1981-1982 New York Rangers team stats

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1981-1982 New York Rangers: 39-27-14
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 19-15-6 (162 goals scored, 154 allowed) Road record: 20-12-8 (154 goals scored, 152 allowed) Head Coach: Herb Brooks Power Play: 68/306 (22.2%) Penalty Killing: 244/319 (76.5%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 7-12 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 241-219 316 goals scored (12th of 21 teams), 306 goals allowed (8th), 1402 PIM (14th) NHL Averages: 4.01 goals/game (321.0 goals/team), 1592.7 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
C     27  Mike Rogers          5'9   170   27   80   38   65  103   43   6   1  138   48  113   25  213  17.8   +2
C/RW  10  Ron Duguay           6'2   200   24   72   40   36   76   82  10   1  114   35   89   28  202  19.8  +18
C     40  Mark Pavelich        5'8   170   23   79   33   43   76   67  12   3  113   34   83   25  180  18.3  +21
RW    17  Ed Johnstone         5'9   175   27   68   30   28   58   57   4   0   92   17   89    9  141  21.3   -5
LW    12  Don Maloney          6'1   190   23   54   22   36   58   73   6   1   88   20   71   12   99  22.2   +9
D     29  Reijo Ruotsalainen   5'8   170   21   78   18   38   56   27   7   0  128   43   72    5  247   7.3  +18
D     26  Dave Maloney         6'1   195   25   64   13   36   49  105   6   1  101   22  106   29  107  12.1   +2
D      3  Barry Beck           6'3   216   24   60    9   29   38  111   5   0  125   40   99   33  160   5.6  +19
RW    16  Dave Silk            5'11  190   23   64   15   20   35   39   1   0   57   12   29    1  111  13.5  +17
C/LW  38  Robbie Ftorek        5'10  155   29   30    8   24   32   24   2   0   46    7   37    6   49  16.3   +8
C     28  Mikko Leinonen       6'0   175   26   53   11   20   31   18   2   0   45   10   33    0   67  16.4   +2
LW    24  Pat Hickey           6'1   190   28   53   15   14   29   32   3   0   47   10   52    0   77  19.5  -15
LW    14  Mike Allison         6'0   200   20   48    7   15   22   74   0   0   32    2   34    1   62  11.3   -3
D      2  Tom Laidlaw          6'2   215   23   79    3   18   21  104   0   0   88    5  113   37   62   4.8   +7
LW     8  Steve Vickers        6'0   180   30   34    9   11   20   13   2   0   35   10   21    0   48  18.8   +4
D     33  Andre Dore           6'2   200   23   56    4   16   20   64   0   0   56    1   57   12   40  10.0  +10
LW    22  Nick Fotiu           6'2   210   29   70    8   10   18  151   0   0   22    0   30    1   76  10.5   -7
D      4  Ron Greschner        6'2   205   27   29    5   11   16   16   0   0   42    9   55   11   49  10.2  -11
C      9  Rob McClanahan       5'10  180   23   22    5    9   14   10   0   0   23    1   20    5   36  13.9   +7
RW    19  Dean Talafous        6'4   180   28   29    6    7   13    8   1   0   21    3   25    4   33  18.2   -3
LW     6  Jere Gillis          6'0   194   24   26    3    9   12   16   0   0   18    0   20    0   41   7.3   -2
D      5  Carol Vadnais        6'1   185   36   50    5    6   11   45   1   0   47    2   70   23   43  11.6   -2
D     23  Ed Hospodar          6'2   210   22   41    3    8   11  152   0   0   32    0   44    4   29  10.3   -8
RW    25  Peter Wallin         5'9   170   24   40    2    9   11   12   0   0   21    3   17    0   50   4.0   +1
RW    39  Tom Younghans        5'11  175   28   47    3    5    8   17   0   0   14    0   32   18   37   8.1    0
D      6  Tim Bothwell         6'3   190   26   13    0    3    3   10   0   0    9    1   13    0    6   0.0   -5
G     31  Steve Weeks          5'11  170   23   49    0    3    3    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C     21  Mark Morrison        5'8   150   18    9    1    1    2    0   0   0    2    0    7    0    6  16.7   -5
RW    21  Mike Backman         5'10  175   26    3    0    2    2    4   0   0    8    0    1    0    1   0.0   +7
RW    15  Anders Hedberg       5'11  175   30    4    0    1    1    0   0   0    2    0    6    2    8   0.0   -2
G     30  John Davidson        6'3   205   28    1    0    0    0    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     34  John Vanbiesbrouck   5'8   176   18    1    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C     21  Lance Nethery        6'1   185   24    5    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    1    0    4   0.0   -1
G     35  Steve Baker          6'3   200   24    6    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     41  Eddie Mio            5'10  180   27   25    0    0    0    4  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
RW    20  Cam Connor           6'2   200   27    0    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
LW        Claude Larose        5'10  175   26    0    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
LW/C  24  Gary Burns           6'1   190   26    0    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

