1981–82 Vancouver Canucks season

1981–82 Vancouver Canucks
Campbell Conference Champions
Division	2nd Smythe
Conference	4th Campbell
1981–82 record	30–33–17
Home record	20-8-12
Road record	10-25-5
Goals for	290
Goals against	286
Team information
General Manager	Jake Milford
Coach	Harry Neale (Oct–Mar) Roger Neilson (Mar–May)
Captain	Kevin McCarthy
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Pacific Coliseum
Average attendance	12,858
Minor league affiliations	Dallas Black Hawks (CHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Thomas Gradin (37)
Assists	Thomas Gradin (49)
Points	Thomas Gradin (86)
Penalties in minutes	Tiger Williams (341)
Wins	Richard Brodeur (20)
Goals against average	Richard Brodeur (3.35)
<1980–81 1982–83>

The 1981–82 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 12th in the NHL. The Vancouver Canucks made their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the New York Islanders 4 games to 0.

Regular season

Season standings

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

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	286	77
Calgary Flames	80	29	34	17	334	345	75
Los Angeles Kings	80	24	41	15	314	396	63
Colorado Rockies	80	18	49	13	241	362	49

Schedule and results

1981–82 Game Log
October: 4-5-3 (Home: 3-1-1; Road: 1–4–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 October 6 Colorado 2 - 4 Vancouver 1-0-0 2 2 October 8 Vancouver 1 - 1 Calgary 1-0-1 3 3 October 9 Edmonton 2 - 6 Vancouver 2-0-1 5 4 October 11 Vancouver 2 - 2 Buffalo 2-0-2 6 5 October 14 Vancouver 1 - 2 NY Rangers 2-1-2 6 6 October 15 Vancouver 1 - 4 NY Islanders 2-2-2 6 7 October 17 Vancouver 4 - 10 Montreal 2-3-2 6 8 October 19 Vancouver 3 - 6 Quebec 2-4-2 6 9 October 23 Hartford 2 - 2 Vancouver 2-4-3 7 10 October 25 Pittsburgh 6 - 4 Vancouver 2-5-3 7 11 October 28 Washington 0 - 3 Vancouver 3-5-3 9 12 October 31 Vancouver 8 - 4 Philadelphia 4-5-3 11
November: 7-5-1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 13 November 1 Vancouver 1 - 3 Detroit 4-6-3 11 14 November 4 Vancouver 4 - 1 Hartford 5-6-3 13 15 November 5 Vancouver 1 - 2 Boston 5-7-3 13 16 November 8 Winnipeg 1 - 5 Vancouver 6-7-3 15 17 November 11 Quebec 5 - 6 Vancouver 7-7-3 17 18 November 14 Montreal 4 - 1 Vancouver 7-8-3 17 19 November 15 Vancouver 7 - 4 Calgary 8-8-3 19 20 November 19 Detroit 3 - 8 Vancouver 9-8-3 21 21 November 21 Vancouver 3 - 8 Edmonton 9-9-3 21 22 November 22 Colorado 5 - 5 Vancouver 9-9-4 22 23 November 25 Chicago 2 - 6 Vancouver 10-9-4 24 24 November 27 Vancouver 6 - 3 Colorado 11-9-4 26 25 November 28 Vancouver 2 - 3 Los Angeles 11-10-4 26
