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Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
1 Keith Acton 1980 1994 C 1023 226 358 584 -24 1172
2 Steve Alley 1980 1981 LW 15 3 3 6 -3 11
3 Ray Allison 1980 1987 RW 238 64 93 157 51 223
4 Mike Amodeo 1980 1980 D 19 0 0 0 -15 2
5 Ron Areshenkoff 1980 1980 C 4 0 0 0 -4 0
6 Brent Ashton 1980 1993 LW 998 284 345 629 -59 635
7 Bob Attwell 1980 1981 RW 22 1 5 6 -4 0
8 Steve Baker 1980 1983 G 57 0 0 0 0 7 57 20 20 11 3.70
9 Bryon Baltimore 1980 1980 D 2 0 0 0 4 4
10 Marco Baron 1980 1985 G 86 0 4 4 0 56 86 34 38 9 3.63 .861
11 Paul Baxter 1980 1987 D 472 48 121 169 -58 1564
12 Serge Beaudoin 1980 1980 D 3 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Doug Berry 1980 1981 C 121 10 33 43 -38 25
14 John Bethel 1980 1980 LW 17 0 2 2 -3 4
15 Gilles Bilodeau 1980 1980 LW 9 0 1 1 -1 25
16 Laurie Boschman 1980 1993 C 1009 229 348 577 -131 2265
17 Raymond Bourque* 1980 2001 D 1612 410 1169 1579 528 1141
18 Curt Brackenbury 1980 1983 RW 141 9 17 26 -30 226
19 Richard Brodeur 1980 1988 G 385 0 8 8 0 26 385 131 175 62 3.85 .864
20 Keith Brown 1980 1995 D 876 68 274 342 64 916
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
21 Jeff Brubaker 1980 1989 LW 178 16 9 25 -24 512
22 Mike Busniuk 1980 1981 D 143 3 23 26 66 297
23 Brett Callighen 1980 1982 C 160 56 89 145 28 132
24 Scott Campbell 1980 1982 D 80 4 21 25 -37 243
25 Steve Carlson 1980 1980 C 52 9 12 21 -7 23
26 Ron Carter 1980 1980 RW 2 0 0 0 0 0
27 Tony Cassolato 1980 1982 RW 23 1 6 7 3 4
28 Ron Chipperfield 1980 1981 C 83 22 24 46 -25 34
29 Dave Christian 1980 1994 RW 1009 340 433 773 -65 284
30 Steve Christoff 1980 1984 C 248 77 64 141 -19 108
31 Kim Clackson 1980 1981 D 106 0 8 8 -11 370
32 Real Cloutier 1980 1985 RW 317 146 198 344 15 119
33 Rejean Cloutier 1980 1982 D 5 0 2 2 2 2
34 Pat Conacher 1980 1996 LW 521 63 76 139 -38 235
35 Jim Corsi 1980 1980 G 26 0 3 3 0 6 26 8 14 3 3.65
36 Ross Cory 1980 1981 D 51 2 10 12 -24 41
37 Alain Cote 1980 1989 LW 696 103 190 293 17 383
38 Tim Coulis 1980 1986 LW 47 4 5 9 -13 138
39 Jim Craig 1980 1984 G 30 0 1 1 0 11 30 11 10 7 3.78 .839
40 Bob Crawford 1980 1987 RW 246 71 71 142 -34 72
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
41 Jiri Crha 1980 1981 G 69 0 1 1 0 12 69 28 27 11 3.97
42 Glen Currie 1980 1988 C 326 39 79 118 18 100
43 Don Cutts 1980 1980 G 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 2 1 3.57
44 Pat Daley 1980 1981 LW 12 1 0 1 -5 13
45 Richard David 1980 1983 LW 31 4 4 8 -7 10
46 Dave Debol 1980 1981 C 92 26 26 52 -17 4
47 Michel Dion 1980 1985 G 227 0 6 6 0 24 227 60 118 32 4.24 .856
48 Jim Dobson 1980 1984 RW 12 0 0 0 -2 6
49 Jordy Douglas 1980 1985 LW 268 76 62 138 -69 160
50 Peter Driscoll 1980 1981 LW 60 3 8 11 -10 97
51 Norm Dupont 1980 1984 LW 256 55 85 140 -111 52
52 Bob Dupuis 1980 1980 G 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.00
53 Bob Fitchner 1980 1981 C 78 12 20 32 -25 59
54 Mike Foligno 1980 1994 RW 1018 355 372 727 101 2049
55 Jon Fontas 1980 1981 C 2 0 0 0 -1 0
