1983-84 OPC Goalies

by Blargh - 30 cards (Last updated on Jun 27, 2020)



1. 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #12 Rollie Melanson


24-12-5. .909, 2.65, 1
2nd Team All-Star, Jennings winner
Rollie the Goalie was a surprising omission from the 1982-83 set. He had to wait until the 83-84 OPC set to get a rookie card.
Rollie outplayed Billy Smith during the regular season, as the duo beat the one-man show in Boston, by 2 goals to lay claim to Jennings Trophy.
Rollie finished second in the Vezina voting and was a 2nd Team All-Star.


2. 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #17 Billy Smith


18-14-7, .906, 2.87, 1
Jennings winner, Conn Smythe winner
While Billy was outplayed by the youngster in the regular season, it was Billy who stood tall for the Islanders and backstopped the Islanders to a Fourth straight Stanley Cup. Smith won the Conn Smythe as play-offs MVP as the Islanders swept the Oilers in four games.


3. 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #27 Grant Fuhr


13-12-5, .867, 4.30, 0
Fuhr had a sophomore slump during the 1982-83 season. He started the season 4-6-2, .858 and 4.69 GAA. His creasemate, Andy Moog was 5-2-3, .894 and 3.49.
Fuhr played a total of one game and 11 minutes in the play-offs


4. 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #40 Andy Moog


33-8-7, .891, 3.54, 1
During mid-season, Moog had a personal 14 game unbeaten streak, 12-0-2, .895, and 3.35. Moog was hot down the stretch, grabbing the nod for the play-offs, going 11-2-0, .900, and 3.15.
Moog played incredibly well in the first three rounds of the play-offs, going 11-1, .909, and 2.75. Moog and the entire Oilers team hit a roadblock in the Finals, getting swept by the Islanders. Moog was 0-4, .851 and 3.78 in the finals.


5. 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #58 Pete Peeters


40-12-9, .903, 2.37, 8
Vezina, 1st Team All Star, All-Star Game
Peeters had statically the best season of any goalie in the 1980s. Peeters was 40-12-9, .903, 2.37 and 8 shutouts. The 40 wins ties him him for most in a season during the 80s, his 2.37 is second lowest, and his 8 shutouts are the most by 2.
Peeters had a perosnal 31 game unbeaten streak, going 26-0-5, .917, and 1.94 with 6 shutouts. There is one caveat to his streak, he was pulled in a 10-5 loses against the Quebec Nordiques after allowing 5 goals in 29 minutes. The Bruins would lose the game 10-5 and the loss was hung on Peeter's back-up, Mike Moffat.
Peeters won the Vezina, was a 1st Team All-Star, and runner-up in Hart Trophy voting. Peeters and the Bruins missed the Jennings trophy by two goals. Peeters had a GAA of 2.37, while his back-ups had a 4.21 GAA.


6. 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #71 Bob Sauve


25-20-7, .871, 3.46, 1
In Sauve's first season as the #1 goalie in Buffalo, He set a career high in wins with 25.
He was lights out opening the play-offs, posting back-to-back shutouts against the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal. He allowed only two goals in three games in the first round.
The second round was a different story. Sauve had a .835 save percentage and 4.27 GAA against the Boston Bruins in 7 games. Rick Middleton, of the Bruins, set a NHL record by scoring 19 points in a single play-off series. Linemate Barry Pederson, still has the fifth highest single series total with 16.


7. 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #80 Don Edwards


16-15-6, .882, 4.02, 1
Edwards career began a sharp downward trajectory in his last season with the Sabres in 1981-82, and it continued with the Flames in 1982-83.
Brought on to the be the #1 starter, Edwards struggled and was hampered by injuries. He missed a month with a knee injury in December and also missed over a week after getting injured in the opening game of the play-offs.
For the second season in a row, Edwards set, a then, career high in GAA and a career low in save percentage.


8. 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #86 Rejean Lemelin


16-12-8, .889, 3.61, 0
Lemelin once again found himself as a back-up. He did get a chance to be the #1 starter when Edwards missed a month with an injury. Lemelin went 4-1-2, .885 and 3.91 GAA. Lemelin continued to get better with the return of Edwards, posting a 10-5-6, .895 and 3.38.
Lemelin had outplayed Edwards but was still the back-up come play-off time. An injury gave Reggie a chance to start, but the Flames met the Oilers in the second round and were thoroughly thumped.


9. 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #97 Murray Bannerman


24-12-5, .901, 3.10, 4
All-Star Game
Murray continues his pre-game skate which he began in the 1981 OPC set. Although this time he adds a towel. It's a nice addition considering that Murray needed to cool off after finishing the season third in Vezina and Team All-Star voting.
Bannerman got off to a hot start, going 12-2-3, .913, and 2.88 before Christmas.


10. 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #99 Tony Esposito


23-11-5, .887, 3.47, 1
For the first time since 1968-69, Tony O was not the undisputed #1 goalie in Chicago.
It wasn't that Tony O played bad. He finished with a .887 and 3.47 GAA, which were decent numbers for the early 80s. It is just that the younger Bannerman outplayed him, .901 and 3.10.
One of the interesting tidbits of the Black Hawks season is that they never made an in-game goalie change. That includes a 10-4 lose to the Oilers in January as well as back-to-back games giving up 8 goals to the Oilers to open the Conference Finals. Safe to say Mike Keenan was not coach yet.

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