1983–84 New York Rangers season

1983–84 New York Rangers
Division 4th Patrick
Conference 7th Wales
1983–84 record 42–29–9
Goals for 314
Goals against 304
Team information
General Manager Craig Patrick
Coach Herb Brooks
Captain Barry Beck
Alternate captains None
Arena Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals Pierre Larouche (48)
Assists Mark Pavelich (53)
Points Mark Pavelich (82)
Penalties in minutes Dave Maloney (168)
Wins Glen Hanlon (28)
Goals against average John Vanbiesbrouck (3.33)
<1982–83 1984–85>

The 1983–84 New York Rangers season was the 58th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers posted a 42–29–9 record in the regular season, and their fourth-place finish in the Patrick Division earned them a berth in the NHL playoffs. In the Patrick Division semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the New York Islanders, three games to two.[1]

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
New York Islanders 80 50 26 4 357 269 104
Washington Capitals 80 48 27 5 308 226 101
Philadelphia Flyers 80 44 26 10 350 290 98
New York Rangers 80 42 29 9 314 304 93
New Jersey Devils 80 17 56 7 231 350 41
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 16 58 6 254 390 38

[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

1983-84 Game Log

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1984 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich 77 29 53 82 11 96
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche 77 48 33 81 -15 22
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg 79 32 35 67 18 16
Maloney, DonDon Maloney 79 24 42 66 -5 62
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers 78 23 38 61 -24 45
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen 74 20 39 59 17 26
Greschner, RonRon Greschner 77 12 44 56 5 117
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne 73 23 28 51 1 88
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom 77 22 22 44 3 24
Beck, BarryBarry Beck 72 9 27 36 12 134
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney 68 7 26 33 11 168
Erixon, JanJan Erixon 75 5 25 30 14 16
Leinonen, MikkoMikko Leinonen 28 3 23 26 4 28
Huber, WillieWillie Huber 42 9 14 23 -14 60
Allison, MikeMike Allison 45 8 12 20 5 64
Andersson, Kent-ErikKent-Erik Andersson 63 5 15 20 5 8
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw 79 3 15 18 -10 62
McClanahan, RobRob McClanahan 41 6 8 14 0 21
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu 40 7 6 13 8 115
Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell 36 5 6 11 0 31
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick 12 1 7 8 6 2
Stoughton, BlaineBlaine Stoughton 14 5 2 7 -12 4
Richmond, SteveSteve Richmond 26 2 5 7 6 110
Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek 31 3 2 5 2 22
Patey, LarryLarry Patey 9 1 2 3 0 4
Brooke, BobBob Brooke 9 1 2 3 1 4
McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee 9 1 1 2 0 11
Kleinendorst, ScotScot Kleinendorst 23 0 2 2 -10 35
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos 6 0 1 1 0 8
Backman, MikeMike Backman 8 0 1 1 -1 8
Morrison, MarkMark Morrison 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw 4 0 0 0 -3 4
Barr, DaveDave Barr 6 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich 5 2 4 6 0
Maloney, DonDon Maloney 5 1 4 5 0
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom 5 1 3 4 0
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche 5 3 1 4 2
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick 5 0 3 3 2
Huber, WillieWillie Huber 4 1 1 2 9
Leinonen, MikkoMikko Leinonen 5 0 2 2 4
Erixon, JanJan Erixon 5 2 0 2 4
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen 5 1 1 2 2
Patey, LarryLarry Patey 4 0 1 1 6
Andersson, Kent-ErikKent-Erik Andersson 5 0 1 1 0
Allison, MikeMike Allison 5 0 1 1 6
Beck, BarryBarry Beck 4 1 0 1 6
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne 5 0 1 1 7
Greschner, RonRon Greschner 2 1 0 1 2
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg 5 1 0 1 0
Brooke, BobBob Brooke 5 0 0 0 7
Richmond, SteveSteve Richmond 4 0 0 0 12
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw 5 0 0 0 8
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney 1 0 0 0 2
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon 50 2837 28 14 4 166 3.51 1674 .890 1
Weeks, SteveSteve Weeks 26 1361 10 11 2 90 3.97 757 .865 0
Scott, RonRon Scott 9 485 2 3 3 29 3.59 283 .886 0
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck 3 180 2 1 0 10 3.33 95 .882 0
Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon 5 308 2 3 13 2.53 166 .922 1
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 - 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

[3]

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;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.[4][5]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 12 Dave Gagner C  Canada Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
2 33 Randy Heath LW  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
3 49 Vesa Salo D  Finland Lukko Rauma (FNL)
3 53 Gordie Walker LW  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
4 73 Peter Andersson D  Sweden Orebro IK (Sweden)
5 93 Jim Andonoff RW  United States Belleville Bulls (OHL)
6 113 Bob Alexander D  United States Rosemount H.S. (Minnesota)
7 133 Steve Orth C  United States St. Cloud Tech H.S. (Minnesota)
8 153 Pete Marcov LW  Canada Welland (Ontario Jr. B)
9 173 Paul Jerrard RW  Canada Notre Dame Academy (Sask. AAA)
11 213 Bryan Walker D  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
12 233 Ulf Nilsson G  Sweden Skelleftea (FNL)

See also

References

  1. "1983–84 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. "1983-84 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  4. "1983 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  5. "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-05-19.

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