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


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   30  John Davidson        28    1    60    1  1.00   1   0   0   29   .966   0   0
G   34  John Vanbiesbrouck   18    1    60    1  1.00   1   0   0   30   .967   0   0
G   41  Eddie Mio            27   25  1500   89  3.56  13   6   5  776   .885   0   0
G   31  Steve Weeks          23   49  2852  179  3.77  23  16   9 1370   .869   3   1
G   35  Steve Baker          24    6   328   33  6.04   1   5   0  161   .795   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

1981 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    9  D    James Patrick           1280          Prince Albert Saints (SJHL)        
  2   30  LW   Jan Erixon               556          Skelleftea (Sweden)                
  3   50  LW   Peter Sundstrom          338          Bjorkloven (Sweden)                  [pick acquired from EDM]
  3   51  C    Mark Morrison             10          Victoria Cougars (WHL)             
  4   72  G    John Vanbiesbrouck       882          Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)  
  6  114  C    Eric Magnuson                         R.P.I. (NCAA)                      
  7  135  D    Mike Guentzel                         Greenway H.S. (Minn.)              
  8  156  RW   Ari Lahtenmaki                        HIFK Helsinki (Finland)            
  9  177  C    Paul Reifenberger                     Anoka H.S. (Minn.)                 
 10  198  G    Mario Proulx                          Providence College (NCAA)          

Traded draft picks:

#5 to HAR (Bill Maguire)


Transactions

07-1981	Phil Esposito, Walt Tkaczuk and Wayne Thomas retired
07-17-1981	signed Mark Pavelich as a free agent
09-08-1981	signed Mikko Leinonen as a free agent
09-08-1981	traded Doug Soetaert to Jets for Winnipeg's #3 pick in the 1983 draft
10-02-1981	traded Doug Sulliman, Chris Kotsopoulos and Gerry MacDonald to Whalers for Mike Rogers and Hartford's #10 pick in the 1982 draft
10-06-1981	Whalers claimed Mike McDougal in waiver draft
10-16-1981	traded Rangers' #5 pick in the 1982 draft to Maple Leafs for Pat Hickey
10-30-1981	purchased Tom Younghans from North Stars
12-1981	signed Craig Norwich as a free agent
12-11-1981	traded Lance Nethery to Oilers for Ed Mio
12-30-1981	traded Jere Gillis and Dean Talafous (Talafous refused to report; Pat Hickey was assigned on 3/8/1982) to Nordiques for Robbie Ftorek and Quebec's #8 pick in the 1982 draft
02-02-1982	traded Rangers' #10 pick in the 1983 draft to Whalers for Rob McClanahan
06-17-1982	signed George McPhee as a free agent
06-22-1982	signed Steve Richmond as a free agent
07-1982	Claude Larose, Steve Vickers and Tom Younghans retired
07-07-1982	signed Grant Ledyard as a free agent
08-23-1982	traded Dan McCarthy to North Stars for Shawn Dineen
09-30-1982	signed Vaclav Nedomansky as a free agent
10-01-1982	traded Ed Hospodar to Whalers for Kent-Erik Andersson
10-04-1982	claimed Bill Baker from Blues in waiver draft
10-04-1982	Devils claimed Carol Vadnais in waiver draft
10-04-1982	claimed Graeme Nicolson from Devils in waiver draft
10-04-1982	Blues claimed Tim Bothwell in waiver draft
10-06-1982	Blues claimed Vaclav Nedomansky on waivers

