1984–85 Detroit Red Wings season

1984–85 Detroit Red Wings
Division	3rd Norris
1984–85 record	27–41–12
Goals for	313
Goals against	357
Team information
General manager	Jim Devellano
Coach	Nick Polano
Captain	Danny Gare
Team leaders
Goals	John Ogrodnick (50)
Assists	John Ogrodnick (55)
Points	John Ogrodnick (105)
Penalty minutes	Danny Gare (163)
Wins	Greg Stefan (21)
Goals against average	Eddie Mio (4.31)

The 1984–85 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 52nd season. The Wings finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 3 games to 0.

Regular Season

On October 26, 1984, Paul Coffey of the Edmonton Oilers would be the last defenceman in the 20th Century to score four goals in one game. It occurred in a game versus the Detroit Red Wings.

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	80	37	31	12	299	288	86
Chicago Black Hawks	80	38	35	7	309	299	83
Detroit Red Wings	80	27	41	12	313	357	66
Minnesota North Stars	80	25	43	12	268	321	62
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	20	52	8	253	358	48

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 11, 1984	3–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	0–1–0
2	W	October 13, 1984	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	1–1–0
3	L	October 14, 1984	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1984	4–6	New York Islanders (1984–85)	1–3–0
5	L	October 18, 1984	3–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	1–4–0
6	W	October 20, 1984	7–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	2–4–0
7	L	October 24, 1984	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	2–5–0
8	W	October 26, 1984	7–3	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	3–5–0
9	L	October 30, 1984	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	3–6–0
10	L	November 1, 1984	5–9	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	3–7–0
11	T	November 2, 1984	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	3–7–1
12	W	November 6, 1984	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	4–7–1
13	L	November 8, 1984	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	4–8–1
14	L	November 10, 1984	2–4	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	4–9–1
15	L	November 13, 1984	4–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	4–10–1
16	L	November 14, 1984	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	4–11–1
17	T	November 17, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	4–11–2
18	W	November 21, 1984	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	5–11–2
19	W	November 23, 1984	6–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	6–11–2
20	L	November 24, 1984	4–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	6–12–2
21	T	November 28, 1984	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	6–12–3
22	L	November 30, 1984	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	6–13–3
23	L	December 1, 1984	5–10	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	6–14–3
24	W	December 4, 1984	7–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	7–14–3
25	W	December 5, 1984	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	8–14–3
26	W	December 7, 1984	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	9–14–3
27	L	December 9, 1984	0–4	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	9–15–3
28	W	December 10, 1984	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	10–15–3
29	L	December 12, 1984	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	10–16–3
30	T	December 14, 1984	4–4 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	10–16–4
31	L	December 16, 1984	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	10–17–4
32	W	December 20, 1984	5–4	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	11–17–4
33	L	December 22, 1984	4–5	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	11–18–4
34	W	December 26, 1984	5–2	New York Rangers (1984–85)	12–18–4
35	W	December 28, 1984	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	13–18–4
36	L	December 29, 1984	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	13–19–4
37	T	December 31, 1984	4–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	13–19–5
38	L	January 2, 1985	2–7	New York Islanders (1984–85)	13–20–5
39	L	January 3, 1985	2–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	13–21–5
40	L	January 5, 1985	3–5	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	13–22–5
41	L	January 8, 1985	2–4	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	13–23–5
42	L	January 12, 1985	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	13–24–5
43	L	January 13, 1985	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	13–25–5
44	T	January 16, 1985	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	13–25–6
45	L	January 17, 1985	5–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	13–26–6
46	L	January 19, 1985	5–8	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	13–27–6
47	L	January 21, 1985	3–6	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	13–28–6
48	W	January 22, 1985	5–4	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	14–28–6
49	L	January 24, 1985	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	14–29–6
50	T	January 26, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	14–29–7
51	W	January 29, 1985	4–3	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	15–29–7
52	L	January 31, 1985	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	15–30–7
53	W	February 2, 1985	6–3	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	16–30–7
54	T	February 3, 1985	5–5 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	16–30–8
55	T	February 7, 1985	5–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	16–30–9
56	L	February 9, 1985	5–6	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	16–31–9
57	T	February 14, 1985	5–5 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	16–31–10
58	W	February 16, 1985	7–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	17–31–10
59	T	February 17, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	17–31–11
60	W	February 20, 1985	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	18–31–11
61	L	February 23, 1985	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	18–32–11
62	L	February 24, 1985	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	18–33–11
63	W	February 27, 1985	11–5	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	19–33–11
64	W	March 1, 1985	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	20–33–11
65	L	March 2, 1985	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	20–34–11
66	W	March 6, 1985	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	21–34–11
67	L	March 9, 1985	5–8	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	21–35–11
68	L	March 10, 1985	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	21–36–11
69	L	March 13, 1985	6–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	21–37–11
70	W	March 15, 1985	6–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	22–37–11
71	L	March 16, 1985	3–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	22–38–11
72	W	March 20, 1985	8–6	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	23–38–11
73	W	March 22, 1985	5–3	New York Rangers (1984–85)	24–38–11
74	L	March 24, 1985	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	24–39–11
75	W	March 26, 1985	5–1	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	25–39–11
76	L	March 28, 1985	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	25–40–11
77	W	March 30, 1985	9–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	26–40–11
78	W	April 3, 1985	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	27–40–11
79	T	April 6, 1985	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	27–40–12
80	L	April 7, 1985	5–6 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	27–41–12

