1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks season

1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks
Division	4th Norris
Conference	8th Campbell
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
Penalties in minutes	Behn Wilson 143
Plus/minus	Troy Murray +10
Wins	Murray Bannerman 23
Goals against average	Murray Bannerman 3.38
<1982–83 1984–85>

Offseason

The Black Hawks had a fairly quiet off-season, however, the club did complete a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers. Chicago traded defenceman Doug Crossman and the Black Hawks second round draft pick in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft to the Flyers for defenceman Behn Wilson. Wilson had spent his entire five year career with Philadelphia, and in the 1982-83 he had eight goals and 32 points in 62 games, as well as accumulating 92 penalty minutes.

At the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, Chicago selected defenceman Bruce Cassidy from the Ottawa 67's of the OHL with their first round draft pick. Cassidy appeared in 70 games with Ottawa, scoring 25 goals and 111 points. In the tenth round of the draft, the club selected goaltender Dominik Hasek.

Regular season

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 the Norris Division, seven points ahead of the fifth place Toronto Maple Leafs. Chicago's point total was 36 fewer than the previous season, and the 271 goals that they scored ranked them 19th in the league.

Denis Savard led the club with 37 goals, a career high, and with 94 points, however, that 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, and Bob 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 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.

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 1983	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	1–0–0
2	L	October 8, 1983	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	1–1–0
3	W	October 9, 1983	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	2–1–0
4	W	October 12, 1983	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	3–1–0
5	L	October 15, 1983	8–10	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	3–2–0
6	W	October 16, 1983	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	4–2–0
7	W	October 19, 1983	6–3	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	5–2–0
8	L	October 22, 1983	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	5–3–0
9	W	October 23, 1983	7–4	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	6–3–0
10	W	October 25, 1983	5–1	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	7–3–0
11	L	October 27, 1983	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	7–4–0
12	W	October 30, 1983	6–1	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	8–4–0
13	L	November 3, 1983	4–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	8–5–0
14	L	November 5, 1983	5–10	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	8–6–0
15	L	November 6, 1983	3–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	8–7–0
16	L	November 9, 1983	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	8–8–0
17	L	November 12, 1983	1–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	8–9–0
18	W	November 13, 1983	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	9–9–0
19	W	November 16, 1983	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	10–9–0
20	T	November 19, 1983	5–5 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	10–9–1
21	L	November 20, 1983	3–4	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	10–10–1
22	T	November 23, 1983	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	10–10–2
23	L	November 25, 1983	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	10–11–2
24	L	November 26, 1983	3–9	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	10–12–2
25	L	November 29, 1983	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	10–13–2
26	W	November 30, 1983	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	11–13–2
27	L	December 3, 1983	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	11–14–2
28	W	December 7, 1983	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	12–14–2
29	L	December 8, 1983	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	12–15–2
30	W	December 11, 1983	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	13–15–2
31	L	December 13, 1983	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	13–16–2
32	L	December 14, 1983	5–6	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	13–17–2
33	W	December 17, 1983	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	14–17–2
34	L	December 18, 1983	1–5	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	14–18–2
35	T	December 21, 1983	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	14–18–3
36	L	December 23, 1983	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	14–19–3
37	W	December 26, 1983	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	15–19–3
38	L	December 28, 1983	4–7	New York Rangers (1983–84)	15–20–3
39	L	December 31, 1983	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	15–21–3
40	L	January 2, 1984	5–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	15–22–3
41	W	January 4, 1984	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	16–22–3
42	L	January 7, 1984	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	16–23–3
43	W	January 8, 1984	2–0	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	17–23–3
44	L	January 11, 1984	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	17–24–3
45	T	January 14, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	17–24–4
46	W	January 15, 1984	2–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	18–24–4
47	L	January 18, 1984	1–9	New York Islanders (1983–84)	18–25–4
48	L	January 20, 1984	3–5	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	18–26–4
49	T	January 21, 1984	4–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	18–26–5
50	W	January 23, 1984	6–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	19–26–5
51	L	January 25, 1984	3–5	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	19–27–5
52	W	January 28, 1984	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	20–27–5
53	T	January 29, 1984	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	20–27–6
54	W	February 1, 1984	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	21–27–6
55	L	February 3, 1984	3–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	21–28–6
56	L	February 5, 1984	3–4	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	21–29–6
57	L	February 8, 1984	0–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	21–30–6
58	T	February 11, 1984	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	21–30–7
59	L	February 12, 1984	4–6	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	21–31–7
60	W	February 15, 1984	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	22–31–7
61	L	February 18, 1984	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	22–32–7
62	W	February 19, 1984	6–5	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	23–32–7
63	W	February 22, 1984	4–2	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	24–32–7
64	T	February 25, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	24–32–8
65	L	February 26, 1984	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	24–33–8
66	W	February 29, 1984	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	25–33–8
67	L	March 3, 1984	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	25–34–8
68	W	March 4, 1984	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	26–34–8
69	L	March 7, 1984	4–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	26–35–8
70	L	March 9, 1984	3–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	26–36–8
71	L	March 11, 1984	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	26–37–8
72	L	March 14, 1984	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	26–38–8
73	L	March 16, 1984	5–6	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	26–39–8
74	L	March 19, 1984	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	26–40–8
75	W	March 21, 1984	6–2	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	27–40–8
76	L	March 24, 1984	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	27–41–8
77	W	March 25, 1984	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	28–41–8
78	L	March 28, 1984	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	28–42–8
79	W	March 31, 1984	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	29–42–8
80	W	April 1, 1984	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	30–42–8

