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 (Oct–Mar) ; Vacant (Mar–Apr)
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

1983–84 Schedule

October: 3–9–0 (Home: 0–7–0 ; Road: 3–2–0), 6 Points

November: 3–7–3 (Home: 1–3–2 ; Road: 2–4–1), 9 Points

December: 3–8–2 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 1–4–1), 8 Points

January: 1–11–0 (Home: 0–5–0 ; Road: 1–6–0), 2 Points

February: 3–10–1 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 1–6–0), 7 Points

March: 3–12–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 1–7–0), 6 Points

April: 0–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–0), 0 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

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

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[4]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mike Bullard	76	51	41	92	–33	57
Doug Shedden	67	22	35	57	–38	20
Mark Taylor^†	59	24	31	55	–20	24
Rick Kehoe	57	18	27	45	–20	8
Ron Flockhart^†	68	27	18	45	–19	40
Pat Boutette	73	14	26	40	–56	142
Andy Brickley	50	18	20	38	–7	9
Greg Hotham	76	5	25	30	–25	59
Tom Roulston^†	53	11	17	28	–31	8
Randy Carlyle^‡	50	3	23	26	–25	82
Bob Errey	65	9	13	22	–20	29
Kevin McCarthy^†	31	4	16	20	–32	52
Norm Schmidt	34	6	12	18	–1	12
Gary Rissling	47	4	13	17	–9	297
Bryan Maxwell^†	45	3	12	15	2	84
Tom O'Regan	51	4	10	14	–22	8
Marty McSorley	72	2	7	9	–39	224
Tom Thornbury	14	1	8	9	–19	16
Tim Hrynewich	25	4	5	9	–10	34
Warren Young	15	1	7	8	–2	19
Greg Fox^†	49	2	5	7	–42	66
Bob Gladney	13	1	5	6	–1	2
Rod Buskas	47	2	4	6	–18	60
Steve Gatzos	23	3	3	6	–9	15
Kevin McClelland^‡	24	2	4	6	–7	62
Ted Bulley	26	3	2	5	–14	12
Paul Gardner	16	0	5	5	–4	6
Dave Hannan	24	2	3	5	–2	33
Rocky Saganiuk	29	1	3	4	–12	37
Jim Hamilton	11	2	2	4	2	4
Rod Schutt	11	1	3	4	0	4
Darren Lowe	8	1	2	3	–5	0
André St. Laurent^‡	8	2	0	2	0	21
Mitch Lamoureux	8	1	1	2	–6	6
Tim Tookey	8	0	2	2	–2	2
Greg Tebbutt	24	0	2	2	–26	31
Dean DeFazio	22	0	2	2	–11	28
Phil Bourque	5	0	1	1	–2	12
Randy Boyd^‡	5	0	1	1	–2	6
Marc Chorney^‡	4	0	1	1	–4	8
Rich Sutter^‡	5	0	0	0	–2	0
Todd Charlesworth	10	0	0	0	–7	8
Troy Loney	13	0	0	0	–7	9
Grant Sasser	3	0	0	0	–2	0
Total		254	417	671	—	1,656

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[5]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Denis Herron	38	2028:00	8	24	2	138	4.08	1200	0.885	1
Roberto Romano	18	1020:00	6	11	0	78	4.59	629	0.876	1
Michel Dion	30	1553:00	2	19	4	138	5.33	937	0.853	0
Vincent Tremblay	4	240:00	0	4	0	24	6.00	142	0.831	0
Total		4841:00	16	58	6	378	4.68	2908	0.870	2

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

Awards and records

Rick Kehoe established a new franchise record for points with 634. He topped the previous record of 603 held by Jean Pronovost.
Pat Boutette established a new franchise record for lowest plus-minus with –56. He topped the previous record of –51 held by Paul Baxter.
fewest wins in team history (16)
fewest points in team history (38)

Transactions

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

Trades

August 15, 1983	To Toronto Maple Leafs Pat Graham Nick Ricci	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rocky Saganiuk Vincent Tremblay
September 9, 1983	To Los Angeles Kings Anders Hakansson	To Pittsburgh Penguins rights to Kevin Stevens
September 30, 1983	To Hartford Whalers Greg Malone	To Pittsburgh Penguins 1985 3rd round pick
October 15, 1983	To Los Angeles Kings Marc Chorney	To Pittsburgh Penguins 1985 6th round pick
October 23, 1983	To Philadelphia Flyers Rich Sutter 1984 2nd round pick 1984 3rd round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Andy Brickley Ron Flockhart Mark Taylor 1984 1st round pick 1984 3rd round pick
October 24, 1983	To Detroit Red Wings Andre St. Laurent	To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations
December 5, 1983	To Edmonton Oilers Kevin McClelland 1984 6th round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Tom Roulston
December 6, 1983	To Chicago Blackhawks Randy Boyd	To Pittsburgh Penguins Greg Fox
January 26, 1984	To Vancouver Canucks 1984 3rd round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Kevin McCarthy
March 5, 1984	To Winnipeg Jets Randy Carlyle	To Pittsburgh Penguins 1984 1st round pick future considerations (Moe Mantha)

