1980-1981 Vancouver Canucks team stats

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1980-1981 Vancouver Canucks: 28-32-20
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 17-12-11 (157 goals scored, 149 allowed) Road record: 11-20-9 (132 goals scored, 152 allowed) Head Coach: Harry Neale Power Play: 68/330 (20.6%) Penalty Killing: 259/340 (76.2%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 11-14 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 210-206 289 goals scored (17th of 21 teams), 301 goals allowed (10th), 1892 PIM (3rd) 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     23  Thomas Gradin        5'11  176   24   79   21   48   69   34   4   0   92   23   67    0  158  13.3   +2
RW    12  Stan Smyl            5'8   185   22   80   25   38   63  171   6   1   92   32   72    4  209  12.0   -8
LW    16  Per-Olov Brasar      5'8   172   30   80   22   41   63    8   3   0  103   31   81   21  167  13.2  +12
LW    22  Tiger Williams       5'11  190   26   77   35   27   62  343  11   1  102   38   88   28  186  18.8   +4
RW    10  Bobby Schmautz       5'9   172   35   73   27   34   61  137   9   0   95   36   65    1  205  13.2   -5
C      9  Ivan Boldirev        6'0   190   31   72   26   33   59   34   9   0   92   31   75    2  195  13.3  -12
LW    18  Darcy Rota           5'11  180   27   80   25   31   56  124   7   0   87   18   61    2  178  14.0  +10
D     25  Kevin McCarthy       5'11  195   23   80   16   37   53   85   4   1  119   42  145   57  140  11.4  -11
LW    24  Curt Fraser          6'1   200   22   77   25   24   49  118   7   0   68   22   65    0  188  13.3  -19
LW    15  Brent Ashton         6'1   210   20   77   18   11   29   57   0   0   46    2   56    2  111  16.2  -10
D      4  Rick Lanz            6'2   203   19   76    7   22   29   40   3   0   95   23   86   15  134   5.2   +1
RW    17  Jerry Butler         6'0   180   29   80   12   15   27   60   0   2   42    0   83   43   99  12.1   +2
C     20  Gerry Minor          5'8   178   22   74   10   14   24  108   1   6   35    4   69   42   93  10.8   +4
D     13  Lars Lindgren        6'1   200   28   52    4   18   22   32   1   0   65    7   60   18   76   5.3  +16
D     27  Harold Snepsts       6'3   210   26   76    3   16   19  212   0   0   79    2  126   52   77   3.9   +3
D     19  Mario Marois         5'11  190   23   50    4   12   16  115   1   0   50    3   52    5   79   5.1    0
D      6  Dennis Kearns        5'9   185   35   46    1   14   15   28   0   0   43   10   43    3   43   2.3   -7
RW    14  Blair MacDonald      5'10  180   27   12    5    9   14   10   2   0   19    4   14    0   38  13.2   +1
D      2  Bob Manno            6'0   185   24   20    0   11   11   30   0   0   23    4   33    8   29   0.0   -6
D      5  Colin Campbell       5'9   190   27   42    1    8    9   75   0   0   39    0   34    5   37   2.7  +10
LW    21  Jere Gillis          6'0   194   23   11    0    4    4    4   0   0    6    0   10    4   11   0.0    0
D     28  Mike Christie        6'0   190   31    9    1    1    2    0   0   0   10    0    1    0    5  20.0   +9
C      7  Gary Lupul           5'9   172   21    7    0    2    2    2   0   0    2    0    3    0    5   0.0   -1
RW     8  Rick Blight          6'2   195   25    3    1    0    1    4   0   0    1    0    2    0    9  11.1   -1
D     21  Doug Halward         6'1   200   25    7    0    1    1    4   0   0    7    3    9    0    8   0.0   -5
G      1  Glen Hanlon          6'0   185   23   17    0    1    1   10  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     30  Gary Bromley         5'10  160   30   20    0    1    1    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
RW    29  Kevin Primeau        6'0   180   24    2    0    0    0    4   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
D      2  Dave Logan           5'10  190   26    7    0    0    0   13   0   0    4    0    3    0    2   0.0   +1
C     14  Chris Oddleifson     6'2   185   30    8    0    0    0    6   0   0    0    0    3    2    3   0.0   -1
G     35  Richard Brodeur      5'7   160   28   52    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   35  Richard Brodeur      28   52  3024  177  3.51  17  18  16 1532   .884   2   0
G   30  Gary Bromley         30   20   978   62  3.80   6   6   4  460   .865   0   0
G    1  Glen Hanlon          23   16   798   59  4.44   5   8   0  416   .858   1   1

