1983–84 Philadelphia Flyers season

1983–84 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	5th Wales
1983–84 record	44–26–10
Home record	25–10–5
Road record	19–16–5
Goals for	350 (4th)
Goals against	290 (6th)
Team information
General Manager	Bob McCammon
Coach	Bob McCammon
Captain	Bobby Clarke
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	16,636[1]
Minor league affiliations	Springfield Indians (AHL)[2] Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL)[3]
Team leaders
Goals	Tim Kerr (54)
Assists	Brian Propp (53)
Points	Tim Kerr (93)
Penalties in minutes	Glen Cochrane (225)
Plus/minus	Brian Propp (+49)
Wins	Bob Froese (28)
Goals against average	Bob Froese (3.14)
<1982–83 1984–85>

The 1983–84 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 17th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the final season of the playing careers of Hockey Hall of Famers Bill Barber and Bobby Clarke, the Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Washington Capitals in a three-game sweep.

Off-season

Bob McCammon replaced Keith Allen as general manager in the off-season, and retained his position as head coach.^[4] McCammon had received an offer from the Pittsburgh Penguins to become their general manager.^[4]

Regular season

The youth of the team began to take over the reins from the old guard as Tim Kerr recorded his first 50-goal season. The team finished in third place.

The 1983–84 regular season saw Barber play his final games as he would officially announce his retirement following the next season after being unable to return from reconstructive knee surgery.

Season 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

^[5]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.

Playoffs

The Flyers were swept in three games for the second consecutive season, this time by the Washington Capitals.

After the loss, Flyers President Jay Snider informed Bob McCammon he could no longer continue as head coach.^[6] As GM, McCammon disagreed a change was needed, so he resigned from both positions altogether on April 25.^[6] On May 15, Bobby Clarke retired from playing and was named Vice President and General Manager of the team.^[7]

