1983–84 Calgary Flames season

The 1983–84 Calgary Flames season was the fourth season in Calgary and 12th for the Flames franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flames finished in second place in the Smythe Division, earning a first round playoff match-up against the Vancouver Canucks. Calgary defeated Vancouver in four games to face the top team in the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers. The Flames took the series to the maximum seven games, ultimately falling to the Oilers in the seventh game by a 7–4 score.

The Flames moved into their new arena, the Olympic Saddledome after spending their first three seasons playing out of the Stampede Corral. Built at a cost of $100 million CAD, the Saddledome was also set to serve as a venue for the 1988 Winter Olympics.Pengrowth Saddledome history , accessed December 15, 2007. The arena's distinctive roof lent itself to the arena's name. The first game was played on October 15, 1983, against the Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers would win the game 4–3.

Also debuting for the Flames in 1983–84 was the team's mascot, Harvey the Hound. Harvey became the first mascot in the NHL when he debuted February 16, 1984. Harvey was also briefly the mascot of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, but would later be replaced by the Stamps with their own mascot, Ralph the Dog.Mascot Madness, cbc.ca, accessed February 24, 2007.

Lanny McDonald was the Flames lone representative at the 1984 All-Star Game, while both Hakan Loob and Jamie Macoun were named to the NHL's All-Rookie team.Award Winners, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 22.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

