1981–82 Colorado Rockies season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1981–82
Year:	1981
Team:	Colorado Rockies (NHL)Colorado Rockies
Conference:	Campbell
Division:	Smythe
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	18-49-13
Generalmanager:	Bill MacMillan
Coach:	Bill MacMillan
Captain:	Lanny McDonald (Oct.–Nov.) Rob Ramage (Nov.–Apr.)
Altcaptain:	None
Arena:	McNichols Sports Arena
Attendance:	8,180
Minorleague:	Fort Worth Texans (CHL)
Goalsleader:	Steve Tambellini (29)
Assistsleader:	Brent Ashton (36)
Pointsleader:	Brent Ashton (60)
Pimleader:	Rob Ramage (201)
Winsleader:	Glenn Resch (16)
Gaaleader:	Glenn Resch (4.03)
Prev Season:	1980–81
Next Season:	1982–83 (New Jersey)

The 1981–82 Colorado Rockies season was the sixth and final season for the Rockies in Colorado. The franchise would relocate to New Jersey for the 1982–83 season and be renamed the New Jersey Devils. In 1995 the Devils would win the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history. The same year, NHL hockey would return to Colorado with the Quebec Nordiques relocating there to become the Avalanche, for the 1995–96 season. They went on to become Stanley Cup champions in their first season in Denver.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round		Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	5	Joe Cirella		Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
2	26	Rich Chernomaz		Victoria Cougars (WHL)
3	48	Uli Hiemer		EV Fussen (West Germany)
4	66	Gus Greco		Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
5	87	Doug Speck		Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
6	108	Bruce Driver		University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
7	129	Jeff Larmer		Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
8	150	Tony Arima		Jokerit (Finland)
9	171	Tim Army		East Providence High School (USHS-RI)
10	192	John Johannson		University of Wisconsin (WCHA)

