1979–80 Detroit Red Wings season

1979–80 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th Norris
1979–80 record	26–43–11
Goals for	268
Goals against	306
Team information
General manager	Ted Lindsay
Coach	Bobby Kromm Ted Lindsay
Captain	Dale McCourt
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Foligno (36)
Assists	Dale McCourt (51)
Points	Dale McCourt (81)
Penalty minutes	Willie Huber (164)
Wins	Rogatien Vachon (20)
Goals against average	Rogatien Vachon (3.61)

The 1979–80 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 54th season. The Wings finished 5th in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	80	47	20	13	328	240	107
Los Angeles Kings	80	30	36	14	290	313	74
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	37	13	251	303	73
Hartford Whalers	80	27	34	19	303	312	73
Detroit Red Wings	80	26	43	11	268	306	63

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 10, 1979	4–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	0–0–1
2	L	October 12, 1979	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	0–1–1
3	T	October 13, 1979	3–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	0–1–2
4	W	October 17, 1979	5–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	1–1–2
5	L	October 20, 1979	3–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	1–2–2
6	W	October 25, 1979	4–0	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	2–2–2
7	L	October 27, 1979	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	2–3–2
8	L	October 28, 1979	4–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	2–4–2
9	L	October 31, 1979	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	2–5–2
10	W	November 3, 1979	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	3–5–2
11	L	November 4, 1979	1–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	3–6–2
12	W	November 7, 1979	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	4–6–2
13	L	November 10, 1979	1–2	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	4–7–2
14	L	November 14, 1979	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	4–8–2
15	W	November 16, 1979	4–2	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	5–8–2
16	W	November 17, 1979	5–4	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	6–8–2
17	L	November 21, 1979	1–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	6–9–2
18	L	November 23, 1979	2–5	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	6–10–2
19	T	November 24, 1979	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	6–10–3
20	T	November 27, 1979	5–5	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	6–10–4
21	W	December 1, 1979	6–3	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	7–10–4
22	T	December 2, 1979	4–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	7–10–5
23	W	December 5, 1979	6–4	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	8–10–5
24	W	December 8, 1979	5–1	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	9–10–5
25	L	December 10, 1979	0–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	9–11–5
26	L	December 11, 1979	1–2	New York Rangers (1979–80)	9–12–5
27	T	December 13, 1979	6–6	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	9–12–6
28	T	December 15, 1979	4–4	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	9–12–7
29	L	December 16, 1979	3–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	9–13–7
30	W	December 19, 1979	6–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	10–13–7
31	L	December 22, 1979	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	10–14–7
32	L	December 26, 1979	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	10–15–7
33	L	December 27, 1979	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	10–16–7
34	W	December 30, 1979	4–2	New York Islanders (1979–80)	11–16–7
35	L	December 31, 1979	3–5	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	11–17–7
36	L	January 2, 1980	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	11–18–7
37	W	January 4, 1980	6–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	12–18–7
38	W	January 6, 1980	2–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	13–18–7
39	W	January 9, 1980	4–0	New York Rangers (1979–80)	14–18–7
40	L	January 12, 1980	4–6	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	14–19–7
41	L	January 13, 1980	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	14–20–7
42	W	January 16, 1980	5–1	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	15–20–7
43	W	January 18, 1980	5–0	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	16–20–7
44	W	January 19, 1980	5–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	17–20–7
45	L	January 23, 1980	3–5	New York Islanders (1979–80)	17–21–7
46	L	January 26, 1980	3–4	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	17–22–7
47	W	January 27, 1980	7–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	18–22–7
48	L	January 30, 1980	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	18–23–7
49	W	January 31, 1980	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	19–23–7
50	W	February 2, 1980	3–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	20–23–7
51	L	February 3, 1980	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	20–24–7
52	T	February 6, 1980	2–2	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	20–24–8
53	L	February 9, 1980	5–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	20–25–8
54	L	February 10, 1980	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	20–26–8
55	T	February 13, 1980	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	20–26–9
56	L	February 16, 1980	3–4	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	20–27–9
57	L	February 18, 1980	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	20–28–9
58	L	February 20, 1980	5–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	20–29–9
59	L	February 23, 1980	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	20–30–9
60	W	February 24, 1980	7–5	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	21–30–9
61	W	February 28, 1980	4–1	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	22–30–9
62	W	March 1, 1980	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	23–30–9
63	L	March 2, 1980	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	23–31–9
64	L	March 5, 1980	3–5	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	23–32–9
65	T	March 8, 1980	2–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	23–32–10
66	W	March 9, 1980	6–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	24–32–10
67	T	March 12, 1980	4–4	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	24–32–11
68	L	March 13, 1980	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	24–33–11
69	L	March 15, 1980	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	24–34–11
70	L	March 16, 1980	2–6	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	24–35–11
71	L	March 19, 1980	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80)	24–36–11
72	W	March 21, 1980	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	25–36–11
73	L	March 22, 1980	1–5	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	25–37–11
74	L	March 26, 1980	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	25–38–11
75	L	March 27, 1980	1–10	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	25–39–11
76	W	March 29, 1980	9–7	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	26–39–11
77	L	March 31, 1980	5–7	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	26–40–11
78	L	April 2, 1980	2–7	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	26–41–11
79	L	April 5, 1980	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	26–42–11
80	L	April 6, 1980	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	26–43–11

