1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs season
1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 5th Norris |
Conference | 9th Campbell |
1983–84 record | 26–45–9 |
Home record | 17–16–7 |
Road record | 9–29–2 |
Goals for | 303 |
Goals against | 387 |
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. The Maple Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time since 1982.
Offseason
[edit]NHL Draft
[edit]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-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL) |
Regular season
[edit]Final standings
[edit]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.
Record vs. opponents
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Schedule and results
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
[edit]Regular season
[edit]- 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 |
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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;
Awards and records
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Transactions
[edit]The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1983–84 season.
Trades
[edit]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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References
[edit]- ^ 1983 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ^ "1983-84 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.