1983–84 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
The 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began in October 1983 and concluded with the 1984 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 24, 1984 at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York. This was the 37th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 90th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.
1983–84 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||||
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Duration | October 1983– March 24, 1984 | ||||
NCAA tournament | 1984 | ||||
National championship | 1980 Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York | ||||
NCAA champion | Bowling Green | ||||
Hobey Baker Award | Tom Kurvers (Minnesota–Duluth) | ||||
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Notre Dame demoted their program to club status for this season but returned to the Division I ranks the following year.
Season Outlook
editPre-season polls
editThe top teams in the nation.
The WMPL poll was voted on by coaches before the start of the season. The College Hockey Statistics Bureau (CHSB) / WDOM poll was voted on by media after the season started.
This was the last season WDOM would release the CHSB poll.
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Regular season
editSeason tournaments
editTournament | Dates | Teams | Champion |
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Battle Creek Tournament | October 14–15 | 4 | Western Michigan |
RIT Invitational | November 4–5 | 4 | Wilfrid Laurier |
Empire Cup | November 25–26 | 4 | Rensselaer |
Minnesota–Duluth Holiday Classic | December 28–30 | 4 | Boston College |
Great Lakes Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Michigan State |
KeyBank Tournament | December 29–30 | 4 | Bowling Green |
Syracuse Invitational | December 29–30 | 4 | Colgate |
Auld Lang Syne Classic | December 30–31 | 4 | New Hampshire |
Rensselaer Holiday Tournament | December 30–31 | 4 | Rensselaer |
First Interstate Classic | January 5–8 | 8 | North Dakota |
Phoenix Mutual Classic | January 6–7 | 4 | Colgate |
Beanpot | February 6, 13 | 4 | Northeastern |
Standings
editConference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Bowling Green† | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .821 | 146 | 95 | 44 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 228 | 146 | |
Ohio State | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 155 | 96 | 41 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 212 | 133 | |
Michigan State* | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 162 | 90 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 241 | 129 | |
Northern Michigan | 30 | 16 | 14 | 0 | .533 | 126 | 118 | 40 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 155 | 161 | |
Western Michigan | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | .482 | 125 | 114 | 42 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 187 | 168 | |
Michigan Tech | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | .467 | 123 | 128 | 41 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 160 | 167 | |
Ferris State | 30 | 13 | 15 | 2 | .467 | 128 | 138 | 41 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 184 | 184 | |
Lake Superior State | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | .417 | 103 | 127 | 40 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 152 | 176 | |
Michigan | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | .383 | 105 | 148 | 37 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 134 | 179 | |
Miami | 30 | 10 | 20 | 0 | .333 | 116 | 156 | 37 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 149 | 188 | |
Illinois-Chicago | 28 | 5 | 22 | 1 | .196 | 83 | 162 | 35 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 106 | 221 | |
Championship: Michigan State † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
East Region | ||||||||||||||
Boston College | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 88 | 72 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 175 | 141 | |
Boston University | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 75 | 63 | 40 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 167 | 120 | |
New Hampshire | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 94 | 73 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 169 | 139 | |
Providence | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .619 | 84 | 78 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 143 | 122 | |
Northeastern | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .500 | 104 | 97 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 144 | 124 | |
Maine | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .333 | 75 | 109 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 130 | 161 | |
West Region | ||||||||||||||
Rensselaer†* | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 117 | 53 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 218 | 113 | |
Clarkson | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 97 | 63 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 156 | 110 | |
Colgate | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .525 | 83 | 89 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 171 | 149 | |
St. Lawrence | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | 108 | 80 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 175 | 126 | |
Vermont | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .325 | 89 | 97 | 29 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 127 | 132 | |
Ivy Region | ||||||||||||||
Harvard | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .524 | 68 | 61 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 84 | 90 | |
Yale | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .500 | 76 | 73 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 91 | 92 | |
Cornell | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 83 | 94 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 106 | 113 | |
Brown | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | .262 | 59 | 109 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 70 | 135 | |
Princeton | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | .262 | 81 | 103 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 101 | 126 | |
Dartmouth | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .143 | 58 | 119 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 71 | 148 | |
Independent | ||||||||||||||
Army^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 241 | 104 | |
Lowell^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 138 | 164 | |
Championship: Rensselaer † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Both Army and Lowell had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Air Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 26 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 109 | 131 | |
Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | |||
Northern Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 27 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 172 | 97 | |
US International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 36 | 4 | 31 | 1 | |||
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Minnesota-Duluth†* | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 138 | 85 | 43 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 216 | 140 | |
North Dakota | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 117 | 82 | 45 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 204 | 145 | |
Minnesota | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 106 | 97 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 190 | 154 | |
Wisconsin | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 105 | 107 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 182 | 168 | |
Denver | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 119 | 152 | 39 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 182 | 203 | |
Colorado College | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 77 | 139 | 35 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 109 | 168 | |
Championship: Minnesota-Duluth † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Final regular season polls
editThe final top 10 teams as ranked by coaches (WMPL) before the conference tournament finals.