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/07/1982   vs Philadelphia Flyers       L   1-4 
04/08/1982   vs Philadelphia Flyers       W   7-3 
04/10/1982   at Philadelphia Flyers       W   4-3 
04/11/1982   at Philadelphia Flyers       W   7-5 
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Round 2
04/15/1982   at New York Islanders        W   5-4 
04/16/1982   at New York Islanders        L   2-7 
04/18/1982   vs New York Islanders        L   3-4 (OT)
04/19/1982   vs New York Islanders        L   3-5 
04/21/1982   at New York Islanders        W   4-2 
04/23/1982   vs New York Islanders        L   3-5

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C/LW 38 Robbie Ftorek 5'10 155 29 10 7 4 11 11 4 0 LW 12 Don Maloney 6'1 190 23 10 5 5 10 10 2 0 D 29 Reijo Ruotsalainen 5'8 170 21 10 4 5 9 2 2 0 RW 17 Ed Johnstone 5'9 175 27 10 2 6 8 25 1 0 C 28 Mikko Leinonen 6'0 175 26 7 1 6 7 20 0 0 C 27 Mike Rogers 5'9 170 27 9 1 6 7 2 0 0 C 9 Rob McClanahan 5'10 180 23 10 2 5 7 2 0 0 C 40 Mark Pavelich 5'8 170 23 6 1 5 6 0 0 0 RW 16 Dave Silk 5'11 190 23 9 2 4 6 4 0 0 D 3 Barry Beck 6'3 216 24 10 1 5 6 14 1 0 C/RW 10 Ron Duguay 6'2 200 24 10 5 1 6 31 1 0 D 26 Dave Maloney 6'1 195 25 10 1 4 5 6 1 0 LW 14 Mike Allison 6'0 200 20 10 1 3 4 18 0 0 RW 20 Cam Connor 6'2 200 27 10 4 0 4 16 1 0 D 2 Tom Laidlaw 6'2 215 23 10 0 3 3 14 0 0 D 33 Andre Dore 6'2 200 23 10 1 1 2 16 0 0 LW 22 Nick Fotiu 6'2 210 29 10 0 2 2 6 0 0 D 5 Carol Vadnais 6'1 185 36 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 RW 21 Mike Backman 5'10 175 26 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 G 30 John Davidson 6'3 205 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW Claude Larose 5'10 175 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 39 Tom Younghans 5'11 175 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW/C 24 Gary Burns 6'1 190 26 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 G 31 Steve Weeks 5'11 170 23 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 G 41 Eddie Mio 5'10 180 27 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 35 Steve Baker 6'3 200 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 6 Tim Bothwell 6'3 190 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 6 Jere Gillis 6'0 194 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 4 Ron Greschner 6'2 205 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 15 Anders Hedberg 5'11 175 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 24 Pat Hickey 6'1 190 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 23 Ed Hospodar 6'2 210 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 21 Mark Morrison 5'8 150 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 21 Lance Nethery 6'1 185 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 19 Dean Talafous 6'4 180 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 34 John Vanbiesbrouck 5'8 176 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 8 Steve Vickers 6'0 180 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 25 Peter Wallin 5'9 170 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 41 Eddie Mio 27 8 443 28 3.79 4 3 223 .874 1 0 G 31 Steve Weeks 23 3 127 9 4.25 1 2 65 .862 1 0 G 30 John Davidson 28 1 33 3 5.45 0 0 13 .769 0 0

