1984–85 New Jersey Devils season

National Hockey League season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1984–85 1984 New Jersey Devils 22–48–10 13–21–6 9–27–4 Wales 10th Patrick 5th 264 346 Max McNab Doug Carpenter Mel Bridgman None Brendan Byrne Arena Mel BridgmanAaron Broten (22) Dave Pichette (40) Mel Bridgman (61) Bob Lorimer (+6) Pat Verbeek (162) Chico Resch (15) Ron Low (3.85) The 1984–85 New Jersey Devils season was the 11th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and third season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.National Hockey League The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011 2010 Triumph Books 83 978-1-60078-422-4 For the seventh consecutive season the team did not qualify for the playoffs. 2 Offseason Lou Vairo joined the team as an assistant coach to Carpenter.https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/1659/lou-vairo Lou Vairo Team Staff Profile Elite Prospects February 25, 2020 Regular season Final standings NJD Record vs. opponents NJD Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 5px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 5px solid; 1984–85 regular season1984-85 New Jersey Devils Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/1985_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 23, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 12, 1984||7–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1984–85) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 13, 1984||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 16, 1984||4–6 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1984–85) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 19, 1984||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 20, 1984||3–8 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||2–3–0 |- |6||W||October 24, 1984||5–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||3–3–0 |- |7||L||October 25, 1984||2–11 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1984–85) ||3–4–0 |- |8||L||October 27, 1984||2–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||3–5–0 |- |9||L||October 31, 1984||6–7 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||3–6–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||T||November 2, 1984||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||3–6–1 |- |11||L||November 3, 1984||4–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||3–7–1 |- |12||L||November 8, 1984||2–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||3–8–1 |- |13||T||November 10, 1984||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||3–8–2 |- |14||L||November 15, 1984||3–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1984–85) ||3–9–2 |- |15||L||November 17, 1984||0–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||3–10–2 |- |16||W||November 18, 1984||6–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1984–85) ||4–10–2 |- |17||L||November 21, 1984||1–8 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||4–11–2 |- |18||L||November 23, 1984||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||4–12–2 |- |19||W||November 24, 1984||5–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||5–12–2 |- |20||W||November 27, 1984||3–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) ||6–12–2 |- |21||W||November 29, 1984||2–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||7–12–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |22||L||December 1, 1984||3–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||7–13–2 |- |23||L||December 4, 1984||1–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||7–14–2 |- |24||T||December 7, 1984||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||7–14–3 |- |25||L||December 8, 1984||3–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||7–15–3 |- |26||W||December 11, 1984||7–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1984–85) ||8–15–3 |- |27||T||December 13, 1984||4–4 OT|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||8–15–4 |- |28||W||December 15, 1984||8–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||9–15–4 |- |29||W||December 17, 1984||5–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||10–15–4 |- |30||W||December 19, 1984||3–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||11–15–4 |- |31||L||December 20, 1984||4–8 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||11–16–4 |- |32||L||December 22, 1984||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1984–85) ||11–17–4 |- |33||L||December 26, 1984||3–5 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||11–18–4 |- |34||W||December 27, 1984||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||12–18–4 |- |35||L||December 29, 1984||1–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||12–19–4 |- |36||L||December 31, 1984||4–6 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||12–20–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |37||L||January 3, 1985||4–6 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||12–21–4 |- |38||W||January 5, 1985||5–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||13–21–4 |- |39||L||January 6, 1985||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1984–85) ||13–22–4 |- |40||L||January 10, 1985||2–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1984–85) ||13–23–4 |- |41||W||January 12, 1985||5–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||14–23–4 |- |42||W||January 14, 1985||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1984–85) ||15–23–4 |- |43||L||January 15, 1985||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1984–85) ||15–24–4 |- |44||L||January 18, 1985||6–9 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1984–85) ||15–25–4 |- |45||T||January 19, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) ||15–25–5 |- |46||L||January 23, 1985||3–6 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||15–26–5 |- |47||L||January 25, 