1980–81 Calgary Flames season

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1980–81 Calgary Flames
Division 3rd Patrick
1980–81 record 39–27–14
Home record 25–5–10
Road record 14–22–4
Goals for 329 (5th)
Goals against 298 (9th)
General Manager Cliff Fletcher
Coach Al MacNeil
Captain Brad Marsh
Alternate captains none
Arena Stampede Corral
Average attendance 7,217
Team leaders
Goals Kent Nilsson (49)
Assists Kent Nilsson (82)
Points Kent Nilsson (131)
Penalties in minutes Willi Plett (239)
Wins Pat Riggin (21)
Goals against average Rejean Lemelin (3.83)

The 1980–81 Calgary Flames season was the first season in Calgary and ninth for the Flames in the National Hockey League. The Flames came to southern Alberta from Atlanta, Georgia, where the franchise was known as the Atlanta Flames for the first eight years of its existence. The Flames became the third major-league team to represent the city of Calgary after the Calgary Tigers of the 1920s, and the Calgary Cowboys, which had folded in 1977.

The Flames were purchased for $16 million USD by Nelson Skalbania in the spring of 1980. Before the sale was even announced, he had already sold 50% of the franchise to a group of Calgary-based investors including Harley Hotchkiss and Normie Kwong. On May 21, 1980, it was announced that the franchise was coming to Calgary.[1] While the Cowboys could not manage 2000 season tickets three years previous, the Flames sold 10,000 full and half-season ticket packages in 1980, selling out the Stampede Corral for every game played there.[2]

The Flames first game was played October 9, ending as a 5–5 tie to the Quebec Nordiques. While still in the East-coast dominated Patrick Division, the Flames finished 3rd, and qualified for the playoffs. The franchise, which had won just two playoff games in Atlanta, won two playoff series in their first year in Calgary. After sweeping the Chicago Black Hawks, Calgary then downed the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games before falling to the Minnesota North Stars in the league semi-final.

Kent Nilsson led the Flames in scoring, and his 82 assists and 131 points remain franchise records to this day. Nilsson was also the Flames lone representative at the 1980 All-Star Game.[3]

Contents:
Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions
Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References


[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Patrick Division GP W L T GF GA PTS
New York Islanders 80 48 18 14 355 260 110
Philadelphia Flyers 80 41 24 15 313 249 97
Calgary Flames 80 39 27 14 329 298 92
New York Rangers 80 30 36 14 312 317 74
Washington Capitals 80 26 36 18 286 317 70

