1984–85 St. Louis Blues season

1984–85 St. Louis Blues
Norris Division champions
Division	1st Norris
Conference	Campbell
1984–85 record	37–31–12
Goals for	299
Goals against	288
Team information
General manager	Ron Caron
Coach	Jacques Demers
Captain	Brian Sutter
Alternate captains	None

The 1984–85 St. Louis Blues season was the St. Louis Blues' 18th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
St. Louis Blues	80	37	31	12	299	288	86
Chicago Black Hawks	80	38	35	7	309	299	83
Detroit Red Wings	80	27	41	12	313	357	66
Minnesota North Stars	80	25	43	12	268	321	62
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	20	52	8	253	358	48

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

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Norris Division 1984–85 NHL records Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR Total Chicago — 3−3−2 4−3−1 3−4−1 6−1−1 16−11−5 Detroit 3−3−2 — 3−2−3 1−6−1 5−3 12−14−6 Minnesota 3−4−1 2−3−3 — 1−6−1 6−2 12−15−5 St. Louis 4−3−1 6−1−1 6−1−1 — 4−3−1 20−8−4 Toronto 1−6−1 3−5 2−6 3−4−1 — 9−21−2 Vs. Smythe Division 1984–85 NHL records Team CGY EDM LAK VAN WIN Total Chicago 2−1 0−3 2−0−1 2−1 1−1−1 7−6−2 Detroit 1−2 0−3 1−2 2−1 0−2−1 4−10−1 Minnesota 0−1−2 0−3 1−1−1 1−1−1 1−2 3−8−4 St. Louis 3−0 0−3 2−1 3−0 1−0−2 9−4−2 Toronto 0−3 0−2−1 1−2 1−1−1 0−3 2−11−2 Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Adams Division 1984–85 NHL records Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total Chicago 3−0 0−3 1−2 2−1 0−3 6−9−0 Detroit 0−3 1−1−1 1−2 1−1−1 2−1 5−8−2 Minnesota 0−3 0−3 2−1 2−1 0−3 4−11−0 St. Louis 0−1−2 2−1 1−2 0−2−1 1−2 4−8−3 Toronto 1−2 1−2 1−2 3−0 0−1−2 6−7−2 Vs. Patrick Division 1984–85 NHL records Team NJD NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total Chicago 3−0 0−3 3−0 1−2 2−1 0−3 9−9−0 Detroit 1−1−1 1−2 2−1 0−2−1 1−1−1 1−2 6−9−3 Minnesota 1−1−1 1−1−1 2−1 0−3 2−1 0−2−1 6−9−3 St. Louis 2−0−1 0−3 0−2−1 0−3 2−1 0−2−1 4−11−3 Toronto 0−3 1−2 0−2−1 1−2 1−2 0−2−1 3−13−2

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1984	4–2	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	1–0–0
2	L	October 12, 1984	1–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	1–1–0
3	W	October 14, 1984	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	2–1–0
4	L	October 17, 1984	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	2–2–0
5	W	October 20, 1984	8–3	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	3–2–0
6	L	October 24, 1984	1–4	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	3–3–0
7	L	October 25, 1984	2–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	3–4–0
8	L	October 27, 1984	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	3–5–0
9	W	October 31, 1984	6–5 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	4–5–0
10	W	November 3, 1984	5–2	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	5–5–0
11	L	November 6, 1984	3–6	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	5–6–0
12	W	November 8, 1984	6–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	6–6–0
13	L	November 9, 1984	0–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	6–7–0
14	T	November 11, 1984	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	6–7–1
15	L	November 14, 1984	3–7	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	6–8–1
16	W	November 16, 1984	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	7–8–1
17	W	November 20, 1984	5–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	8–8–1
18	W	November 23, 1984	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	9–8–1
19	L	November 24, 1984	6–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	9–9–1
20	W	November 27, 1984	6–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	10–9–1
21	W	November 30, 1984	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	11–9–1
22	W	December 1, 1984	10–5	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	12–9–1
23	T	December 4, 1984	2–2 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	12–9–2
24	L	December 5, 1984	4–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	12–10–2
25	T	December 8, 1984	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	12–10–3
26	T	December 11, 1984	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	12–10–4
27	T	December 13, 1984	4–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	12–10–5
28	L	December 15, 1984	2–8	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	12–11–5
29	W	December 17, 1984	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	13–11–5
30	W	December 19, 1984	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	14–11–5
31	L	December 22, 1984	5–7	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	14–12–5
32	L	December 23, 1984	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	14–13–5
33	W	December 26, 1984	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	15–13–5
34	L	December 29, 1984	1–5	New York Islanders (1984–85)	15–14–5
35	L	December 30, 1984	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	15–15–5
36	T	January 3, 1985	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	15–15–6
37	L	January 5, 1985	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	15–16–6
38	W	January 6, 1985	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	16–16–6
39	L	January 9, 1985	2–4	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	16–17–6
40	W	January 10, 1985	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	17–17–6
41	T	January 12, 1985	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1984–85)	17–17–7
42	T	January 16, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	17–17–8
43	W	January 18, 1985	6–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	18–17–8
44	L	January 19, 1985	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	18–18–8
45	W	January 21, 1985	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	19–18–8
46	W	January 25, 1985	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	20–18–8
47	L	January 26, 1985	3–7	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	20–19–8
48	T	January 29, 1985	6–6 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	20–19–9
49	W	January 31, 1985	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	21–19–9
50	W	February 2, 1985	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	22–19–9
51	W	February 3, 1985	6–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	23–19–9
52	W	February 6, 1985	4–0	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	24–19–9
53	T	February 7, 1985	5–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	24–19–10
54	W	February 9, 1985	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	25–19–10
55	W	February 14, 1985	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	26–19–10
56	W	February 16, 1985	6–4	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	27–19–10
57	L	February 19, 1985	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	27–20–10
58	L	February 20, 1985	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	27–21–10
59	W	February 22, 1985	4–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	28–21–10
60	W	February 24, 1985	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	29–21–10
61	W	February 27, 1985	3–1	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	30–21–10
62	T	March 2, 1985	4–4 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	30–21–11
63	L	March 3, 1985	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	30–22–11
64	W	March 5, 1985	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	31–22–11
65	W	March 7, 1985	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	32–22–11
66	L	March 9, 1985	1–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	32–23–11
67	W	March 10, 1985	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	33–23–11
68	L	March 12, 1985	5–6	New York Islanders (1984–85)	33–24–11
69	L	March 16, 1985	0–5	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	33–25–11
70	L	March 18, 1985	3–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	33–26–11
71	L	March 20, 1985	2–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	33–27–11
72	T	March 21, 1985	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	33–27–12
73	W	March 23, 1985	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	34–27–12
74	L	March 27, 1985	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	34–28–12
75	L	March 28, 1985	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	34–29–12
76	L	March 30, 1985	1–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	34–30–12
77	W	April 2, 1985	8–4	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	35–30–12
78	L	April 4, 1985	4–5	New York Rangers (1984–85)	35–31–12
79	W	April 6, 1985	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	36–31–12
80	W	April 7, 1985	6–5 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	37–31–12

