1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	7th Clarence Campbell
1982–83 record	28-40-12
Team information
General Manager	Gerry McNamara
Coach	Mike Nykoluk
Captain	Rick Vaive
Alternate captains	None
Team leaders
<1981–82	1983–84>

The 1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 66th season of the franchise, 56th season as the Maple Leafs.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Chicago Black Hawks	80	47	23	10	338	268	104
Minnesota North Stars	80	40	24	16	321	290	96
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	28	40	12	293	330	68
St. Louis Blues	80	25	40	15	285	316	65
Detroit Red Wings	80	21	44	15	263	344	57

^[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.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 6, 1982	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	0–0–1
2	L	October 7, 1982	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	0–1–1
3	T	October 9, 1982	5–5	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	0–1–2
4	L	October 13, 1982	3–5	Washington Capitals (1982–83)	0–2–2
5	L	October 14, 1982	2–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	0–3–2
6	L	October 16, 1982	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	0–4–2
7	W	October 20, 1982	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	1–4–2
8	T	October 23, 1982	5–5	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	1–4–3
9	L	October 26, 1982	4–9	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	1–5–3
10	W	October 27, 1982	4–1	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	2–5–3
11	T	October 30, 1982	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	2–5–4
12	L	November 3, 1982	2–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	2–6–4
13	T	November 6, 1982	3–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	2–6–5
14	L	November 7, 1982	3–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	2–7–5
15	W	November 10, 1982	8–2	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	3–7–5
16	W	November 13, 1982	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	4–7–5
17	L	November 17, 1982	1–6	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	4–8–5
18	L	November 20, 1982	3–6	New York Rangers (1982–83)	4–9–5
19	L	November 24, 1982	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	4–10–5
20	L	November 26, 1982	3–5	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)	4–11–5
21	L	November 27, 1982	3–6	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	4–12–5
22	L	December 1, 1982	3–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	4–13–5
23	W	December 4, 1982	4–1	New York Islanders (1982–83)	5–13–5
24	L	December 5, 1982	5–6	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	5–14–5
25	L	December 7, 1982	3–6	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	5–15–5
26	L	December 8, 1982	3–7	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	5–16–5
27	L	December 11, 1982	2–6	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	5–17–5
28	T	December 14, 1982	4–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	5–17–6
29	L	December 15, 1982	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	5–18–6
30	L	December 18, 1982	5–8	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	5–19–6
31	L	December 22, 1982	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	5–20–6
32	L	December 23, 1982	3–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	5–21–6
33	T	December 28, 1982	4–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	5–21–7
34	W	December 29, 1982	6–5	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	6–21–7
35	W	January 1, 1983	7–5	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	7–21–7
36	W	January 2, 1983	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	8–21–7
37	T	January 5, 1983	4–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	8–21–8
38	W	January 6, 1983	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)	9–21–8
39	W	January 8, 1983	7–5	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	10–21–8
40	L	January 12, 1983	4–6	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	10–22–8
41	L	January 13, 1983	1–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	10–23–8
42	L	January 15, 1983	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	10–24–8
43	T	January 17, 1983	4–4	St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	10–24–9
44	L	January 19, 1983	3–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	10–25–9
45	L	January 22, 1983	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	10–26–9
46	W	January 24, 1983	8–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	11–26–9
47	T	January 26, 1983	6–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	11–26–10
48	L	January 27, 1983	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	11–27–10
49	W	January 29, 1983	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	12–27–10
50	L	January 31, 1983	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	12–28–10
51	W	February 2, 1983	7–1	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	13–28–10
52	W	February 5, 1983	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	14–28–10
53	L	February 6, 1983	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	14–29–10
54	L	February 13, 1983	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	14–30–10
55	W	February 16, 1983	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	15–30–10
56	W	February 17, 1983	6–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	16–30–10
57	W	February 19, 1983	5–3	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	17–30–10
58	W	February 21, 1983	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	18–30–10
59	W	February 23, 1983	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	19–30–10
60	W	February 25, 1983	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	20–30–10
61	L	February 26, 1983	2–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	20–31–10
62	L	February 28, 1983	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	20–32–10
63	T	March 2, 1983	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	20–32–11
64	L	March 3, 1983	1–5	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	20–33–11
65	L	March 5, 1983	3–6	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	20–34–11
66	T	March 8, 1983	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	20–34–12
67	W	March 9, 1983	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	21–34–12
68	W	March 12, 1983	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	22–34–12
69	W	March 13, 1983	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	23–34–12
70	L	March 16, 1983	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	23–35–12
71	L	March 18, 1983	3–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	23–36–12
72	L	March 20, 1983	3–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	23–37–12
73	L	March 21, 1983	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	23–38–12
74	W	March 23, 1983	6–3	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	24–38–12
75	L	March 24, 1983	4–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	24–39–12
76	W	March 26, 1983	2–1	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	25–39–12
77	W	March 29, 1983	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	26–39–12
78	W	March 30, 1983	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	27–39–12
79	L	April 2, 1983	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	27–40–12
80	W	April 3, 1983	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	28–40–12

