1980–81 Detroit Red Wings season

1980–81 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th Norris
1980–81 record	19–43–18
Goals for	252
Goals against	339
Team information
General manager	Jimmy Skinner
Coach	Ted Lindsay Wayne Maxner
Captain	Errol Thompson Reed Larson
Team leaders
Goals	John Ogrodnick (35)
Assists	Dale McCourt (56)
Points	Dale McCourt (86)
Penalty minutes	Jim Korn (246)
Wins	Gilles Gilbert (11)
Goals against average	Gilles Gilbert (4.01)

The 1980-81 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 55th 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	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

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	L	October 10, 1980	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1980	1–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	0–2–0
3	L	October 15, 1980	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	0–3–0
4	L	October 16, 1980	4–6	New York Islanders (1980–81)	0–4–0
5	L	October 18, 1980	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	0–5–0
6	W	October 23, 1980	5–1	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	1–5–0
7	W	October 25, 1980	4–2	New York Rangers (1980–81)	2–5–0
8	L	October 26, 1980	6–7	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	2–6–0
9	T	October 28, 1980	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	2–6–1
10	L	October 29, 1980	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	2–7–1
11	L	November 1, 1980	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	2–8–1
12	L	November 4, 1980	4–6	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	2–9–1
13	W	November 6, 1980	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	3–9–1
14	L	November 8, 1980	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	3–10–1
15	T	November 11, 1980	4–4	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	3–10–2
16	T	November 12, 1980	4–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	3–10–3
17	L	November 15, 1980	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	3–11–3
18	L	November 19, 1980	1–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	3–12–3
19	L	November 20, 1980	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	3–13–3
20	L	November 22, 1980	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	3–14–3
21	T	November 26, 1980	7–7	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	3–14–4
22	L	November 29, 1980	1–5	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	3–15–4
23	L	December 2, 1980	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	3–16–4
24	L	December 4, 1980	1–4	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	3–17–4
25	W	December 6, 1980	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	4–17–4
26	T	December 7, 1980	1–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	4–17–5
27	L	December 11, 1980	1–2	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	4–18–5
28	W	December 13, 1980	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	5–18–5
29	W	December 14, 1980	5–4	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	6–18–5
30	W	December 16, 1980	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	7–18–5
31	W	December 18, 1980	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	8–18–5
32	T	December 20, 1980	3–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	8–18–6
33	L	December 23, 1980	2–6	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	8–19–6
34	T	December 27, 1980	4–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	8–19–7
35	W	December 28, 1980	4–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	9–19–7
36	W	December 31, 1980	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	10–19–7
37	T	January 2, 1981	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	10–19–8
38	L	January 3, 1981	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	10–20–8
39	L	January 6, 1981	2–6	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	10–21–8
40	L	January 8, 1981	4–7	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	10–22–8
41	W	January 10, 1981	4–1	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	11–22–8
42	T	January 13, 1981	3–3	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	11–22–9
43	L	January 15, 1981	0–10	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	11–23–9
44	L	January 16, 1981	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	11–24–9
45	L	January 20, 1981	4–11	@ Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	11–25–9
46	L	January 22, 1981	0–3	New York Islanders (1980–81)	11–26–9
47	W	January 24, 1981	6–2	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	12–26–9
48	W	January 26, 1981	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	13–26–9
49	T	January 28, 1981	2–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	13–26–10
50	T	January 29, 1981	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	13–26–11
51	L	February 1, 1981	1–4	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	13–27–11
52	W	February 3, 1981	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	14–27–11
53	W	February 5, 1981	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (1980–81)	15–27–11
54	L	February 6, 1981	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	15–28–11
55	W	February 8, 1981	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	16–28–11
56	T	February 12, 1981	2–2	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	16–28–12
57	L	February 14, 1981	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	16–29–12
58	W	February 17, 1981	6–4	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	17–29–12
59	W	February 19, 1981	7–3	New York Rangers (1980–81)	18–29–12
60	L	February 21, 1981	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	18–30–12
61	L	February 25, 1981	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	18–31–12
62	L	February 27, 1981	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	18–32–12
63	T	March 1, 1981	4–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	18–32–13
64	T	March 4, 1981	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	18–32–14
65	T	March 8, 1981	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	18–32–15
66	T	March 10, 1981	4–4	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	18–32–16
67	L	March 12, 1981	4–9	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	18–33–16
68	L	March 14, 1981	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	18–34–16
69	L	March 17, 1981	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	18–35–16
70	L	March 19, 1981	3–6	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	18–36–16
71	W	March 21, 1981	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	19–36–16
72	L	March 22, 1981	3–9	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	19–37–16
73	L	March 24, 1981	4–7	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	19–38–16
74	L	March 26, 1981	0–2	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	19–39–16
75	L	March 28, 1981	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	19–40–16
76	L	March 29, 1981	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	19–41–16
77	T	March 31, 1981	5–5	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	19–41–17
78	T	April 2, 1981	1–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	19–41–18
79	L	April 4, 1981	4–5	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	19–42–18
80	L	April 5, 1981	2–7	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	19–43–18