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	LW	79	55	50	105	30	1	15	1	6
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	80	38	51	89	51	-16	11	3	4
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	80	30	59	89	58	-17	9	0	3
Larson, ReedReed Larson	D	77	17	45	62	139	7	7	0	0
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	C	75	20	41	61	56	2	5	0	0
Gare, DannyDanny Gare	RW	71	27	29	56	163	5	3	0	3
Boldirev, IvanIvan Boldirev	C	75	19	30	49	16	-25	11	0	3
Park, BradBrad Park	D	67	13	30	43	53	-15	6	0	0
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	50	16	16	32	56	12	0	3	0
Manno, BobBob Manno	D	74	10	22	32	32	0	0	3	1
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	80	3	27	30	108	3	1	0	1
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	61	11	16	27	37	-10	4	0	2
Lambert, LaneLane Lambert	RW	69	14	11	25	104	-3	0	0	1
Barrett, JohnJohn Barrett	D	71	6	19	25	117	-15	0	0	1
Smith, GregGreg Smith	D	73	2	18	20	117	-26	0	0	0
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant	LW	32	6	12	18	66	9	0	0	2
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	55	3	8	11	158	-16	0	0	0
Trader, LarryLarry Trader	D	40	3	7	10	39	11	1	0	0
Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle	C	30	8	1	9	45	-5	0	0	0
Cernik, FrantisekFrantisek Cernik	W	49	5	4	9	13	-7	0	0	0
Campbell, ColinColin Campbell	D	57	1	5	6	124	-14	0	0	0
Chalupa, MilanMilan Chalupa	D	14	0	5	5	6	4	0	0	0
Aubry, PierrePierre Aubry	LW	25	2	2	4	33	-1	0	0	0
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	G	36	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
Silk, DaveDave Silk	RW	12	2	0	2	10	-6	0	0	0
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	G	46	0	2	2	23	0	0	0	0
Smith, BradBrad Smith	RW	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur	RW	17	1	0	1	64	-4	0	0	0
Zombo, RickRick Zombo	D	1	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr	LW/C	9	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	2635	46	21	19	3	190	4.33	0
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	1856	36	5	19	7	136	4.40	0
Mio, EddieEddie Mio	376	7	1	3	2	27	4.31	0
Team:	4867	80	27	41	12	353	4.35	0

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman	C	3	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
Larson, ReedReed Larson	D	3	1	2	3	20	0	0	0
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	LW	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	C	3	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle	C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	C	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	3	1	0	1	7	1	0	0
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur	RW	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Manno, BobBob Manno	D	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Boldirev, IvanIvan Boldirev	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Barrett, JohnJohn Barrett	D	3	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
Smith, BradBrad Smith	RW	3	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
Gare, DannyDanny Gare	RW	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gallant, GerardGerard Gallant	LW	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Park, BradBrad Park	D	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Smith, GregGreg Smith	D	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Trader, LarryLarry Trader	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	G	2	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
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	42	2	0	0	6	8.57	0
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	138	3	0	3	17	7.39	0
Team:	180	3	0	3	23	7.67	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

• John Ogrodnick, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star

See Also

• 1984–85 NHL season

References

• 1984–85 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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