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1982-83 Statistics
Home and Road Records
Home: Won 26, Lost 11, Tied 3, 55 Points, 180 Goals For, 106 Goals Against.
Road: Won 16, Lost 15, Tied 9, 45 Points, 140 Goals For, 133 Goals Against.
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Record Versus Patrick and Other Divisions
Versus Patrick: Won 21, Lost 11, Tied 3, 45 Points, 147 Goals For, 93 Goals Against.
Versus All Other Divisions: Won 21, Lost 15, Tied 9, 51 Points, 155 Goals For, 133 Goals Against.
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Player Statistics: Regular Season
| Name |
Gms. |
G |
A |
Pts. |
+/- |
PIM |
PP |
SH |
GW |
GT |
S |
Pct. |
| Mike Bossy |
79 |
60 |
58 |
118 |
27 |
20 |
19 |
0 |
8 |
3 |
272 |
22.1 |
Bryan Trottier |
80 |
34 |
55 |
89 |
37 |
68 |
13 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
179 |
19.0 |
John Tonelli |
76 |
31 |
40 |
71 |
30 |
55 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
166 |
18.7 |
Denis Potvin |
69 |
12 |
54 |
66 |
32 |
60 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
191 |
6.3 |
Bob Bourne |
77 |
20 |
42 |
62 |
14 |
55 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
147 |
13.6 |
Tomas Jonsson |
72 |
13 |
35 |
48 |
40 |
50 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
100 |
13 |
Clark Gillies |
70 |
21 |
20 |
41 |
9 |
76 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
145 |
14.5 |
Brent Sutter |
80 |
21 |
19 |
40 |
14 |
128 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
149 |
14.1 |
Butch Goring |
75 |
19 |
20 |
39 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
98 |
19.4 |
Duane Sutter |
75 |
13 |
19 |
32 |
8 |
118 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
122 |
10.7 |
Bob Nystrom |
74 |
10 |
20 |
30 |
6 |
98 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
100 |
10.0 |
Stefan Persson |
70 |
4 |
25 |
29 |
12 |
71 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
80 |
5.0 |
Dave Langevin |
73 |
4 |
17 |
21 |
22 |
64 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
107 |
3.7 |
Greg Gilbert |
45 |
8 |
11 |
19 |
1 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
21.6 |
Ken Morrow |
79 |
5 |
11 |
16 |
18 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
135 |
3.7 |
Wayne Merrick |
59 |
4 |
12 |
16 |
3- |
27 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
46 |
8.7 |
Mats Hallin |
30 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
4 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
37 |
18.9 |
Anders Kallur |
55 |
6 |
8 |
14 |
9 |
33 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
77 |
7.8 |
Mike McEwen |
42 |
2 |
11 |
13 |
11 |
16 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
82 |
2.4 |
Bill Carroll |
71 |
1 |
11 |
12 |
3 |
24 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
52 |
1.9 |
Paul Boutilier |
29 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
5- |
24 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
52 |
7.7 |
Gord Lane |
44 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
87 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
6.8 |
Roland Melanson |
44 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kevin Devine |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
Gord Dineen |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2- |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
Darcy Regier |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
Bill Smith |
41 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Goaltender Records
| Name |
Gms. |
Min. |
Avg. |
W |
L |
T |
EN |
SO |
GA |
Svs. |
Sv. Pct. |
Roland Melanson |
44 |
2460 |
2.66 |
24 |
12 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
109 |
1206 |
.909 |
Bill Smith |
41 |
2340 |
2.87 |
18 |
14 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
112 |
1195 |
.906 |
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Player Statistics: Playoffs
| Name |
Gms. |
G |
A |
Pts. |
PIM |
Bob Bourne |
20 |
8 |
20 |
28 |
14 |
Mike Bossy |
19 |
17* |
9 |
26 |
10 |
Brent Sutter |
20 |
10 |
11 |
21 |
26 |
Duane Sutter |
20 |
9 |
12 |
21 |
43 |
Bryan Trottier |
17 |
8 |
12 |
20 |
18 |
Denis Potvin |
20 |
8 |
12 |
20 |
22 |
John Tonelli |
20 |
7 |
11 |
18 |
20 |
Anders Kallur |
20 |
3 |
12 |
15 |
12 |
Bob Nystrom |
20 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
15 |
Tomas Jonsson |
20 |
2 |
10 |
12 |
18 |
Butch Goring |
20 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
4 |
Ken Morrow |
19 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
8 |
Stefan Persson |
18 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
18 |
Wayne Merrick |
19 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
Gord Lane |
18 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
32 |
Clark Gillies |
8 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
Dave Langevin |
8 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Mike McEwen |
12 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
Bill Carroll |
20 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Greg Gilbert |
10 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
Mats Hallin |
7 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
Paul Boutilier |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Goaltender Records
| Name |
Gms. |
Min. |
GA |
SO |
Avg. |
Bill Smith |
17 |
962 |
43 |
2* |
2.68* |
Roland Melanson |
5 |
238 |
10 |
0 |
2.52 |
*Playoff leader
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Well, Isle Be! Interesting Facts About the Dynasty
- The Islanders are the only NHL franchise other than the Montreal Canadiens to have won the Stanley Cup four times in a row, and they are the only U.S. team to have won it more than twice in a row.