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	56	86	50	-17	11	2	2
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	LW	80	35	35	70	14	-17	9	2	2
Foligno, MikeMike Foligno	RW	80	28	35	63	210	-13	3	0	5
Larson, ReedReed Larson	D	78	27	31	58	153	-35	8	0	0
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	D	80	15	34	49	130	-28	3	0	0
Nedomansky, VaclavVaclav Nedomansky	RW	74	12	20	32	30	-35	6	0	0
Kirton, MarkMark Kirton	C	50	18	13	31	24	-30	6	1	3
Thompson, ErrolErrol Thompson	LW	39	14	12	26	52	-4	5	0	2
Lyle, GeorgeGeorge Lyle	LW	31	10	14	24	28	0	3	0	0
Woods, PaulPaul Woods	LW	67	8	16	24	45	-10	1	1	1
Peterson, BrentBrent Peterson	C	53	6	18	24	24	2	1	0	1
Korn, JimJim Korn	D/LW	63	5	15	20	246	-5	1	1	1
McAdam, GaryGary McAdam	LW	40	5	14	19	27	-14	1	0	0
Hicks, GlennGlenn Hicks	LW	58	5	10	15	84	0	1	0	0
Barrett, JohnJohn Barrett	D	56	3	10	13	60	-21	0	0	1
Hamel, JeanJean Hamel	D	68	5	7	12	57	-1	0	0	0
Labraaten, DanDan Labraaten	LW	44	3	8	11	12	-19	0	0	0
Vasko, RickRick Vasko	D	20	3	7	10	20	-3	1	0	0
Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell	RW	32	3	6	9	10	-7	0	0	0
Miller, PerryPerry Miller	D	64	1	8	9	70	-18	0	0	0
Smith, BradBrad Smith	RW	20	5	2	7	93	-12	0	0	0
Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson	LW	38	2	5	7	53	4	0	0	0
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich	C	24	1	4	5	26	-8	0	0	1
Gage, JodyJody Gage	RW	16	2	2	4	22	-10	0	0	0
Polonich, DennisDennis Polonich	C/RW	32	2	2	4	77	-14	0	0	0
Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield	C	22	2	1	3	16	2	0	0	0
Davis, MalMal Davis	LW	5	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	0
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	11	0	2	2	6	-5	0	0	0
Joly, GregGreg Joly	D	17	0	2	2	10	-8	0	0	0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lozinski, LarryLarry Lozinski	G	30	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	48	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Bladon, TomTom Bladon	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jensen, AlAl Jensen	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Legris, ClaudeClaude Legris	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	2618	48	11	24	9	175	4.01	0
Lozinski, LarryLarry Lozinski	1459	30	6	11	7	105	4.32	0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	600	10	2	6	2	43	4.30	0
Jensen, AlAl Jensen	60	1	0	1	0	7	7.00	0
Legris, ClaudeClaude Legris	63	3	0	1	0	4	3.81	0
Team:	4800	80	19	43	18	334	4.17	0

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

See Also

• 1980–81 NHL season

References

• 1980–81 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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