1981-82 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 39-27-14 - 92 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 5-5
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 3-1
Division Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 4-2
Coach: Herb Brooks (39-27-14)
Location: New York, New York
1981-82 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 39-27-14 - 92 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 5-5
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 3-1
Division Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 4-2
Coach: Herb Brooks (39-27-14)
Location: New York, New York
1981-82 New York Rangers Results
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 39 wins and 27 losses and 14 ties for 92 points, finishing second in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-5.
The Rangers netted 316 goals and yielded 306. Ron Duguay scored 40 goals for New York, while Mike Rogers, Mark Pavelich and Eddie Johnstone each tallied 30 or more also. Mike Rogers contributed 65 assists. Steve Weeks earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Eddie Mio earned a 3.56 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Herb Brooks coached the team. The 1981-82 New York Rangers lost in the NHL division finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rogers | C | 80 | 38 | 65 | 103 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 213 | 17.8 |
| Ron Duguay | C | 72 | 40 | 36 | 76 | 82 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 202 | 19.8 |
| Mark Pavelich | C | 79 | 33 | 43 | 76 | 67 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 180 | 18.3 |
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 68 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 57 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 141 | 21.3 |
| Don Maloney | L | 54 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 73 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 22.2 |
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | D | 78 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 247 | 7.3 |
| Dave Maloney | D | 64 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 105 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 107 | 12.1 |
| Barry Beck | D | 60 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 111 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 160 | 5.6 |
| Dave Silk | R | 64 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 39 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 13.5 |
| Robbie Ftorek | C | 30 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 16.3 |
| Mikko Leinonen | C | 53 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 16.4 |
| Pat Hickey | L | 53 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 32 | -15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 19.5 |
| Mike Allison | L | 48 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 74 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 11.3 |
| Tom Laidlaw | D | 79 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4.8 |
| Steve Vickers | L | 34 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 18.8 |
| Andre Dore | D | 56 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 10.0 |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 70 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 151 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 10.5 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 29 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 16 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 10.2 |
| Rob McClanahan | F | 22 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13.9 |
| Dean Talafous | R | 29 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 18.2 |
| Jere Gillis | L | 26 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 7.3 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 50 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 45 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 11.6 |
| Ed Hospodar | D | 41 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 152 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Peter Wallin | R | 40 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 4.0 |
| Tom Younghans | R | 47 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Steve Weeks | G | 49 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Morrison | C | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Mike Backman | R | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Anders Hedberg | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Lance Nethery | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| John Davidson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Baker | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Mio | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1442 | 316 | 533 | 849 | 1380 | 83 | 68 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 2284 | 13.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Weeks | 49 | 2852 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 179 | 3.77 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mio | 25 | 1500 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 3.56 | 0 | ||
| John Davidson | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | ||
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | ||
| Steve Baker | 6 | 328 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.04 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 82 | 4800 | 39 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 303 | 3.79 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rogers | C | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Duguay | C | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Pavelich | C | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Maloney | L | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reijo Ruotsalainen | D | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Maloney | D | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Beck | D | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Silk | R | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robbie Ftorek | C | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mikko Leinonen | C | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Allison | L | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Laidlaw | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Dore | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Fotiu | L | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob McClanahan | F | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carol Vadnais | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Younghans | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Weeks | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Backman | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Burns | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cam Connor | R | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Davidson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Larose | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mio | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 193 | 39 | 65 | 104 | 212 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Weeks | 4 | 127 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4.25 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Mio | 8 | 443 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3.79 | 0 | ||
| John Davidson | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.45 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 603 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 3.98 | 0 |
