1983–84 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1983–84 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 17th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the final season of the playing careers of Hockey Hall of Famers Bill Barber and Bobby Clarke, the Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Washington Capitals in a three-game sweep.

Off-season

Bob McCammon replaced Keith Allen as general manager in the off-season, and retained his position as head coach.^[4] McCammon had received an offer from the Pittsburgh Penguins to become their general manager.^[4]

Regular season

The youth of the team began to take over the reins from the old guard as Tim Kerr recorded his first 50-goal season. The team finished in third place.

The 1983–84 regular season saw Barber play his final games as he would officially announce his retirement following the next season after being unable to return from reconstructive knee surgery.

Season standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	50	26	4	357	269	104
Washington Capitals	80	48	27	5	308	226	101
Philadelphia Flyers	80	44	26	10	350	290	98
New York Rangers	80	42	29	9	314	304	93
New Jersey Devils	80	17	56	7	231	350	41
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	16	58	6	254	390	38

^[5]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.

Playoffs

The Flyers were swept in three games for the second consecutive season, this time by the Washington Capitals.

After the loss, Flyers President Jay Snider informed Bob McCammon he could no longer continue as head coach.^[6] As GM, McCammon disagreed a change was needed, so he resigned from both positions altogether on April 25.^[6] On May 15, Bobby Clarke retired from playing and was named Vice President and General Manager of the team.^[7]

Schedule and results

Regular season

1983–84 regular season

October: 9–3–1, 19 Points (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 4–2–0)

November: 5–5–2, 12 Points (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 3–3–1)

December: 6–3–3, 15 Points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–1–2)

January: 7–4–2, 16 Points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 4–2–2)

February: 7–5–2, 16 Points (Home: 5–2–2; Road: 2–3–0)

March: 10–5–0, 20 Points (Home: 7–0–0; Road: 3–5–0)

April: 0–1–0, 0 Points (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 0–0–0)

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1984 Stanley Cup playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals vs. Washington Capitals - Capitals win 3–0

Legend: Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
= Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

				Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
12	Kerr, TimTim Kerr	24	RW	79	54	39	93	30	29	3	0	0	0	−4	0
26	Propp, BrianBrian Propp	24	LW	79	39	53	92	49	37	3	0	1	1	−4	6
20	Poulin, DaveDave Poulin	25	LW	73	31	45	76	31	47	3	0	0	0	−4	2
27	Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	33	C	76	27	36	63	13	38	3	0	2	2	−1	7
16	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	34	C	73	17	43	60	23	70	3	2	1	3	−1	6
7	Barber, BillBill Barber	31	LW	63	22	32	54	4	36	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
2	Howe, MarkMark Howe	28	D	71	19	34	53	30	44	3	0	0	0	0	2
14	Sutter, RonRon Sutter	20	C	79	19	32	51	4	101	3	0	0	0	0	22
23	Sinisalo, IlkkaIlkka Sinisalo	25	LW	73	29	17	46	22	29	2	2	0	2	0	0
6	Eriksson, ThomasThomas Eriksson	24	D	68	11	33	44	28	37	3	0	1	1	−4	0
3	Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	23	D	78	7	28	35	23	63	3	0	0	0	−2	0
11	Hachborn, LenLen Hachborn	22	C	38	11	21	32	8	4	3	0	0	0	−2	7
9	Dvorak, MiroslavMiroslav Dvorak	32	D	66	4	27	31	19	27	2	0	0	0	−5	2
15	Sutter, RichRich Sutter	20	RW	70	16	12	28	10	93	3	0	0	0	0	15
10	McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	24	D	71	0	24	24	19	76	1	0	0	0	−1	4
29	Cochrane, GlenGlen Cochrane	26	D	67	7	16	23	16	225	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
17	Holmgren, PaulPaul Holmgren	28	RW	52	9	13	22	1	105	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
21	MacLeish, RickRick MacLeish	34	C	29	8	14	22	4	4	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
19	Allison, RayRay Allison	24	RW	37	8	13	21	11	47	3	0	1	1	−2	4
8	Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	25	D	77	3	14	17	24	83	3	1	1	2	−1	2
25	Guay, PaulPaul Guay	20	RW	14	2	6	8	1	14	3	0	0	0	−2	4
22	Fitzpatrick, RossRoss Fitzpatrick	23	C	12	4	2	6	4	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
21	Brown, DaveDave Brown	21	RW	19	1	5	6	4	98	2	0	0	0	0	12
28	Stanley, DarylDaryl Stanley	21	D	23	1	4	5	4	71	3	0	0	0	−3	19
18	Carson, LindsayLindsay Carson	23	C	16	1	3	4	−7	10	1	0	0	0	−1	5
11	Flockhart, RonRon Flockhart	23	C	8	0	3	3	1	4	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	25	G	48	0	2	2	-98 !N/A	10	3	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	00 !0
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	24	G	36	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	6	2	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0
24	Holt, RandyRandy Holt	31	D	26	0	0	0	−1	74	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
15	Taylor, MarkMark Taylor	26	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
5	Bathe, FrankFrank Bathe	29	D	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

