The 1982-83 O-Pee-Chee NHL hockey card set consists of 396 cards featuring players from all 21 teams in the league at the time. This was the first collection to include players from the New Jersey Devils after the team transferred from Denver where they were known as the Colorado Rockies.
The set features the rookie cards of Grant Fuhr, Ron Francis, Neal Broten, Brent Sutter, Bobby Carpenter and Dale Hawerchuk, along with others. Of course, the Wayne Gretzky cards play a prominent role in the collection.
1982-83 O-Pee-Chee NHL Hockey Card Checklist
| Number | Card |
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky (Record Breaker) |
| 2 | Mike Bossy (Record Breaker) |
| 3 | Dale Hawerchuk RC (Record Breaker) |
| 4 | Mikko Leinonen RC (Record Breaker) |
| 5 | Bryan Trottier (Record Breaker) |
| 6 | Bruins Leaders |
| 7 | Ray Bourque |
| 8 | Wayne Cashman |
| 9 | Bruce Crowder RC |
| 10 | Keith Crowder RC |
| 11 | Tom Fergus RC |
| 12 | Steve Kasper |
| 13 | Normand Leveille RC |
| 14 | Don Marcotte |
| 15 | Rick Middleton |
| 16 | Peter McNab |
| 17 | Mike O’Connell |
| 18 | Terry O’Reilly |
| 19 | Brad Park |
| 20 | Barry Pederson RC |
| 21 | Brad Palmer RC |
| 22 | Pete Peeters |
| 23 | Rogatien Vachon |
| 24 | Ray Bourque [In Action] |
| 25 | Sabres Leaders |
| 26 | Mike Foligno |
| 27 | Yvon Lambert |
| 28 | Dale McCourt |
| 29 | Tony McKegney |
| 30 | Gilbert Perreault |
| 31 | Lindy Ruff |
| 32 | Mike Ramsey |
| 33 | J.F. Sauve RC |
| 34 | Bob Sauve |
| 35 | Ric Seiling |
| 36 | John Van Boxmeer |
| 37 | John Van Boxmeer [In Action] |
| 38 | Flames Leaders |
| 39 | Mel Bridgman |
| 40 | Mel Bridgman [In Action] |
| 41 | Guy Chouinard |
| 42 | Steve Christoff |
| 43 | Denis Cyr RC |
| 44 | Bill Clement |
| 45 | Richie Dunn |
| 46 | Don Edwards |
| 47 | Jamie Hislop |
| 48 | Steve Konroyd RC |
| 49 | Kevin LaVallee |
| 50 | Reggie Lemelin |
| 51 | Lanny McDonald |
| 52 | Lanny McDonald [In Action] |
| 53 | Bob Murdoch |
| 54 | Kent Nilsson |
| 55 | Jim Peplinski |
| 56 | Paul Reinhart |
| 57 | Doug Risebrough |
| 58 | Phil Russell |
| 59 | Howard Walker RC |
| 60 | Blackhawks Leaders |
| 61 | Murray Bannerman |
| 62 | Keith Brown |
| 63 | Doug Crossman RC |
| 64 | Tony Esposito |
| 65 | Greg Fox |
| 66 | Tim Higgins |
| 67 | Reg Kerr |
| 68 | Tom Lysiak |
| 69 | Grant Mulvey |
| 70 | Bob Murray |
| 71 | Rich Preston |
| 72 | Terry Ruskowski |
| 73 | Denis Savard |
| 74 | Al Secord |
| 75 | Glen Sharpley |
| 76 | Darryl Sutter |
| 77 | Doug Wilson |
| 78 | Doug Wilson [In Action] |
| 79 | Red Wings Leaders |
| 80 | John Barrett RC |
| 81 | Mike Blaisdell RC |
| 82 | Colin Campbell |
| 83 | Danny Gare |
| 84 | Gilles Gilbert |
| 85 | Willie Huber |
| 86 | Greg Joly |
