0   +9
RW    19  Dean Talafous        6'4   180   27   50   13   17   30   28   1   2   45    4   49   10   73  17.8   +2
D      2  Tom Laidlaw          6'2   215   22   80    6   23   29  100   1   0   95    5  113   23  101   5.9    0
C     18  Walt Tkaczuk         6'0   185   33   43    6   22   28   28   1   0   40    2   38   13   67   9.0  +13
RW    16  Dave Silk            5'11  190   22   59   14   12   26   58   2   0   38    9   58    5  124  11.3  -24
C     21  Lance Nethery        6'1   185   23   33   11   12   23   12   2   0   31    3   34    6   47  23.4    0
D      5  Carol Vadnais        6'1   185   35   74    3   20   23   91   1   0   86    9  102   44  118   2.5  +19
LW     6  Jere Gillis          6'0   194   23   35   10   10   20    4   1   0   33    4   24    1   63  15.9   +6
C     77  Phil Esposito        6'1   205   38   41    7   13   20   20   3   0   47   13   54    7   91   7.7  -13
D     23  Ed Hospodar          6'2   210   21   61    5   14   19  214   0   0   40    4   30    4   49  10.2  +10
D     24  Chris Kotsopoulos    6'3   215   22   54    4   12   16  153   0   0   46    8   62   14  104   3.8  -10
LW    22  Nick Fotiu           6'2   210   28   27    5    6   11   91   1   0   16    1   21    0   28  17.9   -6
RW    25  Peter Wallin         5'9   170   23   12    1    5    6    2   0   0    9    2    9    1   14   7.1   -1
RW     9  Doug Sulliman        6'2   210   21   32    4    1    5   32   0   0   11    0   24    4   56   7.1   -9
C     28  Dan McCarthy         5'9   185   22    5    4    0    4    4   2   0    7    2    2    0    7  57.1   +3
LW/C  27  Gary Burns           6'1   190   25   11    2    2    4   18   0   0    5    1   16    3   13  15.4   -9
RW    20  Cam Connor           6'2   200   26   15    1    3    4   44   0   0   11    0    5    0   16   6.2   +6
D     27  Andre Dore           6'2   200   22   15    1    3    4   15   0   0    9    0   12    2   15   6.7   -1
D     25  Mario Marois         5'11  190   23    8    1    2    3   46   0   0    8    2   12    1   11   9.1   -5
G      1  Wayne Thomas         6'2   195   33   10    0    2    2    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D     25  Jeff Bandura         6'1   195   23    2    0    1    1    0   0   0    1    0    4    0    2   0.0   -3
D      6  Tim Bothwell         6'3   190   25    3    0    1    1    0   0   0    3    0    3    0    0   ---    0
G     30  John Davidson        6'3   205   27   10    0    1    1    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     31  Steve Weeks          5'11  170   22    1    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
RW    28  Mike McDougal        6'2   200   22    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    1    0    0    0    1   0.0   +1
G     35  Steve Baker          6'3   200   23   21    0    0    0    5  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     31  Doug Soetaert        6'0   180   25   39    0    0    0    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D     28  John Hughes          5'11  200   26    0    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  Steve Weeks          22    1    60    2  2.00   0   1   0   22   .909   0   0
G    1  Wayne Thomas         33   10   600   34  3.40   3   6   1  257   .868   2   0
G   35  Steve Baker          23   21  1260   73  3.48  10   6   5  606   .880   2   2
G   31  Doug Soetaert        25   39  2320  152  3.93  16  16   7 1040   .854   2   0
G   30  John Davidson        27   10   560   48  5.14   1   7   1  285   .832   2   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

1980 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1   14  C    Jim Malone                            Toronto Marlboros (OHA)            
  2   35  C    Mike Allison             499          Sudbury Wolves (OHA)               
  4   77  C    Kurt Kleinendorst                     Providence College (NCAA)          
  5   98  D    Scot Kleinendorst        281          Providence College (NCAA)          
  6  119  D    Reijo Ruotsalainen       446          Karpat (Finland)                   
  7  140  C    Bob Scurfield                         Western Michigan University (NCAA)  
  8  161  D    Bart Wilson                           Toronto Marlboros (OHA)            
  9  182  RW   Chris Wray                            Boston College (NCAA)              
 10  203  D    Anders Backstrom                      Gavle (Sweden)                     

Traded draft picks:

#3 to BUF (Sean McKenna)


