1980–81 St. Louis Blues season

1980–81 St. Louis Blues
Division	1st Smythe
1980–81 record	45–18–17
Goals for	352
Goals against	281
Team information
General manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Red Berenson
Captain	Brian Sutter
Arena	Checkerdome
Team leaders
Goals	Wayne Babych (54)
Assists	Bernie Federko (73)
Points	Bernie Federko (104)
Penalty minutes	Brian Sutter (232)
Wins	Mike Liut (33)
Goals against average	Mike Liut (3.34)

The 1980–81 St. Louis Blues season was the 14th in franchise history. The Blues finished 1st in the Smythe Division, defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Preliminary round 3 games to 2 before losing in the Quarter-finals to the New York Rangers 4 games to 2.

Regular Season

The Blues won the Smythe Division for the first time in four seasons, with a record of 45 wins, 18 losses and 17 ties, good for 107 points, and second place overall in the entire NHL. This was the first time that the Blues had ever accumulated 100 or more points in a season.

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	80	45	18	14	352	281	107
Chicago Black Hawks	80	31	33	16	304	315	78
Vancouver Canucks	80	28	32	20	289	301	76
Edmonton Oilers	80	29	35	16	328	327	74
Colorado Rockies	80	22	45	13	258	344	57
Winnipeg Jets	80	9	57	14	246	400	32

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	78	31	73	104	47	9	9	2	4
Babych, WayneWayne Babych	RW	78	54	42	96	93	14	14	0	7
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop	C	80	20	67	87	40	16	6	0	2
Pettersson, JorgenJorgen Pettersson	LW	62	37	36	73	24	14	8	0	5
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	78	35	34	69	232	12	17	0	4
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	74	24	44	68	57	15	10	1	1
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	75	34	22	56	209	15	5	0	5
Currie, TonyTony Currie	RW	61	23	32	55	38	32	2	0	4
Chapman, BlairBlair Chapman	RW	55	20	26	46	41	3	5	0	3
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	80	22	23	45	107	2	0	8	3
Lapointe, RickRick Lapointe	D	80	8	25	33	124	36	0	0	3
Micheletti, JoeJoe Micheletti	D	63	4	27	31	53	12	3	0	1
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle	D	71	5	23	28	12	5	3	1	1
Crombeen, MikeMike Crombeen	RW	66	9	14	23	58	1	0	1	1
Stewart, BillBill Stewart	D	60	2	21	23	114	19	0	0	0
Kea, EdEd Kea	D	74	3	18	21	60	15	0	0	0
Klassen, RalphRalph Klassen	C	66	6	12	18	23	-5	0	1	0
Norwich, CraigCraig Norwich	D	23	4	12	16	14	1	3	0	1
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	63	4	11	15	132	9	0	0	0
Maxwell, BryanBryan Maxwell	D	40	3	10	13	137	7	0	0	0
Monahan, HartlandHartland Monahan	RW	25	4	2	6	4	2	0	2	0
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	G	19	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Heinz, RickRick Heinz	G	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	RW	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Lamby, DickDick Lamby	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Lefley, ChuckChuck Lefley	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hess, BobBob Hess	D	4	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Liut, MikeMike Liut	3570	61	33	14	13	199	3.34	1
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	1010	19	10	3	3	72	4.28	0
Heinz, RickRick Heinz	220	4	2	1	1	8	2.18	0
Team:	4800	80	45	18	17	279	3.49	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	11	8	10	18	2	4	0	1
Currie, TonyTony Currie	RW	11	4	12	16	4	1	0	0
Micheletti, JoeJoe Micheletti	D	11	1	11	12	10	1	0	0
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	11	6	3	9	77	3	0	0
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	11	4	5	9	4	3	0	0
Pettersson, JorgenJorgen Pettersson	LW	11	4	3	7	0	1	0	2
Chapman, BlairBlair Chapman	RW	9	2	5	7	6	0	0	0
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	11	2	4	6	30	0	0	0
Lapointe, RickRick Lapointe	D	8	2	2	4	12	0	0	0
Crombeen, MikeMike Crombeen	RW	11	3	0	3	8	0	0	2
Kea, EdEd Kea	D	11	1	2	3	12	0	0	0
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle	D	11	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop	C	11	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Babych, WayneWayne Babych	RW	11	2	0	2	8	1	0	0
Klassen, RalphRalph Klassen	C	11	2	0	2	2	0	0	0
Stewart, BillBill Stewart	D	4	1	0	1	11	0	0	0
Maxwell, BryanBryan Maxwell	D	11	0	1	1	54	0	0	0
MacLean, PaulPaul MacLean	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monahan, HartlandHartland Monahan	RW	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	10	0	0	0	27	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Liut, MikeMike Liut	685	11	5	6	50	4.38	0
Team:	685	11	5	6	50	4.38	0

Note: Pos = Position; 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

• Lester B. Pearson Award: Mike Liut
• Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Blake Dunlop
• Jack Adams Award: Red Berenson
• Mike Liut, Goalie, NHL First Team All-Star

See Also

• 1980–81 NHL season

References

• 1980–81 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.