1983–84 New York Rangers season

The 1983–84 New York Rangers season was the 58th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers posted a 42–29–9 record in the regular season, and their fourth-place finish in the Patrick Division earned them a berth in the NHL playoffs. In the Patrick Division semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the New York Islanders, three games to two.[1]

1983–84 New York Rangers
Division	4th Patrick
Conference	7th Wales
1983–84 record	42–29–9
Goals for	314
Goals against	304
Team information
General Manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Herb Brooks
Captain	Barry Beck
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Pierre Larouche (48)
Assists	Mark Pavelich (53)
Points	Mark Pavelich (82)
Penalty minutes	Dave Maloney (168)
Wins	Glen Hanlon (28)
Goals against average	John Vanbiesbrouck (3.33)

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	50	26	4	357	269	104
Washington Capitals	80	48	27	5	308	226	101
Philadelphia Flyers	80	44	26	10	350	290	98
New York Rangers	80	42	29	9	314	304	93
New Jersey Devils	80	17	56	7	231	350	41
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	16	58	6	254	390	38

[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

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

Playoffs

Main article: 1984 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1984 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Division Semi-finals: vs. New York Islanders - New York Islanders win series 3-2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 4 New York Rangers 1 - 4 New York Islanders New York Islanders lead series 1-0 2 April 5 New York Rangers 3 - 0 New York Islanders Series tied 1-1 3 April 7 New York Islanders 2 - 7 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 2-1 4 April 8 New York Islanders 4 - 1 New York Rangers Series tied 2-2 5 April 10 New York Rangers 2 - 3 New York Islanders OT New York Islanders win series 3-2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Mark Pavelich 77 29 53 82 11 96 Pierre Larouche 77 48 33 81 -15 22 Anders Hedberg 79 32 35 67 18 16 Don Maloney 79 24 42 66 -5 62 Mike Rogers 78 23 38 61 -24 45 Reijo Ruotsalainen 74 20 39 59 17 26 Ron Greschner 77 12 44 56 5 117 Mark Osborne 73 23 28 51 1 88 Peter Sundstrom 77 22 22 44 3 24 Barry Beck 72 9 27 36 12 134 Dave Maloney 68 7 26 33 11 168 Jan Erixon 75 5 25 30 14 16 Mikko Leinonen 28 3 23 26 4 28 Willie Huber 42 9 14 23 -14 60 Mike Allison 45 8 12 20 5 64 Kent-Erik Andersson 63 5 15 20 5 8 Tom Laidlaw 79 3 15 18 -10 62 Rob McClanahan 41 6 8 14 0 21 Nick Fotiu 40 7 6 13 8 115 Mike Blaisdell 36 5 6 11 0 31 James Patrick 12 1 7 8 6 2 Blaine Stoughton^† 14 5 2 7 -12 4 Steve Richmond 26 2 5 7 6 110 Robbie Ftorek 31 3 2 5 2 22 Larry Patey^† 9 1 2 3 0 4 Bob Brooke 9 1 2 3 1 4 George McPhee 9 1 1 2 0 11 Scot Kleinendorst 23 0 2 2 -10 35 Chris Kontos 6 0 1 1 0 8 Mike Backman 8 0 1 1 -1 8 Mark Morrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 Rick Chartraw^‡ 4 0 0 0 -3 4 Dave Barr^‡ 6 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Mark Pavelich 5 2 4 6 0 Don Maloney 5 1 4 5 0 Peter Sundstrom 5 1 3 4 0 Pierre Larouche 5 3 1 4 2 James Patrick 5 0 3 3 2 Willie Huber 4 1 1 2 9 Mikko Leinonen 5 0 2 2 4 Jan Erixon 5 2 0 2 4 Reijo Ruotsalainen 5 1 1 2 2 Larry Patey 4 0 1 1 6 Kent-Erik Andersson 5 0 1 1 0 Mike Allison 5 0 1 1 6 Barry Beck 4 1 0 1 6 Mark Osborne 5 0 1 1 7 Ron Greschner 2 1 0 1 2 Anders Hedberg 5 1 0 1 0 Bob Brooke 5 0 0 0 7 Steve Richmond 4 0 0 0 12 Tom Laidlaw 5 0 0 0 8 Dave Maloney 1 0 0 0 2 Mike Rogers 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Glen Hanlon	50	2837	28	14	4	166	3.51	1674	.890	1
Steve Weeks	26	1361	10	11	2	90	3.97	757	.865	0
Ron Scott	9	485	2	3	3	29	3.59	283	.886	0
John Vanbiesbrouck	3	180	2	1	0	10	3.33	95	.882	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Glen Hanlon	5	308	2	3	13	2.53	166	.922	1
John Vanbiesbrouck	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	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 1983 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.[4][5]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Dave Gagner	C	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
2	33	Randy Heath	LW	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
3	49	Vesa Salo	D	Finland	Lukko Rauma (FNL)
3	53	Gordie Walker	LW	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
4	73	Peter Andersson	D	Sweden	Orebro IK (Sweden)
5	93	Jim Andonoff	RW	United States	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
6	113	Bob Alexander	D	United States	Rosemount H.S. (Minnesota)
7	133	Steve Orth	C	United States	St. Cloud Tech H.S. (Minnesota)
8	153	Pete Marcov	LW	Canada	Welland (Ontario Jr. B)
9	173	Paul Jerrard	RW	Canada	Notre Dame Academy (Sask. AAA)
11	213	Bryan Walker	D	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
12	233	Ulf Nilsson	G	Sweden	Skelleftea (FNL)

Farm teams

References

1. "1983–84 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
3. "1983-84 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
4. "1983 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
5. "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2001-01-28. Retrieved 2017-06-15.

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