1979-1980 New York Rangers: 38-32-10
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Home record: 22-10-8 (168 goals scored, 129 allowed)
Road record: 16-22-2 (140 goals scored, 155 allowed)
Head Coach: Fred Shero
Power Play: 79/304 (26.0%)
Penalty Killing: 250/304 (82.2%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 8-7
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 221-223
308 goals scored (6th of 21 teams), 284 goals allowed (11th), 1342 PIM (5th)
NHL Averages: 3.51 goals/game (281.0 goals/team), 1211.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 77 Phil Esposito 6'1 205 37 80 34 44 78 73 13 0 118 42 89 0 245 13.9 -13
LW 12 Don Maloney 6'1 190 21 79 25 48 73 97 6 1 97 33 84 5 123 20.3 -15
RW 15 Anders Hedberg 5'11 175 28 80 32 39 71 21 7 0 106 35 64 6 241 13.3 +13
LW 8 Steve Vickers 6'0 180 28 75 29 33 62 38 12 0 95 32 44 1 98 29.6 +20
D 3 Barry Beck 6'3 216 22 61 14 45 59 98 5 0 124 46 80 18 150 9.3 +16
D 4 Ron Greschner 6'2 205 25 76 21 37 58 103 6 1 131 52 106 16 187 11.2 -11
C 11 Ulf Nilsson 5'11 175 29 50 14 44 58 20 5 0 69 22 36 4 72 19.4 +15
C/RW 10 Ron Duguay 6'2 200 22 73 28 22 50 37 3 3 65 8 81 18 154 18.2 -6
RW 14 Don Murdoch 5'11 180 23 56 23 19 42 16 5 1 68 23 56 0 143 16.1 -11
C 18 Walt Tkaczuk 6'0 185 32 76 12 25 37 36 4 2 67 13 55 20 128 9.4 +19
D 26 Dave Maloney 6'1 195 23 77 12 25 37 186 3 0 97 15 91 19 102 11.8 +10
RW 17 Ed Johnstone 5'9 175 25 78 14 21 35 60 0 0 59 4 69 17 121 11.6 +3
D 25 Mario Marois 5'11 190 22 79 8 23 31 142 1 0 96 13 102 19 158 5.1 0
RW 19 Dean Talafous 6'4 180 26 55 10 20 30 26 4 0 49 15 44 11 69 14.5 +1
D 5 Carol Vadnais 6'1 185 34 66 3 20 23 118 1 0 86 15 97 25 82 3.7 -1
RW 24 Warren Miller 6'0 180 25 55 7 6 13 17 0 0 32 1 53 16 51 13.7 -6
LW 20 Claude Larose 5'10 175 24 25 4 7 11 2 0 0 19 5 19 0 50 8.0 -5
RW 9 Doug Sulliman 6'2 210 20 31 4 7 11 2 1 0 23 5 18 0 26 15.4 0
D 6 Tim Bothwell 6'3 190 24 45 4 6 10 20 0 0 36 1 45 7 37 10.8 -3
D 27 Mike McEwen 6'1 185 23 9 1 7 8 8 1 0 19 4 14 2 16 6.2 +3
D 2 Jocelyn Guevremont 6'2 200 28 20 2 5 7 6 2 0 17 6 26 3 41 4.9 -12
LW 28 Pat Conacher 5'8 190 20 17 0 5 5 4 0 0 6 0 16 0 15 0.0 -10
C 23 Lucien DeBlois 5'11 200 22 6 3 1 4 7 0 0 5 0 7 1 16 18.8 -1
LW 16 Pat Hickey 6'1 190 26 7 2 2 4 10 0 0 10 3 9 1 5 40.0 -1
RW 20 Cam Connor 6'2 200 25 12 0 3 3 37 0 0 8 0 5 0 10 0.0 +3
C 29 Ray Markham 6'3 220 21 14 1 1 2 21 0 0 3 0 6 0 6 16.7 -3
LW 21 Frank Beaton 5'10 200 26 23 1 1 2 43 0 0 9 0 14 0 19 5.3 -5
G 30 John Davidson 6'3 205 26 41 0 2 2 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 23 Ed Hospodar 6'2 210 20 20 0 1 1 76 0 0 5 0 7 0 9 0.0 -2
D 27 Andre Dore 6'2 200 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 --- -1
RW 16 Dave Silk 5'11 190 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.0 +1
RW 34 Jim Mayer 6'0 190 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0.0 +1
LW 28 Bill Lochead 6'1 195 25 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0.0 -5
G 31 Doug Soetaert 6'0 180 24 8 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Wayne Thomas 6'2 195 32 12 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 35 Steve Baker 6'3 200 22 27 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 30 John Davidson 26 41 2306 122 3.17 20 15 4 1062 .885 3 2
G 35 Steve Baker 22 27 1391 79 3.41 9 8 6 669 .882 1 1
G 1 Wayne Thomas 32 12 668 44 3.95 4 7 0 347 .873 2 0
G 31 Doug Soetaert 24 8 435 33 4.55 5 2 0 213 .845 0 0
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1979 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 13 LW Doug Sulliman 631 Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2 34 D Ed Hospodar 450 Ottawa 67's (OHA)
4 76 C Pat Conacher 521 Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
5 97 RW Dan Makuch Clarkson University (NCAA)
6 118 C Stan Adams Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
Traded draft picks:
#3 to BUF (Jacques Cloutier)
Transactions
06-09-1979 | reclaimed the rights to Warren Miller prior to expansion draft |
