1983–84 Detroit Red Wings season

1983–84 Detroit Red Wings
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	7th Campbell
1983–84 record	31–42–7
Goals for	298
Goals against	323
Team information
General manager	Jim Devellano
Coach	Nick Polano
Captain	Danny Gare
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Yzerman (39)
Assists	Ivan Boldirev Steve Yzerman (48)
Points	Steve Yzerman (87)
Penalty minutes	Joe Paterson (148)
Plus/minus	Kelly Kisio (16)
Wins	Greg Stefan (19)
Goals against average	Greg Stefan (3.51)

The 1983–84 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 51st season. The Wings finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the St. Louis Blues 3 games to 1.

Off-season

The Red Wings drafted Steve Yzerman in the first round, fourth overall.

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

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	80	39	48	87	33	-17	13	0	2
Boldirev, IvanIvan Boldirev	C	75	35	48	83	20	3	12	0	4
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	80	33	47	80	34	-26	13	1	1
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	LW	64	42	36	78	14	-16	19	3	5
Larson, ReedReed Larson	D	78	23	39	62	122	-10	10	0	5
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	C	70	23	37	60	34	16	1	0	2
Park, BradBrad Park	D	80	5	53	58	85	-29	4	0	0
Lambert, LaneLane Lambert	RW	73	20	15	35	115	-5	1	0	2
Gare, DannyDanny Gare	RW	63	13	13	26	147	3	1	0	2
Johnstone, EddieEddie Johnstone	RW	46	12	11	23	54	3	4	0	0
Smith, GregGreg Smith	D	75	3	20	23	108	6	0	0	1
Manno, BobBob Manno	D	62	9	13	22	60	-1	0	1	4
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	52	9	12	21	50	-4	0	2	1
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop	C	57	6	14	20	20	-13	1	1	0
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	71	3	17	20	58	-12	0	0	0
Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle	C	28	4	6	10	32	4	0	0	0
Barrett, JohnJohn Barrett	D	78	2	8	10	78	0	0	0	0
MacLeish, RickRick MacLeish	C	25	2	8	10	4	-4	0	0	0
Campbell, ColinColin Campbell	D	68	3	4	7	108	0	0	0	1
Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson	LW	41	2	5	7	148	0	0	0	0
Woods, PaulPaul Woods	LW	57	2	5	7	18	-16	0	0	0
Aubry, PierrePierre Aubry	LW	14	4	1	5	8	-1	0	0	0
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent	C	19	1	3	4	17	-3	0	1	0
Craven, MurrayMurray Craven	LW	15	0	4	4	6	2	0	0	0
Smith, BradBrad Smith	RW	8	2	1	3	36	-2	0	0	0
Nolan, TedTed Nolan	C	19	1	2	3	26	-11	0	0	1
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	G	50	0	3	3	14	0	0	0	0
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	G	14	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Melrose, BarryBarry Melrose	D	21	0	1	1	74	0	0	0	0
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	G	24	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Gage, JodyJody Gage	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnson, BrianBrian Johnson	RW	3	0	0	0	5	-3	0	0	0
Holland, KenKen Holland	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	2600	50	19	22	2	152	3.51	2
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	1295	24	7	11	3	95	4.40	1
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	808	14	5	8	1	52	3.86	0
Holland, KenKen Holland	146	3	0	1	1	10	4.11	0
Team:	4849	80	31	42	7	309	3.82	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	4	3	3	6	0	1	0	1
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	4	2	3	5	2	1	0	0
Boldirev, IvanIvan Boldirev	C	4	0	5	5	4	0	0	0
Manno, BobBob Manno	D	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Park, BradBrad Park	D	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Gare, DannyDanny Gare	RW	4	2	0	2	38	0	0	0
Larson, ReedReed Larson	D	4	2	0	2	21	2	0	0
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	C	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	4	1	0	1	6	0	1	0
Smith, GregGreg Smith	D	4	1	0	1	8	0	0	0
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop	C	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
MacLeish, RickRick MacLeish	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnstone, EddieEddie Johnstone	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aubry, PierrePierre Aubry	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson	LW	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Barrett, JohnJohn Barrett	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Campbell, ColinColin Campbell	D	4	0	0	0	21	0	0	0
Lambert, LaneLane Lambert	RW	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	210	3	1	2	8	2.29	0
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	7	1	0	0	2	17.14	0
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	63	1	0	1	3	2.86	0
Team:	280	4	1	3	13	2.79	0

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

• Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Brad Park

Draft Picks

See also: 1983 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality
1	4.	Steve Yzerman	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	25	Lane Lambert
3	46	Bob Probert	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
4	68	Dave Korol
5	86	Petr Klima	Czech Republic
5	88	Joey Kocur	Canada
6	106	Chris Pusey	Canada
7	126	Bob Pierson
8	146	Craig Butz
9	166	Dave Sikorski
10	186	Stu Grimson	Canada
11	206	Jeff Frank
12	226	Chuck Chiatto

Game Ads

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database

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