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John Hughes's 1979-1980 season

Points
13
NHL#345
Goals
2
NHL#378
Assists
11
NHL#305
Plus/minus
0
NHL#214
Games
52
65%
65% of 80

Defenceman John Hughes was 25 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks. He played 52 of a possible 80 games and scored 2 goals and 11 assists for 13 points, 0.25 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 0 points.

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

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    John Hughes makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠5 loss against St. Louis Blues

    STLSt. Louis Blues5–2VANVancouver Canucks

    John was 25 years old · Pacific Coliseum, Canada

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

    Swedes on the ice: Lars Lindgren and Thomas Gradin.

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    • The game
      STL5–2VAN
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      VAN3–6NYR
      L
      game 5/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      TOR1–5VAN
      W
      game 8/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
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    Milestone

    John Hughes records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · October 24

    • The game
      WSH3–5VAN
      W
      game 9/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYI2–2VAN
      game 10/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • November 1979
    • The game
      BOS3–3VAN
      game 11/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      NYR4–2VAN
      L
      game 12/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–1DET
      W
      game 14/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–5PHI
      L
      game 15/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      VAN5–3AFM
      W
      game 16/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      VAN5–2CHI
      W
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
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    • The game
      PIT2–5VAN
      W
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      MTL2–5VAN
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8013 of 20 played
      5
      points
      NHL#241
      0
      goals
      NHL#321
      5
      assists
      NHL#170
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#21
      VAN
      9-6-0W-L-OT23Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI5–2VAN
      L
      game 21/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
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    • The game
      VAN3–5WIN
      L
      game 22/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      WIN2–4VAN
      W
      game 23/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      VAN2–6STL
      L
      game 38/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      VAN4–2CLR
      W
      game 39/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      VAN1–3CHI
      L
      game 40/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8019 of 40 played
      6
      points
      NHL#326
      0
      goals
      NHL#394
      6
      assists
      NHL#267
      +3
      +/-
      NHL#45
      VAN
      15-18-0W-L-OT37Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN0–3NYI
      L
      game 41/806
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      VAN2–4PIT
      L
      game 42/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      VAN4–7WSH
      L
      game 43/806
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      VAN4–6TOR
      L
      game 44/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      AFM5–3VAN
      L
      game 45/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BUF2–2VAN
      game 46/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      CLR5–3VAN
      L
      game 47/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      NYR6–4VAN
      L
      game 48/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
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    Milestone

    John Hughes scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against New York Rangers · January 23

    • The game
      TOR5–2VAN
      L
      game 49/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
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    • The game
      MTL4–3VAN
      L
      game 50/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • February 1980
    • The game
      VAN5–4MNS
      W
      game 51/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      VAN0–3BUF
      L
      game 52/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      VAN4–1PHI
      W
      game 53/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–3MTL
      W
      game 54/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–5HFD
      game 55/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      WSH5–3VAN
      L
      game 56/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
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    • The game
      NYI2–4VAN
      W
      game 57/806
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–1VAN
      L
      game 58/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHI7–3VAN
      L
      game 59/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      BOS4–4VAN
      game 60/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
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    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8039 of 60 played
      11
      points
      NHL#318
      2
      goals
      NHL#342
      9
      assists
      NHL#282
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#65
      VAN
      19-31-0W-L-OT48Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN4–5MNS
      L
      game 61/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
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    • March 1980
    • The game
      VAN5–2EDM
      W
      game 63/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
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    • The game
      WIN1–2VAN
      W
      game 64/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI3–3VAN
      game 65/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM9–3VAN
      L
      game 66/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      VAN4–4CLR
      game 67/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      VAN5–2AFM
      W
      game 68/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      VAN1–3HFD
      L
      game 69/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      HFD4–4VAN
      game 76/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      MNS3–5VAN
      W
      game 77/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
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    • April 1980
    • The game
      EDM0–5VAN
      W
      game 78/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      LAK2–4VAN
      W
      game 79/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
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    • The game
      VAN5–3LAK
      W
      game 80/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    John Hughes closes the 1979-1980 season with 13 points

    VANVancouver Canucks
    Points
    13
    NHL#345
    Games
    52of 80
    65%
    Goals
    2
    NHL#378
    Assists
    11
    NHL#305
    P/GP
    0.25
    NHL#337
    +/-
    0
    NHL#214
    Events
    13
    career best in points
    2
    career best in goals
    11
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Vancouver Canucks are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Vancouver Canucks meet Buffalo Sabres

    VANvsBUF
    Swedes on Vancouver Canucks
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
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    • Game 1
      VAN1–2BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 2
      VAN0–6BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 3
      BUF4–5VAN
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
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    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 4
      BUF3–1VAN
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
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    Preliminary round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Vancouver Canucks out 3–1

    VAN1–3BUF
    Eliminated
    4Games0Points0Goals0Assists