1984–85 NHL season

The 1984–85 NHL season was the 68th season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. The Edmonton Oilers won their second straight Stanley Cup by beating the Philadelphia Flyers four games to one in the final series.

This was the first year since they began broadcasting that CBC was not the lone network broadcaster in Canada.  While Molson continued to present Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday nights, rival brewery Carling O'Keefe began airing Friday night games on CTV.  The two networks split the playoffs and finals.

Regular season
Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes. Teams qualifying for the playoffs shown in bold.

Prince of Wales Conference

Clarence Campbell Conference

Player statistics

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
 Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Wayne Gretzky  Edmonton Oilers  80  73  135  208  52 Jari Kurri  Edmonton Oilers  73  71  64  135  30 Dale Hawerchuk  Winnipeg Jets  80  53  77  130  74 Marcel Dionne  Los Angeles Kings  80  46  80  126  46 Paul Coffey  Edmonton Oilers  80  37  84  121  97 Mike Bossy  New York Islanders  76  58  59  117  38 John Ogrodnick  Detroit Red Wings  79  55  50  105  30 Denis Savard  Chicago Black Hawks  79  38  67  105  56 Bernie Federko  St. Louis Blues  76  30  73  103  27 Mike Gartner  Washington Capitals  80  50  52  102  71
Source: NHL.

Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; W = Won; L = Lost; T = Tied; GA = Goals allowed; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts
 Player Team GP W L T GA GAA SO   Buffalo Sabres  54  25  18  10  144  2.66  5   Washington Capitals  57  28  20  7  168  2.98  2   Philadelphia Flyers 65  40  17  7  194  3.02  2   Montreal Canadiens 54  26  18  8  167  3.08  1   St. Louis Blues  40  23  12  5  126  3.26  0   Quebec Nordiques  36  19  11  3  111  3.30  1   Calgary Flames  56  30  12  10  183  3.46  1   Boston Bruins  51  19  26  4  172  3.47  1   Quebec Nordiques  29  12  13  4  101  3.49  0   New York Islanders  41  19  17  3  141  3.62  2
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Playoffs
The defending champion Edmonton Oilers returned to the Final, meeting the overall regular season champion Philadelphia Flyers. In the Final, Edmonton would lose the first game to the Flyers but would then take the next four to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.

Playoff bracket

Stanley Cup Finals

NHL awards
 1985 NHL awards Prince of Wales Trophy:(Wales Conference playoff champion)  Philadelphia Flyers Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:(Campbell Conference playoff champion)  Edmonton Oilers Art Ross Trophy:(Top scorer, regular season)  Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:(Perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication)  Anders Hedberg, New York Rangers Calder Memorial Trophy:(Best first-year player)  Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins Conn Smythe Trophy:(Most valuable player, playoffs)  Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers Frank J. Selke Trophy:(Best defensive forward)  Craig Ramsay, Buffalo Sabres Hart Memorial Trophy:(Most valuable player, regular season)  Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers Jack Adams Award:(Best coach)  Mike Keenan, Philadelphia Flyers James Norris Memorial Trophy:(Best defenceman)  Paul Coffey, Edmonton Oilers Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:(Excellence and sportsmanship)  Jari Kurri, Edmonton Oilers Lester B. Pearson Award:(Outstanding player, regular season)  Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers NHL Plus/Minus Award:(Player with best plus/minus record)  Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers William M. Jennings Trophy:(Goaltender(s) of team(s) with best goaltending record)  Tom Barrasso/Bob Sauve, Buffalo Sabres Vezina Trophy:(Best goaltender)  Pelle Lindbergh, Philadelphia Flyers Lester Patrick Trophy:(Service to hockey in the U.S.)  Jack Butterfield, Arthur M. Wirtz

All-Star teams
All-Star teams
 First team    Position    Second teamPelle Lindbergh, Philadelphia Flyers GoaltenderTom Barrasso, Buffalo SabresPaul Coffey, Edmonton Oilers DefenceRod Langway, Washington CapitalsRay Bourque, Boston Bruins DefenceDoug Wilson, Chicago Black HawksWayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers CentreDale Hawerchuk, Winnipeg JetsJari Kurri, Edmonton Oilers Right WingMike Bossy, New York IslandersJohn Ogrodnick, Detroit Red Wings Left WingJohn Tonelli, New York Islanders

Milestones

First games
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1984–85 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):
Gino Cavallini, Calgary Flames
Joel Otto, Calgary Flames
Ed Olczyk, Chicago Black Hawks
Marc Bergevin, Chicago Black Hawks
Gerard Gallant, Detroit Red Wings
Esa Tikkanen*, Edmonton Oilers
Steve Smith, Edmonton Oilers
Kevin Dineen, Hartford Whalers
Ray Ferraro, Hartford Whalers
Sylvain Côté, Hartford Whalers
Ulf Samuelsson, Hartford Whalers
Garry Galley, Los Angeles Kings
Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens
Petr Svoboda, Montreal Canadiens
Stephane Richer, Montreal Canadiens
Greg Adams, New Jersey Devils
Kirk Muller, New Jersey Devils
Dave Gagner, New York Rangers
Grant Ledyard, New York Rangers
Kelly Miller, New York Rangers
Tomas Sandstrom, New York Rangers
Rick Tocchet, Philadelphia Flyers
Doug Bodger, Pittsburgh Penguins
Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
Steve Thomas, Toronto Maple Leafs
Todd Gill, Toronto Maple Leafs
Al Iafrate, Toronto Maple Leafs
Petri Skriko, Vancouver Canucks
Kevin Hatcher, Washington Capitals
Dave Ellett, Winnipeg Jets

Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1984–85 (listed with their last team):
 Terry O'Reilly, Boston Bruins
 Butch Goring, Boston Bruins
 Craig Ramsay, Buffalo Sabres
 Jerry Korab, Buffalo Sabres
 Jim Schoenfeld, Buffalo Sabres
 Réal Cloutier, Buffalo Sabres
 Bob MacMillan, Chicago Black Hawks
 Brad Park, Detroit Red Wings
 Colin Campbell, Detroit Red Wings
 Darryl Sittler, Detroit Red Wings
 Ivan Boldirev, Detroit Red Wings
 Steve Shutt, Los Angeles Kings
 Paul Holmgren, Minnesota North Stars
 Anders Hedberg, New York Rangers
 Robbie Ftorek, New York Rangers
 Rick Kehoe, Pittsburgh Penguins
 John Garrett, Vancouver Canucks

Note: Goring and Park were the last two players to have played in the NHL in the 1960s.

References

 Hockey Database
 NHL.com
 Oiler playoff highlights

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