1980-1981 New York Rangers: 30-36-14
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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
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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
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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.
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