1989–90 Hartford Whalers season

1989–90 Hartford Whalers
Division	4th Adams
1989–90 record	38–33–9
Home record	17-18-5
Road record	21-15-4
Goals for	275
Goals against	268
Team information
General manager	Eddie Johnston
Coach	Rick Ley
Assistant coach	Jay Leach Brent Peterson
Captain	Ron Francis
Alternate captains	Dave Tippett Kevin Dineen Dave Babych
Arena	Hartford Civic Center
Average attendance	13,701
Team leaders
Goals	Pat Verbeek (44)
Assists	Ron Francis (69)
Points	Ron Francis (101)
Penalty minutes	Pat Verbeek (228)
Plus/minus	Ulf Samuelsson (+15)
Wins	Peter Sidorkiewicz (19)
Goals against average	Mike Liut (2.64)

The 1989–90 Hartford Whalers season was the Whalers' 11th season in the National Hockey League. The Whalers finished 4th in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Boston Bruins 4 games to 3.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	46	25	9	289	232	101
Buffalo Sabres	80	45	27	8	286	248	98
Montreal Canadiens	80	41	28	11	288	234	93
Hartford Whalers	80	38	33	9	275	268	85
Quebec Nordiques	80	12	61	7	240	407	31

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 1989	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	0–1–0
2	L	October 7, 1989	4–6	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	0–2–0
3	W	October 8, 1989	9–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	1–2–0
4	W	October 11, 1989	4–1	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	2–2–0
5	L	October 13, 1989	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	2–3–0
6	L	October 14, 1989	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	2–4–0
7	W	October 18, 1989	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	3–4–0
8	L	October 19, 1989	3–7	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	3–5–0
9	T	October 21, 1989	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	3–5–1
10	L	October 23, 1989	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	3–6–1
11	W	October 25, 1989	2–0	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	4–6–1
12	W	October 26, 1989	7–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	5–6–1
13	W	October 28, 1989	1–0	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	6–6–1
14	L	November 1, 1989	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	6–7–1
15	W	November 3, 1989	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	7–7–1
16	W	November 4, 1989	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	8–7–1
17	L	November 8, 1989	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	8–8–1
18	W	November 10, 1989	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	9–8–1
19	L	November 12, 1989	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	9–9–1
20	W	November 14, 1989	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	10–9–1
21	L	November 15, 1989	2–5	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	10–10–1
22	L	November 18, 1989	2–3	New York Rangers (1989–90)	10–11–1
23	L	November 22, 1989	2–4	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	10–12–1
24	W	November 25, 1989	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	11–12–1
25	L	November 26, 1989	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	11–13–1
26	L	November 28, 1989	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	11–14–1
27	W	November 30, 1989	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	12–14–1
28	W	December 2, 1989	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	13–14–1
29	L	December 6, 1989	3–4	New York Islanders (1989–90)	13–15–1
30	W	December 7, 1989	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	14–15–1
31	W	December 9, 1989	7–3	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	15–15–1
32	L	December 13, 1989	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	15–16–1
33	W	December 14, 1989	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	16–16–1
34	L	December 16, 1989	2–5	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	16–17–1
35	W	December 19, 1989	8–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	17–17–1
36	W	December 20, 1989	4–3	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	18–17–1
37	W	December 23, 1989	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	19–17–1
38	T	December 26, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	19–17–2
39	L	December 30, 1989	3–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	19–18–2
40	L	January 3, 1990	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	19–19–2
41	L	January 5, 1990	4–6	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	19–20–2
42	T	January 6, 1990	4–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	19–20–3
43	W	January 10, 1990	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	20–20–3
44	W	January 13, 1990	6–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	21–20–3
45	L	January 15, 1990	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	21–21–3
46	T	January 17, 1990	5–5 OT	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	21–21–4
47	T	January 19, 1990	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	21–21–5
48	W	January 23, 1990	4–2	New York Islanders (1989–90)	22–21–5
49	L	January 25, 1990	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	22–22–5
50	W	January 27, 1990	6–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	23–22–5
51	T	January 30, 1990	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	23–22–6
52	L	February 1, 1990	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	23–23–6
53	W	February 3, 1990	5–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	24–23–6
54	L	February 4, 1990	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	24–24–6
55	W	February 7, 1990	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	25–24–6
56	L	February 9, 1990	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	25–25–6
57	W	February 10, 1990	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	26–25–6
58	T	February 14, 1990	6–6 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	26–25–7
59	L	February 17, 1990	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	26–26–7
60	W	February 18, 1990	6–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	27–26–7
61	W	February 21, 1990	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	28–26–7
62	L	February 23, 1990	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	28–27–7
63	L	February 24, 1990	1–3	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	28–28–7
64	W	February 28, 1990	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	29–28–7
65	W	March 2, 1990	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	30–28–7
66	W	March 3, 1990	6–4	New York Rangers (1989–90)	31–28–7
67	W	March 6, 1990	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	32–28–7
68	L	March 8, 1990	6–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	32–29–7
69	L	March 10, 1990	0–5	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	32–30–7
70	L	March 11, 1990	3–4	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	32–31–7
71	W	March 13, 1990	1–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	33–31–7
72	L	March 17, 1990	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	33–32–7
73	W	March 18, 1990	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	34–32–7
74	W	March 21, 1990	4–1	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	35–32–7
75	W	March 24, 1990	7–4	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	36–32–7
76	W	March 25, 1990	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	37–32–7
77	T	March 27, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	37–32–8
78	L	March 29, 1990	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	37–33–8
79	W	March 31, 1990	3–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	38–33–8
80	T	April 1, 1990	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	38–33–9

