1980-81 Vancouver Canucks Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-32-20 - 76 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 0-3
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Buffalo Sabres 3-0
Coach: Harry Neale (28-32-20)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1980-81 Vancouver Canucks RosterTeam Record: 28-32-20 - 76 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 0-3
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Buffalo Sabres 3-0
Coach: Harry Neale (28-32-20)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1980-81 Vancouver Canucks Results
The Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 28 wins and 32 losses and 20 ties for 76 points, finishing third in the NHL's Smythe Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.
The Canucks potted 289 goals and allowed 301. Tiger Williams scored 35 goals for Vancouver, and Thomas Gradin contributed 48 assists. Richard Brodeur topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 3.51 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Harry Neale coached the team. The 1980-81 Vancouver Canucks lost in the NHL preliminary round.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Gradin | C | 79 | 21 | 48 | 69 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 158 | 13.3 |
| Stan Smyl | R | 80 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 171 | -8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 209 | 12.0 |
| Per-Olov Brasar | L | 80 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 167 | 13.2 |
| Tiger Williams | L | 77 | 35 | 27 | 62 | 343 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 186 | 18.8 |
| Bobby Schmautz | R | 73 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 137 | -5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 205 | 13.2 |
| Ivan Boldirev | C | 72 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 34 | -12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 195 | 13.3 |
| Darcy Rota | L | 80 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 124 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 178 | 14.0 |
| Kevin McCarthy | D | 80 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 85 | -11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 140 | 11.4 |
| Curt Fraser | L | 77 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 118 | -19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 188 | 13.3 |
| Brent Ashton | L | 77 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 57 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 16.2 |
| Rick Lanz | D | 76 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 5.2 |
| Jerry Butler | R | 80 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 99 | 12.1 |
| Gerry Minor | C | 74 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 108 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 10.8 |
| Lars Lindgren | D | 52 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 5.3 |
| Harold Snepsts | D | 76 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 212 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 3.9 |
| Mario Marois | D | 50 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 5.1 |
| Dennis Kearns | D | 46 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 28 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2.3 |
| Blair MacDonald | R | 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 |
| Bob Manno | D | 20 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 30 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Colin Campbell | D | 42 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 75 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Jere Gillis | L | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Mike Christie | D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Gary Lupul | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Rick Blight | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Doug Halward | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Glen Hanlon | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Bromley | G | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Oddleifson | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Primeau | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Brodeur | G | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Logan | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1446 | 289 | 473 | 762 | 1868 | -11 | 68 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 2486 | 11.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Brodeur | 52 | 3024 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 177 | 3.51 | 0 | ||
| Gary Bromley | 20 | 978 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.80 | 0 | ||
| Glen Hanlon | 17 | 798 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 4.44 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 89 | 4800 | 28 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 298 | 3.73 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Gradin | C | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Smyl | R | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Per-Olov Brasar | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tiger Williams | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Schmautz | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ivan Boldirev | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darcy Rota | L | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin McCarthy | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Fraser | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Ashton | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Lanz | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Butler | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Minor | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Snepsts | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blair MacDonald | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Manno | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Colin Campbell | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Halward | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Brodeur | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Brodeur | 3 | 185 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4.22 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 185 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4.22 | 0 |
