1983–84 New Jersey Devils season

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1983–84 New Jersey Devils
Division5th Patrick
1983–84 record17–56–7
Goals for231
Goals against350
Team information
General managerMax McNab
CoachBill MacMillan
CaptainDon Lever
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaBrendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
GoalsMel Bridgman (23)
AssistsMel Bridgman (38)
PointsMel Bridgman (61)
Penalty minutesPat Verbeek (158)
Plus/minusGlenn Merkosky (0)
WinsGlenn Resch (9)
Goals against averageGlenn Resch (4.18)

The 1983–84 New Jersey Devils season was the franchise's tenth season in the NHL, and second in New Jersey. The Devils finished again in fifth place and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

All Star Game[]

The 36th National Hockey League All-Star Game was played at Brendan Byrne Arena on January 31, 1984. The Wales Conference defeated the Campbell Conference 7–6. Chico Resch, Joe Cirella, and trainers Keith Parker and Craig Smith participated in the All Star Game as representatives of the Wales Conference.

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

[1]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[]

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 5, 1983 2–6 @ New York Rangers (1983–84) 0–1–0
2 L October 7, 1983 1–3 New York Rangers (1983–84) 0–2–0
3 W October 8, 1983 6–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 1–2–0
4 L October 14, 1983 4–6 Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 1–3–0
5 L October 16, 1983 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 1–4–0
6 L October 19, 1983 3–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 1–5–0
7 L October 21, 1983 4–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 1–6–0
8 L October 22, 1983 3–8 @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 1–7–0
9 L October 26, 1983 0–2 Washington Capitals (1983–84) 1–8–0
10 L October 29, 1983 3–5 @ New York Islanders (1983–84) 1–9–0
11 L October 30, 1983 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 1–10–0
12 L November 2, 1983 4–5 @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 1–11–0
13 L November 4, 1983 1–6 New York Islanders (1983–84) 1–12–0
14 W November 6, 1983 6–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 2–12–0
15 L November 8, 1983 1–5 New York Rangers (1983–84) 2–13–0
16 L November 9, 1983 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 2–14–0
17 L November 12, 1983 3–4 OT Calgary Flames (1983–84) 2–15–0
18 L November 15, 1983 0–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 2–16–0
19 L November 17, 1983 4–5 @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 2–17–0
20 L November 19, 1983 4–13 @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 2–18–0
21 L November 23, 1983 1–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 2–19–0
22 L November 26, 1983 2–6 @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 2–20–0
23 W November 29, 1983 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 3–20–0
24 L December 1, 1983 4–8 @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 3–21–0
25 T December 2, 1983 2–2 OT Washington Capitals (1983–84) 3–21–1
26 W December 4, 1983 6–0 Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 4–21–1
27 W December 7, 1983 6–3 Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 5–21–1
28 L December 10, 1983 2–8 Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 5–22–1
29 W December 12, 1983 7–3 @ New York Rangers (1983–84) 6–22–1
30 T December 14, 1983 3–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 6–22–2
31 L December 16, 1983 1–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 6–23–2
32 W December 17, 1983 2–0 @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 7–23–2
33 L December 20, 1983 0–6 Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 7–24–2
34 L December 22, 1983 0–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 7–25–2
35 L December 23, 1983 5–6 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 7–26–2
36 L December 27, 1983 4–5 OT St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 7–27–2
37 L December 29, 1983 1–6 Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 7–28–2
38 L December 31, 1983 2–3 Washington Capitals (1983–84) 7–29–2
39 L January 4, 1984 3–4 OT @ New York Rangers (1983–84) 7–30–2
40 W January 6, 1984 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 8–30–2
41 W January 7, 1984 7–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 9–30–2
42 L January 10, 1984 2–4 @ New York Islanders (1983–84) 9–31–2
43 L January 12, 1984 1–4 Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 9–32–2
44 W January 14, 1984 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 10–32–2
45 L January 15, 1984 4–5 Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 10–33–2
46 T January 17, 1984 3–3 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 10–33–3
47 L January 19, 1984 0–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 10–34–3
48 L January 20, 1984 3–4 OT St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 10–35–3
49 T January 25, 1984 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 10–35–4
50 T January 27, 1984 3–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 10–35–5
51 L January 29, 1984 2–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 10–36–5
52 L February 2, 1984 0–2 Washington Capitals (1983–84) 10–37–5
53 W February 4, 1984 5–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 11–37–5
54 L February 5, 1984 1–3 Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 11–38–5
55 L February 7, 1984 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 11–39–5
56 L February 9, 1984 5–8 @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 11–40–5
57 L February 11, 1984 2–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 11–41–5
58 W February 14, 1984 6–4 Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 12–41–5
59 W February 16, 1984 6–5 OT Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 13–41–5
60 L February 18, 1984 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 13–42–5
61 L February 19, 1984 4–5 OT New York Islanders (1983–84) 13–43–5
62 L February 22, 1984 5–8 Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 13–44–5
63 L February 25, 1984 1–7 @ New York Islanders (1983–84) 13–45–5
64 T February 28, 1984 3–3 OT New York Rangers (1983–84) 13–45–6
65 W March 2, 1984 4–2 Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 14–45–6
66 W March 4, 1984 5–3 Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 15–45–6
67 W March 6, 1984 6–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 16–45–6
68 L March 7, 1984 4–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 16–46–6
69 L March 10, 1984 5–6 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 16–47–6
70 L March 13, 1984 1–5 New York Islanders (1983–84) 16–48–6
71 T March 14, 1984 3–3 OT @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 16–48–7
72 W March 17, 1984 5–3 @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 17–48–7
73 L March 19, 1984 3–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 17–49–7
74 L March 20, 1984 2–5 @ New York Islanders (1983–84) 17–50–7
75 L March 22, 1984 3–5 New York Rangers (1983–84) 17–51–7
76 L March 24, 1984 0–6 Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 17–52–7
77 L March 25, 1984 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 17–53–7
78 L March 28, 1984 2–6 @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 17–54–7
79 L March 30, 1984 2–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 17–55–7
80 L April 1, 1984 1–3 Boston Bruins (1983–84) 17–56–7