| 87 | Mark Kirton |
| 88 | Reed Larson |
| 89 | Reed Larson [In Action] |
| 90 | Reggie Leach |
| 91 | Walt McKechnie |
| 92 | John Ogrodnick |
| 93 | Mark Osborne RC |
| 94 | Jim Schoenfeld |
| 95 | Derek Smith |
| 96 | Greg Smith |
| 97 | Eric Vail |
| 98 | Paul Woods |
| 99 | Oilers Leaders |
| 100 | Glenn Anderson |
| 101 | Paul Coffey |
| 102 | Paul Coffey [In Action] |
| 103 | Brett Callighen |
| 104 | Lee Fogolin |
| 105 | Grant Fuhr RC |
| 106 | Wayne Gretzky |
| 107 | Wayne Gretzky [In Action] |
| 108 | Matti Hagman |
| 109 | Pat Hughes |
| 110 | Dave Hunter |
| 111 | Jari Kurri |
| 112 | Ron Low |
| 113 | Kevin Lowe |
| 114 | Dave Lumley |
| 115 | Ken Linseman |
| 116 | Garry Lariviere |
| 117 | Mark Messier |
| 118 | Tom Roulston RC |
| 119 | Dave Semenko |
| 120 | Garry Unger |
| 121 | Checklist |
| 122 | Whalers Leaders |
| 123 | Ron Francis RC |
| 124 | Chris Kotsopoulos RC |
| 125 | Pierre Larouche |
| 126 | Greg Millen |
| 127 | Warren Miller |
| 128 | Merlin Malinowski |
| 129 | Risto Siltanen |
| 130 | Blaine Stoughton |
| 131 | Blaine Stoughton [In Action] |
| 132 | Doug Sulliman |
| 133 | Blake Wesley RC |
| 134 | Devils Leaders |
| 135 | Brent Ashton RC |
| 136 | Aaron Broten RC |
| 137 | Joe Cirella RC |
| 138 | Dwight Foster |
| 139 | Paul Gagne |
| 140 | Garry Howatt |
| 141 | Don Lever |
| 142 | Bob Lorimer |
| 143 | Bob MacMillan |
| 144 | Rick Meagher RC |
| 145 | Glenn “Chico” Resch |
| 146 | Glenn “Chico” Resch [In Action] |
| 147 | Steve Tambellini |
| 148 | Carol Vadnais |
| 149 | Kings Leaders |
| 150 | Dan Bonar RC |
| 151 | Steve Bozek RC |
| 152 | Marcel Dionne |
| 153 | Marcel Dionne [In Action] |
| 154 | Jim Fox |
| 155 | Mark Hardy RC |
| 156 | Mario Lessard |
| 157 | Dave Lewis |
| 158 | Larry Murphy |
| 159 | Charlie Simmer |
| 160 | Doug Smith RC |
| 161 | Dave Taylor |
| 162 | North Stars Leaders |
| 163 | Don Beaupre |
| 164 | Neal Broten RC |
| 165 | Dino Ciccarelli |
| 166 | Curt Giles RC |
| 167 | Craig Hartsburg |
| 168 | Brad Maxwell |
| 169 | Tom McCarthy |
| 170 | Gilles Meloche |
| 171 | Al MacAdam |
| 172 | Steve Payne |
| 173 | Willi Plett |
| 174 | Gordie Roberts |
| 175 | Bobby Smith |
| 176 | Bobby Smith [In Action] |
| 177 | Tim Young |
| 178 | Canadiens Leaders |
| 179 | Keith Acton |
| 180 | Keith Acton [In Action] |
| 181 | Bob Gainey |
| 182 | Gaston Gingras |
| 183 | Rick Green |
| 184 | Rejean Houle |
| 185 | Mark Hunter RC |
| 186 | Guy Lafleur |
| 187 | Guy Lafleur [In Action] |
| 188 | Pierre Mondou |
| 189 | Mark Napier |
| 190 | Robert Picard |
| 191 | Larry Robinson |
| 192 | Steve Shutt |
| 193 | Mario Tremblay |
| 194 | Ryan Walter |
| 195 | Rick Wamsley RC |
| 196 | Doug Wickenheiser |
