1984–85 Quebec Nordiques season

1984–85 Quebec Nordiques
Division	2nd Adams
Conference	4th Prince of Wales
1984–85 record	41-30-9
Home record	24–12–4
Road record	17–18–5
Goals for	323
Goals against	275
Team information
General manager	Maurice Filion
Coach	Michel Bergeron
Captain	Mario Marois
Arena	Le Colisee
Team leaders
Goals	Michel Goulet (55)
Assists	Peter Stastny (68)
Points	Peter Stastny (100)
Penalty minutes	Dale Hunter (209)
Plus/minus	Bruce Bell (+32)
Wins	Mario Gosselin (19)
Goals against average	Mario Gosselin (3.34)

Offseason

The Nordiques had a pretty quiet off-season, as they looked to build off of their successful 1983-84 season. The club hired the recently retired Guy Lapointe as an assistant coach, while they also signed goaltender Richard Sevigny as a free agent from the Montreal Canadiens. Sevigny had a 16-18-2 record with a 3.38 GAA with Montreal in 1983-84.

Regular season

Quebec started the season off pretty slow, going only 3-6-1 in their first ten games, sitting in last place in the Adams Division. Quebec continued to play mediocre hockey for the majority of the first half of the season, as they had a 16-16-6 record after 38 games, battling with the Boston Bruins for third place in the division. The Nordiques played much better in the second half of the season, as they would battle with the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres for first in the division. Quebec finished the season with a 41-30-9 record, earning 91 points, and a second place finish, just three points behind the Canadiens.

Peter Stastny led the Nordiques offensively, leading the club with 100 points in 75 games, while Michel Goulet scored a team high 55 goals, while earning 95 points in 69 games. Anton Stastny had 38 goals and 80 points, while Dale Hunter scored 20 goals and 72 points, while accumulating a team high 209 penalty minutes. Brad Maxwell and Brent Ashton, acquired from the Minnesota North Stars in December, sparked the Nordiques, as Ashton had 51 points in 49 games, while Maxwell had 31 points in 50 games on the blueline.

In goal, Quebec was led by rookie Mario Gosselin, as he had a team high 19 wins with a team best 3.34 GAA in 35 games. Richard Sevigny had a 10-6-2 record with a 3.37 GAA in 20 games, while Dan Bouchard was 12-13-4 with a 3.49 GAA in 29 games.

Final standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	41	27	12	309	262	94
Quebec Nordiques	80	41	30	9	323	275	91
Buffalo Sabres	80	38	28	14	290	237	90
Boston Bruins	80	36	34	10	303	287	82
Hartford Whalers	80	30	41	9	268	318	69

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.

Game log

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

Playoffs

The Nordiques opened the 1985 Stanley Cup Playoffs with a best of five Adams Division quarter-final series against the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres finished the season in third place in the Adams Division with a 38-28-14 record, earning 90 points, one less than Quebec. The series began with two games at Le Colisee, and the Nordiques took care of business at home, winning the first game 5-2, followed by a close 3-2 victory in the second game to go up 2-0 in the series. The series moved to the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium for the third game, and the Sabres stayed alive in the series with a 6-4 win to cut the Nordiques series lead to 2-1. Buffalo easily handled the Nordiques in the fourth game at the Auditorium, winning 7-4, to even the series up at two games each, sending the series back to Quebec City for a fifth and deciding game. The Nordiques and Sabres played a very close game, with Quebec winning 6-5, to win the series and advance to the Division finals.

Quebec would face the Montreal Canadiens in the best of seven Division finals. The Canadiens had a 41-27-12 record during the regular season, earning 94 points and finishing in first place in the Adams Division, three points ahead of the Nordiques. Montreal eliminated the Boston Bruins in five games in the first round of the playoffs. The series opened with two games at the Montreal Forum, however, it was Quebec who struck first, winning the first game 2-1 in overtime, before the Canadiens evened the series with a 6-4 win in the second game. The series moved to Le Colisee for the next two games, and the Nordiques once again took the series lead, winning the third game 7-6 in overtime to go up 2-1 in the series. The Canadiens responded in the fourth game, defeating Quebec 3-1 in the fourth game to even the series up once again. In the fifth game in Montreal, the Nordiques came out flying, easily defeating the Canadiens 5-1 to take a 3-2 series lead, and game six moving back to Quebec City. In the sixth game, the Canadiens fought off elimination, defeating the Nordiques 5-2 to once again tie the series, forcing a seventh and deciding game at the Montreal Forum. In a very close game, the Nordiques and Canadiens were tied 2-2 after regulation time, forcing overtime, and in the extra period, Peter Stastny scored the series clinching goal as Quebec stunned the Canadiens with a 3-2 victory, advancing to the Wales Conference finals for the second time in four seasons.