| 1 || October 5 || Calgary || 5 – 3 || Vancouver || || 1–0–0 || 2

| 2 || October 9 || Calgary || 1 – 1 || Winnipeg || OT || 1–0–1 || 3

| 3 || October 12 || Calgary || 5 – 7 || Minnesota || || 1–1–1 || 3

| 4 || October 15 || Edmonton || 4 – 3 || Calgary || || 1–2–1 || 3

| 5 || October 16 || Calgary || 1 – 5 || Edmonton || || 1–3–1 || 3

| 6 || October 18 || Calgary || 4 – 3 || NY Islanders || || 2–3–1 || 5

| 7 || October 19 || Calgary || 1 – 3 || NY Rangers || || 2–4–1 || 5

| 8 || October 22 || Calgary || 1 – 4 || Detroit || || 2–5–1 || 5

| 9 || October 23 || Calgary || 4 – 7 || Chicago || || 2–6–1 || 5

| 10 || October 26 || St. Louis || 4 – 5 || Calgary || || 3–6–1 || 7

| 11 || October 28 || Winnipeg || 1 – 7 || Calgary || || 4–6–1 || 9

| 12 || October 30 || Vancouver || 3 – 4 || Calgary || OT || 5–6–1 || 11

| 13 || November 3 || Pittsburgh || 3 – 3 || Calgary || OT || 5–6–2 || 12

| 14 || November 5 || Toronto || 3 – 5 || Calgary || || 6–6–2 || 14

| 15 || November 8 || Calgary || 4 – 4 || Pittsburgh || OT || 6–6–3 || 15

| 16 || November 9 || Calgary || 3 – 4 || NY Rangers || || 6–7–3 || 15

| 17 || November 12 || Calgary || 4 – 3 || New Jersey || OT || 7–7–3 || 17

| 18 || November 13 || Calgary || 2 – 11 || Buffalo || || 7–8–3 || 17

| 19 || November 17 || New Jersey || 4 – 5 || Calgary || || 8–8–3 || 19

| 20 || November 19 || Buffalo || 5 – 2 || Calgary || || 8–9–3 || 19

| 21 || November 21 || Los Angeles || 4 – 7 || Calgary || || 9–9–3 || 21

| 22 || November 24 || Winnipeg || 4 – 4 || Calgary || OT || 9–9–4 || 22

| 23 || November 26 || Calgary || 4 – 1 || Los Angeles || || 10–9–4 || 24

| 24 || November 29 || Philadelphia || 8 – 5 || Calgary || || 10–10–4 || 24

| 25 || December 1 || NY Islanders || 2 – 6 || Calgary || || 11–10–4 || 26

| 26 || December 3 || Calgary || 2 – 4 || Montreal || || 11–11–4 || 26

| 27 || December 6 || Calgary || 1 – 8 || Quebec || || 11–12–4 || 26

| 28 || December 8 || Calgary || 3 – 4 || Washington || || 11–13–4 || 26

| 29 || December 10 || Calgary || 3 – 3 || Toronto || OT || 11–13–5 || 27

| 30 || December 14 || Quebec || 2 – 4 || Calgary || || 12–13–5 || 29

| 31 || December 16 || Calgary || 3 – 5 || Vancouver || || 12–14–5 || 29

| 32 || December 19 || Winnipeg || 6 – 7 || Calgary || || 13–14–5 || 31

| 33 || December 21 || Calgary || 4 – 7 || Los Angeles || || 13–15–5 || 31

| 34 || December 23 || Calgary || 5 – 5 || Edmonton || OT || 13–15–6 || 32

| 35 || December 26 || Edmonton || 6 – 3 || Calgary || || 13–16–6 || 32

| 36 || December 28 || Boston || 5 – 3 || Calgary || || 13–17–6 || 32

| 37 || December 30 || Vancouver || 1 – 5 || Calgary || || 14–17–6 || 34

| 38 || January 1 || Calgary || 3 – 3 || Winnipeg || OT || 14–17–7 || 35

| 39 || January 3 || Edmonton || 9 – 6 || Calgary || || 14–18–7 || 35

| 40 || January 5 || Minnesota || 4 – 5 || Calgary || || 15–18–7 || 37

| 41 || January 7 || Calgary || 1 – 7 || Los Angeles || || 15–19–7 || 37

| 42 || January 11 || Winnipeg || 5 – 9 || Calgary || || 16–19–7 || 39

| 43 || January 13 || Hartford || 3 – 3 || Calgary || OT || 16–19–8 || 40

| 44 || January 15 || Washington || 2 – 3 || Calgary || || 17–19–8 || 42

| 45 || January 17 || Calgary || 2 – 2 || St. Louis || OT || 17–19–9 || 43

| 46 || January 18 || Calgary || 4 – 2 || Detroit || || 18–19–9 || 45

| 47 || January 21 || Calgary || 3 – 2 || Montreal || || 19–19–9 || 47

| 48 || January 25 || New Jersey || 2 – 2 || Calgary || OT || 19–19–10 || 48

| 49 || January 27 || Los Angeles || 2 – 2 || Calgary || OT || 19–19–11 || 49

| 50 || February 2 || NY Rangers || 1 – 8 || Calgary || || 20–19–11 || 51

| 51 || February 3 || Calgary || 5 – 10 || Edmonton || || 20–20–11 || 51

| 52 || February 5 || Vancouver || 2 – 4 || Calgary || || 21–20–11 || 53

| 53 || February 7 || Calgary || 2 – 1 || St. Louis || || 22–20–11 || 55

| 54 || February 8 || Calgary || 1 – 6 || Washington || || 22–21–11 || 55

| 55 || February 11 || Calgary || 6 – 3 || Hartford || || 23–21–11 || 57

| 56 || February 12 || Calgary || 6 – 4 || Chicago || || 24–21–11 || 59

| 57 || February 16 || Pittsburgh || 3 – 10 || Calgary || || 25–21–11 || 61

| 58 || February 18 || Boston || 5 – 5 || Calgary || OT || 25–21–12 || 62

| 59 || February 19 || Calgary || 2 – 5 || Vancouver || || 25–22–12 || 62

| 60 || February 21 || Toronto || 2 – 2 || Calgary || OT || 25–22–13 || 63

| 61 || February 23 || Vancouver || 2 – 3 || Calgary || OT || 26–22–13 || 65

| 62 || February 24 || Calgary || 3 – 5 || Edmonton || || 26–23–13 || 65

| 63 || February 26 || Calgary || 5 – 2 || Los Angeles || || 27–23–13 || 67

| 64 || February 28 || Los Angeles || 1 – 9 || Calgary || || 28–23–13 || 69

| 65 || March 1 || Philadelphia || 1 – 5 || Calgary || || 29–23–13 || 71

| 66 || March 3 || Montreal || 3 – 1 || Calgary || || 29–24–13 || 71

| 67 || March 6 || Calgary || 3 – 4 || Quebec || || 29–25–13 || 71

| 68 || March 8 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || Boston || || 29–26–13 || 71

| 69 || March 10 || Calgary || 5 – 4 || NY Islanders || OT || 30–26–13 || 73

| 70 || March 11 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || Philadelphia || || 30–27–13 || 73

| 71 || March 14 || Calgary || 2 – 4 || Buffalo || || 30–28–13 || 73

| 72 || March 16 || Chicago || 5 – 6 || Calgary || || 31–28–13 || 75

| 73 || March 18 || Calgary || 4 – 3 || Winnipeg || || 32–28–13 || 77

| 74 || March 20 || Hartford || 1 – 4 || Calgary || || 33–28–13 || 79

| 75 || March 22 || Detroit || 6 – 4 || Calgary || || 33–29–13 || 79

| 76 || March 25 || Calgary || 4 – 4 || Vancouver || OT || 33–29–14 || 80

| 77 || March 27 || Edmonton || 9 – 2 || Calgary || || 33–30–14 || 80

| 78 || March 29 || Los Angeles || 6 – 3 || Calgary || || 33–31–14 || 80

| 79 || March 31 || Minnesota || 3 – 10 || Calgary || || 34–31–14 || 82

| 80 || April 1 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || Winnipeg || || 34–32–14 || 82

Legend:

