1979-80 Atlanta Flames Statistics
Team Record: 35-32-13 - 83 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Al MacNeil (35-32-13)
The Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 35 wins and 32 losses and 13 ties for 83 points in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The team scored 282 goals and gave up 269. Kent Nilsson netted 40 goals for the team, while Guy Chouinard tallied 30 or more, too. Kent Nilsson contributed 53 assists. Dan Bouchard earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.18 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Al MacNeil coached the team. The 1979-80 Atlanta Flames 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Nilsson | C | 80 | 40 | 53 | 93 | 10 | -3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 217 | 18.4 |
| Guy Chouinard | C | 76 | 31 | 46 | 77 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 14.9 |
| Bob MacMillan | C | 77 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 164 | 13.4 |
| Ken Houston | R | 80 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 100 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 155 | 14.8 |
| Eric Vail | L | 77 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 193 | 14.5 |
| Paul Reinhart | D | 79 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 6.9 |
| Jean Pronovost | R | 80 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 119 | 20.2 |
| Ivan Boldirev | C | 52 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 20 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 121 | 13.2 |
| Phil Russell | D | 80 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 115 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 4.8 |
| Garry Unger | C | 79 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 170 | 10.0 |
| Willi Plett | R | 76 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 231 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 119 | 10.9 |
| Don Lever | L | 28 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 18.9 |
| Pekka Rautakallio | D | 79 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 4.8 |
| Bill Clement | C | 64 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 13.7 |
| Bob Murdoch | D | 80 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Darcy Rota | L | 44 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 14.3 |
| Paul Henderson | L | 30 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 24.1 |
| Brad Marsh | D | 80 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 119 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2.7 |
| Dave Shand | D | 74 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 6.4 |
| Curt Bennett | L | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Dan Bouchard | G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Lalonde | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bobby Gould | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Reggie Lemelin | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Riggin | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Ingarfield | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Dave Gorman | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jim Craig | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Adduono | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brad Smith | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gord Wappel | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Serge Beaudoin | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1441 | 282 | 447 | 729 | 1034 | 59 | 51 | 6 | 35 | 13 | 2252 | 12.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Bouchard | 53 | 3076 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 163 | 3.18 | |||
| Pat Riggin | 25 | 1368 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 3.20 | |||
| Jim Craig | 4 | 206 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.79 | |||
| Reggie Lemelin | 3 | 150 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.00 | |||
| Totals | 85 | 4800 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 264 | 3.30 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Nilsson | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Chouinard | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob MacMillan | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Houston | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Vail | L | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jean Pronovost | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Russell | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garry Unger | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willi Plett | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Lever | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pekka Rautakallio | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Clement | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Murdoch | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Henderson | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Marsh | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Shand | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Bouchard | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Ingarfield | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Wappel | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Bouchard | 4 | 241 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.49 | 131 | 117 | .893 |
| Totals | 4 | 241 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.49 | 131 | 117 | .893 |
