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1980–81 St. Louis Blues season
National Hockey League team season
National Hockey League team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Arena | Checkerdome |
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1980–81 |
| year | 1980 |
| Team | St. Louis Blues |
| Record | 45–18–17 |
| HomeRecord | 29–7–4 |
| RoadRecord | 16–11–13 |
| Conference | Campbell |
| ConferenceRank | 2nd |
| Division | Smythe |
| DivisionRank | 1st |
| GoalsFor | 352 |
| GoalsAgainst | 281 |
| GeneralManager | Emile Francis |
| Coach | Red Berenson |
| Captain | Brian Sutter |
| AltCaptain | None |
| GoalsLeader | Wayne Babych (54) |
| AssistsLeader | Bernie Federko (73) |
| PointsLeader | Bernie Federko (104) |
| PIMLeader | Brian Sutter (232) |
| WinsLeader | Mike Liut (33) |
| GAALeader | Mike Liut (3.35) |
| DivisionWin | Yes |
The 1980–81 St. Louis Blues season was the 14th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues won the Smythe Division for the first time in four seasons, with a record of 45 wins, 18 losses and 17 ties, good for 107 points, and second place overall in the entire NHL. This was the first time that the Blues had ever accumulated 100 or more points in a season. The Blues defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a five-game preliminary round, before losing the quarter-finals in six games to the New York Rangers.
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|- |1||W||October 9, 1980||8–6 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 11, 1980||1–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||1–1–0 |- |3||T||October 14, 1980||5–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1980–81) ||1–1–1 |- |4||W||October 15, 1980||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 18, 1980||3–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||3–1–1 |- |6||W||October 21, 1980||4–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||4–1–1 |- |7||L||October 22, 1980||3–9 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||4–2–1 |- |8||W||October 24, 1980||3–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||5–2–1 |- |9||T||October 25, 1980||3–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||5–2–2 |- |10||W||October 28, 1980||5–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||6–2–2 |- |11||T||October 29, 1980||2–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||6–2–3
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Playoffs
Preliminary vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
|1-1-1 =Greg Malone (1) – 00:15 |1-1-2 =04:48 – pp – Mike Zuke (1) 15:58 – Tony Currie (1) |1-2-1 =Rod Schutt (1) – 13:21 |1-2-2 =14:44 – Jorgen Pettersson (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =19:59 – en – Mike Crombeen (1) |goalie1-1 =Greg Millen 44 saves / 47 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Liut 24 saves / 26 shots
|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =02:35 – pp – Joe Micheletti (1) |2-2-1 =Randy Carlyle (1) – 02:03 Gregg Sheppard (1) – 04:58 Mario Faubert (1) – pp – 06:59 George Ferguson (1) – 11:13 |2-2-2 =03:11 – Tony Currie (2) |2-3-1 =Rod Schutt (2) – 00:35 Randy Carlyle (2) – 03:06 |2-3-2 =10:49 – Blair Chapman (1) 16:04 – pp – Bernie Federko (1) |goalie2-1 =Greg Millen 19 saves / 23 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Liut 24 saves / 30 shots
|3-1-1 =07:04 – pp – Rod Schutt (3) |3-1-2 =Brian Sutter (1) – pp – 11:51 |3-2-1 =08:57 – Mike Bullard (1) 10:31 – Mark Johnson (1) |3-2-2 =Ralph Klassen (1) – 06:36 Wayne Babych (1) – 09:58 Bernie Federko (2) – pp – 14:38 |3-3-1 =05:08 – pp – Gregg Sheppard (2) |3-3-2 =Bernie Federko (3) – 15:54 |goalie3-1 =Greg Millen 27 saves / 32 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Liut 27 saves / 31 shots
|4-1-1 =14:52 – pp – Mike Bullard (2) |4-1-2 =Ralph Klassen (2) – 05:53 Mike Zuke (2) – pp – 07:10 |4-2-1 =07:45 – pp – Mark Johnson (2) 11:49 – sh – Randy Carlyle (3) |4-2-2 =Mike Zuke (3) – pp – 13:55 |4-3-1 =00:44 – Mike Bullard (3) 09:21 – Randy Carlyle (4) 14:02 – Pat Price (1) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Greg Millen 21 saves / 24 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Liut 28 saves / 34 shots
|5-1-1 =Paul Gardner (1) – pp – 07:48 |5-1-2 =No scoring |5-2-1 =George Ferguson (2) – 15:06 |5-2-2 =11:17 – Brian Sutter (2) 16:06 – pp – Bernie Federko (4) |5-3-1 =Greg Malone (2) – 10:36 |5-3-2 =03:34 – Rick Lapointe (1) |5-4-1 =No scoring |5-4-2 =05:16 – Mike Crombeen (2) |goalie5-1 =Greg Millen 48 saves / 52 shots |goalie5-2 =Mike Liut 48 saves / 51 shots
Quarterfinals vs. New York Rangers
|1-1-1 =Lance Nethery (2) – 07:21 |1-1-2 =11:15 – pp – Bernie Federko (5) 14:55 – Brian Sutter (3) 17:39 – Blair Chapman (2) |1-2-1 =Lance Nethery (3) – 01:34 |1-2-2 =08:56 – Mike Crombeen (3) 16:42 – Bernie Federko (6) 19:42 – Mike Zuke (4) |1-3-1 =Jere Gillis (1) – 05:39 |1-3-2 =No scoring |goalie1-1 =Steve Baker 22 saves / 28 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Liut 28 saves / 31 shots
|2-1-1 =Barry Beck (2)– sh – 03:07 |2-1-2 =01:22 – Jorgen Pettersson (2) 02:16 – Larry Patey (1) 18:06 – pp – Brian Sutter (4) |2-2-1 =Dean Talafous (2) – 16:24 |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Jere Gillis (2) – 07:30 Anders Hedberg (4) – ps – 08:29 Mike Allison (2) – 10:16 Ron Duguay (6) – 19:13 |2-3-2 =15:04 – Brian Sutter (5) |goalie2-1 =Steve Baker 25 saves / 29 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Liut 24 saves / 30 shots
