1983–84 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
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The 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1983 and concluded with the
Notre Dame demoted their program to club status for this season but returned to the Division I ranks the following year.
Season Outlook
Pre-season polls
The top teams in the nation.
The WMPL poll was voted on by coaches before the start of the season. The College Hockey Statistics Bureau (CHSB) / WDOM poll was voted on by media after the season started.
This was the last season WDOM would release the CHSB poll.
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Regular season
Season tournaments
Tournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Battle Creek Tournament | October 14–15 | 4 | Western Michigan |
RIT Invitational | November 4–5 | 4 | Wilfrid Laurier |
Empire Cup | November 25–26 | 4 | Rensselaer |
Minnesota–Duluth Holiday Classic | December 28–30 | 4 | Boston College |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Michigan State |
KeyBank Tournament | December 29–30 | 4 | Bowling Green |
Syracuse Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Colgate
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Auld Lang Syne Classic | December 30–31 | 4 | New Hampshire |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 30–31 | 4 | Rensselaer |
First Interstate Classic | January 5–8 | 8 | North Dakota
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Phoenix Mutual Classic | January 6–7 | 4 | Colgate
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Beanpot | February 6, 13 | 4 | Northeastern |
Standings
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Bowling Green† | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .821 | 146 | 95 | 44 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 228 | 146 | |
Ohio State | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 155 | 96 | 41 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 212 | 133 | |
Michigan State* | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 162 | 90 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 241 | 129 | |
Northern Michigan | 30 | 16 | 14 | 0 | .533 | 126 | 118 | 40 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 155 | 161 | |
Western Michigan | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | .482 | 125 | 114 | 42 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 187 | 168 | |
Michigan Tech | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | .467 | 123 | 128 | 41 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 160 | 167 | |
Ferris State | 30 | 13 | 15 | 2 | .467 | 128 | 138 | 41 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 184 | 184 | |
Lake Superior State | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | .417 | 103 | 127 | 40 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 152 | 176 | |
Michigan | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | .383 | 105 | 148 | 37 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 134 | 179 | |
Miami | 30 | 10 | 20 | 0 | .333 | 116 | 156 | 37 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 149 | 188 | |
Illinois-Chicago | 28 | 5 | 22 | 1 | .196 | 83 | 162 | 35 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 106 | 221 | |
Championship : Michigan State† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
East Region | ||||||||||||||
Boston College | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 88 | 72 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 175 | 141 | |
Boston University | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 75 | 63 | 40 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 167 | 120 | |
New Hampshire | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 94 | 73 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 169 | 139 | |
Providence | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .619 | 84 | 78 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 143 | 122 | |
Northeastern | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .500 | 104 | 97 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 144 | 124 | |
Maine | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .333 | 75 | 109 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 130 | 161 | |
West Region | ||||||||||||||
Rensselaer†* | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 117 | 53 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 218 | 113 | |
Clarkson | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 97 | 63 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 156 | 110 | |
Colgate |
20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .525 | 83 | 89 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 171 | 149 | |
St. Lawrence | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | 108 | 80 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 175 | 126 | |
Vermont | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .325 | 89 | 97 | 29 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 127 | 132 | |
Ivy Region | ||||||||||||||
Harvard | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .524 | 68 | 61 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 84 | 90 | |
Yale | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .500 | 76 | 73 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 91 | 92 | |
Cornell | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 83 | 94 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 106 | 113 | |
Brown | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | .262 | 59 | 109 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 70 | 135 | |
Princeton | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | .262 | 81 | 103 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 101 | 126 | |
Dartmouth | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .143 | 58 | 119 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 71 | 148 | |
Independent | ||||||||||||||
Army ^ |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 241 | 104 | |
Lowell^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 138 | 164 | |
Championship : Rensselaer† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Both Army and Lowell had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 26 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 109 | 131 | |
Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | |||
Northern Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 27 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 172 | 97 | |
US International |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 36 | 4 | 31 | 1 | |||
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Minnesota-Duluth †* |
26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 138 | 85 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 216 | 140 | |
North Dakota |
26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 117 | 82 | 45 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 204 | 145 | |
Minnesota | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 106 | 97 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 190 | 154 | |
Wisconsin | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 105 | 107 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 182 | 168 | |
Denver | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 119 | 152 | 39 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 182 | 203 | |
Colorado College | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 77 | 139 | 35 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 109 | 168 | |
Championship : Minnesota-Duluth† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Final regular season polls
The final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals.
The final media poll (CHSB/WDOM) was released after the conference tournament finals.
