1980–81 Colorado Rockies season

{{Infobox ice hockey team season

|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

|next_season=1981–82

}}

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

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|- {{Game-won}}

| 1 || {{dow tooltip|October 11, 1980}} || Calgary || 2–6 || Colorado || Smith ||7,564|| 1–0–0 || 2 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 2 || {{dow tooltip|October 12, 1980}} || Colorado || 3–2 || Edmonton || Smith ||17,500|| 2–0–0 || 4 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 3 || {{dow tooltip|October 14, 1980}} || Quebec || 1–4 || Colorado || Smith ||4,627|| 3–0–0 || 6 ||

|- {{Game-tied}}

| 4 || {{dow tooltip|October 17, 1980}} || Minnesota || 5–5 || Colorado || Smith ||10,202|| 3–0–1 || 7 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 5 || {{dow tooltip|October 18, 1980}} || Colorado || 3–4 || Los Angeles || Smith ||8,776|| 3–1–1 || 7 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 6 || {{dow tooltip|October 22, 1980}} || Colorado || 0–3 || Hartford || Smith ||9,595|| 3–2–1 || 7 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 7 || {{dow tooltip|October 23, 1980}} || Colorado || 1–5 || Detroit || Åström ||9,024|| 3–3–1 || 7 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 8 || {{dow tooltip|October 25, 1980}} || Chicago || 3–5 || Colorado || Smith ||11,672|| 4–3–1 || 9 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 9 || {{dow tooltip|October 28, 1980}} || Los Angeles || 8–4 || Colorado || Smith ||6,284|| 4–4–1 || 9 ||

|- {{Game-tied}}

| 10 || {{dow tooltip|October 30, 1980}} || Washington || 5–5 || Colorado || Åström ||5,207|| 4–4–2 || 10 ||

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|- {{Game-won}}

| 11 || {{dow tooltip|November 1, 1980}} || Colorado || 5–4 || Toronto || Smith || || 5–4–2 || 12 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 12 || {{dow tooltip|November 2, 1980}} || Colorado || 5–4 || Quebec || Smith || || 6–4–2 || 14 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 13 || {{dow tooltip|November 5, 1980}} || Colorado || 3–5 || Buffalo || Smith || || 6–5–2 || 14 ||

|- {{Game-tied}}

| 14 || {{dow tooltip|November 6, 1980}} || Hartford || 3–3 || Colorado || Åström || || 6–5–3 || 15 ||

|- {{Game-tied}}

| 15 || {{dow tooltip|November 8, 1980}} || Toronto || 3–3 || Colorado || Smith || || 6–5–4 || 16 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 16 || {{dow tooltip|November 11, 1980}} || Montreal || 8–2 || Colorado || Smith || || 6–6–4 || 16 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 17 || {{dow tooltip|November 14, 1980}} || St. Louis || 1–5 || Colorado || Åström || || 7–6–4 || 18 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 18 || {{dow tooltip|November 16, 1980}} || Colorado || 4–3 || Calgary || Smith || || 8–6–4 || 20 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 19 || {{dow tooltip|November 20, 1980}} || Colorado || 2–4 || Boston || Smith || || 8–7–4 || 20 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 20 || {{dow tooltip|November 22, 1980}} || Colorado || 2–4 || Pittsburgh || Åström || || 8–8–4 || 20 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 21 || {{dow tooltip|November 25, 1980}} || Edmonton || 3–4 || Colorado || Smith || || 9–8–4 || 22 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 22 || {{dow tooltip|November 28, 1980}} || Philadelphia || 7–4 || Colorado || Smith || || 9–9–4 || 22 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 23 || {{dow tooltip|November 30, 1980}} || Colorado || 1–4 || Buffalo || Åström || || 9–10–4 || 22 ||

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|- {{Game-lost}}

| 24 || {{dow tooltip|December 2, 1980}} || Colorado || 1–5 || N.Y. Islanders || Smith || || 9–11–4 || 22 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 25 || {{dow tooltip|December 4, 1980}} || N.Y. Islanders || 3–4 || Colorado || Åström || || 10–11–4 || 24 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 26 || {{dow tooltip|December 6, 1980}} || Colorado || 6–8 || Washington || Smith || || 10–12–4 || 24 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 27 || {{dow tooltip|December 7, 1980}} || Colorado || 2–4 || Philadelphia || Åström || || 10–13–5 || 25 ||