December: 3–7–4 (Home: 3–2–4; Road: 0–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 26 December 2 Minnesota 0 - 5 Vancouver 12-10-4 28 27 December 4 Vancouver 3 - 7 Edmonton 12-11-4 28 28 December 5 Edmonton 3 - 3 Vancouver 12-11-5 29 29 December 9 NY Islanders 3 - 4 Vancouver 13-11-5 31 30 December 12 Vancouver 5 - 7 Los Angeles 13-12-5 31 31 December 13 Calgary 7 - 6 Vancouver 13-13-5 31 32 December 16 Toronto 6 - 6 Vancouver 13-13-6 32 33 December 18 Vancouver 1 - 3 Colorado 13-14-6 32 34 December 19 Vancouver 0 - 5 St. Louis 13-15-6 32 35 December 22 Minnesota 4 - 4 Vancouver 13-15-7 33 36 December 23 Vancouver 1 - 6 Edmonton 13-16-7 33 37 December 26 Los Angeles 2 - 2 Vancouver 13-16-8 34 38 December 29 Boston 5 - 3 Vancouver 13-17-8 34 39 December 31 Edmonton 1 - 3 Vancouver 14-17-8 36
January: 3–7–3 (Home: 3–2–3; Road: 0–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 40 January 2 Vancouver 2 - 5 Washington 14-18-8 36 41 January 4 Vancouver 1 - 4 NY Islanders 14-19-8 36 42 | Vancouver 1 - 4 NY Rangers 14-20-8 36 43 January 9 Vancouver 3 - 4 Pittsburgh 14-21-8 36 44 January 10 Vancouver 2 - 3 Chicago 14-22-8 36 45 January 13 Calgary 1 - 5 Vancouver 15-22-8 38 46 January 15 Los Angeles 3 - 3 Vancouver 15-22-9 39 47 January 17 Pittsburgh 3 - 3 Vancouver 15-22-10 40 48 January 19 St. Louis 5 - 4 Vancouver 15-23-10 40 49 January 22 Edmonton 4 - 3 Vancouver 15-24-10 40 50 January 24 Los Angeles 5 - 5 Vancouver 15-24-11 41 51 January 27 Buffalo 3 - 4 Vancouver 16-24-11 43 52 January 30 Philadelphia 2 - 4 Vancouver 17-24-11 45
February: 7–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 53 February 2 NY Rangers 4 - 3 Vancouver 17-25-11 45 54 February 3 Toronto 1 - 3 Vancouver 18-25-11 47 55 February 6 Vancouver 4 - 5 Los Angeles 18-26-11 47 56 February 10 Vancouver 4 - 1 Toronto 19-26-11 49 57 February 11 Vancouver 4 - 4 Detroit 19-26-12 50 58 February 13 Vancouver 3 - 2 St. Louis 20-26-12 52 59 February 15 Vancouver 4 - 1 Chicago 21-26-12 54 60 February 17 Boston 3 - 6 Vancouver 22-26-12 56 61 February 20 Hartford 2 - 4 Vancouver 23-26-12 58 62 February 23 Calgary 2 - 2 Vancouver 23-26-13 59 63 February 25 Vancouver 4 - 11 Calgary 23-27-13 59 64 February 26 Vancouver 4 - 3 Colorado 24-27-13 61 65 February 28 Philadelphia 3 - 3 Vancouver 24-27-14 62
March: 4–6–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 66 March 3 Vancouver 2 - 3 Colorado 24-28-14 62 67 March 6 Vancouver 1 - 3 Minnesota 24-29-14 62 68 March 7 Vancouver 2 - 5 Winnipeg 24-30-14 62 69 March 10 Buffalo 7 - 4 Vancouver 24-31-14 62 70 March 11 Vancouver 3 - 6 Calgary 24-32-14 62 71 March 13 Vancouver 3 - 5 Edmonton 24-33-14 62 72 March 17 Vancouver 6 - 6 Washington 24-33-15 63 73 March 18 Vancouver 4 - 2 Montreal 25-33-15 65 74 March 20 Vancouver 3 - 3 Quebec 25-33-16 66 75 March 24 Colorado 4 - 5 Vancouver 26-33-16 68 76 March 27 Calgary 2 - 7 Vancouver 27-33-16 70 77 March 28 Winnipeg 0 - 5 Vancouver 28-33-16 72 78 March 31 Colorado 4 - 4 Vancouver 28-33-17 73
April: 2–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts 79 April 3 Vancouver 6 - 0 Los Angeles 29-33-17 75 80 April 4 Los Angeles 4 - 7 Vancouver 30-33-17 77