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bernie Federko	C	76	30	73	103	27	-10	6	0	3
Joe Mullen	RW	79	40	52	92	6	5	13	0	4
Brian Sutter	LW	77	37	37	74	121	11	14	0	7
Doug Gilmour	C	78	21	36	57	49	3	3	1	3
Jorgen Pettersson	LW	75	23	32	55	20	8	8	0	3
Doug Wickenheiser	C	68	23	20	43	36	9	1	2	3
Greg Paslawski	RW	72	22	20	42	21	6	7	0	2
Mark Reeds	RW	80	9	30	39	25	8	0	1	4
Rob Ramage	D	80	7	31	38	178	-7	1	0	0
Dave Barr	RW	75	16	18	34	32	5	2	0	1
Kevin LaVallee	LW	38	15	17	32	8	2	2	0	1
Craig Levie	D	61	6	23	29	33	2	2	0	1
Tim Bothwell	D	79	4	22	26	62	27	1	0	0
Rik Wilson	D	51	8	16	24	39	14	3	0	0
Pat Hickey	LW	57	10	13	23	32	-4	0	3	1
Perry Anderson	LW	71	9	9	18	146	2	0	0	1
Gilbert Delorme	D	74	2	12	14	53	7	1	0	0
Mark Johnson	C	17	4	6	10	2	-2	2	0	0
Denis Cyr	RW	9	5	3	8	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Pavese	D	51	2	5	7	69	-4	0	0	1
Terry Johnson	D	74	0	7	7	120	13	0	0	0
Alain Lemieux	C	19	4	2	6	0	2	0	0	1
Dwight Schofield	D	43	1	4	5	184	-4	0	0	0
Luc Dufour	LW	23	1	3	4	18	-8	0	0	0
Brian Benning	D	4	0	2	2	0	-6	0	0	0
Perry Ganchar	RW	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Liut	G	32	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Rick Wamsley	G	40	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Heinz	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Millen	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Rick Wamsley	2319	40	23	12	5	126	3.26	0
Mike Liut	1869	32	12	12	6	119	3.82	1
Greg Millen	607	10	2	7	1	35	3.46	0
Rick Heinz	70	2	0	0	0	3	2.57	0
Team:	4865	80	37	31	12	283	3.49	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Rob Ramage	D	3	1	3	4	6	-3	0	1	0
Brian Sutter	LW	3	2	1	3	2	-1	2	0	0
Doug Gilmour	C	3	1	1	2	2	-4	0	0	0
Jorgen Pettersson	LW	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Federko	C	3	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0
Mark Johnson	C	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rik Wilson	D	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Perry Anderson	LW	3	0	0	0	7	-1	0	0	0
Dave Barr	RW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Tim Bothwell	D	3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Denis Cyr	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Gilbert Delorme	D	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Luc Dufour	LW	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Pat Hickey	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Terry Johnson	D	3	0	0	0	19	-3	0	0	0
Craig Levie	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Greg Millen	G	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Joe Mullen	RW	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Greg Paslawski	RW	3	0	0	0	2	-5	0	0	0
Jim Pavese	D	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Mark Reeds	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Schofield	D	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Rick Wamsley	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Greg Millen	60	1	0	1	2	2.00	0
Rick Wamsley	120	2	0	2	7	3.50	0
Team:	180	3	0	3	9	3.00	0

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

St. Louis's draft picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	26	Brian Benning	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	32	Tony Hrkac	Canada	Orillia Travelways (OJHL)
3	50	Toby Ducolon	United States	Bellows Free Academy (USHS-VT)
3	53	Robert Dirk	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	56	Alan Perry	United States	Mount St. Charles Academy (USHS-RI)
4	71	Graham Herring	Canada	Longueuil Chevaliers (QMJHL)
5	92	Scott Paluch	United States	Franklin Park Jets (USHL)
6	113	Steve Tuttle	Canada	Richmond Sockeyes (BCJHL)
7	134	Cliff Ronning	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
8	148	Don Porter	Canada	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
8	155	Jim Vesey	United States	Columbus High School (USHS-MA)
9	176	Daniel Jomphe	Canada	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
10	196	Tom Tilley	Canada	Orillia Travelways (OPJHL)
11	217	Mark Cupolo	Canada	Guelph Platers (OHL)
12	237	Mark Lanigan	United States	Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)

See also

• 1984–85 NHL season

References

• "1984–85 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 21, 2009.