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1983–84 St. Louis Blues season

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1983–84 St. Louis Blues
Division2nd Norris
ConferenceCampbell
1983–84 record32-41-7
Team information
General managerRon Caron
CoachJacques Demers
CaptainBrian Sutter
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaSt. Louis Arena

The 1983–84 St. Louis Blues season was the 17th in franchise history. It involved the team finishing with a 32-41-7 record, good for 71 points, while placing second place in the Norris Division. It was also the season that The Checkerdome was renamed as The Arena, going back to its original name.

Offseason

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The Blues did not participate in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, shortly after the league blocked the franchise's relocation to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Regular season

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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 4, 1983 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 1–0–0
2 L October 5, 1983 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 1–1–0
3 W October 8, 1983 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 2–1–0
4 W October 11, 1983 3–2 Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 3–1–0
5 W October 13, 1983 7–4 Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 4–1–0
6 W October 15, 1983 6–5 New York Rangers (1983–84) 5–1–0
7 L October 19, 1983 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 5–2–0
8 W October 22, 1983 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 6–2–0
9 L October 25, 1983 1–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 6–3–0
10 L October 26, 1983 4–5 @ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 6–4–0
11 L October 29, 1983 2–3 Boston Bruins (1983–84) 6–5–0
12 L November 1, 1983 2–3 Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 6–6–0
13 L November 3, 1983 5–9 @ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 6–7–0
14 W November 5, 1983 7–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 7–7–0
15 T November 8, 1983 5–5 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 7–7–1
16 L November 10, 1983 2–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 7–8–1
17 L November 12, 1983 2–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 7–9–1
18 L November 15, 1983 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 7–10–1
19 L November 16, 1983 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 7–11–1
20 T November 19, 1983 4–4 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 7–11–2
21 W November 22, 1983 7–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 8–11–2
22 L November 23, 1983 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 8–12–2
23 W November 26, 1983 8–6 Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 9–12–2
24 T November 29, 1983 5–5 OT New York Islanders (1983–84) 9–12–3
25 L December 2, 1983 6–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 9–13–3
26 L December 3, 1983 2–7 @ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 9–14–3
27 W December 6, 1983 8–2 Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 10–14–3
28 W December 7, 1983 4–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 11–14–3
29 W December 10, 1983 8–3 Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 12–14–3
30 W December 13, 1983 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 13–14–3
31 T December 14, 1983 4–4 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 13–14–4
32 L December 17, 1983 3–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 13–15–4
33 L December 20, 1983 2–5 Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 13–16–4
34 L December 21, 1983 4–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 13–17–4
35 L December 23, 1983 3–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 13–18–4
36 L December 26, 1983 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 13–19–4
37 W December 27, 1983 5–4 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 14–19–4
38 W December 29, 1983 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 15–19–4
39 W December 31, 1983 2–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 16–19–4
40 W January 3, 1984 8–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 17–19–4
41 L January 5, 1984 1–5 @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 17–20–4
42 L January 7, 1984 0–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 17–21–4
43 W January 8, 1984 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 18–21–4
44 W January 10, 1984 2–0 Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 19–21–4
45 L January 12, 1984 2–6 Boston Bruins (1983–84) 19–22–4
46 L January 14, 1984 2–4 Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 19–23–4
47 T January 17, 1984 2–2 OT Calgary Flames (1983–84) 19–23–5
48 L January 18, 1984 2–6 @ New York Rangers (1983–84) 19–24–5
49 W January 20, 1984 4–3 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 20–24–5
50 L January 21, 1984 1–2 Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 20–25–5
51 W January 24, 1984 6–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 21–25–5
52 L January 27, 1984 8–10 Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 21–26–5
53 L January 29, 1984 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1983–84) 21–27–5
54 W February 2, 1984 5–2 @ New York Islanders (1983–84) 22–27–5
55 L February 4, 1984 3–7 Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 22–28–5
56 L February 7, 1984 1–2 Calgary Flames (1983–84) 22–29–5
57 T February 11, 1984 1–1 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 22–29–6
58 W February 15, 1984 4–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 23–29–6
59 L February 16, 1984 2–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 23–30–6
60 L February 18, 1984 2–4 Washington Capitals (1983–84) 23–31–6
61 L February 19, 1984 5–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 23–32–6
62 L February 21, 1984 5–6 Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 23–33–6
63 L February 23, 1984 1–5 @ New York Islanders (1983–84) 23–34–6
64 T February 25, 1984 3–3 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 23–34–7
65 L February 26, 1984 0–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 23–35–7
66 W February 28, 1984 5–2 Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 24–35–7
67 W February 29, 1984 7–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 25–35–7
68 W March 3, 1984 4–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 26–35–7
69 L March 6, 1984 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 26–36–7
70 L March 8, 1984 3–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 26–37–7
71 W March 10, 1984 6–5 OT New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 27–37–7
72 W March 13, 1984 2–0 Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 28–37–7
73 W March 15, 1984 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 29–37–7
74 L March 17, 1984 4–6 Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 29–38–7
75 W March 18, 1984 5–3 @ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 30–38–7
76 W March 20, 1984 9–3 Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 31–38–7
77 W March 24, 1984 7–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 32–38–7
78 L March 26, 1984 3–4 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 32–39–7
79 L March 30, 1984 1–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 32–40–7
80 L March 31, 1984 4–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 32–41–7