[edit] Game log

1980–81 Game Log
October: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 2–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts
1 October 9 Quebec 5 – 5 Calgary OT 0–0–1 1
2 October 11 Calgary 2 – 6 Colorado 0–1–1 1
3 October 12 Calgary 3 – 3 Chicago OT 0–1–2 2
4 October 14 Los Angeles 2 – 4 Calgary 1–1–2 4
5 October 16 Boston 1 – 2 Calgary 2–1–2 6
6 October 18 Minnesota 2 – 6 Calgary 3–1–2 8
7 October 22 Calgary 3 – 5 Edmonton 3–2–2 8
8 October 23 Toronto 5 – 4 Calgary 3–3–2 8
9 October 25 Calgary 8 – 2 Pittsburgh 4–3–2 10
10 October 28 Calgary 0 – 8 Philadelphia 4–4–2 10
11 October 30 Calgary 3 – 1 Boston 5–4–2 12
November: 5–5–3 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 3–4–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts
12 November 1 Calgary 3 – 2 St. Louis 6–4–2 14
13 November 2 Calgary 3 – 8 Minnesota 6–5–2 14
14 November 5 Calgary 5 – 5 Winnipeg OT 6–5–3 15
15 November 8 St. Louis 2 – 4 Calgary 7–5–3 17
16 November 11 NY Rangers 3 – 7 Calgary 8–5–3 19
17 November 13 Chicago 4 – 4 Calgary OT 8–5–4 20
18 November 16 Colorado 4 – 3 Calgary 8–6–4 20
19 November 20 Calgary 2 – 4 Washington 8–7–4 20
20 November 22 Calgary 3 – 3 Quebec OT 8–7–5 21
21 November 25 Calgary 5 – 4 Montreal 9–7–5 23
22 November 27 Calgary 3 – 6 Buffalo 9–8–5 23
23 November 29 Calgary 3 – 9 St. Louis 9–9–5 23
24 November 30 Calgary 4 – 1 Winnipeg 10–9–5 25
December: 6–3–3 (Home: 4–2–2; Road: 2–1–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts
25 December 4 Winnipeg 3 – 1 Calgary 11–9–5 27
26 December 6 Hartford 5 – 3 Calgary 11–10–5 27
27 December 8 Calgary 4 – 2 Los Angeles 12–10–5 29
28 December 11 Buffalo 4 – 8 Calgary 13–10–5 31
29 December 13 NY Islanders 4 – 4 Calgary OT 13–10–6 32
30 December 18 Montreal 4 – 0 Calgary 13–11–6 32
31 December 20 Pittsburgh 3 – 3 Calgary OT 13–11–7 33
32 December 22 Calgary 3 – 2 NY Rangers 14–11–7 35
33 December 23 Calgary 2 – 2 NY Islanders OT 14–11–8 36
34 December 26 Calgary 2 – 5 Colorado 14–12–8 36
35 December 27 Philadelphia 1 – 2 Calgary 15–12–8 38
36 December 30 Edmonton 3 – 5 Calgary 16–12–8 40
January: 6–7–3 (Home: 5–0–3; Road: 1–7–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts
37 January 2 Los Angeles 6 – 7 Calgary 17–12–8 42
38 January 4 Toronto 5 - 8 Calgary 18–12–8 44
39 January 5 Calgary 2 – 5 Los Angeles 18–13–8 44
40 January 8 Washington 0 – 6 Calgary 19–13–8 46
41 January 10 Calgary 1 – 4 Detroit 19–14–8 46
42 January 11 Calgary 1 – 2 Chicago 19–15–8 46
43 January 13 NY Rangers 4 – 4 Calgary OT 19–15–9 47
44 January 15 Detroit 0 – 10 Calgary 20–15–9 49
45 January 17 Winnipeg 2 – 4 Calgary 21–15–9 51
46 January 19 Calgary 3 – 6 NY Rangers 21–16–9 51
47 January 20 Calgary 0 – 5 NY Islanders 21–17–9 51
48 January 23 Calgary 4 – 2 Hartford 22–17–9 53
49 January 24 Calgary 3 – 4 Pittsburgh 22–18–9 53
50 January 26 Calgary 2 – 3 Minnesota 22–19–9 53
51 January 29 Montreal 4 – 4 Calgary OT 22–19–10 54
52 January 31 Chicago 3 – 3 Calgary OT 22–19–11 55
February: 9–2–1 (Home: 7–1–1; Road: 2–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts
53 February 1 Calgary 2 – 6 Vancouver 22–20–11 55
54 February 5 Washington 5 – 2 Calgary 23–20–11 57
55 February 7 Pittsburgh 4 – 5 Calgary 24–20–11 59
56 February 8 Calgary 10 – 4 Edmonton 25–20–11 61
57 February 12 Quebec 3 – 5 Calgary 26–20–11 63
58 February 14 Buffalo 4 – 4 Calgary OT 26–20–12 64
59 February 17 St. Louis 5 – 2 Calgary 26–21–12 64
60 February 19 Philadelphia 4 – 5 Calgary 27–21–12 66
61 February 21 Boston 2 – 7 Calgary 28–21–12 68
62 February 22 Calgary 5 – 3 Vancouver 29–21–12 70
63 February 25 NY Islanders 4 – 11 Calgary 30–21–12 72
64 February 27 Hartford 1 – 5 Calgary 31–21–12 74
March: 6–6–2 (Home: 2–0–2; Road: 4–6–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts
65 March 3 Calgary 6 – 3 Washington 32–21–12 76
66 March 4 Calgary 0 – 4 Buffalo 32–22–12 76
67 March 7 Calgary 6 – 4 Toronto 32–22–12 78
68 March 8 Calgary 5 – 4 Hartford 33–22–12 80
69 March 10 Vancouver 2 – 11 Calgary 35–22–12 82
70 March 12 Minnesota 3 – 6 Calgary 36–22–12 84
71 March 15 Edmonton 3 – 3 Calgary OT 36–22–13 85
72 March 19 Calgary 6 – 3 Detroit 37–22–13 87
73 March 21 Calgary 3 – 4 Boston 37–23–13 87
74 March 22 Calgary 2 – 6 Philadelphia 37–24–13 87
75 March 25 Calgary 2 – 4 Quebec 37–25–13 87
76 March 26 Calgary 2 – 8 Montreal 37–26–13 87
77 March 28 Calgary 5 – 9 Toronto 37–27–13 87
78 March 31 Detroit 5 – 5 Calgary OT 37–27–14 88
April: 2–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts
79 April 2 Colorado 3 – 5 Calgary 38–27–14 90
80 April 4 Vancouver 5 – 6 Calgary 39–27–14 92

