1983–84 Minnesota North Stars season

1983–84 Minnesota North Stars
1983–84 Minnesota North Stars
Norris Division champions
Division	1st Norris
Conference	2nd Campbell
1983–84 record	39–31–10
Home record	22–14–4
Road record	17–17–6
Goals for	345
Goals against	344
Team information
General manager	Lou Nanne
Coach	Bill Mahoney
Captain	Craig Hartsburg ; Brian Bellows (interim)
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Met Center
Team leaders
Goals	Brian Bellows (41)
Assists	Neal Broten (61)
Points	Neal Broten (89)
Penalty minutes	Willi Plett (316)
Plus/minus	Tom McCarthy (+17)
Wins	Gilles Meloche (21)
Goals against average	Don Beaupre (4.12)
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 17th season.

Coached by Bill Mahoney, the team compiled a record of 39–31–10 for 88 points, to finish the regular season 1st in the Norris Division for the second time in three seasons, doing so as the only team in their division to have a winning record that season. In the playoffs, they won their Norris Division Semifinal series 3 games to 2 over the Chicago Black Hawks and followed that with a seven-game win over the St. Louis Blues in the Norris Division Final. In the Campbell Conference Final, the North Stars ran out of magic as they were swept in four straight games by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	1	Brian Lawton	United States	Mount St. Charles Academy (USHS-RI)
2	36	Malcolm Parks	Canada	St. Alberts Saints (AJHL)
2	38	Frank Musil	Czechoslovakia	Pardubice (Czechoslovakia)
3	56	Mitch Messier	Canada	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
4	76	Brian Durand	United States	Cloquet High School (USHS-MN)
5	96	Rich Geist	United States	St. Paul Academy (USHS-MN)
6	116	Tom McComb	United States	Mount St. Charles Academy (USHS-RI)
7	136	Sean Toomey	United States	Cretin-Derham Hall High School (USHS-MN)
8	156	Don Biggs	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
9	176	Paul Pulis	United States	Hibbing High School (USHS-MN)
10	196	Milos Riha	Czechoslovakia	Vitkovice (Czechoslovakia)
11	212	Oldrich Valek	Czechoslovakia	Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)
12	236	Paul Roff	United States	Edina High School (USHS-MN)

Regular season

Bob Rouse, Brian Lawton, and Dirk Graham all made their NHL debuts.

Final standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

^[1]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.

Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1983–84 NHL records^[2]
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
Chicago	—	4−4	2−6	4−3−1	5−2−1	15−15−2
Detroit	4−4	—	2−6	5−3	3−5	14−18−0
Minnesota	6−2	6−2	—	5−2−1	5−2−1	22−8−2
St. Louis	3−4−1	3−5	2−5−1	—	6−2	14−16−2
Toronto	2−5−1	5−3	2−5−1	2−6	—	11−19−2

Vs. Smythe Division

1983–84 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
Chicago	1−2	1−2	0−3	2−1	1−2	5−10−0
Detroit	2−1	0−3	0−2−1	1−2	1−0−2	4−8−3
Minnesota	1−2	0−2−1	1−1−1	1−1−1	2−1	5−7−3
St. Louis	0−2−1	2−1	1−1−1	2−1	1−2	6−7−2
Toronto	0−1−2	1−2	2−0−1	0−1−2	0−3	3−7−5

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Adams Division

1983–84 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
Chicago	2−1	2−1	1−2	0−2−1	1−1−1	6−7−2
Detroit	1−2	1−1−1	1−1−1	0−3	2−1	5−8−2
Minnesota	2−1	2−1	0−3	2−1	0−2−1	6−8−1
St. Louis	0−3	1−2	1−2	0−3	0−2−1	2−12−1
Toronto	2−1	0−2−1	1−2	1−2	1−2	5−9−1

Vs. Patrick Division

1983–84 NHL records
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
Chicago	1−2	0−3	1−2	0−1−2	1−1−1	1−1−1	4−10−4
Detroit	1−2	2−1	0−3	0−1−2	3−0	2−1	8−8−2
Minnesota	2−1	0−2−1	1−1−1	1−0−2	2−1	0−3	6−8−4
St. Louis	3−0	1−1−1	1−2	2−1	2−0−1	1−2	10−6−2
Toronto	3−0	1−2	2−1	0−3	1−1−1	0−3	7−10−1

Schedule and results

1983–84 regular season^[3]

