1983–84 Winnipeg Jets season

The 1983–84 Winnipeg Jets season was the 12th season of the Winnipeg Jets, their fifth season in the National Hockey League. The Jets placed fourth in the Smythe to qualify for the playoffs. The Jets lost to the Edmonton Oilers in the first round.

1983–84 Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)
Division	4th Smythe
1983–84 record	31–38–11
Goals for	340
Goals against	374
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson
Coach	Tom Watt
Captain	Lucien DeBlois
Alternate captains	None

Offseason

On June 8, 1983, the Jets traded former team captain Dave Christian to the Washington Capitals for the Capitals first round draft pick in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Christian, who lost his captaincy midway through the 1982-83 season, had 79 goals and 209 points in 230 games with Winnipeg since breaking into the NHL one week after winning the gold medal with the 1980 US Olympic Team.

At the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, the Jets first selection was with the eighth overall pick, and the team drafted winger Andrew McBain from the North Bay Centennials of the OHL. McBain had 33 goals and 120 points with the Centennials in the 1982-83 season. Six picks later, at 14th overall, which the Jets had acquired from the Washington Capitals in the Dave Christian trade, Winnipeg selected defenseman Bobby Dollas from the Laval Voisins of the QMJHL. Dollas had 16 goals and 61 points with Laval during the 1982-83 season. Later, in the fourth round, the Jets selected goaltender Bob Essensa from the Henry Carr Crusaders Jr. B team.

The Jets made a few minor transactions during the off-season, trading Norm Dupont to the Hartford Whalers for the Whalers fourth round draft pick in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, and releasing Bryan Maxwell and Larry Hopkins. The Jets biggest trade was acquiring Tim Young from the Minnesota North Stars for Craig Levie and Tom Ward. Young spent eight seasons with the North Stars, and had 18 goals and 53 points in 70 games with Minnesota during the 1982-83 season.

Regular season

Final 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

[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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 5, 1983	6–6 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	0–0–1
2	L	October 7, 1983	6–8	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	0–1–1
3	T	October 9, 1983	1–1 OT	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	0–1–2
4	W	October 12, 1983	4–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	1–1–2
5	L	October 13, 1983	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	1–2–2
6	L	October 15, 1983	1–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	1–3–2
7	L	October 19, 1983	2–12	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	1–4–2
8	L	October 23, 1983	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	1–5–2
9	W	October 25, 1983	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	2–5–2
10	W	October 26, 1983	7–5	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	3–5–2
11	L	October 28, 1983	1–7	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	3–6–2
12	L	October 30, 1983	3–7	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	3–7–2
13	L	November 2, 1983	3–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	3–8–2
14	W	November 4, 1983	8–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	4–8–2
15	L	November 6, 1983	5–8	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	4–9–2
16	W	November 9, 1983	7–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	5–9–2
17	L	November 11, 1983	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	5–10–2
18	W	November 13, 1983	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	6–10–2
19	L	November 16, 1983	5–6 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	6–11–2
20	L	November 19, 1983	7–8 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	6–12–2
21	L	November 21, 1983	6–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	6–13–2
22	L	November 23, 1983	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	6–14–2
23	T	November 24, 1983	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	6–14–3
24	W	November 29, 1983	6–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	7–14–3
25	W	December 1, 1983	6–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	8–14–3
26	W	December 4, 1983	7–5	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	9–14–3
27	L	December 7, 1983	3–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	9–15–3
28	T	December 10, 1983	5–5 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	9–15–4
29	L	December 11, 1983	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	9–16–4
30	W	December 14, 1983	8–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	10–16–4
31	W	December 16, 1983	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	11–16–4
32	L	December 18, 1983	5–7	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	11–17–4
33	L	December 19, 1983	6–7	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	11–18–4
34	L	December 21, 1983	4–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	11–19–4
35	W	December 23, 1983	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	12–19–4
36	W	December 26, 1983	5–1	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	13–19–4
37	W	December 30, 1983	4–3 OT	New York Islanders (1983–84)	14–19–4
38	T	January 1, 1984	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	14–19–5
39	L	January 4, 1984	4–9	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	14–20–5
40	L	January 5, 1984	6–7 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	14–21–5
41	W	January 8, 1984	4–3	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	15–21–5
42	L	January 11, 1984	5–9	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	15–22–5
43	T	January 13, 1984	7–7 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	15–22–6
44	T	January 15, 1984	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	15–22–7
45	L	January 17, 1984	3–8	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	15–23–7
46	W	January 18, 1984	5–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	16–23–7
47	T	January 20, 1984	6–6 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	16–23–8
48	W	January 22, 1984	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	17–23–8
49	W	January 24, 1984	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	18–23–8
50	W	January 26, 1984	6–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	19–23–8
51	L	January 28, 1984	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	19–24–8
52	W	February 3, 1984	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	20–24–8
53	T	February 5, 1984	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	20–24–9
54	L	February 8, 1984	1–3	New York Rangers (1983–84)	20–25–9
55	T	February 12, 1984	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	20–25–10
56	L	February 15, 1984	4–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	20–26–10
57	L	February 17, 1984	3–6	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	20–27–10
58	W	February 19, 1984	4–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	21–27–10
59	W	February 22, 1984	8–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	22–27–10
60	W	February 23, 1984	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	23–27–10
61	W	February 25, 1984	5–2	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	24–27–10
62	L	February 27, 1984	5–6 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	24–28–10
63	L	February 29, 1984	3–4	New York Islanders (1983–84)	24–29–10
64	L	March 3, 1984	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	24–30–10
65	W	March 6, 1984	7–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	25–30–10
66	L	March 7, 1984	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	25–31–10
67	L	March 9, 1984	5–6 OT	New York Rangers (1983–84)	25–32–10
68	W	March 11, 1984	6–5 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	26–32–10
69	W	March 12, 1984	8–7 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	27–32–10
70	W	March 14, 1984	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	28–32–10
71	W	March 16, 1984	5–4	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	29–32–10
72	L	March 18, 1984	3–4	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	29–33–10
73	L	March 20, 1984	3–9	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	29–34–10
74	L	March 21, 1984	2–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	29–35–10
75	L	March 23, 1984	3–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	29–36–10
76	L	March 25, 1984	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	29–37–10
77	T	March 27, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	29–37–11
78	L	March 28, 1984	1–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	29–38–11
79	W	March 30, 1984	2–1	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	30–38–11
80	W	April 1, 1984	3–2	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	31–38–11

