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1982–83 Detroit Red Wings season

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1982–83 Detroit Red Wings
Division5th Norris
ConferenceCampbell
1982–83 record21–44–15
Goals for263
Goals against344
Team information
General managerJim Devellano
CoachNick Polano
CaptainDanny Gare
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaJoe Louis Arena
Average attendance12,994
Team leaders
GoalsJohn Ogrodnick (41)
AssistsReed Larson (52)
PointsJohn Ogrodnick (87)
Penalty minutesDanny Gare (107)
Plus/minusJohn Ogrodnick (11)
WinsCorrado Micallef (11)
Goals against averageCorrado Micallef (3.63)

The 1982–83 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 51st season, 57th overall for the franchise. They finished fifth in the Norris Division.

Offseason

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After fifty years of Norris family ownership, Bruce A. Norris, who had himself owned the Red Wings since his father's passing in 1952, sold the Red Wings to Little Caesars Pizza founder Mike Ilitch. Ilitch then proceeded to hire general manager Jim Devellano away from the three-time defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders. Nick Polano was then hired as head coach, coming from the Buffalo Sabres where he had served as an assistant under Scotty Bowman.

Under this new management, the Red Wings opted to modernize their uniforms. The crew collars were replaced with V-necks, and the logo was realigned to be centered on the jersey, instead of having the wheel centered underneath the collar. The most striking change, though, was to the players' names and numbers. The Red Wings adopted vertically arched lettering for the names on the back, as well as a fanciful number font with flourishes reminiscent of their wordmark. The unique number font would only last one year, though it would return for the Red Wings' 2014 Winter Classic uniforms, while the vertically arched names remain a part of the Red Wings uniforms to this day.

Regular season

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Final standings

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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

[1]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

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Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

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This was the fifth season in a row that the Red Wings failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM /- PPG SHG GWG
John Ogrodnick LW 80 41 44 85 30 11 5 0 2
Reed Larson D 80 22 52 74 104 -7 7 1 1
Danny Gare RW 79 26 35 61 107 -16 6 0 3
Mark Osborne LW 80 19 24 43 83 -41 3 0 3
Willie Huber D 74 14 29 43 106 -34 3 0 1
Walt McKechnie C 64 14 29 43 42 1 3 3 0
Mike Blaisdell RW 80 18 23 41 22 -6 0 0 2
Dwight Foster RW 58 17 22 39 58 -8 3 1 1
Paul Woods LW 63 13 20 33 30 -2 0 1 3
Reggie Leach RW 78 15 17 32 13 -1 2 0 0
Ivan Boldirev C 33 13 17 30 14 -6 3 1 0
Greg Smith D 73 4 26 30 79 7 0 0 0
Stan Weir C 57 5 24 29 2 0 1 0 1
Tom Rowe RW 51 6 10 16 44 -17 0 0 1
John Barrett D 79 4 10 14 74 -18 0 0 0
Mark Lofthouse RW/C 28 8 4 12 18 8 0 0 0
Derek Smith C/LW 42 7 4 11 12 -7 1 0 0
Murray Craven LW 31 4 7 11 6 4 0 0 1
Jim Schoenfeld D 57 1 10 11 18 -14 0 0 1
Colin Campbell D 53 1 7 8 74 2 0 0 0
Kelly Kisio C 15 4 3 7 0 -2 0 0 0
Randy Ladouceur D 27 0 4 4 16 -10 0 0 0
Joe Paterson LW 33 2 1 3 14 -8 0 0 1
Gilles Gilbert G 20 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0
Bobby Francis C 14 2 0 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Claude Loiselle C 18 2 0 2 15 -14 0 0 0
Mark Kirton C 10 1 1 2 6 -1 0 0 0
Larry Trader D 15 0 2 2 6 -9 0 0 0
Corrado Micalef G 34 0 1 1 18 0 0 0 0
Dennis Polonich C/RW 11 0 1 1 0 -4 0 0 0
Bobby Crawford RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Joly D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Rutherford G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Smith RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Ken Solheim LW 10 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Greg Stefan G 35 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Corrado Micalef 1756 34 11 13 5 106 3.62 2
Greg Stefan 1847 35 6 16 9 139 4.52 0
Gilles Gilbert 1137 20 4 14 1 85 4.49 0
Jim Rutherford 60 1 0 1 0 7 7.00 0
Team: 4800 80 21 44 15 337 4.21 2

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; /- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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Detroit's draft picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 17 Murray Craven  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
2 23 Yves Courteau  Canada Laval Voisins (QMJHL)
3 44 Carmine Vani  Canada Kingston Canadians (OHL)
4 66 Craig Coxe  United States St. Albert Saints (AJHL)
5 86 Brad Shaw  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL)
6 107 Claude Vilgrain  Canada Laval Voisons (QMJHL)
7 128 Greg Hudas  United States Redford Royals (NAJHL)
8 149 Pat Lahey  Canada Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
9 170 Gary Cullen  Canada Cornell University (ECAC)
10 191 Brent Meckling  Canada Calgary Canucks (AJHL)
11 212 Mike Stern  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
12 233 Shaun Reagan  Canada Brantford Alexanders (OHL)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1982-83 Detroit Red Wings Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
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