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Dale Hunter's 1980-1981 season

Points
63
NHL#75
Goals
19
NHL#136
Assists
44
NHL#45
Plus/minus
+5
NHL#149
Games
80
100%
100% of 80

Centre Dale Hunter was 20 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Quebec Nordiques. He played all 80 games and scored 19 goals and 44 assists for 63 points, 0.79 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 6 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1980-1981Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Dale Hunter makes his NHL debut in the 5–⁠5 draw against Calgary Flames

    Dale was 20 years old · Stampede Corral, Canada

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    2
    Assists
    2
    Points
    +1
    +/-
    First NHL assistFirst NHL point

    Swedes on the ice: Kent Nilsson.

    • The game
      QUE5–5CGY
      game 1/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Dale Hunter records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Calgary Flames · October 9

    • The game
      QUE7–4EDM
      W
      game 2/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      QUE2–8VAN
      L
      game 3/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE1–4CLR
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–6LAK
      L
      game 5/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–4WIN
      game 6/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      QUE2–4MNS
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE2–4HFD
      L
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–7CHI
      L
      game 9/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–3QUE
      game 10/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Dale Hunter scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Vancouver Canucks · October 29

    • The game
      PHI3–3QUE
      game 11/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR5–4QUE
      L
      game 12/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-8SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE4–5MTL
      L
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE1–3PHI
      L
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI6–6QUE
      game 15/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WIN1–5QUE
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE1–8BUF
      L
      game 17/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–6QUE
      W
      game 18/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET1–2QUE
      W
      game 19/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY3–3QUE
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      16
      points
      NHL#86
      3
      goals
      NHL#174
      13
      assists
      NHL#33
      QUE
      4-10-0W-L-OT14Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK4–3QUE
      L
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–5QUE
      W
      game 22/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYI7–3QUE
      L
      game 23/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1980
    • The game
      QUE2–5STL
      L
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–1DET
      W
      game 25/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–5TOR
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR4–4QUE
      game 27/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–4QUE
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE5–3BOS
      W
      game 29/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM5–6QUE
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL1–4QUE
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–5NYI
      L
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–6QUE
      W
      game 33/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL2–2QUE
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–6PIT
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR6–3QUE
      L
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3QUE
      game 37/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      QUE2–2NYR
      game 38/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE3–6STL
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE1–5BUF
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      29
      points
      NHL#99
      8
      goals
      NHL#152
      21
      assists
      NHL#59
      QUE
      10-20-0W-L-OT30Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      QUE5–5MTL
      game 41/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      EDM6–3QUE
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN3–3QUE
      game 43/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE4–1PHI
      W
      game 44/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE1–7MNS
      L
      game 45/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–7CHI
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF6–5QUE
      L
      game 47/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE4–7NYI
      L
      game 48/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK7–5QUE
      L
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2QUE
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–5QUE
      W
      game 51/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • February 1981
    • The game
      HFD2–4QUE
      W
      game 52/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS2–6QUE
      W
      game 53/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI3–5QUE
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–3BOS
      W
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–5CGY
      L
      game 56/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE4–2EDM
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      QUE3–4WIN
      L
      game 58/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE6–3CLR
      W
      game 59/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      QUE4–2LAK
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 80
      46
      points
      NHL#83
      14
      goals
      NHL#131
      32
      assists
      NHL#48
      QUE
      19-28-0W-L-OT51Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      QUE9–3VAN
      W
      game 61/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE11–7WSH
      W
      game 62/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–5QUE
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • March 1981
    • The game
      PIT5–4QUE
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–7QUE
      W
      game 65/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–2QUE
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–6QUE
      W
      game 67/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL5–5QUE
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–3PIT
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR0–3QUE
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE4–3DET
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE6–4WSH
      W
      game 72/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE7–7NYR
      game 73/802
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      VAN3–3QUE
      game 74/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CGY2–4QUE
      W
      game 75/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL0–4QUE
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT1–5QUE
      W
      game 77/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1981
    • The game
      QUE4–5HFD
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE5–5TOR
      game 79/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR4–2QUE
      L
      game 80/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Dale Hunter closes the 1980-1981 season with 63 points

    Points
    63
    NHL#75
    Games
    80of 80
    100%
    Goals
    19
    NHL#136
    Assists
    44
    NHL#45
    P/GP
    0.79
    NHL#106
    +/-
    +5
    NHL#149
    Events
    50
    career points
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL assist
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Quebec Nordiques are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Quebec Nordiques meet Philadelphia Flyers

    QUEvsPHI
    Swedes on Quebec Nordiques
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    • Game 1
      QUE4–6PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstQuebec Nordiques
    • Game 2
      QUE5–8PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–0againstQuebec Nordiques
    • Game 3
      PHI0–2QUE
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstQuebec Nordiques
    • Game 4
      PHI3–4QUE
      W
      1
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • Quebec Nordiquesare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      QUE2–5PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    Preliminary round

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Quebec Nordiques out 3–2

    QUE2–3PHI
    Eliminated
    5Games6Points4Goals2Assists