			Regular season									Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	25	48	28	13	7	2	150	.887	3.14	2863	3	0	2	0	11	.857	4.29	154
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	24	36	16	13	3	1	135	.860	4.05	1999	2	0	1	0	3	.769	6.92	26

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor	Recipient	Ref
NHL All-Rookie Team	Thomas Eriksson (Defense)	^[8]
NHL Player of the Week	Pelle Lindbergh (October 11)	^[9]
NHL Player of the Week	Tim Kerr (March 16)
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Tim Kerr	^[10]
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Brian Propp	^[10]

Team awards^[11]
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Miroslav Dvorak
Class Guy Award	Dave Poulin

Records

Team single season records
Record	Total
Goals for	350
Fewest playoff wins	0 (tied in 1968–69, 1970–71, 1982–83)

Team regular season single game records
Record	Total	Date and opponent
Goals	13	March 22, 1984 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (tied October 18, 1984 vs. Vancouver Canucks)

Milestones

Franchise firsts
Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
Overtime goal, regular season	Bobby Clarke	Even-strength goal at 2:43 of overtime against Denis Herron	November 20, 1983	^[12]

Individual career milestones^[13]
Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
400th goal	Bill Barber	Even-strength goal at 0:40 of the first period against Michel Dion	October 9, 1983	^[14]
600th assist	Darryl Sittler	Primary assist on Ron Sutter's shorthanded goal at 3:39 of the third period	November 29, 1983	^[15]
1000th game played	Darryl Sittler		January 8, 1984

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 18, 1983, the day after the deciding game of the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 19, 1984, the day of the deciding game of the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals.^[16]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 8, 1983	To Philadelphia Flyers Doug Crossman 2nd-round pick in 1984	To Chicago Black Hawks Behn Wilson	^[17]
September 9, 1983^[a]	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Hartford Whalers Tom Gorence	^[18]
October 23, 1983	To Philadelphia Flyers Rich Sutter 2nd-round pick in 1984 3rd-round pick in 1984	To Pittsburgh Penguins Andy Brickley Ron Flockhart Mark Taylor 1st-round pick in 1984 3rd-round pick in 1984	^[19]
January 5, 1984	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To St. Louis Blues Michel Larocque	^[20]
January 8, 1984	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Detroit Red Wings Rick MacLeish	^[21]
February 23, 1984	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Paul Guay 3rd-round pick in 1985	To Minnesota North Stars Paul Holmgren	^[22]

Trade notes

^a The trade was canceled after Gorence failed to make the Whalers out of training camp.^[18] Gorence was released after being returned to the Flyers and later signed with the Edmonton Oilers on November 1.^[18]

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Contract details	Ref
August 30, 1983	Randy Holt	Washington Capitals		^[23]
October 6, 1983	Rick MacLeish	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year	^[24]
May 1, 1984	Darren Jensen	Fort Wayne Komets (IHL)	multi-year	^[25]

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date	Player	Contract details	Ref
August 15, 1983	Thomas Eriksson	multi-year	^[26]
February 23, 1984	Paul Holmgren	2 years	^[22]
May 9, 1984	Dave Poulin	multi-year	^[27]

