1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins
1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	6th Patrick
Conference	11th Wales
1983–84 record	16–58–6
Goals for	254
Goals against	390
Team information
General manager	Eddie Johnston
Coach	Lou Angotti
Captain	Randy Carlyle
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Bullard (51)
Assists	Mike Bullard (41)
Points	Mike Bullard (92)
Penalty minutes	Gary Rissling (297)
Wins	Denis Herron (8)
Goals against average	Denis Herron (4.08)
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the club's 17th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Penguins placed sixth in their division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

Eddie Johnston, who had been the interim general manager, was awarded the GM title in June. He named Lou Angotti to take over the coaching duties.^[1]

A controversy surrounding the end of the 1983-84 season was the apparent throwing of games by the Pittsburgh Penguins in order to secure Mario Lemieux as a draft pick. Angotti later admitted this, though Johnston has not.^[2]

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

^[3]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
1	L	October 4, 1983	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	0–1–0
2	L	October 8, 1983	1–6	New York Rangers (1983–84)	0–2–0
3	L	October 9, 1983	1–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	0–3–0
4	L	October 12, 1983	3–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	0–4–0
5	W	October 14, 1983	4–0	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	1–4–0
6	L	October 15, 1983	4–6	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	1–5–0
7	L	October 18, 1983	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	1–6–0
8	L	October 22, 1983	1–6	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	1–7–0
9	L	October 25, 1983	0–1	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	1–8–0
10	W	October 27, 1983	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	2–8–0
11	L	October 29, 1983	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	2–9–0
12	W	October 30, 1983	5–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	3–9–0
13	W	November 2, 1983	6–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	4–9–0
14	T	November 3, 1983	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	4–9–1
15	L	November 5, 1983	3–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	4–10–1
16	T	November 8, 1983	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	4–10–2
17	L	November 11, 1983	5–6	New York Islanders (1983–84)	4–11–2
18	W	November 12, 1983	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	5–11–2
19	L	November 16, 1983	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	5–12–2
20	T	November 19, 1983	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	5–12–3
21	L	November 20, 1983	4–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	5–13–3
22	W	November 23, 1983	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	6–13–3
23	L	November 25, 1983	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	6–14–3
24	L	November 26, 1983	4–7	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	6–15–3
25	L	November 29, 1983	4–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	6–16–3
26	L	December 1, 1983	4–6	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	6–17–3
27	L	December 3, 1983	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	6–18–3
28	L	December 6, 1983	3–5	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	6–19–3
29	T	December 11, 1983	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	6–19–4
30	W	December 13, 1983	3–2	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	7–19–4
31	L	December 15, 1983	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	7–20–4
32	L	December 17, 1983	5–6	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	7–21–4
33	T	December 18, 1983	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	7–21–5
34	L	December 20, 1983	3–11	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	7–22–5
35	L	December 21, 1983	1–6	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	7–23–5
36	W	December 23, 1983	6–5 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	8–23–5
37	W	December 26, 1983	7–4	New York Rangers (1983–84)	9–23–5
38	L	December 31, 1983	0–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	9–24–5
39	L	January 3, 1984	5–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	9–25–5
40	L	January 6, 1984	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	9–26–5
41	L	January 7, 1984	4–7	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	9–27–5
42	L	January 10, 1984	1–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	9–28–5
43	L	January 14, 1984	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	9–29–5
44	L	January 15, 1984	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	9–30–5
45	L	January 18, 1984	4–5 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	9–31–5
46	W	January 20, 1984	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	10–31–5
47	L	January 21, 1984	2–3	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	10–32–5
48	L	January 25, 1984	3–6	New York Rangers (1983–84)	10–33–5
49	L	January 28, 1984	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	10–34–5
50	L	January 29, 1984	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	10–35–5
51	W	February 1, 1984	4–0	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	11–35–5
52	L	February 4, 1984	5–6	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	11–36–5
53	L	February 5, 1984	4–5	New York Islanders (1983–84)	11–37–5
54	L	February 8, 1984	5–6 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	11–38–5
55	L	February 9, 1984	3–9	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	11–39–5
56	W	February 11, 1984	3–2	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	12–39–5
57	L	February 13, 1984	1–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	12–40–5
58	L	February 16, 1984	3–10	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	12–41–5
59	W	February 17, 1984	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	13–41–5
60	L	February 19, 1984	3–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	13–42–5
61	L	February 22, 1984	2–9	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	13–43–5
62	T	February 25, 1984	3–3 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	13–43–6
63	L	February 26, 1984	3–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	13–44–6
64	L	February 29, 1984	5–9	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	13–45–6
65	L	March 1, 1984	1–9	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	13–46–6
66	W	March 3, 1984	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	14–46–6
67	L	March 5, 1984	2–5	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	14–47–6
68	L	March 6, 1984	5–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	14–48–6
69	L	March 8, 1984	6–8	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	14–49–6
70	L	March 11, 1984	4–6	New York Islanders (1983–84)	14–50–6
71	L	March 13, 1984	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	14–51–6
72	L	March 14, 1984	6–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	14–52–6
73	W	March 17, 1984	4–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	15–52–6
74	W	March 21, 1984	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	16–52–6
75	L	March 22, 1984	4–13	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	16–53–6
76	L	March 24, 1984	0–6	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	16–54–6
77	L	March 25, 1984	3–4	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	16–55–6
78	L	March 28, 1984	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	16–56–6
79	L	March 29, 1984	4–6	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	16–57–6
80	L	April 1, 1984	1–2	New York Islanders (1983–84)	16–58–6

