1983–84 St. Louis Blues season

1983–84 St. Louis Blues
Division	2nd Norris
Conference	Campbell Conference
1983–84 record	32-41-7
Goals for	293
Goals against	316
Team information
General manager	Ron Caron
Coach	Jacques Demers
Captain	Brian Sutter
Arena	St. Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Bernie Federko Joe Mullen (41)
Assists	Bernie Federko (66)
Points	Bernie Federko (107)
Penalty minutes	Dwight Schofield (219)
Wins	Mike Liut (25)
Goals against average	Mike Liut (3.45)

The 1983–84 St. Louis Blues season was the 17th in franchise history. The Blues finished 2nd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Minnesota North Stars 4 games to 3.

Off-season

The Checkerdome was renamed as The Arena, going back to its original name.

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	79	41	66	107	43	-3	14	0	4
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	RW	80	41	44	85	19	-8	13	0	6
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	76	32	51	83	162	-6	14	2	3
Pettersson, JorgenJorgen Pettersson	LW	77	28	34	62	29	-2	7	0	7
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	80	15	45	60	121	-11	9	0	3
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	80	25	28	53	57	6	3	1	1
Chouinard, GuyGuy Chouinard	C	64	12	34	46	10	-15	4	0	2
Babych, WayneWayne Babych	RW	70	13	29	42	52	1	3	0	0
Wickenheiser, DougDoug Wickenheiser	C	46	7	21	28	19	10	2	0	1
Reeds, MarkMark Reeds	RW	65	11	14	25	23	-3	3	1	0
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	32	14	8	22	81	-2	1	0	0
Hickey, PatPat Hickey	LW	69	9	11	20	24	-3	0	0	1
Wilson, RikRik Wilson	D	48	7	11	18	53	4	2	0	1
Dore, AndreAndre Dore	D	55	3	12	15	58	3	0	0	1
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	D	62	2	13	15	65	22	1	0	0
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	34	8	6	14	17	4	1	0	0
Carlson, JackJack Carlson	LW	58	6	8	14	95	9	0	0	0
Schofield, DwightDwight Schofield	D	70	4	10	14	219	-3	0	0	1
Anderson, PerryPerry Anderson	LW	50	7	5	12	195	-13	0	0	1
Dunlop, BlakeBlake Dunlop	C	17	1	10	11	4	-1	0	0	0
Pichette, DaveDave Pichette	D	23	0	11	11	6	-5	0	0	0
Lemieux, AlainAlain Lemieux	C	17	4	5	9	6	0	1	0	0
Johnson, TerryTerry Johnson	D	65	2	6	8	143	5	0	0	0
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle	D	51	1	7	8	19	-21	1	0	0
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme	D	44	0	5	5	41	-7	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	58	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pavese, JimJim Pavese	D	4	0	1	1	19	-1	0	0	0
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	17	0	1	1	8	-12	0	0	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Ganchar, PerryPerry Ganchar	RW	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Markell, JohnJohn Markell	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Klassen, RalphRalph Klassen	C	5	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Heinz, RickRick Heinz	G	22	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Liut, MikeMike Liut	3425	58	25	29	4	197	3.45	3
Heinz, RickRick Heinz	1118	22	7	7	3	80	4.29	0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	300	5	0	5	0	31	6.20	0
Team:	4843	80	32	41	7	308	3.82	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour	C	11	2	9	11	10	1	0	1
Pettersson, JorgenJorgen Pettersson	LW	11	7	3	10	2	2	0	1
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	11	1	8	9	32	1	0	1
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	11	4	4	8	10	1	0	1
Reeds, MarkMark Reeds	RW	11	3	3	6	15	0	1	1
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	11	1	5	6	22	1	0	0
Babych, WayneWayne Babych	RW	10	1	4	5	4	0	0	0
Ganchar, PerryPerry Ganchar	RW	7	3	1	4	0	2	0	0
Wickenheiser, DougDoug Wickenheiser	C	11	2	2	4	2	0	1	1
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme	D	11	1	3	4	11	0	0	0
Pichette, DaveDave Pichette	D	9	1	2	3	18	0	0	0
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	RW	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Hickey, PatPat Hickey	LW	11	1	1	2	6	0	1	0
Chouinard, GuyGuy Chouinard	C	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell	D	11	0	2	2	14	0	0	0
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Johnson, TerryTerry Johnson	D	11	0	1	1	25	0	0	0
Schofield, DwightDwight Schofield	D	4	0	0	0	26	0	0	0
Carlson, JackJack Carlson	LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Anderson, PerryPerry Anderson	LW	9	0	0	0	27	0	0	0
Wilson, RikRik Wilson	D	11	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Heinz, RickRick Heinz	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liut, MikeMike Liut	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Liut, MikeMike Liut	714	11	6	5	29	2.44	1
Heinz, RickRick Heinz	8	1	0	0	1	7.50	0
Team:	722	11	6	5	30	2.49	1

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

• 1983–84 NHL season

References

• 1983–84 St. Louis Blues Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.
• Blues on Hockey Database