1989-90 Hartford Whalers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-33-9 - 85 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-3
Coach: Rick Ley (38-33-9)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1989-90 Hartford Whalers RosterTeam Record: 38-33-9 - 85 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-3
Coach: Rick Ley (38-33-9)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1989-90 Hartford Whalers Results
The Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League ended the 1989-90 season with a record of 38 wins and 33 losses and 9 ties for 85 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Whalers scored 275 goals and conceded 268. Pat Verbeek netted 44 goals for Hartford, while Ron Francis tallied 30 or more, too. Ron Francis contributed 69 assists. Peter Sidorkiewicz topped the squad with 19 wins, and Mike Liut added 15 or more victories as well. Mike Liut earned a 2.64 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Rick Ley coached the team. The 1989-90 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 | 80 | 32 | 69 | 101 | 73 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 170 | 18.8 |
| Pat Verbeek | R | 80 | 44 | 45 | 89 | 228 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 219 | 20.1 |
| Kevin Dineen | R | 67 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 164 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 214 | 11.7 |
| Scott Young | R | 80 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 47 | -24 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 239 | 10.0 |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 79 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 109 | -15 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 138 | 18.1 |
| Dean Evason | C | 78 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 138 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 12.0 |
| Dave Babych | D | 72 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 62 | -16 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 3.7 |
| Mikael Andersson | L | 50 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 15.1 |
| Brad Shaw | D | 64 | 3 | 32 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Todd Krygier | L | 58 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 52 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 103 | 17.5 |
| Dave Tippett | L | 66 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 8.8 |
| Mike Tomlak | C | 70 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 10.9 |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 43 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 41 | -4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 12.9 |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 29 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 16.2 |
| Jody Hull | R | 38 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 21 | -6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 15.2 |
| Randy Ladouceur | D | 71 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 126 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 55 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 177 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 3.5 |
| Adam Burt | D | 63 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 105 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 4.8 |
| Grant Jennings | D | 64 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 171 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Ed Kastelic | R | 67 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 198 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 17.1 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 28 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 8.0 |
| Yvon Corriveau | L | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28.6 |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 44 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Brian Lawton | L | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Tom Martin | L | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Kay Whitmore | G | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Yake | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Chris Govedaris | L | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Jim Culhane | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Laforge | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Dykstra | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Allan Tuer | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Liut | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Black | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Bodak | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jim McKenzie | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1524 | 275 | 472 | 747 | 2080 | -6 | 80 | 157 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 8 | 2264 | 12.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | 46 | 2703 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 161 | 3.57 | 1203 | 1042 | .866 |
| Mike Liut | 29 | 1683 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 2.64 | 745 | 671 | .901 |
| Kay Whitmore | 9 | 442 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.53 | 183 | 157 | .858 |
| Totals | 84 | 4828 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 261 | 3.24 | 2392 | 2131 | .891 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | C | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 | |
| Pat Verbeek | R | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10.5 | |
| Kevin Dineen | R | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 20.0 | |
| Scott Young | R | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Dean Evason | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 | |
| Dave Babych | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | |
| Mikael Andersson | L | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Shaw | D | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 | |
| Todd Krygier | L | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | |
| Dave Tippett | L | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Mike Tomlak | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Jody Hull | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Randy Ladouceur | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Adam Burt | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Grant Jennings | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Ed Kastelic | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sylvain Cote | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Yvon Corriveau | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Chris Govedaris | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 133 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 141 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 12.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | 7 | 429 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.22 | 193 | 170 | .881 |
| Totals | 7 | 429 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.22 | 216 | 193 | .894 |
