1982–83 New York Rangers season

The 1982–83 New York Rangers season was the 57th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, New York compiled a 35–35–10 record and finished in fourth place in the Patrick Division. The Rangers qualified for the NHL playoffs, where they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in a three-game sweep in the first round. In the Patrick Division Finals, the Rangers were defeated by the New York Islanders in six games.[1]

1982–83 New York Rangers
Division	4th Patrick
Conference	T-7th Wales
1982–83 record	35–35–10
Goals for	306
Goals against	287
Team information
General Manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Herb Brooks
Captain	Barry Beck
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Pavelich (37)
Assists	Reijo Ruotsalainen (53)
Points	Mike Rogers (76)
Penalty minutes	Dave Maloney (132)
Wins	Eddie Mio (16)
Goals against average	John Davidson (2.50)

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	49	23	8	326	240	106
New York Islanders	80	42	26	12	302	226	96
Washington Capitals	80	39	25	16	306	283	94
New York Rangers	80	35	35	10	306	287	80
New Jersey Devils	80	17	49	14	230	338	48
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	18	53	9	250	394	45

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

Playoffs

Main article: 1983 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1983 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Division Semi-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers – New York Rangers win series 3–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 5 New York Rangers 5–3 Philadelphia Flyers New York Rangers lead series 1–0 2 April 7 New York Rangers 4–3 Philadelphia Flyers New York Rangers lead series 2–0 3 April 9 Philadelphia Flyers 3–9 New York Rangers New York Rangers win series 3–0
Division Finals: vs. New York Islanders – New York Islanders win series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 14 New York Rangers 1–4 New York Islanders New York Islanders lead series 1–0 2 April 15 New York Rangers 0–5 New York Islanders New York Islanders lead series 2–0 3 April 17 New York Islanders 6–7 New York Rangers New York Islanders lead series 2–1 4 April 18 New York Islanders 1–3 New York Rangers Series tied 2–2 5 April 20 New York Rangers 2–7 New York Islanders New York Islanders lead series 3–2 6 April 22 New York Islanders 5–2 New York Rangers New York Islanders win series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Mike Rogers 71 29 47 76 −10 28 Mark Pavelich 78 37 38 75 20 52 Don Maloney 78 29 40 69 −5 88 Reijo Ruotsalainen 77 16 53 69 27 22 Anders Hedberg 78 25 34 59 17 12 Mikko Leinonen 78 17 34 51 12 23 Dave Maloney 78 8 42 50 −3 132 Rob McClanahan 78 22 26 48 12 46 Ron Duguay 72 19 25 44 −13 58 Ed Johnstone 52 15 21 36 −4 27 Barry Beck 66 12 22 34 22 112 Robbie Ftorek 61 12 19 31 11 41 Kent-Erik Andersson 71 8 20 28 6 14 Nick Fotiu 72 8 13 21 6 90 Vaclav Nedomansky^† 35 12 8 20 −1 0 Mike Allison 39 11 9 20 8 37 Bill Baker 70 4 14 18 −8 64 Chris Kontos 44 8 7 15 1 33 Andre Dore^‡ 39 3 12 15 17 39 Scot Kleinendorst 30 2 9 11 7 8 Tom Laidlaw 80 0 10 10 −11 75 Ron Greschner 10 3 5 8 0 0 Ulf Nilsson 10 2 4 6 −1 2 Rick Chartraw^† 26 2 2 4 2 37 Mike Backman 7 1 3 4 −5 6 Dave Silk 16 1 1 2 −3 15 Pat Conacher 5 0 1 1 0 4 Cam Connor 1 0 0 0 0 0 Graeme Nicolson 10 0 0 0 −5 9

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Anders Hedberg 9 4 8 12 4 Mark Pavelich 9 4 5 9 12 Rob McClanahan 9 2 5 7 12 Dave Maloney 7 1 6 7 10 George McPhee 9 3 3 6 6 Barry Beck 9 2 4 6 8 Reijo Ruotsalainen 9 4 2 6 6 Mike Allison 8 0 5 5 10 Ed Johnstone 9 4 1 5 19 Mike Backman 9 2 2 4 0 Ron Greschner 8 2 2 4 12 Ron Duguay 9 2 2 4 28 Mikko Leinonen 7 1 3 4 4 Rick Chartraw 9 0 2 2 6 Tom Laidlaw 9 1 1 2 10 Scot Kleinendorst 6 0 2 2 2 Nick Fotiu 5 0 1 1 6 Robbie Ftorek 4 1 0 1 0 Don Maloney 5 0 1 1 0 Pat Conacher 1 0 0 0 0 Bill Baker 2 0 0 0 0 Kent-Erik Andersson 9 0 0 0 0 Mike Rogers 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Eddie Mio	41	2365	16	18	6	136	3.45	1295	.883	2
Glen Hanlon^†	21	1173	9	10	1	67	3.43	702	.894	0
Steve Weeks	18	1040	9	5	3	68	3.92	559	.862	0
Steve Baker	3	102	0	1	0	5	2.94	49	.886	0
John Davidson	2	120	1	1	0	5	2.50	60	.909	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Eddie Mio	8	480	5	3	32	4.00	0
Glen Hanlon	1	60	0	1	5	5.00	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.[4][5]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Chris Kontos	C	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
2	36	Tomas Sandstrom	RW	Sweden	Farjestads BK (Elitserien)
3	57	Corey Millen	C	United States	Cloquet H.S. (Minnesota)
4	78	Chris Jensen	RW	Canada	Kelowna Buckaroos (BCJHL)
6	120	Tony Granato	C	United States	Northwood H.S. (New York)
7	141	Sergei Kapustin	LW	Russia	Moscow Spartak (Russia)
8	160	Brian Glynn	C	United States	Buffalo Jr. Sabres (NAJHL)
8	162	Janne Karlsson	D	Sweden	IFK Kiruna (Sweden)
9	183	Kelly Miller	LW	United States	Michigan State University (NCAA)
10	193	Simo Saarinen	D	Finland	HIFK (FNL)
10	204	Bob Lowes	C	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)
11	225	Andy Otto	D	United States	Northwood H.S. (New York)
12	246	Dwayne Robinson	D	Canada	University of New Hampshire (NCAA)

Farm teams

See also

• 1982–83 NHL season

References

1. "1982–83 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
3. "1982–83 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
4. "1982 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
5. "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2001-01-28. Retrieved 2012-05-12.

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