1982–83 St. Louis Blues season

1982–83 St. Louis Blues
Division	4th Norris
1982–83 record	25–40–15
Goals for	285
Goals against	316
Team information
General manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Emile Francis Barclay Plager
Captain	Brian Sutter
Arena	Checkerdome
Team leaders
Goals	Brian Sutter (46)
Assists	Bernie Federko (60)
Points	Bernie Federko (84)
Penalty minutes	Brian Sutter (254)
Wins	Mike Liut (21)
Goals against average	Mike Liut (3.72)

The 1982–83 St. Louis Blues season was the 16th in franchise history. The Blues finished 4th in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 3 games to 1.

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	W	October 6, 1982	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	1–0–0
2	W	October 7, 1982	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	2–0–0
3	L	October 9, 1982	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	2–1–0
4	L	October 13, 1982	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	2–2–0
5	L	October 14, 1982	2–5	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	2–3–0
6	W	October 16, 1982	6–0	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	3–3–0
7	L	October 18, 1982	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	3–4–0
8	W	October 20, 1982	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	4–4–0
9	W	October 23, 1982	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	5–4–0
10	L	October 24, 1982	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	5–5–0
11	L	October 27, 1982	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	5–6–0
12	L	October 30, 1982	5–6	Washington Capitals (1982–83)	5–7–0
13	W	November 2, 1982	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	6–7–0
14	W	November 5, 1982	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)	7–7–0
15	T	November 6, 1982	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	7–7–1
16	L	November 9, 1982	1–4	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	7–8–1
17	L	November 10, 1982	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	7–9–1
18	L	November 13, 1982	2–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	7–10–1
19	L	November 14, 1982	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	7–11–1
20	W	November 16, 1982	7–2	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	8–11–1
21	T	November 20, 1982	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	8–11–2
22	L	November 21, 1982	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	8–12–2
23	T	November 23, 1982	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	8–12–3
24	L	November 26, 1982	6–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	8–13–3
25	W	November 27, 1982	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	9–13–3
26	L	November 30, 1982	2–3	New York Islanders (1982–83)	9–14–3
27	L	December 2, 1982	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	9–15–3
28	L	December 4, 1982	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	9–16–3
29	L	December 5, 1982	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	9–17–3
30	L	December 7, 1982	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	9–18–3
31	W	December 9, 1982	7–2	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	10–18–3
32	L	December 11, 1982	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	10–19–3
33	L	December 14, 1982	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	10–20–3
34	W	December 15, 1982	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	11–20–3
35	W	December 18, 1982	7–4	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	12–20–3
36	T	December 21, 1982	5–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	12–20–4
37	W	December 23, 1982	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	13–20–4
38	L	December 26, 1982	4–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	13–21–4
39	L	December 28, 1982	0–3	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	13–22–4
40	W	December 29, 1982	6–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	14–22–4
41	L	January 1, 1983	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	14–23–4
42	L	January 4, 1983	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	14–24–4
43	T	January 5, 1983	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	14–24–5
44	T	January 8, 1983	3–3	Washington Capitals (1982–83)	14–24–6
45	L	January 11, 1983	5–7	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	14–25–6
46	W	January 14, 1983	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	15–25–6
47	T	January 17, 1983	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	15–25–7
48	L	January 18, 1983	1–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	15–26–7
49	T	January 20, 1983	3–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	15–26–8
50	L	January 22, 1983	6–7	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	15–27–8
51	T	January 25, 1983	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	15–27–9
52	T	January 27, 1983	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	15–27–10
53	W	January 29, 1983	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	16–27–10
54	L	February 1, 1983	0–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	16–28–10
55	W	February 2, 1983	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	17–28–10
56	T	February 5, 1983	2–2	New York Rangers (1982–83)	17–28–11
57	L	February 10, 1983	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	17–29–11
58	W	February 12, 1983	5–1	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	18–29–11
59	W	February 14, 1983	6–4	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	19–29–11
60	L	February 16, 1983	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	19–30–11
61	L	February 17, 1983	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	19–31–11
62	T	February 19, 1983	4–4	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	19–31–12
63	L	February 22, 1983	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	19–32–12
64	T	February 25, 1983	5–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	19–32–13
65	L	February 26, 1983	2–7	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	19–33–13
66	W	March 1, 1983	7–2	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	20–33–13
67	T	March 2, 1983	4–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	20–33–14
68	L	March 5, 1983	5–6	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	20–34–14
69	W	March 8, 1983	6–0	New York Islanders (1982–83)	21–34–14
70	L	March 9, 1983	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	21–35–14
71	W	March 12, 1983	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	22–35–14
72	W	March 15, 1983	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	23–35–14
73	L	March 16, 1983	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	23–36–14
74	T	March 19, 1983	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	23–36–15
75	W	March 22, 1983	4–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	24–36–15
76	L	March 24, 1983	6–7	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	24–37–15
77	L	March 26, 1983	5–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	24–38–15
78	L	March 29, 1983	3–4	New York Rangers (1982–83)	24–39–15
79	W	April 2, 1983	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	25–39–15
80	L	April 3, 1983	2–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	25–40–15