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

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
2	Phil Bourque	D	L	21	Undrafted	Chelmsford, Massachusetts
15	Patrick Boutette	LW	R	32	1972	Windsor, Ontario
23	Andy Brickley	LW	L	22	1980	Melrose, Massachusetts
22	Michael Bullard	C	L	23	1980	Ottawa, Ontario
24	Edward Bulley	LW	R	29	1975	Windsor, Ontario
7	Rod Buskas	D	R	23	1981	Wetaskiwin, Alberta
27	Todd Charlesworth	D	R	19	1983	Calgary, Alberta
12	Dean DeFazio	LW	R	21	1981	Ottawa, Ontario
29	Michel Dion	G	R	30	Undrafted	Granby, Quebec
10	Bob Errey	LW	L	19	1983	Montreal, Quebec
9	Ron Flockhart	C	R	23	Undrafted	Smithers, British Columbia
2	Gregory Fox	D	R	30	1973	Port McNeill, British Columbia
20	Paul Gardner	C	L	28	1976	Fort Erie, Ontario
26	Steve Gatzos	RW	R	22	1981	Toronto, Ontario
33	Robert Gladney	D	R	26	1977	Come-By-Chance, Newfoundland
13	James Hamilton	RW	L	27	1977	Barrie, Ontario
32	David Hannan	C	L	22	1981	Sudbury, Ontario
1	Denis Herron	G	L	31	1972	Chambly, Quebec
6	Gregory Hotham	D	R	28	1976	London, Ontario
28	Tim Hrynewich	LW	R	20	1982	Leamington, Ontario
17	Rick Kehoe	RW	R	32	1971	Windsor, Ontario
12	Mitch Lamoureux	C	R	21	1981	Ottawa, Ontario
11	Troy Loney	LW	L	20	1982	Bow Island, Alberta
35	Darrin Lowe	RW	R	23	Undrafted	Toronto, Ontario
5	Bryan Maxwell	D	R	28	1975	North Bay, Ontario
24	Kevin McCarthy	D	R	26	1977	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported	Marty McSorley	D	R	21	Undrafted	Cayuga, Ontario
8	Thomas O'Regan	C	R	22	Undrafted	Cambridge, Massachusetts
20	Gary Rissling	LW	R	27	Undrafted	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
30	Roberto Romano	G	R	21	Undrafted	Montreal, Quebec
18	Thomas Roulston	C	R	26	1977	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported	Rocky Saganiuk	RW	R	26	1977	Myrnam, Alberta
19	Grant Sasser	C	R	20	1982	Portland, Oregon
3	Norm Schmidt	D	R	21	1981	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
27	Rodney Schutt	LW	L	27	1976	Bancroft, Ontario
14	Douglas Shedden	C	R	23	1980	Wallaceburg, Ontario
16	Mark Taylor	C	R	25	1978	Vancouver, British Columbia
34	Gregory Tebbutt	D	R	27	1977	North Vancouver, British Columbia
34	Thomas Thornbury	RW	R	21	1981	Lindsay, Ontario
11	Timothy Tookey	C	L	23	1979	Edmonton, Alberta
31	Vincent Tremblay	G	R	23	1979	Quebec City, Quebec
35	Warren Young	C	R	28	1976	Toronto, Ontario

Draft picks

The 1983 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 8, 1983 in Montreal, Quebec.^[6]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Bob Errey	Left Wing	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	22	Todd Charlesworth	Defense	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3	58	Mike Rowe	Defense	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
4	63	Frank Pietrangelo	Goaltender	Canada	U. of Minnesota (NCAA)
6	103	Patrick Emond	Center	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
7	123	Paul Ames	Defense	United States	Billerica H.S. (Massachusetts)
9	163	Marty Ketola	Right Wing	United States	Cloquet H.S. (Minn.)
10	183	Alec Haidy	Right Wing	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
11	203	Garth Hildebrand	Left Wing	Canada	Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
12	223	Dave Goertz	Defense	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)

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.
^ "1983–1984 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
^ "1983–1984 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
^ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL. Retrieved June 27, 2014.

"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.

[4] "1983–1984 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[5] "1983–1984 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.

[6] "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL. Retrieved June 27, 2014.

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