1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs season
Appearance
1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 5th Norris |
Conference | 9th Campbell |
1983–84 record | 26-45-9 |
Team information | |
General manager | Gerry McNarama |
Coach | Mike Nykoluk |
Captain | Rick Vaive |
Alternate captains | None |
Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Rick Vaive (52) |
Assists | Rick Vaive (41) |
Points | Rick Vaive (93) |
Penalty minutes | Jim Korn (257) |
Wins | Allan Bester (11) |
Goals against average | Allan Bester (4.35) |
The 1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 67th season of the franchise, 57th season as the Maple Leafs.
Offseason
NHL Draft
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
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1 | 7 | Russ Courtnall | ![]() |
Victoria Cougars (WHL) |
2 | 28 | Jeff Jackson | ![]() |
Brantford Alexanders (OHL) |
3 | 48 | Allan Bester | ![]() |
Brantford Alexanders (OHL) |
5 | 83 | Dan Hodgson | ![]() |
Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
7 | 128 | Cam Plante | ![]() |
Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
8 | 148 | Paul Bifano | ![]() |
Burnaby Bluehawks (BCJHL) |
9 | 168 | Cliff Abrecht | ![]() |
Princeton University (ECAC) |
10 | 184 | Greg Rolston | ![]() |
Powers High School (USHS-MI) |
10 | 188 | Dale Ross | ![]() |
Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
11 | 208 | Mike Tomlak | ![]() |
Cornwall Royals (OHL) |
12 | 228 | Ron Choules | ![]() |
Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL) |
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 345 | 344 | 88 |
St. Louis Blues | 80 | 32 | 41 | 7 | 293 | 316 | 71 |
Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 31 | 42 | 7 | 298 | 323 | 69 |
Chicago Black Hawks | 80 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 277 | 311 | 68 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 26 | 45 | 9 | 303 | 387 | 61 |
[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | L | October 5, 1983 | 4–5 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 0–1–0 |
2 | W | October 8, 1983 | 6–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 1–1–0 |
3 | L | October 9, 1983 | 4–7 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 1–2–0 |
4 | T | October 12, 1983 | 4–4 OT | Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) | 1–2–1 |
5 | W | October 15, 1983 | 10–8 | Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 2–2–1 |
6 | W | October 16, 1983 | 4–1 | @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) | 3–2–1 |
7 | L | October 19, 1983 | 1–8 | Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) | 3–3–1 |
8 | W | October 22, 1983 | 5–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) | 4–3–1 |
9 | L | October 23, 1983 | 5–8 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) | 4–4–1 |
10 | W | October 26, 1983 | 8–3 | Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 5–4–1 |
11 | W | October 28, 1983 | 5–3 | @ New York Rangers (1983–84) | 6–4–1 |
12 | T | October 29, 1983 | 5–5 OT | Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 6–4–2 |
13 | L | November 2, 1983 | 5–8 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 6–5–2 |
14 | L | November 4, 1983 | 2–8 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) | 6–6–2 |
15 | L | November 5, 1983 | 3–5 | @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 6–7–2 |
16 | W | November 9, 1983 | 2–1 | New Jersey Devils (1983–84) | 7–7–2 |
17 | L | November 11, 1983 | 1–3 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) | 7–8–2 |
18 | L | November 12, 1983 | 3–5 | Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) | 7–9–2 |
19 | W | November 16, 1983 | 3–2 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) | 8–9–2 |
20 | L | November 17, 1983 | 1–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) | 8–10–2 |
21 | W | November 19, 1983 | 5–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) | 9–10–2 |
22 | L | November 22, 1983 | 4–7 | @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 9–11–2 |
23 | W | November 23, 1983 | 6–4 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 10–11–2 |
24 | L | November 26, 1983 | 6–7 OT | Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 10–12–2 |
25 | W | November 30, 1983 | 5–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) | 11–12–2 |
26 | T | December 3, 1983 | 5–5 OT | Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 11–12–3 |
27 | L | December 7, 1983 | 3–4 | St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 11–13–3 |
28 | W | December 8, 1983 | 8–6 | @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) | 12–13–3 |
29 | T | December 10, 1983 | 3–3 OT | Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 12–13–4 |
30 | L | December 14, 1983 | 4–8 | Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) | 12–14–4 |
31 | L | December 17, 1983 | 1–3 | Washington Capitals (1983–84) | 12–15–4 |
32 | T | December 18, 1983 | 3–3 OT | Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) | 12–15–5 |
33 | W | December 21, 1983 | 5–4 | St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 13–15–5 |
34 | L | December 23, 1983 | 2–9 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) | 13–16–5 |
35 | W | December 26, 1983 | 6–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) | 14–16–5 |
36 | L | December 28, 1983 | 6–8 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 14–17–5 |
37 | L | December 29, 1983 | 1–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 14–18–5 |
38 | W | December 31, 1983 | 5–3 | Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) | 15–18–5 |
39 | L | January 3, 1984 | 3–8 | @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 15–19–5 |
40 | L | January 4, 1984 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 15–20–5 |
41 | L | January 7, 1984 | 2–4 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) | 15–21–5 |
42 | L | January 8, 1984 | 2–5 | St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 15–22–5 |
43 | L | January 11, 1984 | 4–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) | 15–23–5 |
44 | L | January 12, 1984 | 4–5 OT | @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 15–24–5 |
45 | T | January 14, 1984 | 2–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 15–24–6 |
46 | W | January 18, 1984 | 9–4 | Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 16–24–6 |
47 | L | January 21, 1984 | 3–6 | New York Rangers (1983–84) | 16–25–6 |
48 | L | January 23, 1984 | 2–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 16–26–6 |
49 | L | January 24, 1984 | 3–6 | @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 16–27–6 |
50 | L | January 27, 1984 | 1–6 | @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) | 16–28–6 |
51 | L | January 28, 1984 | 0–8 | Washington Capitals (1983–84) | 16–29–6 |
52 | L | February 1, 1984 | 2–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 16–30–6 |
53 | W | February 4, 1984 | 6–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) | 17–30–6 |
54 | L | February 5, 1984 | 0–7 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) | 17–31–6 |
55 | W | February 8, 1984 | 6–4 | Boston Bruins (1983–84) | 18–31–6 |
56 | W | February 9, 1984 | 6–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) | 19–31–6 |
57 | W | February 11, 1984 | 5–2 | Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) | 20–31–6 |
