# 1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 66th season of the franchise, 56th season as the Maple Leafs.

## Offseason
### NHL Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
| 1 | 3 | Gary Nylund | Canada | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
| 2 | 24 | Gary Leeman | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 2 | 25 | Peter Ihnacak | Czechoslovakia | Prague Sparta (Czechoslovakia) |
| 3 | 45 | Ken Wregget | Canada | Lethbridge Broncos (WHL) |
| 4 | 73 | Vladimir Ruzicka | Czechoslovakia | Litvinov (Czechoslovakia) |
| 5 | 87 | Eduard Uvira | Czechoslovakia | Jihlava (Czechoslovakia) |
| 5 | 99 | Sylvain Charland | Canada | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 108 | Ron Dreger | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 6 | 115 | Craig Kales | United States | Niagara Falls Flyers (OHL) |
| 7 | 129 | Dominic Campedelli | United States | Cohasset High School (USHS-MA) |
| 7 | 139 | Jeff Triano | Canada | Toronto Marlboros (OHL) |
| 9 | 171 | Miroslav Ihnacak | Czechoslovakia | Kosice (Czechoslovakia) |
| 10 | 192 | Leigh Verstraete | Canada | Calgary Wranglers (WHL) |
| 11 | 213 | Tim Loven | United States | Red River High School (USHS-ND) |
| 12 | 234 | Jim Appleby | Canada | Winnipeg Warriors (WHL) |

## Regular season
### Final standings

Norris Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 80 | 47 | 23 | 10 | 338 | 268 | 104 |
| Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 321 | 290 | 96 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 28 | 40 | 12 | 293 | 330 | 68 |
| St. Louis Blues | 80 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 285 | 316 | 65 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 21 | 44 | 15 | 263 | 344 | 57 |
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

Norris Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
Chicago
—6−23−4−16−26−1−121−9−2
Detroit
2−6—0−6−21−5−24−47−21−4
Minnesota
4−3−16−0−2—3−0−53−516−8−8
St. Louis
2−65−1−20−3−5—3−3−210−13−9
Toronto
1−6−14−45−33−3−2—13−16−3
Vs. Smythe Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
Chicago
1−21−1−12−0−10−1−22−16−5−4
Detroit
1−21−20−1−21−1−10−33−9−3
Minnesota
1−1−11−22−12−0−13−09−4−2
St. Louis
1−20−2−12−10−31−24−10−1
Toronto
1−1−10−2−11−22−10−34−9−2
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Adams Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
Chicago
0−31−1−13−03−02−19−5−1
Detroit
0−31−1−13−00−1−21−1−15−6−4
Minnesota
0−32−0−12−0−10−31−25−8−2
St. Louis
0−31−22−10−2−11−1−14−9−2
Toronto
1−22−0−12−11−0−21−1−17−4−4
Vs. Patrick Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
Chicago
3−01−1−13−01−1−13−00−2−111−4−3
Detroit
1−1−12−0−10−2−10−32−0−11−26−8−4
Minnesota
3−02−0−11−21−1−12−0−11−1−110−4−4
St. Louis
2−0−11−20−2−10−33−01−1−17−8−3
Toronto
0−1−21−20−30−2−12−11−24−11−3 :

## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 6, 1982 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | L | October 7, 1982 | 2–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | T | October 9, 1982 | 5–5 | New Jersey Devils (1982–83) | 0–1–2 |
| 4 | L | October 13, 1982 | 3–5 | Washington Capitals (1982–83) | 0–2–2 |
| 5 | L | October 14, 1982 | 2–6 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 0–3–2 |
| 6 | L | October 16, 1982 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 0–4–2 |
| 7 | W | October 20, 1982 | 5–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 1–4–2 |
| 8 | T | October 23, 1982 | 5–5 | Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 1–4–3 |
| 9 | L | October 26, 1982 | 4–9 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) | 1–5–3 |
| 10 | W | October 27, 1982 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1982–83) | 2–5–3 |
| 11 | T | October 30, 1982 | 3–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) | 2–5–4 |
| 12 | L | November 3, 1982 | 2–6 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 2–6–4 |
| 13 | T | November 6, 1982 | 3–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) | 2–6–5 |
| 14 | L | November 7, 1982 | 3–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 2–7–5 |
| 15 | W | November 10, 1982 | 8–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 3–7–5 |
| 16 | W | November 13, 1982 | 4–3 | Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 4–7–5 |
| 17 | L | November 17, 1982 | 1–6 | @ New York Rangers (1982–83) | 4–8–5 |
| 18 | L | November 20, 1982 | 3–6 | New York Rangers (1982–83) | 4–9–5 |
| 19 | L | November 24, 1982 | 3–4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) | 4–10–5 |
| 20 | L | November 26, 1982 | 3–5 | @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) | 4–11–5 |
| 21 | L | November 27, 1982 | 3–6 | Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) | 4–12–5 |
| 22 | L | December 1, 1982 | 3–7 | @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) | 4–13–5 |
| 23 | W | December 4, 1982 | 4–1 | New York Islanders (1982–83) | 5–13–5 |
| 24 | L | December 5, 1982 | 5–6 | @ New York Rangers (1982–83) | 5–14–5 |
| 25 | L | December 7, 1982 | 3–6 | @ New York Islanders (1982–83) | 5–15–5 |
| 26 | L | December 8, 1982 | 3–7 | Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 5–16–5 |
| 27 | L | December 11, 1982 | 2–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 5–17–5 |
| 28 | T | December 14, 1982 | 4–4 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) | 5–17–6 |
| 29 | L | December 15, 1982 | 2–4 | St. Louis Blues (1982–83) | 5–18–6 |
| 30 | L | December 18, 1982 | 5–8 | Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 5–19–6 |
| 31 | L | December 22, 1982 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 5–20–6 |
| 32 | L | December 23, 1982 | 3–7 | @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) | 5–21–6 |
| 33 | T | December 28, 1982 | 4–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) | 5–21–7 |
| 34 | W | December 29, 1982 | 6–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) | 6–21–7 |
| 35 | W | January 1, 1983 | 7–5 | Hartford Whalers (1982–83) | 7–21–7 |
| 36 | W | January 2, 1983 | 6–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 8–21–7 |
| 37 | T | January 5, 1983 | 4–4 | @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) | 8–21–8 |
| 38 | W | January 6, 1983 | 3–1 | @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) | 9–21–8 |
| 39 | W | January 8, 1983 | 7–5 | Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 10–21–8 |
| 40 | L | January 12, 1983 | 4–6 | Boston Bruins (1982–83) | 10–22–8 |
| 41 | L | January 13, 1983 | 1–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 10–23–8 |
| 42 | L | January 15, 1983 | 3–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 10–24–8 |
| 43 | T | January 17, 1983 | 4–4 | St. Louis Blues (1982–83) | 10–24–9 |
| 44 | L | January 19, 1983 | 3–6 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) | 10–25–9 |
| 45 | L | January 22, 1983 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 10–26–9 |
| 46 | W | January 24, 1983 | 8–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) | 11–26–9 |
| 47 | T | January 26, 1983 | 6–6 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 11–26–10 |
| 48 | L | January 27, 1983 | 1–3 | @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 11–27–10 |
| 49 | W | January 29, 1983 | 5–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) | 12–27–10 |
| 50 | L | January 31, 1983 | 2–4 | Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 12–28–10 |
| 51 | W | February 2, 1983 | 7–1 | Hartford Whalers (1982–83) | 13–28–10 |
| 52 | W | February 5, 1983 | 6–4 | Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 14–28–10 |
| 53 | L | February 6, 1983 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 14–29–10 |
| 54 | L | February 13, 1983 | 3–5 | @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) | 14–30–10 |
| 55 | W | February 16, 1983 | 6–3 | St. Louis Blues (1982–83) | 15–30–10 |
| 56 | W | February 17, 1983 | 6–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) | 16–30–10 |
| 57 | W | February 19, 1983 | 5–3 | Calgary Flames (1982–83) | 17–30–10 |
| 58 | W | February 21, 1983 | 4–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) | 18–30–10 |
| 59 | W | February 23, 1983 | 3–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 19–30–10 |
| 60 | W | February 25, 1983 | 4–1 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) | 20–30–10 |
| 61 | L | February 26, 1983 | 2–6 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) | 20–31–10 |
| 62 | L | February 28, 1983 | 3–6 | @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) | 20–32–10 |
| 63 | T | March 2, 1983 | 2–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) | 20–32–11 |
| 64 | L | March 3, 1983 | 1–5 | @ New York Islanders (1982–83) | 20–33–11 |
| 65 | L | March 5, 1983 | 3–6 | Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 20–34–11 |
| 66 | T | March 8, 1983 | 3–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) | 20–34–12 |
| 67 | W | March 9, 1983 | 5–2 | St. Louis Blues (1982–83) | 21–34–12 |
| 68 | W | March 12, 1983 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 22–34–12 |
| 69 | W | March 13, 1983 | 5–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 23–34–12 |
| 70 | L | March 16, 1983 | 3–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 23–35–12 |
| 71 | L | March 18, 1983 | 3–7 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) | 23–36–12 |
| 72 | L | March 20, 1983 | 3–7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) | 23–37–12 |
| 73 | L | March 21, 1983 | 1–4 | Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) | 23–38–12 |
| 74 | W | March 23, 1983 | 6–3 | Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 24–38–12 |
| 75 | L | March 24, 1983 | 4–7 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) | 24–39–12 |
| 76 | W | March 26, 1983 | 2–1 | Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) | 25–39–12 |
| 77 | W | March 29, 1983 | 4–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) | 26–39–12 |
| 78 | W | March 30, 1983 | 4–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) | 27–39–12 |
| 79 | L | April 2, 1983 | 3–6 | Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) | 27–40–12 |
| 80 | W | April 3, 1983 | 4–3 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) | 28–40–12 |

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| John Anderson | RW | 80 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 24 | -6 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| Rick Vaive | RW | 78 | 51 | 28 | 79 | 105 | -13 | 18 | 3 | 8 |
| Peter Ihnacak | C | 80 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Walt Poddubny | LW | 72 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 71 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Miroslav Frycer | RW | 67 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 90 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Dan Daoust | C | 48 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 31 | -1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Borje Salming | D | 69 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 104 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Derlago | C | 58 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 27 | -19 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Terrion | LW | 74 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 59 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Billy Harris | RW | 76 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 26 | -15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Korn | D/LW | 80 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 236 | -27 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Gaston Gingras | D | 45 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Farrish | D | 56 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Martin | LW | 76 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 28 | -29 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Benning | D | 74 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 47 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Nigro | C | 51 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 23 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kaszycki | C | 22 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stew Gavin | LW | 63 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 44 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitezslav Duris | D | 32 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Barry Melrose | D | 52 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 68 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Aubin | C | 26 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Boimistruck | D | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Adam | C | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Nylund | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Palmateer | G | 53 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Boisvert | RW | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Magnan | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Muni | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Shand | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Bailey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Higgins | RW | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michel Larocque | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob McGill | D | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | -24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Parent | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky Saganiuk | RW/C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick St. Croix | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Strong | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Tremblay | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leigh Verstraete | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Willard | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Yaremchuk | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Mike Palmateer | 2965 | 53 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 197 | 3.99 | 0 |
| Rick St. Croix | 920 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 3.78 | 0 |
| Michel Larocque | 835 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 68 | 4.89 | 0 |
| Bob Parent | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Vincent Tremblay | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 4800 | 80 | 28 | 40 | 12 | 327 | 4.09 | 0 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Miroslav Frycer | RW | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Vaive | RW | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Anderson | RW | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Borje Salming | D | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Poddubny | LW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Derlago | C | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaston Gingras | D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Terrion | LW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Benning | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Boudreau | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Shand | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Harris | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Melrose | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Aubin | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Bailey | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stew Gavin | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Higgins | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Korn | D/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Leeman | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Martin | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Nigro | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Palmateer | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick St. Croix | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Mike Palmateer | 252 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 4.05 | 0 |
| Rick St. Croix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 253 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 4.27 | 0 |
    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;

## Playoffs

Despite rocky standings, the Leafs managed to make the playoffs. However, they lost in the preliminary round to the Minnesota North Stars.

### Preliminary Round: (N2) Minnesota North Stars vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs

* Minnesota won series 3–1

## Transactions

The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1982-83 season.

### Trades

| September 9, 1982 | To Washington CapitalsCash | To Toronto Maple LeafsMike Palmateer |
| October 5, 1982 | To Hartford WhalersPaul Marshall | To Toronto Maple Leafs10th round pick in 1983 - Greg Rolston |
| October 19, 1982 | To Los Angeles Kings4th round pick in 1983 - Dave Korol | To Toronto Maple LeafsGreg Terrion |
| December 17, 1982 | To Montreal Canadiens2nd round pick in 1986 - Benoit Brunet | To Toronto Maple LeafsGaston Gingras |
| January 10, 1983 | To Minnesota North StarsDave Logan | To Toronto Maple LeafsCash |
| January 10, 1983 | To Philadelphia FlyersMichel Larocque | To Toronto Maple LeafsRick St. Croix |
| January 15, 1983 | To Edmonton OilersSerge Boisvert | To Toronto Maple LeafsReid Bailey |
| January 23, 1983 | To Chicago Black HawksRod Willard | To Toronto Maple LeafsDave Snopek |

### Free agents

| Player | Former Team |
| Rod Willard | Undrafted Free Agent |
| Bruce Dowie | Undrafted Free Agent |