1982–83 Calgary Flames season

The 1982–83 Calgary Flames season was the third season in Calgary and 11th for the Flames franchise in the National Hockey League. Despite finishing the season below .500, the Flames had their best ever finish in the division standings, placing second in the Smythe Division.[1] In the playoffs, Calgary was able to avenge the previous season's defeat at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks by knocking off Vancouver in four games. In the second round, the Flames met up with their provincial rivals, the Edmonton Oilers, for the first time. The series would not be close, as Edmonton powered past Calgary in five games, including humiliating 10–2 and 9–1 victories over the Flames.

1982–83 Calgary Flames
Division	2nd Smythe
1982–83 record	32–34–14
Home record	21–12–7
Road record	11–22–7
Goals for	321 (T-7th)
Goals against	317 (13th)
Team information
General Manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Bob Johnson
Captain	Phil Russell
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Stampede Corral
Average attendance	7,242
Team leaders
Goals	Lanny McDonald (66)
Assists	Guy Chouinard (59)
Points	Kent Nilsson (104)
Penalty minutes	Doug Risebrough (138)
Wins	Rejean Lemelin (16) Don Edwards (16)
Goals against average	Rejean Lemelin (3.61)

"Badger" Bob Johnson replaced Al MacNeil as the team's head coach prior to the season. Johnson would go on to coach 400 games with the Flames, and win 193 games in five seasons, both of which remain Flames records.[2] Johnson would later gain election into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.[3]

Lanny McDonald, in his first full season in Calgary, had a career year, battling Wayne Gretzky for the scoring lead all season long. McDonald finished the season five goals behind Gretzky, but his mark of 66 remains a Flames record.[4] McDonald was the Flames representative at the 1983 All-Star Game,[5] and was awarded the Bill Masterton Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to the game.[6]

Regular season

Season standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Edmonton Oilers	80	47	21	12	424	315	106
Calgary Flames	80	32	34	14	321	316	78
Vancouver Canucks	80	30	35	15	303	309	75
Winnipeg Jets	80	33	39	8	311	333	74
Los Angeles Kings	80	27	41	12	308	365	66

