1983–84 Calgary Flames season

1983–84 Calgary Flames
Division	2nd Smythe
Conference	3rd Campbell
1983–84 record	34–32–14
Home record	22–11–7
Road record	12–21–7
Goals for	311
Goals against	314
Team information
General manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Bob Johnson
Captain	Lanny McDonald and Doug Risebrough
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Olympic Saddledome
Average attendance	16,674
Team leaders
Goals	Eddy Beers (36)
Assists	Kent Nilsson (49)
Points	Kent Nilsson (80)
Penalty minutes	Paul Baxter (182)
Wins	Rejean Lemelin (21)
Goals against average	Rejean Lemelin (3.50)

The 1983–84 Calgary Flames season was the fourth season in Calgary and 12th for the Flames franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flames finished in second place in the Smythe Division, earning a first round playoff match-up against the Vancouver Canucks. Calgary defeated Vancouver in four games to face the top team in the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers. The Flames took the series to the maximum seven games, ultimately falling to the Oilers in the seventh game by a 7–4 score.

The Flames moved into the Olympic Saddledome in 1983.

The Flames moved into their new arena, the Olympic Saddledome after spending their first three seasons playing out of the Stampede Corral. Built at a cost of $100 million CAD, the Saddledome was also set to serve as a venue for the 1988 Winter Olympics. The arena's distinctive roof lent itself to the arena's name. The first game was played on October 15, 1983, against the Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers would win the game 4–3.

Also debuting for the Flames in 1983–84 was the team's mascot, Harvey the Hound. Harvey became the first mascot in the NHL when he debuted February 16, 1984. Harvey was also briefly the mascot of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, but would later be replaced by the Stamps with their own mascot, Ralph the Dog.

Lanny McDonald was the Flames lone representative at the 1984 All-Star Game, while both Hakan Loob and Jamie Macoun were named to the NHL's All-Rookie team.

Regular season

Season standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Edmonton Oilers	80	57	18	5	446	314	119
Calgary Flames	80	34	32	14	311	314	82
Vancouver Canucks	80	32	39	9	306	328	73
Winnipeg Jets	80	31	38	11	340	374	73
Los Angeles Kings	80	23	44	13	309	376	59

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

Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Smythe Division

1983–84 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
Calgary	—	0−7−1	4−3−1	5−2−1	4−1−3	13−13−6
Edmonton	7−0−1	—	6−2	6−1−1	8−0	27−3−2
Los Angeles	3−4−1	2−6	—	4−3−1	0−5−3	9−18−5
Vancouver	2−5−1	1−6−1	3−4−1	—	5−2−1	11−17−4
Winnipeg	1−4−3	0−8	5−0−3	2−5−1	—	8−17−7

Vs. Norris Division

1983–84 NHL records
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
Calgary	2−1	1−2	2−1	2−0−1	1−0−2	8−4−3
Edmonton	2−1	3−0	2−0−1	1−2	2−1	10−4−1
Los Angeles	3−0	2−0−1	1−1−1	1−1−1	0−2−1	7−4−4
Vancouver	1−2	2−1	1−1−1	1−2	1−0−2	6−6−3
Winnipeg	2−1	0−1−2	1−2	2−1	3−0	8−5−2

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Adams Division

1983–84 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
Calgary	0−2−1	0−3	2−0−1	1−2	1−2	4−9−2
Edmonton	2−1	2−1	2−1	2−1	3−0	11−4−0
Los Angeles	0−3	0−2−1	1−2	2−1	0−3	3−11−1
Vancouver	0−2−1	0−3	3−0	2−1	2−1	7−7−1
Winnipeg	1−2	0−3	2−0−1	1−1−1	2−1	6−7−2

Vs. Patrick Division

1983–84 NHL records
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
Calgary	2−0−1	3−0	1−2	1−2	1−0−2	1−2	9−6−3
Edmonton	2−0−1	0−3	2−1	0−2−1	3−0	2−1	9−7−2
Los Angeles	1−2	0−2−1	0−1−2	1−2	2−1	0−3	4−11−3
Vancouver	2−1	0−3	1−1–1	2−1	2−1	1−2	8−9−1
Winnipeg	2−1	2−1	1−2	1−2	2−1	1−2	9−9−0