[edit] Playoffs

1988 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Preliminary round vs. Chicago - Flames win 3–0
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
1 April 8 Chicago 3 – 4 Calgary Calgary leads 1–0
2 April 9 Chicago 2 – 6 Calgary Calgary leads 2–0
3 April 11 Calgary 5 – 4 Chicago 2OT Calgary wins 3–0
League quarter-final vs. Philadelphia - Flames win 4–3
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
1 April 16 Calgary 0 – 4 Philadelphia Philadelphia leads 1–0
2 April 17 Calgary 5 – 4 Philadelphia Series tied 1–1
3 April 19 Philadelphia 1 – 2 Calgary Calgary leads 2–1
4 April 20 Philadelphia 4 – 5 Calgary Calgary leads 3–1
5 April 22 Calgary 4 – 9 Philadelphia Calgary leads 3–2
6 April 24 Philadelphia 3 – 2 Calgary Series tied 3–3
7 April 26 Calgary 4 – 1 Philadelphia Calgary wins 4–3
League semi-final vs. Minnesota - North Stars win 4–2
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
1 April 28 Minnesota 4 – 1 Calgary Minnesota leads 1–0
2 April 30 Minnesota 2 – 3 Calgary Series tied 1–1
3 May 3 Calgary 4 – 6 Minnesota Minnesota leads 2–1
4 May 5 Calgary 4 – 7 Minnesota Minnesota leads 3–1
5 May 7 Minnesota 1 – 3 Calgary Minnesota leads 3–2
6 May 9 Calgary 3 – 5 Minnesota Minnesota wins 4–2

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player # GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
Kent Nilsson 14 80 49 82 131 26 16 3 14 17 4
Guy Chouinard 16 52 31 52 83 24 16 3 14 17 4
Willi Plett 25 78 38 30 68 239 15 8 4 12 89
Paul Reinhart 23 74 18 49 67 52 16 1 14 15 16
Eric Vail 27 64 28 36 64 23 6 0 0 0 0
Bob MacMillan 11 77 28 35 63 47 16 8 6 14 7
Don Lever 12 62 26 31 57 56 16 4 7 11 20
Pekka Rautakallio 4 76 11 45 56 64 16 2 4 6 6
Jim Peplinski 24 80 13 25 38 108 16 2 3 5 11
Kevin LaVallee 15 77 15 20 35 16 8 2 3 5 4
Bill Clement 10 78 12 20 32 33 16 2 1 3 6
Ken Houston 6 42 15 15 30 93 16 7 8 15 30
Phil Russell 5 80 6 23 29 104 16 2 7 9 29
Bob Murdoch 20 74 3 19 22 54 16 1 4 5 36
Dan Labraaten† 21 27 9 7 16 13 5 1 0 1 4
Jamie Hislop† 17 29 6 9 15 11 16 3 0 3 5
Brad Marsh 22 80 1 12 13 87 16 0 5 5 8
Bert Wilson 8 50 5 7 12 94 1 0 0 0 0
Brad Smith 18 45 7 4 11 65 - - - - -
Alex McKendry 26 36 3 6 9 19 - - - - -
Earl Ingarfield‡ 21 16 2 3 5 6 - - - - -
Denis Cyr 9 10 1 4 5 0 - - - - -
Randy Holt 7 48 0 5 5 165 13 2 2 4 52
Dan Bouchard‡ 30 14 0 4 4 6 - - - - -
Dave Hindmarch 18 1 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 2
Greg Meredith 29 3 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
Mike Dwyer 29 4 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 0
Gord Wappel 2 7 0 1 1 4 - - - - -
Rejean Lemelin 1 29 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0
Pat Riggin 31 42 0 1 1 7 11 0 0 0 0
Tony Curtale 3 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Bob Gould 19 3 0 0 0 0 11 3 1 4 4
Steve Konroyd 3 4 0 0 0 4 - - - - -

