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Craig Norwich's 1979-1980 season

Points
45
NHL#126
Goals
10
NHL#206
Assists
35
NHL#70
Plus/minus
-10
NHL#462
Games
70
87%
87% of 80

Defenceman Craig Norwich was 23 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Winnipeg Jets. He played 70 of a possible 80 games and scored 10 goals and 35 assists for 45 points, 0.64 points per game. Winnipeg Jets did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1979-1980
  1. NHL debut

    Craig Norwich makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠4 loss against Pittsburgh Penguins

    Craig was 23 years old · Civic Arena, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    -1
    +/-

    Swedes on the ice: Lars-Erik Sjöberg and Willy Lindström.

    • The game
      WIN2–4PIT
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WIN0–4BOS
      L
      game 2/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–4WIN
      W
      game 3/803
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-7SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
    Milestone

    Craig Norwich scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Colorado Rockies · October 14

    • The game
      DET5–1WIN
      L
      game 4/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–3WIN
      W
      game 5/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–4CLR
      L
      game 6/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN0–4CHI
      L
      game 7/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3WIN
      W
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL2–2WIN
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WIN5–2QUE
      W
      game 10/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • November 1979
    • The game
      WSH1–1WIN
      game 11/805
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–4WIN
      game 12/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Craig Norwich records his first NHL assist

    in the game against New York Islanders · November 4

    • The game
      WIN0–8AFM
      L
      game 13/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–6WSH
      L
      game 14/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR8–4WIN
      L
      game 15/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–3WIN
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–2WIN
      L
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–2WIN
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN6–4NYR
      W
      game 19/804
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN0–7MTL
      L
      game 20/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      7
      points
      NHL#205
      3
      goals
      NHL#149
      4
      assists
      NHL#205
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#86
      WIN
      6-11-0W-L-OT15Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN3–5LAK
      L
      game 22/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • December 1979
    • The game
      WIN4–4MNS
      game 24/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–0WIN
      L
      game 25/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–2STL
      W
      game 26/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-5SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN4–6DET
      L
      game 27/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      EDM3–8WIN
      W
      game 28/802
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +3+/-5SOG3PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      AFM5–4WIN
      L
      game 29/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-7SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN0–5QUE
      L
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–6WIN
      W
      game 31/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN4–3EDM
      W
      game 32/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF3–2WIN
      L
      game 33/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI1–4WIN
      W
      game 34/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN0–6MNS
      L
      game 35/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–3WIN
      L
      game 36/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN1–6TOR
      L
      game 37/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-7SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–6BUF
      L
      game 38/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–1WIN
      L
      game 39/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–4WIN
      game 40/802
      His night
      +3P+3A
      -1+/-5SOG3PPP
      +3 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8038 of 40 played
      23
      points
      NHL#117
      5
      goals
      NHL#192
      18
      assists
      NHL#65
      -10
      +/-
      NHL#155
      WIN
      12-23-0W-L-OT29Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN0–2AFM
      L
      game 41/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–5PHI
      L
      game 42/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–0WIN
      L
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–5WIN
      W
      game 44/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN2–5NYI
      L
      game 45/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–4NYR
      L
      game 46/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–0WIN
      L
      game 47/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–7HFD
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–5WSH
      L
      game 49/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI5–4WIN
      L
      game 50/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-6SOG
    • The game
      STL6–6WIN
      game 51/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WIN7–3LAK
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • February 1980
    • The game
      WIN2–9EDM
      L
      game 53/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN2–2CLR
      game 54/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM2–2WIN
      game 56/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WIN0–0NYI
      game 57/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–5PHI
      L
      game 58/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-8SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN4–5HFD
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE5–6WIN
      W
      game 60/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8057 of 60 played
      37
      points
      NHL#104
      8
      goals
      NHL#181
      29
      assists
      NHL#49
      -11
      +/-
      NHL#156
      WIN
      15-36-0W-L-OT39Points
      20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN3–4BUF
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR9–3WIN
      L
      game 63/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • March 1980
    • The game
      CHI3–2WIN
      L
      game 66/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM5–2WIN
      L
      game 68/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–3WIN
      game 69/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN6–2DET
      W
      game 71/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN1–9TOR
      L
      game 72/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–4WIN
      W
      game 73/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–2WIN
      L
      game 74/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD0–7WIN
      W
      game 75/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • April 1980
    • The game
      WIN5–2CHI
      W
      game 78/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WIN0–6STL
      L
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–3WIN
      W
      game 80/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Craig Norwich closes the 1979-1980 season with 45 points

    Winnipeg Jets did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    45
    NHL#126
    Games
    70of 80
    88%
    Goals
    10
    NHL#206
    Assists
    35
    NHL#70
    P/GP
    0.64
    NHL#129
    +/-
    -10
    NHL#462
    Events
    45
    career best in points
    10
    career best in goals
    35
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts