1980-81 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 30-36-14 - 74 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 7-7
Lost NHL semi-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Los Angeles Kings 3-1
Quarter-Finals - Defeated St. Louis Blues 4-2
Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 4-0
Coach: Fred Shero (4-13-3)
Coach: Craig Patrick (26-23-11)
Location: New York, New York
1980-81 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 30-36-14 - 74 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 7-7
Lost NHL semi-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Los Angeles Kings 3-1
Quarter-Finals - Defeated St. Louis Blues 4-2
Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 4-0
Coach: Fred Shero (4-13-3)
Coach: Craig Patrick (26-23-11)
Location: New York, New York
1980-81 New York Rangers Results
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 30 wins and 36 losses and 14 ties for 74 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-7.
The Rangers scored 312 goals and conceded 317. Eddie Johnstone and Anders Hedberg netted 30 goals for New York each, while Ron Greschner contributed 41 assists. Doug Soetaert topped the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 3.93 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Fred Shero and Craig Patrick coached the team. The 1980-81 New York Rangers lost in the NHL semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders Hedberg | R | 80 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 52 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 243 | 12.3 |
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 80 | 30 | 38 | 68 | 100 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 187 | 16.0 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 74 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 112 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 14.0 |
| Mike Allison | L | 75 | 26 | 38 | 64 | 83 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 122 | 21.3 |
| Steve Vickers | L | 73 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 22.4 |
| Don Maloney | L | 61 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 99 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 124 | 23.4 |
| Dave Maloney | D | 79 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 132 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 7.9 |
| Ulf Nilsson | C | 51 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 42 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 17.5 |
| Ron Duguay | C | 50 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 83 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 16.5 |
| Barry Beck | D | 75 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 231 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 6.0 |
| Dean Talafous | R | 50 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 17.8 |
| Tom Laidlaw | D | 80 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 5.9 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 43 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 9.0 |
| Dave Silk | R | 59 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 58 | -24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 124 | 11.3 |
| Lance Nethery | C | 33 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.4 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 74 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 91 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 2.5 |
| Jere Gillis | L | 35 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 15.9 |
| Phil Esposito | C | 41 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 20 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 7.7 |
| Ed Hospodar | D | 61 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 214 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 10.2 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | D | 54 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 153 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 3.8 |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 27 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 91 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 17.9 |
| Peter Wallin | R | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Doug Sulliman | R | 32 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 32 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Dan McCarthy | C | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 57.1 |
| Gary Burns | F | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Cam Connor | R | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Andre Dore | D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Mario Marois | D | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 46 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Wayne Thomas | G | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bandura | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Davidson | G | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Baker | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McDougal | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Steve Weeks | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Soetaert | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1441 | 312 | 506 | 818 | 1945 | 62 | 63 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 2459 | 12.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Soetaert | 39 | 2320 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 3.93 | 0 | ||
| Steve Baker | 21 | 1260 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 73 | 3.48 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Thomas | 10 | 600 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3.40 | 0 | ||
| John Davidson | 10 | 560 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 5.14 | 0 | ||
| Steve Weeks | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 81 | 4800 | 30 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 309 | 3.86 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders Hedberg | R | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Greschner | D | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Allison | L | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Vickers | L | 12 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Maloney | L | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Maloney | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ulf Nilsson | C | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Duguay | C | 14 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Beck | D | 14 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Talafous | R | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Laidlaw | D | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lance Nethery | C | 14 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carol Vadnais | D | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jere Gillis | L | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Hospodar | D | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Kotsopoulos | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Fotiu | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Wallin | R | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Sulliman | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Burns | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Baker | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Weeks | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hughes | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 253 | 60 | 89 | 149 | 396 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Baker | 14 | 826 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 4.00 | 0 | ||
| Steve Weeks | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.29 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 840 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 4.00 | 0 |
