1980–81 Colorado Rockies season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1980–81
Year:	1980
Team:	Colorado Rockies (NHL)Colorado Rockies
Record:	22–45–13
Conference:	Campbell Conference
Division:	Smythe
Divisionrank:	5th
Generalmanager:	Ray Miron
Coach:	Bill MacMillan
Captain:	Rene Robert (Oct.–Jan.) Lanny McDonald (Jan.–Apr.)
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsfor:	258
Goalsagainst:	344
Arena:	McNichols Sports Arena
Attendance:	8,889
Prev Season:	1979–80
Next Season:	1981–82

The 1980–81 Colorado Rockies season was the Rockies' fifth season, and seventh season of the franchise. Bill MacMillan was hired to coach the team, replacing Don Cherry. Like five of the previous six seasons, the Rockies did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

1980–81 game log
October: 4–4–2 (home: 3–1–2; road: 1–3–0) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 2–6 Colorado 7,564 1–0–0 2 2 Colorado 3–2 17,500 2–0–0 4 3 1–4 Colorado 4,627 3–0–0 6 4 5–5 Colorado 10,202 3–0–1 7 5 Colorado 3–4 8,776 3–1–1 7 6 Colorado 0–3 9,595 3–2–1 7 7 Colorado 1–5 9,024 3–3–1 7 8 3–5 Colorado 11,672 4–3–1 9 9 8–4 Colorado 6,284 4–4–1 9 10 5–5 Colorado 5,207 4–4–2 10
November: 5–6–2 (home: 2–2–2; road: 3–4–0) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 Colorado 5–4 5–4–2 12 12 Colorado 5–4 6–4–2 14 13 Colorado 3–5 6–5–2 14 14 3–3 Colorado 6–5–3 15 15 3–3 Colorado 6–5–4 16 16 8–2 Colorado 6–6–4 16 17 1–5 Colorado 7–6–4 18 18 Colorado 4–3 8–6–4 20 19 Colorado 2–4 8–7–4 20 20 Colorado 2–4 8–8–4 20 21 3–4 Colorado 9–8–4 22 22 7–4 Colorado 9–9–4 22 23 Colorado 1–4 9–10–4 22
December: 4–9–2 (home: 2–1–2; road: 2–8–0) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 Colorado 1–5 9–11–4 22 25 3–4 Colorado 10–11–4 24 26 Colorado 6–8 10–12–4 24 27 Colorado 2–4 10–13–5 25 28 4–4 Colorado 10–13–5 25 29 4–3 Colorado 10–14–5 25 30 Colorado 4–9 10–15–5 25 31 Colorado 6–1 11–15–5 27 32 Colorado 0–2 11–16–5 27 33 3–3 Colorado 11–16–6 28 34 Colorado 4–5 11–17–6 28 35 2–5 Colorado 12–17–6 30 36 Colorado 4–6 12–18–6 30 37 Colorado 3–9 12–19–6 30 38 Colorado 6–4 13–18–6 32
January: 3–8–2 (home: 3–4–1; road: 0–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 1–4 Colorado 14–19–6 34 40 7–3 Colorado 14–20–6 34 41 Colorado 2–6 14–21–6 34 42 2–4 Colorado 15–21–6 36 43 2–1 Colorado 15–22–6 36 44 Colorado 3–3 15–22–7 37 45 3–4 Colorado 16–22–7 39 46 5–2 Colorado 16–23–7 39 47 2–2 Colorado 16–23–8 40 48 Colorado 2–6 16–24–8 40 49 Colorado 3–5 16–25–8 40 50 Colorado 3–6 16–26–8 40 51 7–4 Colorado 16–27–8 40
February: 2–8–2 (home: 2–3–2; road: 0–5–0) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 5–2 Colorado 16–28–8 40 53 4–6 Colorado 17–28–8 42 54 6–6 Colorado 17–28–9 43 33rd All-Star Game in Inglewood, CA 55 3–3 Colorado 17–28–10 44 56 4–3 Colorado 17–29–10 44 57 6–3 Colorado 17–30–10 44 58 Colorado 2–6 17–31–10 44 59 Colorado 1–4 17–32–10 44 60 Colorado 4–9 17–33–10 44 61 Colorado 5–9 17–34–10 44 62 Colorado 0–6 17–35–10 44 63 1–3 Colorado 18–35–10 46
