1982–83 New York Rangers season

1982–83 New York Rangers
1982–83 New York Rangers
Division	4th Patrick
Conference	T-7th Wales
1982–83 record	35–35–10
Goals for	306
Goals against	287
Team information
General manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Herb Brooks
Captain	Barry Beck
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Pavelich (37)
Assists	Reijo Ruotsalainen (53)
Points	Mike Rogers (76)
Penalty minutes	Dave Maloney (132)
Wins	Eddie Mio (16)
Goals against average	John Davidson (2.50)
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 New York Rangers season was the 57th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, New York compiled a 35–35–10 record and finished in fourth place in the Patrick Division. The Rangers qualified for the NHL playoffs, where they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in a three-game sweep in the first round. In the Patrick Division Finals, the Rangers were defeated by the New York Islanders in six games.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	49	23	8	326	240	106
New York Islanders	80	42	26	12	302	226	96
Washington Capitals	80	39	25	16	306	283	94
New York Rangers	80	35	35	10	306	287	80
New Jersey Devils	80	17	49	14	230	338	48
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	18	53	9	250	394	45

^[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

1982-83 Game Log

October: 6-7-0 (Home: 5-3-0; Road: 1-4-0)

November: 6-4-1 (Home: 4-1-0; Road: 2-3-1)

December: 6-5-2 (Home: 5-2-0; Road: 1-3-2)

January: 5-7-3 (Home: 3-4-2; Road: 2-3-1)

February: 5-4-2 (Home: 4-0-0; Road: 1-4-2)

March: 7-7-1 (Home: 3-3-0; Road: 4-4-1)

April: 0-1-1 (Home: 0-0-1; Road: 0-1-0)

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1983 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Division Semi-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers - New York Rangers win series 3-0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 5	New York Rangers	5 - 3	Philadelphia Flyers		New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 7	New York Rangers	4 - 3	Philadelphia Flyers		New York Rangers lead series 2-0
3	April 9	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 9	New York Rangers		New York Rangers win series 3-0

Division Finals: vs. New York Islanders - New York Islanders win series 4-2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 14	New York Rangers	1 - 4	New York Islanders		New York Islanders lead series 1-0
2	April 15	New York Rangers	0 - 5	New York Islanders		New York Islanders lead series 2-0
3	April 17	New York Islanders	6 - 7	New York Rangers		New York Islanders lead series 2-1
4	April 18	New York Islanders	1 - 3	New York Rangers		Series tied 2-2
5	April 20	New York Rangers	2 - 7	New York Islanders		New York Islanders lead series 3-2
6	April 22	New York Islanders	5 - 2	New York Rangers		New York Islanders win series 4-2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Mike Rogers	71	29	47	76	-10	28
Mark Pavelich	78	37	38	75	20	52
Don Maloney	78	29	40	69	-5	88
Reijo Ruotsalainen	77	16	53	69	27	22
Anders Hedberg	78	25	34	59	17	12
Mikko Leinonen	78	17	34	51	12	23
Dave Maloney	78	8	42	50	-3	132
Rob McClanahan	78	22	26	48	12	46
Ron Duguay	72	19	25	44	-13	58
Ed Johnstone	52	15	21	36	-4	27
Barry Beck	66	12	22	34	22	112
Robbie Ftorek	61	12	19	31	11	41
Kent-Erik Andersson	71	8	20	28	6	14
Nick Fotiu	72	8	13	21	6	90
Vaclav Nedomansky^†	35	12	8	20	-1	0
Mike Allison	39	11	9	20	8	37
Bill Baker	70	4	14	18	-8	64
Chris Kontos	44	8	7	15	1	33
Andre Dore^‡	39	3	12	15	17	39
Scot Kleinendorst	30	2	9	11	7	8
Tom Laidlaw	80	0	10	10	-11	75
Ron Greschner	10	3	5	8	0	0
Ulf Nilsson	10	2	4	6	-1	2
Rick Chartraw^†	26	2	2	4	2	37
Mike Backman	7	1	3	4	-5	6
Dave Silk	16	1	1	2	-3	15
Pat Conacher	5	0	1	1	0	4
Cam Connor	1	0	0	0	0	0
Graeme Nicolson	10	0	0	0	-5	9

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Anders Hedberg	9	4	8	12	4
Mark Pavelich	9	4	5	9	12
Rob McClanahan	9	2	5	7	12
Dave Maloney	7	1	6	7	10
George McPhee	9	3	3	6	6
Barry Beck	9	2	4	6	8
Reijo Ruotsalainen	9	4	2	6	6
Mike Allison	8	0	5	5	10
Ed Johnstone	9	4	1	5	19
Mike Backman	9	2	2	4	0
Ron Greschner	8	2	2	4	12
Ron Duguay	9	2	2	4	28
Mikko Leinonen	7	1	3	4	4
Rick Chartraw	9	0	2	2	6
Tom Laidlaw	9	1	1	2	10
Scot Kleinendorst	6	0	2	2	2
Nick Fotiu	5	0	1	1	6
Robbie Ftorek	4	1	0	1	0
Don Maloney	5	0	1	1	0
Pat Conacher	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Baker	2	0	0	0	0
Kent-Erik Andersson	9	0	0	0	0
Mike Rogers	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Eddie Mio	41	2365	16	18	6	136	3.45	1295	.883	2
Glen Hanlon^†	21	1173	9	10	1	67	3.43	702	.894	0
Steve Weeks	18	1040	9	5	3	68	3.92	559	.862	0
Steve Baker	3	102	0	1	0	5	2.94	49	.886	0
John Davidson	2	120	1	1	0	5	2.50	60	.909	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Eddie Mio	8	480	5	3	32	4.00	0
Glen Hanlon	1	60	0	1	5	5.00	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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.^[4]^[5]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Chris Kontos	C	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
2	36	Tomas Sandstrom	RW	Sweden	Farjestads BK (Elitserien)
3	57	Corey Millen	C	United States	Cloquet H.S. (Minnesota)
4	78	Chris Jensen	RW	Canada	Kelowna Buckaroos (BCJHL)
6	120	Tony Granato	C	United States	Northwood H.S. (New York)
7	141	Sergei Kapustin	LW	Russia	Moscow Spartak (Russia)
8	160	Brian Glynn	C	United States	Buffalo Jr. Sabres (NAJHL)
8	162	Jan Karlsson	D	Sweden	IFK Kiruna (Sweden)
9	183	Kelly Miller	LW	United States	Michigan State University (NCAA)
10	193	Simo Saarinen	D	Finland	HIFK (FNL)
10	204	Bob Lowes	C	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)
11	225	Andy Otto	D	United States	Northwood H.S. (New York)
12	246	Dwayne Robinson	D	Canada	University of New Hampshire (NCAA)

Farm teams

References

^ "1982–83 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1982-83 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "1982 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
^ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-05-12.

External links

[1] "1982–83 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-27.

[nhl-gd-standings-2] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

[3] "1982-83 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] "1982 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-05-12.

[5] "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-05-12.

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