06-09-1979 | reclaimed the rights to Jim Mayer prior to expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Jets selected Lindsay Middlebrook in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Nordiques selected Pierre Plante in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Nordiques selected Dave Farrish in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Whalers selected Nick Fotiu in expansion draft |
07-02-1979 | traded Hardy Astrom to Rockies for Bill Lochead |
07-25-1979 | traded Wayne Dillon to Jets for future considerations |
08-1979 | released Mike Korney and Greg Hickey |
10-11-1979 | signed Mike Backman as a free agent |
10-12-1979 | traded Bud Stefanski to Jets for future considerations |
11-02-1979 | traded Lucien Deblois, Pat Hickey, Mike McEwen, Bobby Crawford (acq. 1/15/80) and Dean Turner to Rockies for Barry Beck |
11-16-1979 | signed Bobby Crawford as a free agent |
03-11-1980 | traded Don Murdoch to Oilers for Cam Connor and Edmonton's #3 pick in the 1981 draft |
07-1980 | Jocelyn Guevremont retired |
07-10-1980 | signed Chris Kotsopoulos as a free agent |
08-06-1980 | purchased Gord Smith from Jets |
08-07-1980 | sold Warren Miller to Whalers |
09-16-1980 | signed Gary Burns as a free agent |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/08/1980 vs Atlanta Flames W 2-1 (OT)
04/09/1980 vs Atlanta Flames W 5-1
04/11/1980 at Atlanta Flames L 2-4
04/12/1980 at Atlanta Flames W 5-2
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Round 2
04/16/1980 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1-2
04/17/1980 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1-4
04/19/1980 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 0-3
04/20/1980 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 4-2
04/22/1980 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1-3
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C/RW 10 Ron Duguay 6'2 200 22 9 5 2 7 11 2 0
C 77 Phil Esposito 6'1 205 37 9 3 3 6 8 1 0
D 4 Ron Greschner 6'2 205 25 9 0 6 6 10 0 0
C 11 Ulf Nilsson 5'11 175 29 9 0 6 6 2 0 0
D 3 Barry Beck 6'3 216 22 9 1 4 5 6 1 0
RW 15 Anders Hedberg 5'11 175 28 9 3 2 5 7 0 0
LW 12 Don Maloney 6'1 190 21 9 0 4 4 10 0 0
LW 8 Steve Vickers 6'0 180 28 9 2 2 4 4 0 0
RW 19 Dean Talafous 6'4 180 26 5 1 2 3 9 1 0
D 26 Dave Maloney 6'1 195 23 8 2 1 3 8 0 1
D 5 Carol Vadnais 6'1 185 34 9 1 2 3 6 0 0
D 25 Mario Marois 5'11 190 22 9 0 2 2 8 0 0
LW 28 Pat Conacher 5'8 190 20 3 0 1 1 2 0 0
RW 24 Warren Miller 6'0 180 25 6 1 0 1 0 0 0
D 23 Ed Hospodar 6'2 210 20 7 1 0 1 42 0 0
C 29 Ray Markham 6'3 220 21 7 1 0 1 24 0 0
C 18 Walt Tkaczuk 6'0 185 32 7 0 1 1 2 0 0
RW 17 Ed Johnstone 5'9 175 25 9 0 1 1 25 0 0
RW 20 Cam Connor 6'2 200 25 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
D 6 Tim Bothwell 6'3 190 24 9 0 0 0 8 0 0
G 30 John Davidson 6'3 205 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 35 Steve Baker 6'3 200 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 21 Frank Beaton 5'10 200 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 23 Lucien DeBlois 5'11 200 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 27 Andre Dore 6'2 200 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 2 Jocelyn Guevremont 6'2 200 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 16 Pat Hickey 6'1 190 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 20 Claude Larose 5'10 175 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 28 Bill Lochead 6'1 195 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 34 Jim Mayer 6'0 190 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 27 Mike McEwen 6'1 185 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 14 Don Murdoch 5'11 180 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 16 Dave Silk 5'11 190 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 31 Doug Soetaert 6'0 180 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 9 Doug Sulliman 6'2 210 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 1 Wayne Thomas 6'2 195 32 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 30 John Davidson 26 9 541 21 2.33 4 5 288 .927 1 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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