Playoffs

The Penguins did not qualify for the playoffs for the second straight year, finishing in last place again.

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mike Bullard	22	76	51	41	92	57	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Shedden	14	67	22	35	57	20	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Taylor^†	16	59	24	31	55	24	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Flockhart^†	9	68	27	18	45	40	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Kehoe	17	57	18	27	45	8	-	-	-	-	-
Pat Boutette	15	73	14	26	40	142	-	-	-	-	-
Andy Brickley	23	50	18	20	38	9	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Hotham	6	76	5	25	30	59	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Roulston^†	18	53	11	17	28	8	-	-	-	-	-
Randy Carlyle^‡	25	50	3	23	26	82	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Errey	10	65	9	13	22	29	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthy^†	24	31	4	16	20	52	-	-	-	-	-
Norm Schmidt	3	34	6	12	18	12	-	-	-	-	-
Gary Rissling	20	47	4	13	17	297	-	-	-	-	-
Bryan Maxwell^‡	5	45	3	12	15	84	-	-	-	-	-
Tom O'Regan	8	51	4	10	14	8	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hrynewich	28	25	4	5	9	34	-	-	-	-	-
Marty McSorley	4	72	2	7	9	224	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Thornbury	34	14	1	8	9	16	-	-	-	-	-
Warren Young	35	15	1	7	8	19	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Fox^†	2	49	2	5	7	66	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Gatzos	26	23	3	3	6	15	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McClelland^‡	18	24	2	4	6	62	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Buskas	7	47	2	4	6	60	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Gladney	33	13	1	5	6	2	-	-	-	-	-
Ted Bulley	24	26	3	2	5	12	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Hannan	32	24	2	3	5	33	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Gardner	20	16	0	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Hamilton	13	11	2	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Schutt	27	11	1	3	4	0	-	-	-	-	-
Rocky Saganiuk	11, 33	29	1	3	4	37	-	-	-	-	-
Darren Lowe	35	8	1	2	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
Andre St. Laurent^‡	34	8	2	0	2	21	-	-	-	-	-
Mitch Lamoureux	12	8	1	1	2	6	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Tookey	11	8	0	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Dean De Fazio	12	22	0	2	2	28	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Tebbutt	34	24	0	2	2	31	-	-	-	-	-
Marc Chorney^‡	16	4	0	1	1	8	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Bourque	2	5	0	1	1	12	-	-	-	-	-
Randy Boyd^‡	8	5	0	1	1	6	-	-	-	-	-
Michel Dion	29	30	0	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Grant Sasser	19	3	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Vincent Tremblay	31	4	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
Rich Sutter^‡	23	5	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Todd Charlesworth	27	10	0	0	0	8	-	-	-	-	-
Troy Loney	11	13	0	0	0	9	-	-	-	-	-
Roberto Romano	30	18	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Denis Herron	1	38	0	0	0	21	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only. ^‡Traded mid-season