Playoffs

For the second year in a row, the Jets were swept in 3 games by the Edmonton Oilers, in the Division semi-finals.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dale Hawerchuk	C	80	37	65	102	73	-14	10	0	4
Lucien DeBlois	C	80	34	45	79	50	-15	8	1	2
Laurie Boschman	C	61	28	46	74	234	-4	9	0	3
Paul MacLean	RW	76	40	31	71	155	-15	13	0	5
Thomas Steen	C	78	20	45	65	69	-5	5	3	2
Brian Mullen	RW	75	21	41	62	28	-12	4	4	1
Dave Babych	D	66	18	39	57	62	-31	10	0	4
Scott Arniel	LW	80	21	35	56	68	-10	6	0	2
Morris Lukowich	LW	80	30	25	55	71	10	4	0	1
Moe Mantha	D	72	16	38	54	67	-14	3	0	1
Doug Smail	LW	66	20	17	37	62	-5	1	4	2
Tim Young	C	44	15	19	34	25	-11	3	0	0
Andrew McBain	RW	78	11	19	30	37	-6	0	0	0
Tim Watters	D	74	3	20	23	169	7	1	0	1
Robert Picard	D	62	6	16	22	34	9	1	1	1
Wade Campbell	D	79	7	14	21	147	-2	0	0	0
Bengt Lundholm	LW	57	5	14	19	20	-7	1	0	0
Ron Wilson	C	51	3	12	15	12	-3	0	0	1
Jordy Douglas	LW	17	4	2	6	8	-9	1	0	1
Don Spring	D	21	0	4	4	4	-5	0	0	0
Jim Kyte	D	58	1	2	3	55	-7	0	0	0
Randy Carlyle	D	5	0	3	3	2	4	0	0	0
Bryan Maxwell	D	3	0	3	3	27	1	0	0	0
Doug Soetaert	G	47	0	3	3	14	0	0	0	0
Jyrki Seppa	D	13	0	2	2	6	-9	0	0	0
Brian Hayward	G	28	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Lauen	RW	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Mann	RW	16	0	1	1	54	0	0	0	0
Ed Staniowski	G	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marc Behrend	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Dollas	D	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Murray Eaves	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Gibson	D	11	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0
Tim Trimper	LW	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Veisor	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Doug Soetaert	2539	47	18	15	7	182	4.30	0
Brian Hayward	1530	28	7	18	2	124	4.86	0
Mike Veisor	420	8	4	1	2	26	3.71	0
Marc Behrend	351	6	2	4	0	32	5.47	0
Ed Staniowski	40	1	0	0	0	8	12.00	0
Team:	4880	80	31	38	11	372	4.57	0

