1979–80 New York Rangers season

The 1979–80 New York Rangers season was the 54th season and last full season under coach Fred Shero. The Rangers qualified for the playoffs but bowed out in the second round to Shero's old team, the Philadelphia Flyers.

Regular season

Season Standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	48	12	20	327	254	116
New York Islanders	80	39	28	13	281	247	91
New York Rangers	80	38	32	10	308	284	86
Atlanta Flames	80	35	32	13	282	269	83
Washington Capitals	80	27	40	13	261	293	67

^[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

1979-80 Game Log

October: 4-4-1 (Home: 3-1-1; Road: 1-3-0)

November: 5-9-1 (Home: 4-3-1; Road: 1-6-0)

December: 8-2-3 (Home: 3-1-3; Road: 5-1-0)

January: 6-5-4 (Home: 2-2-2; Road: 4-3-2)

February: 6-5-0 (Home: 4-1-0; Road: 2-4-0)

March: 8-5-1 (Home: 6-1-1; Road: 2-4-0)

April: 1-2-0 (Home: 0-1-0; Road: 1-1-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1980 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1980 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Preliminary Round: vs. Atlanta Flames - New York Rangers win series 3-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 8	Atlanta Flames	1 - 2	New York Rangers	OT	New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 9	Atlanta Flames	1 - 5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2-0
3	April 11	New York Rangers	2 - 4	Atlanta Flames		New York Rangers lead series 2-1
4	April 12	New York Rangers	5 - 2	Atlanta Flames		New York Rangers win series 3-1

Quarter-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers - Philadelphia wins series 4-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 16	New York Rangers	1 - 2	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 1-0
2	April 17	New York Rangers	1 - 4	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 2-0
3	April 19	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 0	New York Rangers		Philadelphia leads series 3-0
4	April 20	Philadelphia Flyers	2 - 4	New York Rangers		Philadelphia leads series 3-1
5	April 22	New York Rangers	1 - 3	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia wins series 4-1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	80	34	44	78	-13	73
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	79	25	48	73	-15	97
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	80	32	39	71	13	21
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	75	29	33	62	20	38
Beck, BarryBarry Beck^†	61	14	45	59	16	98
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	76	21	37	58	-11	103
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	50	14	44	58	15	20
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	73	28	22	50	-6	37
Murdoch, DonDon Murdoch^‡	56	23	19	42	-11	16
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	76	12	25	37	19	36
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	77	12	25	37	10	186
Johnstone, EdEd Johnstone	78	14	21	35	3	60
Marois, MarioMario Marois	79	8	23	31	0	142
Talafous, DeanDean Talafous	55	10	20	30	1	26
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	66	3	20	23	-1	118
Miller, WarrenWarren Miller	55	7	6	13	-6	17
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	25	4	7	11	-5	2
Sulliman, DougDoug Sulliman	31	4	7	11	0	2
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	45	4	6	10	-3	20
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen^‡	9	1	7	8	3	8
Guevremont, JocelynJocelyn Guevremont	20	2	5	7	-12	6
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	17	0	5	5	-10	4
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois^‡	6	3	1	4	-1	7
Hickey, PatPat Hickey^‡	7	2	2	4	-1	10
Connor, CamCam Connor^†	12	0	3	3	3	37
Markham, RayRay Markham	14	1	1	2	-3	21
Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton	23	1	1	2	-5	43
Hospodar, EdEd Hospodar	20	0	1	1	-2	76
Dore, AndreAndre Dore	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Silk, DaveDave Silk	2	0	0	0	1	0
Mayer, JimJim Mayer	4	0	0	0	1	0
Lochead, BillBill Lochead	7	0	0	0	-5	4

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	9	5	2	7	11
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	9	0	6	6	2
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	9	0	6	6	10
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	9	3	3	6	8
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	9	1	4	5	6
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	9	3	2	5	7
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	9	2	2	4	4
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	9	0	4	4	10
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	9	1	2	3	6
Talafous, DeanDean Talafous	5	1	2	3	9
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	8	2	1	3	8
Marois, MarioMario Marois	9	0	2	2	8
Hospodar, EdEd Hospodar	7	1	0	1	42
Markham, RayRay Markham	7	1	0	1	24
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	3	0	1	1	2
Miller, WarrenWarren Miller	6	1	0	1	0
Johnstone, EdEd Johnstone	9	0	1	1	25
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	7	0	1	1	2
Connor, CamCam Connor	2	0	0	0	2
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	9	0	0	0	8

Goaltenders

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	41	2306	20	15	4	122	3.17	2
Baker, SteveSteve Baker	27	1391	9	8	6	79	3.41	1
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	12	668	4	7	0	44	3.95	0
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert	8	435	5	2	0	33	4.55	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	9	541	4	5	21	2.33	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.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	13	Doug Sulliman	LW	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2	34	Ed Hospodar	D	United States	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
4	76	Pat Conacher	C	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
5	97	Dan Makuch	RW	Canada	Clarkson University (NCAA)
6	118	Stan Adams	C	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)

References

Rangers on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1979-80 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

1979–80 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta 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	NHL–WHA merger Expansion Draft Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup Final

New York Rangers

Founded in 1926
Based in New York City, New York

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President: Glen Sather
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Head coach: Alain Vigneault
Team captain: Ryan McDonagh
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