1982–83 Detroit Red Wings season

1982–83 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th Norris
1982–83 record	21–44–15
Goals for	263
Goals against	344
Team information
General manager	Jim Devellano
Coach	Nick Polano
Captain	Danny Gare
Team leaders
Goals	John Ogrodnick (41)
Assists	Reed Larson (52)
Points	John Ogrodnick (85)
Penalty minutes	Danny Gare (107)
Wins	Corrado Micalef (11)
Goals against average	Corrado Micalef (3.62)

The 1982-83 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 57th season. The Wings finished 5th in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

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

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

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

Playoffs

• The Red Wings failed to qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	LW	80	41	44	85	30	11	5	0	2
Larson, ReedReed Larson	D	80	22	52	74	104	-7	7	1	1
Gare, DannyDanny Gare	RW	79	26	35	61	107	-16	6	0	3
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	80	19	24	43	83	-41	3	0	3
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	D	74	14	29	43	106	-34	3	0	1
McKechnie, WaltWalt McKechnie	C	64	14	29	43	42	1	3	3	0
Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell	RW	80	18	23	41	22	-6	0	0	2
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	58	17	22	39	58	-8	3	1	1
Woods, PaulPaul Woods	LW	63	13	20	33	30	-2	0	1	3
Leach, ReggieReggie Leach	RW	78	15	17	32	13	-1	2	0	0
Boldirev, IvanIvan Boldirev	C	33	13	17	30	14	-6	3	1	0
Smith, GregGreg Smith	D	73	4	26	30	79	7	0	0	0
Weir, StanStan Weir	C	57	5	24	29	2	0	1	0	1
Rowe, TomTom Rowe	RW	51	6	10	16	44	-17	0	0	1
Barrett, JohnJohn Barrett	D	79	4	10	14	74	-18	0	0	0
Lofthouse, MarkMark Lofthouse	RW/C	28	8	4	12	18	8	0	0	0
Smith, DerekDerek Smith	C/LW	42	7	4	11	12	-7	1	0	0
Craven, MurrayMurray Craven	LW	31	4	7	11	6	4	0	0	1
Schoenfeld, JimJim Schoenfeld	D	57	1	10	11	18	-14	0	0	1
Campbell, ColinColin Campbell	D	53	1	7	8	74	2	0	0	0
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	C	15	4	3	7	0	-2	0	0	0
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	27	0	4	4	16	-10	0	0	0
Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson	LW	33	2	1	3	14	-8	0	0	1
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	20	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0
Francis, BobbyBobby Francis	C	14	2	0	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle	C	18	2	0	2	15	-14	0	0	0
Kirton, MarkMark Kirton	C	10	1	1	2	6	-1	0	0	0
Trader, LarryLarry Trader	D	15	0	2	2	6	-9	0	0	0
Polonich, DennisDennis Polonich	C/RW	11	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	G	34	0	1	1	18	0	0	0	0
Crawford, BobbyBobby Crawford	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, BradBrad Smith	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Joly, GregGreg Joly	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Solheim, KenKen Solheim	LW	10	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	G	35	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	1756	34	11	13	5	106	3.62	2
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	1847	35	6	16	9	139	4.52	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	1137	20	4	14	1	85	4.49	0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	60	1	0	1	0	7	7.00	0
Team:	4800	80	21	44	15	337	4.21	2

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• The Red Wings did not win any awards this season.

Game Ads

Home opener

See Also

• 1982–83 NHL season

References

• 1982–83 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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