1984–85 Detroit Red Wings season

1984–85 Detroit Red Wings
Division3rd Norris
Conference7th Campbell
1984–85 record27–41–12
Goals for313
Goals against357
Team information
General managerJim Devellano
CoachNick Polano
CaptainDanny Gare
Alternate captainsNone

The 1984–85 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 53rd season, the franchise's 59th.

Offseason

Regular season

On October 26, 1984, Paul Coffey of the Edmonton Oilers would be the last defenceman in the 20th Century to score four goals in one game. It occurred in a game versus the Detroit Red Wings.[1]

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
St. Louis Blues 80 37 31 12 299 288 86
Chicago Black Hawks 80 38 35 7 309 299 83
Detroit Red Wings 80 27 41 12 313 357 66
Minnesota North Stars 80 25 43 12 268 321 62
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 20 52 8 253 358 48

[2]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. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1984 3–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 0–1–0
2 W October 13, 1984 4–1 New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 1–1–0
3 L October 14, 1984 4–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 1–2–0
4 L October 17, 1984 4–6 New York Islanders (1984–85) 1–3–0
5 L October 18, 1984 3–7 @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 1–4–0
6 W October 20, 1984 7–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 2–4–0
7 L October 24, 1984 1–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 2–5–0
8 W October 26, 1984 7–3 Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 3–5–0
9 L October 30, 1984 3–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 3–6–0
10 L November 1, 1984 5–9 Calgary Flames (1984–85) 3–7–0
11 T November 2, 1984 3–3 OT Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 3–7–1
12 W November 6, 1984 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 4–7–1
13 L November 8, 1984 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1984–85) 4–8–1
14 L November 10, 1984 2–4 Boston Bruins (1984–85) 4–9–1
15 L November 13, 1984 4–5 OT @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 4–10–1
16 L November 14, 1984 2–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 4–11–1
17 T November 17, 1984 3–3 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 4–11–2
18 W November 21, 1984 4–2 Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 5–11–2
19 W November 23, 1984 6–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 6–11–2
20 L November 24, 1984 4–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 6–12–2
21 T November 28, 1984 3–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 6–12–3
22 L November 30, 1984 3–5 St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 6–13–3
23 L December 1, 1984 5–10 @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 6–14–3
24 W December 4, 1984 7–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 7–14–3
25 W December 5, 1984 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 8–14–3
26 W December 7, 1984 5–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 9–14–3
27 L December 9, 1984 0–4 @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 9–15–3
28 W December 10, 1984 4–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 10–15–3
29 L December 12, 1984 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 10–16–3
30 T December 14, 1984 4–4 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 10–16–4
31 L December 16, 1984 2–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 10–17–4
32 W December 20, 1984 5–4 Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 11–17–4
33 L December 22, 1984 4–5 Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 11–18–4
34 W December 26, 1984 5–2 New York Rangers (1984–85) 12–18–4
35 W December 28, 1984 4–3 @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 13–18–4
36 L December 29, 1984 3–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 13–19–4
37 T December 31, 1984 4–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 13–19–5
38 L January 2, 1985 2–7 New York Islanders (1984–85) 13–20–5
39 L January 3, 1985 2–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 13–21–5
40 L January 5, 1985 3–5 Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 13–22–5
41 L January 8, 1985 2–4 Washington Capitals (1984–85) 13–23–5
42 L January 12, 1985 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1984–85) 13–24–5
43 L January 13, 1985 2–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 13–25–5
44 T January 16, 1985 1–1 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 13–25–6
45 L January 17, 1985 5–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 13–26–6
46 L January 19, 1985 5–8 Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 13–27–6
47 L January 21, 1985 3–6 St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 13–28–6
48 W January 22, 1985 5–4 @ New York Islanders (1984–85) 14–28–6
49 L January 24, 1985 1–3 @ New York Rangers (1984–85) 14–29–6
50 T January 26, 1985 4–4 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 14–29–7
51 W January 29, 1985 4–3 Washington Capitals (1984–85) 15–29–7
52 L January 31, 1985 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 15–30–7
53 W February 2, 1985 6–3 Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 16–30–7
54 T February 3, 1985 5–5 OT @ New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 16–30–8
55 T February 7, 1985 5–5 OT St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 16–30–9
56 L February 9, 1985 5–6 Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 16–31–9
57 T February 14, 1985 5–5 OT Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 16–31–10
58 W February 16, 1985 7–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 17–31–10
59 T February 17, 1985 4–4 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 17–31–11
60 W February 20, 1985 3–2 St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 18–31–11
61 L February 23, 1985 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 18–32–11
62 L February 24, 1985 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 18–33–11
63 W February 27, 1985 11–5 Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 19–33–11
64 W March 1, 1985 6–2 Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 20–33–11
65 L March 2, 1985 2–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 20–34–11
66 W March 6, 1985 5–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 21–34–11
67 L March 9, 1985 5–8 New Jersey Devils (1984–85) 21–35–11
68 L March 10, 1985 2–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 21–36–11
69 L March 13, 1985 6–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 21–37–11
70 W March 15, 1985 6–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 22–37–11
71 L March 16, 1985 3–8 @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 22–38–11
72 W March 20, 1985 8–6 Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 23–38–11
73 W March 22, 1985 5–3 New York Rangers (1984–85) 24–38–11
74 L March 24, 1985 3–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 24–39–11
75 W March 26, 1985 5–1 Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 25–39–11
76 L March 28, 1985 1–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 25–40–11
77 W March 30, 1985 9–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 26–40–11
78 W April 3, 1985 3–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 27–40–11
79 T April 6, 1985 2–2 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 27–40–12
80 L April 7, 1985 5–6 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 27–41–12

