1983–84 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Division | 3rd Patrick |
Conference | 5th Wales |
1983–84 record | 44–26–10 |
Home record | 25–10–5 |
Road record | 19–16–5 |
Goals for | 350 (4th) |
Goals against | 290 (6th) |
Team information | |
President | Jay Snider |
General manager | Bob McCammon |
Coach | Bob McCammon |
Captain | Bobby Clarke |
Alternate captains | None [a] |
Arena | Spectrum |
Average attendance | 16,636 [1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Springfield Indians Toledo Goaldiggers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Tim Kerr (54) |
Assists | Brian Propp (53) |
Points | Tim Kerr (93) |
Penalty minutes | Glen Cochrane (225) |
Plus/minus | Brian Propp (+49) |
Wins | Bob Froese (28) |
Goals against average | Bob Froese (3.15) |
The 1983–84 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 17th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the final season of the playing careers of Hockey Hall of Famers Bill Barber and Bobby Clarke, the Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Washington Capitals in a three-game sweep.
Bob McCammon replaced Keith Allen as general manager in the off-season, and retained his position as head coach. [2] McCammon had received an offer from the Pittsburgh Penguins to become their general manager. [2]
The youth of the team began to take over the reins from the old guard as Tim Kerr recorded his first 50-goal season. The team finished in third place.
The 1983–84 regular season saw Barber play his final games as he would officially announce his retirement following the next season after being unable to return from reconstructive knee surgery.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
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The Flyers were swept in three games for the second consecutive season, this time by the Washington Capitals.
After the loss, Flyers President Jay Snider informed Bob McCammon he could no longer continue as head coach. [5] As GM, McCammon disagreed a change was needed, so he resigned from both positions altogether on April 25. [5] On May 15, Bobby Clarke retired from playing and was named vice president and general manager of the team. [6]
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October: 9–3–1, 19 points (home: 5–1–1; road: 4–2–0)
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November: 5–5–2, 12 points (home: 2–2–1; road: 3–3–1)
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December: 6–3–3, 15 points (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–1–2)
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January: 7–4–2, 16 points (home: 3–2–0; road: 4–2–2)
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February: 7–5–2, 16 points (home: 5–2–2; road: 2–3–0)
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March: 10–5–0, 20 points (home: 7–0–0; road: 3–5–0)
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April: 0–1–0, 0 points (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
1984 Stanley Cup playoffs [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Division Semifinals vs. Washington Capitals – Capitals win 3–0
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
12 | Tim Kerr | RW | 79 | 54 | 39 | 93 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
26 | Brian Propp | LW | 79 | 39 | 53 | 92 | 49 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 6 |
20 | Dave Poulin | LW | 73 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 31 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
27 | Darryl Sittler | C | 76 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 13 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 7 |
16 | Bobby Clarke | C | 73 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 23 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
7 | Bill Barber | LW | 63 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 4 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Mark Howe | D | 71 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 30 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Ron Sutter | C | 79 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 4 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
23 | Ilkka Sinisalo | LW | 73 | 29 | 17 | 46 | 22 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Thomas Eriksson | D | 68 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 28 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 |
3 | Doug Crossman | D | 78 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 23 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
11 | Len Hachborn | C | 38 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 |
9 | Miroslav Dvorak | D | 66 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
15 | Rich Sutter† | RW | 70 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 10 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
10 | Brad McCrimmon | D | 71 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
29 | Glen Cochrane | D | 67 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 225 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
17 | Paul Holmgren‡ | RW | 52 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Rick MacLeish‡ | C | 29 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Ray Allison | RW | 37 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
8 | Brad Marsh | D | 77 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
25 | Paul Guay† | RW | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
22 | Ross Fitzpatrick | C | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Dave Brown | RW | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
28 | Daryl Stanley | D | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 19 |
18 | Lindsay Carson | C | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 |
11 | Ron Flockhart‡ | 23 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Bob Froese | G | 48 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
