1982–83 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1982–83 1982 Detroit Red Wings 21–44–15 14–19–7 7–25–8 Campbell 10th Norris 5th 263 344 Jim Devellano Nick Polano Danny Gare None Joe Louis Arena 12,994 John Ogrodnick (41) Reed Larson (52) John Ogrodnick (87) John Ogrodnick (+11) Danny Gare (107) Corrado Micalef (11) Corrado Micalef (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 and missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season 1972–73 season and the 1976–77 season and for the first time since the 1980–81 season they finished last in the conference. 2 Offseason 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 Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1982–83 regular season1982-83 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1983_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 6, 1982||1–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||0–1–0 |- |2||T||October 8, 1982||3–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||0–1–1 |- |3||L||October 9, 1982||0–8 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||0–2–1 |- |4||L||October 14, 1982||4–6 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||0–3–1 |- |5||L||October 16, 1982||0–6 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||0–4–1 |- |6||L||October 17, 1982||4–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||0–5–1 |- |7||L||October 20, 1982||3–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||0–6–1 |- |8||W||October 23, 1982||6–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||1–6–1 |- |9||L||October 24, 1982||4–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) ||1–7–1 |- |10||W||October 27, 1982||5–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||2–7–1 |- |11||L||October 28, 1982||3–7 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||2–8–1 |- |12||W||October 30, 1982||4–2 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||3–8–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |13||L||November 2, 1982||2–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||3–9–1 |- |14||T||November 3, 1982||3–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1982–83) ||3–9–2 |- |15||T||November 6, 1982||1–1 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1982–83) ||3–9–3 |- |16||L||November 7, 1982||0–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||3–10–3 |- |17||L||November 10, 1982||2–8 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||3–11–3 |- |18||L||November 13, 1982||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||3–12–3 |- |19||T||November 16, 1982||4–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||3–12–4 |- |20||L||November 18, 1982||1–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) ||3–13–4 |- |21||T||November 20, 1982||2–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||3–13–5 |- |22||L||November 21, 1982||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||3–14–5 |- |23||L||November 24, 1982||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) ||3–15–5 |- |24||T||November 27, 1982||5–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) ||3–15–6 |- |25||L||November 28, 1982||5–7 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||3–16–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||L||December 1, 1982||1–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||3–17–6 |- |27||W||December 4, 1982||6–2 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1982–83) ||4–17–6 |- |28||W||December 8, 1982||2–0 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1982–83) ||5–17–6 |- |29||W||December 11, 1982||6–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||6–17–6 |- |30||W||December 12, 1982||7–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||7–17–6 |- |31||T||December 15, 1982||4–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) ||7–17–7 |- |32||L||December 16, 1982||2–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) ||7–18–7 |- |33||T||December 18, 1982||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1982–83) ||7–18–8 |- |34||T||December 21, 1982||5–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||7–18–9 |- |35||W||December 23, 1982||6–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) ||8–18–9 |- |36||T||December 26, 1982||2–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||8–18–10 |- |37||L||December 27, 1982||4–8 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) ||8–19–10 |- |38||T||December 29, 1982||5–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||8–19–11 |- |39||W||December 31, 1982||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||9–19–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |40||L||January 2, 1983||3–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||9–20–11 |- |41||L||January 3, 1983||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1982–83) ||9–21–11 |- |42||L||January 5, 1983||2–5 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1982–83) ||9–22–11 |- |43||L||January 8, 1983||2–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||9–23–11 |- |44||W||January 9, 1983||4–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||10–23–11 |- |45||T||January 13, 1983||4–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) ||10–23–12 |- |46||W||January 15, 1983||4–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||11–23–12 |- |47||L||January 16, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||11–24–12 |- |48||L||January 19, 1983||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||11–25–12 |- |49||L||January 22, 1983||1–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||11–26–12 |- |50||W||January 25, 