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	RW	80	31	49	80	24	-6	9	0	6
Vaive, RickRick Vaive	RW	78	51	28	79	105	-13	18	3	8
Ihnacak, PeterPeter Ihnacak	C	80	28	38	66	44	6	6	0	2
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	LW	72	28	31	59	71	8	9	0	3
Frycer, MiroslavMiroslav Frycer	RW	67	25	30	55	90	2	5	0	4
Daoust, DanDan Daoust	C	48	18	33	51	31	-1	9	0	0
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	69	7	38	45	104	-3	2	1	0
Derlago, BillBill Derlago	C	58	13	24	37	27	-19	5	0	1
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion	LW	74	16	16	32	59	-3	0	3	1
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	76	11	19	30	26	-15	0	1	0
Korn, JimJim Korn	D/LW	80	8	21	29	236	-27	0	3	1
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras	D	45	10	18	28	10	7	4	0	1
Farrish, DaveDave Farrish	D	56	4	24	28	38	1	3	0	0
Martin, TerryTerry Martin	LW	76	14	13	27	28	-29	3	1	0
Benning, JimJim Benning	D	74	5	17	22	47	-8	3	0	0
Nigro, FrankFrank Nigro	C	51	6	15	21	23	-1	1	0	0
Kaszycki, MikeMike Kaszycki	C	22	1	13	14	10	0	0	0	0
Gavin, StewStew Gavin	LW	63	6	5	11	44	-7	0	0	0
Duris, VitezslavVitezslav Duris	D	32	2	8	10	12	3	0	1	0
Melrose, BarryBarry Melrose	D	52	2	5	7	68	-16	0	0	0
Aubin, NormNorm Aubin	C	26	4	1	5	8	-9	2	0	1
Boimistruck, FredFred Boimistruck	D	26	2	3	5	13	-3	0	0	0
Adam, RussRuss Adam	C	8	1	2	3	11	-3	0	0	0
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund	D	16	0	3	3	16	0	0	0	0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	G	53	0	3	3	17	0	0	0	0
Boisvert, SergeSerge Boisvert	RW	17	0	2	2	4	-10	0	0	0
Magnan, MarcMarc Magnan	LW	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0
Muni, CraigCraig Muni	D	2	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Shand, DaveDave Shand	D	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Bailey, ReidReid Bailey	D	1	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Higgins, PaulPaul Higgins	RW	22	0	0	0	135	-3	0	0	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	G	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McGill, BobBob McGill	D	30	0	0	0	146	-24	0	0	0
Parent, BobBob Parent	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saganiuk, RockyRocky Saganiuk	RW/C	3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong, KenKen Strong	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tremblay, VincentVincent Tremblay	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Verstraete, LeighLeigh Verstraete	RW	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Willard, RodRod Willard	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Yaremchuk, GaryGary Yaremchuk	C	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	2965	53	21	23	7	197	3.99	0
St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	920	17	4	9	2	58	3.78	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	835	16	3	8	3	68	4.89	0
Parent, BobBob Parent	40	1	0	0	0	2	3.00	0
Tremblay, VincentVincent Tremblay	40	1	0	0	0	2	3.00	0
Team:	4800	80	28	40	12	327	4.09	0

