1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks season was the 58th season of operation of the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks
Division4th Norris
Conference8th Campbell
1983–84 record30–42–8
Home record25–13–2
Road record5–29–6
Goals for277
Goals against311
Team information
General managerBob Pulford
CoachOrval Tessier
CaptainDarryl Sutter
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaChicago Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsDenis Savard 37
AssistsDenis Savard 57
PointsDenis Savard 94
Penalty minutesBehn Wilson 143
Plus/minusTroy Murray +10
WinsMurray Bannerman 23
Goals against averageMurray Bannerman 3.38

Off-season

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The Black Hawks had a fairly quiet off-season, however, the club did complete a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers, sending defenseman Doug Crossman and their second-round draft pick in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft to the Flyers in exchange for defenseman Behn Wilson. Wilson had spent his entire five-year career with Philadelphia, and in the 1982–83 season had 8 goals and 32 points in 62 games, as well as 92 penalty minutes.

At the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, Chicago selected defenseman Bruce Cassidy from the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario 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 future Hockey Hall of Fameer Dominik Hasek.

Regular season

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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-placed Toronto 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, 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 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.

Final standings

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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.

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 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

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Minnesota North Stars 3, Chicago Black Hawks 2

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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 statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
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
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
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

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
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
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Murray Bannerman 300 5 2 3 17 3.40 0
Team: 300 5 2 3 17 3.40 0

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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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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Chicago's draft picks at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 18 Bruce Cassidy   Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2 39 Wayne Presley   United States Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3 59 Marc Bergevin   Canada Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
4 79 Tarek Howard   Canada Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)
5 99 Kevin Robinson   Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
6 115 Jari Torkki   Finland Rauma (Finland)
6 119 Mark LaVarre   United States Stratford Cullitons (MWJBHL)
7 139 Scott Birnie   Canada Cornwall Royals (OHL)
8 159 Kent Paynter   Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
9 179 Brian Noonan   United States Archbishop Williams High School (USHS-MA)
10 199 Dominik Hašek   Czechoslovakia HC Pardubice (Czechoslovakia)
11 219 Steve Pepin   Canada Saint-Jean Castors (QMJHL)

Farm teams

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See also

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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. ^ "1983-84 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
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