1990–91 Hartford Whalers season

1990–91 Hartford Whalers
Division	4th Adams
1990–91 record	31–38–11
Home record	18-16-6
Road record	13-22-5
Goals for	238
Goals against	276
Team information
General manager	Eddie Johnston
Coach	Rick Ley
Assistant coach	Jay Leach Brent Peterson
Captain	Ron Francis (Oct-Dec)
Alternate captains	Kevin Dineen Dave Tippett
Arena	Hartford Civic Center
Average attendance	12,431
Minor league affiliate(s)	Springfield Indians AHL (Calder Cup Champions) Kansas City Blades IHL
Team leaders
Goals	Pat Verbeek (43)
Assists	Ron Francis (55)
Points	Pat Verbeek (82)
Penalty minutes	Pat Verbeek (246)
Plus/minus	Ulf Samuelsson (+13)
Wins	Peter Sidorkiewicz (21)
Goals against average	Daryl Reaugh (3.15)

The 1990–91 Hartford Whalers season was the Whalers' 12th 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 2.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	44	24	12	299	264	100
Montreal Canadiens	80	39	30	11	273	249	89
Buffalo Sabres	80	31	30	19	292	278	81
Hartford Whalers	80	31	38	11	238	276	73
Quebec Nordiques	80	16	50	14	236	354	46

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	T	October 4, 1990	3–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	0–0–1
2	W	October 6, 1990	5–4	New York Rangers (1990–91)	1–0–1
3	L	October 8, 1990	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	1–1–1
4	W	October 10, 1990	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	2–1–1
5	L	October 12, 1990	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	2–2–1
6	W	October 13, 1990	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	3–2–1
7	T	October 16, 1990	1–1 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	3–2–2
8	W	October 17, 1990	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	4–2–2
9	L	October 19, 1990	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	4–3–2
10	L	October 24, 1990	0–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	4–4–2
11	L	October 27, 1990	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	4–5–2
12	L	October 28, 1990	0–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	4–6–2
13	L	October 31, 1990	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	4–7–2
14	L	November 3, 1990	1–4	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	4–8–2
15	T	November 6, 1990	1–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	4–8–3
16	L	November 9, 1990	4–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	4–9–3
17	W	November 10, 1990	3–2 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	5–9–3
18	W	November 14, 1990	3–1	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	6–9–3
19	W	November 15, 1990	4–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	7–9–3
20	W	November 17, 1990	4–2	Washington Capitals (1990–91)	8–9–3
21	T	November 21, 1990	4–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	8–9–4
22	W	November 23, 1990	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	9–9–4
23	L	November 24, 1990	3–4	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	9–10–4
24	L	November 28, 1990	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	9–11–4
25	W	November 29, 1990	6–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	10–11–4
26	L	December 1, 1990	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	10–12–4
27	W	December 3, 1990	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	11–12–4
28	L	December 5, 1990	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	11–13–4
29	W	December 7, 1990	4–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	12–13–4
30	W	December 8, 1990	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	13–13–4
31	L	December 12, 1990	1–5	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	13–14–4
32	L	December 13, 1990	2–8	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	13–15–4
33	W	December 15, 1990	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	14–15–4
34	L	December 18, 1990	3–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	14–16–4
35	L	December 20, 1990	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	14–17–4
36	W	December 22, 1990	1–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	15–17–4
37	L	December 23, 1990	2–5	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	15–18–4
38	W	December 26, 1990	4–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	16–18–4
39	L	December 29, 1990	2–8	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	16–19–4
40	L	December 30, 1990	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	16–20–4
41	W	January 2, 1991	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	17–20–4
42	W	January 5, 1991	4–3	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	18–20–4
43	L	January 8, 1991	3–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	18–21–4
44	W	January 10, 1991	5–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	19–21–4
45	T	January 12, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	19–21–5
46	L	January 13, 1991	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	19–22–5
47	W	January 16, 1991	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	20–22–5
48	W	January 23, 1991	5–4	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	21–22–5
49	L	January 24, 1991	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	21–23–5
50	W	January 26, 1991	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	22–23–5
51	L	January 29, 1991	1–8	New York Islanders (1990–91)	22–24–5
52	L	January 31, 1991	3–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	22–25–5
53	W	February 2, 1991	2–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	23–25–5
54	T	February 3, 1991	1–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	23–25–6
55	W	February 6, 1991	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	24–25–6
56	L	February 9, 1991	2–5	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	24–26–6
57	W	February 10, 1991	3–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	25–26–6
58	W	February 13, 1991	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	26–26–6
59	L	February 15, 1991	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	26–27–6
60	W	February 16, 1991	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	27–27–6
61	W	February 20, 1991	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	28–27–6
62	L	February 23, 1991	4–5	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	28–28–6
63	T	February 24, 1991	5–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	28–28–7
64	L	February 26, 1991	4–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	28–29–7
65	L	February 28, 1991	3–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	28–30–7
66	T	March 2, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	28–30–8
67	T	March 3, 1991	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)	28–30–9
68	L	March 5, 1991	1–4	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	28–31–9
69	L	March 9, 1991	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	28–32–9
70	L	March 10, 1991	1–2	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	28–33–9
71	W	March 12, 1991	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	29–33–9
72	W	March 14, 1991	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	30–33–9
73	W	March 16, 1991	6–2	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	31–33–9
74	L	March 17, 1991	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	31–34–9
75	T	March 19, 1991	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	31–34–10
76	L	March 23, 1991	3–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	31–35–10
77	L	March 25, 1991	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	31–36–10
78	L	March 27, 1991	3–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	31–37–10
79	T	March 30, 1991	5–5 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	31–37–11
80	L	March 31, 1991	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	31–38–11

Playoffs

Boston Bruins 4, Hartford Whalers 2

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Series
1	W	April 3, 1991	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	HAR leads 1–0
2	L	April 5, 1991	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	Series tied 1–1
3	L	April 7, 1991	3–6	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	BOS leads 2–1
4	W	April 9, 1991	4–3	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	Series tied 2–2
5	L	April 11, 1991	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	BOS leads 3–2
6	L	April 13, 1991	1–3	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	BOS wins 4–2

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
16 Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	80	43	39	82	246	0	15	0	5
10 Francis, RonRon Francis	C	67	21	55	76	51	-2	10	1	6
11 Dineen, KevinKevin Dineen	RW	61	17	30	47	104	-15	4	0	2
24 Holik, BobbyBobby Holik	C	78	21	22	43	113	-3	8	0	3
4 Brown, RobRob Brown	RW	44	18	24	42	101	-7	10	0	2
32 Shaw, BradBrad Shaw	D	72	4	28	32	29	-10	2	0	1
17 Krygier, ToddTodd Krygier	LW	72	13	17	30	95	1	3	0	2
12 Evason, DeanDean Evason	C	75	6	23	29	170	-6	1	0	0
18 Cyr, PaulPaul Cyr	LW	70	12	13	25	107	-8	0	1	2
13 Wilson, CareyCarey Wilson	C	45	8	15	23	16	-14	4	0	1
3 Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	D	41	4	19	23	19	-13	2	0	0
5 Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	D	62	3	18	21	174	13	0	0	0
21 Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	D	73	7	12	19	17	-17	1	0	0
11 Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	C	13	8	8	16	18	-6	4	0	1
28 Tomlak, MikeMike Tomlak	C/LW	64	8	8	16	55	-9	0	1	0
27 Young, ScottScott Young	RW	34	6	9	15	8	-9	3	1	2
7 Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	32	9	5	14	49	-6	0	0	1
34 Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson	LW	41	4	7	11	8	0	0	0	0
6 Burt, AdamAdam Burt	D	42	2	7	9	63	-4	1	0	1
26 Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	11	4	3	7	40	3	1	0	0
31/33 McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	41	4	3	7	108	-7	0	0	0
26 Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro	C	15	2	5	7	18	-1	1	0	0
3 Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	D	11	3	3	6	6	-7	3	0	0
44 Babych, DaveDave Babych	D	8	0	6	6	4	-4	0	0	0
25 Jennings, GrantGrant Jennings	D	44	1	4	5	82	-13	0	0	0
38 Yake, TerryTerry Yake	C	19	1	4	5	10	-3	0	0	1
22 Kastelic, EdEd Kastelic	W	45	2	2	4	211	-7	0	0	0
14 Govedaris, ChrisChris Govedaris	LW	14	1	3	4	4	-4	0	0	1
29 Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	67	1	3	4	118	-10	0	0	0
46 Richards, ToddTodd Richards	D	2	0	4	4	2	-4	0	0	0
30 Sidorkiewicz, PeterPeter Sidorkiewicz	G	52	0	4	4	6	0	0	0	0
27 Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	19	1	2	3	41	-3	0	0	0
37 Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill	C	9	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	0
20 Corriveau, YvonYvon Corriveau	LW	23	1	1	2	18	-8	0	0	0
4 Baca, JergusJergus Baca	D	9	0	2	2	14	-3	0	0	0
13 Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	2	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
