1981–82 New York Rangers season

1981–82 New York Rangers
Division	2nd Patrick
Conference	5th Wales
1981–82 record	39–27–14
Goals for	316
Goals against	306
Team information
General manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Herb Brooks
Captain	Barry Beck
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Ron Duguay (40)
Assists	Mike Rogers (65)
Points	Mike Rogers (103)
Penalty minutes	Ed Hospodar (152)
Wins	Steve Weeks (23)
Goals against average	Eddie Mio (3.56)

The 1981–82 New York Rangers season was the 56th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 2nd in the Patrick Division, defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3 games to 1 in the Division Semi-finals and lost in the Division Finals to the New York Islanders 4 games to 2.

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	54	16	10	385	250	118
New York Rangers	80	39	27	14	316	306	92
Philadelphia Flyers	80	38	31	11	325	313	87
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	31	36	13	310	337	75
Washington Capitals	80	26	41	13	319	338	65

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 6, 1981	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	0–1–0
2	L	October 9, 1981	3–8	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	0–2–0
3	L	October 10, 1981	0–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	0–3–0
4	W	October 14, 1981	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	1–3–0
5	L	October 17, 1981	4–5	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	1–4–0
6	W	October 18, 1981	5–3	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	2–4–0
7	L	October 21, 1981	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	2–5–0
8	W	October 24, 1981	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	3–5–0
9	L	October 25, 1981	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	3–6–0
10	L	October 28, 1981	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	3–7–0
11	L	October 31, 1981	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	3–8–0
12	W	November 1, 1981	4–2	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	4–8–0
13	L	November 4, 1981	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	4–9–0
14	W	November 5, 1981	6–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	5–9–0
15	W	November 7, 1981	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	6–9–0
16	W	November 11, 1981	7–3	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	7–9–0
17	T	November 13, 1981	3–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	7–9–1
18	L	November 15, 1981	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	7–10–1
19	W	November 18, 1981	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	8–10–1
20	L	November 21, 1981	3–4	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	8–11–1
21	L	November 22, 1981	2–7	New York Islanders (1981–82)	8–12–1
22	T	November 25, 1981	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	8–12–2
23	L	November 28, 1981	4–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	8–13–2
24	T	November 29, 1981	4–4	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	8–13–3
25	W	December 2, 1981	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	9–13–3
26	W	December 5, 1981	2–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	10–13–3
27	L	December 6, 1981	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	10–14–3
28	L	December 9, 1981	3–4	Boston Bruins (1981–82)	10–15–3
29	W	December 12, 1981	5–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	11–15–3
30	W	December 14, 1981	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	12–15–3
31	L	December 16, 1981	3–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	12–16–3
32	T	December 19, 1981	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	12–16–4
33	L	December 20, 1981	2–3	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	12–17–4
34	W	December 23, 1981	5–2	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	13–17–4
35	T	December 26, 1981	4–4	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	13–17–5
36	W	December 27, 1981	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	14–17–5
37	W	December 30, 1981	6–4	New York Islanders (1981–82)	15–17–5
38	W	January 2, 1982	6–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	16–17–5
39	L	January 3, 1982	3–4	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	16–18–5
40	W	January 7, 1982	4–1	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	17–18–5
41	W	January 9, 1982	7–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	18–18–5
42	W	January 11, 1982	5–3	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	19–18–5
43	W	January 13, 1982	2–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	20–18–5
44	T	January 15, 1982	4–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	20–18–6
45	L	January 18, 1982	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	20–19–6
46	W	January 20, 1982	3–2	New York Islanders (1981–82)	21–19–6
47	L	January 23, 1982	1–6	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	21–20–6
48	T	January 24, 1982	4–4	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	21–20–7
49	W	January 27, 1982	5–4	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	22–20–7
50	W	January 29, 1982	5–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	23–20–7
51	W	January 31, 1982	6–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	24–20–7
52	W	February 2, 1982	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	25–20–7
53	T	February 4, 1982	4–4	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	25–20–8
54	L	February 7, 1982	4–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	25–21–8
55	T	February 10, 1982	3–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	25–21–9
56	W	February 13, 1982	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	26–21–9
57	W	February 14, 1982	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	27–21–9
58	W	February 17, 1982	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	28–21–9
59	T	February 18, 1982	4–4	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	28–21–10
60	L	February 21, 1982	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	28–22–10
61	W	February 24, 1982	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	29–22–10
62	W	February 27, 1982	6–4	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	30–22–10
63	L	February 28, 1982	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	30–23–10
64	W	March 3, 1982	4–2	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	31–23–10
65	T	March 4, 1982	4–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	31–23–11
66	L	March 6, 1982	4–6	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	31–24–11
67	W	March 8, 1982	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	32–24–11
68	T	March 10, 1982	5–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	32–24–12
69	W	March 11, 1982	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	33–24–12
70	T	March 14, 1982	5–5	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	33–24–13
71	W	March 17, 1982	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	34–24–13
72	W	March 20, 1982	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	35–24–13
73	W	March 21, 1982	8–5	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	36–24–13
74	W	March 24, 1982	7–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	37–24–13
75	W	March 26, 1982	8–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	38–24–13
76	L	March 28, 1982	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	38–25–13
77	L	March 29, 1982	3–7	New York Islanders (1981–82)	38–26–13
78	W	March 31, 1982	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	39–26–13
79	L	April 2, 1982	5–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	39–27–13
80	T	April 3, 1982	3–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	39–27–14