1983||6–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||12–26–12 |- |51||L||January 29, 1983||3–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||12–27–12 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |52||L||February 1, 1983||2–5 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) ||12–28–12 |- |53||L||February 2, 1983||3–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||12–29–12 |- |54||L||February 5, 1983||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||12–30–12 |- |55||W||February 6, 1983||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||13–30–12 |- |56||W||February 9, 1983||6–5 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||14–30–12 |- |57||L||February 12, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||14–31–12 |- |58||W||February 15, 1983||7–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) ||15–31–12 |- |59||T||February 17, 1983||5–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) ||15–31–13 |- |60||W||February 20, 1983||7–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||16–31–13 |- |61||L||February 22, 1983||2–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||16–32–13 |- |62||L||February 24, 1983||1–4 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) ||16–33–13 |- |63||W||February 26, 1983||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1982–83) ||17–33–13 |- |64||T||February 27, 1983||4–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) ||17–33–14 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |65||T||March 1, 1983||5–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||17–33–15 |- |66||W||March 3, 1983||5–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||18–33–15 |- |67||L||March 5, 1983||1–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||18–34–15 |- |68||L||March 6, 1983||4–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||18–35–15 |- |69||W||March 10, 1983||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||19–35–15 |- |70||L||March 12, 1983||1–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||19–36–15 |- |71||L||March 13, 1983||2–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||19–37–15 |- |72||W||March 16, 1983||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||20–37–15 |- |73||L||March 19, 1983||7–9 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||20–38–15 |- |74||L||March 20, 1983||3–6 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||20–39–15 |- |75||L||March 23, 1983||1–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1982–83) ||20–40–15 |- |76||L||March 26, 1983||5–7 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||20–41–15 |- |77||L||March 27, 1983||0–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||20–42–15 |- |78||L||March 30, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||20–43–15 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |79||W||April 1, 1983||8–7 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1982–83) ||21–43–15 |- |80||L||April 3, 1983||3–8 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||21–44–15 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG John Ogrodnick LW 80 41 44 85 3011502 Reed Larson D 80 22 52 74 104-7711 Danny Gare RW 79 26 35 61 107-16603 Mark Osborne Mark Osborne (ice hockey) LW 80 19 24 43 83-41303 Willie Huber D 74 14 29 43 106-34301 Walt McKechnie C 64 14 29 43 421330 Mike Blaisdell RW 80 18 23 41 22-6002 Dwight Foster Dwight Foster (ice hockey) RW 58 17 22 39 58-8311 Paul Woods ice hockey LW 63 13 20 33 30-2013 Reggie Leach RW 78 15 17 32 13-1200 Ivan Boldirev C 33 13 17 30 14-6310 Greg Smith Greg Smith (ice hockey) D 73 4 26 30 797000 Stan Weir C 57 5 24 29 20101 Tom Rowe Tom Rowe (ice hockey) RW 51 6 10 16 44-17001 John Barrett ice hockey D 79 4 10 14 74-18000 Mark Lofthouse RW/C 28 8 4 12 188000 Derek Smith Derek Smith (ice hockey b. 1954) C/LW 42 7 4 11 12-7100 Murray Craven LW 31 4 7 11 64001 Jim Schoenfeld D 57 1 10 11 18-14001 Colin Campbell Colin Campbell (ice hockey executive) D 53 1 7 8 742000 Kelly Kisio C 15 4 3 7 0-2000 Randy Ladouceur D 27 0 4 4 16-10000 Joe Paterson ice hockey LW 33 2 1 3 14-8001 Gilles Gilbert G 20 0 3 3 40000 Bobby Francis C 14 2 0 2 0-1000 Claude Loiselle C 18 2 0 2 15-14000 Mark Kirton C 10 1 1 2 6-1000 Larry Trader D 15 0 2 2 6-9000 Corrado Micalef G 34 0 1 1 180000 Dennis Polonich C/RW 11 0 1 1 0-4000 Bobby Crawford Bobby Crawford (ice hockey) RW 1 0 0 0 00000 Greg Joly D 2 0 0 0 00000 Jim Rutherford G 1 0 0 0 00000 Brad Smith Brad Smith (ice hockey) RW 1 0 0 0 0-1000 Ken Solheim LW 10 0 0 0 2-2000 Greg Stefan G 35 0 0 0 350000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA 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 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-03 1982-83 Detroit Red Wings Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1983.html 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; Draft picks 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)117Murray CravenCanadaMedicine Hat Tigers (WHL)223Yves CourteauCanadaLaval Voisins (QMJHL)344Carmine VaniCanadaKingston Canadians (OHL)466Craig CoxeUnited StatesSt. Albert Saints (AJHL)586Brad ShawCanadaOttawa 67's (OHL)6107Claude VilgrainCanadaLaval Voisons (QMJHL)7128Greg HudasUnited StatesRedford Royals (NAJHL)8149Pat LaheyCanadaWindsor Spitfires (OHL)9170Gary CullenCanadaCornell University (ECAC)10191Brent MecklingCanadaCalgary Canucks (AJHL)11212Mike SternCanadaOshawa Generals (OHL)12233Shaun ReaganCanadaBrantford Alexanders (OHL) See also 1982–83 NHL season References Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Detroit Red Detroit Red Category:1982 in Detroit Category:1983 in Detroit