1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks season

1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks
Division 4th Norris
Conference 8th Campbell
1983–84 record 30–42–8
Home record 25-13-2
Road record 5-29-6
Goals for 277
Goals against 311
Team information
General Manager Bob Pulford
Coach Orval Tessier
Captain Darryl Sutter
Alternate captains None
Arena Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals Denis Savard 37
Assists Denis Savard 57
Points Denis Savard 94
Penalties in minutes Behn Wilson 143
Plus/minus Troy Murray +10
Wins Murray Bannerman 23
Goals against average Murray Bannerman 3.38

The 1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks season was the 58th season of operation of the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Off-season

The Black Hawks had a fairly quiet off-season, however, the club did complete a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers, sending defenseman Doug Crossman and their second-round draft pick in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft to the Flyers in exchange for defenseman Behn Wilson. Wilson had spent his entire five year career with Philadelphia, and in the 1982–83 season had 8 goals and 32 points in 62 games, as well as 92 penalty minutes.

At the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, Chicago selected defenseman Bruce Cassidy from the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with their first-round draft pick. Cassidy appeared in 70 games with the 67's, scoring 25 goals and 111 points. In the tenth round of the draft, the club selected goaltender and future Hockey Hall of Fameer Dominik Hasek.

Regular season

The Black Hawks got off to a solid start, going 7–3–0 in their first ten games. However, Chicago would win one of their next seven games to fall below the .500 mark with an 8–9–0 record. The Hawks continued to struggle, as they team had trouble scoring goals, as they limped their way to a 30–42–8 record, earning 68 points and the fourth and final playoff position in the Norris Division, seven points ahead of the fifth-placed Toronto Maple Leafs. Chicago's point total was 36 fewer than the previous season, and the 271 goals that they scored ranked them 19th in the NHL.

Denis Savard led the club with 37 goals, a career-high. However, his 94-points total was a 27-point drop off from the previous season. Steve Larmer had 35 goals and 75 points while appearing in all 80 games. Doug Wilson led the Black Hawks defence, scoring 13 goals and 58 points, and Bob Murray had 11 goals and 48 points. Behn Wilson led the team with 143 penalty minutes.

In goal, Murray Bannerman became the number one goalie, going 23–29–4 with a 3.38 goals against average (GAA) and a .887 save percentage in 56 games. Tony Esposito became the backup, as he had a 5–10–3 record with a 4.82 GAA and a .859 save percentage in 18 games.

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Minnesota North Stars8039311034534488
St. Louis Blues803241729331671
Detroit Red Wings803142729832369
Chicago Black Hawks803042827731168
Toronto Maple Leafs802645930338761