Schedule and results

1983–84 regular season
October: 5–6–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–5–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 1 October 5 Calgary 5 – 3 Vancouver 1–0–0 2 2 October 9 Calgary 1 – 1 Winnipeg OT 1–0–1 3 3 October 12 Calgary 5 – 7 Minnesota 1–1–1 3 4 October 15 Edmonton 4 – 3 Calgary 1–2–1 3 5 October 16 Calgary 1 – 5 Edmonton 1–3–1 3 6 October 18 Calgary 4 – 3 NY Islanders 2–3–1 5 7 October 19 Calgary 1 – 3 NY Rangers 2–4–1 5 8 October 22 Calgary 1 – 4 Detroit 2–5–1 5 9 October 23 Calgary 4 – 7 Chicago 2–6–1 5 10 October 26 St. Louis 4 – 5 Calgary 3–6–1 7 11 October 28 Winnipeg 1 – 7 Calgary 4–6–1 9 12 October 30 Vancouver 3 – 4 Calgary OT 5–6–1 11
November: 5–4–3 (home: 3–2–2; road: 2–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 13 November 3 Pittsburgh 3 – 3 Calgary OT 5–6–2 12 14 November 5 Toronto 3 – 5 Calgary 6–6–2 14 15 November 8 Calgary 4 – 4 Pittsburgh OT 6–6–3 15 16 November 9 Calgary 3 – 4 NY Rangers 6–7–3 15 17 November 12 Calgary 4 – 3 New Jersey OT 7–7–3 17 18 November 13 Calgary 2 – 11 Buffalo 7–8–3 17 19 November 17 New Jersey 4 – 5 Calgary 8–8–3 19 20 November 19 Buffalo 5 – 2 Calgary 8–9–3 19 21 November 21 Los Angeles 4 – 7 Calgary 9–9–3 21 22 November 24 Winnipeg 4 – 4 Calgary OT 9–9–4 22 23 November 26 Calgary 4 – 1 Los Angeles 10–9–4 24 24 November 29 Philadelphia 8 – 5 Calgary 10–10–4 24
December: 4–7–2 (home: 4–2–0; road: 0–5–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 25 December 1 NY Islanders 2 – 6 Calgary 11–10–4 26 26 December 3 Calgary 2 – 4 Montreal 11–11–4 26 27 December 6 Calgary 1 – 8 Quebec 11–12–4 26 28 December 8 Calgary 3 – 4 Washington 11–13–4 26 29 December 10 Calgary 3 – 3 Toronto OT 11–13–5 27 30 December 14 Quebec 2 – 4 Calgary 12–13–5 29 31 December 16 Calgary 3 – 5 Vancouver 12–14–5 29 32 December 19 Winnipeg 6 – 7 Calgary 13–14–5 31 33 December 21 Calgary 4 – 7 Los Angeles 13–15–5 31 34 December 23 Calgary 5 – 5 Edmonton OT 13–15–6 32 35 December 26 Edmonton 6 – 3 Calgary 13–16–6 32 36 December 28 Boston 5 – 3 Calgary 13–17–6 32 37 December 30 Vancouver 1 – 5 Calgary 14–17–6 34
January: 5–2–5 (home: 3–1–3; road: 2–1–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 38 January 1 Calgary 3 – 3 Winnipeg OT 14–17–7 35 39 January 3 Edmonton 9 – 6 Calgary 14–18–7 35 40 January 5 Minnesota 4 – 5 Calgary 15–18–7 37 41 January 7 Calgary 1 – 7 Los Angeles 15–19–7 37 42 January 11 Winnipeg 5 – 9 Calgary 16–19–7 39 43 January 13 Hartford 3 – 3 Calgary OT 16–19–8 40 44 January 15 Washington 2 – 3 Calgary 17–19–8 42 45 January 17 Calgary 2 – 2 St. Louis OT 17–19–9 43 46 January 18 Calgary 4 – 2 Detroit 18–19–9 45 47 January 21 Calgary 3 – 2 Montreal 19–19–9 47 48 January 25 New Jersey 2 – 2 Calgary OT 19–19–10 48 49 January 27 Los Angeles 2 – 2 Calgary OT 19–19–11 49
February: 9–4–2 (home: 5–0–2; road: 4–4–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 50 February 2 NY Rangers 1 – 8 Calgary 20–19–11 51 51 February 3 Calgary 5 – 10 Edmonton 20–20–11 51 52 February 5 Vancouver 2 – 4 Calgary 21–20–11 53 53 February 7 Calgary 2 – 1 St. Louis 22–20–11 55 54 February 8 Calgary 1 – 6 Washington 22–21–11 55 55 February 11 Calgary 6 – 3 Hartford 23–21–11 57 56 February 12 Calgary 6 – 4 Chicago 24–21–11 59 57 February 16 Pittsburgh 3 – 10 Calgary 25–21–11 61 58 February 18 Boston 5 – 5 Calgary OT 25–21–12 62 59 February 19 Calgary 2 – 5 Vancouver 25–22–12 62 60 February 21 Toronto 2 – 2 Calgary OT 25–22–13 63 61 February 23 Vancouver 2 – 3 Calgary OT 26–22–13 65 62 February 24 Calgary 3 – 5 Edmonton 26–23–13 65 63 February 26 Calgary 5 – 2 Los Angeles 27–23–13 67 64 February 28 Los Angeles 1 – 9 Calgary 28–23–13 69
