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]

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

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
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	77	29	53	82	11	96
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche	77	48	33	81	-15	22
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	79	32	35	67	18	16
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	79	24	42	66	-5	62
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers	78	23	38	61	-24	45
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	74	20	39	59	17	26
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	77	12	44	56	5	117
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	73	23	28	51	1	88
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom	77	22	22	44	3	24
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	72	9	27	36	12	134
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	68	7	26	33	11	168
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	75	5	25	30	14	16
Leinonen, MikkoMikko Leinonen	28	3	23	26	4	28
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	42	9	14	23	-14	60
Allison, MikeMike Allison	45	8	12	20	5	64
Andersson, Kent-ErikKent-Erik Andersson	63	5	15	20	5	8
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	79	3	15	18	-10	62
McClanahan, RobRob McClanahan	41	6	8	14	0	21
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu	40	7	6	13	8	115
Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell	36	5	6	11	0	31
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	12	1	7	8	6	2
Stoughton, BlaineBlaine Stoughton^†	14	5	2	7	-12	4
Richmond, SteveSteve Richmond	26	2	5	7	6	110
Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	31	3	2	5	2	22
Patey, LarryLarry Patey^†	9	1	2	3	0	4
Brooke, BobBob Brooke	9	1	2	3	1	4
McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee	9	1	1	2	0	11
Kleinendorst, ScotScot Kleinendorst	23	0	2	2	-10	35
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos	6	0	1	1	0	8
Backman, MikeMike Backman	8	0	1	1	-1	8
Morrison, MarkMark Morrison	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw^‡	4	0	0	0	-3	4
Barr, DaveDave Barr^‡	6	0	0	0	0	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	5	2	4	6	0
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	5	1	4	5	0
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom	5	1	3	4	0
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche	5	3	1	4	2
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	5	0	3	3	2
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	4	1	1	2	9
Leinonen, MikkoMikko Leinonen	5	0	2	2	4
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	5	2	0	2	4
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	5	1	1	2	2
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	4	0	1	1	6
Andersson, Kent-ErikKent-Erik Andersson	5	0	1	1	0
Allison, MikeMike Allison	5	0	1	1	6
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	4	1	0	1	6
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	5	0	1	1	7
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	2	1	0	1	2
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	5	1	0	1	0
Brooke, BobBob Brooke	5	0	0	0	7
Richmond, SteveSteve Richmond	4	0	0	0	12
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	5	0	0	0	8
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	1	0	0	0	2
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

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

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	5	308	2	3	13	2.53	166	.922	1
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn 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;

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. Retrieved 2012-05-19.

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