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1983–84 Winnipeg Jets season

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1983–84 Winnipeg Jets
Division4th Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1983–84 record31–38–11
Goals for340
Goals against374
Team information
General managerJohn Ferguson
CoachTom Watt
CaptainLucien DeBlois
Alternate captainsNone

The 1983–84 Winnipeg Jets season was the 12th season of the Winnipeg Jets, their fifth season in the National Hockey League. The Jets placed fourth in the Smythe to qualify for the playoffs. The Jets lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the first round.

Offseason

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On June 8, 1983, the Jets traded former team captain Dave Christian to the Washington Capitals for the Capitals first round draft pick in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Christian, who lost his captaincy midway through the 1982–83 season, had 79 goals and 209 points in 230 games with Winnipeg since breaking into the NHL one week after winning the gold medal with the 1980 US Olympic Team.

At the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, the Jets first selection was with the eighth overall pick, and the team drafted winger Andrew McBain from the North Bay Centennials of the OHL. McBain had 33 goals and 120 points with the Centennials in the 1982–83 season. Six picks later, at 14th overall, which the Jets had acquired from the Washington Capitals in the Dave Christian trade, Winnipeg selected defenseman Bobby Dollas from the Laval Voisins of the QMJHL. Dollas had 16 goals and 61 points with Laval during the 1982–83 season. Later, in the fourth round, the Jets selected goaltender Bob Essensa from the Henry Carr Crusaders Jr. B team.

The Jets made a few minor transactions during the off-season, trading Norm Dupont to the Hartford Whalers for the Whalers fourth round draft pick in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, and releasing Bryan Maxwell and Larry Hopkins. The Jets biggest trade was acquiring Tim Young from the Minnesota North Stars for Craig Levie and Tom Ward. Young spent eight seasons with the North Stars, and had 18 goals and 53 points in 70 games with Minnesota during the 1982–83 season.

Regular season

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Final standings

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Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Edmonton Oilers 80 57 18 5 446 314 119
Calgary Flames 80 34 32 14 311 314 82
Vancouver Canucks 80 32 39 9 306 328 73
Winnipeg Jets 80 31 38 11 340 374 73
Los Angeles Kings 80 23 44 13 309 376 59

[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.

