1980–81 Pittsburgh Penguins season

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	45	22	13	332	232	103
Los Angeles Kings	80	43	24	13	337	290	99
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	37	13	302	345	73
Hartford Whalers	80	21	41	18	292	372	60
Detroit Red Wings	80	19	43	18	252	339	56

^[1]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

1980–81 Schedule

October: 4–5–1 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 2–2–1), 9 Points

November: 2–8–3 (Home: 2–6–0 ; Road: 0–2–3), 7 Points

December: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 2–5–3), 13 Points

January: 6–6–1 (Home: 6–2–1 ; Road: 0–4–0), 13 Points

February: 7–5–1 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 2–4–0), 15 Points

March: 5–6–3 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–4–2), 13 Points

April: 1–1–1 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–1), 3 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

The Penguins lost in the Preliminary round (3-2) versus the St. Louis Blues.

April 8	Pittsburgh Penguins		2–4	St. Louis Blues	Checkerdome	Recap
Greg Malone (1) – 00:15		First period		04:48 – pp – Mike Zuke (1) 15:58 – Tony Currie (1)
Rod Schutt (1) – 13:21		Second period		14:44 – Jorgen Pettersson (1)
No scoring		Third period		19:59 – en – Mike Crombeen (1)
Greg Millen 44 saves / 47 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Liut 24 saves / 26 shots

April 9	Pittsburgh Penguins		6–4	St. Louis Blues	Checkerdome	Recap
No scoring		First period		02:35 – pp – Joe Micheletti (1)
Randy Carlyle (1) – 02:03 Gregg Sheppard (1) – 04:58 Mario Faubert (1) – pp – 06:59 George Ferguson (1) – 11:13		Second period		03:11 – Tony Currie (2)
Rod Schutt (2) – 00:35 Randy Carlyle (2) – 03:06		Third period		10:49 – Blair Chapman (1) 16:04 – pp – Bernie Federko (1)
Greg Millen 19 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Liut 24 saves / 30 shots

April 11	St. Louis Blues		5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	Recap
Brian Sutter (1) – pp – 11:51		First period		07:04 – pp – Rod Schutt (3)
Ralph Klassen (1) – 06:36 Wayne Babych (1) – 09:58 Bernie Federko (2) – pp – 14:38		Second period		08:57 – Mike Bullard (1) 10:31 – Mark Johnson (1)
Bernie Federko (3) – 15:54		Third period		05:08 – pp – Gregg Sheppard (2)
Mike Liut 27 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 27 saves / 32 shots

April 12	St. Louis Blues		3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	Recap
Ralph Klassen (2) – 05:53 Mike Zuke (2) – pp – 07:10		First period		14:52 – pp – Mike Bullard (2)
Mike Zuke (3) – pp – 13:55		Second period		07:45 – pp – Mark Johnson (2) 11:49 – sh – Randy Carlyle (3)
No scoring		Third period		00:44 – Mike Bullard (3) 09:21 – Randy Carlyle (4) 14:02 – Pat Price (1)
Mike Liut 28 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Greg Millen 21 saves / 24 shots

April 14	Pittsburgh Penguins		3–4	2OT	St. Louis Blues	Checkerdome	Recap
Paul Gardner (1) – pp – 07:48		First period			No scoring
George Ferguson (2) – 15:06		Second period			11:17 – Brian Sutter (2) 16:06 – pp – Bernie Federko (4)
Greg Malone (2) – 10:36		Third period			03:34 – Rick Lapointe (1)
No scoring		Second overtime period			05:16 – Mike Crombeen (2)
Greg Millen 48 saves / 52 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Liut 48 saves / 51 shots

