A Look at Mario Lemieux's 282 Point Season with the Laval Voisins in 1983-84

Published on January 13th, 2023 1:28 pm EST
Written By: Dave Manuel


In his third and final season with the Laval Voisins in 1983-84, Mario Lemieux put up the most ridiculous season ever in junior hockey.

A season that was never topped by anybody else, whether we are talking about the WHL, OHL and QMJHL.

A season that wasn't even topped by Wayne Gretzky.

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Mario Lemieux's first two seasons with Laval were unbelievable on their own, as he notched 96 points and 184 points.

As a 17 year-old, Lemieux's 184 point season had the hockey world buzzing, but his next season would be even better.

In 1983-84, Lemieux put up these stats:

70 games played
133 goals
149 assists
282 points

Lemieux's massive haul of goals included 15 power-play goals, 9 short-handed goals and 12 game-winning goals.

Forget about points - Lemieux averaged almost 2 goals per game in his last season with Laval.

Lemieux averaged more than 4 points per game over his entire last season with Laval. This wasn't some season that was shortened by injury - Lemieux posted this total over 70 games, meaning that he maintained his production through the long bus rides and grinding junior schedule.

Here is the game log from Mario Lemieux's ridiculous 1983-84 campaign:

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September 16th, 1983
Laval 8-2 Verdun
1 Goal, 4 Assists

