1986-87 Hartford Whalers Statistics
Team Record: 43-30-7 - 93 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jack Evans (43-30-7)
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 in the NHL's Adams Division.
The club netted 287 goals and allowed 270. Kevin Dineen scored 40 goals for the squad, 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 team 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 in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | C | 75 | 30 | 63 | 93 | 45 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 189 | 15.9 |
| Kevin Dineen | R | 78 | 40 | 39 | 79 | 110 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 234 | 17.1 |
| John Anderson | L | 76 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 223 | 13.9 |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 80 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 42 | -9 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 28.1 |
| Dean Evason | C | 80 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 67 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 124 | 17.7 |
| Paul Lawless | L | 60 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 161 | 13.7 |
| Stew Gavin | R | 79 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 162 | 12.3 |
| Dave Babych | D | 66 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 44 | -18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 5.1 |
| Sylvain Turgeon | L | 41 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 45 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 137 | 16.8 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 78 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 162 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 1.9 |
| Dave Tippett | L | 80 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 7.5 |
| Dana Murzyn | D | 74 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 95 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 6.7 |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 80 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 10.2 |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 72 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 202 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 9.7 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 48 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 9.3 |
| Dave Semenko | L | 51 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 87 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Scot Kleinendorst | D | 66 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 37 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 67 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2.0 |
| Dave Barr | R | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Randy Ladouceur | D | 36 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Mike Millar | R | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Mike Liut | G | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Torrie Robertson | L | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Shane Churla | R | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 78 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bill Gardner | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Brad Shaw | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Gord Sherven | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Greg Britz | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Babych | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Yves Courteau | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Hughes | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Steve Weeks | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1600 | 287 | 463 | 750 | 1496 | 67 | 73 | 11 | 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 | 1622 | 1435 | .885 |
| Steve Weeks | 25 | 1367 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 3.42 | 613 | 535 | .873 |
| Totals | 84 | 4843 | 43 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 265 | 3.28 | 2235 | 1970 | .881 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Kevin Dineen | R | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 31 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| John Anderson | L | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Dean Evason | C | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30.0 | |
| Paul Lawless | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Stew Gavin | R | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | |
| Dave Babych | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 | |
| Sylvain Turgeon | L | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Tippett | L | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | |
| Dana Murzyn | D | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10.5 | |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 50.0 | |
| Mike McEwen | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Dave Semenko | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scot Kleinendorst | D | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Randy Ladouceur | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Liut | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shane Churla | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Hughes | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Weeks | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 113 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 315 | -10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 207 | 9.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | 6 | 332 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.52 | 184 | 159 | .864 |
| Steve Weeks | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.67 | 23 | 22 | .957 |
| Totals | 7 | 368 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4.24 | 207 | 181 | .874 |
