The Hartford Whalers used 39 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 40-40-0 record. Mike Rogers led the team with 105 points (44 goals, 61 assists) in 80 games. John Garrett played the most games in goal (52).
| # | 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 24 | 75 | 🧊 2 | 24 | 56 | 80 | 1.07 | 5 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 2 | Al Sims 🇨🇦 D 26 | 76 | 🔥 4 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 0.54 | 2 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 3 | Gordie Roberts 🇺🇸 D 22 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 0.45 | 1 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 89 | — |
| 4 | Rick Ley 🇨🇦 D 31 | 65 | 🧊 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 0.31 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 92 | — |
| 5 | Ronald Plumb 🇨🇦 D 29 | 26 | 🧊 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.27 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 6 | Larry Giroux 🇨🇦 D 28 | 47 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.15 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 44 | — |
| 7 | Mark Renaud 🇨🇦 D 21 | 13 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 8 | Charles Luksa 🇨🇦 D 26 | 8 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 9 | Marty Howe 🇺🇸 D 26 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 10 | Stuart Smith 🇨🇦 D 20 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Rick Hodgson 🇨🇦 D 23 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| Team totals · 11 skaters | 80 | 51 | 144 | 195 | 2.44 | 8 | 627 | 0 | 0 | 307 |
| # | 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 | John Garrett 🇨🇦 G 28 | 52 | 24 | 3.88 | 0.000 | 0 | 202 | 58:27 | |
| 2 | Al Smith 🇨🇦 G 34 | 30 | 16 | 3.57 | 0.000 | 0 | 107 | 58:16 |
69% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. The team leans on United States: 31% of its players, against 10% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 75% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 27 |
|
-15 | 599 (75%) | Rogers, Stoughton, Keon, Douglas +23 |
| United States | 12 |
|
+21 | 202 (25%) | Howe, Roberts, Debol, Hangsleben +8 |
Mike Rogers led the Hartford Whalers in scoring in 1979-80 with 105 points — 44 goals and 61 assists in 80 games. Next came Blaine Stoughton (100) and Mark Howe (80).
Blaine Stoughton scored 56 goals for the Hartford Whalers in 1979-80, 16 of them on the power play.
The Hartford Whalers dressed 39 players in 1979-80: 37 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 303 goals.
John Garrett played the most games in goal for the Hartford Whalers in 1979-80: 52 games, 24 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.88 goals against average. Al Smith was the backup, in 30 games.
The average age was 26.8 years. Stuart Smith was the youngest at 20, and Gordie Howe the oldest at 52.
The Hartford Whalers used 39 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 27 in Canada and 12 in the United States. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 69% on this roster.