47 Picard, MichelMichel Picard	LW	5	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
45 Stevens, JohnJohn Stevens	D	14	0	1	1	11	0	0	0	0
35 Whitmore, KayKay Whitmore	G	18	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
49 McKay, RossRoss McKay	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23 Black, JamesJames Black	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42 Chapman, BrianBrian Chapman	D	3	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0
8 Greig, MarkMark Greig	RW	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
36 Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	4	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
25 Parker, JeffJeff Parker	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
31 Reaugh, DarylDaryl Reaugh	G	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
30 Sidorkiewicz, PeterPeter Sidorkiewicz	2953	52	21	22	7	164	3.33	1	1284	1120	.872
31 Reaugh, DarylDaryl Reaugh	1010	20	7	7	1	53	3.15	1	479	426	.889
35 Whitmore, KayKay Whitmore	850	18	3	9	3	52	3.67	0	379	327	.863
49 McKay, RossRoss McKay	35	1	0	0	0	3	5.14	0	15	12	.800
Team:	4848	80	31	38	11	272	3.37	2	2157	1885	.874

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
15 Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	C	6	2	7	9	10	0	0	0
26 Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	6	5	1	6	17	3	0	0
16 Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	6	3	2	5	40	2	0	0
29 Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	6	1	4	5	6	0	0	0
3 Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	D	6	1	3	4	8	0	0	1
12 Evason, DeanDean Evason	C	6	0	4	4	29	0	0	0
32 Shaw, BradBrad Shaw	D	6	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
38 Yake, TerryTerry Yake	C	6	1	1	2	16	0	1	0
21 Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	D	6	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
17 Krygier, ToddTodd Krygier	LW	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
4 Brown, RobRob Brown	RW	5	1	0	1	7	1	0	1
18 Cyr, PaulPaul Cyr	LW	6	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
11 Dineen, KevinKevin Dineen	RW	6	1	0	1	16	0	0	0
30 Sidorkiewicz, PeterPeter Sidorkiewicz	G	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
7 Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28 Tomlak, MikeMike Tomlak	C/LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
24 Holik, BobbyBobby Holik	C	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
27 Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
33 McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
46 Richards, ToddTodd Richards	D	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
30 Sidorkiewicz, PeterPeter Sidorkiewicz	359	6	2	4	24	4.01	0	174	150	.862
Team:	359	6	2	4	24	4.01	0	174	150	.862

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage

Awards and Records

• The Whalers did not win any awards this season.

Farm Teams

American Hockey League - Springfield Indians 1990-91 Calder Cup Champions

IHL- Kansas City Blades

See Also

• 1990–91 NHL season

References

• 1990–91 Hartford Whalers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.