1982-83 NHL season
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The 1982-83 NHL season was the 66th season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. The New York Islanders won their fourth Stanley Cup in a row with their second consecutive finals sweep by beating the Edmonton Oilers four games to none. No team in any major professional North American sport has won four consecutive championships since the Islanders.
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[edit] Regular season
The Boston Bruins led the league in overall points with 110. The defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders fell from first overall and finished tied for 6th overall and the high-powered, high offence, Edmonton Oilers tied for second overall. The Oilers set a new record, which they had just set the previous year, for most goals in a season with 424 and were led by Wayne Gretzky's 196 points. The Oilers also set a record for most 100-point players in one season on one team as Wayne Gretzky, Glenn Anderson, Jari Kurri, and Mark Messier all scored more than 100 points.
For the start of the season, the Colorado Rockies (originally known as the Kansas City Scouts) moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey and became the New Jersey Devils. They also moved to the Patrick Division, forcing a reluctant Winnipeg Jets organization to leave the Norris Division and take Colorado's place in the Smythe. This would be the last relocation of an NHL team until the Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas, Texas and became the Stars in 1993.
Some fans consider this season as the true end for the Original Six era, as the remaining 3 players from that era (Carol Vadnais, Serge Savard, and Wayne Cashman) retired after the season. Cashman was the last to play, losing in the Wales Conference Finals as a member of the Bruins.
[edit] Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold
[edit] Prince of Wales Conference
| Adams Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | 80 | 50 | 20 | 10 | 110 | 327 | 228 | 1202 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 80 | 42 | 24 | 14 | 98 | 350 | 286 | 1116 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 89 | 318 | 285 | 1031 |
| Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 80 | 343 | 336 | 1648 |
| Hartford Whalers | 80 | 19 | 54 | 7 | 45 | 261 | 403 | 1392 |
| Patrick Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 49 | 23 | 8 | 106 | 326 | 240 | 1337 |
| New York Islanders | 80 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 96 | 302 | 226 | 1266 |
| Washington Capitals | 80 | 39 | 25 | 16 | 94 | 306 | 283 | 1329 |
| New York Rangers | 80 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 80 | 306 | 287 | 1100 |
| New Jersey Devils | 80 | 17 | 49 | 14 | 48 | 230 | 338 | 1270 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 18 | 53 | 9 | 45 | 257 | 394 | 1859 |
[edit] Clarence Campbell Conference
| Norris Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Black Hawks | 80 | 47 | 23 | 10 | 104 | 338 | 268 | 1185 |
| Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 96 | 321 | 290 | 1520 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 28 | 40 | 12 | 68 | 293 | 330 | 1481 |
| St. Louis Blues | 80 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 65 | 285 | 316 | 1281 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 21 | 44 | 15 | 57 | 263 | 344 | 1064 |
| Smythe Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 106 | 424 | 315 | 1771 |
| Calgary Flames | 80 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 78 | 321 | 317 | 1146 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 75 | 303 | 309 | 1639 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 80 | 33 | 39 | 8 | 74 | 311 | 333 | 1089 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 66 | 308 | 365 | 1367 |
[edit] Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 71 | 125 | 196 | 59 |
| Peter Stastny | Quebec Nordiques | 75 | 47 | 77 | 124 | 78 |
| Denis Savard | Chicago Black Hawks | 78 | 35 | 86 | 121 | 99 |
| Mike Bossy | New York Islanders | 79 | 60 | 58 | 118 | 20 |
| Marcel Dionne | Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 56 | 51 | 107 | 22 |
| Barry Pederson | Boston Bruins | 77 | 46 | 61 | 107 | 47 |
| Mark Messier | Edmonton Oilers | 77 | 48 | 58 | 106 | 72 |
| Michel Goulet | Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 57 | 48 | 105 | 51 |
| Glenn Anderson | Edmonton Oilers | 72 | 48 | 56 | 104 | 70 |
| Kent Nilsson | Calgary Flames | 80 | 46 | 58 | 104 | 10 |
[edit] Stanley Cup playoffs
[edit] Playoff bracket
| Division Semifinals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| A1 | Boston Bruins | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Quebec Nordiques | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Boston Bruins | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Buffalo Sabres | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Montreal Canadiens | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Buffalo Sabres | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Boston Bruins | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | New York Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| P4 | New York Rangers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| P4 | New York Rangers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | New York Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | New York Islanders | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| P3 | Washington Capitals | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| P2 | New York Islanders | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton Oilers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| N4 | St. Louis Blues | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Minnesota North Stars | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Minnesota North Stars | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton Oilers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Winnipeg Jets | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Calgary Flames | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Calgary Flames | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Vancouver Canucks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
[edit] NHL awards
[edit] See also
- List of Stanley Cup champions
- 1982 NHL Entry Draft
- 35th National Hockey League All-Star Game
- National Hockey League All-Star Game
- 1982 in sports
- 1983 in sports
- NHL All-Rookie Team
[edit] References
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