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1984–85 New Jersey Devils season

The 1984–85 New Jersey Devils season was the 11th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and third season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[1] For the seventh consecutive season the team did not qualify for the playoffs.

1984–85 New Jersey Devils
Division5th Patrick
ConferenceWales
1984–85 record22–48–10
Goals for264
Goals against346
Team information
General managerMax McNab
CoachDoug Carpenter
CaptainMel Bridgman
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaBrendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
GoalsMel Bridgman
Aaron Broten (22)
AssistsDave Pichette (40)
PointsMel Bridgman (61)
Penalty minutesPat Verbeek (162)
Plus/minusBob Lorimer (+6)
WinsChico Resch (15)
Goals against averageRon Low (3.85)

Offseason edit

Lou Vairo joined the team as an assistant coach to Carpenter.[2]

Regular season edit

Final standings edit

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Philadelphia Flyers 80 53 20 7 348 241 113
Washington Capitals 80 46 25 9 322 240 101
New York Islanders 80 40 34 6 345 312 86
New York Rangers 80 26 44 10 295 345 62
New Jersey Devils 80 22 48 10 264 346 54
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 24 51 5 276 385 53

[3]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 edit

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference edit

Vs. Campbell Conference edit


Schedule and results edit

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

Player statistics edit

Regular season edit

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mel Bridgman C 80 22 39 61 105 -16 5 3 3
Aaron Broten LW/C 80 22 35 57 38 -18 10 0 2
Dave Pichette D 71 17 40 57 41 -20 8 0 2
Kirk Muller LW 80 17 37 54 69 -31 9 1 0
Tim Higgins RW 71 19 29 48 30 -10 5 0 2
Paul Gagne LW 79 24 19 43 28 -11 3 0 1
Doug Sulliman RW 57 22 16 38 4 -11 6 0 1
Pat Verbeek RW 78 15 18 33 162 -24 5 1 1
John MacLean RW 61 13 20 33 44 -11 1 0 4
Bruce Driver D 67 9 23 32 36 -22 3 1 0
Jan Ludvig RW 74 12 19 31 53 -19 3 0 1
Rick Meagher C 71 11 20 31 22 -13 1 1 1
Uli Hiemer D 53 5 24 29 70 -14 3 0 0
Rich Preston RW 75 12 15 27 26 -24 1 0 1
Joe Cirella D 66 6 18 24 141 -45 2 0 0
Greg Adams LW 36 12 9 21 14 -14 5 0 0
Phil Russell D 66 4 16 20 110 -14 0 1 0
Don Lever LW 67 10 8 18 31 -29 0 1 1
Dave Lewis D 74 3 9 12 78 -29 0 0 2
Rocky Trottier RW 33 5 3 8 2 -3 0 0 0
Bob Lorimer D 46 2 6 8 35 6 0 0 0
Bob Hoffmeyer D 37 1 6 7 65 -15 0 0 0
Gary McAdam LW 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Chernomaz RW 3 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
Mitch Wilson C 9 0 2 2 21 1 0 0 0
Hannu Kamppuri G 13 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Ken Daneyko D 1 0 0 0 10 -1 0 0 0
Alan Hepple D 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Ron Low G 26 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0
Glenn Resch G 51 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA 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

[5]

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 edit

Transactions edit

Draft picks edit

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)
1 2 Kirk Muller   Canada Laval Voisins (QMJHL)
2 23 Craig Billington   Canada Belleville Bulls (OHL)
3 44 Neil Davey   Canada Michigan State (CCHA)
4 74 Paul Ysebaert   Canada Petrolia Jets (WOJBHL)
5 86 Jon Morris   United States Chelmsford High School (USHS-MA)
6 107 Kirk McLean   Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7 128 Ian Ferguson   United States Oshawa Generals (OHL)
8 149 Vladimir Kames   Czechoslovakia HC Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)
9 170 Mike Roth   United States Hill-Murray High School (USHS-MN)
10 190 Mike Peluso   United States Greenway High School (USHS-MN)
11 211 Jarkko Piiparinen   Finland Kiekko-Reipas (Finland)
12 231 Chris Kiene   United States Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)

Farm teams edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
  2. ^ "Lou Vairo Team Staff Profile". Elite Prospects. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  4. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "1984-85 New Jersey Devils Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

External links edit

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