1983–84 New York Rangers season

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)

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]

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)

November: 5-5-4 (Home: 4-2-1; Road: 1-3-3)

December: 8-4-0 (Home: 5-2-0; Road: 3-2-0)

January: 8-4-1 (Home: 5-2-0; Road: 3-2-1)

February: 5-5-4 (Home: 3-1-0; Road: 2-4-4)

March: 6-7-0 (Home: 3-2-0; Road: 3-5-0)

April: 1-0-0 (Home: 1-0-0; Road: 0-0-0)

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.

[3]

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;

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)

References

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

External links

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[1] "1983–84 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-20.

[nhl-gd-standings-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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Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec
Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto
Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg
See also	Draft All-Star Game Good Friday Massacre Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals