# 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. 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. 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.
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.

## Regular season
### Season 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 |
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

Smythe Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Smythe Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
Calgary
—0−7−14−3−15−2−14−1−313−13−6
Edmonton
7−0−1—6−26−1−18−027−3−2
Los Angeles
3−4−12−6—4−3−10−5−39−18−5
Vancouver
2−5−11−6−13−4−1—5−2−111−17−4
Winnipeg
1−4−30−85−0−32−5−1—8−17−7
Vs. Norris Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
Calgary
2−11−22−12−0−11−0−28−4−3
Edmonton
2−13−02−0−11−22−110−4−1
Los Angeles
3−02−0−11−1−11−1−10−2−17−4−4
Vancouver
1−22−11−1−11−21−0−26−6−3
Winnipeg
2−10−1−21−22−13−08−5−2
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Adams Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
Calgary
0−2−10−32−0−11−21−24−9−2
Edmonton
2−12−12−12−13−011−4−0
Los Angeles
0−30−2−11−22−10−33−11−1
Vancouver
0−2−10−33−02−12−17−7−1
Winnipeg
1−20−32−0−11−1−12−16−7−2
Vs. Patrick Division
1983–84 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
Calgary
2−0−13−01−21−21−0−21−29−6−3
Edmonton
2−0−10−32−10−2−13−02−19−7−2
Los Angeles
1−20−2−10−1−21−22−10−34−11−3
Vancouver
2−10−31−1–12−12−11−28−9−1
Winnipeg
2−12−11−21−22−11−29−9−0 :

## Schedule and results

1983–84 Game Log :

## Playoffs

1984 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Player | # | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Kent Nilsson | 14 | 67 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 22 | – | – | – | – | - |
| Eddy Beers | 27 | 73 | 36 | 39 | 75 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Lanny McDonald | 9 | 65 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 64 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| Hakan Loob | 12 | 77 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Dan Quinn | 10 | 54 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | 77 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 161 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| Mike Eaves | 7 | 61 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Al MacInnis | 2 | 51 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
| Kari Eloranta | 20 | 78 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jim Peplinski | 24 | 74 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 114 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| Jamie Macoun | 34 | 72 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 97 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Colin Patterson | 11 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Paul Baxter | 4 | 74 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 182 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 37 |
| Steve Tambellini | 15 | 73 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Kromm | 22 | 53 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Paul Reinhart | 23 | 27 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 |
| Steve Bozek | 26 | 46 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| Jim Jackson | 16 | 49 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Steve Konroyd | 3 | 80 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 94 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Dave Hindmarch | 18 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | - |
| Tony Stiles | 21 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | – | – | – | – | - |
| Jamie Hislop | 17 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | – | - |
| Tim Hunter | 19 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 130 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Carey Wilson | 33 | 15 | 2 | 5 | & | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Mickey Volcan | 5 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | – | – | – | – | - |
| Charlie Bourgeois | 28 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Bruce Eakin | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | - |
| Kari Jalonen | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | - |
| Rejean Lemelin | 31 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Hanson | 6 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 77 | – | – | – | – | - |
| Don Edwards | 1 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Sheehy | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dan Bolduc | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vernon | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | - |
| Jeff Brubaker | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | – | – | – | – | - |
$^†$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 | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Player | # | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | SO | GAA | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | GAA |
| Rejean Lemelin | 31 | 51 | 2568 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 150 | 0 | 3.50 | 8 | 448 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 4.29 |
| Don Edwards | 1 | 41 | 2303 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 157 | 0 | 4.09 | 6 | 217 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 3.32 |
| Mike Vernon | 30 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21.82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | -.-- |

## Transactions

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

### Trades

| June 8, 1983 | To Calgary Flames Mike Eaves Keith Hanson | To Minnesota North StarsSteve Christoff Montreal Canadiens' 2nd round pick in 1983 entry draft (Frank Musil) |
| June 20, 1983 | To Calgary Flames Steve Bozek | To Los Angeles KingsKevin LaVallee Carl Mokosak |
| June 21, 1983 | To Calgary Flames Steve Tambellini Joel Quenneville | To New Jersey DevilsMel Bridgman Phil Russell |
| July 5, 1983 | To Calgary Flames Mickey Volcan | To Hartford WhalersRichie Dunn Joel 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.
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics |
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1 | 13 | Dan Quinn | Canada | C | Belleville Bulls (OHL) | 805 | 266 | 419 | 685 | 533 |
| 3 | 51 | Brian Bradley | Canada | C | London Knights (OHL) | 651 | 182 | 321 | 503 | 528 |
| 3 | 55 | Perry Berezan | Canada | C | St. Albert Saints (AJHL) | 378 | 61 | 75 | 136 | 277 |
| 4 | 66 | John Bekkers | Canada | F | Regina Pats (WHL) | | | | | |
| 4 | 71 | Kevan Guy | Canada | D | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | 156 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 138 |
| 4 | 77 | Bill Claviter | United States | LW | N/A | | | | | |
| 5 | 91 | Igor Liba | Czechoslovakia | LW | N/A | 37 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 36 |
| 6 | 111 | Grant Blair | Canada | G | Harvard (ECAC Hockey) | | | | | |
| 7 | 131 | Jeff Hogg | Canada | G | Oshawa Generals (OHL) | | | | | |
| 8 | 151 | Chris MacDonald | Canada | D | Western Michigan (CCHA) | | | | | |
| 9 | 171 | Rob Kivell | Canada | D | Victoria Cougars (WHL) | | | | | |
| 10 | 191 | Tom Pratt | United States | D | N/A | | | | | |
| 11 | 211 | Jaroslav Benak | Czechoslovakia | D | N/A | | | | | |
| 12 | 231 | Sergei Makarov | Soviet Union | RW | HC CSKA Moscow (USSR) | 424 | 134 | 250 | 384 | 317 |