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! width="5%" | Game
! width="5%" | April
! width="10%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | Score
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 78 || 2 || @ New York Islanders

New York Islanders

The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 || 2 - 1 || 28-36-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 79 || 3 || Chicago Black Hawks

Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...

 || 3 - 1 || 29-36-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 80 || 5 || @ Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers

The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 || 2 - 0 || 30-36-14
|}
|}

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=10 style="background:#0060A9; color: #FFFFFF;" | 1981 Stanley Cup Playoffs
|-
| colspan=10 |
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100%
|-
! colspan=10; style="background:#E31937; color: #FFFFFF;" |Preliminary Round: vs. Los Angeles Kings - New York Rangers win series 3-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| # || Date || Visitor || Score || Home || OT || Series
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 1 || April 8 || New York Rangers

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...

 || 3 - 1 || Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings

The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

 || || New York Rangers lead series 1-0
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 2 || April 9 || New York Rangers || 4 - 5 || Los Angeles Kings || || Series tied 1-1
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 3 || April 11 || Los Angeles Kings || 3 - 10 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers lead series 2-1
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 4 || April 12 || Los Angeles Kings || 3 - 6 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers win series 3-1
|}
|-
| colspan=10 |
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100%
|-
! colspan=10; style="background:#E31937; color: #FFFFFF;" |Quarter-finals: vs. St. Louis Blues - New York Rangers win series 4-2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| # || Date || Visitor || Score || Home || OT || Series
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 1 || April 16 || New York Rangers

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...

 || 3 - 6 || St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade...

 || || St. Louis leads series 1-0
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 2 || April 17 || New York Rangers || 6 - 4 || St. Louis Blues || || Series tied 1-1
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 3 || April 19 || St. Louis Blues || 3 - 6 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers lead series 2-1
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 4 || April 20 || St. Louis Blues || 1 - 4 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers lead series 3-1
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 5 || April 22 || New York Rangers || 3 - 4 || St. Louis Blues || || New York Rangers lead series 3-2
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 6 || April 24 || St. Louis Blues || 4 - 7 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers win series 4-2
|}
|-
| colspan=10 |
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" width=100%
|-
! colspan=10; style="background:#E31937; color: #FFFFFF;" |Semi-finals: vs. New York Islanders - New York Islanders win series 4-0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| # || Date || Visitor || Score || Home || OT || Series
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 1 || April 28 || New York Rangers

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...

 || 2 - 5 || New York Islanders

New York Islanders

The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 || || New York Islanders lead series 1-0
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 2 || April 30 || New York Rangers || 3 - 7 || New York Islanders || || New York Islanders lead series 2-0
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 3 || May 2 || New York Islanders || 5 - 1 || New York Rangers || || New York Islanders lead series 3-0
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
| 4 || May 5 || New York Islanders || 5 - 2 || New York Rangers || || New York Islanders win series 4-0
|}
|}

