1984–85 Detroit Red Wings season

1984–85 Detroit Red Wings
1984–85 Detroit Red Wings
Division	3rd Norris
Conference	7th Campbell
1984–85 record	27–41–12
Home record	19–14–7
Road record	8–27–5
Goals for	313
Goals against	357
Team information
General manager	Jim Devellano
Coach	Nick Polano
Captain	Danny Gare
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Team leaders
Goals	John Ogrodnick (55)
Assists	Steve Yzerman (59)
Points	John Ogrodnick (105)
Penalty minutes	Danny Gare; Tiger Williams (163)
Wins	Greg Stefan (21)
Goals against average	Eddie Mio (4.32)

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 defenseman 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
	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. Norris Division

1984–85 NHL records^[3]
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
Chicago	—	3−3−2	4−3−1	3−4−1	6−1−1	16−11−5
	3−3−2	—	3−2−3	1−6−1	5−3	12−14−6
Minnesota	3−4−1	2−3−3	—	1−6−1	6−2	12−15−5
St. Louis	4−3−1	6−1−1	6−1−1	—	4−3−1	20−8−4
Toronto	1−6−1	3−5	2−6	3−4−1	—	9−21−2

Vs. Smythe Division

1984–85 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
Chicago	2−1	0−3	2−0−1	2−1	1−1−1	7−6−2
	1−2	0−3	1−2	2−1	0−2−1	4−10−1
Minnesota	0−1−2	0−3	1−1−1	1−1−1	1−2	3−8−4
St. Louis	3−0	0−3	2−1	3−0	1−0−2	9−4−2
Toronto	0−3	0−2−1	1−2	1−1−1	0−3	2−11−2

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Adams Division

1984–85 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
Chicago	3−0	0−3	1−2	2−1	0−3	6−9−0
	0−3	1−1−1	1−2	1−1−1	2−1	5−8−2
Minnesota	0−3	0−3	2−1	2−1	0−3	4−11−0
St. Louis	0−1−2	2−1	1−2	0−2−1	1−2	4−8−3
Toronto	1−2	1−2	1−2	3−0	0−1−2	6−7−2

Vs. Patrick Division

1984–85 NHL records
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
Chicago	3−0	0−3	3−0	1−2	2−1	0−3	9−9−0
	1−1−1	1−2	2−1	0−2−1	1−1−1	1−2	6−9−3
Minnesota	1−1−1	1−1−1	2−1	0−3	2−1	0−2−1	6−9−3
St. Louis	2−0−1	0−3	0−2−1	0−3	2−1	0−2−1	4−11−3
Toronto	0−3	1−2	0−2−1	1−2	1−2	0−2−1	3−13−2

Schedule and results

1984–85 regular season^[4]

October

Game	Result	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

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
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

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
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

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
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

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
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

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
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

April

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
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

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

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
Greg Stefan	2635	46	21	19	3	190	4.33
Corrado Micalef	1856	36	5	19	7	136	4.40
Eddie Mio	376	7	1	3	2	27	4.31
Team:	4867	80	27	41	12	353	4.35

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG
Steve Yzerman	C	3	2	1	3	2	0
Reed Larson	D	3	1	2	3	20	0
John Ogrodnick	LW	3	1	1	2	0	0
Kelly Kisio	C	3	0	2	2	2	0
Claude Loiselle	C	3	0	2	2	0	0
Darryl Sittler	C	2	0	2	2	0	0
Ron Duguay	C/RW	3	1	0	1	7	1
Joe Kocur	RW	3	1	0	1	5	0
Randy Ladouceur	D	3	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Manno	D	3	1	0	1	0	0
John Barrett	D	3	0	1	1	11	0
Ivan Boldirev	C	2	0	1	1	0	0
Brad Smith	RW	3	0	1	1	5	0
Dwight Foster	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gerard Gallant	LW	3	0	0	0	11	0
Danny Gare	RW	2	0	0	0	10	0
Corrado Micalef	G	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Park	D	3	0	0	0	11	0
Greg Smith	D	3	0	0	0	7	0
Greg Stefan	G	3	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Trader	D	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA
Corrado Micalef	42	2	0	6	8.57
Greg Stefan	138	3	3	17	7.39
Team:	180	3	3	23	7.67

^[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

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)

References

^ Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.27, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1984-85 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
^ "1984-85 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

[1] Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.27, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9

[nhl-gd-standings-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.

[Gamelog-4] "1984-85 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.

[5] "1984-85 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

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See also	Draft Waiver draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

See also

References