1979–80 Vancouver Canucks season

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1979–80 Vancouver Canucks
Division 3rd Smythe Division
Conference 7th Campbell Conference
1979–80 record 27–37–16 (70 points)
Home record 14–17–9
Road record 13–20–7
Goals for 256
Goals against 281
General Manager Jake Milford
Coach Harry Neale
Captain Kevin McCarthy
Arena Pacific Coliseum
Average attendance 14,293
Team leaders
Goals Stan Smyl (31)
Assists Stan Smyl (47)
Points Stan Smyl (78)
Penalties in minutes Stan Smyl (204)
Wins Glen Hanlon (17)
Goals against average Glen Hanlon (3.47)

The 1979–80 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 10th in the NHL. Stan Smyl led the team in goals, assists, points, and penalty minutes, the last time one player has led his team in all four categories. On October 14th, 1979, Wayne Gretzky scored his first NHL goal against Glen Hanlon.

Contents

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] 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
Chicago Black Hawks 80 34 27 19 241 250 87
St. Louis Blues 80 34 34 12 266 278 80
Vancouver Canucks 80 27 37 16 256 281 70
Edmonton Oilers 80 28 39 13 301 322 69
Winnipeg Jets 80 20 49 11 214 314 51
Colorado Rockies 80 19 48 13 234 308 51

[edit] Playoffs

1980 Stanley Cup Playoffs

[edit] Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held on August, 1979 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 5 Rick Vaive (RW) Flag of Canada Canada Birmingham Bulls (WHA)
2 26 Brent Ashton (C) Flag of Canada Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
3 47 Ken Ellacott (G) Flag of Canada Canada Peterborough Petes (OHA)
4 68 Art Rutland (F) Flag of Canada Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
5 89 Dirk Graham (RW) Flag of Canada Canada Regina Pats (WHL)
6 110 Shane Swan Flag of Canada Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHA)

[edit] See also

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1979–80 NHL season by team
Patrick
Atlanta • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Washington
Adams
Boston • Buffalo • Minnesota • Quebec • Toronto
Norris
Detroit • Hartford • Los Angeles • Montreal • Pittsburgh
Smythe
Chicago • Colorado • Edmonton • St. Louis • Vancouver • Winnipeg
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