Skaters

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="border: 0;" | Regular season
|-
| style="background: #f2f2f2; border: 0; text-align: center;" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|- align=center
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:40%;"| Player
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| GP
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| G
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| A
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| Pts
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| +/−
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| PIM
|- align=center
| || 80 || 30 || 40 || 70 || 0 || 52
|- align=center
| || 80 || 30 || 38 || 68 || 15 || 100
|- align=center
| || 74 || 27 || 41 || 68 || 0 || 112
|- align=center
| || 75 || 26 || 38 || 64 || 12 || 83
|- align=center
| || 73 || 19 || 39 || 58 || 7 || 40
|- align=center
| || 61 || 29 || 23 || 52 || 17 || 99
|- align=center
| || 79 || 11 || 36 || 47 || 24 || 132
|- align=center
| || 51 || 14 || 25 || 39 || -3 || 42
|- align=center
| || 50 || 17 || 21 || 38 || 2 || 83
|- align=center
| || 75 || 11 || 23 || 34 || 9 || 231
|- align=center
| || 50 || 13 || 17 || 30 || 2 || 28
|- align=center
| || 80 || 6 || 23 || 29 || 0 || 100
|- align=center
| || 43 || 6 || 22 || 28 || 13 || 28
|- align=center
| || 59 || 14 || 12 || 26 || -24 || 58
|- align=center
| || 33 || 11 || 12 || 23 || 0 || 12
|- align=center
| || 74 || 3 || 20 || 23 || 19 || 91
|- align=center
| ^† || 35 || 10 || 10 || 20 || 6 || 4
|- align=center
| || 41 || 7 || 13 || 20 || -13 || 20
|- align=center
| || 61 || 5 || 14 || 19 || 10 || 214
|- align=center
| || 54 || 4 || 12 || 16 || -10 || 153
|- align=center
| ^† || 27 || 5 || 6 || 11 || -6 || 91
|- align=center
| || 12 || 1 || 5 || 6 || -1 || 2
|- align=center
| || 32 || 4 || 1 || 5 || -9 || 32
|- align=center
| || 5 || 4 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 4
|- align=center
| || 11 || 2 || 2 || 4 || -9 || 18
|- align=center
| || 15 || 1 || 3 || 4 || -1 || 15
|- align=center
| || 15 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 6 || 44
|- align=center
| ^‡ || 8 || 1 || 2 || 3 || -5 || 46
|- align=center
| || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || -3 || 0
|- align=center
| || 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0
|- align=center
| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="border: 0;" | Playoffs
|-
| style="background: #f2f2f2; border: 0; text-align: center;" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|- align=center
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:40%;"| Player
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| GP
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| G
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| A
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| Pts
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff; width:10%;"| PIM
|- align=center
| || 14 || 8 || 9 || 17 || 16
|- align=center
| || 14 || 8 || 8 || 16 || 23
|- align=center
| || 14 || 8 || 8 || 16 || 6
|- align=center
| || 14 || 5 || 8 || 13 || 32
|- align=center
| || 14 || 4 || 8 || 12 || 17
|- align=center
| || 12 || 4 || 7 || 11 || 14
|- align=center
| || 14 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 6
|- align=center
| || 14 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 9
|- align=center
| || 14 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 2
|- align=center
| || 14 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 9
|- align=center
| || 13 || 1 || 6 || 7 || 13
|- align=center
| || 14 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 18
|- align=center
| || 14 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 26
|- align=center
| || 14 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 20
|- align=center
| || 8 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 4
|- align=center
| || 14 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 63
|- align=center
| || 12 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 93
|- align=center
| || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 9
|- align=center
| || 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 6
|- align=center
| || 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0
|- align=center
| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
|- align=center
| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
|}
|}

Goaltenders

{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%;"
|-
! style="border: 0;" | Regular season
|-
| style="background: #f2f2f2; border: 0; text-align: center;" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|- style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| Player
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GP
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| Min
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| W
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| L
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| T
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GA
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GAA
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| SO
|- align=center
| || 39 || 2320 || 16 || 16 || 7 || 152 || 3.93 || 0
|- align=center
| || 21 || 1260 || 10 || 6 || 5 || 73 || 3.48 || 2
|- align=center
| || 10 || 560 || 1 || 7 || 1 || 48 || 5.14 || 0
|- align=center
| || 10 || 600 || 3 || 6 || 1 || 34 || 3.40 || 0
|- align=center
| || 1 || 60 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 2.00 || 0
|}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:75%;"
|-
! style="border: 0;" | Playoffs
|-
| style="background: #f2f2f2; border: 0; text-align: center;" |
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|- style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| Player
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GP
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| Min
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| W
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| L
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GA
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| GAA
! style="background:#0060a9; color:#fff;"| SO
|- align=center
| || 14 || 826 || 7 || 7 || 55 || 4.00 || 0
|- align=center
| || 1 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4.29 || 0
|}
|}

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft

1980 NHL Entry Draft

The 1980 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Montreal Forum. This was the first time that an NHL arena hosted the draft. The National Hockey League teams selected 210 players eligible for entry into professional ranks, in the reverse order of the 1979–80 NHL season and playoff standings. This is the...

 in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 at the Montreal Forum

Montreal Forum

The Montreal Forum was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Called "the most storied building in hockey history" by Sporting News, it was home of the National Hockey League's Montreal Maroons from 1924 to 1938 and the Montreal Canadiens from 1926 to 1996...

