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1980-81 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics

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Record: 30-36-14 (74 points), Finished 4th in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Fred Shero (4-13-3), Craig Patrick (26-23-11)

Goals For: 312 (12th of 21), Goals Against: 317 (12th of 21)
SRS: -0.06 (12th of 21), SOS: 0.00 (10th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-0) versus New York Islanders
Won Quarter-Finals (4-2) versus St. Louis Blues
Won Preliminary Round (3-1) versus Los Angeles Kings

Team Statistics

Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
New York Rangers 80 30 36 14 74 .463 312 317 -0.06 0.00 7.86 63 351 17.95 83 392 78.83 14 12
League Average 80 32 32 16 80 .500 307 307 0.00 0.00 7.69 77 340 22.53 77 340 77.47 10 10

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
14 Mike Allison LW 19 6-0 200 R/- R March 28, 1961 26 G, 38 A, 64 P
35 Steve Baker G 23 6-3 200 -/L 1 May 6, 1957 10-6-5, 3.48 GAA
25 Jeff Bandura D 23 6-1 195 R/- R February 4, 1957 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
3 Barry Beck D 23 6-3 216 L/- 3 June 3, 1957 11 G, 23 A, 34 P
6 Tim Bothwell D 25 6-3 190 L/- 2 May 6, 1955 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
27 Gary Burns C 26 6-1 190 L/- R January 16, 1955 2 G, 2 A, 4 P
20 Cam Connor RW 26 6-2 200 L/- 2 August 10, 1954 1 G, 3 A, 4 P
30 John Davidson G 27 6-3 205 -/L 7 February 27, 1953 1-7-1, 5.14 GAA
27 Andre Dore D 22 6-2 200 R/- 2 February 11, 1958 1 G, 3 A, 4 P
10 Ron Duguay C 23 6-2 200 R/- 3 July 6, 1957 17 G, 21 A, 38 P
77 Phil Esposito C 38 6-1 205 L/- 17 February 20, 1942 7 G, 13 A, 20 P
22 Nick Fotiu LW 28 6-2 210 L/- 4 May 25, 1952 5 G, 6 A, 11 P
6 Jere Gillis LW 24 6-0 194 L/- 3 January 18, 1957 10 G, 10 A, 20 P
4 Ron Greschner D 26 6-2 205 L/- 6 December 22, 1954 27 G, 41 A, 68 P
15 Anders Hedberg RW 29 5-11 175 L/- 2 February 25, 1951 30 G, 40 A, 70 P
23 Ed Hospodar D 21 6-2 210 R/- 1 February 9, 1959 5 G, 14 A, 19 P
17 Eddie Johnstone RW 26 5-9 175 R/- 4 March 2, 1954 30 G, 38 A, 68 P
24 Chris Kotsopoulos D 22 6-3 215 R/- R November 27, 1958 4 G, 12 A, 16 P
2 Tom Laidlaw D 22 6-2 215 L/- R April 15, 1958 6 G, 23 A, 29 P
26 Dave Maloney D 24 6-1 195 L/- 6 July 31, 1956 11 G, 36 A, 47 P
12 Don Maloney LW 22 6-1 190 L/- 2 September 5, 1958 29 G, 23 A, 52 P
25 Mario Marois D 23 5-11 190 R/- 3 December 15, 1957 1 G, 2 A, 3 P
28 Dan McCarthy C 22 5-9 185 L/- R April 7, 1958 4 G, 0 A, 4 P
28 Mike McDougal RW 22 6-2 200 L/- 1 April 30, 1958 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
21 Lance Nethery C 23 6-1 185 L/- R June 28, 1957 11 G, 12 A, 23 P
11 Ulf Nilsson C 30 5-11 175 R/- 2 May 11, 1950 14 G, 25 A, 39 P
16 Dave Silk RW 23 5-11 190 R/- 1 January 1, 1958 14 G, 12 A, 26 P
31-33 Doug Soetaert G 25 6-0 180 -/L 5 April 21, 1955 16-16-7, 3.93 GAA
9 Doug Sulliman RW 21 6-2 210 L/- 1 August 29, 1959 4 G, 1 A, 5 P
19 Dean Talafous RW 27 6-4 180 R/- 6 August 25, 1953 13 G, 17 A, 30 P
1 Wayne Thomas G 33 6-2 195 -/L 7 October 9, 1947 3-6-1, 3.40 GAA
18 Walt Tkaczuk C 33 6-0 185 L/- 13 September 29, 1947 6 G, 22 A, 28 P
5 Carol Vadnais D 35 6-1 185 L/- 14 September 25, 1945 3 G, 20 A, 23 P
8 Steve Vickers LW 29 6-0 180 L/- 8 April 21, 1951 19 G, 39 A, 58 P
25 Peter Wallin RW 23 5-9 170 R/- R April 30, 1957 1 G, 5 A, 6 P
31 Steve Weeks G 22 5-11 170 -/L R June 30, 1958 0-1-0, 2.00 GAA