The final media poll (CHSB/WDOM) was released after the conference tournament finals.
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1984 NCAA Tournament
editQuarterfinals March 16–18 | Semifinals March 22–23 | National championship March 24 | ||||||||||||||
E1 | Rensselaer | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
W4 | North Dakota | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||||
W4 | North Dakota | 1 | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 2* | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Clarkson | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minnesota–Duluth | 4 | ||||||||||||||
W3 | Bowling Green | 5**** | ||||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan State | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Boston College | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Michigan State | 1 | Third-place game | |||||||||||||
W3 | Bowling Green | 2 | ||||||||||||||
E2 | Boston University | 6 | 1 | 7 | W1 | Michigan State | 5 | |||||||||
W3 | Bowling Green | 3 | 5*** | 8 | W4 | North Dakota | 6* |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Player stats
editScoring leaders
editThe following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Paul Pooley | Senior | Ohio State | 42 | 32 | 64 | 96 | 38 |
Dan Dorion | Sophomore | Western Michigan | 42 | 41 | 50 | 91 | 42 |
Bill Watson | Sophomore | Minnesota−Duluth | 40 | 35 | 51 | 86 | 12 |
Adam Oates | Sophomore | Rensselaer | 38 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 15 |
Mike Symes | Junior | Army | 32 | 38 | 45 | 82 | - |
Perry Pooley | Senior | Ohio State | 41 | 39 | 40 | 79 | 28 |
Tom Kurvers | Senior | Minnesota−Duluth | 43 | 18 | 58 | 76 | 46 |
John Carter | Sophomore | Rensselaer | 38 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 52 |
Biff Shea | Junior | Army | 34 | 29 | 45 | 74 | - |
Greg Adams | Sophomore | Northern Arizona | 26 | 44 | 29 | 73 | 24 |
Randy Merrifield | Senior | Ferris State | 41 | 20 | 53 | 73 | 14 |
Leading goaltenders
editThe following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Norm Foster | Freshman | Michigan State | 32 | 1815 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 83 | 1 | .898 | 2.74 |
Bob Essensa | Freshman | Michigan State | 17 | 946 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 2 | .891 | 2.79 |
John Dougan | Junior | Ohio State | 27 | 1495 | 18 | - | - | 71 | - | .897 | 2.85 |
Gary Kruzich | Freshman | Bowling Green | 28 | - | 21 | 5 | 2 | - | - | .896 | 2.87 |
Brian Jopling | Freshman | Rensselaer | 15 | 457 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | .882 | 2.89 |
Mike Schwalb | Freshman | Yale | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .899 | 2.91 |
Cleon Daskalakis | Senior | Boston University | 35 | 1972 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 96 | 1 | .911 | 2.92 |
Daren Puppa | Freshman | Rensselaer | 32 | 1816 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 0 | .900 | 2.94 |
Ron Benton | Senior | Alaska−Anchorage | - | 973 | 13 | - | - | 48 | 1 | .897 | 2.96 |
Rick Kosti | Freshman | Minnesota−Duluth | 38 | 2347 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 119 | 0 | .898 | 3.04 |
Awards
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ECACedit
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WCHAedit
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Round | Pick | Player | College | Conference | NHL team |
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1 | 6 | Craig Redmond | Denver | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
1 | 13 | David Quinn † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | Minnesota North Stars |
2 | 27 | Scott Mellanby † | Wisconsin | WCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
