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43-30-7 (93 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 287 goals, Allowed 270 goals, SRS: 0.23 (6th of 21)
Coached by Jack Evans (43-30-7)
Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-2) to Quebec Nordiques
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1986-87 Statistics / Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Whalers | 80 | 43 | 30 | 7 | 93 | .581 | 287 | 270 | 0.23 | 6.96 | 73 | 352 | 20.74 | 71 | 336 | 78.87 | 11 | 10 |
| League Average | 80 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 80 | .500 | 294 | 294 | 0.00 | 7.34 | 72 | 344 | 20.98 | 72 | 344 | 79.02 | 10 | 10 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Francis | C | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | 75 | 30 | 63 | 93 | 1.24 | 35 | 0.46 | 140 | 61 | 70 | 1 | 10 | 45 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 189 | 2.52 | 15.9 | ||
| 2 | Kevin Dineen | RW | 5-11 | 198 | 23 | 78 | 40 | 39 | 79 | 1.01 | 32 | 0.41 | 128 | 50 | 71 | 0 | 7 | 110 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 234 | 3.00 | 17.1 | ||
| 3 | John Anderson | RW | 5-11 | 200 | 29 | 76 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 0.99 | 29 | 0.38 | 111 | 45 | 57 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 223 | 2.93 | 13.9 | ||
| 4 | Dean Evason | C | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | 80 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 0.74 | 22 | 0.28 | 83 | 19 | 89 | 30 | 5 | 67 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 124 | 1.55 | 17.7 | ||
| 5 | Ray Ferraro | C | 5-9 | 200 | 22 | 80 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 0.74 | 23 | 0.29 | 82 | 44 | 48 | 1 | -9 | 42 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 1.20 | 28.1 | ||
| 6 | Paul Lawless | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | 60 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 0.90 | 21 | 0.35 | 68 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 2.68 | 13.7 | ||
| 7 | Dave Babych | D | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | 66 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 0.62 | 14 | 0.22 | 98 | 53 | 78 | 15 | -18 | 44 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 157 | 2.38 | 5.1 | ||
| 8 | Stew Gavin | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 79 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 0.52 | 17 | 0.21 | 83 | 17 | 85 | 29 | 10 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 162 | 2.05 | 12.3 | ||
| 9 | Sylvain Turgeon | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 0.88 | 16 | 0.38 | 47 | 15 | 35 | 0 | -3 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 137 | 3.34 | 16.8 | ||
| 10 | Ulf Samuelsson | D | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 78 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 0.42 | 11 | 0.14 | 120 | 18 | 111 | 37 | 28 | 162 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 1.33 | 1.9 | ||
| 11 | Dave Tippett | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | 80 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 0.39 | 11 | 0.14 | 41 | 1 | 77 | 37 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 120 | 1.50 | 7.5 | ||
| 12 | Dana Murzyn | D | 6-2 | 200 | 20 | 74 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0.38 | 10 | 0.14 | 88 | 4 | 70 | 3 | 17 | 95 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 1.82 | 6.7 | ||
| 13 | Doug Jarvis | C | 5-9 | 170 | 31 | 80 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 0.28 | 9 | 0.11 | 34 | 1 | 66 | 33 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 1.10 | 10.2 | ||
| 14 | Paul MacDermid | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | 72 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0.25 | 7 | 0.10 | 28 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 202 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 1.00 | 9.7 | ||
| 15 | Mike McEwen | D | 6-1 | 185 | 30 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0.33 | 6 | 0.14 | 40 | 19 | 30 | 0 | -9 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 1.79 | 9.3 | ||
| 16 | Scot Kleinendorst | D | 6-3 | 215 | 27 | 66 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.18 | 4 | 0.07 | 54 | 0 | 90 | 40 | 4 | 130 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0.76 | 6.0 | ||
| 17 | Dave Semenko | LW | 6-3 | 200 | 29 | 51 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.24 | 4 | 0.09 | 21 | 3 | 25 | 0 | -7 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.61 | 12.9 | ||
| 18 | Joel Quenneville | D | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.27 | 4 | 0.10 | 31 | 0 | 44 | 20 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0.51 | 15.8 | ||
| 19 | Sylvain Cote | D | 5-11 | 201 | 21 | 67 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.15 | 3 | 0.05 | 52 | 0 | 56 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 1.49 | 2.0 | ||
| 20 | Dave Barr | RW | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.20 | 2 | 0.07 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 4 | -1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0.83 | 8.0 | ||
| 21 | Randy Ladouceur | D | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.14 | 2 | 0.05 | 36 | 1 | 38 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.81 | 6.9 | ||
| 22 | Mike Millar | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.40 | 2 | 0.16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.30 | 15.4 | ||