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1984 NCAA Tournament
Quarterfinals March 16–18 | Semifinals March 22–23 | National championship March 24 | ||||||||||||||
E1 | Rensselaer | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
W4 | North Dakota
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W4 | North Dakota | 1 | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 2* | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota–Duluth
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E3 | Clarkson | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 4 | ||||||||||||||
W3 | Bowling Green | 5**** | ||||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan State | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Boston College | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan State | 1 | Third-place game | |||||||||||||
W3 | Bowling Green | 2 | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Boston University | 6 | 1 | 7 | W1 | Michigan State | 5 | |||||||||
W3 | Bowling Green | 3 | 5*** | 8 | W4 | North Dakota | 6* |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats
Scoring leaders
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Paul Pooley | Senior | Ohio State | 42 | 32 | 64 | 96 | 38 |
Dan Dorion | Sophomore | Western Michigan | 42 | 41 | 50 | 91 | 42 |
Bill Watson | Sophomore | Minnesota−Duluth |
40 | 35 | 51 | 86 | 12 |
Adam Oates | Sophomore | Rensselaer | 38 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 15 |
Mike Symes | Junior | Army |
32 | 38 | 45 | 82 | - |
Perry Pooley | Senior | Ohio State | 41 | 39 | 40 | 79 | 28 |
Tom Kurvers | Senior | Minnesota−Duluth |
43 | 18 | 58 | 76 | 46 |
John Carter | Sophomore | Rensselaer | 38 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 52 |
Biff Shea | Junior | Army |
34 | 29 | 45 | 74 | - |
Greg Adams | Sophomore | Northern Arizona | 26 | 44 | 29 | 73 | 24 |
Randy Merrifield | Senior | Ferris State | 41 | 20 | 53 | 73 | 14 |
Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Norm Foster | Freshman | Michigan State | 32 | 1815 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 83 | 1 | .898 | 2.74 |
Bob Essensa | Freshman | Michigan State | 17 | 946 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 2 | .891 | 2.79 |
John Dougan | Junior | Ohio State | 27 | 1495 | 18 | - | - | 71 | - | .897 | 2.85 |
Gary Kruzich | Freshman | Bowling Green | 28 | - | 21 | 5 | 2 | - | - | .896 | 2.87 |
Brian Jopling | Freshman | Rensselaer | 15 | 457 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | .882 | 2.89 |
Mike Schwalb | Freshman | Yale | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .899 | 2.91 |
Cleon Daskalakis | Senior | Boston University | 35 | 1972 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 96 | 1 | .911 | 2.92 |
Daren Puppa | Freshman | Rensselaer | 32 | 1816 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 0 | .900 | 2.94 |
Ron Benton | Senior | Alaska−Anchorage | - | 973 | 13 | - | - | 48 | 1 | .897 | 2.96 |
Rick Kosti | Freshman | Minnesota−Duluth |
38 | 2347 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 119 | 0 | .898 | 3.04 |
Awards
ECAC
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WCHA
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1984 NHL Entry Draft
Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
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1 | 6 | Craig Redmond | Denver | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
1 | 13 | David Quinn † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | Minnesota North Stars |
2 | 27 | Scott Mellanby † | Wisconsin | WCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
2 | 30 | Peter Douris | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Winnipeg Jets |
2 | 32 | Tony Hrkac † | North Dakota | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
2 | 34 | Steve Leach † | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Washington Capitals |
2 | 38 | Paul Ranheim † | Wisconsin | WCHA | Calgary Flames |
3 | 44 | Neil Davey | Michigan State | CCHA | New Jersey Devils |
3 | 46 | Ken Hodge Jr. † | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Minnesota North Stars |
3 | 50 | Toby Ducolon † | Vermont | ECAC Hockey | St. Louis Blues |
3 | 52 | David Saunders | St. Lawrence | ECAC Hockey | Vancouver Canucks |
3 | 62 | Jeff Norton † | Michigan | CCHA | New York Islanders |
3 | 63 | Todd Norman † | North Dakota | WCHA | Edmonton Oilers |
4 | 65 | Lee Brodeur † | North Dakota | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
4 | 68 | Chris Mills † | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Winnipeg Jets |
4 | 70 | Doug Wieck † | Colorado College | WCHA | New York Islanders |
4 | 72 | Sean Clement † | Michigan State | CCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
4 | 74 | Paul Ysebaert † | Bowling Green | CCHA | New Jersey Devils |
4 | 77 | Paul Broten † | Minnesota | WCHA | New York Rangers |
4 | 79 | Dave Hanson † | Denver | WCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
4 | 82 | Bob Joyce † | North Dakota | WCHA | Boston Bruins |
4 | 84 | Richard Novak † | Michigan Tech | CCHA | Edmonton Oilers |
5 | 86 | Jon Morris † | Lowell | ECAC Hockey | New Jersey Devils |
5 | 87 | David Grannis † | Minnesota | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
5 | 88 | Jack Capuano † | Maine | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
5 | 92 | Scott Paluch † | Bowling Green | CCHA | St. Louis Blues |
5 | 93 | Scott Schneider | Colorado College | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
5 | 95 | Gerry Johannson † | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
5 | 98 | Clark Donatelli † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