Goaltenders

Note: GP= Games played; TOI= Time on ice (minutes); W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

		Regular season								Playoffs
Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Denis Herron	1	38	2028	8	24	2	138	1	4.08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roberto Romano	30	18	1020	6	11	0	78	1	4.59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michel Dion	29	30	1553	2	19	4	138	0	5.33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vincent Tremblay	31	4	240	0	4	0	24	0	6.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Awards and records

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1983–84 season:

Trades

August 12, 1983	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rocky Saganiuk Vincent Tremblay	To Toronto Maple Leafs Pat Graham Nick Ricci
September 9, 1983	To Pittsburgh Penguins rights to Kevin Stevens	To Los Angeles Kings Anders Hakansson
September 30, 1983	To Pittsburgh Penguins Canadiens' 5th round pick in 1985 Draft (Bruce Racine)	To Hartford Whalers Greg Malone
October 15, 1983	To Pittsburgh Penguins 6th round pick in 1985 Draft (Stuart Marston)	To Los Angeles Kings Marc Chorney
October 23, 1983	To Pittsburgh Penguins Andy Brickley Ron Flockhart Mark Taylor 1st round pick in 1984 Draft (Roger Belanger) 3rd round pick in 1984 Draft (later traded to Vancouver Canucks; Canucks selected Mike Stevens)	To Philadelphia Flyers Rich Sutter 2nd round pick in 1984 Draft (Greg Smyth) 3rd round pick in 1984 Draft (David McClay)
October 24, 1983	To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations	To Detroit Red Wings Andre St. Laurent
December 5, 1983	To Pittsburgh Penguins Tom Roulston	To Edmonton Oilers Kevin McClelland 6th round pick in 1984 Draft (Emanuel Viveiros)
December 6, 1983	To Pittsburgh Penguins Greg Fox	To Chicago Black Hawks Randy Boyd
January 26, 1984	To Pittsburgh Penguins Kevin McCarthy	To Vancouver Canucks Flyers' 3rd round pick in 1984 Draft (Mike Stevens)
March 5, 1984	To Pittsburgh Penguins 1st round pick in 1984 Draft (Doug Bodger) future considerations (Moe Mantha; May 1, 1984)	To Winnipeg Jets Randy Carlyle

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Greg Tebbutt	Quebec Nordiques	free agency (1983-07-22)
Warren Young	Minnesota North Stars	free agency (1983-08-12)
Tom O'Regan	Boston University Terriers (ECAC)	free agency (1983-09-04)
Bob Gladney	Los Angeles Kings	free agency (1983-09-12)
Tim Tookey	Quebec Nordiques	free agency (1983-09-12)
Ted Bulley	Washington Capitals	free agency (1983-09-30)
Bryan Maxwell	Winnipeg Jets	waivers (1983-10-13)

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
Peter Lee	Düsseldorfer EG	free agency
Paul Baxter	Calgary Flames	free agency (1983-09-29)
Rick MacLeish	Philadelphia Flyers	free agency (1983-10-06)

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

References

^ McFarlane, p. 232
^ "Finder: Lessons can be learned from Angotti and 1984". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2004-03-28.
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

"1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
McFarlane, Brian (1989). One hundred years of hockey. Toronto, Ontario: Deneau Publishers. ISBN 0-88879-216-6.

External links

[1] McFarlane, p. 232

[2] "Finder: Lessons can be learned from Angotti and 1984". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2004-03-28.

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

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