2 | 30 | Peter Douris | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Winnipeg Jets |
2 | 32 | Tony Hrkac † | North Dakota | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
2 | 34 | Steve Leach † | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Washington Capitals |
2 | 38 | Paul Ranheim † | Wisconsin | WCHA | Calgary Flames |
3 | 44 | Neil Davey | Michigan State | CCHA | New Jersey Devils |
3 | 46 | Ken Hodge Jr. † | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Minnesota North Stars |
3 | 50 | Toby Ducolon † | Vermont | ECAC Hockey | St. Louis Blues |
3 | 52 | David Saunders | St. Lawrence | ECAC Hockey | Vancouver Canucks |
3 | 62 | Jeff Norton † | Michigan | CCHA | New York Islanders |
3 | 63 | Todd Norman † | North Dakota | WCHA | Edmonton Oilers |
4 | 65 | Lee Brodeur † | North Dakota | WCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
4 | 68 | Chris Mills † | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Winnipeg Jets |
4 | 70 | Doug Wieck † | Colorado College | WCHA | New York Islanders |
4 | 72 | Sean Clement † | Michigan State | CCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
4 | 74 | Paul Ysebaert † | Bowling Green | CCHA | New Jersey Devils |
4 | 77 | Paul Broten † | Minnesota | WCHA | New York Rangers |
4 | 79 | Dave Hanson † | Denver | WCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
4 | 82 | Bob Joyce † | North Dakota | WCHA | Boston Bruins |
4 | 84 | Richard Novak † | Michigan Tech | CCHA | Edmonton Oilers |
5 | 86 | Jon Morris † | Lowell | ECAC Hockey | New Jersey Devils |
5 | 87 | David Grannis † | Minnesota | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
5 | 88 | Jack Capuano † | Maine | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
5 | 92 | Scott Paluch † | Bowling Green | CCHA | St. Louis Blues |
5 | 93 | Scott Schneider | Colorado College | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
5 | 95 | Gerry Johannson † | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
5 | 98 | Clark Donatelli † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
5 | 105 | Rick Lambert † | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Edmonton Oilers |
6 | 108 | Greg Strome | North Dakota | WCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
6 | 113 | Steve Tuttle † | Wisconsin | WCHA | St. Louis Blues |
6 | 114 | Gary Lorden † | Michigan | CCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
6 | 115 | Jeff Korchinski | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Vancouver Canucks |
6 | 117 | Brett Hull † | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | Calgary Flames |
6 | 124 | Randy Oswald | Michigan Tech | CCHA | Boston Bruins |
6 | 125 | Jim Wilharm † | United States International | Independent | New York Islanders |
7 | 127 | Tom Ryan † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | Pittsburgh Penguins |
7 | 129 | Tim Hanley † | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
7 | 130 | Joe MacInnis † | Northeastern | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
7 | 135 | Luciano Borsato † | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Winnipeg Jets |
7 | 138 | Kevan Melrose † | Harvard | ECAC Hockey | Calgary Flames |
7 | 140 | Tom Hussey † | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
7 | 146 | Kelly Murphy † | Michigan Tech | CCHA | New York Islanders |
8 | 148 | Don Porter | Michigan Tech | CCHA | St. Louis Blues |
8 | 150 | Shannon Deegan | Vermont | ECAC Hockey | Los Angeles Kings |
8 | 156 | Brad Jones | Michigan | CCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
8 | 158 | Brad McCaughey † | Michigan | CCHA | Montreal Canadiens |
8 | 160 | Darin McInnis † | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | Minnesota North Stars |
8 | 161 | Brian Nelson † | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | New York Rangers |