Playoffs

1982 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Smythe Division Final vs. Calgary - Canucks win 3-0 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 7 Calgary 3 – 5 Vancouver Vancouver leads 1–0 2 April 8 Calgary 1 – 2 Vancouver OT Vancouver leads 2–0 3 April 10 Vancouver 3 – 1 Calgary Vancouver wins 3–0
Smythe Division Final vs. Los Angeles - Canucks win 4-1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 15 Los Angeles 2 – 3 Vancouver Vancouver leads 1–0 2 April 16 Los Angeles 3 – 2 Vancouver OT Series tied 1–1 3 April 18 Vancouver 4 – 3 Los Angeles OT Vancouver leads 2–1 4 April 19 Vancouver 5 – 4 Los Angeles Vancouver leads 3–1 5 April 21 Los Angeles 2 – 5 Vancouver Vancouver wins 4-1
Campbell Conference Championship vs. Chicago - Canucks win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 27 Vancouver 2 – 1 Chicago OT Vancouver leads 1–0 2 April 29 Vancouver 1 – 4 Chicago Series tied 1–1 3 May 1 Chicago 3 – 4 Vancouver Vancouver leads 2–1 4 May 4 Chicago 3 – 5 Vancouver Vancouver leads 3–1 5 May 6 Vancouver 6 – 2 Chicago Vancouver wins 4-1
Stanley Cup Championship vs. New York - Islanders win 4–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 May 8 Vancouver 5 – 6 New York OT New York leads 1–0 2 May 11 Vancouver 5 – 6 New York New York leads 2-0 3 May 13 New York 3 – 0 Vancouver New York leads 3-0 4 May 16 New York 3 – 1 Vancouver New York wins 4-0

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Thomas Gradin	23		76	37	49	86	32		17	9	10	19	10
Stan Smyl	12		80	34	44	78	144		17	9	9	18	25
Ivan Boldirev	9		78	33	40	73	45		17	8	3	11	4
Curt Fraser	24		79	28	39	67	175		17	3	7	10	98
Ivan Hlinka	21		72	23	37	60	16		12	2	6	8	4
Lars Molin	26		72	15	31	46	10		17	2	9	11	7
Kevin McCarthy	25		71	6	39	45	84		--	--	--	--	--
Darcy Rota	18		51	20	20	40	139		17	6	3	9	54
Tiger Williams	22		77	17	21	38	341		17	3	7	10	116
Blair MacDonald	14		59	18	15	33	20		3	0	0	0	0
Lars Lindgren	13		75	5	16	21	74		16	2	4	6	6
Per-Olov Brasar	16		53	6	12	18	6		6	0	0	0	0
Gary Lupul	7		41	10	7	17	26		10	2	3	5	4
Ron Delorme	19		59	9	8	17	177		15	0	2	2	31
Doug Halward	2		37	4	13	17	40		15	2	4	6	44
Harold Snepsts	27		68	3	14	17	153		17	0	4	4	50
Rick Lanz	4		39	3	11	14	48		--	--	--	--	--
Marc Crawford	28		40	4	8	12	29		14	1	0	1	11
Neil Belland	15		28	3	6	9	16		17	1	7	8	16
Anders Eldebrink	10		38	1	8	9	21		13	0	0	0	10
Tony Currie^†	-		12	5	3	8	2		3	0	0	0	10
Colin Campbell	5		47	0	8	8	131		16	2	2	4	89
Jerry Butler	-		25	3	1	4	15		--	--	--	--	--
Moe Lemay	-		5	1	2	3	0		--	--	--	--	--
Jim Nill^†	8		8	1	2	3	5		16	4	3	7	67
Jiri Bubla	29		23	1	1	2	16		--	--	--	--	--
Richard Brodeur	35		52	0	2	2	0		17	0	0	0	0
Joe McDonnell	3		7	0	1	1	12		--	--	--	--	--
Gerry Minor*	-		13	0	1	1	6		9	1	3	4	17
Andy Schliebener	6		22	0	1	1	10		3	0	0	0	0
Rick Heinz^†	31		3	0	0	0	0		--	--	--	--	--
Garth Butcher	-		5	0	0	0	9		1	0	0	0	0
Glen Hanlon*	1		0	0	0	22	--		--	--	--	--	--

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.