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers	C	80	38	65	103	43	2	6	1	2
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	72	40	36	76	82	18	10	1	3
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	C	79	33	43	76	67	21	12	3	3
Johnstone, EddieEddie Johnstone	RW	68	30	28	58	57	-5	4	0	3
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	LW	54	22	36	58	73	9	6	1	5
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	D	78	18	38	56	27	18	7	0	3
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	D	64	13	36	49	105	2	6	1	3
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	D	60	9	29	38	111	19	5	0	0
Silk, DaveDave Silk	RW	64	15	20	35	39	17	1	0	0
Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	C/LW	30	8	24	32	24	8	2	0	2
Leinonen, MikkoMikko Leinonen	C	53	11	20	31	18	2	2	0	3
Hickey, PatPat Hickey	LW	53	15	14	29	32	-15	3	0	3
Allison, MikeMike Allison	LW	48	7	15	22	74	-3	0	0	0
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	D	79	3	18	21	104	7	0	0	0
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	LW	34	9	11	20	13	4	2	0	2
Dore, AndreAndre Dore	D	56	4	16	20	64	10	0	0	0
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu	LW	70	8	10	18	151	-7	0	0	1
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	D	29	5	11	16	16	-11	0	0	0
McClanahan, RobRob McClanahan	C	22	5	9	14	10	7	0	0	1
Talafous, DeanDean Talafous	RW	29	6	7	13	8	-3	1	0	2
Gillis, JereJere Gillis	LW	26	3	9	12	16	-2	0	0	1
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	50	5	6	11	45	-2	1	0	0
Hospodar, EdEd Hospodar	D	41	3	8	11	152	-8	0	0	0
Wallin, PeterPeter Wallin	RW	40	2	9	11	12	1	0	0	1
Younghans, TomTom Younghans	RW	47	3	5	8	17	0	0	0	0
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	D	13	0	3	3	10	-5	0	0	0
Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks	G	49	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Morrison, MarkMark Morrison	C	9	1	1	2	0	-5	0	0	1
Backman, MikeMike Backman	RW	3	0	2	2	4	7	0	0	0
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	RW	4	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Nethery, LanceLance Nethery	C	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	G	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baker, SteveSteve Baker	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	G	25	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks	2852	49	23	16	9	179	3.77	1
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	1500	25	13	6	5	89	3.56	0
Baker, SteveSteve Baker	328	6	1	5	0	33	6.04	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	60	1	1	0	0	1	1.00	0
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	60	1	1	0	0	1	1.00	0
Team:	4800	80	39	27	14	303	3.79	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	C/LW	10	7	4	11	11	4	0	1
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	LW	10	5	5	10	10	2	0	0
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	D	10	4	5	9	2	2	0	1
Johnstone, EddieEddie Johnstone	RW	10	2	6	8	25	1	0	0
McClanahan, RobRob McClanahan	C	10	2	5	7	2	0	0	0
Leinonen, MikkoMikko Leinonen	C	7	1	6	7	20	0	0	0
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers	C	9	1	6	7	2	0	0	0
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	10	5	1	6	31	1	0	0
Silk, DaveDave Silk	RW	9	2	4	6	4	0	0	1
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	D	10	1	5	6	14	1	0	0
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	C	6	1	5	6	0	0	0	0
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	D	10	1	4	5	6	1	0	1
Connor, CamCam Connor	RW	10	4	0	4	4	1	0	1
Allison, MikeMike Allison	LW	10	1	3	4	18	0	0	0
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	D	10	0	3	3	14	0	0	0
Dore, AndreAndre Dore	D	10	1	1	2	16	0	0	0
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu	LW	10	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	10	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
Backman, MikeMike Backman	RW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Younghans, TomTom Younghans	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burns, GaryGary Burns	LW/C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks	G	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	443	8	4	3	28	3.79	0
Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks	127	4	1	2	9	4.25	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	33	1	0	0	3	5.45	0
Team:	603	10	5	5	40	3.98	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

• The Rangers did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1981–82 NHL season

References

• York Rangers/1982_games.html 1981–82 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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