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    7  D    Rick Lanz                569          Oshawa Generals (OHA)              
  3   49  D    Andy Schliebener          84          Peterborough Petes (OHA)           
  4   70  LW   Marc Crawford            176          Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)            
  5   91  G    Darrell May                6          Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)        
  6  112  LW   Ken Berry                 55          Canadian National Team (Intl.)     
  7  133  D    Doug Lidster             897          Colorado College (NCAA)            
  8  154  D    John O'Connor                         University of Vermont (NCAA)       
  9  175  C    Patrik Sundstrom         679          Umea IF Bjorkloven (Sweden)        
 10  196  C    Grant Martin              44          Kitchener Rangers (OHA)            

Traded draft picks:

#2 to CHI (Steve Ludzik)


Transactions

09-22-1980	signed Joe McDonnell as a free agent
10-01-1980	signed Neil Belland as a free agent
10-02-1980	signed Bobby Schmautz as a free agent
10-06-1980	traded Vancouver's #5 pick in the 1981 draft to Islanders for Richard Brodeur and Islanders' #5 pick in the 1981 draft
10-10-1980	claimed Colin Campbell from Oilers in waiver draft
11-11-1980	traded Jere Gillis and Jeff Bandura to Rangers for Mario Marois and Jim Mayer
12-08-1980	traded Jim Mayer and cash to Rockies for Mike Christie
12-15-1980	claimed John Hughes on waivers from Oilers
03-08-1981	traded Gary Bromley (acq. 5/12/1981) and Vancouver's #5 pick in the 1982 draft to Kings for Doug Halward
03-10-1981	traded Mario Marois to Nordiques for Garry Lariviere
03-10-1981	traded Garry Lariviere and Ken Berry to Oilers for Blair MacDonald and the rights to Lars-Gunnar Petersson
05-04-1981	signed Anders Eldebrink as a free agent
05-18-1981	signed Lars Molin as a free agent
07-1981	Dennis Kearns retired
07-15-1981	signed Ivan Hlinka as a free agent
07-15-1981	assigned Brent Ashton and Vancouver's #4 pick in the 1982 draft to Jets as compensation for signing Ivan Hlinka as a free agent
10-05-1981	claimed Ron Delorme from Rockies in waiver draft

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

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/08/1981   at Buffalo Sabres            L   2-3 (OT)
04/09/1981   at Buffalo Sabres            L   2-5 
04/11/1981   vs Buffalo Sabres            L   3-5

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 23 Thomas Gradin 5'11 176 24 3 1 3 4 0 0 0 LW 18 Darcy Rota 5'11 180 27 3 2 1 3 14 1 0 RW 12 Stan Smyl 5'8 185 22 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 C 9 Ivan Boldirev 6'0 190 31 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 D 21 Doug Halward 6'1 200 25 2 0 1 1 6 0 0 RW 17 Jerry Butler 6'0 180 29 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 D 5 Colin Campbell 5'9 190 27 3 0 1 1 9 0 0 LW 24 Curt Fraser 6'1 200 22 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 RW 14 Blair MacDonald 5'10 180 27 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 D 25 Kevin McCarthy 5'11 195 23 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 LW 15 Brent Ashton 6'1 210 20 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 16 Per-Olov Brasar 5'8 172 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 35 Richard Brodeur 5'7 160 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 4 Rick Lanz 6'2 203 19 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 D 2 Bob Manno 6'0 185 24 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 C 20 Gerry Minor 5'8 178 22 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 RW 10 Bobby Schmautz 5'9 172 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 27 Harold Snepsts 6'3 210 26 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 LW 22 Tiger Williams 5'11 190 26 3 0 0 0 20 0 0 RW 8 Rick Blight 6'2 195 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 30 Gary Bromley 5'10 160 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 28 Mike Christie 6'0 190 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 21 Jere Gillis 6'0 194 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 1 Glen Hanlon 6'0 185 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 6 Dennis Kearns 5'9 185 35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 13 Lars Lindgren 6'1 200 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 2 Dave Logan 5'10 190 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 7 Gary Lupul 5'9 172 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 19 Mario Marois 5'11 190 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 14 Chris Oddleifson 6'2 185 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 29 Kevin Primeau 6'0 180 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 35 Richard Brodeur 28 3 185 13 4.22 0 3 88 .852 0 0