56 John Garrett 1980 1985 G 207 0 6 6 0 41 207 68 91 37 4.27 .843
57 Mike Gartner* 1980 1998 RW 1432 708 627 1335 67 1159
58 Danny Geoffrion 1980 1982 RW 111 20 32 52 -31 99
59 Mario Giallonardo 1980 1981 D 23 0 3 3 -2 6
60 Curt Giles 1980 1993 D 895 43 199 242 25 733
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
61 Don Gillen 1980 1982 RW 35 2 4 6 -10 22
62 Gaston Gingras 1980 1989 D 476 61 174 235 -4 161
63 Dave Gorman 1980 1980 RW 3 0 0 0 -1 0
64 Bobby Gould 1980 1990 RW 697 145 159 304 37 572
65 Michel Goulet* 1980 1994 LW 1089 548 604 1152 97 825
66 Wayne Gretzky* 1980 1999 C 1487 894 1963 2857 518 577
67 Bobby Guindon 1980 1980 LW 6 0 1 1 2 0
68 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 1980 1989 RW 629 196 359 555 49 196
69 Al Hangsleben 1980 1982 D 185 21 48 69 3 396
70 Mark Hardy 1980 1994 D 915 62 306 368 -92 1293
71 Craig Hartsburg 1980 1989 D 570 98 315 413 -5 818
72 Steve Hazlett 1980 1980 LW 1 0 0 0 -1 0
73 Glenn Hicks 1980 1981 LW 108 6 12 18 -21 127
74 Brian Hill 1980 1980 RW 19 1 1 2 -1 4
75 Jamie Hislop 1980 1984 RW 345 75 103 178 -24 86
76 Rick Hodgson 1980 1980 D 6 0 0 0 -5 6
77 Rob Holland 1980 1981 G 44 0 0 0 0 2 44 11 22 9 4.08
78 Dean Hopkins 1980 1989 RW 223 23 51 74 -34 306
79 Ed Hospodar 1980 1988 D 450 17 51 68 -43 1314
80 Greg Hotham 1980 1985 D 230 15 74 89 -53 139
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
81 Mark Howe 1980 1995 D 929 197 545 742 400 455
82 Marty Howe 1980 1985 D 197 2 29 31 7 99
83 Don Howse 1980 1980 LW 33 2 5 7 -16 6
84 John Hughes 1980 1981 D 70 2 14 16 -6 211
85 Dave Hunter 1980 1989 LW 746 133 190 323 103 918
86 Earl Ingarfield 1980 1981 C 39 4 4 8 2 22
87 Steve Janaszak 1980 1982 G 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 5.63
88 Wes Jarvis 1980 1988 C 237 31 55 86 -23 98
89 Mark Johnson 1980 1990 C 669 203 305 508 -116 260
90 Terry Johnson 1980 1987 D 285 3 24 27 -11 580
91 Bernie Johnston 1980 1981 C 57 12 24 36 5 16
92 Randy Johnston 1980 1980 D 4 0 0 0 -2 4
93 Anders Kallur 1980 1985 RW 383 101 110 211 42 149
94 Doug Keans 1980 1988 G 210 0 6 6 0 53 210 96 64 26 3.51 .877
95 John Paul Kelly 1980 1986 LW 400 54 70 124 -97 366
96 Mark Kirton 1980 1985 C 266 57 56 113 -75 121
97 Jim Korn 1980 1990 D/LW 597 66 122 188 -132 1801
98 Pierre Lacroix 1980 1983 D 274 24 108 132 -11 197
99 Robbie Laird 1980 1980 LW 1 0 0 0 -2 0
100 Dave Langevin 1980 1987 D 513 12 107 119 107 530
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
101 Garry Lariviere 1980 1983 D 219 6 57 63 37 167
102 Claude Larose 1980 1980 LW 25 4 7 11 -5 2
103 Barry Legge 1980 1982 D 107 1 11 12 -37 144
104 Antero Lehtonen 1980 1980 LW 65 9 12 21 -4 14
105 Jean-Louis Levasseur 1980 1980 G 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7.00
106 Willy Lindstrom 1980 1987 RW 582 161 162 323 -5 200
107 Mike Liut 1980 1992 G 664 0 13 13 0 22 664 294 271 74 3.49 .881
108 Kevin Lowe 1980 1998 D 1254 84 347 431 252 1498
109 Morris Lukowich 1980 1987 LW 582 199 219 418 -100 584
110 Charlie Luksa 1980 1980 D 8 0 1 1 0 4
111 Gary Lupul 1980 1986 C/LW 293 70 75 145 -45 243
112 George Lyle 1980 1983 LW 99 24 38 62 -2 51
113 Blair MacDonald 1980 1983 RW 219 91 100 191 -7 65
114 Garth MacGuigan 1980 1984 C 5 0 1 1 1 2
115 Don MacIver 1980 1980 D 6 0 0 0 -5 2
116 Paul MacKinnon 1980 1984 D 147 5 23 28 -12 91
117 Craig MacTavish 1980 1997 C 1093 213 267 480 34 891
118 Kari Makkonen 1980 1980 LW 9 2 2 4 -2 0
119 Jimmy Mann 1980 1988 RW 293 10 20 30 -55 895
120 John Markell 1980 1985 LW 55 11 10 21 -27 36
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
121 Ray Markham 1980 1980 C 14 1 1 2 -3 21
122 Peter Marsh 1980 1984 RW 278 48 71 119 -71 224
123 Paul Marshall 1980 1983 LW 95 15 18 33 -17 17
124 Markus Mattsson 1980 1984 G 92 0 3 3 0 6 92 21 46 14 4.11 .851
125 Jim Mayer 1980 1980 RW 4 0 0 0 1 0
126 Tom McCarthy 1980 1988 LW 460 178 221 399 54 330
127 Rob McClanahan 1980 1984 C 224 38 63 101 1 126
128 Brad McCrimmon 1980 1997 D 1222 81 322 403 444 1416
129 Rick Meagher 1980 1991 C 691 144 165 309 -45 383
130 Barry Melrose 1980 1986 D 300 10 23 33 -119 728
131 Mark Messier* 1980 2004 C 1756 694 1193 1887 210 1910
132 Joe Micheletti 1980 1982 D 158 11 60 71 1 114
133 Lindsay Middlebrook 1980 1983 G 37 0 1 1 0 2 37 3 23 6 4.94
134 Warren Miller 1980 1983 RW 262 40 50 90 -64 137
135 Gerry Minor 1980 1984 C 140 11 21 32 -8 173
136 Eddie Mio 1980 1986 G 192 0 11 11 0 47 192 64 73 30 4.06 .843
137 Bob Mongrain 1980 1986 C 81 13 14 27 -1 14
138 Doug Morrison 1980 1985 RW 23 7 3 10 3 15
139 Gary Morrison 1980 1982 RW 43 1 15 16 4 70
140 Kevin Morrison 1980 1980 D 41 4 11 15 -6 23
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
141 Ken Morrow 1980 1989 D 550 17 88 105 149 309
142 Ray Neufeld 1980 1990 RW 595 157 200 357 -163 816
143 Chris Nilan 1980 1992 RW 688 110 115 225 -7 3043
144 Kent Nilsson 1980 1995 C 553 264 422 686 -20 116
145 Claude Noel 1980 1980 C 7 0 0 0 -3 0
146 Craig Norwich 1980 1981 D 104 17 58 75 -6 60
147 John Ogrodnick 1980 1993 LW 928 402 425 827 -51 260
148 Rick Paterson 1980 1987 C 430 50 43 93 -12 136
149 Steve Peters 1980 1980 C 2 0 1 1 1 0
150 Ron Plumb 1980 1980 D 26 3 4 7 10 14
151 Harvie Pocza 1980 1982 LW 3 0 0 0 -2 2
152 Rich Preston 1980 1987 RW 580 127 164 291 -35 348
153 Brian Propp 1980 1994 LW 1016 425 579 1004 310 830
154 Rob Ramage 1980 1994 D 1044 139 425 564 -171 2226
155 Mike Ramsey 1980 1997 D 1070 79 266 345 218 1012
156 Errol Rausse 1980 1982 LW 31 7 3 10 3 0
157 Pekka Rautakallio 1980 1982 D 235 33 121 154 13 122
158 Paul Reinhart 1980 1990 D 648 133 426 559 25 277
159 Mark Renaud 1980 1984 D 152 6 50 56 -59 86
160 Nick Ricci 1980 1983 G 19 0 0 0 0 2 19 7 12 0 4.36
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
161 Pat Riggin 1980 1988 G 350 0 8 8 0 41 350 153 120 52 3.43 .879
162 Gerry Rioux 1980 1980 RW 8 0 0 0 -2 6
163 Gordie Roberts 1980 1994 D 1097 61 359 420 50 1582
164 Moe Robinson 1980 1980 D 1 0 0 0 0 0
165 Mike Rogers 1980 1986 C 484 202 317 519 -50 184
166 Lindy Ruff 1980 1991 D/LW 691 105 195 300 -17 1264
167 Terry Ruskowski 1980 1989 C 630 113 313 426 -59 1354
168 Bernie Saunders 1980 1981 LW 10 0