1980-81 NHL SEASON

The '1980-81 NHL season' was the 64th season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. This was the first season that the Calgary Flames played in Calgary, Alberta. Previously, they were the Atlanta Flames and played in Atlanta, Georgia. The New York Islanders won their second consecutive Stanley Cup, defeating the Minnesota North Stars in 5 games.

Contents

Regular season

Final standings

Prince of Wales Conference

Clarence Campbell Conference

Scoring leaders

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

NHL awards

All-Star teams

Debuts

Last games

See also

References

Regular season

Final standings

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''


''Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold''

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
'Buffalo Sabres'	80	39	20	21	99	327	250	1194
'Boston Bruins'	80	37	30	13	87	316	272	1836
'Minnesota North Stars'	80	35	28	17	87	291	263	1624
'Quebec Nordiques'	80	30	32	18	78	314	318	1524
'Toronto Maple Leafs'	80	28	37	15	71	322	367	1830

Norris Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
'Montreal Canadiens'	80	45	22	13	103	332	232	1398
'Los Angeles Kings'	80	43	24	13	99	337	290	1627
'Chicago Black Hawks'	80	31	33	16	78	304	315	1660
'Pittsburgh Penguins'	80	30	37	13	73	302	345	1807
Hartford Whalers	80	21	41	18	60	292	372	1584
Detroit Red Wings	80	19	43	18	56	252	339	1687

Clarence Campbell Conference

Patrick Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
'New York Islanders'	80	48	18	14	110	355	260	1442
'Philadelphia Flyers'	80	41	24	15	97	313	249	2621
'Calgary Flames'	80	39	27	14	92	329	298	1450
'New York Rangers'	80	30	36	14	74	312	317	1981
Washington Capitals	80	26	36	18	70	286	317	1872

Smythe Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
'St. Louis Blues'	80	45	18	17	107	352	281	1657
'Vancouver Canucks'	80	28	32	20	76	289	301	1892
'Edmonton Oilers'	80	29	35	16	74	328	327	1544
Colorado Rockies	80	22	45	13	57	258	344	1418
Winnipeg Jets	80	9	57	14	32	246	400	1191

Scoring leaders

''Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points''

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers	80	55	109	164	28
Marcel Dionne	Los Angeles Kings	80	58	77	135	70
Kent Nilsson	Calgary Flames	80	49	82	131	26
Mike Bossy	New York Islanders	79	68	51	119	32
Dave Taylor	Los Angeles Kings	72	47	65	112	130
Peter Stastny	Quebec Nordiques	77	39	70	109	37
Charlie Simmer	Los Angeles Kings	65	56	49	105	62
Mike Rogers	Hartford Whalers	80	40	65	105	32
Bernie Federko	St. Louis Blues	78	31	73	104	47
Jacques Richard	Quebec Nordiques	78	52	51	103	39

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

NHL awards

Prince of Wales Trophy:	Montreal Canadiens
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:	New York Islanders
Art Ross Memorial Trophy:	Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Blake Dunlop, St. Louis Blues
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Peter Stastny, Quebec Nordiques
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Butch Goring, New York Islanders
Frank J. Selke Trophy:	Bob Gainey, Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers
Jack Adams Award:	Gordon "Red" Berenson, St. Louis Blues
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Randy Carlyle, Pittsburgh Penguins
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Rick Kehoe, Pittsburgh Penguins
Lester B. Pearson Award:	Mike Liut, St. Louis Blues
NHL Plus/Minus Award:	Brian Engblom, Montreal Canadiens
Vezina Trophy:	Denis Herron, Michel Larocque, & Richard Sevigny, Montreal Canadiens
Lester Patrick Trophy:	Charles M. Schulz

All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Mike Liut, St. Louis Blues	G	Mario Lessard, Los Angeles Kings
Denis Potvin, New York Islanders	D	Larry Robinson, Montreal Canadiens
Randy Carlyle, Pittsburgh Penguins	D	Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins
Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers	C	Marcel Dionne, Los Angeles Kings
Mike Bossy, New York Islanders	RW	Dave Taylor, Los Angeles Kings
Charlie Simmer, Los Angeles Kings	LW	Bill Barber, Philadelphia Flyers

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1980-81 (listed with their first team, asterisk(
★ ) marks debut in playoffs):

★ Barry Pederson, Boston Bruins

★ Steve Kasper, Boston Bruins

★ Denis Savard, Chicago Blackhawks

★ Steve Larmer, Chicago Blackhawks

★ Andy Moog, Edmonton Oilers

★ Charlie Huddy, Edmonton Oilers

★ Glenn Anderson, Edmonton Oilers

★ Jari Kurri, Edmonton Oilers

★ Paul Coffey, Edmonton Oilers

★ Larry Murphy, Los Angeles Kings

★ Dino Ciccarelli, Minnesota North Stars

★ Don Beaupre, Minnesota North Stars

★ Neal Broten, Minnesota North Stars

★ Doug Wickenheiser, Montreal Canadiens

★ Guy Carbonneau, Montreal Canadiens

★ Rick Wamsley, Montreal Canadiens

★ Brent Sutter, New York Islanders

★ Rollie Melanson, New York Islanders

★ Tim Kerr, Philadelphia Flyers

★ Mike Bullard, Pittsburgh Penguins

★ Anton Stastny, Quebec Nordiques

★ Peter Stastny, Quebec Nordiques

★ Dale Hunter, Quebec Nordiques

★ Paul MacLean, St. Louis Blues

★ Dave Babych, Winnipeg Jets

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1980-81 (listed with their last team):

★ Jean Ratelle, Boston Bruins

★ Terry Harper, Colorado Rockies

★ Pete Mahovlich, Detroit Red Wings

★ Tom Bladon, Detroit Red Wings

★ Phil Esposito, New York Rangers

★ Walt Tkaczuk, New York Rangers

★ Ron Ellis, Toronto Maple Leafs

★ Dennis Ververgaert, Washington Capitals

★ Guy Charron, Washington Capitals

★ Wayne Stephenson, Washington Capitals

★ Jude Drouin, Winnipeg Jets

See also

★ List of Stanley Cup champions

★ 1980 NHL Entry Draft

★ 33rd National Hockey League All-Star Game

★ National Hockey League All-Star Game

★ 1980 in sports

★ 1981 in sports

References

★ Hockey Database

★ NHL.com