Playoffs

They made it into the playoffs again and got swept in the first round in a best of five series by Chicago in 3 games, or 0–3.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
John Ogrodnick LW 79 55 50 105 30 1 15 1 6
Ron Duguay C/RW 80 38 51 89 51 -16 11 3 4
Steve Yzerman C 80 30 59 89 58 -17 9 0 3
Reed Larson D 77 17 45 62 139 7 7 0 0
Kelly Kisio C 75 20 41 61 56 2 5 0 0
Danny Gare RW 71 27 29 56 163 5 3 0 3
Ivan Boldirev C 75 19 30 49 16 -25 11 0 3
Brad Park D 67 13 30 43 53 -15 6 0 0
Dwight Foster RW 50 16 16 32 56 12 0 3 0
Bob Manno D 74 10 22 32 32 0 0 3 1
Randy Ladouceur D 80 3 27 30 108 3 1 0 1
Darryl Sittler C 61 11 16 27 37 -10 4 0 2
Lane Lambert RW 69 14 11 25 104 -3 0 0 1
John Barrett D 71 6 19 25 117 -15 0 0 1
Greg Smith D 73 2 18 20 117 -26 0 0 0
Gerard Gallant LW 32 6 12 18 66 9 0 0 2
Tiger Williams LW 55 3 8 11 158 -16 0 0 0
Larry Trader D 40 3 7 10 39 11 1 0 0
Claude Loiselle C 30 8 1 9 45 -5 0 0 0
Frantisek Cernik W 49 5 4 9 13 -7 0 0 0
Colin Campbell D 57 1 5 6 124 -14 0 0 0
Milan Chalupa D 14 0 5 5 6 4 0 0 0
Pierre Aubry LW 25 2 2 4 33 -1 0 0 0
Corrado Micalef G 36 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0
Dave Silk RW 12 2 0 2 10 -6 0 0 0
Greg Stefan G 46 0 2 2 23 0 0 0 0
Joe Kocur RW 17 1 0 1 64 -4 0 0 0
Brad Smith RW 1 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0
Shawn Burr LW/C 9 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0
Eddie Mio G 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Rick Zombo D 1 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Greg Stefan 2635 46 21 19 3 190 4.33 0
Corrado Micalef 1856 36 5 19 7 136 4.40 0
Eddie Mio 376 7 1 3 2 27 4.31 0
Team: 4867 80 27 41 12 353 4.35 0

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Steve Yzerman C 3 2 1 3 2 0 0 0
Reed Larson D 3 1 2 3 20 0 0 0
John Ogrodnick LW 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Kelly Kisio C 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Claude Loiselle C 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Darryl Sittler C 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Ron Duguay C/RW 3 1 0 1 7 1 0 0
Joe Kocur RW 3 1 0 1 5 0 0 0
Randy Ladouceur D 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Manno D 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
John Barrett D 3 0 1 1 11 0 0 0
Ivan Boldirev C 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Brad Smith RW 3 0 1 1 5 0 0 0
Dwight Foster RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerard Gallant LW 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
Danny Gare RW 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Corrado Micalef G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Park D 3 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
Greg Smith D 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Greg Stefan G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Trader D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Corrado Micalef 42 2 0 0 6 8.57 0
Greg Stefan 138 3 0 3 17 7.39 0
Team: 180 3 0 3 23 7.67 0

[4]

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

Transactions

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 7 Shawn Burr  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2 28 Doug Houda  Canada Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
3 49 Milan Chalupa  Czechoslovakia HC Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)
5 91 Mats Lundstrom  Sweden Skelleftea AIK (Sweden)
6 112 Randy Hansch  Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)
7 133 Stefan Larsson  Sweden Frolunda (Sweden)
8 152 Lars Karlsson  Sweden Färjestad BK (Sweden)
8 154 Urban Nordin  Sweden Modo Hockey (Sweden)
9 175 Bill Shibicky  Canada Michigan State University (CCHA)
10 195 Jay Rose  United States New Preparatory School (USHS-MA)
11 216 Tim Kaiser  Canada Guelph Platers (OHL)
12 236 Tom Nickolau  Canada Guelph Platers (OHL)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.27, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1984-85 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.