[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
1WOctober 5, 19834–3St. Louis Blues (1983–84)1–0–0
2LOctober 8, 19831–4@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)1–1–0
3WOctober 9, 19836–4Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)2–1–0
4WOctober 12, 19832–1Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)3–1–0
5LOctober 15, 19838–10@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)3–2–0
6WOctober 16, 19834–3Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)4–2–0
7WOctober 19, 19836–3New Jersey Devils (1983–84)5–2–0
8LOctober 22, 19831–2@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)5–3–0
9WOctober 23, 19837–4Calgary Flames (1983–84)6–3–0
10WOctober 25, 19835–1Boston Bruins (1983–84)7–3–0
11LOctober 27, 19832–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)7–4–0
12WOctober 30, 19836–1Hartford Whalers (1983–84)8–4–0
13LNovember 3, 19834–7@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)8–5–0
14LNovember 5, 19835–10@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)8–6–0
15LNovember 6, 19833–6@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)8–7–0
16LNovember 9, 19830–3Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)8–8–0
17LNovember 12, 19831–6@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)8–9–0
18WNovember 13, 19835–3Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)9–9–0
19WNovember 16, 19834–3St. Louis Blues (1983–84)10–9–0
20TNovember 19, 19835–5 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)10–9–1
21LNovember 20, 19833–4Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)10–10–1
22TNovember 23, 19832–2 OT@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)10–10–2
23LNovember 25, 19832–5@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)10–11–2
24LNovember 26, 19833–9@ New York Islanders (1983–84)10–12–2
25LNovember 29, 19832–3@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)10–13–2
26WNovember 30, 19834–0@ New York Rangers (1983–84)11–13–2
27LDecember 3, 19832–3@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)11–14–2
28WDecember 7, 19834–2Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)12–14–2
29LDecember 8, 19832–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)12–15–2
30WDecember 11, 19834–2Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)13–15–2
31LDecember 13, 19831–4@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)13–16–2
32LDecember 14, 19835–6Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)13–17–2
33WDecember 17, 19835–2@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)14–17–2
34LDecember 18, 19831–5Boston Bruins (1983–84)14–18–2
35TDecember 21, 19833–3 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1983–84)14–18–3
36LDecember 23, 19832–3@ New York Rangers (1983–84)14–19–3
37WDecember 26, 19833–1St. Louis Blues (1983–84)15–19–3
38LDecember 28, 19834–7New York Rangers (1983–84)15–20–3
39LDecember 31, 19833–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)15–21–3
40LJanuary 2, 19845–6@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)15–22–3
41WJanuary 4, 19845–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)16–22–3
42LJanuary 7, 19843–5@ New York Islanders (1983–84)16–23–3
43WJanuary 8, 19842–0Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)17–23–3
44LJanuary 11, 19843–5Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)17–24–3
45TJanuary 14, 19842–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)17–24–4
46WJanuary 15, 19842–0Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)18–24–4
47LJanuary 18, 19841–9New York Islanders (1983–84)18–25–4
48LJanuary 20, 19843–5@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)18–26–4
49TJanuary 21, 19844–4 OT@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)18–26–5
50WJanuary 23, 19846–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)19–26–5
51LJanuary 25, 19843–5Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)19–27–5
52WJanuary 28, 19844–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)20–27–5
53TJanuary 29, 19845–5 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1983–84)20–27–6
54WFebruary 1, 19847–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)21–27–6
55LFebruary 3, 19843–7@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)21–28–6
56LFebruary 5, 19843–4Hartford Whalers (1983–84)21–29–6
57LFebruary 8, 19840–1@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)21–30–6
58TFebruary 11, 19841–1 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)21–30–7
59LFebruary 12, 19844–6Calgary Flames (1983–84)21–31–7
60WFebruary 15, 19845–2Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)22–31–7
61LFebruary 18, 19840–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)22–32–7
62WFebruary 19, 19846–5St. Louis Blues (1983–84)23–32–7
63WFebruary 22, 19844–2Washington Capitals (1983–84)24–32–7
64TFebruary 25, 19843–3 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)24–32–8
65LFebruary 26, 19842–4Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)24–33–8
66WFebruary 29, 19844–3Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)25–33–8
67LMarch 3, 19843–6@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)25–34–8
68WMarch 4, 19845–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)26–34–8
69LMarch 7, 19844–7@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)26–35–8
70LMarch 9, 19843–4 OT@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)26–36–8
71LMarch 11, 19843–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)26–37–8
72LMarch 14, 19844–6@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)26–38–8
73LMarch 16, 19845–6@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)26–39–8
74LMarch 19, 19841–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)26–40–8
75WMarch 21, 19846–2Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)27–40–8
76LMarch 24, 19843–7@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)27–41–8
77WMarch 25, 19845–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)28–41–8
78LMarch 28, 19843–6Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)28–42–8
79WMarch 31, 19844–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)29–42–8
80WApril 1, 19844–3Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)30–42–8

Playoffs

Minnesota North Stars 3, Chicago Black Hawks 2

The Black Hawks opened the playoffs with a best-of-five Norris Division semi-final series against the Minnesota North Stars, who finished the season with the best record in the division at 39-31-10, earning 88 points, which was 20 more than the Black Hawks. Chicago had eliminated the North Stars from the playoffs during the previous two seasons, in 1982 and 1983. The series opened with two games at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Hawks, led by two third period goals by Al Secord and 34 saves by Murray Bannerman stunned the North Stars and took the first game by a 3-1 score. Despite heavily outshooting and outplaying the Black Hawks in the second game, Minnesota and Chicago were tied at three after two periods. In the third period, the North Stars put the game away, scoring three times, en route to a 6-5 win and tying the series at 1-1. The series shifted to Chicago Stadium for the next two games, and the North Stars easily handed the Black Hawks a 4-1 loss in the third game to take the series lead. In the fourth game, Chicago's Troy Murray scored a late third period goal, helping the Hawks to a 4-3 victory, and force a fifth and deciding game back in Minnesota. In the fifth game, the North Stars Dennis Maruk led the way with two goals, as Minnesota defeated Chicago 4-1 and eliminated the Black Hawks.

