1987-88 Hartford Whalers Roster and Statistics

Record: 35-38-7 (77 points), Finished 4th in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jack Evans (22-25-7), Larry Pleau (13-13-0)

Primary Arena: Hartford Civic Center

Goals For: 249 (20th of 21), Goals Against: 267 (4th of 21)
SRS: -0.17 (13th of 21), SOS: 0.05 (9th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-2) to Montreal Canadiens

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +500

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Hartford Whalers	80	35	38	7	77	.481	249	267	-0.17	0.05	3.11	3.34	84	477	17.61	67	426	84.27	9	17	2519	9.9	2186	.878		2
League Average	80	35	35	9	80	.500	297	297					89	437	20.29	89	437	79.71	13	13	2435	12.2	2435	.878		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Hartford Whalers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
20	John Anderson	ca CA	LW	30	5-11	185	L/-	10	March 28, 1957
44	Dave Babych	ca CA	D	26	6-2	215	L/-	7	May 23, 1961
4	Charlie Bourgeois	ca CA	D	28	6-4	220	R/-	6	November 19, 1959
31	Richard Brodeur	ca CA	G	35	5-7	160	-/L	8	September 15, 1952
28	Lindsay Carson	ca CA	LW	27	6-2	195	L/-	6	November 21, 1960
22	Shane Churla	ca CA	RW	22	6-1	200	R/-	1	June 24, 1965
21	Sylvain Côté	ca CA	D	22	5-11	201	R/-	3	January 19, 1966
11	Kevin Dineen	ca CA	RW	24	5-11	198	R/-	3	October 28, 1963
12	Dean Evason	ca CA	C	23	5-10	180	R/-	4	August 22, 1964
26	Ray Ferraro	ca CA	C	23	5-9	200	L/-	3	August 23, 1964
10	Ron Francis (C)	ca CA	C	24	6-3	200	L/-	6	March 1, 1963
7	Stew Gavin	ca CA	RW	27	6-0	190	L/-	7	March 15, 1960
27	Doug Jarvis	ca CA	C	32	5-9	170	L/-	12	March 24, 1955
18	Scot Kleinendorst	us US	D	28	6-3	215	L/-	5	January 16, 1960
29	Randy Ladouceur	ca CA	D	27	6-2	220	L/-	5	June 30, 1960
28	Paul Lawless	ca CA	LW	23	5-11	185	L/-	4	July 2, 1964
1	Mike Liut	ca CA	G	32	6-2	195	-/L	8	January 7, 1956
23	Paul MacDermid	ca CA	RW	24	6-1	205	R/-	6	April 14, 1963
24	Tom Martin	ca CA	LW	23	6-2	200	L/-	3	May 11, 1964
25	Mike McEwen	ca CA	D	31	6-1	185	L/-	11	August 10, 1956
8	Mike Millar	ca CA	RW	22	5-10	170	L/-	1	April 28, 1965
4	Dana Murzyn	ca CA	D	21	6-2	200	L/-	2	December 9, 1966
17	Brent Peterson	ca CA	C	29	6-0	190	R/-	9	February 15, 1958
3	Joel Quenneville	ca CA	D	29	6-1	200	L/-	9	September 15, 1958
14	Mark Reeds	ca CA	RW	28	5-10	190	R/-	6	January 24, 1960
32	Torrie Robertson	ca CA	LW	26	5-11	200	L/-	7	August 2, 1961
5	Ulf Samuelsson	se SE	D	23	6-1	205	L/-	3	March 26, 1964
25	Brad Shaw	ca CA	D	23	6-0	190	R/-	2	April 28, 1964
0	Neil Sheehy	ca CA	D	27	6-2	214	R/-	4	February 9, 1960
22	Gord Sherven	ca CA	C	24	6-0	185	R/-	4	August 21, 1963
30	Peter Sidorkiewicz	pl PL	G	24	5-9	180	-/L	R	June 29, 1963
15	Dave Tippett	ca CA	LW	26	5-10	180	L/-	4	August 25, 1961
16	Sylvain Turgeon	ca CA	LW	23	6-0	200	L/-	4	January 17, 1965
35	Mike Vellucci	us US	D	21	6-1	180	L/-	R	August 11, 1966
31	Steve Weeks	ca CA	G	29	5-11	170	-/L	7	June 30, 1958
22-25	Tiger Williams	ca CA	LW	33	5-11	190	L/-	13	February 3, 1954
33	Carey Wilson	ca CA	C	25	6-2	195	R/-	4	May 19, 1962
27	Scott Young	us US	RW	20	6-1	200	R/-	R	October 1, 1967

