1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks season

1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks
Division	4th Norris
1983–84 record	30–42–8
Goals for	277
Goals against	311
Team information
General manager	Bob Pulford
Coach	Orval Tessier
Captain	Darryl Sutter
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Denis Savard (37)
Assists	Denis Savard (57)
Points	Denis Savard (94)
Penalty minutes	Behn Wilson (143)
Wins	Murray Bannerman (23)
Goals against average	Murray Bannerman (3.38)

The 1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 58th season in the NHL. The Hawks finished 4th in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Minnesota North Stars 3 games to 2.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Minnesota North Stars	80	39	31	10	345	344	88
St. Louis Blues	80	32	41	17	293	316	71
Detroit Red Wings	80	31	42	7	298	323	69
Chicago Black Hawks	80	30	42	8	277	311	68
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	26	45	9	303	387	61

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 1983	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	1–0–0
2	L	October 8, 1983	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	1–1–0
3	W	October 9, 1983	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	2–1–0
4	W	October 12, 1983	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	3–1–0
5	L	October 15, 1983	8–10	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	3–2–0
6	W	October 16, 1983	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	4–2–0
7	W	October 19, 1983	6–3	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	5–2–0
8	L	October 22, 1983	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	5–3–0
9	W	October 23, 1983	7–4	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	6–3–0
10	W	October 25, 1983	5–1	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	7–3–0
11	L	October 27, 1983	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	7–4–0
12	W	October 30, 1983	6–1	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	8–4–0
13	L	November 3, 1983	4–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	8–5–0
14	L	November 5, 1983	5–10	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	8–6–0
15	L	November 6, 1983	3–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	8–7–0
16	L	November 9, 1983	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	8–8–0
17	L	November 12, 1983	1–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	8–9–0
18	W	November 13, 1983	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	9–9–0
19	W	November 16, 1983	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	10–9–0
20	T	November 19, 1983	5–5 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	10–9–1
21	L	November 20, 1983	3–4	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	10–10–1
22	T	November 23, 1983	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	10–10–2
23	L	November 25, 1983	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	10–11–2
24	L	November 26, 1983	3–9	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	10–12–2
25	L	November 29, 1983	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	10–13–2
26	W	November 30, 1983	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	11–13–2
27	L	December 3, 1983	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	11–14–2
28	W	December 7, 1983	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	12–14–2
29	L	December 8, 1983	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	12–15–2
30	W	December 11, 1983	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	13–15–2
31	L	December 13, 1983	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	13–16–2
32	L	December 14, 1983	5–6	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	13–17–2
33	W	December 17, 1983	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	14–17–2
34	L	December 18, 1983	1–5	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	14–18–2
35	T	December 21, 1983	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	14–18–3
36	L	December 23, 1983	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	14–19–3
37	W	December 26, 1983	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	15–19–3
38	L	December 28, 1983	4–7	New York Rangers (1983–84)	15–20–3
39	L	December 31, 1983	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	15–21–3
40	L	January 2, 1984	5–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	15–22–3
41	W	January 4, 1984	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	16–22–3
42	L	January 7, 1984	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	16–23–3
43	W	January 8, 1984	2–0	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	17–23–3
44	L	January 11, 1984	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	17–24–3
45	T	January 14, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	17–24–4
46	W	January 15, 1984	2–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	18–24–4
47	L	January 18, 1984	1–9	New York Islanders (1983–84)	18–25–4
48	L	January 20, 1984	3–5	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	18–26–4
49	T	January 21, 1984	4–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	18–26–5
50	W	January 23, 1984	6–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	19–26–5
51	L	January 25, 1984	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	19–27–5
52	W	January 28, 1984	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	20–27–5
53	T	January 29, 1984	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	20–27–6
54	W	February 1, 1984	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	21–27–6
55	L	February 3, 1984	3–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	21–28–6
56	L	February 5, 1984	3–4	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	21–29–6
57	L	February 8, 1984	0–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	21–30–6
58	T	February 11, 1984	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	21–30–7
59	L	February 12, 1984	4–6	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	21–31–7
60	W	February 15, 1984	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	22–31–7
61	L	February 18, 1984	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	22–32–7
62	W	February 19, 1984	6–5	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	23–32–7
63	W	February 22, 1984	4–2	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	24–32–7
64	T	February 25, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	24–32–8
65	L	February 26, 1984	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	24–33–8
66	W	February 29, 1984	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	25–33–8
67	L	March 3, 1984	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	25–34–8
68	W	March 4, 1984	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	26–34–8
69	L	March 7, 1984	4–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	26–35–8
70	L	March 9, 1984	3–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	26–36–8
71	L	March 11, 1984	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	26–37–8
72	L	March 14, 1984	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	26–38–8
73	L	March 16, 1984	5–6	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	26–39–8
74	L	March 19, 1984	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	26–40–8
75	W	March 21, 1984	6–2	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	27–40–8
76	L	March 24, 1984	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	27–41–8
77	W	March 25, 1984	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	28–41–8
78	L	March 28, 1984	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	28–42–8
79	W	March 31, 1984	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	29–42–8
80	W	April 1, 1984	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	30–42–8