Transactions

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
11-11-1980	traded Mario Marois and Jim Mayer to Canucks for Jere Gillis and Jeff Bandura
11-18-1980	traded Frank Beaton to Flames for Dale Lewis
12-12-1980	signed Gerry McDonald as a free agent
01-15-1981	traded Rangers' #5 pick in the 1981 draft to Whalers for Nick Fotiu
03-08-1981	signed Peter Wallin as a free agent
03-10-1981	traded Ray Markham to Oilers for John Hughes
07-1981	Phil Esposito, Walt Tkaczuk and Wayne Thomas retired
07-17-1981	signed Mark Pavelich as a free agent
09-08-1981	traded Doug Soetaert to Jets for Winnipeg's #3 pick in the 1983 draft
09-08-1981	signed Mikko Leinonen as a free agent
10-02-1981	traded Doug Sulliman, Chris Kotsopoulos and Gerry MacDonald to Whalers for Mike Rogers and Hartford's #10 pick in the 1982 draft
10-06-1981	Whalers claimed Mike McDougal in waiver draft

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

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/08/1981   at Los Angeles Kings         W   3-1 
04/09/1981   at Los Angeles Kings         L   4-5 
04/11/1981   vs Los Angeles Kings         W  10-3 
04/12/1981   vs Los Angeles Kings         W   6-3 
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Round 2
04/16/1981   at St. Louis Blues           L   3-6 
04/17/1981   at St. Louis Blues           W   6-4 
04/19/1981   vs St. Louis Blues           W   6-3 
04/20/1981   vs St. Louis Blues           W   4-1 
04/22/1981   at St. Louis Blues           L   3-4 
04/24/1981   vs St. Louis Blues           W   7-4 
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Semifinals
04/28/1981   at New York Islanders        L   2-5 
04/30/1981   at New York Islanders        L   3-7 
05/02/1981   vs New York Islanders        L   1-5 
05/05/1981   vs New York Islanders        L   2-5

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 23 14 8 9 17 16 0 1 RW 15 Anders Hedberg 5'11 175 29 14 8 8 16 6 3 0 C 11 Ulf Nilsson 5'11 175 30 14 8 8 16 23 3 0 D 3 Barry Beck 6'3 216 23 14 5 8 13 32 1 1 D 4 Ron Greschner 6'2 205 26 14 4 8 12 17 1 0 LW 8 Steve Vickers 6'0 180 29 12 4 7 11 14 1 0 C 21 Lance Nethery 6'1 185 23 14 5 3 8 9 0 0 RW 19 Dean Talafous 6'4 180 27 14 3 5 8 2 0 0 RW 25 Peter Wallin 5'9 170 23 14 2 6 8 6 0 0 LW 12 Don Maloney 6'1 190 22 13 1 6 7 13 1 0 LW 6 Jere Gillis 6'0 194 23 14 2 5 7 9 0 0 D 2 Tom Laidlaw 6'2 215 22 14 1 4 5 18 0 0 RW 17 Ed Johnstone 5'9 175 26 8 2 2 4 4 0 0 LW 14 Mike Allison 6'0 200 19 14 3 1 4 20 1 0 D 5 Carol Vadnais 6'1 185 35 14 1 3 4 26 0 0 D 24 Chris Kotsopoulos 6'3 215 22 14 0 3 3 63 0 0 D 26 Dave Maloney 6'1 195 24 2 0 2 2 9 0 0 D 23 Ed Hospodar 6'2 210 21 12 2 0 2 93 0 0 D 28 John Hughes 5'11 200 26 3 0 1 1 6 0 0 RW 9 Doug Sulliman 6'2 210 21 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 LW/C 27 Gary Burns 6'1 190 25 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 G 31 Steve Weeks 5'11 170 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 22 Nick Fotiu 6'2 210 28 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 G 35 Steve Baker 6'3 200 23 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 D 25 Jeff Bandura 6'1 195 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 6 Tim Bothwell 6'3 190 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 20 Cam Connor 6'2 200 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 30 John Davidson 6'3 205 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 27 Andre Dore 6'2 200 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 77 Phil Esposito 6'1 205 38 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 25 Mario Marois 5'11 190 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 28 Dan McCarthy 5'9 185 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 28 Mike McDougal 6'2 200 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 16 Dave Silk 5'11 190 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 31 Doug Soetaert 6'0 180 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 1 Wayne Thomas 6'2 195 33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 18 Walt Tkaczuk 6'0 185 33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 35 Steve Baker 23 14 826 55 4.00 7 7 383 .856 0 0 G 31 Steve Weeks 22 1 14 1 4.29 0 0 8 .875 0 0