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1April 4Chicago Black Hawks3–1Minnesota North Stars1-0
2April 5Chicago Black Hawks5–6Minnesota North Stars1-1
3April 7Minnesota North Stars4–1Chicago Black Hawks1-2
4April 8Minnesota North Stars3–4Chicago Black Hawks2-2
5April 10Chicago Black Hawks1–4Minnesota North Stars2-3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Denis SavardC7537579471-131205
Steve LarmerRW8035407534-11303
Doug WilsonD6613455864-11411
Bill GardnerC79272148121333
Bob MurrayD78113748781311
Tom LysiakC5417304735-13512
Darryl SutterLW5920204044-18804
Keith BrownD7410253594-18300
Behn WilsonD59102232143-5301
Troy MurrayC611515304510012
Steve LudzikC809202973-5000
Rich PrestonRW7510182850-21311
Denis CyrRW46121325190601
Jeff LarmerLW3691322203201
Curt FraserLW2951217289100
Jack O'CallahanD704131767-6001
Rick PatersonC72761341-13000
Dave FeamsterD46671342-8000
Ken YaremchukC47671319-7000
Peter MarshRW43461044-11000
Al SecordLW14448777103
Tim HigginsRW32145211001
Don DietrichD170550-1000
Greg FoxD24055310000
Tom McMurchyRW2731442-7000
Jerome DupontD36224116-11000
Murray BannermanG56044170000
Randy BoydD23044160000
Tony EspositoG1803300000
Darrel AnholtD100002000
James CamazzolaLW100000000
Bruce CassidyD100000000
Dan FrawleyRW30000-1000
Bob JanecykG800020000
Perry PelenskyRW400050000
Florent RobidouxLW90000-3000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Murray Bannerman333556232941883.382
Tony Esposito1095185103884.821
Bob Janecyk4128231284.080
Team:484280304283043.773

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Al SecordLW534728001
Bob MurrayD53146100
Steve LarmerRW52247100
Denis SavardC51349000
Doug WilsonD50332000
Tom LysiakC51122000
Rick PatersonC51126010
Darryl SutterLW51120000
Jeff LarmerLW51012100
Troy MurrayC51017001
Murray BannermanG50115000
Keith BrownD501110000
Dave FeamsterD50114000
Bill GardnerC50110000
Steve LudzikC40119000
Rich PrestonRW50114000
Jerome DupontD400015000
Curt FraserLW500014000
Jack O'CallahanD20002000
Behn WilsonD40000000
Ken YaremchukC10000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Murray Bannerman300523173.400
Team:300523173.400

[2]

Note: Pos = Position; 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;

Draft picks

Chicago'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)
118Bruce Cassidy CanadaOttawa 67's (OHL)
239Wayne Presley United StatesKitchener Rangers (OHL)
359Marc Bergevin CanadaChicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
479Tarek Howard CanadaOlds Grizzlys (AJHL)
599Kevin Robinson CanadaToronto Marlboros (OHL)
6115Jari Torkki FinlandRauma (Finland)
6119Mark LaVarre United StatesStratford Cullitons (MWJBHL)
7139Scott Birnie CanadaCornwall Royals (OHL)
8159Kent Paynter CanadaKitchener Rangers (OHL)
9179Brian Noonan United StatesArchbishop Williams High School (USHS-MA)
10199Dominik Hasek CzechoslovakiaHC Pardubice (Czechoslovakia)
11219Steve Pepin CanadaSaint-Jean Castors (QMJHL)

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 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  • "1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
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