St. Louis won series 3–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Kehoe, RickRick Kehoe	80	55	33	88	-9 !–9	6
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	76	16	67	83	-16 !–16	136
Gardner, PaulPaul Gardner	62	34	40	74	-5 !–5	59
Lee, PeterPeter Lee	80	30	34	64	0	86
Schutt, RodneyRodney Schutt	80	25	35	60	-13 !–13	55
Faubert, MarioMario Faubert	72	8	44	52	-18 !–18	188
Malone, WilliamWilliam Malone	62	21	29	50	-14 !–14	68
Lonsberry, DavidDavid Lonsberry	80	17	33	50	-3 !–3	76
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	79	25	18	43	-30 !–30	42
Stackhouse, RonaldRonald Stackhouse	74	6	29	35	-11 !–11	86
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	73	10	23	33	4	50
Sheppard, GregoryGregory Sheppard	47	11	17	28	-13 !–13	49
Baxter, PaulPaul Baxter	51	5	14	19	-11 !–11	204
Hughes, PatrickPatrick Hughes^‡	58	10	9	19	-9 !–9	161
Anderson, RussellRussell Anderson	34	3	14	17	12	112
Thompson, LoranLoran Thompson^†	34	6	8	14	-9 !–9	12
McAdam, GaryGary McAdam^‡	34	3	9	12	-16 !–16	30
Libett, LynnLynn Libett	43	6	6	12	2	4
Kindrachuk, OrestOrest Kindrachuk	13	3	9	12	3	34
Price, PatPat Price^†	13	0	10	10	2	33
Chorney, MarcMarc Chorney	8	1	6	7	1	14
Hamilton, JamesJames Hamilton	20	1	6	7	2	18
Marshall, PaulPaul Marshall^‡	13	3	0	3	-7 !–7	4
Bullard, MichaelMichael Bullard	15	1	2	3	-1 !–1	19
Burrows, DavidDavid Burrows^†	53	0	2	2	-13 !–13	28
Lupien, GillesGilles Lupien^‡	31	0	1	1	-15 !–15	34
Rissling, GaryGary Rissling	25	1	0	1	-4 !–4	143
Wolf, BennettBennett Wolf	24	0	1	1	-1 !–1	94
Davis, KimKim Davis^‡	8	1	0	1	-3 !–3	4
Feltrin, TonyTony Feltrin	2	0	0	0	-3 !–3	0
Total		302	499	801	—	1,849

Playoffs^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	5	4	5	9	0	9
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	5	2	6	8	0	9
Sheppard, GregoryGregory Sheppard	5	2	4	6	0	2
Schutt, RodneyRodney Schutt	5	3	3	6	0	16
Bullard, MichaelMichael Bullard	4	3	3	6	0	0
Malone, WilliamWilliam Malone	5	2	3	5	0	16
Lee, PeterPeter Lee	5	0	4	4	0	4
Kehoe, RickRick Kehoe	5	0	3	3	0	0
Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	5	2	1	3	0	6
Price, PatPat Price	5	1	1	2	0	21
Faubert, MarioMario Faubert	5	1	1	2	0	4
Stackhouse, RonaldRonald Stackhouse	4	0	1	1	0	6
Gardner, PaulPaul Gardner	5	1	0	1	0	8
Baxter, PaulPaul Baxter	5	0	1	1	0	28
Rissling, GaryGary Rissling	5	0	1	1	0	4
Chorney, MarcMarc Chorney	2	0	1	1	0	2
Lonsberry, DavidDavid Lonsberry	5	0	0	0	0	2
Burrows, DavidDavid Burrows	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hamilton, JamesJames Hamilton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total		21	38	59	—	137

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	W	L	T	GA
Millen, GregoryGregory Millen	63	25	27	10	258
Ricci, NickNick Ricci	9	4	5	0	35
Holland, RobertRobert Holland	10	1	5	3	45
Total		30	37	13	338

Playoffs^[5]
Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	SO
Millen, GregoryGregory Millen	5	2	3	0	19	0
Total		2	3	0	19	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1980–81 season:

Trades

September 26, 1980	To Montreal Canadiens Canadiens option to swap 1983 3rd round picks	To Pittsburgh Penguins Gilles Lupien Canadiens option to swap 1983 3rd round picks
November 18, 1980	To Toronto Maple Leafs Kim Davis Paul Marshall	To Pittsburgh Penguins Dave Burrows Paul Gardner
January 2, 1981	To Washington Capitals 1981 5th round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Gary Rissling
January 8, 1981	To Detroit Red Wings Gary McAdam	To Pittsburgh Penguins Errol Thompson
February 20, 1981	To Hartford Whalers Gilles Lupien	To Pittsburgh Penguins 1981 6th round pick
March 10, 1981	To Edmonton Oilers Pat Hughes	To Pittsburgh Penguins Pat Price

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Paul Baxter	Quebec Nordiques	free agency (1980-08-07)

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
Tom Bladon	Edmonton Oilers	free agency (1980-07-10)
Kim Clackson	Quebec Nordiques	compensation for signing of Paul Baxter (1980-08-07)

