1981-82 NHL Regular Season
Wayne Gretzky has been named the NHL player of the month for the first time.
Wayne has improved on last years pace of almost 2 ppg. He’s got 50 points in the first 23 games of the season, putting up an 85 game rating.
Hartford sits in first place in the Adams division. The
Whalers are fast becoming legit!
This guy is good!
Bobby Orr has become the first defenseman in NHL history to get 1000 points!
Orr is now 33, and playing in his 15th season. He’s had healthy and unhealthy stretches, but seems good to go this season. He hasn’t missed a game yet, and has getting 1.5 ppg.
Orr will play game 1000 early next year. It’s pretty official, he’s the greatest offensive defenseman of all time.
Top 10 career scoring for defenseman at the end of this season.
Stan Jonathan hasn’t been the same player since the
Sabres acquired him from the
Kings a few years back.
Jonathan was coming off career highs of 88 points and 349 PIMs. Now in his 4th season with
Buffalo, the 26 year old hasn’t come close to either of those marks. His game scores are in the 50’s now, after averaging 65 in his final
Kings season. He got upto 48 points two years ago, but hasn’t reached 200 PIMS in
Buffalo. This is a marriage that just hasn’t worked!
Jonathan hasn't been what the Sabres thought they were getting!
Marcel Dionne’s under appreciated and ignored linemate,
Bobby Clarke just got his 1200th career point. If
Clarke was on a team that didn’t include the 8 time Hart trophy winner, he would be the unquestioned star.
Clarke has 4 seasons with over 100 points, and is about to hit a career high this year. He’s also about to play his 1000th game. That many points, before hitting 1000 games is pretty great.
Clarke is also 2nd alltime in PIM’s, and probably a season away from claiming first place. He’s that kind of player, and just as valuable to
Pittsburgh as
Dionne!
1200 points and counting!
Bobby Orr got 58 games in, and then he tore his pectoral cage muscle, ending his season.
Orr will miss another playoff run for the
Rangers, who are in first place in the Patrick Division.
Orr had 18 goals and 73 points in his 58 games. At 34, he’s just as productive as ever, but his body is now failing every season.
Orr will miss the playoffs again!
Wayne Gretzky’s season is also now over. For the third straight year,
Wayne suffers a major injury. It’s the same one
Orr went down with, which is enough to end his season. The first place
Whalers are safely in the playoffs, but obviously, won’t be the same without
Gretz. Through 70 games,
Wayne had 52 goals and 128 points.
When will Wayne play a full season?
Final Standings
Campbell Conference
Wales Conference
Without
Gretzky, the
Whalers go 4-6, which is bad enough for them to fall out of first place.
Montreal takes the division by a single point!
The new playoff formats give us some fun playoff match-ups.
Montreal takes on first time qualifier
Quebec, while the first modern battle of
New York will take place.
The
Blackhawks have quietly emerged as a contender with young guns like
Jari Kurri and
Bernie Nicholls helping out older stars like
Larry Robinson, and the
Esposito brothers.
Noone set any scoring records this year.
Dennis Maruk played every game, and saw his point total drop 60 points!
Gretzky misses the scoring title by 3 points. That injury really hurt him and
Hartford.
Gretzky's teammate
Mark Messier broke out with 118 points.
LA’s Denis Potvin finished 3 points shy of the 100 point barrier. Something only
Bobby Orr has done for defensemen.