March: 4–9–1 (home: 3–5–0; road: 1–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 4–5 Colorado 19–35–10 48 65 3–1 Colorado 19–36–10 48 66 7–0 Colorado 19–37–10 48 67 Colorado 3–4 19–38–10 48 68 Colorado 4–3 20–38–10 50 69 Colorado 1–2 20–39–10 50 70 Colorado 0–3 20–40–10 50 71 Colorado 3–4 20–41–10 50 72 5–3 Colorado 20–42–10 50 73 3–1 Colorado 20–43–10 50 74 4–7 Colorado 21–43–10 52 75 Colorado 4–4 21–43–11 53 76 5–3 Colorado 21–44–11 53 77 1–2 Colorado 22–44–11 55
April: 0–1–2 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–1–2) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 Colorado 4–4 22–44–12 56 79 Colorado 5–3 22–45–12 56 80 Colorado 5–5 22–45–13 57
Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	80	35	46	81	56	-27	11	0	2
	C	69	25	37	62	61	-24	4	0	1
	D	79	20	42	62	193	-46	12	1	3
	D	65	11	35	46	84	-33	5	0	1
	C	74	26	16	42	78	-42	9	1	2
	LW	61	25	16	41	12	-24	9	0	2
	C	53	15	23	38	18	-7	2	2	2
	RW	74	15	19	34	143	-20	3	0	0
	D	71	10	24	34	86	-24	3	0	1
	RW	55	9	21	30	52	-28	3	0	3
	C	65	11	16	27	70	-11	3	0	0
	RW	28	8	11	19	30	-13	4	0	0
	LW	51	11	7	18	54	-21	1	0	2
	C	13	6	12	18	2	-1	2	0	1
	LW	47	7	7	14	46	-6	1	0	2
	D	11	3	11	14	10	4	1	0	0
	C	46	3	10	13	9	-15	0	1	0
	C	25	3	9	12	7	-12	0	0	0
	C	62	4	4	8	4	-2	0	0	0
	D	75	1	7	8	100	-38	0	0	0
	D	38	2	5	7	91	-22	1	0	0
	D	35	0	7	7	18	-20	0	0	0
	C	22	5	1	6	15	-19	2	0	0
	RW	15	1	3	4	6	4	0	0	0
	C	41	1	3	4	10	-5	0	0	0
	RW	15	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
	D	6	0	3	3	4	-3	0	0	0
	D	13	0	3	3	12	0	0	0	0
	C	13	1	1	2	29	-6	0	0	0
	D	15	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0
	D	15	0	2	2	8	-3	0	0	0
	G	37	0	2	2	51	0	0	0	0
	G	30	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
	LW	13	0	1	1	8	-2	0	0	0
	LW/C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0
	C	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	1909	37	9	18	4	151	4.75	0
	1642	30	6	15	6	103	3.76	0
	580	10	3	6	1	33	3.41	0
	220	5	2	2	0	22	6.00	0
	449	8	2	4	2	28	3.74	0
Team:	4800	80	22	45	13	337	4.21	0

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts;

Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	19	Paul Gagne		Windsor Spitfires (OHA)
2	22	Joe Ward		Seattle Breakers (WHL)
4	64	Rick LaFerriere		Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
5	85	Ed Cooper		Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
6	106	Aaron Broten		University of Minnesota (WCHA)
7	127	Dan Fascinato		Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
8	148	Andre Hidi		Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
9	169	Shawn MacKenzie		Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
10	190	Bob Jansch		Victoria Cougars (WHL)

See also

• 1980–81 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1980–81 Colorado Rockies Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1980-81 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.