1980-81 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 30-36-14 - 74 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Fred Shero (4-13-3)
Coach: Craig Patrick (26-23-11)
1980-81 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 30-36-14 - 74 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Fred Shero (4-13-3)
Coach: Craig Patrick (26-23-11)
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 in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The team scored 312 goals and conceded 317. Anders Hedberg and Eddie Johnstone netted 30 goals for the team 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 in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders Hedberg | R | 80 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 52 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 243 | 12.3 |
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 80 | 30 | 38 | 68 | 100 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 187 | 16.0 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 74 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 112 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 14.0 |
| Mike Allison | L | 75 | 26 | 38 | 64 | 83 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 122 | 21.3 |
| Steve Vickers | L | 73 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 22.4 |
| Don Maloney | L | 61 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 99 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 124 | 23.4 |
| Dave Maloney | D | 79 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 132 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 7.9 |
| Ulf Nilsson | C | 51 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 42 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 17.5 |
| Ron Duguay | C | 50 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 83 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 16.5 |
| Barry Beck | D | 75 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 231 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 6.0 |
| Dean Talafous | R | 50 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 17.8 |
| Tom Laidlaw | D | 80 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 5.9 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 43 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 9.0 |
| Dave Silk | R | 59 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 58 | -24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 124 | 11.3 |
| Lance Nethery | C | 33 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.4 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 74 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 91 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 2.5 |
| Jere Gillis | L | 35 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 15.9 |
| Phil Esposito | C | 41 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 20 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 7.7 |
| Ed Hospodar | D | 61 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 214 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 10.2 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | D | 54 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 153 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 3.8 |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 27 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 91 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 17.9 |
| Peter Wallin | R | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Doug Sulliman | R | 32 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 32 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Dan McCarthy | C | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 57.1 |
| Gary Burns | F | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Cam Connor | R | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Andre Dore | D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Mario Marois | D | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 46 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Wayne Thomas | G | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Davidson | G | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bandura | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Steve Baker | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McDougal | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Steve Weeks | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Soetaert | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1521 | 312 | 506 | 818 | 1981 | 62 | 63 | 14 | 30 | 13 | 2459 | 12.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Thomas | 10 | 600 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3.40 | |||
| Doug Soetaert | 39 | 2320 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 3.93 | |||
| Steve Baker | 21 | 1260 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 73 | 3.48 | |||
| John Davidson | 10 | 560 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 5.14 | |||
| Steve Weeks | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | |||
| Totals | 81 | 4800 | 30 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 309 | 3.86 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders Hedberg | R | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Greschner | D | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Allison | L | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Vickers | L | 12 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Maloney | L | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Maloney | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ulf Nilsson | C | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Duguay | C | 14 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Beck | D | 14 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Talafous | R | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Laidlaw | D | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lance Nethery | C | 14 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carol Vadnais | D | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jere Gillis | L | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Hospodar | D | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Kotsopoulos | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Fotiu | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Wallin | R | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Sulliman | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Burns | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Baker | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Weeks | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hughes | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 253 | 60 | 89 | 149 | 396 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Baker | 14 | 826 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 4.00 | 438 | 383 | .874 |
| Steve Weeks | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.29 | 9 | 8 | .889 |
| Totals | 15 | 840 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 4.00 | 447 | 391 | .875 |