The Nordiques would face off against the Philadelphia Flyers in the best of seven Conference finals. The Flyers had the best record in the NHL, as they had a 53-20-7 record, earning 113 points, winning the Patrick Division by twelve points over the second place Washington Capitals. In the playoffs, Philadelphia swept the New York Rangers in three games, before defeating the New York Islanders in five games in the division finals. Since the Adams Division had a better record against the Patrick Division, the Nordiques would have home ice advantage. The series began with two games at Le Colisee, as the Nordiques won a tough defensive battle in overtime by a score of 2-1 to take an early series lead. The Flyers evened the series with a 4-2 win in the second game. The series moved over to the Spectrum in Philadelphia, and the Flyers took a 2-1 series lead with another 4-2 victory in the third game. The Nordiques rebounded in the fourth game at the Spectrum, silencing the Flyers with a 5-3 win to even the series up at two wins each. The fifth game was played back in Quebec City, and the defensively tight Flyers squeaked out a 2-1 victory in the fifth game to return home with a 3-2 series lead. Philadelphia dominated the Nordiques in the sixth game, outshooting Quebec 36-15, en route to a 3-0 to win the series and advance to the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals.

Quebec Nordiques 3, Buffalo Sabres 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 10	Buffalo Sabres	2–5	Quebec Nordiques	1-0
2	April 11	Buffalo Sabres	2–3	Quebec Nordiques	2-0
3	April 13	Quebec Nordiques	4–6	Buffalo Sabres	2-1
4	April 14	Quebec Nordiques	4–7	Buffalo Sabres	2-2
5	April 16	Buffalo Sabres	5–6	Quebec Nordiques	3-2

Quebec Nordiques 4, Montreal Canadiens 3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 18	Quebec Nordiques	2–1	Montreal Canadiens	1-0
2	April 21	Quebec Nordiques	4–6	Montreal Canadiens	1-1
3	April 23	Montreal Canadiens	6–7	Quebec Nordiques	2-1
4	April 25	Montreal Canadiens	3–1	Quebec Nordiques	2-2
5	April 27	Quebec Nordiques	5–1	Montreal Canadiens	3-2
6	April 30	Montreal Canadiens	5–2	Quebec Nordiques	3-3
7	May 2	Quebec Nordiques	3–2	Montreal Canadiens	4-3

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Quebec Nordiques 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	May 5	Philadelphia Flyers	1–2	Quebec Nordiques	1-0
2	May 7	Philadelphia Flyers	4–2	Quebec Nordiques	1-1
3	May 9	Quebec Nordiques	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers	1-2
4	May 12	Quebec Nordiques	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers	2-2
5	May 14	Philadelphia Flyers	2–1	Quebec Nordiques	2-3
6	May 16	Quebec Nordiques	0–3	Philadelphia Flyers	2-4

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Peter Stastny C 75 32 68 100 95 23 7 1 9 Michel Goulet LW 69 55 40 95 55 10 17 0 6 Anton Stastny LW 79 38 42 80 30 18 9 0 3 Dale Hunter C 80 20 52 72 209 23 3 3 3 Brent Ashton LW 49 27 24 51 38 18 6 1 2 Wilf Paiement RW 68 23 28 51 165 12 2 1 4 Mario Marois D 76 6 37 43 91 2 2 0 0 Paul Gillis C 77 14 28 42 168 12 0 0 3 Jean-Francois Sauve C 64 13 29 42 21 11 8 0 1 Bruce Bell D 75 6 31 37 44 32 2 0 1 Alain Cote LW 80 13 22 35 31 12 1 1 0 Brad Maxwell D 50 7 24 31 119 22 1 0 1 Randy Moller D 79 7 22 29 120 29 0 0 0 Pat Price D 68 1 26 27 118 17 0 0 0 Normand Rochefort D 73 3 21 24 74 12 1 0 1 Alain Lemieux C 30 11 11 22 12 -1 2 0 2 Tony McKegney LW 30 12 9 21 12 2 1 3 1 Marian Stastny RW 50 7 14 21 4 1 0 0 1 Andre Savard C 35 9 10 19 8 -3 1 1 1 Mark Kumpel RW 42 8 7 15 26 4 1 0 0 Jean-Marc Gaulin RW 22 3 3 6 8 2 0 0 0 Bo Berglund RW 12 4 1 5 6 2 0 0 1 Luc Dufour LW 30 2 3 5 27 -5 0 0 0 Jimmy Mann RW 25 0 4 4 54 3 0 0 0 Peter Loob D 8 1 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 Louis Sleigher RW 6 1 2 3 0 -1 0 0 1 Dan Bouchard G 29 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Blake Wesley D 21 0 2 2 28 -2 0 0 0 Gord Donnelly D 22 0 0 0 33 1 0 0 0 Mario Gosselin G 36 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Wayne Groulx C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roger Hagglund D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Claude Julien D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Lee RW 2 0 0 0 5 -4 0 0 0 Richard Sevigny G 20 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 David Shaw D 14 0 0 0 11 -5 0 0 0 Yvon Vautour RW 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Mario Gosselin 1960 35 19 11 3 109 3.34 1 Dan Bouchard 1738 29 12 13 4 101 3.49 0 Richard Sevigny 1104 20 10 6 2 62 3.37 1 Team: 4802 80 41 30 9 272 3.40 2