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

Date Opponent Result Record 10/09/1980 at Boston Bruins L 2-7 0-1-0 10/11/1980 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 8-3 1-1-0 10/12/1980 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-6 1-2-0 10/15/1980 vs St. Louis Blues L 1-2 1-3-0 10/18/1980 at Washington Capitals L 2-8 1-4-0 10/19/1980 vs Edmonton Oilers L 2-4 1-5-0 10/22/1980 vs Vancouver Canucks W 3-2 2-5-0 10/25/1980 at Detroit Red Wings L 2-4 2-6-0 10/26/1980 vs Detroit Red Wings W 7-6 3-6-0 10/28/1980 at St. Louis Blues L 4-5 3-7-0 10/30/1980 at Philadelphia Flyers T 3-3 3-7-1 11/01/1980 at Montreal Canadiens L 4-7 3-8-1 11/02/1980 vs Los Angeles Kings L 3-6 3-9-1 11/05/1980 at Chicago Black Hawks T 3-3 3-9-2 11/08/1980 at Vancouver Canucks L 4-6 3-10-2 11/10/1980 at Los Angeles Kings L 1-4 3-11-2 11/11/1980 at Calgary Flames L 3-7 3-12-2 11/14/1980 vs Pittsburgh Penguins T 3-3 3-12-3 11/16/1980 vs Hartford Whalers W 7-3 4-12-3 11/19/1980 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 1-5 4-13-3 11/22/1980 at New York Islanders L 4-6 4-14-3 11/23/1980 vs Vancouver Canucks T 2-2 4-14-4 11/26/1980 vs Boston Bruins W 6-4 5-14-4 11/29/1980 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-2 6-14-4 12/01/1980 vs Minnesota North Stars L 3-5 6-15-4 12/03/1980 at Winnipeg Jets W 4-3 7-15-4 12/05/1980 at Edmonton Oilers W 5-1 8-15-4 12/07/1980 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 5-4 9-15-4 12/10/1980 vs Washington Capitals W 6-2 10-15-4 12/12/1980 at Colorado Rockies W 4-3 11-15-4 12/14/1980 at Chicago Black Hawks L 1-2 11-16-4 12/17/1980 vs Winnipeg Jets W 8-2 12-16-4 12/20/1980 at Minnesota North Stars T 3-3 12-16-5 12/22/1980 vs Calgary Flames L 2-3 12-17-5 12/26/1980 at Washington Capitals L 3-7 12-18-5 12/28/1980 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-5 12-19-5 12/30/1980 at Quebec Nordiques W 6-3 13-19-5 12/31/1980 vs Colorado Rockies L 4-6 13-20-5 01/02/1981 vs New York Islanders W 3-1 14-20-5 01/04/1981 vs Quebec Nordiques T 2-2 14-20-6

Date Opponent Result Record 01/09/1981 vs Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 14-20-7 01/11/1981 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 3-5 14-21-7 01/13/1981 at Calgary Flames T 4-4 14-21-8 01/15/1981 at Colorado Rockies L 3-4 14-22-8 01/18/1981 at Buffalo Sabres L 0-4 14-23-8 01/19/1981 vs Calgary Flames W 6-3 15-23-8 01/21/1981 at Winnipeg Jets L 1-5 15-24-8 01/23/1981 at Edmonton Oilers W 7-4 16-24-8 01/24/1981 at Vancouver Canucks W 7-5 17-24-8 01/28/1981 at Los Angeles Kings W 6-2 18-24-8 01/31/1981 at Minnesota North Stars W 7-3 19-24-8 02/02/1981 vs Los Angeles Kings L 2-3 19-25-8 02/04/1981 vs New York Islanders W 9-3 20-25-8 02/05/1981 at Boston Bruins L 3-6 20-26-8 02/08/1981 vs Minnesota North Stars T 3-3 20-26-9 02/12/1981 vs Winnipeg Jets W 8-6 21-26-9 02/14/1981 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 3-6 21-27-9 02/15/1981 vs St. Louis Blues L 4-5 21-28-9 02/18/1981 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 8-3 22-28-9 02/19/1981 at Detroit Red Wings L 3-7 22-29-9 02/21/1981 vs Washington Capitals W 6-4 23-29-9 02/22/1981 at Hartford Whalers L 5-6 23-30-9 02/25/1981 vs Buffalo Sabres W 6-3 24-30-9 02/28/1981 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 4-6 24-31-9 03/01/1981 vs Montreal Canadiens T 4-4 24-31-10 03/04/1981 vs Edmonton Oilers T 5-5 24-31-11 03/07/1981 at St. Louis Blues L 2-7 24-32-11 03/08/1981 vs Detroit Red Wings T 4-4 24-32-12 03/10/1981 at Quebec Nordiques L 4-6 24-33-12 03/11/1981 vs Colorado Rockies L 3-4 24-34-12 03/14/1981 vs Hartford Whalers W 6-2 25-34-12 03/18/1981 vs Boston Bruins W 3-2 26-34-12 03/21/1981 at Hartford Whalers W 6-4 27-34-12 03/22/1981 vs Quebec Nordiques T 7-7 27-34-13 03/25/1981 at Buffalo Sabres L 2-4 27-35-13 03/28/1981 at Montreal Canadiens W 6-2 28-35-13 03/30/1981 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 0-0 28-35-14 04/02/1981 at New York Islanders L 1-2 28-36-14 04/03/1981 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 3-1 29-36-14 04/05/1981 at Philadelphia Flyers W 2-0 30-36-14

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