Scoring Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Anders Hedberg RW 29 80 30 40 70 28 0 52 22 7 1 3 25 0 15 243 12.3 3.9 0.9 4.8
2 Eddie Johnstone RW 26 80 30 38 68 27 15 100 23 4 3 5 29 4 5 187 16.0 3.7 1.3 5.0
3 Ron Greschner D 26 74 27 41 68 26 0 112 21 6 0 1 21 0 20 193 14.0 5.3 3.2 8.5
4 Mike Allison LW 19 75 26 38 64 25 12 83 22 4 0 2 26 0 12 122 21.3 3.4 1.2 4.5
5 Steve Vickers LW 29 73 19 39 58 21 7 40 13 5 1 3 32 0 7 85 22.4 2.5 1.0 3.5
6 Don Maloney LW 22 61 29 23 52 22 17 99 17 7 5 9 21 0 2 124 23.4 3.3 1.1 4.4
7 Dave Maloney D 24 79 11 36 47 16 24 132 8 3 0 1 25 1 10 140 7.9 2.5 4.7 7.2
8 Ulf Nilsson C 30 51 14 25 39 15 -3 42 13 1 0 3 16 0 9 80 17.5 1.7 0.5 2.2
9 Ron Duguay C 23 50 17 21 38 15 2 83 11 5 1 0 15 1 5 103 16.5 1.9 0.6 2.5
10 Barry Beck D 23 75 11 23 34 12 9 231 4 6 1 0 13 1 9 182 6.0 1.7 3.7 5.4
11 Dean Talafous RW 27 50 13 17 30 12 2 28 10 1 2 0 15 1 1 73 17.8 1.0 0.6 1.6
12 Tom Laidlaw D 22 80 6 23 29 10 0 100 5 1 0 0 22 1 0 101 5.9 0.8 3.5 4.3
13 Walt Tkaczuk C 33 43 6 22 28 9 13 28 5 1 0 0 20 2 0 67 9.0 0.7 0.8 1.5
14 Dave Silk RW 23 59 14 12 26 11 -24 58 12 2 0 1 7 0 5 124 11.3 0.4 0.0 0.5
15 Lance Nethery C 23 33 11 12 23 9 0 12 9 2 0 0 12 0 0 47 23.4 1.1 0.4 1.5
16 Carol Vadnais D 35 74 3 20 23 7 19 91 2 1 0 0 15 1 4 118 2.5 0.3 4.2 4.5
17 Jere Gillis LW 24 35 10 10 20 8 6 4 9 1 0 1 9 0 1 63 15.9 0.7 0.6 1.3
18 Phil Esposito C 38 41 7 13 20 7 -13 20 4 3 0 0 10 0 3 91 7.7 0.2 0.1 0.4
19 Ed Hospodar D 21 61 5 14 19 7 10 214 5 0 0 0 12 0 2 49 10.2 0.4 3.2 3.6
20 Chris Kotsopoulos D 22 54 4 12 16 6 -10 153 4 0 0 0 8 0 4 104 3.8 0.3 1.8 2.1
21 Nick Fotiu LW 28 27 5 6 11 4 -6 91 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 28 17.9 0.0 0.1 0.2
22 Peter Wallin RW 23 12 1 5 6 2 -1 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 14 7.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
23 Doug Sulliman RW 21 32 4 1 5 2 -9 32 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 56 7.1 -0.7 0.1 -0.5
24 Dan McCarthy C 22 5 4 0 4 2 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 57.1 0.4 0.1 0.5
25 Gary Burns C 26 11 2 2 4 2 -9 18 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 13 15.4 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
26 Cam Connor RW 26 15 1 3 4 1 6 44 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 6.3 -0.3 0.3 0.1
27 Andre Dore D 22 15 1 3 4 1 -1 15 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 6.7 0.0 0.6 0.6
28 Mario Marois D 23 8 1 2 3 1 -5 46 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 9.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
29 Wayne Thomas G 33 10 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.9
30 Jeff Bandura D 23 2 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
31 Tim Bothwell D 25 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 0.1
32 John Davidson G 27 10 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.6
33 Steve Baker G 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3.9
34 Mike McDougal RW 22 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0
35 Doug Soetaert G 25 39 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5.9
36 Steve Weeks G 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Team Total 80 312 506 818 62 1945 235 63 14 30 2459 12.7 35.5 35.1 83.1

