1981–82 Colorado Rockies season

1981–82 Colorado Rockies (NHL)
Division 5th Smythe
1981–82 record 18-49-13
Team information
General Manager Bill MacMillan
Coach Bill MacMillan
Captain Lanny McDonald
Rob Ramage
Alternate captains None
Minor league affiliations Fort Worth Texans (CHL)
Team leaders
Goals Steve Tambellini (29)
Assists Brent Ashton (36)
Points Brent Ashton (60)
Penalties in minutes Rob Ramage (201)
Wins Glenn Resch (16)
Goals against average Glenn Resch (4.03)
<1980–81

1982–83 >

The 1981–82 Colorado Rockies season was the sixth and final season for the Rockies in Colorado. The franchise would relocate to New Jersey for the 1982–83 season. NHL hockey would return to Colorado with the Quebec Nordiques relocating there to become the Avalanche, in 1995, and went on to become Stanley Cup champions in their first season in Denver.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Edmonton Oilers 80 48 17 15 417 295 111
Vancouver Canucks 80 30 33 17 290 288 77
Calgary Flames 80 29 34 17 334 345 75
Los Angeles Kings 80 24 41 15 314 369 63
Colorado Rockies 80 18 49 13 241 362 49

[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
1LOctober 6, 19812–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 0–1–0
2LOctober 7, 19814–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 0–2–0
3TOctober 10, 19812–2 New York Islanders (1981–82) 0–2–1
4LOctober 15, 19812–10 @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 0–3–1
5LOctober 16, 19811–6 Boston Bruins (1981–82) 0–4–1
6WOctober 18, 19814–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 1–4–1
7LOctober 20, 19813–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 1–5–1
8TOctober 21, 19814–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 1–5–2
9LOctober 24, 19811–3 Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 1–6–2
10LOctober 28, 19811–3 Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 1–7–2
11WOctober 31, 19816–4 Washington Capitals (1981–82) 2–7–2
12LNovember 3, 19813–5 Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 2–8–2
13TNovember 6, 19814–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 2–8–3
14WNovember 7, 19815–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 3–8–3
15LNovember 11, 19810–9 Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 3–9–3
16LNovember 14, 19812–4 St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 3–10–3
17LNovember 15, 19810–10 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 3–11–3
18LNovember 18, 19811–7 @ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 3–12–3
19LNovember 20, 19813–4 Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 3–13–3
20TNovember 22, 19815–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 3–13–4
21LNovember 24, 19812–9 @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 3–14–4
22LNovember 25, 19812–7 @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 3–15–4
23LNovember 27, 19813–6 Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 3–16–4
24LNovember 28, 19812–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 3–17–4
25TNovember 30, 19812–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 3–17–5
26WDecember 2, 19813–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 4–17–5
27LDecember 5, 19811–2 New York Rangers (1981–82) 4–18–5
28LDecember 9, 19811–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 4–19–5
29WDecember 12, 19814–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 5–19–5
30LDecember 13, 19811–5 @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 5–20–5
31LDecember 16, 19814–7 Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 5–21–5
32WDecember 18, 19813–1 Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 6–21–5
33LDecember 19, 19812–5 @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 6–22–5
34WDecember 22, 19814–2 Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 7–22–5
35LDecember 23, 19814–8 @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 7–23–5
36WDecember 26, 19816–3 Calgary Flames (1981–82) 8–23–5
37TDecember 28, 19814–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 8–23–6
38WDecember 30, 19813–2 Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 9–23–6
39LJanuary 2, 19821–3 Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 9–24–6
40LJanuary 5, 19824–5 @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 9–25–6
41LJanuary 6, 19823–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 9–26–6
42WJanuary 8, 19827–1 St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 10–26–6
43LJanuary 10, 19824–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 10–27–6
44LJanuary 13, 19821–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 10–28–6
45LJanuary 14, 19821–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 10–29–6
46LJanuary 17, 19823–5 Calgary Flames (1981–82) 10–30–6
47TJanuary 19, 19824–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 10–30–7
48LJanuary 20, 19821–3 Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 10–31–7