Record vs. opponents

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Smythe 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 Attendance
1 T October 5, 1983 6–6 OT Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 0–0–1 11,348
2 L October 7, 1983 6–8 Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 0–1–1 11,073
3 T October 9, 1983 1–1 OT Calgary Flames (1983–84) 0–1–2 11,108
4 W October 12, 1983 4–3 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 1–1–2 4,095
5 L October 13, 1983 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 1–2–2 15,694
6 L October 15, 1983 1–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 1–3–2 13,974
7 L October 19, 1983 2–12 Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 1–4–2 12,632
8 L October 23, 1983 2–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 1–5–2 10,455
9 W October 25, 1983 4–2 @ New York Islanders (1983–84) 2–5–2 14,928
10 W October 26, 1983 7–5 @ New York Rangers (1983–84) 3–5–2 17,416
11 L October 28, 1983 1–7 @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 3–6–2 16,764
12 L October 30, 1983 3–7 Washington Capitals (1983–84) 3–7–2 10,803
13 L November 2, 1983 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 3–8–2 10,106
14 W November 4, 1983 8–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 4–8–2 12,994
15 L November 6, 1983 5–8 Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 4–9–2 13,376
16 W November 9, 1983 7–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 5–9–2 11,676
17 L November 11, 1983 2–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 5–10–2 14,755
18 W November 13, 1983 3–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 6–10–2 14,294
19 L November 16, 1983 5–6 OT Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 6–11–2 10,312
20 L November 19, 1983 7–8 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 6–12–2 14,298
21 L November 21, 1983 6–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 6–13–2 17,498
22 L November 23, 1983 1–4 Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 6–14–2 11,220
23 T November 24, 1983 4–4 OT @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 6–14–3 16,764
24 W November 29, 1983 6–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 7–14–3 7,699
25 W December 1, 1983 6–5 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 8–14–3 7,646
26 W December 4, 1983 7–5 Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 9–14–3 9,989
27 L December 7, 1983 3–6 @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 9–15–3 8,221
28 T December 10, 1983 5–5 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 9–15–4 10,355
29 L December 11, 1983 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 9–16–4 12,093
30 W December 14, 1983 8–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 10–16–4 16,298
31 W December 16, 1983 4–1 New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 11–16–4 9,845
32 L December 18, 1983 5–7 Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 11–17–4 15,107
33 L December 19, 1983 6–7 @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 11–18–4 16,764
34 L December 21, 1983 4–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 11–19–4 17,498
35 W December 23, 1983 6–3 St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 12–19–4 10,689
36 W December 26, 1983 5–1 Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 13–19–4 13,573
37 W December 30, 1983 4–3 OT New York Islanders (1983–84) 14–19–4 15,294
38 T January 1, 1984 3–3 OT Calgary Flames (1983–84) 14–19–5 12,279
39 L January 4, 1984 4–9 @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 14–20–5 12,206
40 L January 5, 1984 6–7 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 14–21–5 17,068
41 W January 8, 1984 4–3 Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 15–21–5 11,037
42 L January 11, 1984 5–9 @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 15–22–5 16,764
43 T January 13, 1984 7–7 OT Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 15–22–6 11,354
44 T January 15, 1984 4–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 15–22–7 11,559
45 L January 17, 1984 3–8 @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 15–23–7 9,878
46 W January 18, 1984 5–4 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 16–23–7 3,849
47 T January 20, 1984 6–6 OT Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 16–23–8 12,826
48 W January 22, 1984 6–4 Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 17–23–8 11,713
49 W January 24, 1984 5–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 18–23–8 15,077
50 W January 26, 1984 6–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 19–23–8 9,651
51 L January 28, 1984 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 19–24–8 13,840
52 W February 3, 1984 7–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 20–24–8 12,796
53 T February 5, 1984 2–2 OT Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 20–24–9 15,579
54 L February 8, 1984 1–3 New York Rangers (1983–84) 20–25–9 11,876
55 T February 12, 1984 2–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 20–25–10 11,194
56 L February 15, 1984 4–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 20–26–10 17,498
57 L February 17, 1984 3–6 Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 20–27–10 11,680
58 W February 19, 1984 4–3 OT Washington Capitals (1983–84) 21–27–10 11,406
59 W February 22, 1984 8–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 22–27–10 8,889
60 W February 23, 1984 5–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 23–27–10 15,525
61 W February 25, 1984 5–2 Boston Bruins (1983–84) 24–27–10 14,489
62 L February 27, 1984 5–6 OT Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 24–28–10 15,736
63 L February 29, 1984 3–4 New York Islanders (1983–84) 24–29–10 13,874
64 L March 3, 1984 1–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 24–30–10 14,649
65 W March 6, 1984 7–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 25–30–10 8,392
66 L March 7, 1984 3–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 25–31–10 13,767
67 L March 9, 1984 5–6 OT New York Rangers (1983–84) 25–32–10 12,816
68 W March 11, 1984 6–5 OT Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 26–32–10 13,172
69 W March 12, 1984 8–7 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 27–32–10 16,382
70 W March 14, 1984 6–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 28–32–10 11,638
71 W March 16, 1984 5–4 Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 29–32–10 11,975
72 L March 18, 1984 3–4 Calgary Flames (1983–84) 29–33–10 14,874
73 L March 20, 1984 3–9 @ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 29–34–10 14,276
74 L March 21, 1984 2–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 29–35–10 16,133
75 L March 23, 1984 3–4 OT Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 29–36–10 14,067
76 L March 25, 1984 2–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 29–37–10 17,498
77 T March 27, 1984 3–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 29–37–11 7,367
78 L March 28, 1984 1–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 29–38–11 13,200
79 W March 30, 1984 2–1 St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 30–38–11 12,609
80 W April 1, 1984 3–2 Calgary Flames (1983–84) 31–38–11 11,410

Playoffs

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For the second year in a row, the Jets were swept in 3 games by the Edmonton Oilers, in the Division semi-finals.

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Dale Hawerchuk C 80 37 65 102 73 -14 10 0 4
Lucien DeBlois C 80 34 45 79 50 -15 8 1 2
Laurie Boschman C 61 28 46 74 234 -4 9 0 3
Paul MacLean RW 76 40 31 71 155 -15 13 0 5
Thomas Steen C 78 20 45 65 69 -5 5 3 2
Brian Mullen RW 75 21 41 62 28 -12 4 4 1
Dave Babych D 66 18 39 57 62 -31 10 0 4
Scott Arniel LW 80 21 35 56 68 -10 6 0 2
Morris Lukowich LW 80 30 25 55 71 10 4 0 1
Moe Mantha D 72 16 38 54 67 -14 3 0 1
Doug Smail LW 66 20 17 37 62 -5 1 4 2
Tim Young C 44 15 19 34 25 -11 3 0 0
Andrew McBain RW 78 11 19 30 37 -6 0 0 0
Tim Watters D 74 3 20 23 169 7 1 0 1
Robert Picard D 62 6 16 22 34 9 1 1 1
Wade Campbell D 79 7 14 21 147 -2 0 0 0
Bengt Lundholm LW 57 5 14 19 20 -7 1 0 0
Ron Wilson C 51 3 12 15 12 -3 0 0 1
Jordy Douglas LW 17 4 2 6 8 -9 1 0 1
Don Spring D 21 0 4 4 4 -5 0 0 0
Jim Kyte D 58 1 2 3 55 -7 0 0 0
Randy Carlyle D 5 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 0
Bryan Maxwell D 3 0 3 3 27 1 0 0 0
Doug Soetaert G 47 0 3 3 14 0 0 0 0
Jyrki Seppa D 13 0 2 2 6 -9 0 0 0
Brian Hayward G 28 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Mike Lauen RW 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Mann RW 16 0 1 1 54 0 0 0 0
Ed Staniowski G 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Marc Behrend G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Dollas D 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Murray Eaves C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Gibson D 11 0 0 0 14 2 0 0 0
Tim Trimper LW 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Veisor G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Doug Soetaert 2539 47 18 15 7 182 4.30 0
Brian Hayward 1530 28 7 18 2 124 4.86 0
Mike Veisor 420 8 4 1 2 26 3.71 0
Marc Behrend 351 6 2 4 0 32 5.47 0
Ed Staniowski 40 1 0 0 0 8 12.00 0
Team: 4880 80 31 38 11 372 4.57 0

