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1979-80 Vancouver Canucks Roster

37 players used · 34-46-0 record

The Vancouver Canucks used 37 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 34-46-0 record. Stan Smyl led the team with 78 points (31 goals, 47 assists) in 77 games. Glen Hanlon played the most games in goal (57).

Points leader
78 PTS
31 G · 47 A in 77 games
Goals leader
31 G
11 on the power play
Assists leader
47 A
78 points overall
Goalie wins leader
19 W
3.39 GAA · 0.000 SV%
34
Skaters
23 forwards · 11 defence
3
Goalies
Glen Hanlon started most
256
Goals scored
in 80 games
24.9
Average age
19 to 34 years
4
Birth countries
Part of the season
Position
🏒 Forwards 23 players · sorted by points
# 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 SS Stan Smyl 🇨🇦 RW 22 77 🧊 2 31 47 78 1.01 11 182 0 0 204
2 TG Thomas Gradin 🇸🇪 C 24 80 🔥 1 30 45 75 0.94 7 146 0 0 22
3 CF Curt Fraser 🇺🇸 LW 22 79 🔥 1 17 25 42 0.53 0 148 0 0 143
4 DL Don Lever 🇨🇦 C 27 51 🧊 2 21 17 38 0.75 5 134 0 0 32
5 JG Jere Gillis 🇺🇸 LW 23 67 🧊 3 13 17 30 0.45 5 130 0 0 108
6 CO Chris Oddleifson 🇨🇦 C 29 75 🧊 11 8 20 28 0.37 1 62 0 0 76
7 IB Ivan Boldirev 🇷🇸 C 30 27 🔥 4 16 11 27 1.00 5 82 0 0 14
8 BD Bill Derlago 🇨🇦 C 21 54 🧊 6 11 15 26 0.48 4 75 0 0 27
9 RV Rick Vaive 🇨🇦 RW 20 47 🧊 1 13 8 21 0.45 1 89 0 0 111
10 GL Gary Lupul 🇨🇦 C 20 51 🧊 2 9 11 20 0.39 3 71 0 0 24
11 PB Per-Olov Brasar 🇸🇪 C 29 48 🔥 1 9 10 19 0.40 1 101 0 0 7
12 BA Brent Ashton 🇨🇦 LW 19 47 🧊 4 5 14 19 0.40 0 69 0 0 11
13 RB Rick Blight 🇨🇦 RW 24 34 🧊 1 12 6 18 0.53 1 82 0 0 54
14 RS Ron Sedlbauer 🇨🇦 LW 25 32 🧊 1 10 4 14 0.44 0 74 0 0 7
15 DW Dave Williams 🇨🇦 LW 26 23 🧊 2 8 5 13 0.57 1 62 0 0 81
16 DR Darcy Rota 🇨🇦 LW 27 26 🔥 2 5 6 11 0.42 0 53 0 0 29
17 JB Jerry Butler 🇨🇦 RW 29 23 🔥 1 4 4 8 0.35 1 24 0 0 21
18 BS Brad Smith 🇨🇦 RW 21 19 🧊 2 1 3 4 0.21 0 14 0 0 50
19 KM Kris Manery 🇨🇦 RW 25 21 🧊 1 2 1 3 0.14 0 34 0 0 15
20 DC Drew Callander 🇨🇦 RW 23 4 🧊 2 1 1 2 0.50 0 3 0 0 0
21 GM Gerry Minor 🇨🇦 C 21 5 🧊 3 0 1 1 0.20 0 4 0 0 2
22 SH Steve Hazlett 🇨🇦 C 22 1 🧊 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 0
23 RT Robert Tudor 🇨🇦 C 23 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals · 23 skaters 80 226 271 497 6.21 46 1641 0 0 1038
Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.
🧤 Goalies 3 goalies · sorted by games played
# Goalie — sort by name GP — sort by games played 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 GH Glen Hanlon 🇨🇦 G 23 57 19 3.39 0.000 0 193 58:26
2 GB Gary Bromley 🇨🇦 G 30 15 11 2.87 0.000 0 43 57:13
3 CR Curt Ridley 🇨🇦 G 28 10 4 3.90 0.000 0 39 59:28
🌍 Where the roster was born 4 countries · against the whole NHL in 1979-80

84% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 8% of its players, against 3% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 66% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 31
84%
even 433 (66%) Smyl, McCarthy, Lever, Oddleifson +27
Sweden 3
8%
+5 129 (20%) Gradin, Lindgren, Brasar
United States 2
5%
-5 72 (11%) Fraser, Gillis
Serbia 1
3%
+3 27 (4%) Boldirev
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

1979-80 Vancouver Canucks roster questions

Who led the Vancouver Canucks in scoring in 1979-80?

Stan Smyl led the Vancouver Canucks in scoring in 1979-80 with 78 points — 31 goals and 47 assists in 77 games. Next came Thomas Gradin (75) and Kevin McCarthy (45).

Who scored the most goals for the Vancouver Canucks in 1979-80?

Stan Smyl scored 31 goals for the Vancouver Canucks in 1979-80, 11 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Vancouver Canucks use in 1979-80?

The Vancouver Canucks dressed 37 players in 1979-80: 34 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 256 goals.

Who was the Vancouver Canucks starting goalie in 1979-80?

Glen Hanlon played the most games in goal for the Vancouver Canucks in 1979-80: 57 games, 19 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.39 goals against average. Gary Bromley was the backup, in 15 games.

How old was the 1979-80 Vancouver Canucks roster?

The average age was 24.9 years. Brent Ashton was the youngest at 19, and Dennis Kearns the oldest at 34.

Where were the 1979-80 Vancouver Canucks players born?

The Vancouver Canucks used 37 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 31 in Canada, 3 in Sweden and 2 in the United States. The other 1 came from Serbia. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 84% on this roster.