1981–82 Colorado Rockies season
1981–82 Colorado Rockies | |
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Division | 5th Smythe |
Conference | Campbell |
1981–82 record | 18-49-13 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bill MacMillan |
Coach | Bill MacMillan |
Captain | Lanny McDonald Rob Ramage |
Alternate captains | None |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Fort Worth Texans (CHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Steve Tambellini (29) |
Assists | Brent Ashton (36) |
Points | Brent Ashton (60) |
Penalty minutes | Rob Ramage (201) |
Wins | Glenn Resch (16) |
Goals against average | Glenn Resch (4.03) |
The 1981–82 Colorado Rockies season was the sixth and 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, and went on to become Stanley Cup champions in their first season in Denver.
Offseason
NHL Draft
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
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1 | 5 | Joe Cirella | ![]() |
Oshawa Generals (OMJHL) |
2 | 26 | Rich Chernomaz | ![]() |
Victoria Cougars (WHL) |
3 | 48 | Uli Hiemer | ![]() |
EV Fussen (West Germany) |
4 | 66 | Gus Greco | ![]() |
Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL) |
5 | 87 | Doug Speck | ![]() |
Peterborough Petes (OMJHL) |
6 | 108 | Bruce Driver | ![]() |
University of Wisconsin (WCHA) |
7 | 129 | Jeff Larmer | ![]() |
Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL) |
8 | 150 | Tony Arima | ![]() |
Jokerit (Finland) |
9 | 171 | Tim Army | ![]() |
East Providence High School (USHS-RI) |
10 | 192 | John Johannson | ![]() |
University of Wisconsin (WCHA) |
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
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Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 48 | 17 | 15 | 417 | 295 | 111 |
Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 30 | 33 | 17 | 290 | 286 | 77 |
Calgary Flames | 80 | 29 | 34 | 17 | 334 | 345 | 75 |
Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 314 | 369 | 63 |
Colorado Rockies | 80 | 18 | 49 | 13 | 241 | 362 | 49 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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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 |
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Brent Ashton | LW | 80 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 26 | -31 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Steve Tambellini | C | 79 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 14 | -33 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Don Lever | LW | 59 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 20 | -10 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Bob MacMillan | RW | 57 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 27 | -9 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Rob Ramage | D | 80 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 201 | -47 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Merlin Malinowski | C | 69 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 32 | -22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Aaron Broten | LW/C | 58 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 6 | -11 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
Dwight Foster | RW | 70 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 41 | -53 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bob Miller | C | 56 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 27 | -24 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Dave Cameron | C | 66 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 103 | -14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Paul Gagne | LW | 59 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 17 | -27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tapio Levo | D | 34 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 14 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Lorimer | D | 79 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 68 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Cirella | D | 65 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 52 | -36 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Lanny McDonald | RW | 16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Joel Quenneville | D | 64 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 55 | -29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Veli-Pekka Ketola | C | 44 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | -17 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Kevin Maxwell | C | 34 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 44 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Graeme Nicolson | D | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 51 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Kitchen | D | 63 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 60 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Wensink | LW | 57 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 152 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Micheletti | D | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jukka Porvari | RW | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Weir | C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Yvon Vautour | RW | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Baker | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Miller | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Larmer | LW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Myre | G | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glenn Resch | G | 61 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Cooper | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rich Chernomaz | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Dobson | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Gustavsson | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Hughes | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Janaszak | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Christer Kellgren | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick LaFerriere | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Pierce | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Glenn Resch | 3424 | 61 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 230 | 4.03 | 0 |
Phil Myre | 1256 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 112 | 5.35 | 0 |
Steve Janaszak | 100 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.80 | 0 |
Rick LaFerriere | 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;
Roster
Colorado Rockies | ||||||
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Goaltenders |
Defensemen |
Wingers |
Centers
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Farm teams
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References
- "1981–82 Colorado Rockies Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- Rockies on Hockey Database
- ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
- ^ "1981-82 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.