1980-81 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 29-40-11 - 69 points
in the AHL's Southern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Rod Gilbert (29-40-11)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut

1980-81 New Haven Nighthawks Roster

The New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 29 wins and 40 losses and 11 ties for 69 points in the AHL's Southern Division.

The Nighthawks scored 295 goals, worst in the league and allowed 321. Cam Connor netted 33 goals for New Haven, while Claude Larose tallied 30 or more, too. Tim Bothwell contributed 53 assists. Steve Weeks topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 4.13 goals against average, best among regular goalies.

Rod Gilbert coached the team. The 1980-81 New Haven Nighthawks lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Tim Bothwell	D	73	10	53	63	98		0.14	0.73	0.86
Cam Connor	R	61	33	28	61	243		0.54	0.46	1.00
Claude Larose	L	80	30	27	57	12		0.38	0.34	0.71
Mike Backman	R	62	27	27	54	224		0.44	0.44	0.87
Gary Burns	F	69	25	29	54	137		0.36	0.42	0.78
Andre Dore	D	58	8	41	49	105		0.14	0.71	0.84
Lance Nethery	C	36	18	30	48	8		0.50	0.83	1.33
Dan McCarthy	C	71	28	17	45	54		0.39	0.24	0.63
Mike McDougal	R	66	21	23	44	20		0.32	0.35	0.67
Mark Wells	C	67	14	29	43	22		0.21	0.43	0.64
Dale Lewis	L	63	13	26	39	14		0.21	0.41	0.62
Gerry McDonald	D	70	6	23	29	67		0.09	0.33	0.41
Bud Stefanski	C	20	9	18	27	46		0.45	0.90	1.35
Doug Sulliman	R	45	10	16	26	18		0.22	0.36	0.58
Dave Snopek	LW	59	8	16	24	72		0.14	0.27	0.41
Ray Markham	R	42	10	9	19	122		0.24	0.21	0.45
Rick Adduono	C	51	6	12	18	57		0.12	0.24	0.35
Dan Clark	D	54	2	16	18	163		0.04	0.30	0.33
Jeff Bandura	D	55	1	14	15	131		0.02	0.25	0.27
Gord Smith	D	58	1	11	12	94		0.02	0.19	0.21
John Hughes	D	14	3	6	9	50		0.21	0.43	0.64
Glenn Goldup	R	15	6	2	8	36		0.40	0.13	0.53
Jim Dorey	D	21	0	7	7	30			0.33	0.33
Jim Mayer	D	10	1	4	5	6		0.10	0.40	0.50
Mike Clarke	C	23	1	3	4	32		0.04	0.13	0.17
Dave Silk	R	12	0	4	4	34			0.33	0.33
Bob Bedier	C	14	2	1	3	7		0.14	0.07	0.21
Frank Beaton	L	15	1	1	2	20		0.07	0.07	0.13
Dan Makuch	RW	13	1	1	2	13		0.08	0.08	0.15
Tom Adams	LW	16	0	2	2	11			0.13	0.13
Todd Johnson	F	1	0	1	1	0			1.00	1.00
Steve Baker	G	25	0	1	1	4			0.04	0.04
Gord Gejdos	R	10	0	1	1	7			0.10	0.10
Jim Troy	R	8	0	1	1	23			0.13	0.13
Pete Mavroudis	R	2	0	0	0	7
Tom Semenchuk	G	8	0	0	0	0
Steve Weeks	G	36	0	0	0	4
Rick Strack	G	4	0	0	0	0
Doug Soetaert	G	12	0	0	0	2
Joe Augustine	D	3	0	0	0	2
Bill Himmelright	D	8	0	0	0	5
Tom Mullen	RW	3	0	0	0	2
Ray Kurpis	F	8	0	0	0	0
Totals		1441	295	500	795	2002	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Doug Soetaert	12	668	5	5	1	0	2	35	3.14	338	303	.896
Steve Weeks	36	2065	14	17	3	1	1	142	4.13	1057	915	.866
Steve Baker	25	1497	10	11	4	1	1	90	3.61	796	706	.887
Rick Strack	4	233	0	1	2	0	0	15	3.86	128	113	.883
Tom Semenchuk	8	365	0	5	1	2	0	30	4.93	181	151	.834
Totals	85	4828	29	39	11	4	4	312	3.88	2500	2188	.875

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Tim Bothwell	D	4	1	2	3	6	0.25	0.50	0.75
Cam Connor	R	4	0	2	2	4		0.50	0.50
Claude Larose	L	4	1	2	3	0	0.25	0.50	0.75
Mike Backman	R	4	1	0	1	14	0.25		0.25
Gary Burns	F	4	1	0	1	2	0.25		0.25
Dan McCarthy	C	4	0	0	0	4
Mike McDougal	R	4	0	0	0	2
Dale Lewis	L	4	2	1	3	0	0.50	0.25	0.75
Gerry McDonald	D	4	0	0	0	0
Bud Stefanski	C	4	0	1	1	8		0.25	0.25
Doug Sulliman	R	1	0	0	0	0
Dave Snopek	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Rick Adduono	C	4	0	1	1	6		0.25	0.25
Dan Clark	D	4	0	0	0	8
Jeff Bandura	D	4	0	0	0	13
Gord Smith	D	4	0	0	0	2
John Hughes	D	2	0	0	0	8
Glenn Goldup	R	3	0	0	0	0
Dave Silk	R	3	0	0	0	0
Rick Strack	G	1	0	0	0	0
Doug Soetaert	G	4	0	0	0	0
Totals		73	6	9	15	77

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Doug Soetaert	4	220	0	3	0	0	0	19	5.18		0
Totals	4	220	0	3	0	0	0	19	5.18		0

1980-81 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics

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