| 197 | Islanders Leaders |
| 198 | Bob Bourne |
| 199 | Mike Bossy |
| 200 | Robert “Butch” Goring |
| 201 | Clark Gillies |
| 202 | Tomas Jonsson RC |
| 203 | Anders Kallur |
| 204 | Dave Langevin |
| 205 | Wayne Merrick |
| 206 | Ken Morrow |
| 207 | Mike McEwen |
| 208 | Bob Nystrom |
| 209 | Stefan Persson |
| 210 | Denis Potvin |
| 211 | Billy Smith |
| 212 | Duane Sutter |
| 213 | John Tonelli |
| 214 | Bryan Trottier |
| 215 | Bryan Trottier [In Action] |
| 216 | Brent Sutter RC |
| 217 | Rangers Leaders |
| 218 | Kent-Erik Andersson |
| 219 | Barry Beck |
| 220 | Barry Beck [In Action] |
| 221 | Ron Duguay |
| 222 | Nick Fotiu |
| 223 | Robbie Ftorek |
| 224 | Ron Greschner |
| 225 | Anders Hedberg |
| 226 | Ed Johnstone |
| 227 | Tom Laidlaw |
| 228 | Dave Maloney |
| 229 | Don Maloney |
| 230 | Eddie Mio |
| 231 | Mark Pavelich RC |
| 232 | Mike Rogers |
| 233 | Reijo Ruotsalainen RC |
| 234 | Steve Weeks RC |
| 235 | NHL Goals Leaders |
| 236 | NHL Power Play Goals Leaders |
| 237 | NHL Short Handed Goals Leaders |
| 238 | NHL Penalty Minutes Leaders |
| 239 | NHL Goals Against Leaders |
| 240 | NHL Assists Leaders |
| 241 | NHL Shutouts Leaders |
| 242 | NHL Game Winning Goals Leaders |
| 243 | NHL Scoring Leaders |
| 244 | Flyers Leaders |
| 245 | Fred Arthur RC |
| 246 | Bill Barber |
| 247 | Bill Barber [In Action] |
| 248 | Bobby Clarke |
| 249 | Ron Flockhart RC |
| 250 | Tom Gorence |
| 251 | Paul Holmgren |
| 252 | Mark Howe |
| 253 | Tim Kerr |
| 254 | Brad Marsh |
| 255 | Brad McCrimmon |
| 256 | Brian Propp |
| 257 | Darryl Sittler |
| 258 | Rick St. Croix |
| 259 | Jim Watson |
| 260 | Behn Wilson |
| 261 | Checklist |
| 262 | Penguins Leaders |
| 263 | Pat Boutette |
| 264 | Mike Bullard RC |
| 265 | Randy Carlyle |
| 266 | Randy Carlyle [In Action] |
| 267 | Michel Dion |
| 268 | George Ferguson |
| 269 | Paul Gardner |
| 270 | Denis Herron |
| 271 | Rick Kehoe |
| 272 | Greg Malone |
| 273 | Rick MacLeish |
| 274 | Pat Price |
| 275 | Ron Stackhouse |
| 276 | Nordiques Leaders |
| 277 | Pierre Aubry RC |
| 278 | Dan Bouchard |
| 279 | Real Cloutier |
| 280 | Real Cloutier [In Action] |
| 281 | Alain Cote |
| 282 | Andre Dupont |
| 283 | John Garrett |
| 284 | Michel Goulet |
| 285 | Dale Hunter |
| 286 | Pierre Lacroix |
| 287 | Mario Marois |
| 288 | Wilf Paiement |
| 289 | Dave Pichette |
| 290 | Jacques Richard |
| 291 | Normand Rochefort RC |
| 292 | Peter Stastny |
| 293 | Peter Stastny [In Action] |
| 294 | Anton Stastny |
| 295 | Marian Stastny RC |
| 296 | Marc Tardif |
| 297 | Wally Weir |
| 298 | Blues Leaders |
| 299 | Wayne Babych |
| 300 | Jack Brownschidle |
| 301 | Blake Dunlop |
| 302 | Bernie Federko |
| 303 | Bernie Federko [In Action] |
