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Garth Butcher's 1982-1983 season

Points
14
NHL#352
Goals
1
NHL#443
Assists
13
NHL#293
Plus/minus
-6
NHL#416
Games
55
68%
68% of 80

Defenceman Garth Butcher was 19 years old when the 1982-1983 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks. He played 55 of a possible 80 games and scored 1 goals and 13 assists for 14 points, 0.25 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1982-1983Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Garth Butcher plays the 1982-1983 season for Vancouver Canucks

    VANVancouver Canucks

    Garth was 19 years old when the 1982-1983 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      VAN1–2BOS
      L
      game 5/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–6HFD
      L
      game 6/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–5NYI
      L
      game 7/807
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Milestone

    Garth Butcher records his first NHL assist

    in the game against New York Islanders · October 19

    • The game
      VAN5–6NYR
      L
      game 8/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–3VAN
      W
      game 9/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD1–8VAN
      W
      game 10/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–2VAN
      game 11/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–2EDM
      W
      game 12/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • November 1982
    • The game
      VAN5–2QUE
      W
      game 13/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–3PHI
      W
      game 14/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–4MTL
      L
      game 15/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–3BUF
      L
      game 16/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–4VAN
      W
      game 17/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–3WIN
      L
      game 18/806
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–6WIN
      L
      game 19/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–4VAN
      game 20/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8016 of 20 played
      4
      points
      NHL#311
      0
      goals
      NHL#366
      4
      assists
      NHL#236
      -6
      +/-
      NHL#147
      VAN
      7-10-0W-L-OT17Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN3–3EDM
      game 21/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–5VAN
      W
      game 22/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE2–5VAN
      W
      game 23/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–4VAN
      game 24/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–5VAN
      game 25/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–2VAN
      L
      game 26/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • December 1982
    • The game
      CGY5–4VAN
      L
      game 27/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–6VAN
      W
      game 28/805
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN7–3TOR
      W
      game 29/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN6–9MNS
      L
      game 30/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–1STL
      W
      game 31/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY6–3VAN
      L
      game 35/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–4LAK
      L
      game 36/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN4–4VAN
      game 37/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM8–1VAN
      L
      game 38/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -4+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–4PHI
      L
      game 40/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8032 of 40 played
      10
      points
      NHL#296
      0
      goals
      NHL#433
      10
      assists
      NHL#209
      -10
      +/-
      NHL#158
      VAN
      13-19-0W-L-OT34Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN6–4HFD
      W
      game 41/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–5BUF
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–5CGY
      L
      game 44/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN4–6VAN
      W
      game 45/806
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–6DET
      L
      game 49/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • February 1983
    • The game
      VAN4–7WIN
      L
      game 57/805
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1VAN
      L
      game 58/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–5VAN
      W
      game 59/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–6VAN
      W
      game 60/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8041 of 60 played
      10
      points
      NHL#352
      0
      goals
      NHL#467
      10
      assists
      NHL#294
      -11
      +/-
      NHL#167
      VAN
      20-29-0W-L-OT51Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN0–8LAK
      L
      game 61/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–1VAN
      L
      game 62/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY2–6VAN
      W
      game 63/805
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • March 1983
    • The game
      VAN1–8CGY
      L
      game 64/805
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–0WIN
      W
      game 65/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN4–5VAN
      W
      game 66/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN2–6VAN
      W
      game 67/806
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–7VAN
      W
      game 68/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–8VAN
      W
      game 69/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–6MNS
      L
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–4EDM
      L
      game 71/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE3–7VAN
      W
      game 72/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Milestone

    Garth Butcher scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Quebec Nordiques · March 18

    • The game
      DET3–6VAN
      W
      game 73/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–7VAN
      W
      game 74/804
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Garth Butcher closes the 1982-1983 season with 14 points

    VANVancouver Canucks
    Points
    14
    NHL#352
    Games
    55of 80
    69%
    Goals
    1
    NHL#443
    Assists
    13
    NHL#293
    P/GP
    0.25
    NHL#355
    +/-
    -6
    NHL#416
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    16 days later
    Playoffs

    Vancouver Canucks are in the playoffs

    First round

    Vancouver Canucks meet Calgary Flames

    VANvsCGY
    Swedes on Vancouver Canucks
    Swedes on Calgary Flames
    View the whole round
    • Game 2
      VAN3–5CGY
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Calgary Flameslead2–0againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 3
      CGY4–5VAN
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Calgary Flameslead2–1againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 4
      CGY4–3VAN
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    First round

    Calgary Flames knock Vancouver Canucks out 3–1

    VAN1–3CGY
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round