Playoffs[]

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mel Bridgman C 79 23 38 61 121 -27 9 1 0
Jan Ludvig RW 74 22 32 54 70 -18 7 0 2
Pat Verbeek RW 79 20 27 47 158 -19 5 1 2
Joe Cirella D 79 11 33 44 137 -43 6 0 0
Bob MacMillan RW 71 17 23 40 23 -21 2 0 2
Aaron Broten LW/C 80 13 23 36 36 -28 3 0 1
Don Lever LW 70 14 19 33 44 -21 3 0 2
Paul Gagne LW 66 14 18 32 33 -22 3 0 1
Phil Russell D 76 9 22 31 96 -27 0 0 0
Tim Higgins RW 37 18 10 28 27 -4 3 1 3
Rick Meagher C 52 14 14 28 16 -9 2 0 2
Dave Cameron C 67 9 12 21 85 -11 2 0 0
Murray Brumwell D 42 7 13 20 14 -5 5 0 0
Jeff Larmer LW 40 6 13 19 8 -17 0 0 0
Bob Hoffmeyer D 58 4 12 16 61 -20 0 0 0
Gary McAdam LW 38 9 6 15 15 -4 0 2 1
Bob Lorimer D 72 2 10 12 62 -28 1 0 0
Mike Antonovich C 38 3 5 8 16 -15 0 0 0
Yvon Vautour RW 42 3 4 7 78 -18 0 0 1
Dave Lewis D 66 2 5 7 63 -19 0 0 0
Ken Daneyko D 11 1 4 5 17 -1 0 0 0
Mike Kitchen D 43 1 4 5 24 -15 0 0 0
Robert Palmer D 38 0 5 5 10 -10 0 0 0
Hector Marini RW 32 2 2 4 47 -2 0 0 0
Larry Floyd C 7 1 3 4 7 -4 0 0 0
Rich Chernomaz RW 7 2 1 3 2 -3 0 0 0
Grant Mulvey RW 12 1 2 3 19 -5 0 0 0
Kevin Maxwell C 14 0 3 3 2 -9 0 0 0
Rocky Trottier RW 5 1 1 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Bruce Driver D 4 0 2 2 0 -2 0 0 0
Glenn Resch G 51 0 2 2 12 0 0 0 0
John MacLean RW 23 1 0 1 10 -7 0 0 0
Glenn Merkosky C 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Hepple D 1 0 0 0 7 -1 0 0 0
Garry Howatt LW 6 0 0 0 14 -1 0 0 0
John Johannson C 5 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Ron Low G 44 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Glenn Resch 2641 51 9 31 3 184 4.18 1
Ron Low 2218 44 8 25 4 161 4.36 0
Team: 4859 80 17 56 7 345 4.26 1

[2]

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[]

Transactions[]

Draft picks[]

New Jersey's draft picks at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 6 John MacLean  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
2 24 Shawn Evans  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL)
5 85 Chris Terreri  United States Providence College (ECAC)
6 105 Gord Mark  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7 125 Greg Evtushevski  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
8 145 Viacheslav Fetisov  Soviet Union Moscow CSKA (USSR)
9 165 Jay Octeau  United States Mount St. Charles Academy (USHS-RI)
10 185 Alexander Chernykh  Soviet Union Voskresensk (USSR)
11 205 Allan Stewart  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
12 225 Alexei Kasatonov  Soviet Union Moscow CSKA (USSR)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "1983-84 New Jersey Devils Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

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