Goalies Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN GPS
1 Doug Soetaert G 25 39 16 16 7 152 3.93 0 2320 5.9
2 Steve Baker G 23 21 10 6 5 73 3.48 2 1260 3.9
3 Wayne Thomas G 33 10 3 6 1 34 3.40 0 600 1.9
4 John Davidson G 27 10 1 7 1 48 5.14 0 560 0.6
5 Steve Weeks G 22 1 0 1 0 2 2.00 0 60 0.3
Team Total 80 30 36 14 309 3.86 2 4800 12.5

Scoring Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI
1 Ron Duguay C 23 14 8 9 17 7 16 7 0 1 1
2 Anders Hedberg RW 29 14 8 8 16 7 6 5 3 0 0
3 Ulf Nilsson C 30 14 8 8 16 7 23 5 3 0 1
4 Barry Beck D 23 14 5 8 13 5 32 3 1 1 0
5 Ron Greschner D 26 14 4 8 12 4 17 3 1 0 0
6 Steve Vickers LW 29 12 4 7 11 4 14 3 1 0 0
7 Lance Nethery C 23 14 5 3 8 4 9 5 0 0 1
8 Dean Talafous RW 27 14 3 5 8 3 2 3 0 0 0
9 Peter Wallin RW 23 14 2 6 8 3 6 2 0 0 0
10 Jere Gillis LW 24 14 2 5 7 2 9 2 0 0 0
11 Don Maloney LW 22 13 1 6 7 2 13 0 1 0 0
12 Tom Laidlaw D 22 14 1 4 5 2 18 1 0 0 1
13 Mike Allison LW 19 14 3 1 4 2 20 2 1 0 2
14 Eddie Johnstone RW 26 8 2 2 4 2 4 2 0 0 1
15 Carol Vadnais D 35 14 1 3 4 1 26 1 0 0 0
16 Chris Kotsopoulos D 22 14 0 3 3 1 63 0 0 0 0
17 Ed Hospodar D 21 12 2 0 2 1 93 2 0 0 0
18 Dave Maloney D 24 2 0 2 2 1 9 0 0 0 0
19 Doug Sulliman RW 21 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
20 John Hughes D 26 3 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0
21 Steve Baker G 23 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
22 Gary Burns C 26 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
23 Nick Fotiu LW 28 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
24 Steve Weeks G 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 14 60 89 149 396 47 11 2 7

Goalies Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN
1 Steve Baker G 23 14 7 7 55 4.00 0 826
2 Steve Weeks G 22 1 0 0 1 4.29 0 14
Team Total 14 7 7 56 4.00 0 840