1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division5th Norris
Conference9th Campbell
1983–84 record26-45-9
Team information
General managerGerry McNarama
CoachMike Nykoluk
CaptainRick Vaive
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsRick Vaive (52)
AssistsRick Vaive (41)
PointsRick Vaive (93)
Penalty minutesJim Korn (257)
WinsAllan Bester (11)
Goals against averageAllan Bester (4.35)

The 1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 67th season of the franchise, 57th season as the Maple Leafs.

Offseason

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NHL Draft

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Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 7 Russ Courtnall  Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)
2 28 Jeff Jackson  Canada Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
3 48 Allan Bester  Canada Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
5 83 Dan Hodgson  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
7 128 Cam Plante  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
8 148 Paul Bifano  Canada Burnaby Bluehawks (BCJHL)
9 168 Cliff Abrecht  Canada Princeton University (ECAC)
10 184 Greg Rolston  United States Powers High School (USHS-MI)
10 188 Dale Ross  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
11 208 Mike Tomlak  Canada Cornwall Royals (OHL)
12 228 Ron Choules  Canada Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)

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Regular season

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Final standings

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Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Minnesota North Stars 80 39 31 10 345 344 88
St. Louis Blues 80 32 41 7 293 316 71
Detroit Red Wings 80 31 42 7 298 323 69
Chicago Black Hawks 80 30 42 8 277 311 68
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 26 45 9 303 387 61

[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.

Record vs. opponents

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Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Rick Vaive RW 76 52 41 93 114 -12 17 0 6
Dan Daoust C 78 18 56 74 88 -16 8 0 1
John Anderson RW 73 37 31 68 22 -12 14 0 5
Bill Derlago C 79 40 20 60 50 -8 8 2 3
Jim Benning D 79 12 39 51 66 -4 6 0 1
Dale McCourt C 72 19 24 43 10 -16 8 2 1
Borje Salming D 68 5 38 43 92 -34 2 1 0
Greg Terrion LW 79 15 24 39 36 -6 0 2 2
Stew Gavin LW 80 10 22 32 90 -6 0 1 3
Gaston Gingras D 59 7 20 27 16 -30 4 0 0
Jim Korn D/LW 65 12 14 26 257 -33 0 0 1
Miroslav Frycer RW 47 10 16 26 55 -24 1 0 2
Terry Martin LW 63 15 10 25 51 -8 2 2 1
Walt Poddubny LW 38 11 14 25 48 -13 4 0 0
Peter Ihnacak C 47 10 13 23 24 -21 5 0 0
Dave Farrish D 59 4 19 23 57 -13 1 0 0
Bill Stewart D 56 2 17 19 116 -1 0 0 0
Billy Harris RW 50 7 10 17 14 -20 0 0 0
Gary Nylund D 47 2 14 16 103 -27 0 0 0
Gary Leeman RW 52 4 8 12 31 -14 1 0 0
Russ Courtnall RW 14 3 9 12 6 0 1 0 0
Pat Graham LW 41 4 4 8 65 -9 0 0 0
Frank Nigro C 17 2 3 5 16 -4 0 0 0
Rich Costello C 10 2 1 3 2 -5 1 0 0
Dave Hutchison D 47 0 3 3 137 5 0 0 0
Bob McGill D 11 0 2 2 51 1 0 0 0
Mike Palmateer G 34 0 2 2 28 0 0 0 0
Ken Strong LW 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Allan Bester G 32 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Greg Britz RW 6 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Bruce Dowie G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Basil McRae LW 3 0 0 0 19 -3 0 0 0
Fred Perlini C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick St. Croix G 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Wregget G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Yaremchuk C 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Allan Bester 1848 32 11 16 4 134 4.35 0
Mike Palmateer 1831 34 9 17 4 149 4.88 0
Rick St. Croix 939 20 5 10 0 80 5.11 0
Ken Wregget 165 3 1 1 1 14 5.09 0
Bruce Dowie 72 2 0 1 0 4 3.33 0
Team: 4855 80 26 45 9 381 4.71 0

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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;

Playoffs

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The Maple Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time since 1982.

Transactions

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The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1983–84 season.

Trades

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August 12, 1983 To Quebec Nordiques
Richard Turmel
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Basil McRae
August 12, 1983 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Rocky Saganiuk
Vincent Tremblay
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Pat Graham
Nick Ricci
October 6, 1983 To Washington Capitals
Dave Shand
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Lee Norwood
February 15, 1984 To Los Angeles Kings
Billy Harris
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash

Free agents

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Player Former Team
Bill Stewart St. Louis Blues
Dale McCourt Buffalo Sabres
Greg Britz Undrafted Free Agent
Steve Thomas Undrafted Free Agent
Player New Team
Barry Melrose Detroit Red Wings
Bob Manno Detroit Red Wings
Doug Gibson Winnipeg Jets
Reid Bailey Hartford Whalers

Awards and records

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Minor league affiliate teams

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References

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  1. ^ 1983 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1983–84 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
  5. ^ "1983-84 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.