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	75	24	60	84	24	-10	9	0	1
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	79	46	30	76	254	0	11	0	4
Pettersson, JorgenJorgen Pettersson	LW	74	35	38	73	4	-10	7	3	4
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop	C	78	22	44	66	14	-6	8	0	2
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	78	16	35	51	193	-9	7	0	3
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	79	32	15	47	172	-20	6	0	1
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	RW	49	17	30	47	6	-5	5	0	0
Babych, WayneWayne Babych	RW	71	16	23	39	62	-24	5	0	2
Lemieux, AlainAlain Lemieux	C	42	9	25	34	18	-10	1	0	0
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	54	3	23	26	43	-12	1	1	1
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	43	8	16	24	14	-3	0	0	1
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle	D	72	1	22	23	30	-3	1	0	0
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	67	9	12	21	80	-6	0	3	0
Reeds, MarkMark Reeds	RW	20	5	14	19	6	8	0	0	1
Chapman, BlairBlair Chapman	RW	39	7	11	18	10	-8	3	0	1
Crombeen, MikeMike Crombeen	RW	80	6	11	17	20	-5	0	1	1
Dore, AndreAndre Dore	D	38	2	15	17	25	9	0	0	0
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	D	61	4	11	15	34	-8	0	1	1
Crawford, BobBob Crawford	RW	27	5	9	14	2	-5	1	0	0
Wilson, RikRik Wilson	D	56	3	11	14	50	-10	1	0	1
Nedomansky, VaclavVaclav Nedomansky	RW	22	2	9	11	2	-8	1	0	0
Carlson, JackJack Carlson	LW	54	6	1	7	58	-3	0	0	1
Anderson, PerryPerry Anderson	LW	18	5	2	7	14	-6	0	0	0
Kea, EdEd Kea	D	46	0	5	5	24	-7	0	0	0
Vigneault, AlainAlain Vigneault	D	28	1	3	4	39	-4	0	0	0
Klassen, RalphRalph Klassen	C	29	0	2	2	6	-3	0	0	0
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	24	0	2	2	45	-11	0	0	0
Brackenbury, CurtCurt Brackenbury	RW	6	1	0	1	6	-8	0	0	0
Hickey, PatPat Hickey	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tudor, RobRob Tudor	RW/C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stewart, BillBill Stewart	D	7	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0
Hart, GerryGerry Hart	D	8	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Heinz, RickRick Heinz	G	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	68	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Liut, MikeMike Liut	3794	68	21	27	13	235	3.72	1
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	671	14	3	8	1	50	4.47	0
Heinz, RickRick Heinz	335	9	1	5	1	24	4.30	1
Team:	4800	80	25	40	15	309	3.86	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	4	2	3	5	0	1	0	0
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	4	2	1	3	10	2	0	0
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	4	0	3	3	22	0	0	0
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop	C	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
Pettersson, JorgenJorgen Pettersson	LW	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
Reeds, MarkMark Reeds	RW	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	4	1	0	1	14	0	0	0
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	1
Crombeen, MikeMike Crombeen	RW	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Dore, AndreAndre Dore	D	4	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe	D	4	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
Lemieux, AlainAlain Lemieux	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Vigneault, AlainAlain Vigneault	D	4	0	1	1	26	0	0	0
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Carlson, JackJack Carlson	LW	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Crawford, BobBob Crawford	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Liut, MikeMike Liut	240	4	1	3	15	3.75	0
Team:	240	4	1	3	15	3.75	0

Note: Pos = Position; 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 Blues did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1982–83 NHL season

References

• 1982–83 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.