| 304 | Pat Hickey |
| 305 | Guy Lapointe |
| 306 | Mike Liut |
| 307 | Joe Mullen RC |
| 308 | Larry Patey |
| 309 | Jorgen Pettersson |
| 310 | Rob Ramage |
| 311 | Brian Sutter |
| 312 | Perry Turnbull |
| 313 | Mike Zuke |
| 314 | Maple Leafs Leaders |
| 315 | John Anderson |
| 316 | Normand Aubin RC |
| 317 | Jim Benning RC |
| 318 | Fred Boimistruck RC |
| 319 | Bill Derlago |
| 320 | Bill Derlago [In Action] |
| 321 | Miroslav Frycer RC |
| 322 | Billy Harris |
| 323 | Jim Korn |
| 324 | Michel “Bunny” Larocque |
| 325 | Bob Manno |
| 326 | Dan Maloney |
| 327 | Bob McGill RC |
| 328 | Barry Melrose |
| 329 | Terry Martin |
| 330 | Rene Robert |
| 331 | Rocky Saganiuk |
| 332 | Borje Salming |
| 333 | Greg Terrion |
| 334 | Vincent Tremblay RC |
| 335 | Rick Vaive |
| 336 | Rick Vaive [In Action] |
| 337 | Canucks Leaders |
| 338 | Ivan Boldirev |
| 339 | Richard Brodeur |
| 340 | Richard Brodeur [In Action] |
| 341 | Tony Currie |
| 342 | Marc Crawford RC |
| 343 | Curt Fraser |
| 344 | Thomas Gradin |
| 345 | Thomas Gradin [In Action] |
| 346 | Ivan Hlinka RC |
| 347 | Ron Delorme |
| 348 | Rick Lanz |
| 349 | Lars Lindgren |
| 350 | Blair MacDonald |
| 351 | Kevin McCarthy |
| 352 | Gerry Minor |
| 353 | Lars Molin RC |
| 354 | Gary Lupul RC |
| 355 | Darcy Rota |
| 356 | Stan Smyl |
| 357 | Harold Snepsts |
| 358 | Dave “Tiger” Williams |
| 359 | Capitals Leaders |
| 360 | Ted Bulley |
| 361 | Bobby Carpenter RC |
| 362 | Brian Engblom |
| 363 | Mike Gartner |
| 364 | Bengt Gustafsson |
| 365 | Doug Hicks |
| 366 | Ken Houston |
| 367 | Doug Jarvis |
| 368 | Rod Langway |
| 369 | Dennis Maruk |
| 370 | Dennis Maruk [In Action] |
| 371 | Dave Parro RC |
| 372 | Pat Riggin |
| 373 | Chris Valentine RC |
| 374 | Jets Leaders |
| 375 | Dave Babych |
| 376 | Dave Babych [In Action] |
| 377 | Dave Christian |
| 378 | Norm Dupont |
| 379 | Lucien DeBlois |
| 380 | Dale Hawerchuk RC |
| 381 | Dale Hawerchuk RC [In Action] |
| 382 | Craig Levie RC |
| 383 | Morris Lukowich |
| 384 | Willy Lindstrom |
| 385 | Bengt Lundholm RC |
| 386 | Paul MacLean RC |
| 387 | Bryan Maxwell |
| 388 | Doug Smail RC |
| 389 | Doug Soetaert |
| 390 | Serge Savard |
| 391 | Thomas Steen RC |
| 392 | Don Spring |
| 393 | Ed Staniowski |
| 394 | Tim Trimper |
| 395 | Tim Watters RC |
| 396 | Checklist |
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1982-83 NHL Season
1982-83 in the National Hockey League was the end of one dynasty and the start of another. The New York Islanders won their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup championship, sweeping the Edmonton Oilers in the final. The following year, the Oilers would start a run of five championships in seven seasons.