September 18th, 1983
Laval 6-5 Trois Rivieres
0 Goals, 3 Assists

September 19th, 1983
Chicoutimi 2-14 Laval
4 Goals, 4 Assists

September 23rd, 1983
Laval 4-Chicoutimi 3
0 Goals, 1 Assist

September 25th, 1983
Laval 10-4 Granby
3 Goals, 1 Assist

September 26th, 1983
Granby 5-8 Laval
4 Goals, 2 Assists

September 28th, 1983
Quebec 1-15 Laval
4 Goals, 4 Assists

October 2nd, 1983
Laval 7-5 Hull
3 Goals, 1 Assist

October 3rd, 1983
Drummondville 5-Laval 3
1 Goal, 0 Assists

October 7th, 1983
Laval 3-5 Shawinigan
1 Goal, 1 Assist

October 10th, 1983
Hull 2-7 Laval
0 Goals, 2 Assists

October 12th, 1983
Saint Jean 3-11 Laval
0 Goals, 3 Assists

October 14th, 1983
Laval 5-8 Saint Jean
3 Goals, 2 Assists

October 17th, 1983
Verdun 5-11 Laval
1 Goal, 1 Assist

October 19th, 1983
Longueuil 5-11 Laval
2 Goals, 4 Assists

October 21st, 1983
Laval 7-2 Drummondville
0 Goals, 3 Assists

October 24th, 1983
Shawinigan 1-11 Laval
3 Goals, 3 Assists

October 28th, 1983
Laval 5-3 Quebec
2 Goals, 3 Assists

October 30th, 1983
Laval 8-6 Longueuil
3 Goals, 5 Assists

October 31st, 1983
Chicoutimi 3-7 Laval
1 Goal, 1 Assist

November 2nd, 1983
Quebec 6-8 Laval
2 Goals, 4 Assists

November 6th, 1983
Laval 7-3 Trois Rivieres
2 Goals, 3 Assists

November 7th, 1983
Trois Rivieres 5-8 Laval
4 Goals, 1 Assist

November 11th, 1983
Laval 3-4 Granby
0 Goals, 1 Assist

November 13th, 1983
Laval 5-3 Hull
1 Goal, 0 Assists

November 14th, 1983
Granby 2-10 Laval
3 Goals, 2 Assists

November 16th, 1983
Verdun 4-8 Laval
3 Goals, 1 Assist

November 20th, 1983
Laval 3-6 Shawinigan
1 Goal, 0 Assists

November 21st, 1983
Shawinigan 4-8 Laval
2 Goals, 0 Assists

November 25th, 1983
Laval 5-6 Drummondville
2 Goals, 1 Assist

November 27th, 1983
Laval 5-8 Longueuil
2 Goals, 1 Assist

November 28th, 1983
Saint Jean 4-10 Laval
2 Goals, 2 Assists

December 2nd, 1983
Laval 5-2 Quebec
2 Goals, 3 Assists

December 5th, 1983
Hull 6-8 Laval
2 Goals, 2 Assists

December 7th, 1983
Quebec 2-6 Laval
1 Goal, 3 Assists

December 9th, 1983
Laval 6-5 Granby
2 Goals, 1 Assist

December 11th, 1983
Laval 5-3 Verdun
2 Goals, 1 Assist

December 12th, 1983
Longueuil 5-12 Laval
2 Goals, 3 Assists

December 16th, 1983
Laval 7-5 Saint Jean
2 Goals, 2 Assists

December 19th, 1983
Shawinigan 6-4 Laval
0 Goals, 2 Assists

December 28th, 1983
Verdun 8-7 Laval
2 Goals, 2 Assists

December 30th, 1983
Laval 4-5 Drummondville
0 Goals, 4 Assists

January 4th, 1984
Drummondville 6-8 Laval
0 Goals, 1 Assist

January 6th, 1984
Laval 2-6 Chicoutimi
0 Goals, 1 Assist

January 8th, 1984
Laval 10-1 Hull
5 Goals, 1 Assist

January 9th, 1984
Chicoutimi 2-9 Laval
2 Goals, 2 Assists

January 13th, 1984
Laval 9-5 Quebec
3 Goals, 4 Assists

January 16th, 1984
Granby 4-5 Laval
0 Goals, 3 Assists

January 18th, 1984
Laval 9-3 Trois Rivieres
2 Goals, 0 Assists

January 22nd, 1984
Laval 8-3 Saint Jean
5 Goals, 2 Assists

January 23rd, 1984
Saint Jean 4-6 Laval
1 Goal, 3 Assists

January 27th, 1984
Laval 2-7 Verdun
1 Goal, 1 Assist

January 30th, 1984
Hull 2-13 Laval
3 Goals, 2 Assists

February 5th, 1984
Laval 9-3 Hull
3 Goals, 1 Assist

February 6th, 1984
Longueuil 1-10 Laval
1 Goal, 5 Assists

February 10th, 1984
Laval 8-4 Drummondville
0 Goals, 2 Assists

February 13th, 1984
Trois Rivieres 2-4 Laval
1 Goal, 0 Assists

February 14th, 1984
Laval 6-9 Longueuil
1 Goal, 2 Assists

February 19th, 1984
Laval 4-5 Saint Jean
0 Goals, 4 Assists

February 20th, 1984
Chicoutimi 2-14 Laval
3 Goals, 7 Assists

February 22nd, 1984
Drummondville 2-10 Laval
2 Goals, 2 Assists

February 26th, 1984
Laval 3-1 Verdun
0 Goals, 0 Assists

February 27th, 1984
Granby 6-13 Laval
5 Goals, 2 Assists

February 29th, 1984
Shawinigan 3-10 Laval
2 Goals, 5 Assists

March 4th, 1984
Laval 4-6 Trois Rivieres
1 Goal, 1 Assist

March 5th, 1984
Trois Rivieres 3-10 Laval
2 Goals, 4 Assists

March 9th, 1984
Laval 6-4 Chicoutimi
4 Goals, 0 Assists

March 11th, 1984
Laval 4-10 Shawinigan
1 Goal, 1 Assist

March 12th, 1984
Quebec 4-9 Laval
4 Goals, 3 Assists

March 14th, 1984
Longueuil 4-16 Laval
6 Goals, 5 Assists

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Now, a few things likely stand out to you:

1) The ridiculous amount of goals that Laval scored as a team in 1983-84. Laval scored 527 goals over the course of the 70 game season, meaning that they averaged over 7.5 goals PER GAME.

2) Verdun actually held Lemieux off the score sheet on February 26th, 1984.

3) Lemieux finished with 18 points in his last two games with Laval.

4) The Laval team was really, really good (they were).