1989–90 Quebec Nordiques season

1989–90 Quebec Nordiques
Division	5th Adams
Conference	11th Prince of Wales
1989–90 record	12-61-7
Home record	8-26-6
Road record	4-35-1
Goals for	240
Goals against	407
Team information
General Manager	Martin Madden (Oct-Feb) Maurice Filion (Feb-Apr) interim
Coach	Michel Bergeron
Captain	Peter Stastny (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr)
Arena	La Colisée
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Sakic (39)
Assists	Joe Sakic (63)
Points	Joe Sakic (102)
Penalties in minutes	Paul Gillis (234)
Wins	Ron Tugnutt (5)
Goals against average	Ron Tugnutt (4.61)
<1988–89	1990–91>

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Final standings 2.2 Game log 3 Player stats 4 Transactions 4.1 Trades 4.2 Waivers 4.3 Free agents 5 Roster 6 Draft picks 7 Farm teams 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

Offseason

The Nordiques would not bring back Jean Perron, who finished the 1988-89 season as the interim head coach of the team. Quebec would bring back former head coach Michel Bergeron, who had coached the club from 1980-1987. Bergeron left the Nordiques to coach the New York Rangers from 1987–1989, leading them to two consecutive 82 point seasons. The club also named Martin Madden as the new general manager.

At the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, the Nordiques had the first overall draft pick, and selected Mats Sundin from Nacka HK. Sundin became the first ever European born player drafted with the first overall selection. In 25 games with Nacka, Sundin had ten goals and 18 points. With their second pick, Quebec drafted Adam Foote from the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. In 66 games, Foote had seven goals and 39 points in 1988-89.

Quebec made some trades during the off-season, dealing away their top goal scorer from the 1988-89 season, Walt Poddubny, along with a fourth round draft pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft to the New Jersey Devils for Joe Cirella, Claude Loiselle, and an eighth round draft pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. Cirella had three goals and 22 points in 80 games with the Devils in 1988-89, while Loiselle had seven goals and 21 points in 74 games. Quebec also traded Bob Mason to the Washington Capitals for future considerations, and Gaetan Duchesne to the Minnesota North Stars for Kevin Kaminski. Kaminski spent the 1988-89 with the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL, scoring 25 goals and 68 points in 52 games. Right at the end of the pre-season, the Nordiques traded away Randy Moller to the New York Rangers for Michel Petit. Petit had eight goals and 33 points with the Rangers in 1988-89.

The biggest move the club made was signing free agent Guy Lafleur to a two year contract. Lafleur, who originally retired during the 1984-85, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988. Lafleur came out of retirement and signed with the New York Rangers for the 1988-89 season, where he scored 18 goals and 45 points in 67 games with the Rangers. Lafleur won five Stanley Cup championships with the Montreal Canadiens, and had a streak of 50 or more goals in a season and at least 119 points during a six year stretch from 1974-1980. Lafleur also scored a league high 60 goals in 1977-78, and led the league in scoring for three consecutive seasons, from 1975-1978. The Nordiques also signed Lucien DeBlois, who also spent the previous season with the New York Rangers, where he had nine goals and 33 points in 73 games.

Regular season

Quebec would have a poor start to the season, going 1-4-1 in their first six games, before winning two in a row to be only a game under .500. The Nordiques then lost eight games in a row to quickly fall out of the playoff race, before winning two in a row to improve to 5-12-1. The losses kept piling up for the Nordiques, who then began to make trades. Greg Adams and Robert Picard were traded to the Detroit Red Wings for former Nordiques player Tony McKegney, while Jeff Brown was dealt to the St. Louis Blues for Tony Hrkac and Greg Millen.

On February 2, 1990, with a record of 9-36-6, the club fired general manager Martin Madden Sr., and replaced him on an interim basis with former general manager Maurice Filion. Under Filion, the Nordiques traded away Michel Goulet, Greg Millen and a sixth round draft pick in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft to the Chicago Blackhawks for Everett Sanipass, Mario Doyon, and Dan Vincelette. The trades continued, as team captain Peter Stastny was traded to the New Jersey Devils for Craig Wolanin and future considerations, which turned out to be Randy Velischek.

The season would continue with very few wins, as the Nordiques finished in last place in the NHL with a 12-61-7 record, earning 31 points. The twelve wins was the fewest by a team since the Winnipeg Jets had nine in 1980-81, while their 31 points was the lowest since the Washington Capitals had 21 in the 1974-75 season.