• Game 28 would be the last game ever played in the Detroit Olympia.
• Game 33 would be the first ice hockey game ever played in the Joe Louis Arena.

As a result the Red Wings were forced on a four-game road trip from December 16 to 26.

Playoffs

• The Red Wings failed to qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
McCourt, DaleDale McCourt	C	80	30	51	81	12	1	7	2	3
Nedomansky, VaclavVaclav Nedomansky	RW	79	35	39	74	13	-5	11	0	5
Foligno, MikeMike Foligno	RW	80	36	35	71	109	-2	9	0	0
Larson, ReedReed Larson	D	80	22	44	66	101	-7	7	0	2
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich	C	80	16	50	66	69	3	3	0	1
Labraaten, DanDan Labraaten	LW	76	30	27	57	8	5	6	0	5
Thompson, ErrolErrol Thompson	LW	77	34	14	48	22	-10	8	2	3
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	D	76	17	23	40	164	-26	4	2	2
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	LW	41	8	24	32	8	-4	3	0	1
Woods, PaulPaul Woods	LW	79	6	20	26	24	-19	0	0	0
Korn, JimJim Korn	D/LW	63	5	13	18	108	-4	1	0	1
Long, BarryBarry Long	D	80	0	17	17	38	-28	0	0	0
Hogaboam, BillBill Hogaboam	C	42	3	12	15	10	-8	0	0	1
Joly, GregGreg Joly	D	59	3	10	13	45	-2	0	0	0
Lyle, GeorgeGeorge Lyle	LW	27	7	4	11	2	-2	0	0	2
Bolduc, DannyDanny Bolduc	LW	44	6	5	11	19	-14	2	0	0
Sobchuk, DennisDennis Sobchuk	C	33	4	6	10	0	-11	0	0	0
Polonich, DennisDennis Polonich	C/RW	66	2	8	10	127	-15	0	0	0
Bergman, ThommieThommie Bergman	D	28	1	5	6	45	4	0	0	0
Hamel, JeanJean Hamel	D	49	1	4	5	43	-2	0	0	0
Peterson, BrentBrent Peterson	C	18	1	2	3	2	-1	0	0	0
Hicks, GlennGlenn Hicks	LW	50	1	2	3	43	-21	0	0	0
Miller, PerryPerry Miller	D	16	0	3	3	41	-4	0	0	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	59	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Pirus, AlexAlex Pirus	RW	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cloutier, RejeanRejean Cloutier	D	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Webster, TomTom Webster	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Schamehorn, KevinKevin Schamehorn	RW	2	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Vasko, RickRick Vasko	D	8	0	0	0	2	-11	0	0	0
Hilworth, JohnJohn Hilworth	D	15	0	0	0	11	-2	0	0	0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	G	23	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	3474	59	20	30	8	209	3.61	4
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	1326	23	6	13	3	92	4.16	1
Team:	4800	80	26	43	11	301	3.76	5

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

Awards and Records

• The Red Wings did not win any awards this season.

Game Ads

Pre-season @ Windsor

See Also

• 1979–80 NHL season

References

• 1979–80 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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