8 | 162 | Jyrki Maki † | Lowell | ECAC Hockey | Quebec Nordiques |
8 | 163 | Luke Vitale † | Providence | ECAC Hockey | Philadelphia Flyers |
8 | 166 | Don Sweeney † | Harvard | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
9 | 170 | Mike Roth † | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | New Jersey Devils |
9 | 173 | John Devereaux † | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Hartford Whalers |
9 | 175 | Bill Shibicky | Michigan State | CCHA | Detroit Red Wings |
9 | 177 | Gord Whitaker | Colorado College | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
9 | 180 | Gary Suter | Wisconsin | WCHA | Calgary Flames |
9 | 181 | Dewey Wahlin † | Maine | ECAC Hockey | Minnesota North Stars |
9 | 182 | Ville Kentala † | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | New York Rangers |
9 | 184 | Billy Powers † | Michigan | CCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
9 | 186 | Kevin Heffernan † | Northeastern | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
10 | 189 | Steve Hurt † | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Pittsburgh Penguins |
10 | 190 | Mike Peluso † | Alaska–Anchorage | Independent | New Jersey Devils |
10 | 191 | Jeff Crossman | Western Michigan | CCHA | Los Angeles Kings |
10 | 192 | David Buckley † | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Toronto Maple Leafs |
10 | 193 | Brent Regan | Bowling Green | CCHA | Hartford Whalers |
10 | 195 | Jay Rose † | Clarkson | ECAC Hockey | Detroit Red Wings |
10 | 196 | Tom Tilley † | Michigan State | CCHA | St. Louis Blues |
10 | 197 | Rick Forst † | North Dakota | WCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
10 | 198 | Ed Lowney | Boston University | ECAC Hockey | Vancouver Canucks |
10 | 201 | Mike Orn † | Miami | CCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
10 | 202 | Kevin Miller † | Michigan State | CCHA | New York Rangers |
10 | 204 | Daryn Fersovich | Bowling Green | CCHA | Philadelphia Flyers |
10 | 205 | Paul Cavallini † | Providence | ECAC Hockey | Washington Capitals |
11 | 210 | Jim Steen † | North Dakota | WCHA | Pittsburgh Penguins |
11 | 213 | Mike Wurst | Ohio State | CCHA | Toronto Maple Leafs |
11 | 214 | Jim Culhane | Western Michigan | CCHA | Hartford Whalers |
11 | 218 | Mike Warus | Lake Superior State | CCHA | Winnipeg Jets |
11 | 219 | Doug Clarke | Colorado College | WCHA | Vancouver Canucks |
11 | 220 | David Tanner † | Yale | ECAC Hockey | Montreal Canadiens |
11 | 222 | Tom Terwilliger † | Miami | CCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
11 | 223 | Tom Lorentz † | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | New York Rangers |
11 | 227 | Bill Kopecky † | Boston College | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
11 | 228 | Russ Becker † | Michigan Tech | CCHA | New York Islanders |
12 | 237 | Mark Lanigan † | Northern Michigan | CCHA | St. Louis Blues |
12 | 238 | Jim Edmands | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | Winnipeg Jets |
12 | 242 | Mike Nightengale † | Ohio State | CCHA | Minnesota North Stars |
12 | 243 | Scott Brower † | North Dakota | WCHA | New York Rangers |
12 | 247 | Sean Baker † | Michigan | CCHA | Buffalo Sabres |
12 | 248 | Jim Newhouse † | Lowell | ECAC Hockey | Boston Bruins |
12 | 249 | Allister Brown | New Hampshire | ECAC Hockey | New York Islanders |
† incoming freshman
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". CCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "2008-09 WCHA Yearbook 113-128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ a b "1983-84 NCAA Division I Statistics". Elite Prospects. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "CCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "1984 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey DB. Retrieved October 25, 2023.