1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 66th season of the franchise, 56th season as the Maple Leafs.

1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division3rd Norris
Conference7th Campbell
1982–83 record28-40-12
Team information
General managerGerry McNamara
CoachMike Nykoluk
CaptainRick Vaive
Alternate captainsNone

Offseason

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NHL Draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 3 Gary Nylund   Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2 24 Gary Leeman   Canada Regina Pats (WHL)
2 25 Peter Ihnacak   Czechoslovakia Prague Sparta (Czechoslovakia)
3 45 Ken Wregget   Canada Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
4 73 Vladimir Ruzicka   Czechoslovakia Litvinov (Czechoslovakia)
5 87 Eduard Uvira   Czechoslovakia Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)
5 99 Sylvain Charland   Canada Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
6 108 Ron Dreger   Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6 115 Craig Kales   United States Niagara Falls Flyers (OHL)
7 129 Dominic Campedelli   United States Cohasset High School (USHS-MA)
7 139 Jeff Triano   Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
9 171 Miroslav Ihnacak   Czechoslovakia Kosice (Czechoslovakia)
10 192 Leigh Verstraete   Canada Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
11 213 Tim Loven   United States Red River High School (USHS-ND)
12 234 Jim Appleby   Canada Winnipeg Warriors (WHL)

Regular season

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Final standings

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Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Chicago Black Hawks 80 47 23 10 338 268 104
Minnesota North Stars 80 40 24 16 321 290 96
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 28 40 12 293 330 68
St. Louis Blues 80 25 40 15 285 316 65
Detroit Red Wings 80 21 44 15 263 344 57

[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.

Record vs. opponents

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Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 6, 1982 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 0–0–1
2 L October 7, 1982 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 0–1–1
3 T October 9, 1982 5–5 New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 0–1–2
4 L October 13, 1982 3–5 Washington Capitals (1982–83) 0–2–2
5 L October 14, 1982 2–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 0–3–2
6 L October 16, 1982 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 0–4–2
7 W October 20, 1982 5–2 Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 1–4–2
8 T October 23, 1982 5–5 Calgary Flames (1982–83) 1–4–3
9 L October 26, 1982 4–9 @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 1–5–3
10 W October 27, 1982 4–1 Boston Bruins (1982–83) 2–5–3
11 T October 30, 1982 3–3 Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 2–5–4
12 L November 3, 1982 2–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 2–6–4
13 T November 6, 1982 3–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 2–6–5
14 L November 7, 1982 3–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 2–7–5
15 W November 10, 1982 8–2 Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 3–7–5
16 W November 13, 1982 4–3 Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 4–7–5
17 L November 17, 1982 1–6 @ New York Rangers (1982–83) 4–8–5
18 L November 20, 1982 3–6 New York Rangers (1982–83) 4–9–5
19 L November 24, 1982 3–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 4–10–5
20 L November 26, 1982 3–5 @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 4–11–5
21 L November 27, 1982 3–6 Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 4–12–5
22 L December 1, 1982 3–7 @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 4–13–5
23 W December 4, 1982 4–1 New York Islanders (1982–83) 5–13–5
24 L December 5, 1982 5–6 @ New York Rangers (1982–83) 5–14–5
25 L December 7, 1982 3–6 @ New York Islanders (1982–83) 5–15–5
26 L December 8, 1982 3–7 Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 5–16–5
27 L December 11, 1982 2–6 Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 5–17–5
28 T December 14, 1982 4–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 5–17–6
29 L December 15, 1982 2–4 St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 5–18–6
30 L December 18, 1982 5–8 Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 5–19–6
31 L December 22, 1982 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 5–20–6
32 L December 23, 1982 3–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 5–21–6
33 T December 28, 1982 4–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 5–21–7
34 W December 29, 1982 6–5 Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 6–21–7
35 W January 1, 1983 7–5 Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 7–21–7
36 W January 2, 1983 6–3 Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 8–21–7
37 T January 5, 1983 4–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 8–21–8
38 W January 6, 1983 3–1 @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 9–21–8
39 W January 8, 1983 7–5 Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 10–21–8
40 L January 12, 1983 4–6 Boston Bruins (1982–83) 10–22–8
41 L January 13, 1983 1–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 10–23–8
42 L January 15, 1983 3–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 10–24–8
43 T January 17, 1983 4–4 St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 10–24–9
44 L January 19, 1983 3–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 10–25–9
45 L January 22, 1983 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 10–26–9
46 W January 24, 1983 8–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 11–26–9
47 T January 26, 1983 6–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 11–26–10
48 L January 27, 1983 1–3 @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 11–27–10
49 W January 29, 1983 5–3 Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 12–27–10
50 L January 31, 1983 2–4 Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 12–28–10
51 W February 2, 1983 7–1 Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 13–28–10
52 W February 5, 1983 6–4 Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 14–28–10
53 L February 6, 1983 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 14–29–10
54 L February 13, 1983 3–5 @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 14–30–10
55 W February 16, 1983 6–3 St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 15–30–10
56 W February 17, 1983 6–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 16–30–10
57 W February 19, 1983 5–3 Calgary Flames (1982–83) 17–30–10
58 W February 21, 1983 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 18–30–10
59 W February 23, 1983 3–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 19–30–10
60 W February 25, 1983 4–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 20–30–10
61 L February 26, 1983 2–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 20–31–10
62 L February 28, 1983 3–6 @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) 20–32–10
63 T March 2, 1983 2–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 20–32–11
64 L March 3, 1983 1–5 @ New York Islanders (1982–83) 20–33–11
65 L March 5, 1983 3–6 Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 20–34–11
66 T March 8, 1983 3–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 20–34–12
67 W March 9, 1983 5–2 St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 21–34–12
68 W March 12, 1983 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 22–34–12
69 W March 13, 1983 5–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 23–34–12
70 L March 16, 1983 3–4 Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 23–35–12
71 L March 18, 1983 3–7 @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 23–36–12
72 L March 20, 1983 3–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 23–37–12
73 L March 21, 1983 1–4 Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 23–38–12
74 W March 23, 1983 6–3 Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 24–38–12
75 L March 24, 1983 4–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 24–39–12
76 W March 26, 1983 2–1 Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 25–39–12
77 W March 29, 1983 4–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 26–39–12
78 W March 30, 1983 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 27–39–12
79 L April 2, 1983 3–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 27–40–12
80 W April 3, 1983 4–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 28–40–12