[7]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

1982–83 Game log October: 4–7–2 (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 1 October 5 Calgary 5 – 7 Edmonton 0–1–0 0 2 October 7 NY Islanders 5 – 4 Calgary 0–2–0 0 3 October 9 Calgary 1 – 3 Los Angeles 0–3–0 0 4 October 12 Edmonton 4 – 9 Calgary 1–3–0 2 5 October 14 Detroit 4 – 6 Calgary 2–3–0 4 6 October 16 Calgary 4 – 8 Minnesota 2–4–0 4 7 October 17 Calgary 5 – 5 Winnipeg OT 2–4–1 5 8 October 19 Boston 3 – 1 Calgary 2–5–1 5 9 October 21 Hartford 3 – 10 Calgary 3–5–1 7 10 October 23 Calgary 5 – 5 Toronto OT 3–5–2 8 11 October 26 Calgary 2 – 7 NY Islanders 3–6–2 8 12 October 27 Calgary 4 – 7 NY Rangers 3–7–2 8 13 October 30 Calgary 4 – 1 Pittsburgh 4–7–2 10
November: 5–6–3 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 14 November 1 Calgary 6 – 3 New Jersey 5–7–2 12 15 November 4 Winnipeg 5 – 7 Calgary 6–7–2 14 16 November 6 NY Rangers 2 – 2 Calgary OT 6–7–3 15 17 November 7 Calgary 2 – 5 Winnipeg 6–8–3 15 18 November 9 Los Angeles 4 – 5 Calgary 7–8–3 17 19 November 13 Calgary 3 – 1 Pittsburgh 8–8–3 19 20 November 16 Calgary 3 – 5 Washington 8–9–3 19 21 November 18 Calgary 2 – 3 Philadelphia 8–10–3 19 22 November 20 Calgary 4 – 4 Hartford OT 8–10–4 20 23 November 21 Calgary 1 – 2 Boston 8–11–4 20 24 November 23 Washington 3 – 6 Calgary 9–11–4 22 25 November 25 Quebec 3 – 2 Calgary 9–12–4 22 26 November 27 New Jersey 4 – 3 Calgary 9–13–4 22 27 November 29 Calgary 3 – 3 Minnesota OT 9–13–5 23
December: 5–7–2 (home: 2–4–2; road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 28 December 1 Calgary 1 – 4 Los Angeles 9–14–5 23 29 December 3 Calgary 5 – 4 Vancouver 10–14–5 25 30 December 4 Calgary 5 – 7 Edmonton 10–15–5 25 31 December 7 Los Angeles 4 – 4 Calgary OT 10–15–6 26 32 December 9 St. Louis 7 – 2 Calgary 10–16–6 26 33 December 10 Calgary 6 – 4 Winnipeg 11–16–6 28 34 December 12 Calgary 3 – 7 Detroit 11–17–6 28 35 December 16 Vancouver 3 – 2 Calgary 11–18–6 28 36 December 18 Montreal 5 – 4 Calgary 11–19–6 28 37 December 21 Minnesota 4 – 6 Calgary 12–19–6 30 38 December 23 Calgary 6 – 3 Vancouver 13–19–6 32 39 December 26 Edmonton 4 – 4 Calgary OT 13–19–7 33 40 December 28 Chicago 2 – 3 Calgary 14–19–7 35 41 December 30 Philadelphia 6 – 3 Calgary 14–20–7 35
January: 7–5–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 42 January 4 Edmonton 6 – 3 Calgary 14–21–7 35 43 January 6 Winnipeg 1 – 5 Calgary 15–21–7 37 44 January 8 Detroit 2 – 5 Calgary 16–21–7 39 45 January 12 Calgary 6 – 4 Vancouver 17–21–7 41 46 January 13 Vancouver 2 – 5 Calgary 18–21–7 43 47 January 15 Calgary 2 – 7 Quebec 18–22–7 43 48 January 18 Calgary 2 – 7 Montreal 18–23–7 43 49 January 20 Calgary 2 – 5 Philadelphia 18–24–7 43 50 January 22 Calgary 7 – 6 St. Louis 19–24–7 45 51 January 25 Calgary 8 – 6 Los Angeles 20–24–7 47 52 January 27 Toronto 1 – 3 Calgary 21–24–7 49 53 January 29 Calgary 4 – 5 Edmonton 21–25–7 49
February: 5–5–2 (home: 5–1–2; road: 0–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 54 February 1 NY Islanders 2 – 2 Calgary OT 21–25–8 50 55 February 3 Montreal 3 – 7 Calgary 22–25–8 52 56 February 5 Pittsburgh 4 – 7 Calgary 23–25–8 54 57 February 10 Quebec 3 – 3 Calgary OT 23–25–9 55 58 February 12 Buffalo 2 – 4 Calgary 24–25–9 57 59 February 16 Calgary 3 – 5 Chicago 24–26–9 57 60 February 18 Calgary 1 – 5 Buffalo 24–27–9 57 61 February 19 Calgary 3 – 5 Toronto 24–28–9 57 62 February 22 Edmonton 1 – 4 Calgary 25–28–9 59 63 February 24 Washington 4 – 2 Calgary 25–29–9 59 64 February 26 St. Louis 2 – 7 Calgary 26–29–9 61 65 February 27 Calgary 2 – 6 Vancouver 26–30–9 61
March: 6–4–4 (home: 4–2–2; road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 66 March 1 Vancouver 1 – 8 Calgary 27–30–9 63 67 March 5 Los Angeles 4 – 4 Calgary OT 27–30–10 64 68 March 8 Calgary 4 – 6 Los Angeles 27–31–10 64 69 March 10 Winnipeg 3 – 6 Calgary 28–31–10 66 70 March 12 NY Rangers 4 – 1 Calgary 28–32–10 66 71 March 14 Calgary 7 – 0 New Jersey 29–32–10 68 72 March 16 Calgary 3 – 5 Buffalo 29–33–10 68 73 March 19 Calgary 2 – 2 Boston OT 29–33–11 69 74 March 20 Calgary 2 – 2 Hartford OT 29–33–12 70 75 March 24 Chicago 5 – 6 Calgary 30–33–12 72 76 March 26 Winnipeg 5 – 2 Calgary 30–34–12 72 77 March 27 Calgary 4 – 3 Winnipeg 31–34–12 74 78 March 29 Los Angeles 3 – 5 Calgary 32–24–12 76 79 March 31 Vancouver 4 – 4 Calgary OT 32–24–13 77
April: 0–0–1 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 80 April 3 Calgary 3 – 3 Edmonton OT 32–34–14 78

