| 1983–84Chicago Black Hawks | |
|---|---|
| Division | 4thNorris |
| Conference | 8thCampbell |
| 1983–84 record | 30–42–8 |
| Home record | 25–13–2 |
| Road record | 5–29–6 |
| Goals for | 277 |
| Goals against | 311 |
| Team information | |
| General manager | Bob Pulford |
| Coach | Orval Tessier |
| Captain | Darryl Sutter |
| Alternate captains | None |
| Arena | Chicago Stadium |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Denis Savard 37 |
| Assists | Denis Savard 57 |
| Points | Denis Savard 94 |
| Penalty minutes | Behn Wilson 143 |
| Plus/minus | Troy Murray +10 |
| Wins | Murray Bannerman 23 |
| Goals against average | Murray Bannerman 3.38 |
The1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks season was the 58th season of operation of theChicago Black Hawks in theNational Hockey League (NHL).
The Black Hawks had a fairly quiet off-season, however, the club did complete a trade with thePhiladelphia Flyers, sending defensemanDoug Crossman and their second-round draft pick in the1984 NHL entry draft to the Flyers in exchange for defensemanBehn Wilson. Wilson had spent his entire five-year career with Philadelphia, and in the1982–83 season had 8 goals and 32 points in 62 games, as well as 92 penalty minutes.
At the1983 NHL entry draft, Chicago selected defensemanBruce Cassidy from theOttawa 67's of theOntario Hockey League (OHL) with their first-round draft pick. Cassidy appeared in 70 games with the 67's, scoring 25 goals and 111 points. In the tenth round of the draft, the club selected goaltender and futureHockey Hall of FameerDominik Hasek.
The Black Hawks got off to a solid start, going 7–3–0 in their first ten games. However, Chicago would win one of their next seven games to fall below the .500 mark with an 8–9–0 record. The Hawks continued to struggle, as they team had trouble scoring goals, as they limped their way to a 30–42–8 record, earning 68 points and the fourth and final playoff position in theNorris Division, seven points ahead of the fifth-placedToronto Maple Leafs. Chicago's point total was 36 fewer than the previous season, and the 271 goals that they scored ranked them 19th, 3rd worst in the NHL.
Denis Savard led the club with 37 goals, a career-high. However, his 94-points total was a 27-point drop off from the previous season.Steve Larmer had 35 goals and 75 points while appearing in all 80 games.Doug Wilson led the Black Hawks defence, scoring 13 goals and 58 points, andBob Murray had 11 goals and 48 points. Behn Wilson led the team with 143 penalty minutes.
In goal,Murray Bannerman became the number one goalie, going 23–29–4 with a 3.38 goals against average (GAA) and a .887 save percentage in 56 games.Tony Esposito became the backup, as he had a 5–10–3 record with a 4.82 GAA and a .859 save percentage in 18 games.
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 345 | 344 | 88 |
| St. Louis Blues | 80 | 32 | 41 | 7 | 293 | 316 | 71 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 31 | 42 | 7 | 298 | 323 | 69 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 80 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 277 | 311 | 68 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 26 | 45 | 9 | 303 | 387 | 61 |
[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.
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
The Black Hawks opened the playoffs with a best-of-fiveNorris Division semi-final series against theMinnesota North Stars, who finished the season with the best record in the division at 39–31–10, earning 88 points, which was 20 more than the Black Hawks. Chicago had eliminated the North Stars from the playoffs during the previous two seasons, in 1982 and 1983. The series opened with two games at theMet Center inBloomington, Minnesota, and Hawks, led by two third period goals byAl Secord and 34 saves byMurray Bannerman stunned the North Stars and took the first game by a 3–1 score. Despite heavily outshooting and outplaying the Black Hawks in the second game, Minnesota and Chicago were tied at three after two periods. In the third period, the North Stars put the game away, scoring three times, en route to a 6–5 win and tying the series at 1-1. The series shifted toChicago Stadium for the next two games, and the North Stars easily handed the Black Hawks a 4–1 loss in the third game to take the series lead. In the fourth game, Chicago'sTroy Murray scored a late third period goal, helping the Hawks to a 4–3 victory, and force a fifth and deciding game back in Minnesota. In the fifth game, the North StarsDennis Maruk led the way with two goals, as Minnesota defeated Chicago 4-1 and eliminated the Black Hawks.
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Legend: Win Loss |
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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| Denis Savard | C | 75 | 37 | 57 | 94 | 71 | -13 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Steve Larmer | RW | 80 | 35 | 40 | 75 | 34 | -1 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| Doug Wilson | D | 66 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 64 | -11 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Gardner | C | 79 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bob Murray | D | 78 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Lysiak | C | 54 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 35 | -13 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Darryl Sutter | LW | 59 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 44 | -18 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Keith Brown | D | 74 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 94 | -18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Behn Wilson | D | 59 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 143 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Troy Murray | C | 61 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Ludzik | C | 80 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 73 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Preston | RW | 75 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 50 | -21 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Denis Cyr | RW | 46 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Larmer | LW | 36 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Curt Fraser | LW | 29 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack O'Callahan | D | 70 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 67 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Paterson | C | 72 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 41 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Feamster | D | 46 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 42 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Yaremchuk | C | 47 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Marsh | RW | 43 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 44 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Secord | LW | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Tim Higgins | RW | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Dietrich | D | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Fox | D | 24 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McMurchy | RW | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 42 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Dupont | D | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 116 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray Bannerman | G | 56 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Boyd | D | 23 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Esposito | G | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrel Anholt | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Camazzola | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Cassidy | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Frawley | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Janecyk | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perry Pelensky | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florent Robidoux | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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| Murray Bannerman | 3335 | 56 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 188 | 3.38 | 2 |
| Tony Esposito | 1095 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 88 | 4.82 | 1 |
| Bob Janecyk | 412 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 4.08 | 0 |
| Team: | 4842 | 80 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 304 | 3.77 | 3 |
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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| Al Secord | LW | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Murray | D | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Larmer | RW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Savard | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wilson | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Lysiak | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Paterson | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darryl Sutter | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Larmer | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Murray | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Murray Bannerman | G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Brown | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Feamster | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Gardner | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Ludzik | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Preston | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Dupont | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Fraser | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack O'Callahan | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Behn Wilson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Yaremchuk | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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| Murray Bannerman | 300 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 |
| Team: | 300 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 |
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;
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Chicago's draft picks at the1983 NHL entry draft held at theMontreal Forum inMontreal.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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| 1 | 18 | Bruce Cassidy | Ottawa 67's (OHL) | |
| 2 | 39 | Wayne Presley | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) | |
| 3 | 59 | Marc Bergevin | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) | |
| 4 | 79 | Tarek Howard | Olds Grizzlys (AJHL) | |
| 5 | 99 | Kevin Robinson | Toronto Marlboros (OHL) | |
| 6 | 115 | Jari Torkki | Rauma (Finland) | |
| 6 | 119 | Mark LaVarre | Stratford Cullitons (MWJBHL) | |
| 7 | 139 | Scott Birnie | Cornwall Royals (OHL) | |
| 8 | 159 | Kent Paynter | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) | |
| 9 | 179 | Brian Noonan | Archbishop Williams High School (USHS-MA) | |
| 10 | 199 | Dominik Hašek | HC Pardubice (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 11 | 219 | Steve Pepin | Saint-Jean Castors (QMJHL) |