1981–82 Colorado Rockies season
The 1981–82 Colorado Rockies season was the sixth and final season for the Rockies in Colorado. The franchise would relocate to New Jersey for the 1982–83 season. NHL hockey would return to Colorado with the Quebec Nordiques relocating there to become the Avalanche, in 1995, and went on to become Stanley Cup champions in their first season in Denver.
Offseason
NHL Draft
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 1 | 5 | Joe Cirella | Oshawa Generals | |
| 2 | 26 | Rich Chernomaz | Victoria Cougars | |
| 3 | 48 | Uli Hiemer | EV Fussen | |
| 4 | 66 | Gus Greco | Windsor Spitfires | |
| 5 | 87 | Doug Speck | Peterborough Petes | |
| 6 | 108 | Bruce Driver | University of Wisconsin | |
| 7 | 129 | Jeff Larmer | Kitchener Rangers | |
| 8 | 150 | Tony Arima | Jokerit | |
| 9 | 171 | Tim Army | East Providence High School | |
| 10 | 192 | John Johannson | University of Wisconsin |
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| LW | 80 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 26 | -31 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| C | 79 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 14 | -33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 59 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 20 | -10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 57 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 27 | -9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 80 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 201 | -47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 69 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 32 | -22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| LW/C | 58 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 6 | -11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| RW | 70 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 41 | -53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| C | 56 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 27 | -24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| C | 66 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 103 | -14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| LW | 59 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 17 | -27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 34 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 14 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 79 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 68 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 65 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 52 | -36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 64 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 55 | -29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 44 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | -17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | 34 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 44 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 51 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 63 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 60 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 57 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 152 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 61 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 3424 | 61 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 230 | 4.03 | 0 | |
| 1256 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 112 | 5.35 | 0 | |
| 100 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.80 | 0 | |
| 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 18 | 49 | 13 | 356 | 4.45 | 0 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;