1986-87 Hartford Whalers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 43-30-7 - 93 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Quebec Nordiques 4-2
Coach: Jack Evans (43-30-7)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1986-87 Hartford Whalers RosterTeam Record: 43-30-7 - 93 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Quebec Nordiques 4-2
Coach: Jack Evans (43-30-7)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1986-87 Hartford Whalers Results
The Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 43 wins and 30 losses and 7 ties for 93 points, finishing first in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Whalers netted 287 goals and allowed 270. Kevin Dineen scored 40 goals for Hartford, while Ron Francis and John Anderson tallied 30 or more as well. Ron Francis contributed 63 assists. Mike Liut earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.23 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jack Evans coached the team. The 1986-87 Hartford Whalers lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | C | 75 | 30 | 63 | 93 | 45 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 189 | 15.9 |
| Kevin Dineen | R | 78 | 40 | 39 | 79 | 110 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 234 | 17.1 |
| John Anderson | L | 76 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 223 | 13.9 |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 80 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 42 | -9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 28.1 |
| Dean Evason | C | 80 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 67 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 124 | 17.7 |
| Paul Lawless | L | 60 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 161 | 13.7 |
| Stew Gavin | R | 79 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 162 | 12.3 |
| Dave Babych | D | 66 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 44 | -18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 5.1 |
| Sylvain Turgeon | L | 41 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 45 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 137 | 16.8 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 78 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 162 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 1.9 |
| Dave Tippett | L | 80 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 7.5 |
| Dana Murzyn | D | 74 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 95 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 6.7 |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 80 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 10.2 |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 72 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 202 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 9.7 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 48 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 9.3 |
| Dave Semenko | L | 51 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 87 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Scot Kleinendorst | D | 66 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 37 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 67 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2.0 |
| Dave Barr | R | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Randy Ladouceur | D | 36 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Mike Millar | R | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Mike Liut | G | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Torrie Robertson | L | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Bill Gardner | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Shane Churla | R | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 78 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Steve Weeks | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Babych | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Pat Hughes | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Greg Britz | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Shaw | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Yves Courteau | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Gord Sherven | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1520 | 287 | 463 | 750 | 1484 | 67 | 73 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 2404 | 11.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | 59 | 3476 | 31 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 187 | 3.23 | 1625 | 1438 | .885 |
| Steve Weeks | 25 | 1367 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 3.42 | 615 | 537 | .873 |
| Totals | 84 | 4843 | 43 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 265 | 3.28 | 2505 | 2240 | .894 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Kevin Dineen | R | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 31 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| John Anderson | L | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Dean Evason | C | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30.0 | |
| Paul Lawless | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Stew Gavin | R | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | |
| Dave Babych | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 | |
| Sylvain Turgeon | L | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Tippett | L | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | |
| Dana Murzyn | D | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10.5 | |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 50.0 | |
| Mike McEwen | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Dave Semenko | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scot Kleinendorst | D | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Randy Ladouceur | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Liut | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shane Churla | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Weeks | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Hughes | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 113 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 315 | -10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 207 | 9.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | 6 | 332 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4.52 | 159 | 134 | .843 |
| Steve Weeks | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.67 | 22 | 21 | .955 |
| Totals | 7 | 368 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4.24 | 207 | 181 | .874 |
