1980–81 Colorado Rockies season

1980–81 Colorado Rockies (NHL)
Division	5th Smythe
1980–81 record	22–45–13
Goals for	258
Goals against	344
Team information
General Manager	Ray Miron
Coach	Bill MacMillan
Captain	Rene Robert Lanny McDonald
Alternate captains	None
Arena	McNichols Sports Arena
Team leaders
<1979–80 1981–82>

The 1980–81 Colorado Rockies season was the Rockies's fifth season, and seventh season of the franchise. Like five of the previous six seasons, the Rockies did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	80	45	18	17	352	281	107
Chicago Black Hawks	80	31	33	16	304	315	78
Vancouver Canucks	80	28	32	20	289	301	76
Edmonton Oilers	80	29	35	16	328	327	74
Colorado Rockies	80	22	45	13	258	344	57
Winnipeg Jets	80	9	57	14	246	400	32

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1980	6–2	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	1–0–0
2	W	October 12, 1980	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	2–0–0
3	W	October 14, 1980	4–1	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	3–0–0
4	T	October 17, 1980	5–5	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	3–0–1
5	L	October 18, 1980	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	3–1–1
6	L	October 22, 1980	0–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	3–2–1
7	L	October 23, 1980	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	3–3–1
8	W	October 25, 1980	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	4–3–1
9	L	October 28, 1980	4–8	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	4–4–1
10	T	October 30, 1980	5–5	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	4–4–2
11	W	November 1, 1980	5–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	5–4–2
12	W	November 2, 1980	5–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	6–4–2
13	L	November 5, 1980	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	6–5–2
14	T	November 6, 1980	3–3	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	6–5–3
15	T	November 8, 1980	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	6–5–4
16	L	November 11, 1980	2–8	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	6–6–4
17	W	November 14, 1980	5–1	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	7–6–4
18	W	November 16, 1980	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	8–6–4
19	L	November 20, 1980	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	8–7–4
20	L	November 22, 1980	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	8–8–4
21	W	November 25, 1980	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	9–8–4
22	L	November 28, 1980	4–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	9–9–4
23	L	November 30, 1980	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	9–10–4
24	L	December 2, 1980	1–5	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	9–11–4
25	W	December 4, 1980	4–3	New York Islanders (1980–81)	10–11–4
26	L	December 6, 1980	6–8	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	10–12–4
27	L	December 7, 1980	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	10–13–4
28	T	December 9, 1980	4–4	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	10–13–5
29	L	December 12, 1980	3–4	New York Rangers (1980–81)	10–14–5
30	L	December 13, 1980	4–9	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	10–15–5
31	W	December 17, 1980	6–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	11–15–5
32	L	December 18, 1980	0–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	11–16–5
33	T	December 20, 1980	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	11–16–6
34	L	December 23, 1980	4–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	11–17–6
35	W	December 26, 1980	5–2	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	12–17–6
36	L	December 27, 1980	4–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	12–18–6
37	L	December 30, 1980	3–9	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	12–19–6
38	W	December 31, 1980	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	13–19–6
39	W	January 3, 1981	4–1	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	14–19–6
40	L	January 6, 1981	3–7	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	14–20–6
41	L	January 7, 1981	2–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	14–21–6
42	W	January 9, 1981	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	15–21–6
43	L	January 12, 1981	1–2	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	15–22–6
44	T	January 13, 1981	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	15–22–7
45	W	January 15, 1981	4–3	New York Rangers (1980–81)	16–22–7
46	L	January 17, 1981	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	16–23–7
47	T	January 23, 1981	2–2	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	16–23–8
48	L	January 24, 1981	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	16–24–8
49	L	January 26, 1981	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	16–25–8
50	L	January 28, 1981	3–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	16–26–8
51	L	January 30, 1981	4–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	16–27–8
52	L	February 3, 1981	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	16–28–8
53	W	February 6, 1981	6–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	17–28–8
54	T	February 8, 1981	6–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	17–28–9