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/06/1981 vs Detroit Red Wings L 2-5 0-1-0 10/09/1981 at Winnipeg Jets L 3-8 0-2-0 10/10/1981 at Minnesota North Stars L 0-7 0-3-0 10/14/1981 vs Vancouver Canucks W 2-1 1-3-0 10/17/1981 at New York Islanders L 4-5 1-4-0 10/18/1981 vs St. Louis Blues W 5-3 2-4-0 10/21/1981 vs Los Angeles Kings L 2-5 2-5-0 10/24/1981 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 5-3 3-5-0 10/25/1981 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-4 3-6-0 10/28/1981 vs Edmonton Oilers L 3-5 3-7-0 10/31/1981 at Boston Bruins L 3-7 3-8-0 11/01/1981 vs Calgary Flames W 4-2 4-8-0 11/04/1981 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-6 4-9-0 11/05/1981 at Philadelphia Flyers W 6-2 5-9-0 11/07/1981 at Washington Capitals W 3-1 6-9-0 11/11/1981 vs Buffalo Sabres W 7-3 7-9-0 11/13/1981 at Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 7-9-1 11/15/1981 vs Edmonton Oilers L 3-5 7-10-1 11/18/1981 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 5-2 8-10-1 11/21/1981 at New York Islanders L 3-4 8-11-1 11/22/1981 vs New York Islanders L 2-7 8-12-1 11/25/1981 vs Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 8-12-2 11/28/1981 at Quebec Nordiques L 4-7 8-13-2 11/29/1981 vs Quebec Nordiques T 4-4 8-13-3 12/02/1981 at Los Angeles Kings W 4-3 9-13-3 12/05/1981 at Colorado Rockies W 2-1 10-13-3 12/06/1981 vs Hartford Whalers L 3-5 10-14-3 12/09/1981 vs Boston Bruins L 3-4 10-15-3 12/12/1981 at Philadelphia Flyers W 5-3 11-15-3 12/14/1981 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 5-4 12-15-3 12/16/1981 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 3-7 12-16-3 12/19/1981 at Pittsburgh Penguins T 3-3 12-16-4 12/20/1981 vs Washington Capitals L 2-3 12-17-4 12/23/1981 vs Winnipeg Jets W 5-2 13-17-4 12/26/1981 at Washington Capitals T 4-4 13-17-5 12/27/1981 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 5-3 14-17-5 12/30/1981 vs New York Islanders W 6-4 15-17-5 01/02/1982 at Montreal Canadiens W 6-5 16-17-5 01/03/1982 vs Washington Capitals L 3-4 16-18-5 01/07/1982 vs Vancouver Canucks W 4-1 17-18-5

Date Opponent Result Record 01/09/1982 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 7-5 18-18-5 01/11/1982 vs Minnesota North Stars W 5-3 19-18-5 01/13/1982 at Minnesota North Stars W 2-0 20-18-5 01/15/1982 at Winnipeg Jets T 4-4 20-18-6 01/18/1982 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-6 20-19-6 01/20/1982 vs New York Islanders W 3-2 21-19-6 01/23/1982 at New York Islanders L 1-6 21-20-6 01/24/1982 vs Washington Capitals T 4-4 21-20-7 01/27/1982 at Washington Capitals W 5-4 22-20-7 01/29/1982 at Colorado Rockies W 5-2 23-20-7 01/31/1982 at Los Angeles Kings W 6-3 24-20-7 02/02/1982 at Vancouver Canucks W 4-3 25-20-7 02/04/1982 at Calgary Flames T 4-4 25-20-8 02/07/1982 at Edmonton Oilers L 4-8 25-21-8 02/10/1982 at St. Louis Blues T 3-3 25-21-9 02/13/1982 at Hartford Whalers W 3-2 26-21-9 02/14/1982 vs Quebec Nordiques W 5-2 27-21-9 02/17/1982 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 5-3 28-21-9 02/18/1982 vs Colorado Rockies T 4-4 28-21-10 02/21/1982 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-4 28-22-10 02/24/1982 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 6-4 29-22-10 02/27/1982 at Boston Bruins W 6-4 30-22-10 02/28/1982 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 2-4 30-23-10 03/03/1982 vs Calgary Flames W 4-2 31-23-10 03/04/1982 at Philadelphia Flyers T 4-4 31-23-11 03/06/1982 at New York Islanders L 4-6 31-24-11 03/08/1982 vs Detroit Red Wings W 6-3 32-24-11 03/10/1982 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 5-5 32-24-12 03/11/1982 at Detroit Red Wings W 4-1 33-24-12 03/14/1982 vs Washington Capitals T 5-5 33-24-13 03/17/1982 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 5-2 34-24-13 03/20/1982 at Washington Capitals W 4-3 35-24-13 03/21/1982 vs St. Louis Blues W 8-5 36-24-13 03/24/1982 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 7-2 37-24-13 03/26/1982 at Buffalo Sabres W 8-5 38-24-13 03/28/1982 at Philadelphia Flyers L 1-3 38-25-13 03/29/1982 vs New York Islanders L 3-7 38-26-13 03/31/1982 at Chicago Black Hawks W 4-1 39-26-13 04/02/1982 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 5-7 39-27-13 04/03/1982 at Hartford Whalers T 3-3 39-27-14

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