1982-83 Hartford Whalers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 19-54-7 - 45 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Adams Division
Coach: Larry Kish (12-32-5)
Coach: Larry Pleau (4-13-1)
Coach: John Cunniff (3-9-1)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1982-83 Hartford Whalers RosterTeam Record: 19-54-7 - 45 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Adams Division
Coach: Larry Kish (12-32-5)
Coach: Larry Pleau (4-13-1)
Coach: John Cunniff (3-9-1)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1982-83 Hartford Whalers Results
The Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League ended the 1982-83 season with a record of 19 wins and 54 losses and 7 ties for 45 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Adams Division.
The Whalers scored 261 goals and surrendered 403, most in the circuit. Blaine Stoughton netted 45 goals for Hartford, while Ron Francis and Mark Johnson tallied 30 or more as well. Ron Francis contributed 59 assists. Greg Millen topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 4.81 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Larry Kish, Larry Pleau and John Cunniff coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | C | 79 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 60 | -25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 212 | 14.6 |
| Blaine Stoughton | R | 72 | 45 | 31 | 76 | 27 | -23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 207 | 21.7 |
| Mark Johnson | L | 73 | 31 | 38 | 69 | 28 | -5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 167 | 18.6 |
| Ray Neufeld | R | 80 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 86 | -34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 165 | 15.8 |
| Doug Sulliman | R | 77 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 14 | -57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 13.6 |
| Pierre Larouche | C | 38 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 8 | -24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 15.8 |
| Bob Sullivan | L | 62 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 18 | -17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 19.4 |
| Pierre Lacroix | D | 56 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 18 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 6.7 |
| Mark Renaud | D | 77 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 37 | -42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 3.4 |
| Chris Kotsopoulos | D | 68 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 125 | -21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 4.9 |
| Risto Siltanen | D | 74 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 28 | -39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 3.2 |
| Merlin Malinowski | C | 75 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 16 | -41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 5.3 |
| Greg Adams | L | 79 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 216 | -46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 8.8 |
| Mike McDougal | R | 55 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 43 | -33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 13.1 |
| Mickey Volcan | D | 68 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 73 | -30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 5.6 |
| Paul Lawless | L | 47 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | -31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 7.1 |
| Warren Miller | R | 56 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 15 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1.3 |
| George Lyle | L | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 12.1 |
| Ed Hospodar | D | 72 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 199 | -32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1.9 |
| Michel Galarneau | C | 38 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 17.2 |
| Russ Anderson | D | 57 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 171 | -33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Dan Fridgen | F | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Archie Henderson | R | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 64 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Paul Marshall | L | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Greg Millen | G | 60 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stu Smith | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Blake Wesley | D | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Randy Gilhen | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Mike Hoffman | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike Veisor | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Brownschidle | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Paterson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Rick Meagher | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1502 | 261 | 434 | 695 | 1364 | -620 | 51 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 2286 | 11.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Millen | 60 | 3520 | 14 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 282 | 4.81 | 2056 | 1774 | .863 |
| Mike Veisor | 23 | 1280 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 5.53 | 815 | 697 | .855 |
| Totals | 83 | 4800 | 19 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 400 | 5.00 | 3271 | 2871 | .878 |
