The Hartford Whalers used 35 players in the 1980-81 season, with a 30-50-0 record. Mike Rogers led the team with 105 points (40 goals, 65 assists) in 80 games. John Garrett played the most games in goal (54).
| # | 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 | Mark Howe 🇺🇸 D 25 | 63 | 🔥 3 | 19 | 46 | 65 | 1.03 | 7 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 54 | — |
| 2 | Al Sims 🇨🇦 D 27 | 80 | 🔥 3 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 0.65 | 5 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 68 | — |
| 3 | Thommy Abrahamsson 🇸🇪 D 33 | 32 | 🧊 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.53 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 4 | Gordie Roberts 🇺🇸 D 23 | 27 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.48 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 81 | — |
| 5 | Mickey Volcan 🇨🇦 D 19 | 49 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.27 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 6 | Norm Barnes 🇨🇦 D 27 | 54 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.20 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 82 | — |
| 7 | Stuart Smith 🇨🇦 D 21 | 38 | 🧊 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.21 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 55 | — |
| 8 | Jack McIlhargey 🇨🇦 D 29 | 48 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 142 | — |
| 9 | Gilles Lupien 🇨🇦 D 26 | 20 | 🧊 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.30 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 39 | — |
| 10 | Rick Ley 🇨🇦 D 32 | 16 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.12 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 11 | Mark Renaud 🇨🇦 D 22 | 4 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Marty Howe 🇺🇸 D 27 | 12 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — |
| 13 | Kevin Kemp 🇨🇦 D 26 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 14 | Fred Arthur 🇨🇦 D 20 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 14 skaters | 80 | 51 | 145 | 196 | 2.45 | 17 | 672 | 0 | 0 | 612 |
| # | 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 | Mike Veisor 🇨🇦 G 28 | 29 | 11 | 4.07 | 0.000 | 0 | 118 | 54:26 | |
| 2 | John Garrett 🇨🇦 G 29 | 54 | 20 | 4.46 | 0.000 | 0 | 241 | 58:13 | |
| 3 | Ken Holland 🇨🇦 G 25 | 1 | 0 | 7.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 7 | 60:00 |
69% of this roster was born in Canada, against 82% across the league. The team leans on United States: 29% of its players, against 11% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 68% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 24 |
|
-13 | 516 (68%) | Rogers, Boutette, Stoughton, Sims +20 |
| United States | 10 |
|
+18 | 227 (30%) | Howe, Miller, Rowe, Debol +6 |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
even | 17 (2%) | Abrahamsson |
Mike Rogers led the Hartford Whalers in scoring in 1980-81 with 105 points — 40 goals and 65 assists in 80 games. Next came Pat Boutette (80) and Blaine Stoughton (73).
Blaine Stoughton scored 43 goals for the Hartford Whalers in 1980-81, 10 of them on the power play.
The Hartford Whalers dressed 35 players in 1980-81: 32 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 292 goals.
John Garrett played the most games in goal for the Hartford Whalers in 1980-81: 54 games, 20 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 4.46 goals against average. Mike Veisor was the backup, in 29 games.
The average age was 25.7 years. Mickey Volcan was the youngest at 19, and Dave Keon the oldest at 41.
The Hartford Whalers used 35 players in 1980-81 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 24 in Canada, 10 in the United States and 1 in Sweden. League-wide that season, 82% of players were born in Canada, against 69% on this roster.