|- {{Game-tied}}

| 28 || {{dow tooltip|December 9, 1980}} || Buffalo || 4–4 || Colorado || Åström || || 10–13–5 || 25 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 29 || {{dow tooltip|December 12, 1980}} || N.Y. Rangers || 4–3 || Colorado || Åström || || 10–14–5 || 25 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 30 || {{dow tooltip|December 13, 1980}} || Colorado || 4–9 || St. Louis || Smith || || 10–15–5 || 25 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 31 || {{dow tooltip|December 17, 1980}} || Colorado || 6–1 || Chicago || Åström || || 11–15–5 || 27 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 32 || {{dow tooltip|December 18, 1980}} || Colorado || 0–2 || Philadelphia || Åström || || 11–16–5 || 27 ||

|- {{Game-tied}}

| 33 || {{dow tooltip|December 20, 1980}} || Detroit || 3–3 || Colorado || Åström || || 11–16–6 || 28 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 34 || {{dow tooltip|December 23, 1980}} || Colorado || 4–5 || Winnipeg || Smith || || 11–17–6 || 28 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 35 || {{dow tooltip|December 26, 1980}} || Calgary || 2–5 || Colorado || Åström || || 12–17–6 || 30 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 36 || {{dow tooltip|December 27, 1980}} || Colorado || 4–6 || Minnesota || Smith || || 12–18–6 || 30 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 37 || {{dow tooltip|December 30, 1980}} || Colorado || 3–9 || N.Y. Islanders || Åström || || 12–19–6 || 30 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 38 || {{dow tooltip|December 31, 1980}} || Colorado || 6–4 || N.Y. Rangers || Kaarela || || 13–18–6 || 32 ||

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|- {{Game-won}}

| 39 || {{dow tooltip|January 3, 1981}} || Boston || 1–4 || Colorado || Kaarela || || 14–19–6 || 34 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 40 || {{dow tooltip|January 6, 1981}} || Vancouver || 7–3 || Colorado || Kaarela || || 14–20–6 || 34 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 41 || {{dow tooltip|January 7, 1981}} || Colorado || 2–6 || Chicago || Åström || || 14–21–6 || 34 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 42 || {{dow tooltip|January 9, 1981}} || Minnesota || 2–4 || Colorado || Åström || || 15–21–6 || 36 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 43 || {{dow tooltip|January 12, 1981}} || Washington || 2–1 || Colorado || Åström || || 15–22–6 || 36 ||

|- {{Game-tied}}

| 44 || {{dow tooltip|January 13, 1981}} || Colorado || 3–3 || Vancouver || Smith || || 15–22–7 || 37 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 45 || {{dow tooltip|January 15, 1981}} || N.Y. Rangers || 3–4 || Colorado || Åström || || 16–22–7 || 39 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 46 || {{dow tooltip|January 17, 1981}} || Vancouver || 5–2 || Colorado || Smith || || 16–23–7 || 39 ||

|- {{Game-tied}}

| 47 || {{dow tooltip|January 23, 1981}} || Winnipeg || 2–2 || Colorado || Åström || || 16–23–8 || 40 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 48 || {{dow tooltip|January 24, 1981}} || Colorado || 2–6 || Detroit || Smith || || 16–24–8 || 40 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 49 || {{dow tooltip|January 26, 1981}} || Colorado || 3–5 || Boston || Åström || || 16–25–8 || 40 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 50 || {{dow tooltip|January 28, 1981}} || Colorado || 3–6 || Hartford || Smith || || 16–26–8 || 40 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 51 || {{dow tooltip|January 30, 1981}} || Philadelphia || 7–4 || Colorado || Åström || || 16–27–8 || 40 ||

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|- {{Game-lost}}

| 52 || {{dow tooltip|February 3, 1981}} || Montreal || 5–2 || Colorado || Åström || || 16–28–8 || 40 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 53 || {{dow tooltip|February 6, 1981}} || Pittsburgh || 4–6 || Colorado || Smith || || 17–28–8 || 42 ||

|- {{Game-tied}}

| 54 || {{dow tooltip|February 8, 1981}} || Toronto || 6–6 || Colorado || Åström || || 17–28–9 || 43 ||

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|- {{Game-tied}}

| 55 || {{dow tooltip|February 12, 1981}} || Boston || 3–3 || Colorado || Smith || || 17–28–10 || 44 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 56 || {{dow tooltip|February 14, 1981}} || Chicago || 4–3 || Colorado || Smith || || 17–29–10 || 44 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 57 || {{dow tooltip|February 17, 1981}} || Quebec || 6–3 || Colorado || Smith || || 17–30–10 || 44 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 58 || {{dow tooltip|February 18, 1981}} || Colorado || 2–6 || Minnesota || Åström || || 17–31–10 || 44 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 59 || {{dow tooltip|February 21, 1981}} || Colorado || 1–4 || St. Louis || Smith || || 17–32–10 || 44 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 60 || {{dow tooltip|February 22, 1981}} || Colorado || 4–9 || Pittsburgh || Smith || || 17–33–10 || 44 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 61 || {{dow tooltip|February 25, 1981}} || Colorado || 5–9 || Toronto || Kaarela || || 17–34–10 || 44 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 62 || {{dow tooltip|February 26, 1981}} || Colorado || 0–6 || Montreal || Åström || || 17–35–10 || 44 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 63 || {{dow tooltip|February 28, 1981}} || Edmonton || 1–3 || Colorado || Myre || || 18–35–10 || 46 ||

