1981–82 Colorado Rockies season

The 1981–82 Colorado Rockies season was the sixth and final season for the Rockies in Colorado. The franchise would relocate to New Jersey for the 1982–83 season and be renamed the New Jersey Devils. In 1995 the Devils would win the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history. The same year, NHL hockey would return to Colorado with the Quebec Nordiques relocating there to become the Avalanche, for the 1995–96 season. They went on to become Stanley Cup champions in their first season in Denver.

1981–82 Colorado Rockies
Division5th Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1981–82 record18-49-13
Team information
General managerBill MacMillan
CoachBill MacMillan
CaptainLanny McDonald (Oct.–Nov.)
Rob Ramage (Nov.–Apr.)
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaMcNichols Sports Arena
Average attendance8,180
Minor league affiliate(s)Fort Worth Texans (CHL)
Team leaders
GoalsSteve Tambellini (29)
AssistsBrent Ashton (36)
PointsBrent Ashton (60)
Penalty minutesRob Ramage (201)
WinsGlenn Resch (16)
Goals against averageGlenn Resch (4.03)

Offseason

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NHL Draft

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Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 5 Joe Cirella   Canada Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
2 26 Rich Chernomaz   Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)
3 48 Uli Hiemer   West Germany EV Fussen (West Germany)
4 66 Gus Greco   Canada Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
5 87 Doug Speck   Canada Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
6 108 Bruce Driver   Canada University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
7 129 Jeff Larmer   Canada Kitchener Rangers (OMJHL)
8 150 Tony Arima   Finland Jokerit (Finland)
9 171 Tim Army   United States East Providence High School (USHS-RI)
10 192 John Johannson   United States University of Wisconsin (WCHA)

Regular season

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Final standings

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Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Edmonton Oilers 80 48 17 15 417 295 111
Vancouver Canucks 80 30 33 17 290 286 77
Calgary Flames 80 29 34 17 334 345 75
Los Angeles Kings 80 24 41 15 314 369 63
Colorado Rockies 80 18 49 13 241 362 49

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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.

Record vs. opponents

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Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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1981–82 game log

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Brent Ashton LW 80 24 36 60 26 -31 3 0 4
Steve Tambellini C 79 29 30 59 14 -33 9 0 0
Don Lever LW 59 22 28 50 20 -10 3 0 1
Bob MacMillan RW 57 18 32 50 27 -9 3 0 1
Rob Ramage D 80 13 29 42 201 -47 6 0 0
Merlin Malinowski C 69 13 28 41 32 -22 0 1 0
Aaron Broten LW/C 58 15 24 39 6 -11 5 1 5
Dwight Foster RW 70 12 19 31 41 -53 1 1 0
Bob Miller C 56 11 20 31 27 -24 1 0 2
Dave Cameron C 66 11 12 23 103 -14 0 1 0
Paul Gagne LW 59 10 12 22 17 -27 2 0 0
Tapio Levo D 34 9 13 22 14 -13 3 0 0
Bob Lorimer D 79 5 15 20 68 -19 1 0 0
Joe Cirella D 65 7 12 19 52 -36 2 0 1
Lanny McDonald RW 16 6 9 15 20 -3 0 0 1
Joel Quenneville D 64 5 10 15 55 -29 0 0 0
Veli-Pekka Ketola C 44 9 5 14 4 -17 4 0 1
Kevin Maxwell C 34 5 5 10 44 -16 0 0 1
Graeme Nicolson D 41 2 7 9 51 -16 0 0 0
Mike Kitchen D 63 1 8 9 60 -18 0 0 0
John Wensink LW 57 5 3 8 152 -13 1 0 0
Joe Micheletti D 21 2 6 8 4 -4 0 0 0
Jukka Porvari RW 31 2 6 8 0 -22 0 0 0
Stan Weir C 10 2 3 5 10 -7 0 0 1
Yvon Vautour RW 14 1 2 3 18 -6 1 0 0
Bill Baker D 14 0 3 3 17 -13 0 0 0
Paul Miller C 3 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
Jeff Larmer LW 8 1 1 2 8 -3 0 0 0
Phil Myre G 24 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Resch G 61 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 0
Ed Cooper LW 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Chernomaz RW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Jim Dobson RW 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Peter Gustavsson LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Jack Hughes D 8 0 0 0 13 -7 0 0 0
Steve Janaszak G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Christer Kellgren RW 5 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0
Rick LaFerriere G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Pierce RW 5 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Glenn Resch 3424 61 16 31 11 230 4.03 0
Phil Myre 1256 24 2 17 2 112 5.35 0
Steve Janaszak 100 2 0 1 0 13 7.80 0
Rick LaFerriere 20 1 0 0 0 1 3.00 0
Team: 4800 80 18 49 13 356 4.45 0

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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;

Farm teams

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References

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  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1981-82 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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