It was the Boston Bruins finishing first overall during the regular season with 110 points, a four point advantage over both the Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers. However, the Bruins would fall to the Islanders in six games in the semi-final.
It was the only time that seven Canada based teams made the post season (there were seven teams at the time). By the second round, just Edmonton and the Calgary Flames remained. The two had to face each other with the Oilers obviously advancing. That series would mark the first ever “Battle of Alberta”.
Wayne Gretzky continued to set records with 125 assists, breaking the previous mark of 120, set by The Great One in the previous campaign. His point total actually dropped from 212 to 196 and he was 21 goals off his record setting 92 in 1981-82. Still, he earned the Art Ross Trophy, Hart Trophy, Lester B. Pearson Award (Now Ted Lindsay Award) and was named a First Team All-Star.
Steve Larmer of the Chicago Blackhawks was the clear winner of the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year with Phil Housley, Scott Stevens and Brian Bellows also getting some consideration. In the voting for the Norris Trophy for top defenseman, it was a close battle between Rod Langway (Capitals), Mark Howe (Whalers) and Ray Bourque (Bruins) with Langway taking the nod.
The trio of Dave Andreychuk (Sabres), Scott Stevens (Capitals) and Phil Housley (Sabres) made their NHL debuts in 1982-83. All three would go on to have Hockey Hall of Fame careers. HHOF members Vaclav Nedomansky and Serge Savard played their final games in 1982-83.
1982-83 NHL Standings
| Adams Division | |||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Boston Bruins | 80 | 50 | 20 | 10 | 110 | 327 | 228 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 80 | 42 | 24 | 14 | 98 | 350 | 286 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 89 | 318 | 285 |
| Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 80 | 343 | 336 |
| Hartford Whalers | 80 | 19 | 54 | 7 | 45 | 261 | 403 |
| Norris Division | |||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 80 | 47 | 23 | 10 | 104 | 338 | 268 |
| Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 96 | 321 | 290 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 28 | 40 | 12 | 68 | 293 | 330 |
| St. Louis Blues | 80 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 65 | 285 | 316 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 21 | 44 | 15 | 57 | 263 | 344 |
| Patrick Division | |||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 49 | 23 | 8 | 106 | 326 | 240 |
| New York Islanders | 80 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 96 | 302 | 226 |
| Washington Capitals | 80 | 39 | 25 | 16 | 94 | 306 | 283 |
| New York Rangers | 80 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 80 | 306 | 287 |
| New Jersey Devils | 80 | 17 | 49 | 14 | 48 | 230 | 338 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 18 | 53 | 9 | 45 | 257 | 394 |
| Smythe Division | |||||||
| Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 106 | 424 | 315 |
| Calgary Flames | 80 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 78 | 321 | 317 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 75 | 303 | 309 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 80 | 33 | 39 | 8 | 74 | 311 | 333 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 66 | 308 | 365 |
1982-83 NHL Scoring Leaders
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Wayne Gretzky | Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 71 | 125 | 196 | 59 |
| Peter Stastny | Quebec Nordiques | 75 | 47 | 77 | 124 | 78 |
| Denis Savard | Chicago Black Hawks | 78 | 35 | 86 | 121 | 99 |
| Mike Bossy | New York Islanders | 79 | 60 | 58 | 118 | 20 |
| Marcel Dionne | Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 56 | 51 | 107 | 22 |
| Barry Pederson | Boston Bruins | 77 | 46 | 61 | 107 | 47 |
| Mark Messier | Edmonton Oilers | 77 | 48 | 58 | 106 | 72 |
| Michel Goulet | Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 57 | 48 | 105 | 51 |
| Glenn Anderson | Edmonton Oilers | 72 | 48 | 56 | 104 | 70 |
| Kent Nilsson | Calgary Flames | 80 | 46 | 58 | 104 | 10 |
| Jari Kurri | Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 45 | 59 | 104 | 22 |