1981–82 New York Rangers season

The 1981–82 New York Rangers season was the 56th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers finished second in the Patrick Division with 92 points and qualified for the NHL playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, New York defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, three games to one, to advance to the Patrick Division Finals. There, the Rangers lost to the New York Islanders in six games.^[1]

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

^[2]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.

Schedule and results

1981–82 Game Log

October: 3–8–0 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 1–4–0)

November: 5–5–3 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 2–3–1)

December: 7–4–2 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 3–0–2)

January: 9–3–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 5–2–1)

February: 6–3–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 4–1–2)

March: 9–3–3 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 5–2–1)

April: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 0–0–1)

Playoffs

Main article: 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1982 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Division Semi-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers – New York Rangers win series 3–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 7	Philadelphia Flyers	4–1	New York Rangers		Philadelphia leads series 1–0
2	April 8	Philadelphia Flyers	3–7	New York Rangers		Series tied 1–1
3	April 10	New York Rangers	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers		New York Rangers lead series 2–1
4	April 11	New York Rangers	7–5	Philadelphia Flyers		New York Rangers win series 3–1

Division Finals: vs. New York Islanders – New York Islanders win series 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 15	New York Rangers	5–4	New York Islanders		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	April 16	New York Rangers	2–7	New York Islanders		Series tied 1–1
3	April 18	New York Islanders	4–3	New York Rangers	OT	New York Islanders lead series 2–1
4	April 19	New York Islanders	5–3	New York Rangers		New York Islanders lead series 3–1
5	April 21	New York Rangers	4–2	New York Islanders		New York Islanders lead series 3–2
6	April 23	New York Islanders	5–3	New York Rangers		New York Islanders win series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

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

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	10	7	4	11	11
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	10	5	5	10	10
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	10	4	5	9	2
Johnstone, EdEd Johnstone	10	2	6	8	25
McClanahan, RobRob McClanahan	10	2	5	7	2
Leinonen, MikkoMikko Leinonen	7	1	6	7	20
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers	9	1	6	7	2
Silk, DaveDave Silk	9	2	4	6	4
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	10	1	5	6	14
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	6	1	5	6	0
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	10	5	1	6	31
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	10	1	4	5	6
Connor, CamCam Connor	10	4	0	4	16
Allison, MikeMike Allison	10	1	3	4	18
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	10	0	3	3	14
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu	10	0	2	2	6
Dore, AndreAndre Dore	10	1	1	2	16
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	10	1	0	1	4
Burns, GaryGary Burns	4	0	0	0	4
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	2	0	0	0	0
Backman, MikeMike Backman	1	0	0	0	2
Younghans, TomTom Younghans	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks	49	2852	23	16	9	179	3.77	1345	.867	1
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	25	1500	13	6	5	89	3.56	767	.884	0
Baker, SteveSteve Baker	6	328	1	5	0	33	6.04	163	.798	0
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	1	60	1	0	0	1	1.00	29	.966	0
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	1	60	1	0	0	1	1.00	30	.967	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	8	443	4	3	28	3.79
Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks	4	127	1	2	9	4.25
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	1	33	0	0	3	5.45

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

September 8, 1981 – Rangers trade Doug Soetaert to the Winnipeg Jets for a 1983 3rd round pick.
October 2, 1981 – Rangers acquire Mike Rogers from the Hartford Whalers for Chris Kotsopoulos, Doug Sulliman, and Gerry McDonald.
October 16, 1981 – Rangers acquire Pat Hickey from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 1982 5th round pick.
October 30, 1981 – Rangers acquire the rights to Tom Younghans from the Minnesota North Stars for cash.
December 11, 1981 – Rangers acquire Eddie Mio from the Edmonton Oilers for Lance Nethery.
December 30, 1981 – Rangers acquire Robbie Ftorek and a 1982 8th round pick from the Quebec Nordiques for Jere Gillis and Dean Talafous. Talafous, however, did not report to the Nordiques and an arbitrator awarded Pat Hickey to the Nordiques on March 8, 1982.
February 2, 1982 – Rangers acquire Rob McClanahan from the Hartford Whalers for a 1982 10th round pick.

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Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.^[5]^[6]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	9	James Patrick	D	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)
2	30	Jan Erixon	LW	Sweden	Skelleftea AIK (Elitserien)
3	50	Peter Sundstrom	LW	Sweden	Bjorkloven (Elitserien)
3	51	Mark Morrison	C	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
4	72	John Vanbiesbrouck	G	United States	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6	114	Eric Magnuson	C	United States	R.P.I. (NCAA)
7	135	Mike Guentzel	D	United States	Greenway (Minn H.S.)
8	156	Ari Lahteenmaki	RW	Finland	HIFK (FNL)
9	177	Paul Reifenberger	C	United States	Anoka High School (Minnesota)
10	198	Mario Proulx	G	Canada	Providence College (NCAA)

References

↑ "1981–82 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1981–82 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
↑ "1981–82 New York Rangers trades". NHL-Trade-Tracker. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
↑ "1981 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-05-05.

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