Playoffs

1983 Stanley Cup Playoffs Smythe Division Semi-final vs. Vancouver - Flames win 3–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 6 Vancouver 3 – 4 Calgary OT Calgary leads 1–0 2 April 7 Vancouver 3 – 5 Calgary Calgary leads 2–0 3 April 9 Calgary 4 – 5 Vancouver Calgary leads 2–1 4 April 10 Calgary 4 – 3 Vancouver OT Calgary wins 3–1
Smythe Division Final vs. Edmonton - Oilers win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 14 Calgary 3 – 6 Edmonton Edmonton leads 1–0 2 April 15 Calgary 1 – 5 Edmonton Edmonton leads 2–0 3 April 17 Edmonton 10 – 2 Calgary Edmonton leads 3–0 4 April 18 Edmonton 5 – 6 Calgary Edmonton leads 3–1 5 April 20 Calgary 1 – 9 Edmonton Edmonton wins 4–1

Player statistics

Skaters

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

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Kent Nilsson	14		80	46	58	104	10		9	1	11	12	2
Lanny McDonald	9		80	66	32	98	90		7	3	4	7	19
Paul Reinhart	23		78	17	58	75	28		9	6	3	9	2
Guy Chouinard	7		80	13	59	72	18		9	1	6	7	4
Doug Risebrough	8		71	21	37	58	138		9	1	3	4	18
Mel Bridgman	26		79	19	31	50	103		9	3	4	7	33
Kari Eloranta	20		80	4	40	44	43		9	1	3	4	17
Jim Peplinski	24		80	15	26	41	134		8	1	1	2	45
Kevin LaVallee	15		60	19	16	35	17		8	1	3	4	4
Jamie Hislop	17		79	14	19	33	17		9	0	2	2	6
Phil Russell	5		78	13	18	31	112		9	1	4	5	24
Eddy Beers	27		41	11	15	26	21		8	1	1	2	27
Dave Hindmarch	18		60	11	12	23	23		4	0	0	0	4
Jim Jackson	16		48	8	12	20	7		8	2	1	3	2
Steve Christoff	11		45	9	8	17	4		1	0	0	0	0
Richie Dunn	6		80	3	11	14	47		9	1	1	2	8
Carl Mokosak	10		41	7	6	13	87		-	-	-	-	-
Kari Jalonen	21		25	9	3	12	4		5	1	0	1	0
Greg Meredith	25		35	5	4	9	8		5	3	1	4	4
Charlie Bourgeois	2		15	2	3	5	21		-	-	-	-	-
Jamie Macoun	34		22	1	4	5	25		9	0	2	2	8
Rejean Lemelin	31		39	0	5	5	7		7	0	0	0	0
Al MacInnis	22		14	1	3	4	9		-	-	-	-	-
Pierre Rioux	32		14	1	2	3	4		-	-	-	-	-
Denis Cyr^‡	12		11	1	1	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hunter	19		16	1	0	1	54		9	1	0	1	70
Pat Ribble	28		28	0	1	1	18		-	-	-	-	-
Don Edwards	1		39	0	1	1	0		5	0	0	0	0
Mike Vernon	30		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Howard Walker	12		3	0	0	0	7		-	-	-	-	-
Tim Harrer	12		3	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Gord Hampson	27		4	0	0	0	5		-	-	-	-	-
Tim Bernhardt	29		6	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
^‡Traded mid-season.
Bold denotes franchise record.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Rejean Lemelin	31		39	2211	16	12	8	133	0	3.61		7	327	3	3	27	0	4.95
Don Edwards	1		39	1109	16	15	6	148	1	4.02		5	226	1	2	22	0	5.84
Tim Bernhardt	29		6	280	0	5	0	21	0	4.50		-	-	-	-	-	-	-.--
Mike Vernon	30		2	100	0	2	0	11	0	6.60		-	-	-	-	-	-	-.--

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1982–83 season.