March: 6–8–1 (home: 4–4–0; road: 2–4–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 65 March 1 Philadelphia 1 – 5 Calgary 29–23–13 71 66 March 3 Montreal 3 – 1 Calgary 29–24–13 71 67 March 6 Calgary 3 – 4 Quebec 29–25–13 71 68 March 8 Calgary 2 – 3 Boston 29–26–13 71 69 March 10 Calgary 5 – 4 NY Islanders OT 30–26–13 73 70 March 11 Calgary 2 – 3 Philadelphia 30–27–13 73 71 March 14 Calgary 2 – 4 Buffalo 30–28–13 73 72 March 16 Chicago 5 – 6 Calgary 31–28–13 75 73 March 18 Calgary 4 – 3 Winnipeg 32–28–13 77 74 March 20 Hartford 1 – 4 Calgary 33–28–13 79 75 March 22 Detroit 6 – 4 Calgary 33–29–13 79 76 March 25 Calgary 4 – 4 Vancouver OT 33–29–14 80 77 March 27 Edmonton 9 – 2 Calgary 33–30–14 80 78 March 29 Los Angeles 6 – 3 Calgary 33–31–14 80 79 March 31 Minnesota 3 – 10 Calgary 34–31–14 82
April: 0–1–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–1–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Pts 80 April 1 Calgary 2 – 3 Winnipeg 34–32–14 82
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1984 Stanley Cup playoffs
Smythe Division Semifinals vs. Vancouver Canucks – Flames win 3–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 4 Vancouver 3 – 5 Calgary Calgary leads 1–0 2 April 5 Vancouver 2 – 4 Calgary Calgary leads 2–0 3 April 7 Calgary 0 – 7 Vancouver Calgary leads 2–1 4 April 8 Calgary 5 – 1 Vancouver Calgary wins 3–1
Smythe Division Finals vs. Edmonton Oilers – Oilers win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 12 Calgary 2 – 5 Edmonton Edmonton leads 1–0 2 April 13 Calgary 6 – 5 Edmonton OT Series tied 1–1 3 April 15 Edmonton 3 – 2 Calgary Edmonton leads 2–1 4 April 16 Edmonton 5 – 3 Calgary Edmonton leads 3–1 5 April 18 Calgary 5 – 4 Edmonton Edmonton leads 3–2 6 April 20 Edmonton 4 – 5 Calgary OT Series tied 3–3 7 April 22 Calgary 4 – 7 Edmonton Edmonton wins 4–3
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Kent Nilsson	14		67	31	49	80	22		–	–	–	–	-
Eddy Beers	27		73	36	39	75	88		11	2	5	7	12
Lanny McDonald	9		65	33	33	66	64		11	6	7	13	6
Hakan Loob	12		77	30	25	55	22		11	2	3	5	2
Dan Quinn	10		54	19	33	52	20		8	3	5	8	4
Doug Risebrough	8		77	23	28	51	161		11	2	1	3	25
Mike Eaves	7		61	14	36	50	20		11	4	4	8	2
Al MacInnis	2		51	11	34	45	42		11	2	12	14	13
Kari Eloranta	20		78	5	34	39	44		6	0	2	2	2
Jim Peplinski	24		74	11	22	33	114		11	3	4	7	21
Jamie Macoun	34		72	9	23	32	97		11	1	0	1	0
Colin Patterson	11		56	13	14	27	15		11	1	1	2	6
Paul Baxter	4		74	7	20	27	182		11	0	2	2	37
Steve Tambellini	15		73	15	10	25	16		2	0	1	1	0
Richard Kromm	22		53	11	12	23	27		11	1	1	2	9
Paul Reinhart	23		27	6	15	21	10		11	6	11	17	2
Steve Bozek	26		46	10	10	20	16		10	3	1	4	15
Jim Jackson	16		49	6	14	20	13		6	1	1	2	4
Steve Konroyd	3		80	1	13	14	94		8	1	2	3	8
Dave Hindmarch	18		29	6	5	11	2		–	–	–	–	-
Tony Stiles	21		30	2	7	9	20		–	–	–	–	-
Jamie Hislop	17		27	1	8	9	2		–	–	–	–	-
Tim Hunter	19		43	4	4	8	130		7	0	0	0	21
Carey Wilson	33		15	2	5	&	2		6	3	1	4	2
Mickey Volcan	5		19	1	4	5	18		–	–	–	–	-
Charlie Bourgeois	28		17	1	3	4	35		8	0	1	1	27
Bruce Eakin	25		7	2	1	3	4		–	–	–	–	-
Kari Jalonen	21		9	0	3	3	0		–	–	–	–	-
Rejean Lemelin	31		51	0	3	3	6		8	0	0	0	0
Keith Hanson	6		25	0	2	2	77		–	–	–	–	-
Don Edwards	1		41	0	2	2	2		6	0	0	0	0
Neil Sheehy	5		2	2	0	2	3		4	0	0	0	4
Dan Bolduc	32		2	0	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0
Mike Vernon	30		1	0	0	0	0		–	–	–	–	-
Jeff Brubaker	29		4	0	0	0	19		–	–	–	–	-