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|- {{Game-won}}

| 64 || {{dow tooltip|March 3, 1981}} || Hartford || 4–5 || Colorado || Myre || || 19–35–10 || 48 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 65 || {{dow tooltip|March 6, 1981}} || Los Angeles || 3–1 || Colorado || Myre || || 19–36–10 || 48 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 66 || {{dow tooltip|March 8, 1981}} || St. Louis || 7–0 || Colorado || Myre || || 19–37–10 || 48 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 67 || {{dow tooltip|March 10, 1981}} || Colorado || 3–4 || Washington || Myre || || 19–38–10 || 48 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 68 || {{dow tooltip|March 11, 1981}} || Colorado || 4–3 || N.Y. Rangers || Resch || || 20–38–10 || 50 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 69 || {{dow tooltip|March 14, 1981}} || Colorado || 1–2 || Montreal || Resch || || 20–39–10 || 50 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 70 || {{dow tooltip|March 15, 1981}} || Colorado || 0–3 || Quebec || Myre || || 20–40–10 || 50 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 71 || {{dow tooltip|March 18, 1981}} || Colorado || 3–4 || Winnipeg || Resch || || 20–41–10 || 50 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 72 || {{dow tooltip|March 20, 1981}} || N.Y. Islanders || 5–3 || Colorado || Resch || || 20–42–10 || 50 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 73 || {{dow tooltip|March 21, 1981}} || Pittsburgh || 3–1 || Colorado || Myre || || 20–43–10 || 50 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 74 || {{dow tooltip|March 24, 1981}} || Detroit || 4–7 || Colorado || Resch || || 21–43–10 || 52 ||

|- {{Game-tied}}

| 75 || {{dow tooltip|March 25, 1981}} || Colorado || 4–4 || Vancouver || Myre || || 21–43–11 || 53 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 76 || {{dow tooltip|March 27, 1981}} || Buffalo || 5–3 || Colorado || Resch || || 21–44–11 || 53 ||

|- {{Game-won}}

| 77 || {{dow tooltip|March 29, 1981}} || Winnipeg || 1–2 || Colorado || Myre || || 22–44–11 || 55 ||

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|- {{Game-tied}}

| 78 || {{dow tooltip|April 1, 1981}} || Colorado || 4–4 || Edmonton || Resch || || 22–44–12 || 56 ||

|- {{Game-lost}}

| 79 || {{dow tooltip|April 2, 1981}} || Colorado || 5–3 || Calgary || Myre || || 22–45–12 || 56 ||

|- {{Game-tied}}

| 80 || {{dow tooltip|April 4, 1981}} || Colorado || 5–5 || Los Angeles || Resch || || 22–45–13 || 57 ||

Legend:

Player statistics

=Regular season=

;Scoring

class="wikitable sortable" width="60%"
ALIGN="center" ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" title="Position"\| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Games played" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Goals" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Assists" \| A ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Points" \| Pts ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Penalties in Minutes" \| PIM ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Plus/Minus" \| +/- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Power Play Goals" \| PPG ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Short-handed Goals" \| SHG ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Game-winning Goals" \| GWG
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Lanny\|McDonald}}	RW	80	35	46	81	56\|
27	11	0	2
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Merlin\|Malinowski}}	C	69	25	37	62	61\|
24	4	0	1
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Rob\|Ramage}}	D	79	20	42	62	193\|
46	12	1	3
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{sortname\|Mike\|McEwen\|Mike McEwen (ice hockey)}}	D	65	11	35	46	84\|
33	5	0	1
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Lucien\|DeBlois}}	C	74	26	16	42	78\|
42	9	1	2
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Paul\|Gagne\|Paul Gagné}}	LW	61	25	16	41	12\|
24	9	0	2
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Walt\|McKechnie}}	C	53	15	23	38	18\|
7	2	2	2
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Yvon\|Vautour}}	RW	74	15	19	34	143\|
20	3	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Joel\|Quenneville}}	D	71	10	24	34	86\|
24	3	0	1
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Randy\|Pierce\|dab=ice hockey}}	RW	55	9	21	30	52\|
28	3	0	3
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Ron\|Delorme}}	C	65	11	16	27	70\|
11	3	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Rene\|Robert\|René Robert}}	RW	28	8	11	19	30\|
13	4	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Mike\|Gillis}}	LW	51	11	7	18	54\|
21	1	0	2
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Steve\|Tambellini}}	C	13	6	12	18	2\|
1	2	0	1
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Ed\|Cooper}}	LW	47	7	7	14	46\|
6	1	0	2
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Craig\|Norwich}}	D	11	3	11	14	10	4	1	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Doug\|Berry\|Doug Berry (ice hockey)}}	C	46	3	10	13	9\|
15	0	1	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Jack\|Valiquette}}	C	25	3	9	12	7\|
12	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Barry\|Smith\|Barry Smith (ice hockey, born 1955)}}	C	62	4	4	8	4\|
2	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Mike\|Kitchen}}	D	75	1	7	8	100\|
38	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Jack\|Hughes\|Jack Hughes (ice hockey, born 1957)}}	D	38	2	5	7	91\|
22	1	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Trevor\|Johansen}}	D	35	0	7	7	18\|
20	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Bob\|Miller\|Bob Miller (ice hockey)}}	C	22	5	1	6	15\|
19	2	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Bobby\|Crawford\|Bobby Crawford (ice hockey)}}	RW	15	1	3	4	6	4	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Bobby\|Sheehan\|Bobby Sheehan (ice hockey)}}	C	41	1	3	4	10\|
5	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Bob\|Attwell}}	RW	15	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Les\|Auge}}	D	6	0	3	3	4\|
3	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Bill\|Baker\|Bill Baker (ice hockey, born 1956)}}	D	13	0	3	3	12	0	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Gary\|Dillon}}	C	13	1	1	2	29\|
6	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Mario\|Giallonardo}}	D	15	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Terry\|Harper}}	D	15	0	2	2	8\|
3	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Al\|Smith\|Al Smith (ice hockey)}}	G	37	0	2	2	51	0	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Hardy\|Astrom\|Hardy Åström}}	G	30	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Peter\|Sturgeon}}	LW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Dave\|Watson\|Dave Watson (ice hockey)}}	LW	13	0	1	1	8\|
2	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Aaron\|Broten}}	LW/C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Mike\|Christie\|Mike Christie (ice hockey)}}	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Jari\|Kaarela}}	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Phil\|Myre}}	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Chico\|Resch}}	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Dean\|Turner\|Dean Turner (ice hockey)}}	D	4	0	0	0	4\|
4	0	0	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Joe\|Ward\|Joe Ward (ice hockey)}}	C	4	0	0	0	2\|
2	0	0	0

;Goaltending

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" \| Player ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Minutes played" \|MIN ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Games played in"\|GP ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Games played in"\|W ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF"title="Games played in"\| L ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Ties"\|T ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Goals against"\|GA ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Goals against average"\|GAA ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF"title="Shut-outs"\| SO
class="wikitable sortable" width="60%"
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Al\|Smith\|Al Smith (ice hockey)}}	1909	37	9	18	4	151	4.75	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Hardy\|Astrom\|Hardy Åström}}	1642	30	6	15	6	103	3.76	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Phil\|Myre}}	580	10	3	6	1	33	3.41	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Jari\|Kaarela}}	220	5	2	2	0	22	6.00	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| {{Sortname\|Chico\|Resch}}	449	8	2	4	2	28	3.74	0
align="center" \| align="right" \| Team:	4800	80	22	45	13	337	4.21	0

{{cite web |publisher=hockey-reference.com |accessdate=2009-05-28 |title=1980-81 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/CLR/1981.html}}

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.

class="wikitable"
align="center" ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="4.0%" \| Round ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="4.0%" \| # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="21.0%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14.5%" \| Nationality ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50.0%" \| College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	19	Paul Gagne	{{flagu\|Canada}}	Windsor Spitfires (OHA)
2	22	Joe Ward	{{flagu\|Canada}}	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
4	64	Rick LaFerriere	{{flagu\|Canada}}	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
5	85	Ed Cooper	{{flagu\|Canada}}	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
6	106	Aaron Broten	{{flagu\|United States}}	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
7	127	Dan Fascinato	{{flagu\|Canada}}	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
8	148	Andre Hidi	{{flagu\|Canada}}	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
9	169	Shawn MacKenzie	{{flagu\|Canada}}	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
10	190	Bob Jansch	{{flagu\|Canada}}	Victoria Cougars (WHL)

References

Category:Colorado Rockies (NHL) seasons

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Colorado Rockies

1980–81 Colorado Rockies season

Regular season

=Final standings=

=Record vs. opponents=

Schedule and results

Player statistics

=Regular season=

Draft picks

See also

References