1980–81 Colorado Rockies season

The 1980–81 Colorado Rockies season was the Rockies's fifth season, and seventh season of the franchise. The Rockies finished 5th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 11, 1980 	6–2 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 12, 1980 	3–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	2–0–0
3 	W	October 14, 1980 	4–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	3–0–0
4 	T	October 17, 1980 	5–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	3–0–1
5 	L	October 18, 1980 	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	3–1–1
6 	L	October 22, 1980 	0–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	3–2–1
7 	L	October 23, 1980 	1–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	3–3–1
8 	W	October 25, 1980 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	4–3–1
9 	L	October 28, 1980 	4–8 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	4–4–1
10 	T	October 30, 1980 	5–5 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	4–4–2
11 	W	November 1, 1980 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	5–4–2
12 	W	November 2, 1980 	5–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	6–4–2
13 	L	November 5, 1980 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	6–5–2
14 	T	November 6, 1980 	3–3 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	6–5–3
15 	T	November 8, 1980 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	6–5–4
16 	L	November 11, 1980	2–8 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	6–6–4
17 	W	November 14, 1980	5–1 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	7–6–4
18 	W	November 16, 1980	4–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	8–6–4
19 	L	November 20, 1980	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	8–7–4
20 	L	November 22, 1980	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	8–8–4
21 	W	November 25, 1980	4–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	9–8–4
22 	L	November 28, 1980	4–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	9–9–4
23 	L	November 30, 1980	1–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	9–10–4
24 	L	December 2, 1980 	1–5 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	9–11–4
25 	W	December 4, 1980 	4–3 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	10–11–4
26 	L	December 6, 1980 	6–8 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	10–12–4
27 	L	December 7, 1980 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	10–13–4
28 	T	December 9, 1980 	4–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	10–13–5
29 	L	December 12, 1980	3–4 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	10–14–5
30 	L	December 13, 1980	4–9 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	10–15–5
31 	W	December 17, 1980	6–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	11–15–5
32 	L	December 18, 1980	0–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	11–16–5
33 	T	December 20, 1980	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	11–16–6
34 	L	December 23, 1980	4–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	11–17–6
35 	W	December 26, 1980	5–2 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	12–17–6
36 	L	December 27, 1980	4–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	12–18–6
37 	L	December 30, 1980	3–9 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	12–19–6
38 	W	December 31, 1980	6–4 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	13–19–6
39 	W	January 3, 1981 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	14–19–6
40 	L	January 6, 1981 	3–7 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	14–20–6
41 	L	January 7, 1981 	2–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	14–21–6
42 	W	January 9, 1981 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	15–21–6
43 	L	January 12, 1981 	1–2 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	15–22–6
44 	T	January 13, 1981 	3–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	15–22–7
45 	W	January 15, 1981 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	16–22–7
46 	L	January 17, 1981 	2–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	16–23–7
47 	T	January 23, 1981 	2–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	16–23–8
48 	L	January 24, 1981 	2–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	16–24–8
49 	L	January 26, 1981 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	16–25–8
50 	L	January 28, 1981 	3–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	16–26–8
51 	L	January 30, 1981 	4–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	16–27–8
52 	L	February 3, 1981 	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	16–28–8
53 	W	February 6, 1981 	6–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	17–28–8
54 	T	February 8, 1981 	6–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	17–28–9
55 	T	February 12, 1981	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	17–28–10
56 	L	February 14, 1981	3–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	17–29–10
57 	L	February 17, 1981	3–6 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	17–30–10
58 	L	February 18, 1981	2–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	17–31–10
59 	L	February 21, 1981	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	17–32–10
60 	L	February 22, 1981	4–9 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	17–33–10
61 	L	February 25, 1981	5–9 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	17–34–10
62 	L	February 26, 1981	0–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	17–35–10
63 	W	February 28, 1981	3–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	18–35–10
64 	W	March 3, 1981 	5–4 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	19–35–10
65 	L	March 6, 1981 	1–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	19–36–10
66 	L	March 8, 1981 	0–7 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	19–37–10
67 	L	March 10, 1981 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	19–38–10
68 	W	March 11, 1981 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	20–38–10
69 	L	March 14, 1981 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	20–39–10
70 	L	March 15, 1981 	0–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	20–40–10
71 	L	March 18, 1981 	3–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	20–41–10
72 	L	March 20, 1981 	3–5 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	20–42–10
73 	L	March 21, 1981 	1–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	20–43–10
74 	W	March 24, 1981 	7–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	21–43–10
75 	T	March 25, 1981 	4–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	21–43–11
76 	L	March 27, 1981 	3–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	21–44–11
77 	W	March 29, 1981 	2–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	22–44–11
78 	T	April 1, 1981 	4–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	22–44–12
79 	L	April 2, 1981 	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	22–45–12
80 	T	April 4, 1981 	5–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81) 	22–45–13
==Playoffs==
*The Rockies did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===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
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	2 	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
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	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
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 
==Awards and Records==
*The Rockies did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1980–81 NHL season
==References==
* 
Colorado Rockies (NHL) season, 1980–81
Colorado Rockies (NHL) season, 1980–81
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