October

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 5, 1983	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	0–0–1
2	L	October 7, 1983	9–10	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	0–1–1
3	L	October 9, 1983	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	0–2–1
4	W	October 12, 1983	7–5	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	1–2–1
5	W	October 15, 1983	2–1	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	2–2–1
6	L	October 16, 1983	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	2–3–1
7	L	October 20, 1983	4–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	2–4–1
8	L	October 22, 1983	2–11	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	2–5–1
9	W	October 25, 1983	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	3–5–1
10	L	October 27, 1983	1–8	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	3–6–1
11	L	October 29, 1983	1–6	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	3–7–1

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
12	W	November 2, 1983	8–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	4–7–1
13	W	November 5, 1983	10–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	5–7–1
14	L	November 8, 1983	4–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	5–8–1
15	W	November 9, 1983	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	6–8–1
16	W	November 12, 1983	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	7–8–1
17	W	November 15, 1983	6–0	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	8–8–1
18	T	November 17, 1983	5–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	8–8–2
19	W	November 19, 1983	8–7 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	9–8–2
20	W	November 20, 1983	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	10–8–2
21	L	November 23, 1983	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	10–9–2
22	T	November 25, 1983	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	10–9–3
23	W	November 26, 1983	7–6 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	11–9–3
24	W	November 29, 1983	6–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	12–9–3

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
25	W	December 1, 1983	6–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	13–9–3
26	W	December 3, 1983	6–2	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	14–9–3
27	L	December 4, 1983	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	14–10–3
28	W	December 7, 1983	7–2	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	15–10–3
29	L	December 10, 1983	2–4	New York Islanders (1983–84)	15–11–3
30	T	December 14, 1983	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	15–11–4
31	L	December 17, 1983	0–2	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	15–12–4
32	W	December 20, 1983	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	16–12–4
33	W	December 22, 1983	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	17–12–4
34	L	December 23, 1983	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	17–13–4
35	L	December 26, 1983	1–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	17–14–4
36	W	December 28, 1983	8–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	18–14–4
37	L	December 31, 1983	3–7	New York Islanders (1983–84)	18–15–4

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
38	W	January 2, 1984	6–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	19–15–4
39	L	January 4, 1984	8–12	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	19–16–4
40	L	January 5, 1984	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	19–17–4
41	W	January 7, 1984	2–0	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	20–17–4
42	L	January 10, 1984	3–6	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	20–18–4
43	W	January 12, 1984	5–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	21–18–4
44	W	January 14, 1984	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	22–18–4
45	W	January 16, 1984	9–3	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	23–18–4
46	L	January 18, 1984	4–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	23–19–4
47	W	January 20, 1984	8–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	24–19–4
48	W	January 21, 1984	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	25–19–4
49	W	January 25, 1984	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	26–19–4
50	W	January 27, 1984	10–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	27–19–4
51	L	January 28, 1984	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	27–20–4

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
52	L	February 1, 1984	0–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	27–21–4
53	W	February 3, 1984	4–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	28–21–4
54	W	February 5, 1984	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	29–21–4
55	T	February 9, 1984	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1983–84)	29–21–5
56	L	February 11, 1984	4–6	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	29–22–5
57	L	February 13, 1984	0–4	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	29–23–5
58	W	February 15, 1984	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	30–23–5
59	L	February 17, 1984	4–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	30–24–5
60	L	February 18, 1984	2–7	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	30–25–5
61	L	February 20, 1984	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	30–26–5
62	L	February 22, 1984	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	30–27–5
63	T	February 23, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	30–27–6
64	W	February 25, 1984	5–1	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	31–27–6
65	L	February 28, 1984	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	31–28–6
66	L	February 29, 1984	5–7	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	31–29–6

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
67	W	March 3, 1984	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	32–29–6
68	W	March 5, 1984	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	33–29–6
69	W	March 7, 1984	6–3	New York Rangers (1983–84)	34–29–6
70	W	March 10, 1984	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	35–29–6
71	W	March 12, 1984	7–6 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	36–29–6
72	T	March 14, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	36–29–7
73	W	March 17, 1984	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	37–29–7
74	T	March 18, 1984	5–5 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	37–29–8
75	L	March 21, 1984	1–5	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	37–30–8
76	T	March 24, 1984	4–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	37–30–9
77	W	March 26, 1984	4–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	38–30–9
78	W	March 28, 1984	6–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	39–30–9
79	T	March 30, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	39–30–10
80	L	March 31, 1984	3–10	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	39–31–10

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

Player statistics

Awards and honors

References

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1983-84 Minnesota North Stars Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

External links

North Stars on Hockey Database

[1] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Gamelog-3] "1983-84 Minnesota North Stars Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

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v t e 1983–84 NHL season
Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec
Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto
Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg
See also	Draft Waiver draft All-Star Game Good Friday Massacre Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

v t e Minnesota North Stars seasons
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1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
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1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Dallas