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only. ‡traded mid-season
bold denotes franchise record

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player # GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA GP TOI W L GA SO GAA
Rejean Lemelin 1 29 1629 14 6 7 88 2 3.24 6 366 3 3 22 0 3.61
Pat Riggin 31 42 2411 21 16 4 154 0 3.83 11 629 6 3 37 0 3.53
Dan Bouchard 30 14 760 4 5 3 51 0 4.06 - - - - - - -.--

[edit] Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1980–81 season.

[edit] Trades

June 2, 1980 To Atlanta Flames
2nd round pick in 1980 Entry Draft
(Steve Konroyd)
2nd round pick in 1981 Entry Draft
(Mike Vernon)		 To Boston Bruins
Jim Craig
June 8, 1980 To Atlanta Flames
Randy Holt
Bert Wilson		 To Los Angeles Kings
Garry Unger
June 10, 1980 To Atlanta Flames
2nd round pick in 1980 Entry Draft
(Kevin LaVallee)		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dave Shand
3rd round pick in 1980 Entry Draft
(traded to Washington Capitals;
Capitals selected Torrie Robertson)
July 1, 1980 To Calgary Flames
Cash		 To Washington Capitals
Jean Pronovost
October 9, 1980 To Calgary Flames
Alex McKendry		 To New York Islanders
3rd round pick in 1980 Entry Draft
(Ron Handy)
January 30, 1981 To Calgary Flames
Jamie Hislop		 To Quebec Nordiques
Dan Bouchard
February 3, 1981 To Calgary Flames
Dan Labraaten		 To Detroit Red Wings
Earl Ingarfield
February 24, 1981 To Calgary Flames
Future Considerations		 To Detroit Red Wings
Brad Smith

[edit] Free Agents

Player Former team
LW Mike Dwyer Colorado Rockies
C Bob Francis University of New Hampshire (NCAA)
D Charlie Bourgeois Université de Moncton (CIAU)
Player New team
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[edit] Draft picks

See also: Calgary Flames draft history

Calgary's picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, held in Montreal, Quebec.[4]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 13 Denis Cyr Flag of Canada Canada Montreal Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
2 31 Tony Curtale Flag of the United States United States Brantford Alexanders (OHA)
2 32 Kevin LaVallee Flag of Canada Canada Brantford Alexanders (OHA)
2 39 Steve Konroyd Flag of Canada Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA)
4 76 Marc Roy Flag of Canada Canada Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
5 97 Randy Turnbull Flag of Canada Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
6 118 John Multan Flag of Canada Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
7 139 Dave Newsom Flag of Canada Canada Brantford Alexanders (OHA)
8 160 Claude Drouin Flag of Canada Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
9 181 Hakan Loob Flag of Sweden Sweden Färjestads BK (SEL)
10 202 Steven Fletcher Flag of Canada Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 131
  • Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 141
  • Team standings: 1980–81 NHL standings @hockeydb.com
  • Trades: Individual player pages at hockeydb.com
  1. ^ Zeman, pg. 92
  2. ^ Zeman, pg. 94
  3. ^ All-Star Selections, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg. 22
  4. ^ Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed October 8, 2007
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