1979–80 Vancouver Canucks season

The 1979–80 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 10th in the NHL. Stan Smyl led the team in goals, assists, points, and penalty minutes, the last time one player has led his team in all four categories. On October 14, 1979, Wayne Gretzky scored his first NHL goal against Glen Hanlon.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Black Hawks	80	34	27	19	241	250	87
St. Louis Blues	80	34	34	12	266	278	80
Vancouver Canucks	80	27	37	16	256	281	70
Edmonton Oilers	80	28	39	13	301	322	69
Winnipeg Jets	80	20	49	11	214	314	51
Colorado Rockies	80	19	48	13	234	308	51

^[1]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

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

Playoffs

1980 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Preliminary Round vs. Buffalo - Sabres win 3–1
Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 8	Vancouver	1 – 2	Buffalo		Buffalo leads 1–0
2	April 9	Vancouver	0 – 6	Buffalo		Buffalo leads 2–0
3	April 11	Buffalo	4 – 5	Vancouver		Buffalo leads 2–1
3	April 12	Buffalo	3 – 1	Vancouver		Buffalo wins 3–1

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held on August, 1979 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	5	Rick Vaive (RW)	Canada	Birmingham Bulls (WHA)
2	26	Brent Ashton (C)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
3	47	Ken Ellacott (G)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
4	68	Art Rutland (F)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
5	89	Dirk Graham (RW)	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
6	110	Shane Swan	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

Vancouver Canucks

Founded in 1970 Based in Vancouver, British Columbia

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Personnel	Owner Canucks Sports & Entertainment (Francesco Aquilini, chairman) President Trevor Linden General manager Jim Benning Head coach Willie Desjardins Team captain Henrik Sedin Current roster

Arenas	Pacific Coliseum Rogers Arena

Affiliates	AHL Utica Comets ECHL Alaska Aces

Rivalries	Calgary Flames

General Managers	Poile Laycoe Maloney Neale Gordon Quinn Burke Nonis Gillis Benning

Head Coaches	Laycoe Stasiuk McCreary Maloney Kurtenbach Neale Neilson Neale LaForge Neale Watt McCammon Quinn Ley Quinn Renney Keenan Crawford Vigneault Tortorella Desjardins

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Stanley Cup Finals	1982 1994 2011

Team awards	Babe Pratt Trophy Cyclone Taylor Trophy Cyrus H. McLean Trophy Fred J. Hume Award Molson Cup Most Exciting Player Award

Culture/Lore	1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot 2014 Heritage Classic Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident Fin the Whale The Green Men "The House That Heaven Built" Ring of Honour Towel Power USAir Flight 1493 West Coast Express Mark Donnelly Jim Robson

Vancouver Canucks seasons

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1979–80 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Quebec Toronto

Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	NHL–WHA merger Expansion Draft Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup Final

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