Playoffs

| 1 || April 4 || Vancouver || 3 – 5 || Calgary || || Calgary leads 1–0

| 2 || April 5 || Vancouver || 2 – 4 || Calgary || || Calgary leads 2–0

| 3 || April 7 || Calgary || 0 – 7 || Vancouver || || Calgary leads 2–1

| 4 || April 8 || Calgary || 5 – 1 || Vancouver || || Calgary wins 3–1

| 1 || April 12 || Calgary || 2 – 5 || Edmonton || || Edmonton leads 1–0

| 2 || April 13 || Calgary || 6 – 5 || Edmonton || OT || Series tied 1–1

| 3 || April 15 || Edmonton || 3 – 2 || Calgary || || Edmonton leads 2–1

| 4 || April 16 || Edmonton || 5 – 3 || Calgary || || Edmonton leads 3–1

| 5 || April 18 || Calgary || 5 – 4 || Edmonton || || Edmonton leads 3–2

| 6 || April 20 || Edmonton || 4 – 5 || Calgary || OT || Series tied 3–3

| 7 || April 22 || Calgary || 4 – 7 || Edmonton || || Edmonton wins 4–3

Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

    Regular season   Playoffs Player # GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM Kent Nilsson 146731498022 – – – –- Eddy Beers 2773363975881125712 Lanny McDonald 9 65333366641167136 Hakan Loob 127730255522112352 Dan Quinn 10541933522083584 Doug Risebrough 8772328511611121325 Mike Eaves 76114365020114482 Al MacInnis 25111344542112121413 Kari Eloranta 2078534394460222 Jim Peplinski 24741122331141134721 Jamie Macoun 34729233297111010 Colin Patterson 11 5613142715111126 Paul Baxter 474720271821102237 Steve Tambellini 15731510251620110 Richard Kromm 225311122327111129 Paul Reinhart 2327615211011611172 Steve Bozek 2646101020161031415 Jim Jackson 1649614201361124 Steve Konroyd 380113149481238 Dave Hindmarch 182965112 – – – –- Tony Stiles 213027920 – – – –- Jamie Hislop 17 271892 – – – –- Tim Hunter 1943448130700021 Carey Wilson 331525&263142 Mickey Volcan 51914518 – – – –- Charlie Bourgeois 28 1713435801127 Bruce Eakin 25 72134 – – – –- Kari Jalonen 21 90330 – – – –- Rejean Lemelin 3151033680000 Keith Hanson 62502277 – – – –- Don Edwards 1 41022260000 Neil Sheehy 5 2202340004 Dan Bolduc 322011010000 Mike Vernon 3010000 – – – –- Jeff Brubaker 29400019 – – – –-

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only. ‡Traded mid-season.

Goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average     Regular season   Playoffs Player # GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA GP TOI W L GA SO GAA Rejean Lemelin 31 5125682112915003.508448213204.29 Don Edwards 1 4123031319515704.096217442303.32 Mike Vernon 30 1110104021.82 – – – – – –-.--

Transactions The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1983–84 season.

Trades June 8, 1983 To Calgary Flames Mike EavesKeith Hanson To Minnesota North StarsSteve ChristoffMontreal Canadiens' 2nd round pick in 1983 entry draft (Frank Musil) June 20, 1983 To Calgary Flames Steve Bozek To Los Angeles KingsKevin LaValleeCarl Mokosak June 21, 1983 To Calgary Flames Steve TambelliniJoel Quenneville To New Jersey DevilsMel BridgmanPhil Russell July 5, 1983 To Calgary Flames Mickey Volcan To Hartford WhalersRichie DunnJoel Quenneville September 6, 1983 To Calgary Flames Future Considerations To St. Louis BluesGuy Chouinard

Free agents Player Former team D Neil Sheehy Harvard University (NCAA) D Paul Baxter Pittsburgh Penguins Player New team RW Tim Harrer Minnesota North Stars C Kari Jalonen Edmonton Oilers

Waivers Player Former team LW Jeff Brubaker Quebec Nordiques

Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1983 NHL entry draft, held in Montreal.Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed December 10, 2007.

RndPickPlayerNationalityPositionTeam (league)NHL statisticsGPGAPtsPIM 1 13 Dan Quinn C Belleville Bulls (OHL)805266419685533 3 51 Brian Bradley C London Knights (OHL)651182321503528 3 55 Perry Berezan C St. Albert Saints (AJHL)3786175136277 4 66 John Bekkers F Regina Pats (WHL) 4 71 Kevan Guy D Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)15652025138 4 77 Bill Claviter LWN/A 5 91 Igor Liba LWN/A377182536 6 111 Grant Blair G Harvard (ECAC Hockey) 7 131 Jeff Hogg G Oshawa Generals (OHL) 8 151 Chris MacDonald D Western Michigan (CCHA) 9 171 Rob Kivell D Victoria Cougars (WHL) 10 191 Tom Pratt DN/A 11 211 Jaroslav Benak DN/A 12 231 Sergei Makarov RW HC CSKA Moscow (USSR)424134250384317

See also 1983–84 NHL season

References

Player stats: 2007–08 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 128.