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Brian Mullen RW 3 0 3 3 6 0 0 0
Andrew McBain RW 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dave Babych D 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Dale Hawerchuk C 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Randy Carlyle D 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
Paul MacLean RW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Moe Mantha D 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Tim Watters D 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Laurie Boschman C 3 0 1 1 5 0 0 0
Lucien DeBlois C 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Doug Smail LW 3 0 1 1 7 0 0 0
Thomas Steen C 3 0 1 1 9 0 0 0
Tim Young C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Scott Arniel LW 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Marc Behrend G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wade Campbell D 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Jordy Douglas LW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Murray Eaves C 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jim Kyte D 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
Morris Lukowich LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Picard D 3 0 0 0 12 0 0 0
Doug Soetaert G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Veisor G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Marc Behrend 121 2 0 2 9 4.46 0
Doug Soetaert 20 1 0 1 5 15.00 0
Mike Veisor 40 1 0 0 4 6.00 0
Team: 181 3 0 3 18 5.97 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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Trades

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August 3, 1983 To Minnesota North Stars
Craig Levie
Tom Ward
To Winnipeg Jets
Tim Young
April 28, 1983 To Montreal Canadiens
Serge Savard
To Winnipeg Jets
3rd round pick in 1983Peter Taglianetti
November 4, 1983 To Montreal Canadiens
3rd round pick in 1984Patrick Roy
To Winnipeg Jets
Robert Picard
November 10, 1983 To Hartford Whalers
Ed Staniowski
To Winnipeg Jets
Mike Veisor
January 12, 1984 To Minnesota North Stars
Tim Trimper
To Winnipeg Jets
Jordy Douglas
February 6, 1984 To Quebec Nordiques
Jimmy Mann
To Winnipeg Jets
5th round pick in 1984Brent Severyn
March 5, 1984 To Pittsburgh Penguins
1st round pick in 1984Doug Bodger
Moe Mantha Jr.
To Winnipeg Jets
Randy Carlyle
June 13, 1984 To Montreal Canadiens
Lucien DeBlois
To Winnipeg Jets
Perry Turnbull

Waivers

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October 10, 1983 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Bryan Maxwell

Free agents

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Player Former Team
Kelly Elcombe Undrafted Free Agent
Doug Gibson Toronto Maple Leafs
Perry Pooley Undrafted Free Agent

Draft picks

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Winnipeg selected the following players at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal on June 8, 1983.[5]

NHL Amateur Draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 8 Andrew McBain (RW)  Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL)
1 14 Bobby Dollas (D)  Canada Laval Voisins (QMJHL)
2 29 Brad Berry (D)  Canada St. Albert Saints (AJHL)
3 43 Peter Taglianetti (D)  United States Providence College (NCAA)
4 69 Bob Essensa (G)  Canada Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School
5 89 Harry Armstrong (D)  United States Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
6 109 Joel Baillargeon (LW)  Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
7 129 Iain Duncan (LW)  Canada North York Rangers (OJHL)
8 149 Ron Pesetti (D)  United States Western Michigan University (NCAA)
9 169 Todd Flichel (D)  Canada Gloucester (OPJHL)
10 189 Kory Wright (FWD)  United States Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
11 209 Eric Cormier (LW)  Canada St. George's (Que.) School
12 229 Jamie Husgen (D)  United States Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Farm teams

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Sherbrooke Jets

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1983-84 Winnipeg Jets Results and Schedule". HockeyDB. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "1983-84 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  5. ^ "1983 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.