1979-80 Hartford Whalers Roster and Statistics

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Record: 27-34-19 (73 points), Finished 4th in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Blackburn (27-34-19)

Captain: Rick Ley

Primary Arena: Springfield Civic Center

Goals For: 303 (8th of 21), Goals Against: 312 (16th of 21)
SRS: -0.11 (10th of 21), SOS: 0.01 (13th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (3-0) to Montreal Canadiens

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Hartford Whalers	80	27	34	19	73	.456	303	312	-0.11	0.01	3.79	3.90	42	216	19.44	64	249	74.30	7	1	2194	13.8	2367	.868		2
League Average	80	33	33	14	80	.500	281	281					61	280	21.83	61	280	78.17	6	6	2352	12.0	2352	.880		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Hartford Whalers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
27	Steve Alley	us US	LW	26	6-0	185	L/-	R	December 29, 1953
8	Ray Allison	ca CA	RW	20	5-10	195	R/-	R	March 4, 1959
12	Mike Antonovich	us US	C	28	5-8	165	L/-	1	October 18, 1951
16	Bill Bennett	us US	LW	26	6-5	235	L/-	1	May 31, 1953
28	Pat Boutette	ca CA	LW	27	5-8	175	L/-	4	March 1, 1952
22	Jeff Brubaker	us US	LW	21	6-2	207	L/-	R	February 24, 1958
31	Greg Carroll	ca CA	C	23	6-0	185	L/-	1	November 10, 1956
15	Dave Debol	us US	C	23	5-11	175	R/-	R	March 27, 1956
11	Jordy Douglas	ca CA	LW	22	6-0	200	L/-	R	January 20, 1958
23	Nick Fotiu	us US	LW	27	6-2	210	L/-	3	May 25, 1952
35	John Garrett	ca CA	G	28	5-8	175	-/L	R	June 17, 1951
32	Larry Giroux	ca CA	D	28	6-0	190	R/-	6	August 28, 1951
10	Al Hangsleben	us US	D	26	6-1	195	L/-	R	February 22, 1953
27	Brian Hill	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	175	R/-	R	January 12, 1957
33	Rick Hodgson	ca CA	D	23	6-0	175	R/-	R	May 23, 1956
9	Gordie Howe	ca CA	RW	51	6-0	205	R/-	25	March 31, 1928
5	Mark Howe	us US	D	24	5-11	185	L/-	R	May 28, 1955
18	Marty Howe	us US	D	25	6-1	195	L/-	R	February 18, 1954
16	Bobby Hull	ca CA	LW	41	5-10	195	L/-	15	January 3, 1939
24	Bernie Johnston	ca CA	C	23	5-11	185	L/-	R	September 15, 1956
14	Dave Keon	ca CA	C	39	5-9	165	L/-	15	March 22, 1940
4	André Lacroix	ca CA	C	34	5-8	175	L/-	5	June 5, 1945
2	Rick Ley (C)	ca CA	D	31	5-9	190	L/-	4	November 2, 1948
29	Charlie Luksa	ca CA	D	25	6-1	190	L/-	R	February 19, 1954
10	Ray Neufeld	ca CA	RW	20	6-3	210	R/-	R	April 15, 1959
6	Ron Plumb	ca CA	D	29	5-10	175	R/-	R	July 17, 1950
20	Mark Renaud	ca CA	D	20	6-0	185	L/-	R	February 21, 1959
7	Gordie Roberts	us US	D	22	6-1	195	L/-	R	October 2, 1957
17	Mike Rogers	ca CA	C	25	5-9	170	L/-	R	October 24, 1954
12	Tom Rowe	us US	RW	23	6-0	190	R/-	3	May 23, 1956
6	Jean Savard	ca CA	C	22	5-11	172	R/-	2	April 26, 1957
24	Maynard Schurman	ca CA	LW	22	6-3	205	L/-	R	July 16, 1957
15	Tim Sheehy	ca CA	RW	31	6-1	185	R/-	1	September 3, 1948
3	Al Sims	ca CA	D	26	6-0	182	L/-	6	April 18, 1953
1	Al Smith	ca CA	G	34	6-1	200	-/L	8	November 10, 1945
33	Stu Smith	ca CA	D	19	6-1	205	R/-	R	March 17, 1960
28	Bob Stephenson	ca CA	RW	25	6-1	187	R/-	R	February 1, 1954
21	Blaine Stoughton	ca CA	RW	26	5-11	185	R/-	3	March 13, 1953
25	Jim Warner	us US	RW	25	5-11	180	R/-	R	March 26, 1954