58 | W | February 13, 1984 | 3–1 | New York Islanders (1983–84) | 21–31–6 |
59 | L | February 15, 1984 | 1–3 | Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 21–32–6 |
60 | L | February 18, 1984 | 2–8 | Hartford Whalers (1983–84) | 21–33–6 |
61 | L | February 19, 1984 | 2–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) | 21–34–6 |
62 | T | February 21, 1984 | 2–2 OT | @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) | 21–34–7 |
63 | L | February 25, 1984 | 3–8 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) | 21–35–7 |
64 | T | February 26, 1984 | 4–4 OT | @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) | 21–35–8 |
65 | W | February 29, 1984 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1983–84) | 22–35–8 |
66 | L | March 3, 1984 | 6–11 | New York Islanders (1983–84) | 22–36–8 |
67 | L | March 4, 1984 | 4–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 22–37–8 |
68 | W | March 7, 1984 | 8–4 | New Jersey Devils (1983–84) | 23–37–8 |
69 | L | March 8, 1984 | 5–9 | @ New York Islanders (1983–84) | 23–38–8 |
70 | W | March 10, 1984 | 4–3 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) | 24–38–8 |
71 | L | March 12, 1984 | 7–8 OT | Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) | 24–39–8 |
72 | T | March 14, 1984 | 3–3 OT | Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) | 24–39–9 |
73 | L | March 15, 1984 | 3–5 | @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) | 24–40–9 |
74 | L | March 17, 1984 | 1–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) | 24–41–9 |
75 | L | March 21, 1984 | 1–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) | 24–42–9 |
76 | W | March 24, 1984 | 7–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 25–42–9 |
77 | L | March 25, 1984 | 4–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) | 25–43–9 |
78 | L | March 28, 1984 | 2–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) | 25–44–9 |
79 | W | March 31, 1984 | 6–4 | St. Louis Blues (1983–84) | 26–44–9 |
80 | L | April 1, 1984 | 2–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) | 26–45–9 |
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Rick Vaive | RW | 76 | 52 | 41 | 93 | 114 | -12 | 17 | 0 | 6 |
Dan Daoust | C | 78 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 88 | -16 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
John Anderson | RW | 73 | 37 | 31 | 68 | 22 | -12 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
Bill Derlago | C | 79 | 40 | 20 | 60 | 50 | -8 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Jim Benning | D | 79 | 12 | 39 | 51 | 66 | -4 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Dale McCourt | C | 72 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 10 | -16 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Borje Salming | D | 68 | 5 | 38 | 43 | 92 | -34 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Greg Terrion | LW | 79 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 36 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Stew Gavin | LW | 80 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 90 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Gaston Gingras | D | 59 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 16 | -30 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Korn | D/LW | 65 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 257 | -33 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Miroslav Frycer | RW | 47 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 55 | -24 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Terry Martin | LW | 63 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 51 | -8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Walt Poddubny | LW | 38 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 48 | -13 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Ihnacak | C | 47 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 24 | -21 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Farrish | D | 59 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 57 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Stewart | D | 56 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 116 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Harris | RW | 50 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Nylund | D | 47 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 103 | -27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Leeman | RW | 52 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 31 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Russ Courtnall | RW | 14 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Graham | LW | 41 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 65 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Nigro | C | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rich Costello | C | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Hutchison | D | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob McGill | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Palmateer | G | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Strong | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Allan Bester | G | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greg Britz | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Dowie | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Basil McRae | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Perlini | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick St. Croix | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Wregget | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Yaremchuk | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allan Bester | 1848 | 32 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 134 | 4.35 | 0 |
Mike Palmateer | 1831 | 34 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 149 | 4.88 | 0 |
Rick St. Croix | 939 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 80 | 5.11 | 0 |
Ken Wregget | 165 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5.09 | 0 |
Bruce Dowie | 72 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.33 | 0 |
Team: | 4855 | 80 | 26 | 45 | 9 | 381 | 4.71 | 0 |
Note:
- Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
- Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;
Playoffs
The Maple Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time since 1982.
Transactions
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1983-84 season.
Trades
August 12, 1983 | To Quebec Nordiques Richard Turmel |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Basil McRae |
August 12, 1983 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Rocky Saganiuk Vincent Tremblay |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Pat Graham Nick Ricci |
October 6, 1983 | To Washington Capitals Dave Shand |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Lee Norwood |
February 15, 1984 | To Los Angeles Kings Billy Harris |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash |
Free agents
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Awards and records
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Farm Teams
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References
- ^ 1983 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com Archived January 17, 2010, at WebCite
- ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
- ^ "1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ^ "1983-84 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.