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Brian Mullen	RW	3	0	3	3	6	0	0	0
Andrew McBain	RW	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Babych	D	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
Dale Hawerchuk	C	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
Randy Carlyle	D	3	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Paul MacLean	RW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Moe Mantha	D	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Tim Watters	D	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Laurie Boschman	C	3	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
Lucien DeBlois	C	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Doug Smail	LW	3	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
Thomas Steen	C	3	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
Tim Young	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Scott Arniel	LW	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Marc Behrend	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Campbell	D	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Jordy Douglas	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Murray Eaves	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Kyte	D	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Morris Lukowich	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Picard	D	3	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
Doug Soetaert	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Veisor	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Marc Behrend	121	2	0	2	9	4.46	0
Doug Soetaert	20	1	0	1	5	15.00	0
Mike Veisor	40	1	0	0	4	6.00	0
Team:	181	3	0	3	18	5.97	0

[2]

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;

Transactions

Trades

August 3, 1983	To Minnesota North Stars Craig Levie Tom Ward	To Winnipeg Jets Tim Young
April 28, 1983	To Montreal Canadiens Serge Savard	To Winnipeg Jets 3rd round pick in 1983 - Peter Taglianetti
November 4, 1983	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd round pick in 1984 - Patrick Roy	To Winnipeg Jets Robert Picard
November 10, 1983	To Hartford Whalers Ed Staniowski	To Winnipeg Jets Mike Veisor
January 12, 1984	To Minnesota North Stars Tim Trimper	To Winnipeg Jets Jordy Douglas
February 6, 1984	To Quebec Nordiques Jimmy Mann	To Winnipeg Jets 5th round pick in 1984 - Brent Severyn
March 5, 1984	To Pittsburgh Penguins 1st round pick in 1984 - Doug Bodger Moe Mantha, Jr.	To Winnipeg Jets Randy Carlyle
June 13, 1984	To Montreal Canadiens Lucien DeBlois	To Winnipeg Jets Perry Turnbull

Waivers

October 10, 1983	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Maxwell

Free agents

Player Former Team Kelly Elcombe Undrafted Free Agent Doug Gibson Toronto Maple Leafs Perry Pooley Undrafted Free Agent

Roster

1983-84 Winnipeg Jets
Goaltenders 1 – Brian Hayward  29 – Marc Behrend  30 – Doug Soetaert  31 – Ed Staniowski  31 – Mike Veisor		Defensemen 2 – Moe Mantha  3 – Bryan Maxwell  3 – Robert Picard  4 – Wade Campbell  5 – Bobby Dollas  6 – Jim Kyte  7 – Tim Watters  8 – Randy Carlyle  14 – John Gibson  27 – Don Spring  28 – Jyrki Seppa  44 – Dave Babych		Wingers 8 – Jimmy Mann  9 – Doug Smail  11 – Scott Arniel  12 – Morris Lukowich  14 – Jordy Douglas  14 – Tim Trimper  15 – Paul MacLean  19 – Brian Mullen  20 – Andrew McBain  22 – Bengt Lundholm  23 – Lucien DeBlois  - C 29 – Michael Lauen		Centres 10 – Dale Hawerchuk  16 – Laurie Boschman  17 – Tim Young  24 – Ron Wilson  25 – Thomas Steen  26 – Murray Eaves  GM: John Ferguson Coach: Tom Watt (6-13-2) Coach: Barry Long (25-25-9)

Draft picks

Winnipeg selected the following players at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec on June 8, 1983.[3]

NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	8	Andrew McBain (RW)	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
1	14	Bobby Dollas (D)	Canada	Laval Voisins (QMJHL)
2	29	Brad Berry (D)	Canada	St. Albert Saints (AJHL)
3	43	Peter Taglianetti (D)	United States	Providence College (NCAA)
4	69	Bob Essensa (G)	Canada	Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School
5	89	Harry Armstrong (D)	United States	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
6	109	Joel Baillargeon (LW)	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
7	129	Iain Duncan (LW)	Canada	North York Rangers (OJHL)
8	149	Ron Pesetti (D)	United States	Western Michigan University (NCAA)
9	169	Todd Flichel (D)	Canada	Gloucester (OPJHL)
10	189	Kory Wright (FWD)	United States	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
11	209	Eric Cormier (LW)	Canada	St. George's (Que.) School
12	229	Jamie Husgen (D)	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Farm teams

Sherbrooke Jets

See also

• 1983–84 NHL season

References

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
2. "1983-84 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
3. "1983 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.

External links