- The 1956-60 Montreal Canadiens teams that won the Stanley Cup five straight times had to win two playoff rounds each year, meaning their cup run encompassed 10 straight series wins. The 1983 Islanders stretched the franchise's streak of consecutive winning playoff series to 16. If the Isles played in the same era as the 1956-60 Canadiens, that streak would have brought them the cup an amazing eight straight times!
- The Islanders won 19 postseason series before being defeated by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1984 finals.
- The Islanders swept the Oilers 4 games to 0 in the 1983 finals, giving them their second consecutive finals sweep. The previous year, they swept the Vancouver Canucks.
- The sweep gave the Islanders a 16-3 record in the Stanley Cup finals through 1983. Their finals record currently stands at 17-7.
- The Islanders' sixth seeding in the playoff tournament made them the lowest-ranked team to ever win the Stanley Cup.
- The Islanders did lead in one regular-season category: fewest goals allowed (226). Surprisingly for a team coached by defensive disciple Al Arbour, it was the first time the Isles led the league in this category.
- The emphasis on defense served the '83 Isles well in the Stanley Cup finals, as they held NHL leading scorer Wayne Gretzky without a goal. Gretzky, the most prolific goal scorer in league history, finished the season with 71 goals in 80 games and had tallied 12 in as many playoff games going into the '83 finals.
- Mike Bossy, no goal-scoring slouch himself, led all '83 playoff scorers with 17 goals. 1983 marked Bossy's third straight 17-goal playoff performance, after he had scored a total of just 18 in his first three playoffs combined.
- Bill Smith received $1,500 and a car for winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player in the 1983 Stanley Cup playoffs. Each Islander player took home a $20,000 winner's share after the '83 finals.
- Smith's playoff performance overshadowed a regular season in which he didn't receive year-end All-Star honors. Roland Melanson, the Isles' other goalie, did make the All-Star lineup on the second team. Melanson, along with first-teamer Mike Bossy, were the Isles' only representatives on the year-end list.
- Current fans will especially appreciate -- and perhaps grow misty over -- this excerpt from the May 18, 1983, issue of Newsday: "The franchise that was awarded to Roy Boe and operated hand-to-mouth finally was threatened with bankruptcy five years ago. General manager Bill Torrey and John Q. Pickett, now the sole owner, assumed control, erased a $20-million debt and restored the club to solvency. Torrey recalled that hotels once demanded that the team pay its bills in cash, and now it meets one of the biggest payrolls in the game because the lineup is laced with all-stars.... The Islanders have the third pick in the amateur draft and the rich playoff tradition that the Oilers are convinced is irreplaceable."
- The Islanders used the third draft pick -- obtained via trade with the New Jersey Devils -- to select center Pat LaFontaine. Selected prior to LaFontaine were center Sylvain Turgeon (second overall by the Hartford Whalers) and center Brian Lawton (first overall by the Minnesota North Stars.)
- The Isles' remaining 1983 draft picks were somewhat less notable: defenseman Gerald Diduck, right wing Garnet McKechney, defenseman Mike Neill, center Mikko Makela, right wing Bob Caulfield, defenseman Ron Viglasi, left wing Darin Illikainen, defenseman Jim Sperenger, left wing Dale Henry, defenseman Kevin Vescio, left wing Dave Shellington, center John Bjorkman, and right wing Peter McGeough.
- Former Islander forward Brent Sutter is a free agent, but it doesn't look like anyone signed him for their 1998-99 opening roster. ESPN's site still has him listed as a Chicago Blackhawk, but he's not on the official Blackhawk roster. He was the last of the '83 champs to still be active in the NHL. Four former '83 Oilers -- Gretzky (New York Rangers), Mark Messier (Vancouver Canucks), Paul Coffey (Chicago Blackhawks) and Grant Fuhr (St. Louis Blues) -- are still active in the NHL.
- 1983 rivals John Tonelli and Wayne Gretzky would later wind up as teammates on the Los Angeles Kings from 1989-91.
- Here's the nhl.com page that annoints the '83 Isles as the NHL's greatest team.
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Box Score for the Cup Clincher
From Dynasty to Legend: Tuesday, May 17, 1983
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
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1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
| Edmonton Oilers |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| New York Islanders |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
First Period: 1, Islanders, Trottier 8 (Gillies, Bossy), 11:02. 2, Islanders, Tonelli 7 (Nystrom), 11:45. 3, Islanders, Bossy 17 (Trottier), 12:39.
Penalties: Coffey, Edmonton, 2:16; B. Sutter, Islanders, double minor, 2:16; Gillies, Islanders, 7:40; Lumley, Edmonton, 9:54.
Second Period: 3, Edmonton, Kurri 8 (Gretzky), 0:35. 4, Edmonton, Messier 15 (Fogolin, Coffey), 19:39.
Penalties: Bourne, Islanders, 2:44; Lowe, Edmonton, 11:34; Jackson, Edmonton, 11:41; Gillies, Islanders, 11:41; Kallur, Islanders, 12:14.
Third Period: 5, Islanders, Morrow 5, 18:41.
Penalties: Jackson, Edmonton, 5:10; Jonsson, Islanders, 8:16; Anderson, Edmonton, 8:12; Trottier, Islanders, 10:18.
Shots on Goal
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1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
| Edmonton Oilers |
5 |
14 |
7 |
26 |
| New York Islanders |
8 |
11 |
6 |
25 |
Goalies
Edmonton: Andy Moog
Islanders: Bill Smith
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