1990–91 Hartford Whalers season

1990–91 Hartford Whalers
Division	4th Adams
1990–91 record	31–38–11
Goals for	238
Goals against	276
Team information
General Manager	Ed Johnston
Coach	Rick Ley
Captain	Ron Francis (Oct-Dec) Vacant
Team leaders

<1989–90	1991–92>

The 1990–91 Hartford Whalers season was the franchise's 19th season, 12th in the NHL. The Whalers placed fourth in the Adams Division to qualify for the playoffs. The Whalers were eliminated in the first round by their New England rival Boston Bruins.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Final standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Playoffs
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Regular season
- 4.2 Playoffs
5 Awards and records
6 Transactions
7 Roster
8 Draft picks
9 Farm teams
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

Offseason

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

^[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	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

Adams Division Semi-finals

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
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	80	43	39	82	246	0	15	0	5
Francis, RonRon Francis	C	67	21	55	76	51	-2	10	1	6
Dineen, KevinKevin Dineen	RW	61	17	30	47	104	-15	4	0	2
Holik, BobbyBobby Holik	C	78	21	22	43	113	-3	8	0	3
Brown, RobRob Brown	RW	44	18	24	42	101	-7	10	0	2
Shaw, BradBrad Shaw	D	72	4	28	32	29	-10	2	0	1
Krygier, ToddTodd Krygier	LW	72	13	17	30	95	1	3	0	2
Evason, DeanDean Evason	C	75	6	23	29	170	-6	1	0	0
Cyr, PaulPaul Cyr	LW	70	12	13	25	107	-8	0	1	2
Wilson, CareyCarey Wilson	C	45	8	15	23	16	-14	4	0	1
Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	D	41	4	19	23	19	-13	2	0	0
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	D	62	3	18	21	174	13	0	0	0
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	D	73	7	12	19	17	-17	1	0	0
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	C	13	8	8	16	18	-6	4	0	1
Tomlak, MikeMike Tomlak	C/LW	64	8	8	16	55	-9	0	1	0
Young, ScottScott Young	RW	34	6	9	15	8	-9	3	1	2
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	32	9	5	14	49	-6	0	0	1
Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson	LW	41	4	7	11	8	0	0	0	0
Burt, AdamAdam Burt	D	42	2	7	9	63	-4	1	0	1
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	11	4	3	7	40	3	1	0	0
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	41	4	3	7	108	-7	0	0	0
Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro	C	15	2	5	7	18	-1	1	0	0
Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	D	11	3	3	6	6	-7	3	0	0
Babych, DaveDave Babych	D	8	0	6	6	4	-4	0	0	0
Jennings, GrantGrant Jennings	D	44	1	4	5	82	-13	0	0	0
Yake, TerryTerry Yake	C	19	1	4	5	10	-3	0	0	1
Kastelic, EdEd Kastelic	W	45	2	2	4	211	-7	0	0	0
Govedaris, ChrisChris Govedaris	LW	14	1	3	4	4	-4	0	0	1
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	67	1	3	4	118	-10	0	0	0
Richards, ToddTodd Richards	D	2	0	4	4	2	-4	0	0	0
Sidorkiewicz, PeterPeter Sidorkiewicz	G	52	0	4	4	6	0	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	19	1	2	3	41	-3	0	0	0
Corriveau, YvonYvon Corriveau	LW	23	1	1	2	18	-8	0	0	0
Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill	C	9	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	0
Baca, JergusJergus Baca	D	9	0	2	2	14	-3	0	0	0
Picard, MichelMichel Picard	LW	5	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	2	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Stevens, JohnJohn Stevens	D	14	0	1	1	11	0	0	0	0
Whitmore, KayKay Whitmore	G	18	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	4	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Black, JamesJames Black	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chapman, BrianBrian Chapman	D	3	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0
Greig, MarkMark Greig	RW	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
McKay, RossRoss McKay	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parker, JeffJeff Parker	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
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%
Sidorkiewicz, PeterPeter Sidorkiewicz	2953	52	21	22	7	164	3.33	1	1284	1120	.872
Reaugh, DarylDaryl Reaugh	1010	20	7	7	1	53	3.15	1	479	426	.889
Whitmore, KayKay Whitmore	850	18	3	9	3	52	3.67	0	379	327	.863
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
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	C	6	2	7	9	10	0	0	0
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	6	5	1	6	17	3	0	0
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	6	3	2	5	40	2	0	0
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	6	1	4	5	6	0	0	0
Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	D	6	1	3	4	8	0	0	1
Evason, DeanDean Evason	C	6	0	4	4	29	0	0	0
Shaw, BradBrad Shaw	D	6	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Yake, TerryTerry Yake	C	6	1	1	2	16	0	1	0
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	D	6	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Krygier, ToddTodd Krygier	LW	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Brown, RobRob Brown	RW	5	1	0	1	7	1	0	1
Cyr, PaulPaul Cyr	LW	6	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Dineen, KevinKevin Dineen	RW	6	1	0	1	16	0	0	0
Sidorkiewicz, PeterPeter Sidorkiewicz	G	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holik, BobbyBobby Holik	C	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Richards, ToddTodd Richards	D	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tomlak, MikeMike Tomlak	C/LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
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