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

1981–82 game log
October: 2–7–2 (home: 1–3–1; road: 1–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 Colorado 2–4 0–1–0 0 2 Colorado 4–7 0–2–0 0 3 2–2 Colorado 0–2–1 1 4 Colorado 2–10 0–3–1 1 5 6–1 Colorado 0–4–1 1 6 Colorado 4–3 1–4–1 3 7 Colorado 3–5 1–5–1 3 8 Colorado 4–4 1–5–2 4 9 3–1 Colorado 1–6–2 4 10 3–1 Colorado 1–7–2 4 11 4–6 Colorado 2–7–2 6
November: 1–10–3 (home: 0–5–1; road: 1–5–2) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 3–5 Colorado 2–8–2 6 13 4–4 Colorado 2–8–3 7 14 Colorado 5–4 3–8–3 9 15 9–0 Colorado 3–9–3 9 16 4–2 Colorado 3–10–3 9 17 Colorado 0–10 3–11–3 9 18 Colorado 1–7 3–12–3 9 19 4–3 Colorado 3–13–3 9 20 Colorado 5–5 3–13–4 10 21 Colorado 2–9 3–14–4 10 22 Colorado 2–7 3–15–4 10 23 6–3 Colorado 3–16–4 10 24 Colorado 2–4 3–17–4 10 25 Colorado 2–2 3–17–5 11
December: 6–6–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 1–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 2–3 Colorado 4–17–5 13 27 2–1 Colorado 4–18–5 13 28 Colorado 1–7 4–19–5 13 29 Colorado 4–2 5–19–5 15 30 Colorado 1–5 5–20–5 15 31 7–4 Colorado 5–21–5 15 32 1–3 Colorado 6–21–5 17 33 Colorado 2–5 6–22–5 17 34 2–4 Colorado 7–22–5 19 35 Colorado 4–8 7–23–5 19 36 3–6 Colorado 8–23–5 21 37 Colorado 4–4 8–23–6 22 38 2–3 Colorado 9–23–6 24
January: 2–11–2 (home: 2–4–1; road: 0–7–1) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 3–1 Colorado 9–24–6 24 40 Colorado 4–5 9–25–6 24 41 Colorado 3–5 9–26–6 24 42 1–7 Colorado 10–26–6 26 43 Colorado 4–5 10–27–6 26 44 Colorado 1–2 10–28–6 26 45 Colorado 1–3 10–29–6 26 46 5–3 Colorado 10–30–6 26 47 Colorado 4–4 10–30–7 27 48 3–1 Colorado 10–31–7 27 49 3–3 Colorado 10–31–8 28 50 Colorado 4–7 10–32–8 28 51 4–7 Colorado 11–32–8 30 52 5–2 Colorado 11–33–8 30 53 Colorado 2–4 11–34–8 30
February: 3–5–3 (home: 3–3–1; road: 0–2–2) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 Colorado 7–8 11–35–8 30 55 4–4 Colorado 11–35–9 31 56 5–3 Colorado 11–36–9 31 34th All-Star Game in Landover, MD 57 2–9 Colorado 12–36–9 33 58 3–5 Colorado 13–36–9 35 59 Colorado 3–3 13–36–10 36 60 Colorado 4–4 13–36–11 37 61 Colorado 2–3 13–37–12 38 62 Colorado 2–6 13–38–11 37 63 6–3 Colorado 13–39–11 37 64 4–3 Colorado 13–40–11 37 65 3–5 Colorado 14–40–11 39
March: 3–8–2 (home: 2–4–1; road: 1–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 2–3 Colorado 15–40–11 41 67 2–5 Colorado 16–40–11 43 68 2–0 Colorado 16–41–11 43 69 Colorado 1–5 16–42–11 43 70 Colorado 2–6 16–43–11 43 71 Colorado 4–3 17–43–11 45 72 5–2 Colorado 17–44–11 45 73 4–2 Colorado 17–45–11 45 74 6–0 Colorado 17–46–11 45 75 Colorado 4–5 17–47–11 45 76 6–6 Colorado 17–47–12 46 77 Colorado 4–9 17–48–12 46 78 Colorado 4–4 17–48–13 47
April: 1–1–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–1–0) Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 Colorado 0–11 17–49–13 47 80 1–3 Colorado 18–49–13 49
Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	80	24	36	60	26	-31	3	0	4
	C	79	29	30	59	14	-33	9	0	0
	LW	59	22	28	50	20	-10	3	0	1
	RW	57	18	32	50	27	-9	3	0	1
	D	80	13	29	42	201	-47	6	0	0
	C	69	13	28	41	32	-22	0	1	0
	LW/C	58	15	24	39	6	-11	5	1	5
	RW	70	12	19	31	41	-53	1	1	0
	C	56	11	20	31	27	-24	1	0	2
	C	66	11	12	23	103	-14	0	1	0
	LW	59	10	12	22	17	-27	2	0	0
	D	34	9	13	22	14	-13	3	0	0
	D	79	5	15	20	68	-19	1	0	0
	D	65	7	12	19	52	-36	2	0	1
	RW	16	6	9	15	20	-3	0	0	1
	D	64	5	10	15	55	-29	0	0	0
	C	44	9	5	14	4	-17	4	0	1
	C	34	5	5	10	44	-16	0	0	1
	D	41	2	7	9	51	-16	0	0	0
	D	63	1	8	9	60	-18	0	0	0
	LW	57	5	3	8	152	-13	1	0	0
	D	21	2	6	8	4	-4	0	0	0
	RW	31	2	6	8	0	-22	0	0	0
	C	10	2	3	5	10	-7	0	0	1
	RW	14	1	2	3	18	-6	1	0	0
	D	14	0	3	3	17	-13	0	0	0
	C	3	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0
	LW	8	1	1	2	8	-3	0	0	0
	G	24	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	G	61	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
	LW	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	13	-7	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	5	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3424	61	16	31	11	230	4.03	0
	1256	24	2	17	2	112	5.35	0
	100	2	0	1	0	13	7.80	0
	20	1	0	0	0	1	3.00	0
Team:	4800	80	18	49	13	356	4.45	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;

External links

• Web site: 1981–82 Colorado Rockies Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .
• Rockies on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1981-82 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.