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

Date Opponent Result Record 10/10/1980 vs Detroit Red Wings W 5-3 1-0-0 10/12/1980 vs Quebec Nordiques W 8-2 2-0-0 10/15/1980 at Chicago Black Hawks L 2-4 2-1-0 10/16/1980 at Philadelphia Flyers W 5-2 3-1-0 10/18/1980 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-4 3-2-0 10/21/1980 at New York Islanders W 6-3 4-2-0 10/22/1980 at New York Rangers L 2-3 4-3-0 10/24/1980 vs Boston Bruins W 3-2 5-3-0 10/26/1980 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 8-5 6-3-0 10/29/1980 at Quebec Nordiques T 3-3 6-3-1 11/01/1980 at Hartford Whalers T 4-4 6-3-2 11/02/1980 at Buffalo Sabres L 3-4 6-4-2 11/05/1980 vs Edmonton Oilers W 4-3 7-4-2 11/07/1980 vs Minnesota North Stars W 3-2 8-4-2 11/08/1980 vs New York Rangers W 6-4 9-4-2 11/11/1980 vs St. Louis Blues L 2-8 9-5-2 11/14/1980 vs Montreal Canadiens T 3-3 9-5-3 11/16/1980 vs Los Angeles Kings L 2-3 9-6-3 11/18/1980 vs Winnipeg Jets W 6-1 10-6-3 11/19/1980 at Edmonton Oilers W 6-4 11-6-3 11/22/1980 at Hartford Whalers L 3-4 11-7-3 11/23/1980 at New York Rangers T 2-2 11-7-4 11/26/1980 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 7-4 12-7-4 11/28/1980 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 6-4 13-7-4 11/29/1980 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 3-3 13-7-5 12/03/1980 vs Hartford Whalers T 4-4 13-7-6 12/04/1980 at Los Angeles Kings L 1-3 13-8-6 12/07/1980 vs New York Islanders L 3-5 13-9-6 12/09/1980 at Washington Capitals W 4-2 14-9-6 12/10/1980 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 8-5 15-9-6 12/13/1980 at Boston Bruins W 2-1 16-9-6 12/14/1980 at Buffalo Sabres T 2-2 16-9-7 12/17/1980 vs Montreal Canadiens T 4-4 16-9-8 12/19/1980 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 10-4 17-9-8 12/21/1980 vs Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 17-9-9 12/26/1980 vs Los Angeles Kings L 3-6 17-10-9 12/28/1980 vs St. Louis Blues L 2-3 17-11-9 12/30/1980 vs Washington Capitals T 3-3 17-11-10 01/02/1981 at Detroit Red Wings T 2-2 17-11-11 01/03/1981 at St. Louis Blues L 3-6 17-12-11

Date Opponent Result Record 01/06/1981 at Colorado Rockies W 7-3 18-12-11 01/07/1981 at Minnesota North Stars T 1-1 18-12-12 01/09/1981 at Winnipeg Jets T 4-4 18-12-13 01/13/1981 vs Colorado Rockies T 3-3 18-12-14 01/16/1981 vs Detroit Red Wings W 3-1 19-12-14 01/17/1981 at Colorado Rockies W 5-2 20-12-14 01/20/1981 vs Toronto Maple Leafs T 2-2 20-12-15 01/21/1981 at Edmonton Oilers L 1-5 20-13-15 01/24/1981 vs New York Rangers L 5-7 20-14-15 01/28/1981 at Chicago Black Hawks L 3-7 20-15-15 01/29/1981 at Washington Capitals L 1-3 20-16-15 02/01/1981 vs Calgary Flames W 6-2 21-16-15 02/03/1981 vs Washington Capitals T 3-3 21-16-16 02/07/1981 at St. Louis Blues L 2-9 21-17-16 02/08/1981 at Detroit Red Wings L 2-3 21-18-16 02/12/1981 at Philadelphia Flyers L 3-4 21-19-16 02/14/1981 at Pittsburgh Penguins T 2-2 21-19-17 02/15/1981 at Minnesota North Stars L 2-7 21-20-17 02/18/1981 vs Boston Bruins L 5-7 21-21-17 02/20/1981 vs Quebec Nordiques L 3-9 21-22-17 02/22/1981 vs Calgary Flames L 3-5 21-23-17 02/24/1981 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 6-4 22-23-17 02/26/1981 at Los Angeles Kings L 3-4 22-24-17 02/27/1981 vs New York Islanders L 1-5 22-25-17 03/01/1981 vs Hartford Whalers W 3-0 23-25-17 03/04/1981 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 5-2 24-25-17 03/07/1981 at New York Islanders L 1-3 24-26-17 03/08/1981 at Boston Bruins L 1-4 24-27-17 03/10/1981 at Calgary Flames L 2-11 24-28-17 03/13/1981 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 5-3 25-28-17 03/14/1981 vs Buffalo Sabres W 2-1 26-28-17 03/17/1981 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-3 27-28-17 03/21/1981 at Montreal Canadiens L 3-5 27-29-17 03/23/1981 at Quebec Nordiques T 3-3 27-29-18 03/25/1981 vs Colorado Rockies T 4-4 27-29-19 03/27/1981 at Winnipeg Jets W 10-2 28-29-19 03/29/1981 vs Minnesota North Stars L 2-4 28-30-19 04/01/1981 vs Winnipeg Jets T 4-4 28-30-20 04/03/1981 vs Edmonton Oilers L 2-7 28-31-20 04/04/1981 at Calgary Flames L 5-6 28-32-20

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