Player Stats

Regular Season						Playoffs					Vitals
#	Player Name	Pos.	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	Birthplace	Age
10	Ron Francis	C	80	32	69	101	73	13	7	3	3	6	8	ONT: Sault Ste. Marie	26
16	Pat Verbeek	R	80	44	45	89	228	1	7	2	2	4	26	ONT: Sarnia	25
11	Kevin Dineen	R	67	25	41	66	164	7	6	3	2	5	18	PQ: Quebec	25
27	Scott Young	R	80	24	40	64	47	-24	7	2	0	2	2	MA: Clinton	21
26	Ray Ferraro	C	79	25	29	54	109	-15	7	0	3	3	2	BC: Trail	25
12	Dean Evason	C	78	18	25	43	138	7	7	2	2	4	22	MAN: Flin Flon	25
44	Dave Babych	D	72	6	37	43	62	-16	7	1	2	3	0	ALTA: Edmonton	28
34	Mikael Andersson	R	50	13	24	37	6	0	5	0	3	3	2	Sweden: Malmo	23
32	Brad Shaw	D	64	3	32	35	30	2	7	2	5	7	0	ONT: Cambridge	25
17	Todd Krygier	L	58	18	12	30	52	4	7	2	1	3	4	IL: Chicago Heights	23
15	Dave Tippett	L	66	8	19	27	32	0	7	1	3	4	2	SASK: Moosomin	28
28	Mike Tomlak	C	70	7	14	21	48	5	7	0	1	1	2	ONT: Thunder Bay	23
7	Randy Cunneyworth	L	43	9	9	18	41	-4	4	0	0	0	2	ONT: Etobicoke	28
23	Paul MacDermid	R	29	6	12	18	69	1	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Chesley	26
8	Jody Hull	R	38	7	10	17	21	-6	5	0	1	1	2	ONT: Petrolia	20
29	Randy Ladouceur	D	71	3	12	15	126	-6	7	1	0	1	10	ONT: Brockville	29
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	55	2	11	13	177	15	7	1	0	1	18	Sweden: Fagersta	25
6	Adam Burt	D	63	4	8	12	105	3	2	0	0	0	0	MI: Detroit	20
25	Grant Jennings	D	64	3	6	9	171	-4	7	0	0	0	17	SASK: Hudson Bay	24
22	Ed Kastelic	R	67	6	2	8	198	-3	2	0	0	0	0	ONT: Toronto	25
21	Sylvain Cote	D	28	4	2	6	14	2	5	0	0	0	2	PQ: Quebec City	23
20	Yvon Corriveau	L	13	4	1	5	20	3	4	1	0	1	0	ONT: Welland	22
3	Joel Quenneville	D	44	1	4	5	34	9	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Windsor	30
7	Brian Lawton	L	13	2	1	3	6	-2	--	--	--	--	--	NJ: New Brunswick	24
24	Tom Martin	L	21	1	2	3	37	0	--	--	--	--	--	BC: Victoria	25
38	Terry Yake	C	2	0	1	1	0	-1	--	--	--	--	--	BC: New Westminster	20
41	Jim Culhane	D	6	0	1	1	6	3	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Haileybury	24
35	Kay Whitmore	G	9	0	1	1	4	0	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Sudbury	22
14	Chris Govedaris	L	12	0	1	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	2	ONT: Toronto	19
30	Peter Sidorkiewicz	G	46	0	1	1	4	0	7	0	0	0	0	Poland: Dabrown Bialostocka	26
31	Bob Bodak	L	1	0	0	0	7	0	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Thunder Bay	28
23	James Black	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	SASK: Regina	20
40	Al Tuer	D	2	0	0	0	6	-1	--	--	--	--	--	SASK: Regina	26
31/33	Jim McKenzie	L	5	0	0	0	4	0	--	--	--	--	--	SASK: Gull Lake	19
4	Steve Dykstra	D	9	0	0	0	2	2	--	--	--	--	--	ALTA: Edmonton	27
42	Marc Laforge	D	9	0	0	0	43	-1	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Sudbury	21
1	Mike Liut	G	29	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Weston	33
	Bench		80	0	0	0	12	0	--	--	--	--	--
	Totals			275	472	747	2102

Goalies
Player Name	GP	Min	GA	GAA	W	L	T	Svs	Pct	EN	SO
1 Mike Liut	29	1683	74	2.64	15	12	1	671	0.901	3	3
35 Kay Whitmore	9	442	26	3.53	4	2	1	157	0.858	0	0
30 Peter Sidorkiewicz	46	2703	161	3.57	19	19	7	1042	0.866	4	1

Awards and Records

• The Whalers did not win any awards this season.

Farm Teams

American Hockey League - Binghamton Whalers

IHL - Kansas City Blades

Video

Highlights of Game 4 of the Bruins-Whalers Adams Division Semi-finals on April 11, 1990 in which Boston overcomes a 5-2 deficit to win 6-5.

Bruins-Whalers 1990 Adams Division Semi-Final Game 4 4 11 90

See Also

• 1989–90 NHL season

References

• 1989–90 Hartford Whalers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.