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Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
7	USA !	Anderson, RussellRussell Anderson	2.0 !D	L	26	1975	Minneapolis, Minnesota
4	CAN !	Baxter, PaulPaul Baxter	2.0 !D	R	25	1975	Winnipeg, Manitoba
22	CAN !	Bullard, MichaelMichael Bullard	4.0 !C	L	20	1980	Ottawa, Ontario
8	CAN !	Burrows, DavidDavid Burrows	2.0 !D	L	32	Undrafted	Toronto, Ontario
25	CAN !	Carlyle, RandyRandy Carlyle	2.0 !D	L	25	1976	Sudbury, Ontario
16	CAN !	Chorney, MarcMarc Chorney	2.0 !D	L	21	1979	Sudbury, Ontario
5	CAN !	Faubert, MarioMario Faubert	2.0 !D	R	26	1974	Valleyfield, Quebec
33	CAN !	Feltrin, TonyTony Feltrin	2.0 !D	L	19	1980	Ladysmith, British Columbia
11	CAN !	Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	4.0 !C	R	28	1972	Trenton, Ontario
30	CAN !	Gardner, PaulPaul Gardner	4.0 !C	L	25	1976	Fort Erie, Ontario
20	CAN !	Hamilton, JamesJames Hamilton	7.0 !RW	L	24	1977	Barrie, Ontario
1	CAN !	Holland, RobertRobert Holland	1.0 !G	L	23	1977	Montreal, Quebec
9	USA !	Johnson, MarkMark Johnson	4.0 !C	L	23	1977	Madison, Wisconsin
17	CAN !	Kehoe, RickRick Kehoe	7.0 !RW	R	29	1971	Windsor, Ontario
26	CAN !	Kindrachuk, OrestOrest Kindrachuk	4.0 !C	L	30	Undrafted	Nanton, Alberta
10	GBR !	Lee, PeterPeter Lee	7.0 !RW	R	25	1976	Ellesmere, Great Britain
14	CAN !	Libett, LynnLynn Libett	6.0 !LW	L	35	Undrafted	Stratford, Ontario
18	CAN !	Lonsberry, DavidDavid Lonsberry	6.0 !LW	L	34	Undrafted	Humboldt, Saskatchewan
12	CAN !	Malone, WilliamWilliam Malone	4.0 !C	L	25	1976	Fredericton, New Brunswick
29	CAN !	Millen, GregoryGregory Millen	1.0 !G	R	23	1977	Toronto, Ontario
2	CAN !	Price, PatPat Price	2.0 !D	L	26	1975	Nelson, British Columbia
31	CAN !	Ricci, NickNick Ricci	1.0 !G	R	27	1979	Niagara Falls, Ontario
15	CAN !	Rissling, GaryGary Rissling	6.0 !LW	R	24	Undrafted	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
23	CAN !	Schutt, RodneyRodney Schutt	6.0 !LW	L	24	1976	Bancroft, Ontario
19	CAN !	Sheppard, GregoryGregory Sheppard	4.0 !C	L	32	Undrafted	North Battleford, Saskatchewan
3	CAN !	Stackhouse, RonaldRonald Stackhouse	2.0 !D	R	31	1969	Haliburton, Ontario
6	CAN !	Thompson, LoranLoran Thompson	6.0 !LW	L	30	1970	Summerside, Price Edward Island
6	CAN !	Wolf, BennettBennett Wolf	2.0 !D	R	21	1979	Kitchener, Ontario

Draft picks

The 1980 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 11, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec.^[6]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	9	Michael Bullard	Center	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHA)
3	51	Randy Boyd	Defense	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
4	72	Tony Feltrin	Defense	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
5	93	Douglas Shedden	Center	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
6	114	Pat Graham	Left Wing	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
8	156	Robert Geale	Center	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
9	177	Brian Lundberg	Defense	Canada	U. of Michigan (NCAA)
10	198	Steve McKenzie	Defense		St. Albert Saints (AJHL)

References

Penguins on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1980–1981 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1980–1981 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1980–1981 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1980–1981 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.

Pittsburgh Penguins seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1980–81 NHL season

Patrick	Calgary NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Quebec Toronto

Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

Pittsburgh Penguins

Founded in 1967
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

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Owners: Ronald Burkle; Mario Lemieux
General manager: Jim Rutherford
Head coach: Mike Sullivan
Team captain: Sidney Crosby
Current roster

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Main facilities: Civic Arena; PPG Paints Arena

Training facilities: Brantford Civic Centre; Rostraver Ice Garden; Island Sports Center; IceoPlex at Southpointe; UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex

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