Schedule and results

Regular season

1983–84 regular season
October: 9–3–1, 19 Points (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 4–2–0) Game October Opponent Score Record Points 1 6 Washington Capitals 4–1 1–0–0 2 2 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–3 2–0–0 4 3 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–1 3–0–0 6 4 13 Winnipeg Jets 4–3 4–0–0 8 5 15 @ New York Islanders 5–1 5–0–0 10 6 16 @ New York Rangers 4–5 5–1–0 10 7 20 Boston Bruins 3–3 OT 5–1–1 11 8 22 @ Washington Capitals 1–4 5–2–1 11 9 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 8–5 6–2–1 13 10 25 @ Quebec Nordiques 4–2 7–2–1 15 11 27 Quebec Nordiques 4–3 8–2–1 17 12 29 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 9–2–1 19 13 30 New York Islanders 2–6 9–3–1 19
November: 5–5–2, 12 Points (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 3–3–1) Game November Opponent Score Record Points 14 3 Los Angeles Kings 5–6 9–4–1 19 15 5 @ St. Louis Blues 6–7 9–5–1 19 16 6 Hartford Whalers 4–2 10–5–1 21 17 8 @ New York Islanders 1–4 10–6–1 21 18 12 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 11–6–1 23 19 13 @ Winnipeg Jets 2–3 11–7–1 23 20 17 Minnesota North Stars 5–5 OT 11–7–2 24 21 20 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 OT 12–7–2 26 22 23 New York Islanders 2–4 12–8–2 26 23 26 @ Vancouver Canucks 5–4 13–8–2 28 24 29 @ Calgary Flames 8–5 14–8–2 30 25 30 @ Edmonton Oilers 3–3 OT 14–8–3 31
December: 6–3–3, 15 Points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–1–2) Game December Opponent Score Record Points 26 3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 15–8–3 33 27 4 Hartford Whalers 5–6 15–9–3 33 28 8 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 16–9–3 35 29 10 @ New Jersey Devils 8–2 17–9–3 37 30 11 Buffalo Sabres 5–6 17–10–3 37 31 15 Washington Capitals 9–4 18–10–3 39 32 17 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 OT 18–10–4 40 33 18 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 OT 18–10–5 41 34 21 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 OT 18–10–6 42 35 22 New Jersey Devils 5–0 19–10–6 44 36 26 @ Washington Capitals 5–4 20–10–6 46 37 30 @ New York Rangers 3–6 20–11–6 46
January: 7–4–2, 16 Points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 4–2–2) Game January Opponent Score Record Points 38 3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 7–5 21–11–6 48 39 5 Winnipeg Jets 7–6 OT 22–11–6 50 40 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 8–4 23–11–6 52 41 8 Washington Capitals 1–7 23–12–6 52 42 11 @ Buffalo Sabres 2–6 23–13–6 52 43 12 New York Rangers 1–2 23–14–6 52 44 14 @ Quebec Nordiques 3–3 OT 23–14–7 53 45 17 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–4 24–14–7 55 46 19 New Jersey Devils 2–0 25–14–7 57 47 21 New York Islanders 7–1 26–14–7 59 48 25 @ Los Angeles Kings 5–2 27–14–7 61 49 27 @ Vancouver Canucks 0–4 27–15–7 61 50 29 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–5 OT 27–15–8 62
February: 7–5–2, 16 Points (Home: 5–2–2; Road: 2–3–0) Game February Opponent Score Record Points 51 2 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 OT 27–15–9 63 52 4 @ Boston Bruins 5–8 27–16–9 63 53 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–0 28–16–9 65 54 9 Edmonton Oilers 4–3 29–16–9 67 55 11 @ Washington Capitals 3–6 29–17–9 67 56 12 Vancouver Canucks 5–6 29–18–9 67 57 16 St. Louis Blues 5–2 30–18–9 69 58 18 New Jersey Devils 4–3 31–18–9 71 59 19 @ New York Rangers 3–2 OT 32–18–9 73 60 21 Buffalo Sabres 4–5 OT 32–19–9 73 61 23 Minnesota North Stars 3–3 OT 32–19–10 74 62 25 @ Hartford Whalers 7–9 32–20–10 74 63 26 New York Islanders 5–3 33–20–10 76 64 29 @ Edmonton Oilers 5–3 34–20–10 78
March: 10–5–0, 20 Points (Home: 7–0–0; Road: 3–5–0) Game March Opponent Score Record Points 65 1 @ Calgary Flames 1–5 34–21–10 78 66 3 @ St. Louis Blues 3–4 34–22–10 78 67 6 @ New York Islanders 2–5 34–23–10 78 68 8 Los Angeles Kings 4–1 35–23–10 80 69 10 @ Minnesota North Stars 3–4 35–24–10 80 70 11 Calgary Flames 3–2 36–24–10 82 71 14 @ New York Rangers 3–6 36–25–10 82 72 15 Boston Bruins 6–3 37–25–10 84 73 17 New York Rangers 6–4 38–25–10 86 74 19 @ New Jersey Devils 4–3 39–25–10 88 75 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 13–4 40–25–10 90 76 24 New York Rangers 6–5 41–25–10 92 77 25 New Jersey Devils 4–1 42–25–10 94 78 28 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 43–25–10 96 79 30 @ New Jersey Devils 6–2 44–25–10 98
April: 0–1–0, 0 Points (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 0–0–0) Game April Opponent Score Record Points 80 1 Washington Capitals 1–4 44–26–10 98
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1984 Stanley Cup playoffs
Patrick Division Semifinals vs. Washington Capitals - Capitals win 3–0 Game Date Opponent Score Series 1 April 4 @ Washington Capitals 2–4 Capitals lead 1–0 2 April 5 @ Washington Capitals 2–6 Capitals lead 2–0 3 April 7 Washington Capitals 1–5 Capitals win 3–0
Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
• = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
• = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

				Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
12	Kerr, TimTim Kerr	24	RW	79	54	39	93	30	29	3	0	0	0	-4 −4	0
26	Propp, BrianBrian Propp	24	LW	79	39	53	92	49	37	3	0	1	1	-4 −4	6
20	Poulin, DaveDave Poulin	25	LW	73	31	45	76	31	47	3	0	0	0	-4 −4	2
27	Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	33	C	76	27	36	63	13	38	3	0	2	2	-1 −1	7
16	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	34	C	73	17	43	60	23	70	3	2	1	3	-1 −1	6
7	Barber, BillBill Barber	31	LW	63	22	32	54	4	36	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
2	Howe, MarkMark Howe	28	D	71	19	34	53	30	44	3	0	0	0	0	2
14	Sutter, RonRon Sutter	20	C	79	19	32	51	4	101	3	0	0	0	0	22
23	Sinisalo, IlkkaIlkka Sinisalo	25	LW	73	29	17	46	22	29	2	2	0	2	0	0
6	Eriksson, ThomasThomas Eriksson	24	D	68	11	33	44	28	37	3	0	1	1	-4 −4	0
3	Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	23	D	78	7	28	35	23	63	3	0	0	0	-2 −2	0
11	Hachborn, LenLen Hachborn	22	C	38	11	21	32	8	4	3	0	0	0	-2 −2	7
9	Dvorak, MiroslavMiroslav Dvorak	32	D	66	4	27	31	19	27	2	0	0	0	-5 −5	2
15	Sutter, RichRich Sutter	20	RW	70	16	12	28	10	93	3	0	0	0	0	15
10	McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	24	D	71	0	24	24	19	76	1	0	0	0	-1 −1	4
29	Cochrane, GlenGlen Cochrane	26	D	67	7	16	23	16	225	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
17	Holmgren, PaulPaul Holmgren	28	RW	52	9	13	22	1	105	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
21	MacLeish, RickRick MacLeish	34	C	29	8	14	22	4	4	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
19	Allison, RayRay Allison	24	RW	37	8	13	21	11	47	3	0	1	1	-2 −2	4
8	Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	25	D	77	3	14	17	24	83	3	1	1	2	-1 −1	2
25	Guay, PaulPaul Guay	20	RW	14	2	6	8	1	14	3	0	0	0	-2 −2	4
22	Fitzpatrick, RossRoss Fitzpatrick	23	C	12	4	2	6	4	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
21	Brown, DaveDave Brown	21	RW	19	1	5	6	4	98	2	0	0	0	0	12
28	Stanley, DarylDaryl Stanley	21	D	23	1	4	5	4	71	3	0	0	0	-3 −3	19
18	Carson, LindsayLindsay Carson	23	C	16	1	3	4	-7 −7	10	1	0	0	0	-1 −1	5
11	Flockhart, RonRon Flockhart	23	C	8	0	3	3	1	4	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	25	G	48	0	2	2	-98 !N/A	10	3	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	00 !0
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	24	G	36	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	6	2	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0
24	Holt, RandyRandy Holt	31	D	26	0	0	0	-1 −1	74	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
15	Taylor, MarkMark Taylor	26	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
5	Bathe, FrankFrank Bathe	29	D	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

			Regular season									Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	25	48	28	13	7	2	150	.887	3.14	2863	3	0	2	0	11	.857	4.29	154
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	24	36	16	13	3	1	135	.860	4.05	1999	2	0	1	0	3	.769	6.92	26

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Tim Kerr Brian Propp
NHL All-Rookie Team	Thomas Eriksson (D)
NHL Player of the Week	Pelle Lindbergh (October 11) Tim Kerr (March 16)

Team awards

Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Miroslav Dvorak
Class Guy Award	Dave Poulin

Records

Team single season records

Record	Total
Goals for	350
Fewest playoff wins	0 (tied in 1968–69, 1970–71, 1982–83)

Team regular season single game records

Record	Total	Date and opponent
Goals	13	March 22, 1984 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (tied October 18, 1984 vs. Vancouver Canucks)

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached
Bill Barber	400 goals	October 9, 1983
Darryl Sittler	600 assists	November 29, 1983
Darryl Sittler	1000 games	January 8, 1984

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 18, 1983, the day after the deciding game of the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 19, 1984, the day of the deciding game of the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals.^[8]

Trades

Date	Details
June 8, 1983[9]	To Philadelphia Flyers Doug Crossman 2nd-round pick in 1984	To Chicago Black Hawks Behn Wilson
September 9, 1983[10][a]	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Hartford Whalers Tom Gorence
October 23, 1983[11]	To Philadelphia Flyers Rich Sutter 2nd-round pick in 1984 3rd-round pick in 1984	To Pittsburgh Penguins Andy Brickley Ron Flockhart Mark Taylor 1st-round pick in 1984 3rd-round pick in 1984
January 5, 1984[12]	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To St. Louis Blues Michel Larocque
January 8, 1984[13]	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Detroit Red Wings Rick MacLeish
February 23, 1984[14]	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Paul Guay 3rd-round pick in 1985	To Minnesota North Stars Paul Holmgren

Trade notes

• ^a The trade was canceled after Gorence failed to make the Whalers out of training camp.^[10] Gorence was released after being returned to the Flyers and later signed with the Edmonton Oilers on November 1.^[10]

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Contract details
August 30, 1983[15]	Randy Holt	Washington Capitals
October 6, 1983[16]	Rick MacLeish	Pittsburgh Penguins
May 1, 1984[17]	Darren Jensen	Fort Wayne Komets (IHL)	multi-year

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date	Player	Contract details
August 15, 1983[18]	Thomas Eriksson	multi-year
February 23, 1984[14]	Paul Holmgren	2 years
May 9, 1984[19]	Dave Poulin	multi-year

Draft picks

The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details
May 9, 1984[19]	Todd Bergen	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)	1982 5th-round pick	multi-year
May 9, 1984[19]	Rick Tocchet	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	1983 6th-round pick	multi-year
May 9, 1984[19]	Peter Zezel	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)	1983 2nd-round pick	multi-year

Departures

The following players — excluding those who were traded or claimed on waivers — left the team during the off-season. Players who were under contract during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Notes
August 1, 1983[20]	John Paddock	New Jersey Devils	Free agency
August 15, 1983[18]	Bob Hoffmeyer	New Jersey Devils	Free agency
October 1983[10]	Tom Gorence	Edmonton Oilers	Released	Signed with Edmonton on November 1
N/A[21]	Gord Williams	—	Retirement	No official announcement
May 15, 1984[7]	Bobby Clarke*	—	Retirement	Hired as team's general manager

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec on June 8, 1983.^[22]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1983 and their NHL career regular season statistics

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA	Notes
2	41	Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	Center	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)	873	219	389	608	435	& —	& —	& —	& —
3	44	Smith, DerrickDerrick Smith	Left Wing	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	537	82	92	174	373	& —	& —	& —	& —	[a]
4	81	Bourbeau, AllenAllen Bourbeau	Center	United States	Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (Mass.)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	101	Carrier, JeromeJerome Carrier	Defense	Canada	Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	121	Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	Right Wing	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	1144	440	512	952	2972	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	141	Mormina, BobBob Mormina	Forward	Canada	Longueuil Chevaliers (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	161	Eklund, PellePelle Eklund	Center	Sweden	AIK (Elitserien)	594	120	335	455	109	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	181	Nichols, RobbieRobbie Nichols	Right Wing	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
10	201	McCormack, BillBill McCormack	Center	United States	Westminster School (Conn.)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
11	221	Jopling, BrianBrian Jopling	Goaltender	United States	Williston Northampton School (Mass.)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
12	241	Duvall, HaroldHarold Duvall	Left Wing	United States	Belmont Hill School (Mass.)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[23]

• ^a The Flyers traded their first-round pick, 20th overall, their third-round pick, 61st overall, Greg Adams, and Ken Linseman to the Hartford Whalers for Mark Howe and the Whalers' third-round pick, 44th overall, on August 20, 1982.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Springfield Indians of the AHL^[2][24] and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.^[3]

References

General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

Specific

Philadelphia Flyers seasons 1960s 1960–61 . 1961–62 . 1962–63 . 1963–64 . 1964–66 . 1965–66 . 1966–67 . 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970s 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980s 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990s 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000s 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010s 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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