^[2]

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

Transactions

July 9, 1990 - Jody Hull traded to the New York Rangers for Carey Wilson and the Rangers 1991 third round draft pick (Michael Nylander).
October 1, 1990 - Dave Tippett traded to the Washington Capitals for their 1992 sixth round draft pick (Jarrett Reid).
October 3, 1990 - Joel Quenneville traded to the Washington Capitals for future considerations. Washington later sent cash to Hartford to complete the deal.
October 11, 1990 - Future considerations traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Todd Richards. Hartford later sent cash to Montreal to complete the deal.
October 31, 1990 - Hartford's 1992 fifth round draft pick (Ryan Duthie) traded to the New York Islanders for Marc Bergevin.
November 13, 1990 - Ray Ferraro traded to the New York Islanders for Doug Crossman.
December 21, 1990 - Scott Young traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Rob Brown.
February 20, 1991 - Doug Crossman traded to the Detroit Red Wings for Doug Houda.
March 4, 1991 - Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson, and Grant Jennings traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for John Cullen, Zarley Zalapski, and Jeff Parker.
March 5, 1991 - Carey Wilson traded to the Calgary Flames for Mark Hunter.

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

References

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1990-91 Hartford Whalers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/HAR/1991.html. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

"1990–91 Hartford Whalers Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/HAR/1991_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

Hartford Whalers

Franchise	Hartford Whalers • Carolina Hurricanes • Expansion draft • Players • Coaches • General Managers • Broadcasters • Seasons • Draft picks • Brass Bonanza • NHL–WHA merger •

Arenas	Boston Arena • Boston Garden • The Big E Coliseum • Springfield Civic Center • Hartford Civic Center

New England Whalers / Hartford Whalers seasons

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NHL	1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • Carolina

1990–91 NHL season by team

Patrick	New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington

Adams	Boston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Quebec

Norris	Chicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto

Smythe	Calgary • Edmonton • Los Angeles • Winnipeg • Vancouver

See also	1990 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1991 Stanley Cup Finals • Transactions

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Related programs

NHL on NBC • Hockey Night in Canada

Hawkvision • History of the NHL on United States television • Stanley Cup Finals television ratings

Affiliated networks	Midwest Sports Channel • Prime Network • PRISM • SportsChannel Chicago • SportsChannel New England • SportsChannel New York • SportsChannel Pacific • SportsChannel Philadelphia

Commentators

Entry Draft • All-Star Game • Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals • Stanley Cup Western Conference Finals • Stanley Cup Finals

Commentators by team	Chicago Blackhawks • Hartford Whalers • New York Islanders • Philadelphia Flyers

Key figures

Herb Brooks • Gerry Cheevers • Bill Clement • John Davidson • Don Edwards • Mike Emrick • Stan Fischler • Pat Foley • Dave Hodge • John Kelly • Dave Maloney • Jiggs McDonald • Peter McNab • Joe Micheletti • Craig Laughlin • Bob Papa • Rick Peckham • Jeff Rimer • Joe Starkey • Pete Stemkowski • Dale Tallon • Gary Thorne • Ed Westfall • Ken Wilson

CBC playoff feeds	Steve Armitage • Bob Cole • Chris Cuthbert • John Garrett • Dick Irvin, Jr. • Ron MacLean • Harry Neale • Jim Peplinski • Scott Russell • Don Wittman

Stanley Cup Finals

1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992

All-Star Game

1989 • 1991 (rebroadcast third period from NBC's coverage)

Related events	National Hockey League All-Star Skills Competition

NHL Entry Draft

1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992

Seasons by team

Chicago Blackhawks	1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92

Hartford Whalers	1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92

New Jersey Devils	1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92

New York Islanders	1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92

Philadelphia Flyers	1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92

San Jose Sharks	1991–92

1990–91 Hartford Whalers season

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

External links