31 | Pelle Lindbergh | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | Randy Holt | D | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Mark Taylor‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Frank Bathe | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Bob Froese | 48 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 1324 | 150 | 3.15 | .887 | 2 | 2,854:48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 11 | 4.37 | .855 | 0 | 151:12 |
31 | Pelle Lindbergh | 36 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 963 | 135 | 4.07 | .860 | 1 | 1,990:28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7.01 | .769 | 0 | 25:40 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Thomas Eriksson ( Defense) | [8] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Tim Kerr | [9] |
Brian Propp | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Pelle Lindbergh (October 11) | [10] | |
Tim Kerr (March 16) | |||
Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Miroslav Dvorak | [11] |
Class Guy Award | Dave Poulin | [11] |
Among the team records set during the 1983–84 season was the franchise high 350 goals scored on the season. [12] On December 15 against the Washington Capitals, the Flyers scored three shorthanded goals during the game (tied for the team record) and three during the second period. [13] [14] On March 22 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Flyers scored 13 goals, a franchise high which was tied seven months later. [15] 1984 was the final year of Bobby Clarke's team record twelve consecutive years in the playoffs streak dating back to 1973. [16]
The 1983–84 season was the final NHL seasons for three longtime Flyers — Clarke, Bill Barber, and Rick MacLeish — who hold several career records for the team. Clarke holds the regular season marks for seasons played (15, tied with Claude Giroux), games played (1,144), assists (852), and points (1,210). [17] [18] [19] [20] Clarke also holds the playoff marks for seasons played (13), games played (136), assists (77), and points (119). [21] [22] [23] [24] Barber holds the regular season mark for goals scored (420) and is tied for the playoff mark for goals scored (53) with MacLeish. [25] [26]
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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Overtime goal, regular season | Bobby Clarke | November 20, 1983 [b] | [27] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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400th goal | Bill Barber | October 9, 1983 [c] | [29] |
600th assist | Darryl Sittler | November 29, 1983 [d] | [30] |
1000th game played | Darryl Sittler | January 8, 1984 |
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 18, 1983, the day after the deciding game of the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 19, 1984, the day of the deciding game of the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals. [31]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 8, 1983 | To Philadelphia Flyers Doug Crossman 2nd-round pick in 1984 |
To
Chicago Black Hawks Behn Wilson |
[32] |
September 9, 1983 [e] | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations |
To
Hartford Whalers Tom Gorence |
[33] |
October 23, 1983 | To Philadelphia Flyers Rich Sutter 2nd-round pick in 1984 3rd-round pick in 1984 |
To
Pittsburgh Penguins Andy Brickley Ron Flockhart Mark Taylor 1st-round pick in 1984 3rd-round pick in 1984 |
[34] |
January 5, 1984 | To Philadelphia Flyers Cash |
To
St. Louis Blues Michel Larocque |
[35] |
January 8, 1984 | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations |
To
Detroit Red Wings Rick MacLeish |
[36] |
February 23, 1984 | To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Paul Guay 3rd-round pick in 1985 |
To
Minnesota North Stars Paul Holmgren |
[37] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 30, 1983 | Randy Holt | Washington Capitals | Free agency | [38] | |
October 6, 1983 | Rick MacLeish | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1-year | Free agency | [39] |
May 1, 1984 | Darren Jensen | Fort Wayne Komets ( IHL) | multi-year | Free agency | [40] |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref |
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August 1, 1983 | John Paddock | New Jersey Devils | Free agency | [41] |
August 15, 1983 | Bob Hoffmeyer | New Jersey Devils | Free agency | [42] |
N/A | Gord Williams | Retirement | [43] | |
October 1983 | Tom Gorence | Edmonton Oilers [f] | Release | [33] |
May 15, 1984 | Bobby Clarke | Retirement | [6] |
Date | Player | Term | Ref |
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August 15, 1983 | Thomas Eriksson | multi-year | [42] |
February 23, 1984 | Paul Holmgren | 2-year | [37] |
May 9, 1984 | Todd Bergen | multi-year | [44] |
Dave Poulin | multi-year | [44] | |
Rick Tocchet | multi-year | [44] | |
Peter Zezel | multi-year | [44] |
Philadelphia's picks at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, on June 8, 1983. [45]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) | Notes |
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2 | 41 | Peter Zezel | Center | Canada | Toronto Marlboros ( OHL) | |
3 | 44 | Derrick Smith | Left wing | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) | [g] |
4 | 81 | Allen Bourbeau | Center | United States | Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (Massachusetts) | |
5 | 101 | Jerome Carrier | Defense | Canada | Verdun Juniors ( QMJHL) | |
6 | 121 | Rick Tocchet | Right wing | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) | |
7 | 141 | Bob Mormina | Forward | Canada | Longueuil Chevaliers (QMJHL) | |
8 | 161 | Pelle Eklund | Center | Sweden | AIK ( Elitserien) | |
9 | 181 | Robbie Nichols | Right wing | Canada | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) | |
10 | 201 | Bill McCormack | Center | United States | Westminster School (Conn.) | |
11 | 221 | Brian Jopling | Goaltender | United States | Williston Northampton School (Massachusetts) | |
12 | 241 | Harold Duvall | Left wing | United States | Belmont Hill School (Massachusetts) |
The Flyers were affiliated with the Springfield Indians of the AHL [47] [48] and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL. [49]
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