1983–84 Minnesota North Stars season

	1983–84 Minnesota North Stars
Division	1st Norris
Conference	Clarence Campbell
1983–84 record	39–31–10
Goals for	345
Goals against	344
Team information
General manager	Lou Nanne
Coach	Glen Sonmor
Captain	Craig Hartsburg ; Brian Bellows
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Met Center
Team leaders
Goals	Brian Bellows (41)
Assists	Neal Broten (61)
Points	Neal Broten (89)
Penalty minutes	Willi Plett (316)
Plus/minus	Tom McCarthy (+17)
Wins	Gilles Meloche (21)
Goals against average	Don Beaupre (4.12)
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 17th season. The Stars finished 1st in the Norris Division and lost in the Conference Finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 0.

Off-season[]

Draft Picks[]

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	1	Brian Lawton	United States	Mount St. Charles Academy (USHS-RI)

Regular Season[]

Bob Rouse, Brian Lawton, and Dirk Graham all made their NHL debuts.

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	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	0–0–1
2	L	October 7, 1983	9–10	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	0–1–1
3	L	October 9, 1983	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	0–2–1
4	W	October 12, 1983	7–5	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	1–2–1
5	W	October 15, 1983	2–1	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	2–2–1
6	L	October 16, 1983	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	2–3–1
7	L	October 20, 1983	4–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	2–4–1
8	L	October 22, 1983	2–11	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	2–5–1
9	W	October 25, 1983	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	3–5–1
10	L	October 27, 1983	1–8	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	3–6–1
11	L	October 29, 1983	1–6	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	3–7–1
12	W	November 2, 1983	8–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	4–7–1
13	W	November 5, 1983	10–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	5–7–1
14	L	November 8, 1983	4–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	5–8–1
15	W	November 9, 1983	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	6–8–1
16	W	November 12, 1983	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	7–8–1
17	W	November 15, 1983	6–0	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	8–8–1
18	T	November 17, 1983	5–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	8–8–2
19	W	November 19, 1983	8–7 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	9–8–2
20	W	November 20, 1983	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	10–8–2
21	L	November 23, 1983	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	10–9–2
22	T	November 25, 1983	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	10–9–3
23	W	November 26, 1983	7–6 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	11–9–3
24	W	November 29, 1983	6–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	12–9–3
25	W	December 1, 1983	6–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	13–9–3
26	W	December 3, 1983	6–2	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	14–9–3
27	L	December 4, 1983	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	14–10–3
28	W	December 7, 1983	7–2	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	15–10–3
29	L	December 10, 1983	2–4	New York Islanders (1983–84)	15–11–3
30	T	December 14, 1983	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	15–11–4
31	L	December 17, 1983	0–2	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	15–12–4
32	W	December 20, 1983	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	16–12–4
33	W	December 22, 1983	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	17–12–4
34	L	December 23, 1983	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	17–13–4
35	L	December 26, 1983	1–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	17–14–4
36	W	December 28, 1983	8–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	18–14–4
37	L	December 31, 1983	3–7	New York Islanders (1983–84)	18–15–4
38	W	January 2, 1984	6–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	19–15–4
39	L	January 4, 1984	8–12	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	19–16–4
40	L	January 5, 1984	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	19–17–4
41	W	January 7, 1984	2–0	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	20–17–4
42	L	January 10, 1984	3–6	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	20–18–4
43	W	January 12, 1984	5–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	21–18–4
44	W	January 14, 1984	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	22–18–4
45	W	January 16, 1984	9–3	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	23–18–4
46	L	January 18, 1984	4–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	23–19–4
47	W	January 20, 1984	8–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	24–19–4
48	W	January 21, 1984	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	25–19–4
49	W	January 25, 1984	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	26–19–4
50	W	January 27, 1984	10–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	27–19–4
51	L	January 28, 1984	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	27–20–4
52	L	February 1, 1984	0–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	27–21–4
53	W	February 3, 1984	4–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	28–21–4
54	W	February 5, 1984	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	29–21–4
55	T	February 9, 1984	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1983–84)	29–21–5
56	L	February 11, 1984	4–6	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	29–22–5
57	L	February 13, 1984	0–4	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	29–23–5
58	W	February 15, 1984	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	30–23–5
59	L	February 17, 1984	4–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	30–24–5
60	L	February 18, 1984	2–7	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	30–25–5
61	L	February 20, 1984	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	30–26–5
62	L	February 22, 1984	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	30–27–5
63	T	February 23, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	30–27–6
64	W	February 25, 1984	5–1	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	31–27–6
65	L	February 28, 1984	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	31–28–6
66	L	February 29, 1984	5–7	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	31–29–6
67	W	March 3, 1984	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	32–29–6
68	W	March 5, 1984	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	33–29–6
69	W	March 7, 1984	6–3	New York Rangers (1983–84)	34–29–6
70	W	March 10, 1984	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	35–29–6
71	W	March 12, 1984	7–6 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	36–29–6
72	T	March 14, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	36–29–7
73	W	March 17, 1984	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	37–29–7
74	T	March 18, 1984	5–5 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	37–29–8
75	L	March 21, 1984	1–5	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	37–30–8
76	T	March 24, 1984	4–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	37–30–9
77	W	March 26, 1984	4–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	38–30–9
78	W	March 28, 1984	6–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	39–30–9
79	T	March 30, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	39–30–10
80	L	March 31, 1984	3–10	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	39–31–10

Playoffs[]

Minnesota North Stars 3, Chicago Black Hawks 2[]

Minnesota North Stars 4, St. Louis Blues 3[]

Edmonton Oilers 4, Minnesota North Stars 0[]

Player Stats[]

Forwards[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM

Defencemen[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM

Goaltending[]

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA

Awards and Records[]

The North Stars did not win any awards this season.

References[]

North Stars on Hockey Database

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1983–84 NHL season by team
Patrick	New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington
Adams	Boston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Quebec
Norris	Chicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto
Smythe	Calgary • Edmonton • Los Angeles • Winnipeg • Vancouver
See also	1983 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1984 Stanley Cup Finals