Playoffs

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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
Bernie Federko C 79 41 66 107 43 -3 14 0 4
Joe Mullen RW 80 41 44 85 19 -8 13 0 6
Brian Sutter LW 76 32 51 83 162 -6 14 2 3
Jorgen Pettersson LW 77 28 34 62 29 -2 7 0 7
Rob Ramage D 80 15 45 60 121 -11 9 0 3
Doug Gilmour C 80 25 28 53 57 6 3 1 1
Guy Chouinard C 64 12 34 46 10 -15 4 0 2
Wayne Babych RW 70 13 29 42 52 1 3 0 0
Doug Wickenheiser C 46 7 21 28 19 10 2 0 1
Mark Reeds RW 65 11 14 25 23 -3 3 1 0
Perry Turnbull C 32 14 8 22 81 -2 1 0 0
Pat Hickey LW 69 9 11 20 24 -3 0 0 1
Rik Wilson D 48 7 11 18 53 4 2 0 1
Andre Dore D 55 3 12 15 58 3 0 0 1
Tim Bothwell D 62 2 13 15 65 22 1 0 0
Greg Paslawski RW 34 8 6 14 17 4 1 0 0
Jack Carlson LW 58 6 8 14 95 9 0 0 0
Dwight Schofield D 70 4 10 14 219 -3 0 0 1
Perry Anderson LW 50 7 5 12 195 -13 0 0 1
Blake Dunlop C 17 1 10 11 4 -1 0 0 0
Dave Pichette D 23 0 11 11 6 -5 0 0 0
Alain Lemieux C 17 4 5 9 6 0 1 0 0
Terry Johnson D 65 2 6 8 143 5 0 0 0
Jack Brownschidle D 51 1 7 8 19 -21 1 0 0
Gilbert Delorme D 44 0 5 5 41 -7 0 0 0
Mike Liut G 58 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Patey C 17 0 1 1 8 -12 0 0 0
Jim Pavese D 4 0 1 1 19 -1 0 0 0
Dave Barr RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Perry Ganchar RW 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rick Heinz G 22 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Ralph Klassen C 5 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0
Michel Larocque G 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
John Markell LW 2 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Mike Liut 3425 58 25 29 4 197 3.45 3
Rick Heinz 1118 22 7 7 3 80 4.29 0
Michel Larocque 300 5 0 5 0 31 6.20 0
Team: 4843 80 32 41 7 308 3.82 3

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Doug Gilmour C 11 2 9 11 10 1 0 1
Jorgen Pettersson LW 11 7 3 10 2 2 0 1
Rob Ramage D 11 1 8 9 32 1 0 1
Bernie Federko C 11 4 4 8 10 1 0 1
Mark Reeds RW 11 3 3 6 15 0 1 1
Brian Sutter LW 11 1 5 6 22 1 0 0
Wayne Babych RW 10 1 4 5 4 0 0 0
Perry Ganchar RW 7 3 1 4 0 2 0 0
Doug Wickenheiser C 11 2 2 4 2 0 1 1
Gilbert Delorme D 11 1 3 4 11 0 0 0
Dave Pichette D 9 1 2 3 18 0 0 0
Joe Mullen RW 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Pat Hickey LW 11 1 1 2 6 0 1 0
Tim Bothwell D 11 0 2 2 14 0 0 0
Guy Chouinard C 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Greg Paslawski RW 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Terry Johnson D 11 0 1 1 25 0 0 0
Perry Anderson LW 9 0 0 0 27 0 0 0
Jack Carlson LW 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rick Heinz G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Liut G 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwight Schofield D 4 0 0 0 26 0 0 0
Rik Wilson D 11 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Mike Liut 714 11 6 5 29 2.44 1
Rick Heinz 8 1 0 0 1 7.50 0
Team: 722 11 6 5 30 2.49 1

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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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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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 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
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