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Rick Ley's 1979-1980 season

Points
20
NHL#277
Goals
4
NHL#317
Assists
16
NHL#241
Plus/minus
+1
NHL#192
Games
65
81%
81% of 80

Defenceman Rick Ley was 30 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Hartford Whalers. He played 65 of a possible 80 games and scored 4 goals and 16 assists for 20 points, 0.31 points per game.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Rick Ley plays the 1979-1980 season for Hartford Whalers

    Rick was 30 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      HFD1–4MNS
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–3PIT
      game 2/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–3CHI
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–3BUF
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–6HFD
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD1–6NYI
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–2QUE
      game 7/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–1HFD
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–2NYR
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–2TOR
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • November 1979
    • The game
      TOR3–5HFD
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD7–2CLR
      W
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–2HFD
      L
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–5CHI
      game 14/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      HFD2–3WIN
      L
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM0–4HFD
      W
      game 16/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–5BOS
      L
      game 17/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–5HFD
      W
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–4HFD
      game 19/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–4HFD
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      4
      points
      NHL#293
      0
      goals
      NHL#335
      4
      assists
      NHL#219
      +3
      +/-
      NHL#42
      HFD
      7-7-0W-L-OT20Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD2–6PHI
      L
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–7HFD
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • December 1979
    • The game
      HFD4–4MTL
      game 23/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–5VAN
      L
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–6MNS
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD6–4DET
      W
      game 40/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8026 of 40 played
      5
      points
      NHL#351
      0
      goals
      NHL#399
      5
      assists
      NHL#310
      -6
      +/-
      NHL#133
      HFD
      10-20-0W-L-OT30Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–7HFD
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI3–5HFD
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–7HFD
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL7–2HFD
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–3NYI
      L
      game 45/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM1–6HFD
      W
      game 46/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–8HFD
      W
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • February 1980
    • The game
      HFD3–5AFM
      L
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–5HFD
      W
      game 49/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      LAK3–7HFD
      W
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–4HFD
      game 51/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS6–2HFD
      L
      game 52/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN5–5HFD
      game 53/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–5HFD
      W
      game 54/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–6HFD
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM2–6HFD
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD6–5AFM
      W
      game 58/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–9QUE
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–3HFD
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8045 of 60 played
      12
      points
      NHL#309
      1
      goals
      NHL#393
      11
      assists
      NHL#250
      -4
      +/-
      NHL#111
      HFD
      21-27-0W-L-OT54Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL0–3HFD
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • March 1980
    • The game
      HFD6–3STL
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      HFD3–4BUF
      L
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–9WSH
      L
      game 64/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      HFD1–1BOS
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–4DET
      game 66/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–3HFD
      W
      game 67/803
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–4HFD
      W
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS6–1HFD
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–5HFD
      game 70/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–5HFD
      game 71/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–5MTL
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL7–5HFD
      L
      game 73/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD0–7WIN
      L
      game 74/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–4VAN
      game 75/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–2LAK
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • April 1980
    • The game
      TOR5–4HFD
      L
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–6PIT
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE2–9HFD
      W
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–5HFD
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    The season in numbers

    Rick Ley closes the 1979-1980 season with 20 points

    Points
    20
    NHL#277
    Games
    65of 80
    81%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#317
    Assists
    16
    NHL#241
    P/GP
    0.31
    NHL#303
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#192
    Events
    20
    career best in points
    4
    career best in goals
    16
    career best in assists
    250
    NHL games
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Hartford Whalers are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Hartford Whalers meet Montréal Canadiens

    HFDvsMTL
    Swedes on Hartford Whalers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    3 days later
    Preliminary round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Hartford Whalers out 3–0

    HFD0–3MTL
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round