1981–82 Colorado Rockies season

The 1981–82 Colorado Rockies season was the final season for the Rockies in Colorado. The franchise would relocate to New Jersey for the 1982–83 season. NHL hockey would return to Colorado with the Quebec Nordiques relocating there to become the Avalanche in 1995. The Rockies finished last in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 6, 1981 	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	0–1–0
2 	L	October 7, 1981 	4–7 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	0–2–0
3 	T	October 10, 1981 	2–2 	New York Islanders (1981–82) 	0–2–1
4 	L	October 15, 1981 	2–10 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	0–3–1
5 	L	October 16, 1981 	1–6 	Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	0–4–1
6 	W	October 18, 1981 	4–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	1–4–1
7 	L	October 20, 1981 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	1–5–1
8 	T	October 21, 1981 	4–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	1–5–2
9 	L	October 24, 1981 	1–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	1–6–2
10 	L	October 28, 1981 	1–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	1–7–2
11 	W	October 31, 1981 	6–4 	Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	2–7–2
12 	L	November 3, 1981 	3–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	2–8–2
13 	T	November 6, 1981 	4–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	2–8–3
14 	W	November 7, 1981 	5–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	3–8–3
15 	L	November 11, 1981	0–9 	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	3–9–3
16 	L	November 14, 1981	2–4 	St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 	3–10–3
17 	L	November 15, 1981	0–10 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	3–11–3
18 	L	November 18, 1981	1–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	3–12–3
19 	L	November 20, 1981	3–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	3–13–3
20 	T	November 22, 1981	5–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	3–13–4
21 	L	November 24, 1981	2–9 	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	3–14–4
22 	L	November 25, 1981	2–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 	3–15–4
23 	L	November 27, 1981	3–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	3–16–4
24 	L	November 28, 1981	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 	3–17–4
25 	T	November 30, 1981	2–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	3–17–5
26 	W	December 2, 1981 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	4–17–5
27 	L	December 5, 1981 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1981–82) 	4–18–5
28 	L	December 9, 1981 	1–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	4–19–5
29 	W	December 12, 1981	4–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	5–19–5
30 	L	December 13, 1981	1–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	5–20–5
31 	L	December 16, 1981	4–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	5–21–5
32 	W	December 18, 1981	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	6–21–5
33 	L	December 19, 1981	2–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	6–22–5
34 	W	December 22, 1981	4–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	7–22–5
35 	L	December 23, 1981	4–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	7–23–5
36 	W	December 26, 1981	6–3 	Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	8–23–5
37 	T	December 28, 1981	4–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	8–23–6
38 	W	December 30, 1981	3–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	9–23–6
39 	L	January 2, 1982 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	9–24–6
40 	L	January 5, 1982 	4–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	9–25–6
41 	L	January 6, 1982 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	9–26–6
42 	W	January 8, 1982 	7–1 	St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 	10–26–6
43 	L	January 10, 1982 	4–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	10–27–6
44 	L	January 13, 1982 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 	10–28–6
45 	L	January 14, 1982 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	10–29–6
46 	L	January 17, 1982 	3–5 	Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	10–30–6
47 	T	January 19, 1982 	4–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	10–30–7
48 	L	January 20, 1982 	1–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 	10–31–7
49 	T	January 23, 1982 	3–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	10–31–8
50 	L	January 24, 1982 	4–7 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	10–32–8
51 	W	January 26, 1982 	7–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	11–32–8
52 	L	January 29, 1982 	2–5 	New York Rangers (1981–82) 	11–33–8
53 	L	January 31, 1982 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 	11–34–8
54 	L	February 2, 1982 	7–8 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	11–35–8
55 	T	February 5, 1982 	4–4 	Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	11–35–9
56 	L	February 6, 1982 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	11–36–9
57 	W	February 12, 1982	9–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 	12–36–9
58 	W	February 14, 1982	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1981–82) 	13–36–9
59 	T	February 16, 1982	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) 	13–36–10
60 	T	February 18, 1982	4–4 	@ New York Rangers (1981–82) 	13–36–11
61 	L	February 20, 1982	2–3 	@ New York Islanders (1981–82) 	13–37–11
62 	L	February 21, 1982	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 	13–38–11
63 	L	February 23, 1982	3–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 	13–39–11
64 	L	February 26, 1982	3–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	13–40–11
65 	W	February 28, 1982	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 	14–40–11
66 	W	March 3, 1982 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	15–40–11
67 	W	March 6, 1982 	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	16–40–11
68 	L	March 9, 1982 	0–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	16–41–11
69 	L	March 11, 1982 	1–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 	16–42–11
70 	L	March 13, 1982 	2–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	16–43–11
71 	W	March 14, 1982 	4–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 	17–43–11
72 	L	March 17, 1982 	2–5 	New York Islanders (1981–82) 	17–44–11
73 	L	March 20, 1982 	2–4 	Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	17–45–11
74 	L	March 21, 1982 	0–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 	17–46–11
75 	L	March 24, 1982 	4–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	17–47–11
76 	T	March 26, 1982 	6–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 	17–47–12
77 	L	March 27, 1982 	4–9 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 	17–48–12
78 	T	March 31, 1982 	4–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 	17–48–13
79 	L	April 1, 1982 	0–11 	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	17–49–13
80 	W	April 3, 1982 	3–1 	Calgary Flames (1981–82) 	18–49–13
==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
 	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
{{Sortname|Bob|Miller|Bob Miller (ice hockey)}	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
 	C 	3 	0 	3 	3 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	3 	3 	17 	-13	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
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	13 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	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
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==
*Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Glenn Resch
==Farm Teams==
==References==
* 
* Rockies on Hockey Database
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