*Denotes player traded by Vancouver midway through the season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	Min	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Rick Heinz^†	31		3	180	2	1	0	9	1	3.00		--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Richard Brodeur	35		52	3010	20	18	12	168	2	3.35		17	1089	11	6	49	0	2.70
Glen Hanlon*	1		28	1610	8	14	5	106	1	3.95		--	--	--	--	--	--	--

Awards and records

Trophies and awards

• Cyclone Taylor Award (Canucks MVP): Richard Brodeur
• Cyrus H. McLean Trophy (Canucks Leading Scorer): Thomas Gradin
• Babe Pratt Trophy (Canucks Outstanding Defenceman): Harold Snespts
• Fred J. Hume Award (Canucks Unsung Hero): Lars Lindgren
• Most Exciting Player Award: Thomas Gradin
• Molson Cup (Most Three-Star selections): Richard Brodeur

Records achieved in the season

Note: Only records that stand as of 2007–08 are listed

Canucks team records

• Fewest losses at home: (8) - repeated in 1994-95
• Most ties at home: (12) - repeated in 1977-78
• Longest road losing streak: 12 games, November 28, 1981 - February 7, 1982

Canucks individual records

• Most points, rookie: Ivan Hlinka (60) - repeated in 1991-92 (Pavel Bure)
• Most goals, one game: Rosaire Paiement (4) - repeated eleven times

Records achieved in the playoffs

Canucks team records

• Most penalty minutes, one series: 285, 1982 Campbell Conference Finals versus Chicago Black Hawks
• Shortest overtime: 1:23,^[1] April 18, 1982 versus Los Angeles Kings (Colin Campbell)
• Most penalty minutes, one game: 106, April 29, 1982 versus Chicago Black Hawks
• Most penalty minutes, one game by opponent: 90, May 6, 1982 versus Chicago Black Hawks
• Most penalty minutes, one game by both teams: 188, April 29, 1982 versus Chicago Black Hawks
• Fewest shots on goal, one game: 16, April 19, 1982 versus Los Angeles Kings
• Most goals against, one game: 4, May 11, 1982 versus New York Islanders (repeated 5 times)
• Most shots on goal by opponent, one period: 19, April 29, 1982 versus Chicago Black Hawks (repeated in 1994)
• Fastest goal to start game: 0:08, April 7, 1982 versus Calgary Flames (Stan Smyl)
• Fastest goal to start period: 0:08, April 7, 1982 versus Calgary Flames (Stan Smyl)

Canucks individual records

• Most penalty minutes, one year: Tiger Williams (116)
• Longest assist streak: Lars Mollin (5)
• Most penalty minutes, one series: Tiger Williams versus Chicago Black Hawks (51)
• Fastest two goals in one period, opposition: Mike Bossy, New York Islanders, May 16, 1982 (3:00 in 2nd period)

Transactions

The Canucks were involved in the following transactions during the 1981-82 season.

Trades

July 15, 1981	To Vancouver Canucks Compensation for signing Ivan Hlinka and Jiri Bubla	To Winnipeg Jets Brent Ashton 4th round pick (Tom Martin) in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
March 9, 1982	To Vancouver Canucks Tony Currie Jim Nill Rick Heinz 4th round pick (Shawn Kilroy) in 1982 NHL Entry Draft	To St. Louis Blues Glen Hanlon

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.^[2] The draft was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	10	Garth Butcher (D)	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	51	Jean-Marc Lanthier (RW)	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
4	73	Wendell Young (G)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
5	105	Moe Lemay (F)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
6	115	Stu Kulak	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
7	136	Bruce Holloway (D)	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
8	157	Petri Skriko (F)	Finland	SaiPa (Finland)
9	178	Frank Caprice (G)	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
10	199	Rejean Vignola (F)	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)

References

1. "Kings All-Time Playoff History". Retrieved 2010-05-03.
2. Slate, Ralph (2007). "1981 NHL Entry Draft". HockeyDB.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-27.

See also

• 1981–82 NHL season