1985-86 Hartford Whalers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-36-4 - 84 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Jack Evans (40-36-4)
1985-86 Hartford Whalers RosterTeam Record: 40-36-4 - 84 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Jack Evans (40-36-4)
The Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 40 wins and 36 losses and 4 ties for 84 points in the NHL's Adams Division.
The club scored 332 goals and allowed 302. Sylvain Turgeon netted 45 goals for the squad, while Kevin Dineen and Ray Ferraro tallied 30 or more as well. Ron Francis contributed 53 assists. Mike Liut earned 27 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 3.62 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jack Evans coached the team. The 1985-86 Hartford Whalers lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvain Turgeon | L | 76 | 45 | 34 | 79 | 88 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 249 | 18.1 |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 76 | 30 | 47 | 77 | 57 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 22.7 |
| Ron Francis | C | 53 | 24 | 53 | 77 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 120 | 20.0 |
| Kevin Dineen | R | 57 | 33 | 35 | 68 | 124 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 167 | 19.8 |
| Stew Gavin | R | 76 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 161 | 16.1 |
| Dave Babych | D | 62 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 6.6 |
| Dean Evason | C | 55 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 19.8 |
| Paul Lawless | L | 64 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 20 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 12.2 |
| Torrie Robertson | L | 76 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 358 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 14.6 |
| Dave Tippett | L | 80 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 11.9 |
| Bob Crawford | R | 57 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 16 | -16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 12.7 |
| Risto Siltanen | D | 52 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 6.3 |
| Wayne Babych | R | 37 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 17.5 |
| Dana Murzyn | D | 78 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 3.8 |
| John Anderson | L | 14 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 16.0 |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 71 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 83 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 10.2 |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 57 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 14.5 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 80 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 174 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 6.9 |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 74 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 160 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 14.8 |
| Ray Neufeld | R | 16 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 40 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14.3 |
| Greg Malone | C | 22 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 17.1 |
| Jorgen Pettersson | L | 23 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 62 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 4.0 |
| Scot Kleinendorst | D | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Bill Gardner | C | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 |
| Mike Hoffman | L | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Mike Zuke | C | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brad Shaw | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Mike Liut | G | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Weeks | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Fenton | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jack Brownschidle | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Mark Paterson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Newberry | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1522 | 332 | 554 | 886 | 1737 | 87 | 83 | 13 | 40 | 3 | 2363 | 14.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | 57 | 3282 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 198 | 3.62 | 1574 | 1376 | .874 |
| Steve Weeks | 27 | 1544 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 3.85 | 723 | 624 | .863 |
| Totals | 84 | 4826 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 297 | 3.69 | 2297 | 2000 | .871 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvain Turgeon | L | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9.1 | |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 | |
| Ron Francis | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 | |
| Kevin Dineen | R | 10 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 21.4 | |
| Stew Gavin | R | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21.1 | |
| Dave Babych | D | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | |
| Dean Evason | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Paul Lawless | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Torrie Robertson | L | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Dave Tippett | L | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | |
| Wayne Babych | R | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Dana Murzyn | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| John Anderson | L | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 | |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 25.0 | |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Scot Kleinendorst | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Mike McEwen | D | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Liut | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Weeks | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 191 | 29 | 50 | 79 | 256 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 261 | 11.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | 8 | 441 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1.90 | 240 | 226 | .942 |
| Steve Weeks | 3 | 169 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.84 | 72 | 64 | .889 |
| Totals | 11 | 610 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2.16 | 312 | 290 | .929 |
