1986–87 Hartford Whalers season

1986–87 Hartford Whalers
Adams Division Champions
Division 1st Adams
Conference 2nd Wales
1986–87 record 43-30-7
Goals for 287
Goals against 270
Team information
General Manager Emile Francis
Coach Jack Evans
Captain Ron Francis
Arena Hartford Civic Center
Team leaders
Goals Kevin Dineen (40)
Assists Ron Francis (63)
Points Ron Francis (93)
Penalties in minutes Paul MacDermid (202)
Plus/minus Ulf Samuelsson (+28)
Wins Mike Liut (31)
Goals against average Mike Liut (3.23)
<1985–86 1987–88>

The 1986–87 Hartford Whalers season saw the Whalers finish in first place in the Adams Division with a record of 43 wins, 30 losses, and 7 ties for 93 points. They lost the Adams Division semi-finals in six games to the Quebec Nordiques. This was the only time in franchise history that the Whalers finished above fourth place in their division before their relocation to North Carolina.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round # Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team (League)
1 11 Scott Young Right Wing  United States Boston University (Hockey East)

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Regular season

Season standings

Adams Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Hartford Whalers 80 43 30 7 93 287 270 1496
Montreal Canadiens 80 41 29 10 92 277 241 1802
Boston Bruins 80 39 34 7 86 301 276 1870
Quebec Nordiques 80 31 39 10 72 267 276 1741
Buffalo Sabres 80 28 44 8 64 280 308 1810

Schedule and results

THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST

1986-87 Game Log
1986-87 Schedule

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Ron Francis 75 30 63 93 10 45
Kevin Dineen 78 40 39 79 7 110
John Anderson 76 31 44 75 11 19
Ray Ferraro 80 27 32 59 -9 42
Dean Evason 80 22 37 59 5 67
Paul Lawless 60 22 32 54 24 14
Stewart Gavin 79 20 21 41 10 28
Sylvain Turgeon 41 23 13 36 -3 45
Dave Tippett 80 9 22 31 0 42
Doug Jarvis 80 9 13 22 0 20
Paul MacDermid 72 7 11 18 3 202
Dave Semenko 51 4 8 12 -7 87
Mike Millar 10 2 2 4 3 0
Torrie Robertson 20 1 0 1 -6 98
Bill Gardner 8 0 1 1 -2 0
Shane Churla 20 0 1 1 -1 78
Greg Britz 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Hughes 2 0 0 0 -1 2
Yves Courteau 4 0 0 0 -6 0
Wayne Babych 4 0 0 0 -5 4
Gord Sherven 25 0 0 0 0 0

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Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Dave Babych 66 8 33 41 -18 44
Ulf Samuelsson 78 2 21 23 28 162
Dana Murzyn 74 9 19 28 17 95
Mike McEwen 48 8 8 16 -9 32
Scot Kleinendorst 66 3 9 12 4 130
Joel Quenneville 37 3 7 10 7 24
Tim Bothwell 4 1 0 1 -5 0
Brad Shaw 2 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player GP MIN W L T SO GAA
Mike Liut 59 3476 31 22 5 4 3.23
Steve Weeks 25 1367 12 8 2 1 3.42

Awards and honors

Roster

1986-87 Hartford Whalers
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

References

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