1988-89 Hartford Whalers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-38-5 - 79 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-0
Coach: Larry Pleau (37-38-5)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1988-89 Hartford Whalers RosterTeam Record: 37-38-5 - 79 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-0
Coach: Larry Pleau (37-38-5)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1988-89 Hartford Whalers Results
The Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 37 wins and 38 losses and 5 ties for 79 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.
The Whalers potted 299 goals and allowed 290. Kevin Dineen scored 45 goals for Hartford, and Ray Ferraro tallied 30 or more, too. Ron Francis contributed 48 assists. Peter Sidorkiewicz topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 3.03 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Larry Pleau coached the team. The 1988-89 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Dineen | R | 79 | 45 | 44 | 89 | 167 | -6 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 294 | 15.3 |
| Ron Francis | C | 69 | 29 | 48 | 77 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 156 | 18.6 |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 80 | 41 | 35 | 76 | 86 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 169 | 24.3 |
| Scott Young | R | 76 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 27 | -21 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 203 | 9.4 |
| Dave Babych | D | 70 | 6 | 41 | 47 | 54 | -5 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 3.5 |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 74 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 141 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 113 | 15.0 |
| Dave Tippett | L | 80 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 45 | -6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 165 | 10.3 |
| John Anderson | L | 62 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 12.1 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 71 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 181 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 7.4 |
| Jody Hull | R | 60 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 19.5 |
| Sylvain Turgeon | L | 42 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 40 | -11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 13.1 |
| Dean Evason | C | 67 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 60 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 11.6 |
| Brian Lawton | L | 35 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 28 | -9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 14.3 |
| Norm Maciver | D | 37 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2.0 |
| Carey Wilson | C | 34 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 14 | -12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 19.6 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 78 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 49 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 6.2 |
| Brent Peterson | C | 66 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Don Maloney | L | 21 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Tom Martin | L | 38 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 113 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 17.5 |
| Grant Jennings | D | 55 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 159 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7.7 |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 69 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8.9 |
| Randy Ladouceur | D | 75 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 95 | -23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3.6 |
| Torrie Robertson | L | 27 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 84 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 44 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Gaume | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Mark Reeds | R | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Kay Whitmore | G | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Kastelic | R | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Brad Shaw | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Scot Kleinendorst | D | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Adam Burt | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Terry Yake | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Liut | G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Thomson | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Allan Tuer | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Pavese | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1516 | 299 | 483 | 782 | 1666 | -47 | 87 | 155 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 2459 | 12.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | 44 | 2635 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 133 | 3.03 | 1207 | 1074 | .890 |
| Mike Liut | 35 | 2006 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 142 | 4.25 | 1027 | 885 | .862 |
| Kay Whitmore | 3 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.33 | 96 | 86 | .896 |
| Totals | 82 | 4821 | 37 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 285 | 3.55 | 2615 | 2330 | .891 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Dineen | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Ron Francis | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | |
| Scott Young | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Dave Babych | D | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Dave Tippett | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| John Anderson | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Jody Hull | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sylvain Turgeon | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Dean Evason | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Brian Lawton | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Norm Maciver | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Brent Peterson | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Don Maloney | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Tom Martin | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Jennings | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Randy Ladouceur | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kay Whitmore | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Shaw | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Jim Pavese | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 111 | -21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 8.5 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | 2 | 124 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.87 | 45 | 37 | .822 |
| Kay Whitmore | 2 | 135 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.44 | 73 | 63 | .863 |
| Totals | 4 | 259 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4.17 | 136 | 118 | .868 |