Offensively, the Nordiques were led by Joe Sakic, who had 39 goals and 102 points, both team highs. Peter Stastny was the only other Nordique to finish with more than 20 goals, as he had 24 goals and 62 points before being traded to the New Jersey Devils. Tony McKegney had 16 goals and 27 points in 48 games after being acquired from the Detroit Red Wings, while Guy Lafleur had 12 goals and 34 points in his first season with the Nordiques.

On defense, Michel Petit put up twelve goals and 36 points in his first season with the club. Rookie Bryan Fogarty had four goals and 14 points in 45 games, however, he had a -47 rating, the worst on the club.

In goal, Ron Tugnutt led the Nordiques with five wins, while posting a club best 4.61 GAA in 35 games.

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

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 80 39 63 102 27 -40 8 1 2 Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny C 62 24 38 62 24 -45 10 0 0 Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet LW 57 16 29 45 42 -33 8 0 0 Petit, MichelMichel Petit D 63 12 24 36 215 -38 5 0 0 Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur RW 39 12 22 34 4 -15 6 0 2 Fortier, MarcMarc Fortier C 59 13 17 30 28 -16 3 1 1 Mckegney, TonyTony McKegney LW 48 16 11 27 45 -31 5 0 0 Hough, MikeMike Hough LW 43 13 13 26 84 -24 3 1 0 Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle C 72 11 14 25 104 -27 0 3 0 Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis C 71 8 14 22 234 -24 0 1 0 Jackson, JeffJeff Jackson LW 65 8 12 20 71 -21 0 1 0 Jarvi, IiroIiro Jarvi RW 41 7 13 20 18 -11 1 0 1 Cirella, JoeJoe Cirella D 56 4 14 18 67 -27 1 0 0 Marois, MarioMario Marois D 67 3 15 18 104 -45 2 0 0 Deblois, LucienLucien DeBlois C 70 9 8 17 45 -29 1 0 1 Brown, JeffJeff Brown D 29 6 10 16 18 -14 2 0 3 Mcrae, KenKen McRae C 66 7 8 15 191 -38 0 0 1 Fogarty, BryanBryan Fogarty D 45 4 10 14 31 -47 2 0 0 Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac C 22 4 8 12 2 -5 2 0 0 Finn, StevenSteven Finn D 64 3 9 12 208 -33 1 0 0 Lawton, BrianBrian Lawton LW 14 5 6 11 10 -9 3 0 0 Kimble, DarinDarin Kimble RW 44 5 5 10 185 -20 2 0 1 Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn D 68 2 6 8 44 -41 1 0 0 Sanipass, EverettEverett Sanipass LW 9 3 3 6 8 -4 2 0 0 Vermette, MarkMark Vermette RW 11 1 5 6 8 -3 0 0 0 Dore, DanielDaniel Dore RW 16 2 3 5 59 -8 1 0 0 Doyon, MarioMario Doyon D 9 2 3 5 6 -1 1 0 0 Picard, RobertRobert Picard D 24 0 5 5 28 -5 0 0 0 Adams, GregGreg Adams LW 7 1 3 4 17 -2 0 0 0 Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin D 13 0 3 3 10 2 0 0 0 Morin, StephaneStephane Morin C 6 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 Sevcik, JaroslavJaroslav Sevcik LW 13 0 2 2 2 -5 0 0 0 Severyn, BrentBrent Severyn LW 35 0 2 2 42 -19 0 0 0 Gronstrand, JariJari Gronstrand D 7 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 Vincelette, DanDan Vincelette LW 11 0 1 1 25 -6 0 0 0 Baker, JamieJamie Baker C 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Brunetta, MarioMario Brunetta G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gordon, ScottScott Gordon G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guerard, StephaneStephane Guerard D 4 0 0 0 6 -5 0 0 0 Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski C 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Middendorf, MaxMax Middendorf RW 3 0 0 0 0 -9 0 0 0 Millen, GregGreg Millen G 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mylnikov, SergeiSergei Mylnikov G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Richard, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Richard D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Routhier, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Routhier RW 8 0 0 0 9 -3 0 0 0 Smyth, GregGreg Smyth D 13 0 0 0 57 -8 0 0 0 Tanner, JohnJohn Tanner G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt G 35 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt 1978 35 5 24 3 152 4.61 0 1080 928 .859 Millen, GregGreg Millen 1080 18 3 14 1 95 5.28 0 648 553 .853 Gordon, ScottScott Gordon 597 10 2 8 0 53 5.33 0 368 315 .856 Brunetta, MarioMario Brunetta 191 6 1 2 0 13 4.08 0 99 86 .869 Mylnikov, SergeiSergei Mylnikov 568 10 1 7 2 47 4.96 0 330 283 .858 Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset 342 6 0 5 1 34 5.96 0 199 165 .829 Tanner, JohnJohn Tanner 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 0 30 27 .900 Team: 4816 80 12 61 7 397 4.95 0 2754 2357 .856

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Note:

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

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1989-90 season.