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

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; 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
Rejean Lemelin	31		51	2568	21	12	9	150	0	3.50		8	448	2	1	32	0	4.29
Don Edwards	1		41	2303	13	19	5	157	0	4.09		6	217	4	4	23	0	3.32
Mike Vernon	30		1	11	0	1	0	4	0	21.82		–	–	–	–	–	–	-.--

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1983–84 season.

Trades

June 8, 1983	To Calgary Flames Mike Eaves Keith Hanson	To Minnesota North Stars Steve Christoff Montreal Canadiens' 2nd round pick in 1983 entry draft (Frank Musil)
June 20, 1983	To Calgary Flames Steve Bozek	To Los Angeles Kings Kevin LaVallee Carl Mokosak
June 21, 1983	To Calgary Flames Steve Tambellini Joel Quenneville	To New Jersey Devils Mel Bridgman Phil Russell
July 5, 1983	To Calgary Flames Mickey Volcan	To Hartford Whalers Richie Dunn Joel Quenneville
September 6, 1983	To Calgary Flames Future Considerations	To St. Louis Blues Guy Chouinard

Free agents

Player Former team D Neil Sheehy Harvard University (NCAA) D Paul Baxter Pittsburgh Penguins

Player New team RW Tim Harrer Minnesota North Stars C Kari Jalonen Edmonton Oilers

Waivers

Player Former team LW Jeff Brubaker Quebec Nordiques

Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1983 NHL entry draft, held in Montreal.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
						GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	13	Dan Quinn	Canada	C	Belleville Bulls (OHL)	805	266	419	685	533
3	51	Brian Bradley	Canada	C	London Knights (OHL)	651	182	321	503	528
3	55	Perry Berezan	Canada	C	St. Albert Saints (AJHL)	378	61	75	136	277
4	66	John Bekkers	Canada	F	Regina Pats (WHL)
4	71	Kevan Guy	Canada	D	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	156	5	20	25	138
4	77	Bill Claviter	United States	LW	N/A
5	91	Igor Liba	Czechoslovakia	LW	N/A	37	7	18	25	36
6	111	Grant Blair	Canada	G	Harvard (ECAC Hockey)
7	131	Jeff Hogg	Canada	G	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
8	151	Chris MacDonald	Canada	D	Western Michigan (CCHA)
9	171	Rob Kivell	Canada	D	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
10	191	Tom Pratt	United States	D	N/A
11	211	Jaroslav Benak	Czechoslovakia	D	N/A
12	231	Sergei Makarov	Soviet Union	RW	HC CSKA Moscow (USSR)	424	134	250	384	317

See also

• 1983–84 NHL season

References

• Player stats: 2007–08 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 128.
• Game log: 2007–08 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 140.
• Team standings: 1983–84 NHL standings @hockeydb.com
• Trades: Individual player pages at hockeydb.com