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	75	37	57	94	71	-13	12	0	5
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	80	35	40	75	34	-1	13	0	3
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	66	13	45	58	64	-11	4	1	1
Gardner, BillBill Gardner	C	79	27	21	48	12	1	3	3	3
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	78	11	37	48	78	1	3	1	1
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	54	17	30	47	35	-13	5	1	2
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	59	20	20	40	44	-18	8	0	4
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	74	10	25	35	94	-18	3	0	0
Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	D	59	10	22	32	143	-5	3	0	1
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	61	15	15	30	45	10	0	1	2
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	80	9	20	29	73	-5	0	0	0
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	75	10	18	28	50	-21	3	1	1
Cyr, DenisDenis Cyr	RW	46	12	13	25	19	0	6	0	1
Larmer, JeffJeff Larmer	LW	36	9	13	22	20	3	2	0	1
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	29	5	12	17	28	9	1	0	0
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	70	4	13	17	67	-6	0	0	1
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	72	7	6	13	41	-13	0	0	0
Feamster, DaveDave Feamster	D	46	6	7	13	42	-8	0	0	0
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	47	6	7	13	19	-7	0	0	0
Marsh, PeterPeter Marsh	RW	43	4	6	10	44	-11	0	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	14	4	4	8	77	7	1	0	3
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	32	1	4	5	21	1	0	0	1
Dietrich, DonDon Dietrich	D	17	0	5	5	0	-1	0	0	0
Fox, GregGreg Fox	D	24	0	5	5	31	0	0	0	0
McMurchy, TomTom McMurchy	RW	27	3	1	4	42	-7	0	0	0
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont	D	36	2	2	4	116	-11	0	0	0
Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd	D	23	0	4	4	16	0	0	0	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	56	0	4	4	17	0	0	0	0
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	G	18	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Anholt, DarrellDarrell Anholt	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Camazzola, JimJim Camazzola	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cassidy, BruceBruce Cassidy	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frawley, DanDan Frawley	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Pelensky, PerryPerry Pelensky	RW	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Robidoux, FlorentFlorent Robidoux	LW	9	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk	G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	3335	56	23	29	4	188	3.38	2
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	1095	18	5	10	3	88	4.82	1
Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk	412	8	2	3	1	28	4.08	0
Team:	4842	80	30	42	8	304	3.77	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	5	3	4	7	28	0	0	1
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	5	3	1	4	6	1	0	0
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	5	2	2	4	7	1	0	0
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	5	1	3	4	9	0	0	0
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	5	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	5	1	1	2	6	0	1	0
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Larmer, JeffJeff Larmer	LW	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	5	1	0	1	7	0	0	1
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	4	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	5	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	5	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
Feamster, DaveDave Feamster	D	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Gardner, BillBill Gardner	C	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont	D	4	0	0	0	15	0	0	0
Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	5	0	0	0	14	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	300	5	2	3	17	3.40	0
Team:	300	5	2	3	17	3.40	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 Black Hawks did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1983–84 NHL season

External Links

• 1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.