Trades

June 19, 1989	To Minnesota North Stars Gaetan Duchesne	To Quebec Nordiques Kevin Kaminski
October 5, 1989	To New York Rangers Randy Moller	To Quebec Nordiques Michel Petit
December 4, 1989	To Detroit Red Wings Greg Adams Robert Picard	To Quebec Nordiques Tony McKegney
December 13, 1989	To St. Louis Blues Jeff Brown	To Quebec Nordiques Tony Hrkac Greg Millen
March 5, 1990	To Chicago Blackhawks Michel Goulet Greg Millen 6th round pick in 1991 - Kevin St. Jacques	To Quebec Nordiques Mario Doyon Everett Sanipass Dan Vincelette
March 6, 1990	To New Jersey Devils Peter Stastny	To Quebec Nordiques Craig Wolanin Randy Velischek

Waivers

October 2, 1989	From Vancouver Canucks Greg Adams
November 21, 1989	To New York Islanders Jari Gronstrand
December 1, 1989	From Hartford Whalers Brian Lawton

Free agents

Player Former Team Lucien DeBlois New York Rangers Guy Lafleur New York Rangers

Player New Team Brian Lawton Boston Bruins

Roster

Goaltenders 1 Ron Tugnutt  30 Mario Brunetta  30 Scott Gordon  31 Stephane Fiset  31 Greg Millen  31 John Tanner  34 Sergei Mylnikov		Defensemen 2 Joe Cirella  4 Greg Smyth  5 Jari Gronstrand  6 Stephane Guerard  6 Craig Wolanin  7 Curtis Leschyshyn  22 Jeff Brown  24 Michel Petit  24 Robert Picard  28 Mario Doyon  29 Steven Finn  41 Jean-Marc Richard  43 Bryan Fogarty  44 Mario Marois		Wingers 5 Brent Severyn  10 Guy Lafleur  11 Iiro Jarvi  14 Tony McKegney  14 Jean-Marc Routhier  15 Darin Kimble  16 Michel Goulet  17 Greg Adams  17 Brian Lawton  17 Dan Vincelette  18 Mike Hough  21 Everett Sanipass  25 Jeff Jackson  27 Jaroslav Sevcik  27 Mark Vermette  33 Daniel Dore  48 Max Middendorf		Centres 9 Marc Fortier  12 Ken McRae  17 Kevin Kaminski  19 Joe Sakic  20 Claude Loiselle  21 Jamie Baker  22 Stephane Morin  23 Paul Gillis  26 Peter Stastny  - C 28 Tony Hrkac  32 Lucien DeBlois  Coach: Michel Bergeron

Draft picks

Quebec's draft picks from the 1989 NHL Entry Draft which was held at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	1	Mats Sundin	Sweden	Nacka HK (Sweden)
2	22	Adam Foote	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3	43	Stephane Morin	Canada	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
3	54	John Tanner	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4	68	Niklas Andersson	Sweden	Vastra Frolunda HC (Sweden)
4	76	Eric Dubois	Canada	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
5	85	Kevin Kaiser	Canada	Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (NCAA)
6	106	Dan Lambert	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7	127	Sergei Mylnikov	Soviet Union	Chelyabinsk Traktor (Soviet Union)
8	148	Paul Krake	Canada	Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves (NCAA)
9	169	Vyacheslav Bykov	Soviet Union	CSKA Moscow (Soviet Union)
10	190	Andrei Khomutov	Soviet Union	CSKA Moscow (Soviet Union)
11	211	Byron Witkowski	Canada	Nipawin Hawks (SJHL)
12	232	Noel Rahn	United States	Edina High School (USHS)

Farm teams

• Halifax Citadels - AHL

See also

• 1989–90 NHL season

References

• "1989–90 Quebec Nordiques Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/QUE/1990_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 

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