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Peter Stastny C 18 4 19 23 24 1 1 0 2 Michel Goulet LW 17 11 10 21 17 3 7 0 0 Brad Maxwell D 18 2 9 11 35 5 1 0 0 Brent Ashton LW 18 6 4 10 13 -6 1 1 1 Alain Cote LW 18 5 5 10 11 5 0 0 1 Jean-Francois Sauve C 18 5 5 10 8 -6 2 0 0 Dale Hunter C 17 4 6 10 97 0 0 1 2 Paul Gillis C 18 1 7 8 73 1 0 0 0 Mario Marois D 18 0 8 8 12 -9 0 0 0 Mark Kumpel RW 18 3 4 7 4 4 0 0 1 Wilf Paiement RW 18 4 2 6 58 -4 0 0 0 Alain Lemieux C 14 3 3 6 0 2 2 0 0 Anton Stastny LW 16 3 3 6 6 -3 1 0 1 Bruce Bell D 16 2 2 4 21 -2 1 0 0 Randy Moller D 18 2 2 4 40 3 1 0 0 Pat Price D 17 0 4 4 51 4 0 0 0 Normand Rochefort D 18 2 1 3 8 2 0 0 1 Mario Gosselin G 17 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Blake Wesley D 6 1 0 1 8 -1 0 0 0 Dan Bouchard G 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Jean-Marc Gaulin RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Hough LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Mann RW 13 0 0 0 41 1 0 0 0 Marian Stastny RW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Mario Gosselin 1059 17 9 8 54 3.06 0 Dan Bouchard 60 1 0 1 7 7.00 0 Team: 1119 18 9 9 61 3.27 0

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1984-85 season.

Trades

June 26, 1984	To St. Louis Blues Cash	To Quebec Nordiques Dan Wood Richard Zemlak
July 6, 1984	To Detroit Red Wings Frantisek Cernik	To Quebec Nordiques Cash
October 25, 1984	To Boston Bruins Louis Sleigher	To Quebec Nordiques Luc Dufour 4th round pick in 1985 - Peter Massey
December 6, 1984	To Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Ford	To Quebec Nordiques Tom Thornbury
December 14, 1984	To Minnesota North Stars Tony McKegney Bo Berglund	To Quebec Nordiques Brad Maxwell Brent Ashton
January 29, 1985	To St. Louis Blues Luc Dufour	To Quebec Nordiques Alain Lemieux

Waivers

October 9, 1984	To New York Rangers Andre Dore
October 9, 1984	To Hartford Whalers Wally Weir
January 25, 1985	To New Jersey Devils Michel Bolduc

Free agents

Player Former Team Richard Sevigny Montreal Canadiens

Player New Team Rick Lapointe Los Angeles Kings

Roster

1984-85 Quebec Nordiques
Goaltenders 1 – Richard Sevigny  33 – Mario Gosselin  35 – Dan Bouchard		Defensemen 4 – Brad Maxwell  4 – David Shaw  5 – Normand Rochefort  6 – Bruce Bell  7 – Pat Price  21 – Randy Moller  22 – Mario Marois  - C 25 – Blake Wesley  29 – Roger Hagglund  31 – Peter Loob  34 – Claude Julien		Wingers 9 – Brent Ashton  9 – Tony McKegney  10 – Jimmy Mann  12 – Louis Sleigher  14 – Luc Dufour  16 – Michel Goulet  17 – Bo Berglund  17 – Mark Kumpel  18 – Marian Stastny  20 – Anton Stastny  19 – Alain Cote  24 – Jean-Marc Gaulin  27 – Wilf Paiement  28 – Edward Lee  28 – Yvon Vautour		Centres 11 – Andre Savard  12 – Wayne Groulx  15 – J.F. Sauve  23 – Paul Gillis  26 – Peter Stastny  28 – Alain Lemieux  32 – Dale Hunter  Coach: Michel Bergeron

Draft picks

Quebec's draft picks from the 1984 NHL Entry Draft which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	15	Trevor Stienburg	Canada	Guelph Platers (OHL)
2	36	Jeff Brown	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
3	57	Steven Finn	Canada	Laval Voisins (QMJHL )
4	78	Terry Perkins	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
6	120	Darren Cota	Canada	Kelowna Wings (WHL)
7	141	Henrik Cedergren	Sweden	Brynäs IF Gävle (Sweden)
8	162	Jyrki Maki	Finland	Simley High School (USHS)
9	183	Guy Ouellette	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
10	203	Ken Quinney	Canada	Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
12	244	Peter Loob	Sweden	Södertälje SK (Sweden)

Farm teams

• Fredericton Express (AHL)

See also

• 1984–85 NHL season

External links

• Nordiques 1985_games.html "1984–85 Quebec Nordiques Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)