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1980–81 Colorado Rockies season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1980–81
year	1980
Team	Colorado Rockies (NHL)Colorado Rockies
Record	22–45–13
HomeRecord	15–16–9
RoadRecord	7–29–4
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	10th
Division	Smythe
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	258
GoalsAgainst	344
GeneralManager	Ray Miron
Coach	Bill MacMillan
Captain	Rene Robert (Oct.–Jan.)
Lanny McDonald (Jan.–Apr.)
AltCaptain	None
Arena	McNichols Sports Arena
Attendance	8,889
GoalsLeader	Lanny McDonald (35)
AssistsLeader	Lanny McDonald (46)
PointsLeader	Lanny McDonald (81)
PIMLeader	Rob Ramage (193)
WinsLeader	Al Smith (9)
GAALeader	Phil Myre (3.44)
prev_season	[1979–80](1979-80-colorado-rockies-season)
next_season	[1981–82](1981-82-colorado-rockies-season)

Lanny McDonald (Jan.–Apr.) The 1980–81 Colorado Rockies season was the Rockies' fifth season, and seventh season of the franchise. Bill MacMillan was hired to coach the team, replacing Don Cherry. Like five of the previous six seasons, the Rockies did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || || Calgary || 2–6 || Colorado || Smith ||7,564|| 1–0–0 || 2 || |- | 2 || || Colorado || 3–2 || Edmonton || Smith ||17,500|| 2–0–0 || 4 || |- | 3 || || Quebec || 1–4 || Colorado || Smith ||4,627|| 3–0–0 || 6 || |- | 4 || || Minnesota || 5–5 || Colorado || Smith ||10,202|| 3–0–1 || 7 || |- | 5 || || Colorado || 3–4 || Los Angeles || Smith ||8,776|| 3–1–1 || 7 || |- | 6 || || Colorado || 0–3 || Hartford || Smith ||9,595|| 3–2–1 || 7 || |- | 7 || || Colorado || 1–5 || Detroit || Åström ||9,024|| 3–3–1 || 7 || |- | 8 || || Chicago || 3–5 || Colorado || Smith ||11,672|| 4–3–1 || 9 || |- | 9 || || Los Angeles || 8–4 || Colorado || Smith ||6,284|| 4–4–1 || 9 || |- | 10 || || Washington || 5–5 || Colorado || Åström ||5,207|| 4–4–2 || 10 ||

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	80	35	46	81	56	-27	11	0	2
C	69	25	37	62	61	-24	4	0	1
D	79	20	42	62	193	-46	12	1	3
D	65	11	35	46	84	-33	5	0	1
C	74	26	16	42	78	-42	9	1	2
LW	61	25	16	41	12	-24	9	0	2
C	53	15	23	38	18	-7	2	2	2
RW	74	15	19	34	143	-20	3	0	0
D	71	10	24	34	86	-24	3	0	1
RW	55	9	21	30	52	-28	3	0	3
C	65	11	16	27	70	-11	3	0	0
RW	28	8	11	19	30	-13	4	0	0
LW	51	11	7	18	54	-21	1	0	2
C	13	6	12	18	2	-1	2	0	1
LW	47	7	7	14	46	-6	1	0	2
D	11	3	11	14	10	4	1	0	0
C	46	3	10	13	9	-15	0	1	0
C	25	3	9	12	7	-12	0	0	0
C	62	4	4	8	4	-2	0	0	0
D	75	1	7	8	100	-38	0	0	0
D	38	2	5	7	91	-22	1	0	0
D	35	0	7	7	18	-20	0	0	0
C	22	5	1	6	15	-19	2	0	0
RW	15	1	3	4	6	4	0	0	0
C	41	1	3	4	10	-5	0	0	0
RW	15	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
D	6	0	3	3	4	-3	0	0	0
D	13	0	3	3	12	0	0	0	0
C	13	1	1	2	29	-6	0	0	0
D	15	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0
D	15	0	2	2	8	-3	0	0	0
G	37	0	2	2	51	0	0	0	0
G	30	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
LW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
LW	13	0	1	1	8	-2	0	0	0
LW/C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0
C	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA
	1909	37	9	18	4	151	4.75
	1642	30	6	15	6	103	3.76
	580	10	3	6	1	33	3.41
	220	5	2	2	0	22	6.00
	449	8	2	4	2	28	3.74
Team:	4800	80	22	45	13	337	4.21

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;

Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 1980 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	19	Paul Gagne	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHA)
2	22	Joe Ward	Canada	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
4	64	Rick LaFerriere	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
5	85	Ed Cooper	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
6	106	Aaron Broten	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
7	127	Dan Fascinato	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
8	148	Andre Hidi	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
9	169	Shawn MacKenzie	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
10	190	Bob Jansch	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WHL)

References

"1980-81 Colorado Rockies Schedule".
"1980-81 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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