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Michel Larocque's 1980-1981 season

Vezina Trophy
Wins
19
NHL#14
Save pct
.873
NHL#31
GAA
3.52
NHL#24
Shutouts
1
NHL#14
Games
36
44%
44% of 81

Goaltender Michel Larocque was 28 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens och Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 36 games and won 19 of them, at .873. He moved from Montréal Canadiens to Toronto Maple Leafs in March. In the playoffs he played 2 games and won 0. He won Vezina Trophy.

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

1980-1981Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Michel Larocque opens the 1980-1981 season with Montréal Canadiens

    MTLMontréal Canadiens

    Michel was 28 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      L
      game 2/80
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:24TOIL
      .897
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    • The game
      VAN1–4MTL
      W
      game 4/803
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
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    • The game
      MTL1–2PHI
      L
      game 5/80
      His night
      .950SV%
      38SV40SA2GA59:08TOIL
      .950
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    • The game
      MTL7–2CHI
      W
      game 7/80
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
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    • The game
      BUF5–2MTL
      L
      game 8/80
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA59:31TOIL
      .826
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    • The game
      HFD2–8MTL
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
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    • November 1980
    • The game
      NYR4–7MTL
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .833
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    • The game
      QUE4–5MTL
      W
      game 12/80
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK0–3MTL
      W
      game 14/80
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      14SV14SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
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    • The game
      MTL8–2CLR
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      .900SV%
      18SV20SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .900
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    • The game
      MTL8–4LAK
      W
      game 16/80
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .840
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    • The game
      MTL3–3VAN
      game 17/803
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOI
      .893
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    • The game
      MTL5–1WIN
      W
      game 18/802
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .941
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    • The game
      MTL5–4TOR
      W
      game 19/801
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .857
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    • The game
      DET3–7MTL
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .906
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8015 of 20 started
      11
      wins
      NHL#1
      .899
      SV%
      NHL#7
      2.6
      GAA
      NHL#4
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#1
      MTL
      11-7-0W-L-OT24Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI3–7MTL
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .864
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    • The game
      CGY5–4MTL
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      .800SV%
      20SV25SA5GA59:07TOIL
      .800
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    • The game
      MNS4–2MTL
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA59:36TOIL
      .871
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    • December 1980
    • The game
      MTL6–5BUF
      W
      game 25/80
      His night
      .792SV%
      19SV24SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .792
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    • The game
      PIT3–2MTL
      L
      game 26/80
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA55:39TOIL
      .875
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    • The game
      MTL3–1HFD
      W
      game 38/801
      His night
      .933SV%in relief
      14SV15SA1GA47:28TOIW
      in relief
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    • The game
      CHI1–2MTL
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      .947SV%
      18SV19SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .947
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    • The game
      MTL6–2DET
      W
      game 40/801
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .905
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8022 of 40 started
      16
      wins
      NHL#3
      .889
      SV%
      NHL#10
      2.8
      GAA
      NHL#2
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#2
      MTL
      23-13-0W-L-OT50Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      QUE5–5MTL
      game 42/80
      His night
      .773SV%
      17SV22SA5GA60:00TOI
      .773
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    • The game
      MTL3–6MNS
      L
      game 46/801
      His night
      .865SV%
      32SV37SA5GA59:10TOIL
      .865
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    • The game
      MTL2–4CHI
      L
      game 47/80
      His night
      .625SV%
      5SV8SA3GA20:00TOIL
      .625
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–4LAK
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .840
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8026 of 60 started
      16
      wins
      NHL#8
      .879
      SV%
      NHL#14
      3.1
      GAA
      NHL#5
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#4
      MTL
      34-18-0W-L-OT76Points
      Playoff spot
      5th in the whole NHL
    • February 1981
    • The game
      MTL2–2STL
      game 61/801
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOI
      .909
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    • March 1981
    • The game
      WSH3–5TOR
      W
      game 69/801
      His night
      .927SV%
      38SV41SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .927
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    • The game
      TOR4–4PHI
      game 70/802
      His night
      .915SV%
      43SV47SA4GA60:00TOI
      .915
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    • The game
      STL2–6TOR
      W
      game 71/802
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
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    • The game
      TOR4–14BUF
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      .630SV%
      17SV27SA10GA40:00TOIL
      .630
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    • The game
      BUF6–2TOR
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      .857SV%
      36SV42SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5PIT
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      .857SV%
      30SV35SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY5–9TOR
      W
      game 77/802
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .808
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    • April 1981
    • The game
      QUE5–5TOR
      game 79/80
      His night
      .792SV%
      19SV24SA5GA60:00TOI
      .792
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    The season in numbers

    Michel Larocque closes the 1980-1981 season with 19 wins

    MTLMontréal CanadiensTORToronto Maple Leafs
    Wins
    19
    Games
    36of 80
    45%
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .873
    GAA
    3.52
    Starts
    35
    Events
    6 i rad
    straight wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet New York Islanders

    TORvsNYI
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    Swedes on New York Islanders
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    • Game 1
      TOR2–9NYI
      L
      3
      His night
      .625SV%in relief
      5SV8SA3GA20:00TOI
      in relief
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    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR1–5NYI
      L
      3
      His night
      .792SV%
      19SV24SA5GA55:29TOIL
      .792
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    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 3–0

    TOR0–3NYI
    Eliminated
    2Games0Wins.750SV%6.4GAA
    Honour

    Michel Larocque won Vezina Trophy for 1980-1981

    Vezina Trophy
    MTLMontréal Canadiens