Playoffs

Minnesota North Stars 3, Chicago Black Hawks 2

The Black Hawks opened the playoffs with a best-of-five Norris Division semi-final series against the Minnesota 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 the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Hawks, led by two third period goals by Al Secord and 34 saves by Murray 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 to Chicago 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's Troy 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 Stars Dennis Maruk led the way with two goals, as Minnesota defeated Chicago 4-1 and eliminated the Black Hawks.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 4	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	Minnesota North Stars	1-0
2	April 5	Chicago Black Hawks	5–6	Minnesota North Stars	1-1
3	April 7	Minnesota North Stars	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks	1-2
4	April 8	Minnesota North Stars	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks	2-2
5	April 10	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	Minnesota North Stars	2-3

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	75	37	57	94	71	-13	12	0	5
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	80	35	40	75	34	-1	13	0	3
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	66	13	45	58	64	-11	4	1	1
Gardner, BillBill Gardner	C	79	27	21	48	12	1	3	3	3
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	78	11	37	48	78	1	3	1	1
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	54	17	30	47	35	-13	5	1	2
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	59	20	20	40	44	-18	8	0	4
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	74	10	25	35	94	-18	3	0	0
Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	D	59	10	22	32	143	-5	3	0	1
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	61	15	15	30	45	10	0	1	2
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	80	9	20	29	73	-5	0	0	0
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	75	10	18	28	50	-21	3	1	1
Cyr, DenisDenis Cyr	RW	46	12	13	25	19	0	6	0	1
Larmer, JeffJeff Larmer	LW	36	9	13	22	20	3	2	0	1
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	29	5	12	17	28	9	1	0	0
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	70	4	13	17	67	-6	0	0	1
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	72	7	6	13	41	-13	0	0	0
Feamster, DaveDave Feamster	D	46	6	7	13	42	-8	0	0	0
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	47	6	7	13	19	-7	0	0	0
Marsh, PeterPeter Marsh	RW	43	4	6	10	44	-11	0	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	14	4	4	8	77	7	1	0	3
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	32	1	4	5	21	1	0	0	1
Dietrich, DonDon Dietrich	D	17	0	5	5	0	-1	0	0	0
Fox, GregGreg Fox	D	24	0	5	5	31	0	0	0	0
McMurchy, TomTom McMurchy	RW	27	3	1	4	42	-7	0	0	0
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont	D	36	2	2	4	116	-11	0	0	0
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	56	0	4	4	17	0	0	0	0
Boyd, RandyRandy Boyd	D	23	0	4	4	16	0	0	0	0
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	G	18	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Anholt, DarrelDarrel Anholt	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Camazzola, JamesJames Camazzola	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cassidy, BruceBruce Cassidy	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frawley, DanDan Frawley	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk	G	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Pelensky, PerryPerry Pelensky	RW	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Robidoux, FlorentFlorent Robidoux	LW	9	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	3335	56	23	29	4	188	3.38	2
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	1095	18	5	10	3	88	4.82	1
Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk	412	8	2	3	1	28	4.08	0
Team:	4842	80	30	42	8	304	3.77	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	5	3	4	7	28	0	0	1
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	5	3	1	4	6	1	0	0
Larmer, SteveSteve Larmer	RW	5	2	2	4	7	1	0	0
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	5	1	3	4	9	0	0	0
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	5	0	3	3	2	0	0	0
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	5	1	1	2	6	0	1	0
Sutter, DarrylDarryl Sutter	LW	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Larmer, JeffJeff Larmer	LW	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0
Murray, TroyTroy Murray	C	5	1	0	1	7	0	0	1
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	G	5	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	D	5	0	1	1	10	0	0	0
Feamster, DaveDave Feamster	D	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Gardner, BillBill Gardner	C	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ludzik, SteveSteve Ludzik	C	4	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Dupont, JeromeJerome Dupont	D	4	0	0	0	15	0	0	0
Fraser, CurtCurt Fraser	LW	5	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
O'Callahan, JackJack O'Callahan	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yaremchuk, KenKen Yaremchuk	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Bannerman, MurrayMurray Bannerman	300	5	2	3	17	3.40	0
Team:	300	5	2	3	17	3.40	0

^[2]

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;

See also

• 1983–84 NHL season

References

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
2. "1983-84 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

External links

• "1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.