| 23 | Bill Gardner | C | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.13 | 0 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.88 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Torrie Robertson | LW | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.03 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | -6 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0.95 | 5.3 | ||
| 25 | Tim Bothwell | D | 6-3 | 190 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.13 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | 33.3 | ||
| 26 | Shane Churla | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.02 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.10 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Yves Courteau | RW | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Gord Sherven | C | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Greg Britz | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 30 | Wayne Babych | RW | 5-11 | 191 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Brad Shaw | D | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 32 | Pat Hughes | RW | 6-1 | 180 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.50 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 287 | 463 | 750 | 9.38 | 287 | 3.59 | 287 | 73 | 270 | 71 | 15 | 1484 | 203 | 73 | 11 | 43 | 2404 | 30.05 | 11.9 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Liut | G | 6-2 | 195 | 31 | 59 | 3476 | 31 | 22 | 5 | 67 | .578 | 4 | 187 | 3.23 | 1625 | 1438 | .885 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Steve Weeks | G | 5-11 | 170 | 28 | 25 | 1367 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 | .591 | 1 | 78 | 3.42 | 615 | 537 | .873 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 80 | 4843 | 43 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 265 | 3.28 | 2240 | 1975 | .882 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stew Gavin | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.00 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.00 | 11.1 | ||
| 2 | Dean Evason | C | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.00 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.00 | 30.0 | ||
| 3 | Ron Francis | C | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.67 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.50 | 13.3 | ||
| 4 | Scot Kleinendorst | D | 6-3 | 215 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.00 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | 33.3 | ||
| 5 | Paul MacDermid | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.67 | 50.0 | ||
| 6 | Sylvain Turgeon | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.50 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.17 | 7.7 | ||
| 7 | Kevin Dineen | RW | 5-11 | 198 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 | -1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.17 | 15.4 | ||
| 8 | Dana Murzyn | D | 6-2 | 200 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 | -2 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3.17 | 10.5 | ||
| 9 | John Anderson | RW | 5-11 | 200 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.50 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3.33 | 5.0 | ||
| 10 | Sylvain Cote | D | 5-11 | 201 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Mike McEwen | D | 6-1 | 185 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 16.7 | ||
| 12 | Dave Tippett | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.33 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.83 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Paul Lawless | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Randy Ladouceur | D | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.33 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.17 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Ray Ferraro | C | 5-9 | 200 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | -2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.83 | 9.1 | ||
| 16 | Dave Babych | D | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | -4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4.50 | 3.7 | ||
| 17 | Ulf Samuelsson | D | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | -2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.80 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Joel Quenneville | D | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Dave Semenko | LW | 6-3 | 200 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 20 | Doug Jarvis | C | 5-9 | 170 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Pat Hughes | RW | 6-1 | 180 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 22 | Shane Churla | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Total | 6 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 8.17 | 315 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 207 | 34.50 | 9.2 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Liut | G | 6-2 | 195 | 31 | 6 | 332 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 25 | 4.52 | 159 | 134 | .843 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | Steve Weeks | G | 5-11 | 170 | 28 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.67 | 22 | 21 | .955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 368 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 4.24 | 181 | 155 | .856 |