The Colorado Rockies used 42 players in the 1980-81 season, with a 26-54-0 record. Lanny McDonald led the team with 81 points (35 goals, 46 assists) in 80 games. Al Smith played the most games in goal (36).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Ramage 🇨🇦 D 22 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 0.78 | 12 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 193 | — |
| 2 | Mike McEwen 🇨🇦 D 24 | 65 | 🧊 1 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 0.71 | 5 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 84 | — |
| 3 | Joel Quenneville 🇨🇦 D 22 | 71 | 🔥 1 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 0.48 | 3 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 86 | — |
| 4 | Craig Norwich 🇺🇸 D 25 | 11 | 🔥 8 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1.27 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 5 | Mike Kitchen 🇨🇦 D 25 | 75 | 🧊 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.11 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — |
| 6 | Jack Hughes 🇺🇸 D 23 | 38 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.18 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 91 | — |
| 7 | Trevor Johansen 🇨🇦 D 24 | 35 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.20 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 8 | Bill Baker 🇺🇸 D 24 | 13 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 9 | Les Auge 🇺🇸 D 27 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 10 | Terry Harper 🇨🇦 D 41 | 15 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 11 | Mario Giallonardo 🇨🇦 D 23 | 15 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 12 | Dean Turner 🇺🇸 D 22 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 13 | Mike Christie 🇺🇸 D 31 | 1 | 🔥 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 13 skaters | 80 | 47 | 141 | 188 | 2.35 | 22 | 785 | 0 | 0 | 614 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ▼ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Smith 🇨🇦 G 35 | 36 | 11 | 4.19 | 0.000 | 0 | 151 | 52:49 | |
| 2 | Hardy Astrom 🇸🇪 G 30 | 30 | 6 | 3.43 | 0.000 | 0 | 103 | 54:37 | |
| 3 | Phil Myre 🇨🇦 G 32 | 10 | 4 | 3.30 | 0.000 | 0 | 33 | 57:32 | |
| 4 | Glenn Resch 🇨🇦 G 32 | 8 | 4 | 3.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 28 | 55:44 | |
| 5 | Jari Kaarela 🇫🇮 G 22 | 5 | 2 | 4.40 | 0.000 | 0 | 22 | 44:00 |
69% of this roster was born in Canada, against 82% across the league. The team leans on United States: 26% of its players, against 11% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 93% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 29 |
|
-13 | 622 (93%) | McDonald, Ramage, Malinowski, McEwen +25 |
| United States | 11 |
|
+15 | 45 (7%) | Norwich, Hughes, Miller, Sheehan +7 |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+1 | 0 | Kaarela |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-1 | 0 | Astrom |
Lanny McDonald led the Colorado Rockies in scoring in 1980-81 with 81 points — 35 goals and 46 assists in 80 games. Next came Merlin Malinowski (62) and Rob Ramage (62).
Lanny McDonald scored 35 goals for the Colorado Rockies in 1980-81, 11 of them on the power play.
The Colorado Rockies dressed 42 players in 1980-81: 37 skaters and 5 goalies. Together the skaters scored 258 goals.
Al Smith played the most games in goal for the Colorado Rockies in 1980-81: 36 games, 11 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 4.19 goals against average. Hardy Astrom was the backup, in 30 games.
The average age was 25.2 years. Paul Gagne was the youngest at 19, and Terry Harper the oldest at 41.
The Colorado Rockies used 42 players in 1980-81 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 29 in Canada, 11 in the United States and 1 in Finland. The other 1 came from Sweden. League-wide that season, 82% of players were born in Canada, against 69% on this roster.