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Ron Francis*	24	C	80	25	50	75	-8	87	13	11	1	3	25	25	0	172	14.5			4.3	1.3	5.6
2	Kevin Dineen	24	RW	74	25	25	50	-14	217	20	5	0	4	13	11	1	223	11.2			2.7	1.0	3.7
3	Ray Ferraro	23	C	68	21	29	50	1	81	15	6	0	2	17	12	0	105	20.0			2.6	1.3	3.9
4	Dave Babych	26	D	71	14	36	50	-25	54	4	10	0	2	8	27	1	233	6.0			3.2	3.5	6.7
5	Sylvain Turgeon	23	LW	71	23	26	49	-5	71	10	13	0	3	16	10	0	247	9.3			2.6	1.2	3.8
6	John Anderson	30	LW	63	17	32	49	-5	20	8	9	0	3	15	17	0	149	11.4			2.5	1.0	3.5
7	Ulf Samuelsson	23	D	76	8	33	41	-10	159	5	3	0	0	18	14	1	156	5.1			2.0	4.7	6.7
8	Carey Wilson	25	C	36	18	20	38	-5	22	10	7	1	6	13	7	0	77	23.4			2.8	0.5	3.3
9	Dave Tippett	26	LW	80	16	21	37	-4	32	13	1	2	2	19	2	0	126	12.7			0.9	1.4	2.2
10	Paul MacDermid	24	RW	80	20	15	35	3	139	16	4	0	2	12	3	0	96	20.8			1.0	1.6	2.6
11	Dean Evason	23	C	77	10	18	28	-29	115	4	6	0	0	13	4	1	126	7.9			-0.1	0.6	0.5
12	Sylvain Côté	22	D	67	7	21	28	-8	30	6	0	1	0	13	5	3	142	4.9			1.2	4.2	5.3
13	Stew Gavin	27	RW	56	11	10	21	-17	59	6	2	3	1	7	2	1	125	8.8			0.2	0.6	0.8
14	Mike Millar	22	RW	28	7	7	14	-5	6	3	4	0	2	3	4	0	58	12.1			0.5	0.4	0.9
15	Torrie Robertson	26	LW	63	2	8	10	0	293	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	46	4.3			-1.5	1.2	-0.3
16	Lindsay Carson	27	LW	27	5	4	9	0	30	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	39	12.8			0.0	0.5	0.5
17	Paul Lawless	23	LW	28	4	5	9	-2	16	4	0	0	1	4	1	0	71	5.6			-0.1	0.5	0.4
18	Scot Kleinendorst	28	D	44	3	6	9	-5	86	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	44	6.8			0.0	2.8	2.7
19	Brent Peterson	29	C	52	2	7	9	-9	40	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	33	6.1			-1.2	0.7	-0.5
20	Joel Quenneville	29	D	77	1	8	9	-13	44	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	42	2.4			-0.9	4.6	3.7
21	Randy Ladouceur	27	D	67	1	7	8	7	91	1	0	0	1	5	2	0	37	2.7			-0.7	5.0	4.2
22	Dana Murzyn	21	D	33	1	6	7	-8	45	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	49	2.0			-0.1	1.8	1.7
23	Mark Reeds	28	RW	38	0	7	7	-13	31	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	36	0.0			-0.9	0.3	-0.6
24	Tiger Williams	33	LW	26	6	0	6	2	87	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	31	19.4			-0.1	0.5	0.4
25	Neil Sheehy	27	D	26	1	4	5	-3	116	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	13	7.7			-0.1	1.6	1.5
26	Tom Martin	23	LW	5	1	2	3	-1	14	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	12.5			0.1	0.1	0.2
27	Mike McEwen	31	D	9	0	3	3	-1	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	22	0.0			0.0	0.6	0.6
28	Mike Liut	32	G	60	0	1	1		4	0	0	0	0				0		3526	58:46	0.0	0.0	9.3
29	Charlie Bourgeois	28	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Richard Brodeur	35	G	6	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0				0		339	56:33	0.0	0.0	0.9
31	Shane Churla	22	RW	2	0	0	0	-1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
32	Doug Jarvis	32	C	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.1	0.0	0.0
33	Brad Shaw	23	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Gord Sherven	24	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
35	Peter Sidorkiewicz	24	G	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0				0		60	60:00	0.0	0.0	0.1
36	Mike Vellucci	21	D	2	0	0	0	-1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.0
37	Steve Weeks	29	G	18	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0				0		918	50:59	0.0	0.0	1.4
38	Scott Young	20	RW	7	0	0	0	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0			-0.3	0.0	-0.3
	Team Total			80	249	411	660	-187	2032	156	84	9	35	252	149	9	2519	9.9			20.2	43.5	75.5

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Mike Liut	32	60		25	28	5	187	1620	1433	.885	3.18	2	3526				96	7.7	2.64	9.3
2	Steve Weeks	29	18		6	7	2	55	388	333	.858	3.60	0	918				118	-8.4	3.01	1.4
3	Richard Brodeur	35	6		4	2	0	15	142	127	.894	2.65	0	339						2.12	0.9
4	Peter Sidorkiewicz	24	1		0	1	0	6	36	30	.833	6.00	0	60						5.00	0.1
	Team Total				35	38	7	263	2186	1923	.880	3.26	2	4843				100	-0.3	2.70	11.8