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1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division 5th Norris
1983–84 record 26-45-9
Goals for 303
Goals against 387
Team information
General manager Gerry McNamara
Coach Mike Nykoluk
Captain Rick Vaive
Alternate captains None
Arena Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals Rick Vaive (52)
Assists Rick Vaive (41)
Points Rick Vaive (93)
Penalty minutes Jim Korn (257)
Wins Allan Bester (11)
Goals against average Allan Bester (4.35)

The 1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 67th season of the franchise, 57th season as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished 5th in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season[]

Draft Picks[]

# Player Nationality NHL Team College/Junior/Club Team
1 7 Russ Courtnall (Center) Flag of Canada Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)

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

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Playoffs[]

  • The Maple Leafs did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Vaive, RickRick Vaive RW 76 52 41 93 114 -12 17 0 6
Daoust, DanDan Daoust C 78 18 56 74 88 -16 8 0 1
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson RW 73 37 31 68 22 -12 14 0 5
Derlago, BillBill Derlago C 79 40 20 60 50 -8 8 2 3
Benning, JimJim Benning D 79 12 39 51 66 -4 6 0 1
McCourt, DaleDale McCourt C 72 19 24 43 10 -16 8 2 1
Salming, BorjeBorje Salming D 68 5 38 43 92 -34 2 1 0
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion LW 79 15 24 39 36 -6 0 2 2
Gavin, StewStew Gavin LW 80 10 22 32 90 -6 0 1 3
Gingras, GastonGaston Gingras D 59 7 20 27 16 -30 4 0 0
Korn, JimJim Korn D/LW 65 12 14 26 257 -33 0 0 1
Frycer, MiroslavMiroslav Frycer RW 47 10 16 26 55 -24 1 0 2
Martin, TerryTerry Martin LW 63 15 10 25 51 -8 2 2 1
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny LW 38 11 14 25 48 -13 4 0 0
Ihnacak, PeterPeter Ihnacak C 47 10 13 23 24 -21 5 0 0
Farrish, DaveDave Farrish D 59 4 19 23 57 -13 1 0 0
Stewart, BillBill Stewart D 56 2 17 19 116 -1 0 0 0
Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 50 7 10 17 14 -20 0 0 0
Nylund, GaryGary Nylund D 47 2 14 16 103 -27 0 0 0
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman RW 52 4 8 12 31 -14 1 0 0
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall RW 14 3 9 12 6 0 1 0 0
Graham, PatPat Graham LW 41 4 4 8 65 -9 0 0 0
Nigro, FrankFrank Nigro C 17 2 3 5 16 -4 0 0 0
Costello, RichRich Costello C 10 2 1 3 2 -5 1 0 0
Hutchison, DaveDave Hutchison D 47 0 3 3 137 5 0 0 0
McGill, BobBob McGill D 11 0 2 2 51 1 0 0 0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer G 34 0 2 2 28 0 0 0 0
Strong, KenKen Strong LW 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Yaremchuk, GaryGary Yaremchuk C 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Perlini, FredFred Perlini C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dowie, BruceBruce Dowie G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McRae, BasilBasil McRae LW 3 0 0 0 19 -3 0 0 0
Britz, GregGreg Britz RW 6 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix G 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester G 32 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Bester, AllanAllan Bester 1848 32 11 16 4 134 4.35 0
Palmateer, MikeMike Palmateer 1831 34 9 17 4 149 4.88 0
St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix 939 20 5 10 0 80 5.11 0
Wregget, KenKen Wregget 165 3 1 1 1 14 5.09 0
Dowie, BruceBruce Dowie 72 2 0 1 0 4 3.33 0
Team: 4855 80 26 45 9 381 4.71 0

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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[]

  • The Maple Leafs did not win any awards this season.

Transactions[]

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1983-84 season.

Trades[]

August 12, 1983 To Quebec Nordiques
Richard Turmel
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Basil McRae
August 12, 1983 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Rocky Saganiuk
Vincent Tremblay
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Pat Graham
Nick Ricci
October 6, 1983 To Washington Capitals
Dave Shand
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Lee Norwood
February 15, 1984 To Los Angeles Kings
Billy Harris
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash

Free Agents[]

Player Former Team
Bill Stewart St. Louis Blues
Dale McCourt Buffalo Sabres
Greg Britz Undrafted Free Agent
Steve Thomas Undrafted Free Agent
Player New Team
Barry Melrose Detroit Red Wings
Bob Manno Detroit Red Wings
Doug Gibson Winnipeg Jets
Reid Bailey Hartford Whalers

Farm Teams[]

References[]

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