1985||2–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) ||15–27–5 |- |48||L||January 29, 1985||3–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||15–28–5 |- |49||L||January 31, 1985||1–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||15–29–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |50||W||February 1, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1984–85) ||16–29–5 |- |51||T||February 3, 1985||5–5 OT|| align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) ||16–29–6 |- |52||W||February 7, 1985||6–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||17–29–6 |- |53||T||February 9, 1985||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) ||17–29–7 |- |54||L||February 14, 1985||0–4 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||17–30–7 |- |55||W||February 16, 1985||6–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) ||18–30–7 |- |56||T||February 17, 1985||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||18–30–8 |- |57||L||February 19, 1985||5–7 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||18–31–8 |- |58||L||February 21, 1985||3–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) ||18–32–8 |- |59||L||February 23, 1985||1–5 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1984–85) ||18–33–8 |- |60||L||February 26, 1985||3–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) ||18–34–8 |- |61||L||February 27, 1985||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||18–35–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||L||March 1, 1985||1–4 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1984–85) ||18–36–8 |- |63||W||March 3, 1985||5–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||19–36–8 |- |64||L||March 5, 1985||1–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||19–37–8 |- |65||T||March 7, 1985||4–4 OT|| align="left"| New York Islanders (1984–85) ||19–37–9 |- |66||W||March 9, 1985||8–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) ||20–37–9 |- |67||L||March 10, 1985||1–7 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||20–38–9 |- |68||L||March 12, 1985||3–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) ||20–39–9 |- |69||L||March 14, 1985||4–7 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1984–85) ||20–40–9 |- |70||L||March 17, 1985||3–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1984–85) ||20–41–9 |- |71||L||March 19, 1985||1–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||20–42–9 |- |72||L||March 21, 1985||2–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) ||20–43–9 |- |73||L||March 23, 1985||3–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||20–44–9 |- |74||L||March 27, 1985||3–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||20–45–9 |- |75||W||March 28, 1985||3–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1984–85) ||21–45–9 |- |76||W||March 30, 1985||6–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) ||22–45–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#C8102E 2px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |77||L||April 2, 1985||4–8 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) ||22–46–9 |- |78||L||April 3, 1985||0–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) ||22–47–9 |- |79||T||April 6, 1985||5–5 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1984–85) ||22–47–10 |- |80||L||April 7, 1985||1–6 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) ||22–48–10 |- |- | 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 Mel Bridgman C 80 22 39 61 105-16533 Aaron Broten LW/C 80 22 35 57 38-181002 Dave Pichette D 71 17 40 57 41-20802 Kirk Muller LW 80 17 37 54 69-31910 Tim Higgins Tim Higgins (ice hockey) RW 71 19 29 48 30-10502 Paul Gagne Paul Gagne (ice hockey) LW 79 24 19 43 28-11301 Doug Sulliman RW 57 22 16 38 4-11601 Pat Verbeek RW 78 15 18 33 162-24511 John MacLean John MacLean (ice hockey) RW 61 13 20 33 44-11104 Bruce Driver D 67 9 23 32 36-22310 Jan Ludvig RW 74 12 19 31 53-19301 Rick Meagher C 71 11 20 31 22-13111 Uli Hiemer D 53 5 24 29 70-14300 Rich Preston RW 75 12 15 27 26-24101 Joe Cirella D 66 6 18 24 141-45200 Greg Adams Greg Adams (ice hockey b. 1963) LW 36 12 9 21 14-14500 Phil Russell Phil Russell (ice hockey) D 66 4 16 20 110-14010 Don Lever LW 67 10 8 18 31-29011 Dave Lewis Dave Lewis (ice hockey) D 74 3 9 12 78-29002 Rocky Trottier RW 33 5 3 8 2-3000 Bob Lorimer D 46 2 6 8 356000 Bob Hoffmeyer D 37 1 6 7 65-15000 Gary McAdam LW 4 1 1 2 00000 Rich Chernomaz RW 3 0 2 2 22000 Mitch Wilson C 9 0 2 2 211000 Hannu Kamppuri G 13 0 1 1 20000 Ken Daneyko D 1 0 0 0 10-1000 Alan Hepple D 1 0 0 0 0-2000 Ron Low G 26 0 0 0 210000 Glenn Resch G 51 0 0 0 60000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Glenn Resch 2884 51 15 27 5 200 4.16 0 Ron Low 1326 26 6 11 4 85 3.85 1 Hannu Kamppuri 645 13 1 10 1 54 5.02 0 Team: 4855 80 22 48 10 339 4.19 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-02 1984-85 New Jersey Devils Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/1985.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 New Jersey's draft picks at the 1984 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)12Kirk MullerCanadaLaval Voisins (QMJHL)223Craig BillingtonCanadaBelleville Bulls (OHL)344Neil DaveyCanadaMichigan State (CCHA)474Paul YsebaertCanadaPetrolia Jets (WOJBHL)586Jon MorrisUnited StatesChelmsford High School (USHS-MA)6107Kirk McLeanCanadaOshawa Generals (OHL)7128Ian FergusonUnited StatesOshawa Generals (OHL)8149Vladimir KamesHC Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)9170Mike RothUnited StatesHill-Murray High School (USHS-MN)10190Mike PelusoUnited StatesGreenway High School (USHS-MN)11211Jarkko PiiparinenKiekko-Reipas (Finland)12231Chris KieneUnited StatesSpringfield Olympics (NEJHL) See also 1984–85 NHL season References 1984-85 Category:1984–85 NHL season by team Category:1984 in sports in New Jersey Category:1985 in sports in New Jersey 1984-85 New Jersey Devils season 1984-85 New Jersey Devils season