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Frycer, MiroslavMiroslav Frycer	RW	4	2	5	7	0	0	0	0
Vaive, RickRick Vaive	RW	4	2	5	7	6	0	0	0
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	RW	4	2	4	6	0	1	0	0
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming	D	4	1	4	5	10	1	0	0
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny	LW	4	3	1	4	0	2	0	1
Derlago, BillBill Derlago	C	4	3	0	3	2	2	0	0
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras	D	3	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion	LW	4	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Benning, JimJim Benning	D	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Boudreau, BruceBruce Boudreau	C	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Shand, DaveDave Shand	D	4	1	0	1	13	0	0	0
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Melrose, BarryBarry Melrose	D	4	0	1	1	23	0	0	0
Aubin, NormNorm Aubin	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bailey, ReidReid Bailey	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Gavin, StewStew Gavin	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Higgins, PaulPaul Higgins	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korn, JimJim Korn	D/LW	3	0	0	0	26	0	0	0
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MartinTerry Martin (ice hockey), TerryTerry MartinTerry Martin (ice hockey)	LW	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Nigro, FrankFrank Nigro	C	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer	252	4	1	3	17	4.05	0
St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	1	1	0	0	1	60.00	0
Team:	253	4	1	3	18	4.27	0

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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;

Roster

Goaltenders 1 Michel Larocque  1 Rick St. Croix  29 Mike Palmateer  30 Vincent Tremblay  31 Bob Parent		Defensemen 2 Gary Nylund  3 Jim Benning  4 Bob McGill  4 Dave Shand  11 Fred Boimistruck  11 Gaston Gingras  20 Jim Korn  21 Borje Salming  23 Vitezslav Duris  26 Barry Melrose  33 Reid Bailey  33 Craig Muni		Wingers 7 Rocky Saganiuk  7 Greg Terrion  9 Stew Gavin  10 John Anderson  12 Serge Boisvert  14 Miroslav Frycer  15 Billy Harris  17 Paul Higgins  22 Rick Vaive  - C 23 Ken Strong  25 Terry Martin  28 Rod Willard  32 Frank Nigro  34 Leigh Verstraete  35 Marc Magnan		Centres 8 Walt Poddubny  12 Mike Kaszycki  16 Russ Adam  18 Peter Ihnacak  19 Bill Derlago  24 Norm Aubin  24 Dan Daoust  28 Gary Yaremchuk  34 Fred Perlini  GM: Gerry McNamara Coach: Mike Nykoluk

Playoffs

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1982-83 season.

Trades

September 9, 1982	To Washington Capitals Cash	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Palmateer
October 5, 1982	To Hartford Whalers Paul Marshall	To Toronto Maple Leafs 10th round pick in 1983 - Greg Rolston
October 19, 1982	To Los Angeles Kings 4th round pick in 1983 - Dave Korol	To Toronto Maple Leafs Greg Terrion
December 17, 1982	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd round pick in 1986 - Benoit Brunet	To Toronto Maple Leafs Gaston Gingras
January 10, 1983	To Minnesota North Stars Dave Logan	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
January 10, 1983	To Philadelphia Flyers Michel Larocque	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rick St. Croix
January 15, 1983	To Edmonton Oilers Serge Boisvert	To Toronto Maple Leafs Reid Bailey
January 23, 1983	To Chicago Black Hawks Rod Willard	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Snopek

Free agents

Player Former Team Rod Willard Undrafted Free Agent Bruce Dowie Undrafted Free Agent

Awards and honors

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

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