Trades

May 29, 1982	To Calgary Flames Richie Dunn Don Edwards 2nd round pick in 1982 Entry Draft (Richard Kromm) 1st round pick in 1983 Entry Draft (Dan Quinn)	To Buffalo Sabres 1st round pick in 1982 Entry Draft (Paul Cyr) 2nd round pick in 1982 Entry Draft (Jens Johansson) 1st round pick in 1983 Entry Draft (Normand Lacombe) 2nd round pick in 1983 Entry Draft (John Tucker)
June 2, 1982	To Calgary Flames Kari Eloranta	To St. Louis Blues Future Considerations
June 7, 1982	To Calgary Flames Steve Christoff Bill Nyrop 2nd round pick in 1982 Entry Draft (Dave Reierson)	To Minnesota North Stars Willi Plett 4th round pick in 1983 Entry Draft (Dusan Pasek)
June 7, 1982	To Calgary Flames Howard Walker George White 6th round pick in 1982 Entry Draft (Mats Kihlstrom) 3rd round pick in 1983 Entry Draft (Perry Berezan) 4th round pick in 1984 Entry Draft (Paul Ranheim)	To Washington Capitals Ken Houston Pat Riggin
September 11, 1982	To Calgary Flames Doug Risebrough 2nd round pick in 1983 Entry Draft (traded to Minnesota North Stars; North Stars selected Frank Musil)	To Montreal Canadiens Washington Capitals' 2nd round pick in 1983 Entry Draft (Todd Francis) 3rd round pick in 1984 Entry Draft (Graeme Bonar)
November 8, 1982	To Calgary Flames rights to Carey Wilson	To Chicago Black Hawks Denis Cyr
December 2, 1982	To Calgary Flames Yves Courteau	To Detroit Red Wings Bob Francis

Free agents

Player Former team G Marc D'Amour Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) RW Pierre Rioux Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) LW Dan Bolduc Montreal Canadiens D Tony Stiles Michigan Tech (NCAA) LW Jim Jackson Muskegon Mohawks (IHL) D Jamie Macoun Ohio State University (NCAA) W Colin Patterson Clarkson College (NCAA)

Player New team LW Dan Labraaten Leksands IF (Elitserien) D Pekka Rautakallio HIFK (SM-liiga) LW Gary McAdam Buffalo Sabres

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Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, held in Montreal, Quebec.[8]

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
						GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2	29	Dave Reierson	Canada	D	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)	2	0	0	0	0
2	37	Richard Kromm	Canada	LW	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)	372	70	103	173	138
3	51	Jim Laing	United States	D	Clarkson University (ECAC)
4	65	Dave Meszaros	Canada	G	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
4	72	Mark Lamb	Canada	C	Billings Bighorns (WHL)	403	46	100	146	291
5	93	Lou Kiriakou	Canada	D	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
6	114	Jeff Vaive	Canada	C	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
6	118	Mats Kihlstrom	Sweden	D	N/A
7	135	Brad Ramsden	Canada	C	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
8	156	Roy Myllari	Canada	D	Cornwall Royals (OHL)
9	177	Ted Pearson	Canada	F	University of Wisconsin–Madison (WCHA)
10	198	Jim Uens	Canada	C	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
11	219	Rick Erdall	United States	C	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
12	240	Dale Thompson	Canada	RW	Calgary Wranglers (WHL)

See also

• 1982–83 NHL season

References

• Player stats: 2007–08 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 129.
• Game log: 2007–08 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 141.
• Team standings: 1982–83 NHL standings @hockeydb.com
• Trades: Individual player pages at hockeydb.com

1. Year-by-year results, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 106.
2. Head Coaches, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 103.
3. Bob Johnson profile at http://www.legendsofhockey.net, accessed December 16, 2007.
4. 1982–83 season, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 129.
5. All-Star selections, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 22.
6. Bill Masterton Trophy winner at http://www.legendsofhockey.net, accessed December 16, 2007.
7. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
8. Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed December 16, 2007.