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Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
John Anderson RW 80 31 49 80 24 -6 9 0 6
Rick Vaive RW 78 51 28 79 105 -13 18 3 8
Peter Ihnacak C 80 28 38 66 44 6 6 0 2
Walt Poddubny LW 72 28 31 59 71 8 9 0 3
Miroslav Frycer RW 67 25 30 55 90 2 5 0 4
Dan Daoust C 48 18 33 51 31 -1 9 0 0
Borje Salming D 69 7 38 45 104 -3 2 1 0
Bill Derlago C 58 13 24 37 27 -19 5 0 1
Greg Terrion LW 74 16 16 32 59 -3 0 3 1
Billy Harris RW 76 11 19 30 26 -15 0 1 0
Jim Korn D/LW 80 8 21 29 236 -27 0 3 1
Gaston Gingras D 45 10 18 28 10 7 4 0 1
Dave Farrish D 56 4 24 28 38 1 3 0 0
Terry Martin LW 76 14 13 27 28 -29 3 1 0
Jim Benning D 74 5 17 22 47 -8 3 0 0
Frank Nigro C 51 6 15 21 23 -1 1 0 0
Mike Kaszycki C 22 1 13 14 10 0 0 0 0
Stew Gavin LW 63 6 5 11 44 -7 0 0 0
Vitezslav Duris D 32 2 8 10 12 3 0 1 0
Barry Melrose D 52 2 5 7 68 -16 0 0 0
Norm Aubin C 26 4 1 5 8 -9 2 0 1
Fred Boimistruck D 26 2 3 5 13 -3 0 0 0
Russ Adam C 8 1 2 3 11 -3 0 0 0
Gary Nylund D 16 0 3 3 16 0 0 0 0
Mike Palmateer G 53 0 3 3 17 0 0 0 0
Serge Boisvert RW 17 0 2 2 4 -10 0 0 0
Marc Magnan LW 4 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0
Craig Muni D 2 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0
David Shand D 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Reid Bailey D 1 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Paul Higgins RW 22 0 0 0 135 -3 0 0 0
Michel Larocque G 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob McGill D 30 0 0 0 146 -24 0 0 0
Bob Parent G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rocky Saganiuk RW/C 3 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0
Rick St. Croix G 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Strong LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vincent Tremblay G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leigh Verstraete RW 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Rod Willard LW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Gary Yaremchuk C 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Mike Palmateer 2965 53 21 23 7 197 3.99 0
Rick St. Croix 920 17 4 9 2 58 3.78 0
Michel Larocque 835 16 3 8 3 68 4.89 0
Bob Parent 40 1 0 0 0 2 3.00 0
Vincent Tremblay 40 1 0 0 0 2 3.00 0
Team: 4800 80 28 40 12 327 4.09 0

