1979-80 Hartford Whalers Statistics
Team Record: 27-34-19 - 73 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Don Blackburn (27-34-19)
The Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 27 wins and 34 losses and 19 ties for 73 points in the NHL's Norris Division.
The club scored 303 goals and allowed 312. Blaine Stoughton netted 56 goals for the squad, while Mike Rogers and Jordy Douglas tallied 30 or more as well. Mike Rogers contributed 61 assists. John Garrett topped the team with 16 wins, and Al Smith earned a 3.66 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Don Blackburn coached the team. The 1979-80 Hartford Whalers lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rogers | C | 80 | 44 | 61 | 105 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 229 | 19.2 |
| Blaine Stoughton | R | 80 | 56 | 44 | 100 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 234 | 23.9 |
| Mark Howe | D | 74 | 24 | 56 | 80 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 178 | 13.5 |
| Dave Keon | C | 76 | 10 | 52 | 62 | 10 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 6.8 |
| Jordy Douglas | L | 77 | 33 | 24 | 57 | 39 | -11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 188 | 17.6 |
| Pat Boutette | R | 47 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 18.1 |
| Gordie Howe | R | 80 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 16.0 |
| Al Sims | D | 76 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 7.1 |
| Gordie Roberts | D | 80 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 7.5 |
| Greg Carroll | C | 71 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 24 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 15.3 |
| Ray Allison | R | 64 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 13 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 20.3 |
| Dave Debol | C | 48 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 12.5 |
| Bernie Johnston | C | 32 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 14.8 |
| Rick Ley | D | 65 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 5.1 |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 74 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 18.5 |
| Al Hangsleben | D | 37 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Andre Lacroix | C | 29 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Tom Rowe | R | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 30 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 14.6 |
| Ron Plumb | D | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Larry Giroux | D | 47 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 3.2 |
| Bobby Hull | L | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Bill Bennett | L | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Tim Sheehy | R | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Jim Warner | R | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Steve Alley | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Brian Hill | R | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5.9 |
| John Garrett | G | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Renaud | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Ray Neufeld | R | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Marty Howe | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Mike Antonovich | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bob Stephenson | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Al Smith | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Brubaker | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Charlie Luksa | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Stu Smith | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jean Savard | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Maynard Schurman | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Rick Hodgson | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1433 | 303 | 501 | 804 | 859 | 60 | 42 | 7 | 27 | 19 | 2194 | 13.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Garrett | 52 | 3046 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 202 | 3.98 | |||
| Al Smith | 30 | 1754 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 107 | 3.66 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 4800 | 27 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 309 | 3.86 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rogers | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blaine Stoughton | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Howe | D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Keon | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Boutette | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Howe | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Sims | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Roberts | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Allison | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Debol | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Johnston | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Fotiu | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Rowe | R | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Giroux | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hull | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Alley | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Garrett | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Neufeld | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Howe | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Smith | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Hodgson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Garrett | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8.00 | 48 | 40 | .833 |
| Al Smith | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.00 | 75 | 65 | .867 |
| Totals | 3 | 180 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6.00 | 123 | 105 | .854 |
