1980–81 New York Rangers season

The 1980–81 New York Rangers season was the 55th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the Patrick Division with 74 points and earned a berth in the playoffs. New York won series with the Los Angeles Kings and St. Louis Blues to reach the NHL semi-finals, where the team was defeated by the New York Islanders in a four-game sweep.^[1]

Regular season

Fred Shero, citing a drinking problem, chose to resign as coach. Craig Patrick, the Rangers' director of operations, replaced him. Craig Patrick became the third generation of the Patrick family to coach the Rangers, after Lester Patrick, Lynn Patrick and Muzz Patrick.^[2]

Halfway through the season, veteran Phil Esposito decided to retire. He retired after 18 seasons, the last six with the Rangers. He finished his career with 717 goals and 1,590 points.^[3]

Final 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

^[4]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

1980-81 Game Log

October: 3-7-1 (Home: 2-3-0; Road: 1-4-1)

November: 3-7-3 (Home: 2-2-2; Road: 1-5-1)

December: 7-6-1 (Home: 3-4-0; Road: 4-2-1)

January: 6-4-3 (Home: 2-1-2; Road: 4-3-1)

February: 5-7-1 (Home: 5-2-1; Road: 0-5-0)

March: 4-4-5 (Home: 2-1-5; Road: 2-2-0)

April: 2-1-0 (Home: 1-0-0; Road: 1-1-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1981 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1981 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Preliminary Round: vs. Los Angeles Kings - New York Rangers win series 3-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 8	New York Rangers	3 - 1	Los Angeles Kings		New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 9	New York Rangers	4 - 5	Los Angeles Kings		Series tied 1-1
3	April 11	Los Angeles Kings	3 - 10	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2-1
4	April 12	Los Angeles Kings	3 - 6	New York Rangers		New York Rangers win series 3-1

Quarter-finals: vs. St. Louis Blues - New York Rangers win series 4-2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 16	New York Rangers	3 - 6	St. Louis Blues		St. Louis leads series 1-0
2	April 17	New York Rangers	6 - 4	St. Louis Blues		Series tied 1-1
3	April 19	St. Louis Blues	3 - 6	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2-1
4	April 20	St. Louis Blues	1 - 4	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 3-1
5	April 22	New York Rangers	3 - 4	St. Louis Blues		New York Rangers lead series 3-2
6	April 24	St. Louis Blues	4 - 7	New York Rangers		New York Rangers win series 4-2

Semi-finals: vs. New York Islanders - New York Islanders win series 4-0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 28	New York Rangers	2 - 5	New York Islanders		New York Islanders lead series 1-0
2	April 30	New York Rangers	3 - 7	New York Islanders		New York Islanders lead series 2-0
3	May 2	New York Islanders	5 - 1	New York Rangers		New York Islanders lead series 3-0
4	May 5	New York Islanders	5 - 2	New York Rangers		New York Islanders win series 4-0

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	80	30	40	70	0	52
Johnstone, EdEd Johnstone	80	30	38	68	15	100
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	74	27	41	68	0	112
Allison, MikeMike Allison	75	26	38	64	12	83
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	73	19	39	58	7	40
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	61	29	23	52	17	99
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	79	11	36	47	24	132
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	51	14	25	39	-3	42
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	50	17	21	38	2	83
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	75	11	23	34	9	231
Talafous, DeanDean Talafous	50	13	17	30	2	28
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	80	6	23	29	0	100
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	43	6	22	28	13	28
Silk, DaveDave Silk	59	14	12	26	-24	58
Nethery, LanceLance Nethery	33	11	12	23	0	12
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	74	3	20	23	19	91
Gillis, JereJere Gillis^†	35	10	10	20	6	4
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	41	7	13	20	-13	20
Hospodar, EdEd Hospodar	61	5	14	19	10	214
Kotsopoulos, ChrisChris Kotsopoulos	54	4	12	16	-10	153
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu^†	27	5	6	11	-6	91
Wallin, PeterPeter Wallin	12	1	5	6	-1	2
Sulliman, DougDoug Sulliman	32	4	1	5	-9	32
McCarthy, DanDan McCarthy	5	4	0	4	3	4
Burns, GaryGary Burns	11	2	2	4	-9	18
Dore, AndreAndre Dore	15	1	3	4	-1	15
Connor, CamCam Connor	15	1	3	4	6	44
Marois, MarioMario Marois^‡	8	1	2	3	-5	46
Bandura, JeffJeff Bandura	2	0	1	1	-3	0
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	3	0	1	1	0	0
McDougall, MikeMike McDougall	2	0	0	0	1	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	14	8	9	17	16
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	14	8	8	16	23
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	14	8	8	16	6
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	14	5	8	13	32
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	14	4	8	12	17
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	12	4	7	11	14
Wallin, PeterPeter Wallin	14	2	6	8	6
Nethery, LanceLance Nethery	14	5	3	8	9
Talafous, DeanDean Talafous	14	3	5	8	2
Gillis, JereJere Gillis	14	2	5	7	9
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	13	1	6	7	13
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	14	1	4	5	18
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	14	1	3	4	26
Allison, MikeMike Allison	14	3	1	4	20
Johnstone, EdEd Johnstone	8	2	2	4	4
Kotsopoulos, ChrisChris Kotsopoulos	14	0	3	3	63
Hospodar, EdEd Hospodar	12	2	0	2	93
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	2	0	2	2	9
Hughes, JohnJohn Hughes	3	0	1	1	6
Sulliman, DougDoug Sulliman	3	1	0	1	0
Burns, GaryGary Burns	1	0	0	0	2
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu	2	0	0	0	4

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert	39	2320	16	16	7	152	3.93	0
Baker, SteveSteve Baker	21	1260	10	6	5	73	3.48	2
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	10	560	1	7	1	48	5.14	0
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	10	600	3	6	1	34	3.40	0
Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks	1	60	0	1	0	2	2.00	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Baker, SteveSteve Baker	14	826	7	7	55	4.00	0
Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks	1	14	0	0	1	4.29	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.^[6]^[7]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	14	Jim Malone	F	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
2	35	Mike Allison	RW	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
4	77	Kurt Kleinendorst	C	United States	Providence College (NCAA)
5	98	Scot Kleinendorst	D	United States	Providence College (NCAA)
6	119	Reijo Ruotsalainen	D	Finland	Karpat (SM-liiga)
7	140	Bob Scurfield	C	Canada	Western Michigan University (NCAA)
8	161	Bart Wilson	D	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
9	182	Chris Wray	RW	United States	Boston College (NCAA)
10	203	Anders Backstrom	D	Sweden	Brynas (Elitserien)

References

↑ "1980–81 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
↑ McFarlane, p. 204
↑ McFarlane, p. 205
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1980-81 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
↑ "1980 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-04-28.

Bibliography

McFarlane, Brian (1989). One hundred years of hockey. Toronto, Ontario: Deneau Publishers. ISBN 0-88879-216-6.

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See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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