49TJanuary 23, 19823–3 Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 10–31–8
50LJanuary 24, 19824–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 10–32–8
51WJanuary 26, 19827–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 11–32–8
52LJanuary 29, 19822–5 New York Rangers (1981–82) 11–33–8
53LJanuary 31, 19822–4 @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 11–34–8
54LFebruary 2, 19827–8 @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 11–35–8
55TFebruary 5, 19824–4 Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 11–35–9
56LFebruary 6, 19823–5 Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 11–36–9
57WFebruary 12, 19829–2 Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 12–36–9
58WFebruary 14, 19825–3 Washington Capitals (1981–82) 13–36–9
59TFebruary 16, 19823–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 13–36–10
60TFebruary 18, 19824–4 @ New York Rangers (1981–82) 13–36–11
61LFebruary 20, 19822–3 @ New York Islanders (1981–82) 13–37–11
62LFebruary 21, 19822–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 13–38–11
63LFebruary 23, 19823–6 Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 13–39–11
64LFebruary 26, 19823–4 Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 13–40–11
65WFebruary 28, 19825–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 14–40–11
66WMarch 3, 19823–2 Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 15–40–11
67WMarch 6, 19825–2 Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 16–40–11
68LMarch 9, 19820–2 Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 16–41–11
69LMarch 11, 19821–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 16–42–11
70LMarch 13, 19822–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 16–43–11
71WMarch 14, 19824–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 17–43–11
72LMarch 17, 19822–5 New York Islanders (1981–82) 17–44–11
73LMarch 20, 19822–4 Calgary Flames (1981–82) 17–45–11
74LMarch 21, 19820–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 17–46–11
75LMarch 24, 19824–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 17–47–11
76TMarch 26, 19826–6 Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 17–47–12
77LMarch 27, 19824–9 @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 17–48–12
78TMarch 31, 19824–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 17–48–13
79LApril 1, 19820–11 @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 17–49–13
80WApril 3, 19823–1 Calgary Flames (1981–82) 18–49–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Ashton, BrentBrent Ashton LW 80 24 36 60 26-31304
Tambellini, SteveSteve Tambellini C 79 29 30 59 14-33900
Lever, DonDon Lever LW 59 22 28 50 20-10301
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan RW 57 18 32 50 27-9301
Ramage, RobRob Ramage D 80 13 29 42 201-47600
Malinowski, MerlinMerlin Malinowski C 69 13 28 41 32-22010
Broten, AaronAaron Broten LW/C 58 15 24 39 6-11515
Foster, DwightDwight Foster RW 70 12 19 31 41-53110
Miller, BobBob Miller C 56 11 20 31 27-24102
Cameron, DaveDave Cameron C 66 11 12 23 103-14010
Gagne, PaulPaul Gagne LW 59 10 12 22 17-27200
Levo, TapioTapio Levo D 34 9 13 22 14-13300
Lorimer, BobBob Lorimer D 79 5 15 20 68-19100
Cirella, JoeJoe Cirella D 65 7 12 19 52-36201
McDonald, LannyLanny McDonald RW 16 6 9 15 20-3001
Quenneville, JoelJoel Quenneville D 64 5 10 15 55-29000
Ketola, Veli-PekkaVeli-Pekka Ketola C 44 9 5 14 4-17401
Maxwell, KevinKevin Maxwell C 34 5 5 10 44-16001
Nicolson, GraemeGraeme Nicolson D 41 2 7 9 51-16000
Kitchen, MikeMike Kitchen D 63 1 8 9 60-18000
Wensink, JohnJohn Wensink LW 57 5 3 8 152-13100
Micheletti, JoeJoe Micheletti D 21 2 6 8 4-4000
Porvari, JukkaJukka Porvari RW 31 2 6 8 0-22000
Weir, StanStan Weir C 10 2 3 5 10-7001
Vautour, YvonYvon Vautour RW 14 1 2 3 18-6100
Baker, BillBill Baker D 14 0 3 3 17-13000
Miller, PaulPaul Miller C 3 0 3 3 02000
Larmer, JeffJeff Larmer LW 8 1 1 2 8-3000
Myre, PhilPhil Myre G 24 0 2 2 00000
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch G 61 0 2 2 80000
Cooper, EdEd Cooper LW 2 1 0 1 00000
Chernomaz, RichRich Chernomaz RW 2 0 0 0 0-2000
Dobson, JimJim Dobson RW 3 0 0 0 2-1000
Gustavsson, PeterPeter Gustavsson LW 2 0 0 0 0-1000
Hughes, JackJack Hughes D 8 0 0 0 13-7000
Janaszak, SteveSteve Janaszak G 2 0 0 0 00000
Kellgren, ChristerChrister Kellgren RW 5 0 0 0 0-4000
LaFerriere, RickRick LaFerriere G 1 0 0 0 00000
Pierce, RandyRandy Pierce RW 5 0 0 0 4-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch 3424 61 16 31 11 230 4.03 0
Myre, PhilPhil Myre 1256 24 2 17 2 112 5.35 0
Janaszak, SteveSteve Janaszak 100 2 0 1 0 13 7.80 0
LaFerriere, RickRick LaFerriere 20 1 0 0 0 1 3.00 0
Team: 4800 80 18 49 13 356 4.45 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;

Roster

Colorado Rockies
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

  • GM:
  • Coach: Don Cherry

References

  1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. "1981-82 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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