55	T	February 12, 1981	3–3	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	17–28–10
56	L	February 14, 1981	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	17–29–10
57	L	February 17, 1981	3–6	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	17–30–10
58	L	February 18, 1981	2–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	17–31–10
59	L	February 21, 1981	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	17–32–10
60	L	February 22, 1981	4–9	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	17–33–10
61	L	February 25, 1981	5–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	17–34–10
62	L	February 26, 1981	0–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	17–35–10
63	W	February 28, 1981	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	18–35–10
64	W	March 3, 1981	5–4	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	19–35–10
65	L	March 6, 1981	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	19–36–10
66	L	March 8, 1981	0–7	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	19–37–10
67	L	March 10, 1981	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	19–38–10
68	W	March 11, 1981	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	20–38–10
69	L	March 14, 1981	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	20–39–10
70	L	March 15, 1981	0–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	20–40–10
71	L	March 18, 1981	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	20–41–10
72	L	March 20, 1981	3–5	New York Islanders (1980–81)	20–42–10
73	L	March 21, 1981	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	20–43–10
74	W	March 24, 1981	7–4	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	21–43–10
75	T	March 25, 1981	4–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	21–43–11
76	L	March 27, 1981	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	21–44–11
77	W	March 29, 1981	2–1	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	22–44–11
78	T	April 1, 1981	4–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	22–44–12
79	L	April 2, 1981	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	22–45–12
80	T	April 4, 1981	5–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	22–45–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald	RW	80	35	46	81	56	-27	11	0	2
Malinowski, MerlinMerlin Malinowski	C	69	25	37	62	61	-24	4	0	1
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	79	20	42	62	193	-46	12	1	3
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen	D	65	11	35	46	84	-33	5	0	1
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	C	74	26	16	42	78	-42	9	1	2
Gagne, PaulPaul Gagne	LW	61	25	16	41	12	-24	9	0	2
McKechnie, WaltWalt McKechnie	C	53	15	23	38	18	-7	2	2	2
Vautour, YvonYvon Vautour	RW	74	15	19	34	143	-20	3	0	0
Quenneville, JoelJoel Quenneville	D	71	10	24	34	86	-24	3	0	1
Pierce, RandyRandy Pierce	RW	55	9	21	30	52	-28	3	0	3
Delorme, RonRon Delorme	C	65	11	16	27	70	-11	3	0	0
Robert, ReneRene Robert	RW	28	8	11	19	30	-13	4	0	0
Gillis, MikeMike Gillis	LW	51	11	7	18	54	-21	1	0	2
Tambellini, SteveSteve Tambellini	C	13	6	12	18	2	-1	2	0	1
Cooper, EdEd Cooper	LW	47	7	7	14	46	-6	1	0	2
Norwich, CraigCraig Norwich	D	11	3	11	14	10	4	1	0	0
Berry, DougDoug Berry	C	46	3	10	13	9	-15	0	1	0
Valiquette, JackJack Valiquette	C	25	3	9	12	7	-12	0	0	0
Smith, BarryBarry Smith	C	62	4	4	8	4	-2	0	0	0
Kitchen, MikeMike Kitchen	D	75	1	7	8	100	-38	0	0	0
Hughes, JackJack Hughes	D	38	2	5	7	91	-22	1	0	0
Johansen, TrevorTrevor Johansen	D	35	0	7	7	18	-20	0	0	0
Miller, BobBob Miller	C	22	5	1	6	15	-19	2	0	0
Crawford, BobbyBobby Crawford	RW	15	1	3	4	6	4	0	0	0
Sheehan, BobbyBobby Sheehan	C	41	1	3	4	10	-5	0	0	0
Attwell, BobBob Attwell	RW	15	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
Auge, LesLes Auge	D	6	0	3	3	4	-3	0	0	0
Baker, BillBill Baker	D	13	0	3	3	12	0	0	0	0
Dillon, GaryGary Dillon	C	13	1	1	2	29	-6	0	0	0
Giallonardo, MarioMario Giallonardo	D	15	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0
Harper, TerryTerry Harper	D	15	0	2	2	8	-3	0	0	0
Smith, AlAl Smith	G	37	0	2	2	51	0	0	0	0
Astrom, HardyHardy Astrom	G	30	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Sturgeon, PeterPeter Sturgeon	LW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Watson, DaveDave Watson	LW	13	0	1	1	8	-2	0	0	0
Broten, AaronAaron Broten	LW/C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christie, MikeMike Christie	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kaarela, JariJari Kaarela	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Myre, PhilPhil Myre	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turner, DeanDean Turner	D	4	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0
Ward, JoeJoe Ward	C	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Smith, AlAl Smith	1909	37	9	18	4	151	4.75	0
Astrom, HardyHardy Astrom	1642	30	6	15	6	103	3.76	0
Myre, PhilPhil Myre	580	10	3	6	1	33	3.41	0
Kaarela, JariJari Kaarela	220	5	2	2	0	22	6.00	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	449	8	2	4	2	28	3.74	0
Team:	4800	80	22	45	13	337	4.21	0

^[2]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

• 1980–81 NHL season

References

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
2. "1980-81 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

• "1980–81 Colorado Rockies Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links