|3-1-1 =00:40 – Ron Greschner (2) |3-1-2 =Wayne Babych (2) – pp – 02:47 |3-2-1 =05:13 – pp – Ulf Nilsson (6) 06:41 – Barry Beck (3) 13:49 – pp – Mike Allison (3) 17:36 – Steve Vickers (1) |3-2-2 =Bill Stewart (1) – 15:35 |3-3-1 =02:23 – Lance Nethery (4) |3-3-2 =Tony Currie (3) – 00:34 |goalie3-1 =Steve Baker 14 saves / 17 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Liut 25 saves / 31 shots
|4-1-1 =06:14 – Anders Hedberg (4) 18:37 – Ron Duguay (7) |4-1-2 =Tony Currie (4) – pp – 07:40 |4-2-1 =09:01 – pp – Steve Vickers (2) |4-2-2 =No scoring |4-3-1 =03:24 – Steve Vickers (3) |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Steve Baker 33 saves / 34 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Liut 24 saves / 28 shots
|5-1-1 =Ron Greschner (3) – 06:35 Ulf Nilsson (7) – pp – 10:06 |5-1-2 =14:17 – pp – Brian Sutter (6) |5-2-1 =Carol Vadnais (1) – 02:54 |5-2-2 =08:25 – Larry Patey (2) 14:55 – Jorgen Pettersson (3) |5-3-1 =No scoring |5-3-2 =06:09 – pp – Jorgen Pettersson (4) |goalie5-1 =Steve Baker 26 saves / 30 shots |goalie5-2 =Mike Liut 34 saves / 37 shots
|6-1-1 =03:27 – Steve Vickers (4) 05:49 – Anders Hedberg (6) 16:10 – sh – Ron Duguay (8) |6-1-2 =No scoring |6-2-1 =01:59 – Barry Beck (4) 17:03 – Lance Nethery (5) |6-2-2 =Bernie Federko (7) – 02:16 Rick Lapointe (2) – 03:14 Bernie Federko (8) – 04:06 |6-3-1 =04:31 – Peter Wallin (1) 14:54 – Ulf Nilsson (8) |6-3-2 =Ed Kea (1) – 06:00 |goalie6-1 =Steve Baker 11 saves / 15 shots |goalie6-2 =Mike Liut 13 saves / 20 shots
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 78 | 31 | 73 | 104 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | |
| RW | 78 | 54 | 42 | 96 | 93 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | |
| C | 80 | 20 | 67 | 87 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| LW | 62 | 37 | 36 | 73 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |
| LW | 78 | 35 | 34 | 69 | 232 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 4 | |
| C | 74 | 24 | 44 | 68 | 57 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| C | 75 | 34 | 22 | 56 | 209 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| RW | 61 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 38 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| RW | 55 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| C | 80 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| D | 80 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 124 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| D | 63 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 71 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| RW | 66 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| D | 60 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 114 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 74 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 66 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| D | 23 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 63 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 40 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 137 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| G | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3570 | 61 | 33 | 14 | 13 | 199 | 3.34 | 1 | |
| 1010 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 4.28 | 0 | |
| 220 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2.18 | 0 | |
| **Team:** | 4800 | 80 | 45 | 18 | 17 | 279 | 3.49 | 1 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 11 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 11 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 11 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| RW | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 685 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 4.38 | 0 | |
| **Team:** | 685 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 4.38 | 0 |
Transactions
The Blues were involved in the following transactions during the 1980–81 season.
Trades
| October 30, 1980 | To St. Louis BluesBill Stewart | To Buffalo SabresBob Hess |
|---|---|---|
| 4th round pick in [1981](1981-nhl-entry-draft) – Anders Wikberg |
Waivers
| February 2, 1981 | To Colorado RockiesCraig Norwich |
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Free agent signings
| November 12, 1980 | From Quebec NordiquesGerry Hart |
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Draft picks
St. Louis'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 | 12 | Rik Wilson | United States | Kingston Canadians (OHA) |
| 3 | 54 | Jim Pavese | United States | Kitchener Rangers (OHA) |
| 4 | 75 | Bob Brooke | United States | Yale University (ECAC) |
| 5 | 96 | Alain Lemieux | Canada | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 117 | Perry Anderson | Canada | Kingston Canadians (OMJHL) |
| 7 | 138 | Roger Hagglund | Sweden | Umeå (Sweden) |
| 8 | 159 | Pat Rabbitt | Canada | Billings Bighorns (WHL) |
| 9 | 180 | Peter Lindgren | Sweden | Hammarby (Sweden) |
| 10 | 201 | John Smyth | Canada | Calgary Wranglers (WHL) |
References
References
- "1980-81 St. Louis Blues Schedule".
- "1980-81 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
- "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
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