Draft picks

The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details	Ref
May 9, 1984	Todd Bergen	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)	1982 5th-round pick	multi-year	^[27]
May 9, 1984	Rick Tocchet	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	1983 6th-round pick	multi-year	^[27]
May 9, 1984	Peter Zezel	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)	1983 2nd-round pick	multi-year	^[27]

NHL Waiver Draft

The 1983 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 3, 1983.^[28] Each NHL team placed 17 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select.^[28] First-year professional players were exempt.^[28] The Flyers were not involved in any selections during the draft.^[28]

The Flyers protected the following players:^[29] goaltenders Michel Larocque and Pelle Lindbergh, and skaters Ray Allison, Bill Barber, Frank Bathe, Lindsay Carson, Bobby Clarke, Glen Cochrane, Doug Crossman, Ron Flockhart, Paul Holmgren, Randy Holt, Mark Howe, Tim Kerr, Brad Marsh, Brad McCrimmon, Brian Propp, Darryl Sittler, and Mark Taylor.

The Flyers left the following players unprotected:^[30] goaltender Sam St. Laurent and skaters Paul Evans, Tom Gorence, Bob O'Brien, and Gord Williams.

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Notes	Ref
August 1, 1983	John Paddock	New Jersey Devils	Free agency		^[31]
August 15, 1983	Bob Hoffmeyer	New Jersey Devils	Free agency		^[26]
October 1983	Tom Gorence	Edmonton Oilers	Release	Signed with Edmonton on November 1	^[18]
N/A	Gord Williams	—	Retirement	No official announcement	^[32]
May 15, 1984	Bobby Clarke*	—	Retirement	Hired as team's general manager	^[7]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec on June 8, 1983.^[33]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1983 and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA	Notes
2	41	Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	Center	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)	873	219	389	608	435	& —	& —	& —	& —
3	44	Smith, DerrickDerrick Smith	Left Wing	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	537	82	92	174	373	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[a]
4	81	Bourbeau, AllenAllen Bourbeau	Center	United States	Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (Mass.)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	101	Carrier, JeromeJerome Carrier	Defense	Canada	Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	121	Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	Right Wing	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	1144	440	512	952	2972	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	141	Mormina, BobBob Mormina	Forward	Canada	Longueuil Chevaliers (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	161	Eklund, PellePelle Eklund	Center	Sweden	AIK (Elitserien)	594	120	335	455	109	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	181	Nichols, RobbieRobbie Nichols	Right Wing	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
10	201	McCormack, BillBill McCormack	Center	United States	Westminster School (Conn.)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
11	221	Jopling, BrianBrian Jopling	Goaltender	United States	Williston Northampton School (Mass.)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
12	241	Duvall, HaroldHarold Duvall	Left Wing	United States	Belmont Hill School (Mass.)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[34]

^a The Flyers traded their first-round pick, 20th overall, their third-round pick, 61st overall, Greg Adams, and Ken Linseman to the Hartford Whalers for Mark Howe and the Whalers' third-round pick, 44th overall, on August 20, 1982.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Springfield Indians of the AHL^[2]^[35] and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.^[3]

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General

hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

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Philadelphia Flyers seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Philadelphia Flyers

Founded in 1967 Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1967 NHL expansion 1967 NHL Expansion Draft Eric Lindros trade Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Comcast Spectacor President Paul Holmgren General manager Ron Hextall Head coach Dave Hakstol Team captain Claude Giroux Current roster

Arenas	Spectrum Wells Fargo Center

Rivalries	Pittsburgh Penguins New York Rangers New Jersey Devils

Affiliates	AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms ECHL Reading Royals USPHL Premier Philadelphia Flyers-USPHL Affiliate history

Media	CSN Philadelphia Comcast Network Philadelphia 97.5 The Fanatic Broadcasters

Culture/Lore	1976 Flyers–Red Army game 2010 NHL Winter Classic 2012 NHL Winter Classic Broad Street Bullies Curse of Billy Penn Ed Snider Flyers–Senators brawl Gene Hart "God Bless America" Kate Smith Lauren Hart Legion of Doom Lou Nolan Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

1983–84 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game Good Friday Massacre Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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