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Miroslav Frycer RW 4 2 5 7 0 0 0 0
Rick Vaive RW 4 2 5 7 6 0 0 0
John Anderson RW 4 2 4 6 0 1 0 0
Borje Salming D 4 1 4 5 10 1 0 0
Walt Poddubny LW 4 3 1 4 0 2 0 1
Bill Derlago C 4 3 0 3 2 2 0 0
Gaston Gingras D 3 1 2 3 2 0 0 0
Greg Terrion LW 4 1 2 3 2 0 0 0
Jim Benning D 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Bruce Boudreau C 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
David Shand D 4 1 0 1 13 0 0 0
Billy Harris RW 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Barry Melrose D 4 0 1 1 23 0 0 0
Norm Aubin C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reid Bailey D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Stew Gavin LW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Higgins RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Korn D/LW 3 0 0 0 26 0 0 0
Gary Leeman RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Martin LW 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
Frank Nigro C 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Palmateer G 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rick St. Croix G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Mike Palmateer 252 4 1 3 17 4.05 0
Rick St. Croix 1 1 0 0 1 60.00 0
Team: 253 4 1 3 18 4.27 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

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Despite rocky standings, the Leafs managed to make the playoffs. However, they lost in the preliminary round to the Minnesota North Stars.

Preliminary Round: (N2) Minnesota North Stars vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs

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April 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–5 Minnesota North Stars Met Center Recap  
Gaston Gingras (1) – 07:37 First period 00:34 – Brian Bellows (1)
12:36 – Dino Ciccarelli (1)
Borje Salming (1) – pp – 00:59 Second period 15:18 – ppNeal Broten (1)
Jim Benning (1) – 00:44
Walt Poddubny (1) – pp – 14:36
Third period 06:35 – Brad Maxwell (1)
19:38 – ppBobby Smith (1)
Mike Palmateer 40 saves / 44 shots
Rick St. Croix 0 saves / 1 shot
Goalie stats Don Beaupre 27 saves / 31 shots
April 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–5 OT Minnesota North Stars Met Center Recap  
Miroslav Frycer (1) – 01:05
Bill Derlago (1) – pp – 07:48
First period 18:43 – Steve Payne (1)
Walt Poddubny (2) – 14:51 Second period 03:43 – Ron Friest (1)
09:29 – Gordie Roberts (1)
Dave Shand (1) – 08:01 Third period 17:32 – Bobby Smith (2)
No scoring First overtime period 05:03 – Bobby Smith (3)
Mike Palmateer 40 saves / 45 shots Goalie stats Don Beaupre 35 saves / 39 shots
April 9 Minnesota North Stars 3–6 Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 06:49 – Greg Terrion (1)
Brad Maxwell (2) – pp – 05:35
Brian Bellows (2) – 13:03
Steve Payne (2) – 16:08
Second period 10:59 – ppJohn Anderson (1)
15:46 – Miroslav Frycer (2)
No scoring Third period 05:51 – ppWalt Poddubny (3)
10:42 – Bruce Boudreau (1)
18:53 – en – John Anderson (2)
Don Beaupre 32 saves / 37 shots Goalie stats Mike Palmateer 47 saves / 50 shots
April 10 Minnesota North Stars 5–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leaf Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Brad Maxwell (3) – pp – 10:59 Second period 05:17 – ppBill Derlago (2)
19:17 – Bill Derlago (3)
Bobby Smith (4) – 00:12
Brian Bellows (3) – pp – 10:41
Brian Bellows (4) – 19:38
Third period 06:22 – Rick Vaive (1)
17:13 – Rick Vaive (2)
Dino Ciccarelli (2) – 08:05 First overtime period No scoring
Gilles Meloche 23 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Mike Palmateer 38 saves / 43 shots
Minnesota won series 3–1


Transactions

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The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1982-83 season.

Trades

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September 9, 1982 To Washington Capitals
Cash
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Mike Palmateer
October 5, 1982 To Hartford Whalers
Paul Marshall
To Toronto Maple Leafs
10th round pick in 1983 - Greg Rolston
October 19, 1982 To Los Angeles Kings
4th round pick in 1983 - Dave Korol
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Greg Terrion
December 17, 1982 To Montreal Canadiens
2nd round pick in 1986 - Benoit Brunet
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Gaston Gingras
January 10, 1983 To Minnesota North Stars
Dave Logan
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash
January 10, 1983 To Philadelphia Flyers
Michel Larocque
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rick St. Croix
January 15, 1983 To Edmonton Oilers
Serge Boisvert
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Reid Bailey
January 23, 1983 To Chicago Black Hawks
Rod Willard
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dave Snopek

Free agents

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Player Former Team
Rod Willard Undrafted Free Agent
Bruce Dowie Undrafted Free Agent

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
  4. ^ "1982-83 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.