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Rick Vaive's 1979-1980 season

Points

NHL#166

Goals

NHL#87

Assists

NHL#255

Plus/minus

-15

NHL#513

Games

86% of 80

Right winger Rick Vaive was 20 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks och Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 69 of a possible 80 games and scored 22 goals and 15 assists for 37 points, 0.54 points per game. He moved from Vancouver Canucks to Toronto Maple Leafs in February. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

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

1979-1980Playoffs

Year 1979
47 years ago
1979 NHL Draft
August 9
Rick Vaive is drafted 5 overall by Vancouver Canucks
VANVancouver Canucks
Selected
5 overall, round 1
Swedes drafted
5 selected
First Swede off the board
Tomas Jonsson#25
First off the board
1Rob RamageCLR
2Perry TurnbullSTL
3Mike FolignoDET
Swedes from the same draft
Thomas Steen950 GP · 817 P
Mats Näslund651 GP · 634 P
Tomas Jonsson552 GP · 344 P
The full 1979 draft
2 months later
NHL debut
October 9
Rick Vaive makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠5 loss against St. Louis Blues
STLSt. Louis Blues5–2VANVancouver Canucks
Rick was 20 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
  October 9game 1/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  DET1–3VAN
  W
  October 12game 2/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
Milestone
Rick Vaive scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Detroit Red Wings · October 12
- The game
  VAN4–4EDM
  October 14game 3/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN5–1STL
  W
  October 17game 4/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +2 points
  View the game
Milestone
Rick Vaive records his first NHL assist
in the game against St. Louis Blues · October 17
- The game
  VAN3–6NYR
  L
  October 18game 5/804
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN0–2TOR
  L
  October 20game 6/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  VAN3–3BUF
  October 21game 7/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR1–5VAN
  W
  October 24game 8/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH3–5VAN
  W
  October 27game 9/805
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYI2–2VAN
  October 31game 10/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- November 1979
- The game
  BOS3–3VAN
  November 2game 11/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR4–2VAN
  L
  November 4game 12/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MNS7–7VAN
  November 6game 13/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN2–1DET
  W
  November 10game 14/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  VAN4–5PHI
  L
  November 11game 15/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN5–3AFM
  W
  November 13game 16/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN5–2CHI
  W
  November 14game 17/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  PIT2–5VAN
  W
  November 16game 18/802
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  MTL2–5VAN
  W
  November 18game 19/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  LAK5–1VAN
  L
  November 20game 20/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 20
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  15
  points
  NHL#55
  8
  goals
  NHL#34
  7
  assists
  NHL#104
  VAN
  9-6-0W-L-OT23Points
  5th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PHI5–2VAN
  L
  November 23game 21/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN3–5WIN
  L
  November 24game 22/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WIN2–4VAN
  W
  November 28game 23/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CHI1–1VAN
  November 30game 24/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
  View the game
- December 1979
- The game
  VAN1–3QUE
  L
  December 2game 25/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN5–1NYI
  W
  December 4game 26/805
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  VAN3–3PIT
  December 5game 27/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  EDM5–3VAN
  L
  December 28game 36/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
  View the game
Year 1980
46 years ago
- The game
  VAN2–6STL
  L
  January 3game 38/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN4–2CLR
  W
  January 4game 39/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–3CHI
  L
  January 6game 40/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 6
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8031 of 40 played
  17
  points
  NHL#174
  10
  goals
  NHL#86
  7
  assists
  NHL#241
  VAN
  15-18-0W-L-OT37Points
  11th in the whole NHL
- The game
  VAN0–3NYI
  L
  January 8game 41/806
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN2–4PIT
  L
  January 9game 42/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN4–7WSH
  L
  January 11game 43/806
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN4–6TOR
  L
  January 12game 44/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  AFM5–3VAN
  L
  January 16game 45/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-12SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–2VAN
  January 18game 46/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CLR5–3VAN
  L
  January 22game 47/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–4VAN
  L
  January 23game 48/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–3VAN
  L
  January 29game 50/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- February 1980
- The game
  VAN5–4MNS
  W
  February 2game 51/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN0–3BUF
  L
  February 3game 52/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN4–1PHI
  W
  February 7game 53/803
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-5SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  VAN4–3MTL
  W
  February 9game 54/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  VAN5–5HFD
  February 12game 55/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH5–3VAN
  L
  February 16game 56/805
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYI2–4VAN
  W
  February 17game 57/806
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TOR6–4NYI
  W
  February 19game 58/804
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-3SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  TOR2–4CHI
  L
  February 20game 59/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TOR9–3WIN
  W
  February 23game 60/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  February 23
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8050 of 60 played
  24
  points
  NHL#201
  15
  goals
  NHL#97
  9
  assists
  NHL#282
  TOR
  26-30-0W-L-OT56Points
  12th in the whole NHL
- The game
  TOR2–5STL
  L
  February 26game 61/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  TOR4–3CLR
  W
  February 27game 62/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- March 1980
- The game
  PHI3–3TOR
  March 1game 63/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  TOR6–3DET
  W
  March 2game 64/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TOR5–3PIT
  W
  March 5game 65/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  QUE2–3TOR
  W
  March 8game 66/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  TOR4–5QUE
  L
  March 9game 67/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL3–2TOR
  L
  March 12game 68/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR8–4TOR
  L
  March 15game 69/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM5–1TOR
  L
  March 17game 70/802
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WIN1–9TOR
  W
  March 19game 71/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +3+/-4SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  TOR3–0PHI
  W
  March 20game 72/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF5–1TOR
  L
  March 22game 73/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–6TOR
  W
  March 24game 74/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  TOR2–7MNS
  L
  March 25game 75/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  EDM8–5TOR
  L
  March 29game 76/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- April 1980
- The game
  TOR5–4HFD
  W
  April 1game 77/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-6SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  BOS5–2TOR
  L
  April 2game 78/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MNS1–2TOR
  W
  April 5game 79/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 5
Rick Vaive closes the 1979-1980 season with 37 points
VANVancouver Canucks TORToronto Maple Leafs
Points
37
NHL#166
Games
69of 80
86%
Goals
22
NHL#87
Assists
15
NHL#255
P/GP
0.54
NHL#175
+/-
-15
NHL#513
Events
1
First NHL assist
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL goal
6 i rad
games with a point · 8 pts
3 days later
Playoffs
April 8
Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs
Preliminary round
April 8
Toronto Maple Leafs meet Minnesota North Stars
TORvsMNS
Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
Börje Salming
Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
Kent-Erik Andersson
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- Game 1
  TOR3–6MNS
  L
  April 82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- Minnesota North Starslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
- Game 2
  TOR2–7MNS
  L
  April 92
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
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- Minnesota North Starslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
- Game 3
  MNS4–3TOR
  L
  April 112
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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Preliminary round
April 11
Minnesota North Stars knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 3–0
TOR0–3MNS
Eliminated
3Games1Points1Goals0Assists

Rick Vaive is drafted 5 overall by Vancouver Canucks

Rick Vaive makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠5 loss against St. Louis Blues

Rick Vaive scores his first NHL goal

Rick Vaive records his first NHL assist

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Rick Vaive closes the 1979-1980 season with 37 points

Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs

Toronto Maple Leafs meet Minnesota North Stars

Minnesota North Stars knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 3–0