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Mike Rogers	25	C	80	44	61	105	28	10	39	3	2	0	42	19	0	229	19.2			8.3	1.6	9.9
2	Blaine Stoughton	26	RW	80	56	44	100	10	16	38	16	2	9	35	8	1	234	23.9			8.8	1.1	10.0
3	Mark Howe*	24	D	74	24	56	80	14	20	17	5	2	3	40	14	2	178	13.5			6.5	3.6	10.1
4	Dave Keon*	39	C	76	10	52	62	-13	10	10	0	0	0	42	8	2	146	6.8			2.5	0.4	2.9
5	Jordy Douglas	22	LW	77	33	24	57	-11	39	28	5	0	5	21	3	0	188	17.6			3.8	0.5	4.3
6	Pat Boutette	27	LW	47	13	31	44	15	75	10	3	0	0	24	6	1	72	18.1			2.5	0.9	3.4
7	Gordie Howe*	51	RW	80	15	26	41	9	42	13	2	0	0	23	3	0	94	16.0			1.1	1.1	2.1
8	Al Sims	26	D	76	10	31	41	10	30	8	2	0	1	24	6	1	141	7.1			2.4	3.4	5.8
9	Gordie Roberts	22	D	80	8	28	36	6	89	7	1	0	1	26	1	1	107	7.5			1.7	3.3	5.1
10	Greg Carroll	23	C	71	13	19	32	-5	24	12	0	1	2	18	1	0	85	15.3			0.6	0.6	1.2
11	Ray Allison	20	RW	64	16	12	28	-3	13	16	0	0	2	12	0	0	79	20.3			0.8	0.6	1.4
12	Dave Debol	23	C	48	12	14	26	-5	4	12	0	0	2	14	0	0	96	12.5			1.0	0.3	1.3
13	Bernie Johnston	23	C	32	8	13	21	9	8	8	0	0	0	13	0	0	54	14.8			0.9	0.6	1.5
14	Rick Ley	31	D	65	4	16	20	1	92	4	0	0	1	12	4	0	78	5.1			0.5	2.5	3.0
15	Nick Fotiu	27	LW	74	10	8	18	1	107	10	0	0	0	8	0	0	54	18.5			-0.9	0.8	-0.1
16	Al Hangsleben	26	D	37	3	15	18	9	69	3	0	0	1	15	0	0	40	7.5			0.9	1.9	2.8
17	André Lacroix	34	C	29	3	14	17	-6	2	2	1	0	0	14	0	0	45	6.7			0.4	0.1	0.5
18	Tom Rowe	23	RW	20	6	4	10	-3	30	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	41	14.6			0.4	0.1	0.5
19	Ron Plumb	29	D	26	3	4	7	10	14	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	38	7.9			0.2	1.6	1.8
20	Larry Giroux	28	D	47	2	5	7	2	44	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	63	3.2			-0.3	1.9	1.6
21	Bobby Hull*	41	LW	9	2	5	7	-3	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	13	15.4			0.3	0.0	0.3
22	Bill Bennett	26	LW	24	3	3	6	1	63	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	15	20.0			-0.3	0.3	0.0
23	Tim Sheehy	31	RW	12	2	1	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	13.3			-0.1	0.3	0.2
24	Jim Warner	25	RW	32	0	3	3	-6	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	26	0.0			-1.1	0.2	-0.9
25	Steve Alley	26	LW	7	1	1	2	-4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	20.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
26	Brian Hill	23	RW	19	1	1	2	-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	5.9			-0.6	0.2	-0.4
27	John Garrett	28	G	52	0	2	2	0	12				0	2			0		3040	58:27	0.0	0.0	6.1
28	Mark Renaud	20	D	13	0	2	2	-1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	0.0			-0.1	0.4	0.3
29	Ray Neufeld	20	RW	8	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
30	Mike Antonovich	28	C	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0			-0.1	0.1	-0.1
31	Jeff Brubaker	21	LW	3	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
32	Marty Howe	25	D	6	0	1	1	-2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.1
33	Charlie Luksa	25	D	8	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0			-0.1	0.3	0.2
34	Al Smith	34	G	30	0	1	1	0	10				0	1			0		1748	58:17	0.0	0.0	4.3
35	Bob Stephenson	25	RW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
36	Rick Hodgson	23	D	6	0	0	0	-5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
37	Jean Savard	22	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
38	Maynard Schurman	22	LW	7	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0			-0.3	0.0	-0.2
39	Stu Smith	19	D	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
	Team Total			80	303	501	804	58	859	254	42	7	27	418	75	8	2194	13.8			39.1	28.8	78.3

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	John Garrett	28	52		16	24	11	202	1502	1300	.866	3.99	0	3040				114	-25.5	3.49	6.1
2	Al Smith	34	30		11	10	8	107	862	755	.876	3.67	2	1748				106	-5.7	3.19	4.3
	Team Total				27	34	19	309	2364	2055	.869	3.87	2	4788				111	-31.2	3.38	10.4