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Gilles Hamel's 1980-1981 season

Points

NHL#302

Goals

NHL#228

Assists

NHL#346

Plus/minus

-8

NHL#422

Games

63% of 80

Left winger Gilles Hamel was 20 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 51 of a possible 80 games and scored 10 goals and 9 assists for 19 points, 0.37 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 1 points.

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

1980-1981Playoffs

Year 1980
46 years ago
A late start
November 15
Gilles Hamel's season starts in game 16 of 80
Buffalo Sabres have played 15 games15 of 80 without him
NHL debut
November 15
Gilles Hamel makes his NHL debut in 1–⁠4 loss against New York Islanders
BUFBuffalo Sabres1–4NYINew York Islanders
Gilles was 20 years old · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
0
+/-
Swedes on the ice: Anders Kallur, Robert Nyström and Stefan Persson.
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- The game
  BUF1–4NYI
  L
  November 15game 16/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  QUE1–8BUF
  W
  November 16game 17/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Gilles Hamel records his first NHL assist
in the game against Quebec Nordiques · November 16
- The game
  BUF2–5CHI
  L
  November 19game 18/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–2WIN
  W
  November 21game 19/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–6EDM
  L
  November 23game 20/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 23
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 805 of 20 played
  1
  points
  NHL#386
  0
  goals
  NHL#349
  1
  assists
  NHL#359
  BUF
  10-5-0W-L-OT25Points
  8th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF3–5STL
  L
  November 25game 21/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CGY3–6BUF
  W
  November 27game 22/801
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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Milestone
Gilles Hamel scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Calgary Flames · November 27
- The game
  BUF5–2HFD
  W
  November 29game 23/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CLR1–4BUF
  W
  November 30game 24/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- December 1980
- The game
  MTL6–5BUF
  L
  December 3game 25/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PIT1–10BUF
  W
  December 7game 27/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  BUF4–4CLR
  December 9game 28/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF4–8CGY
  L
  December 11game 29/801
  His night
  No points
  -6+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–4TOR
  W
  December 13game 30/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN2–2BUF
  December 14game 31/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF7–4LAK
  W
  December 20game 32/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–3VAN
  December 21game 33/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  CHI2–3BUF
  W
  December 26game 34/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS2–5BUF
  W
  December 28game 35/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  LAK5–2BUF
  L
  December 31game 36/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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Year 1981
45 years ago
- The game
  BUF3–3QUE
  January 3game 37/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MNS2–2BUF
  January 4game 38/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  QUE1–5BUF
  W
  January 7game 39/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–3NYR
  January 9game 40/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 9
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8024 of 40 played
  13
  points
  NHL#252
  6
  goals
  NHL#193
  7
  assists
  NHL#280
  BUF
  19-9-0W-L-OT50Points
  6th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MNS1–1BUF
  January 14game 42/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  EDM5–5BUF
  January 16game 43/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR0–4BUF
  W
  January 18game 44/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF1–5BOS
  L
  January 19game 45/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF6–5QUE
  W
  January 21game 46/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–3NYI
  W
  January 26game 48/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- February 1981
- The game
  BUF2–5MTL
  L
  February 19game 58/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–2BUF
  L
  February 22game 60/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 22
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8032 of 60 played
  15
  points
  NHL#298
  6
  goals
  NHL#251
  9
  assists
  NHL#309
  BUF
  29-12-0W-L-OT77Points
  Playoff spot
  4th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF3–6NYR
  L
  February 25game 61/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CHI1–6BUF
  W
  February 27game 62/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- March 1981
- The game
  BUF4–6BOS
  L
  March 1game 63/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CGY0–4BUF
  W
  March 4game 64/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  HFD5–3BUF
  L
  March 6game 65/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PHI4–8BUF
  W
  March 8game 66/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–3MNS
  L
  March 11game 67/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–2WIN
  W
  March 13game 68/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–1LAK
  W
  March 17game 70/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TOR4–14BUF
  W
  March 19game 71/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF6–2TOR
  W
  March 21game 72/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  STL6–5BUF
  L
  March 22game 73/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–4BUF
  W
  March 25game 74/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–3CLR
  W
  March 27game 75/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–7STL
  L
  March 28game 76/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BOS2–2BUF
  March 30game 77/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- April 1981
- The game
  BUF2–2PHI
  April 2game 78/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–4DET
  W
  April 4game 79/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI7–3BUF
  L
  April 5game 80/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -3+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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The season in numbers
April 5
Gilles Hamel closes the 1980-1981 season with 19 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
19
NHL#302
Games
51of 80
64%
Goals
10
NHL#228
Assists
9
NHL#346
P/GP
0.37
NHL#285
+/-
-8
NHL#422
Events
1
First NHL goal
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL assist
6 i rad
games with a point · 8 pts
3 days later
Playoffs
April 8
Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs
Preliminary round
April 8
Buffalo Sabres meet Vancouver Canucks
BUFvsVAN
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
Swedes on Vancouver Canucks
Thomas Gradin
Per-Olov Brasar
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- Game 1
  VAN2–3BUF
  W
  April 82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstVancouver Canucks
- Game 2
  VAN2–5BUF
  W
  April 92
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstVancouver Canucks
- Game 3
  BUF5–3VAN
  W
  April 112
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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Preliminary round
April 11
Buffalo Sabres knock Vancouver Canucks out 3–0
BUF3–0VAN
Advance
3Games0Points0Goals0Assists
5 days later
Quarterfinal
April 16
Buffalo Sabres meet Minnesota North Stars
BUFvsMNS
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
Kent-Erik Andersson
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- Game 3
  BUF4–6MNS
  L
  April 191
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- Minnesota North Starslead3–0againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 4
  BUF5–4MNS
  W
  April 201
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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Quarterfinal
April 22
Minnesota North Stars knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1
BUF1–4MNS
Eliminated
2Games1Points0Goals1Assists
The run in numbers
April 22
Gilles Hamel ends the 1980-1981 playoffs with 1 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
1
NHL#182
Games
5
Goals
0
NHL#172
Assists
1
NHL#149
P/GP
0.20
+/-
+1
NHL#90
Events
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff assist
VAN3–0→MNS1–4

Gilles Hamel's season starts in game 16 of 80

Gilles Hamel makes his NHL debut in 1–⁠4 loss against New York Islanders

Gilles Hamel records his first NHL assist

1/4 into the season

Gilles Hamel scores his first NHL goal

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Gilles Hamel closes the 1980-1981 season with 19 points

Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

Buffalo Sabres meet Vancouver Canucks

Buffalo Sabres knock Vancouver Canucks out 3–0

Buffalo Sabres meet Minnesota North Stars

Minnesota North Stars knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1

Gilles Hamel ends the 1980-1981 playoffs with 1 points