5 | 105 | Rick Lambert † | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Edmonton Oilers |
6 | 108 | Greg Strome | North Dakota | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
6 | 113 | Steve Tuttle † | Wisconsin | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
6 | 114 | Gary Lorden † | Michigan | CCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
6 | 115 | Jeff Korchinski | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Vancouver Canucks |
6 | 117 | Brett Hull † | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | Calgary Flames |
6 | 124 | Randy Oswald | Michigan Tech | CCHA | Boston Bruins |
6 | 125 | Jim Wilharm † | United States International | Independent | New York Islanders |
7 | 127 | Tom Ryan † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | Pittsburgh Penguins |
7 | 129 | Tim Hanley † | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
7 | 130 | Joe MacInnis † | Northeastern | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
7 | 135 | Luciano Borsato † | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Winnipeg Jets |
7 | 138 | Kevan Melrose † | Harvard | ECAC Hockey | Calgary Flames |
7 | 140 | Tom Hussey † | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
7 | 146 | Kelly Murphy † | Michigan Tech | CCHA | New York Islanders |
8 | 148 | Don Porter | Michigan Tech | CCHA | St. Louis Blues |
8 | 150 | Shannon Deegan | Vermont | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
8 | 156 | Brad Jones | Michigan | CCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
8 | 158 | Brad McCaughey † | Michigan | CCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
8 | 160 | Darin McInnis † | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | Minnesota North Stars |
8 | 161 | Brian Nelson † | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | New York Rangers |
8 | 162 | Jyrki Maki † | Lowell | ECAC Hockey | Quebec Nordiques |
8 | 163 | Luke Vitale † | Providence | ECAC Hockey | Philadelphia Flyers |
8 | 166 | Don Sweeney † | Harvard | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
9 | 170 | Mike Roth † | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | New Jersey Devils |
9 | 173 | John Devereaux † | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Hartford Whalers |
9 | 175 | Bill Shibicky | Michigan State | CCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
9 | 177 | Gord Whitaker | Colorado College | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
9 | 180 | Gary Suter | Wisconsin | WCHA | Calgary Flames |
9 | 181 | Dewey Wahlin † | Maine | ECAC Hockey | Minnesota North Stars |
9 | 182 | Ville Kentala † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
9 | 184 | Billy Powers † | Michigan | CCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
9 | 186 | Kevin Heffernan † | Northeastern | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
10 | 189 | Steve Hurt † | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Pittsburgh Penguins |
10 | 190 | Mike Peluso † | Alaska–Anchorage | Independent | New Jersey Devils |
10 | 191 | Jeff Crossman | Western Michigan | CCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
10 | 192 | David Buckley † | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
10 | 193 | Brent Regan | Bowling Green | CCHA | Hartford Whalers |
10 | 195 | Jay Rose † | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Detroit Red Wings |
10 | 196 | Tom Tilley † | Michigan State | CCHA | St. Louis Blues |
10 | 197 | Rick Forst † | North Dakota | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
10 | 198 | Ed Lowney | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | Vancouver Canucks |
10 | 201 | Mike Orn † | Miami | CCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
10 | 202 | Kevin Miller † | Michigan State | CCHA | New York Rangers |
10 | 204 | Daryn Fersovich | Bowling Green | CCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
10 | 205 | Paul Cavallini † | Providence | ECAC Hockey | Washington Capitals |
11 | 210 | Jim Steen † | North Dakota | WCHA | Pittsburgh Penguins |
11 | 213 | Mike Wurst | Ohio State | CCHA | Toronto Maple Leafs |
11 | 214 | Jim Culhane | Western Michigan | CCHA | Hartford Whalers |
11 | 218 | Mike Warus | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
11 | 219 | Doug Clarke | Colorado College | WCHA | Vancouver Canucks |
11 | 220 | David Tanner † | Yale | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
11 | 222 | Tom Terwilliger † | Miami | CCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
11 | 223 | Tom Lorentz † | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | New York Rangers |
11 | 227 | Bill Kopecky † | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
11 | 228 | Russ Becker † | Michigan Tech | CCHA | New York Islanders |
12 | 237 | Mark Lanigan † | Northern Michigan | CCHA | St. Louis Blues |
12 | 238 | Jim Edmands | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | Winnipeg Jets |
12 | 242 | Mike Nightengale † | Ohio State | CCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
12 | 243 | Scott Brower † | North Dakota | WCHA | New York Rangers |
12 | 247 | Sean Baker † | Michigan | CCHA | Buffalo Sabres |
12 | 248 | Jim Newhouse † | Lowell | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
12 | 249 | Allister Brown | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | New York Islanders |
† incoming freshman
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See also
References
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- ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ a b "1983-84 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "1984 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey DB. Retrieved October 25, 2023.