The Colorado Rockies used 43 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 24-56-0 record. Rene Robert led the team with 63 points (28 goals, 35 assists) in 69 games. Hardy Astrom played the most games in goal (49).
| # | 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 | Rene Robert 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 69 | 🧊 1 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 0.91 | 10 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 79 | — |
| 2 | Jack Valiquette 🇨🇦 C 24 | 77 | 🧊 2 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0.65 | 6 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 3 | Lanny McDonald 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 46 | 🧊 5 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 0.98 | 8 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 4 | Lucien DeBlois 🇨🇦 C 22 | 70 | 🔥 6 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 0.61 | 4 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 5 | Ron Delorme 🇨🇦 C 24 | 76 | 🔥 1 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 0.57 | 5 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 76 | — |
| 6 | Randy Pierce 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 75 | 🧊 3 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 0.52 | 0 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — |
| 7 | Doug Berry 🇨🇦 C 22 | 77 | 🧊 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 0.39 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 8 | Wilf Paiement 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 34 | 🔥 2 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 0.76 | 2 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 9 | Don Saleski 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 54 | 🧊 12 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0.30 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 10 | Pat Hickey 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 24 | 🔥 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0.67 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 11 | Bobby Schmautz 🇨🇦 RW 35 | 20 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0.65 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 53 | — |
| 12 | Mike Gillis 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 41 | 🧊 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.22 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 13 | Bobby Sheehan 🇺🇸 C 31 | 30 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.23 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 14 | Rey Comeau 🇨🇦 C 31 | 22 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.32 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 15 | Merlin Malinowski 🇨🇦 C 21 | 11 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.55 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 16 | Nelson Pyatt 🇨🇦 C 26 | 14 | 🧊 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.36 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 17 | Barry Smith 🇨🇦 C 24 | 33 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.15 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 18 | Gary Croteau 🇨🇦 RW 33 | 15 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 19 | Walt McKechnie 🇨🇦 C 32 | 17 | 🧊 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.24 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 20 | Bob Attwell 🇺🇸 RW 20 | 7 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Don Ashby 🇨🇦 C 25 | 11 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 22 | John Flesch 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 6 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 23 | Steve Peters 🇨🇦 C 20 | 2 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Peter Sturgeon 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Larry Skinner 🇨🇦 C 23 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | David Watson 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 27 | Mike Dwyer 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 10 | 🧊 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| Team totals · 27 skaters | 80 | 198 | 239 | 437 | 5.46 | 40 | 1627 | 0 | 0 | 558 |
| # | 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 | Hardy Astrom 🇸🇪 G 29 | 49 | 12 | 3.29 | 0.000 | 0 | 161 | 52:21 | |
| 2 | Bill McKenzie 🇨🇦 G 31 | 26 | 10 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 78 | 51:32 | |
| 3 | Bill Oleschuk 🇨🇦 G 24 | 12 | 3 | 3.25 | 0.000 | 0 | 39 | 46:22 | |
| 4 | Michel Plasse 🇨🇦 G 31 | 6 | 1 | 4.33 | 0.000 | 0 | 26 | 54:33 |
88% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 95% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 38 |
|
+4 | 569 (95%) | Robert, McEwen, Valiquette, McDonald +34 |
| United States | 4 |
|
-1 | 28 (5%) | Christie, Sheehan, Attwell, Turner |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-1 | 0 | Astrom |
Rene Robert led the Colorado Rockies in scoring in 1979-80 with 63 points — 28 goals and 35 assists in 69 games. Next came Mike McEwen (51) and Jack Valiquette (50).
Rene Robert scored 28 goals for the Colorado Rockies in 1979-80, 10 of them on the power play.
The Colorado Rockies dressed 43 players in 1979-80: 39 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 234 goals.
Hardy Astrom played the most games in goal for the Colorado Rockies in 1979-80: 49 games, 12 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.29 goals against average. Bill McKenzie was the backup, in 26 games.
The average age was 25.6 years. Bob Attwell was the youngest at 20, and Bobby Schmautz the oldest at 35.
The Colorado Rockies used 43 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 38 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 1 in Sweden. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 88% on this roster.