.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#ddf; width:2.00%;"| Round
! style="background:#ddf; width:2.75%;"| #
! style="background:#ddf; width:16.0%;"| Player
! style="background:#ddf; width:12.25%;"| Position
! style="background:#ddf; width:17.0%;"| Nationality
! style="background:#ddf; width:100.0%;"| College/Junior/Club Team (League)
|-
| 1
| 14
| Jim Malone

Jim Malone (ice hockey)

James Edward Malone is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey Centre.-Career:Malone was an outstanding Junior hockey with the Toronto Marlboros of the racking up 48 Points with the Marlboros in his rookie season 79–80. He was picked in the 1st round 14th overall in the 1980 NHL draft by the...

| F

Forward (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...

|  Canada
| Toronto Marlboros

Toronto Marlboros

The Toronto Marlborough Athletic Club, commonly known as the Toronto Marlboros, was founded in 1903. It operated a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association and Ontario Hockey League from 1904 to 1989...

 (OHA

Ontario Hockey Association

The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...

)
|-
| 2
| 35
| Mike Allison

Mike Allison

Michael Earnest Allison is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward, and the brother of former player and coach Dave Allison.-Playing career:...

| RW
|  Canada
| Sudbury Wolves

Sudbury Wolves

The Sudbury Wolves are the name of the ice hockey team from Sudbury, Ontario. Sudbury has had a hockey team known as the "Wolves" nearly every year since World War I. The Sudbury Wolves, the senior men's AAA team, have twice been chosen to be Canada's representatives at the Ice Hockey World...

 (OHA)
|-
| 4
| 77
| Kurt Kleinendorst

Kurt Kleinendorst

Kurt Kleinendorst is the current head coach of the AHL ice hockey team Binghamton Senators. He previously coached the Under-18 team of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program and the Lowell Devils, the AHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils. He also served as an assistant coach and later...

| C

Centre (ice hockey)

The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...

|  United States
| Providence College

Providence Friars men's ice hockey

The Providence Friars men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the Providence College. The Friars are a member of Hockey East. They play at the 3,030-seat Schneider Arena in Providence, Rhode Island.-External links:*...

 (NCAA)
|-
| 5
| 98
| Scot Kleinendorst

Scot Kleinendorst

Scot Brian Kleinendorst is a former American ice hockey defenseman.Drafted in 1980 by the New York Rangers, Kleinendorst also played in the NHL for the Hartford Whalers and Washington Capitals....

| D

Defenceman (ice hockey)

Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...

|  United States
| Providence College (NCAA)
|-
| 6
| 119
| Reijo Ruotsalainen

Reijo Ruotsalainen

Reijo Ruotsalainen is a Finnish retired ice hockey defenceman. He was twice named Finland's top defenceman, and won two Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, in 1987 and 1990.-Kärpät :...

| D
|  Finland
| Karpat

Kärpät

Oulun Kärpät is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga based in Oulu, Finland. Their logo features a stoat ; "kärpät" is Finnish for stoats or ermines. The team has won five league championships .-History:...

 (SM-liiga

SM-liiga

The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...

)
|-
| 7
| 140
| Bob Scurfield

Bob Scurfield

Robert Jay Scurfield is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey Centreman. Scurfield was a member of the Tulsa Oilers team that suspended operations on February 16, 1984, playing only road games for final six weeks of 1983-84 season...

| C
|  Canada
| Western Michigan University

Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey

The Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Western Michigan University. The Broncos are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association...

 (NCAA)
|-
| 8
| 161
| Bart Wilson
| D
|  Canada
| Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
|-
| 9
| 182
| Chris Wray
| RW
|  United States
| Boston College (NCAA)
|-
| 10
| 203
| Anders Backstrom

Anders Bäckström

-External links:*...

| D
|  Sweden
| Brynas

Brynäs IF

Brynäs IF is a professional Swedish ice hockey team from Gävle. The club plays in the highest Swedish league , and has done so since 1960.-History:...

 (Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

)
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