National Hockey League season 1980–81
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The 1980–81 National Hockey League season was a professional ice hockey campaign notable for high-scoring offenses and the continued rise of stars like Wayne Gretzky during the league’s early-1980s era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Hockey League season 1980–81 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6560097 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: National Hockey League season 1980–81 Context triple: [Curt Fraser, participatedIn, National Hockey League season 1980–81]
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A.
NHL All-Star Game 1980
The 1980 NHL All-Star Game was the National Hockey League’s midseason exhibition showcase featuring its top players, held during the 1979–80 season.
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B.
1990–91 NHL season
The 1990–91 NHL season was a National Hockey League campaign notable for featuring the debut of future Hall of Fame goaltender Dominik Hašek.
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C.
1988–89 NHL season
The 1988–89 NHL season was the National Hockey League campaign in which the Calgary Flames captured their first and only Stanley Cup title.
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D.
NHL All-Star Game 1989
The NHL All-Star Game 1989 was the National Hockey League’s midseason exhibition showcase featuring its top players competing in an East vs. West format.
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E.
1980–81 IHL season
The 1980–81 IHL season was the International Hockey League campaign in which the Saginaw Gears captured the league championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: National Hockey League season 1980–81 Target entity description: The 1980–81 National Hockey League season was a professional ice hockey campaign notable for high-scoring offenses and the continued rise of stars like Wayne Gretzky during the league’s early-1980s era.
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A.
NHL All-Star Game 1980
The 1980 NHL All-Star Game was the National Hockey League’s midseason exhibition showcase featuring its top players, held during the 1979–80 season.
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B.
1990–91 NHL season
The 1990–91 NHL season was a National Hockey League campaign notable for featuring the debut of future Hall of Fame goaltender Dominik Hašek.
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C.
1988–89 NHL season
The 1988–89 NHL season was the National Hockey League campaign in which the Calgary Flames captured their first and only Stanley Cup title.
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D.
NHL All-Star Game 1989
The NHL All-Star Game 1989 was the National Hockey League’s midseason exhibition showcase featuring its top players competing in an East vs. West format.
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E.
1980–81 IHL season
The 1980–81 IHL season was the International Hockey League campaign in which the Saginaw Gears captured the league championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Hockey League season
ⓘ
sports season ⓘ |
| ArtRossTrophyAssists | 109 ⓘ |
| ArtRossTrophyGoals | 55 ⓘ |
| ArtRossTrophyPoints | 164 ⓘ |
| ArtRossTrophyWinner | Wayne Gretzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ArtRossTrophyWinnerTeam | Edmonton Oilers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| CalderMemorialTrophyWinner | Peter Stastny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| CalderMemorialTrophyWinnerTeam | Quebec Nordiques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ConnSmytheTrophyWinner | Butch Goring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ConnSmytheTrophyWinnerTeam | New York Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endTime | 1981-05-21 ⓘ |
| era | early 1980s NHL high-scoring era ⓘ |
| HartMemorialTrophyWinner | Wayne Gretzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| HartMemorialTrophyWinnerTeam | Edmonton Oilers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| JackAdamsAwardWinner | Red Berenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| JackAdamsAwardWinnerTeam | St. Louis Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| LadyByngTrophyWinner | Rick Kehoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| LadyByngTrophyWinnerTeam | Pittsburgh Penguins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| league | National Hockey League ⓘ |
| mostPointsTeam | New York Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostWinsTeam | New York Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NorrisTrophyWinner | Randy Carlyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NorrisTrophyWinnerTeam | Pittsburgh Penguins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | high-scoring offenses ⓘ |
| notablePlayer | Wayne Gretzky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfGamesPerTeam | 80 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 21 ⓘ |
| playoffFormat | 16-team Stanley Cup playoffs ⓘ |
| PresidentsTrophyEquivalent | New York Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regularSeasonChampion | New York Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 64 ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| StanleyCupChampion | New York Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| StanleyCupFinalsResult | New York Islanders 4–1 Minnesota North Stars ⓘ |
| StanleyCupRunnerUp | Minnesota North Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1980-10-09 ⓘ |
| teamsParticipating |
Edmonton Oilers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minnesota North Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal Canadiens NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Islanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Pittsburgh Penguins NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec Nordiques NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Louis Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| VezinaTrophyWinner |
Denis Herron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michel Larocque NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Sevigny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| VezinaTrophyWinnerTeam | Montreal Canadiens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: National Hockey League season 1980–81 Description of subject: The 1980–81 National Hockey League season was a professional ice hockey campaign notable for high-scoring offenses and the continued rise of stars like Wayne Gretzky during the league’s early-1980s era.
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