1988–89 Hartford Whalers season

The 1988–89 Hartford Whalers season saw the team finish in fourth place in the Adams Division with a record of 37 wins, 38 losses, and 5 ties for 79 points. They were swept by the Montreal Canadiens in four straight games in the Division Semi-finals.

Regular season

The Whalers finished the regular season with the fewest short-handed goals scored (3) and the most short-handed goals allowed (18).^[1]

Final standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	53	18	9	315	218	115
Boston Bruins	80	37	29	14	289	256	88
Buffalo Sabres	80	38	35	7	291	299	83
Hartford Whalers	80	37	38	5	299	290	79
Quebec Nordiques	80	27	46	7	269	342	61

^[2]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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 1988	2–5	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	0–1–0
2	L	October 8, 1988	2–6	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	0–2–0
3	L	October 9, 1988	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	0–3–0
4	W	October 12, 1988	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	1–3–0
5	W	October 15, 1988	7–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	2–3–0
6	L	October 19, 1988	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	2–4–0
7	W	October 22, 1988	8–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	3–4–0
8	W	October 26, 1988	7–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	4–4–0
9	L	October 28, 1988	3–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	4–5–0
10	W	October 29, 1988	3–0	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	5–5–0
11	L	November 1, 1988	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	5–6–0
12	W	November 3, 1988	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	6–6–0
13	L	November 5, 1988	2–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	6–7–0
14	L	November 7, 1988	3–6	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	6–8–0
15	T	November 9, 1988	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	6–8–1
16	L	November 10, 1988	2–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	6–9–1
17	W	November 12, 1988	3–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	7–9–1
18	L	November 16, 1988	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	7–10–1
19	L	November 18, 1988	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	7–11–1
20	L	November 19, 1988	2–5	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	7–12–1
21	W	November 23, 1988	4–3	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	8–12–1
22	W	November 26, 1988	4–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	9–12–1
23	L	November 30, 1988	3–6	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	9–13–1
24	W	December 2, 1988	6–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	10–13–1
25	L	December 3, 1988	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	10–14–1
26	W	December 6, 1988	9–0	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	11–14–1
27	W	December 8, 1988	5–4	New York Rangers (1988–89)	12–14–1
28	W	December 10, 1988	4–1	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	13–14–1
29	L	December 14, 1988	3–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	13–15–1
30	T	December 15, 1988	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	13–15–2
31	L	December 17, 1988	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	13–16–2
32	L	December 19, 1988	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	13–17–2
33	L	December 21, 1988	3–4	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	13–18–2
34	L	December 23, 1988	4–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	13–19–2
35	L	December 26, 1988	3–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	13–20–2
36	T	December 28, 1988	4–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	13–20–3
37	W	December 30, 1988	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	14–20–3
38	W	December 31, 1988	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	15–20–3
39	L	January 2, 1989	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	15–21–3
40	W	January 4, 1989	5–4 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	16–21–3
41	W	January 10, 1989	2–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	17–21–3
42	L	January 14, 1989	6–9	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	17–22–3
43	L	January 16, 1989	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	17–23–3
44	L	January 18, 1989	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	17–24–3
45	W	January 19, 1989	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	18–24–3
46	W	January 21, 1989	5–4	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	19–24–3
47	W	January 23, 1989	5–0	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	20–24–3
48	T	January 25, 1989	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	20–24–4
49	W	January 27, 1989	8–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	21–24–4
50	L	January 28, 1989	2–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	21–25–4
51	L	January 31, 1989	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	21–26–4
52	L	February 3, 1989	0–1	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	21–27–4
53	L	February 4, 1989	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	21–28–4
54	W	February 9, 1989	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	22–28–4
55	W	February 11, 1989	7–3	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	23–28–4
56	W	February 15, 1989	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	24–28–4
57	W	February 18, 1989	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	25–28–4
58	L	February 19, 1989	6–7 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	25–29–4
59	L	February 21, 1989	4–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	25–30–4
60	W	February 23, 1989	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	26–30–4
61	L	February 25, 1989	1–9	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	26–31–4
62	W	February 26, 1989	8–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	27–31–4
63	W	February 28, 1989	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	28–31–4
64	W	March 2, 1989	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	29–31–4
65	L	March 4, 1989	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	29–32–4
66	W	March 5, 1989	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	30–32–4
67	W	March 8, 1989	7–3	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	31–32–4
68	L	March 11, 1989	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	31–33–4
69	T	March 12, 1989	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	31–33–5
70	W	March 14, 1989	8–2	New York Islanders (1988–89)	32–33–5
71	L	March 16, 1989	1–6	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	32–34–5
72	L	March 18, 1989	2–8	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	32–35–5
73	W	March 19, 1989	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	33–35–5
74	W	March 22, 1989	4–2	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	34–35–5
75	L	March 23, 1989	3–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	34–36–5
76	W	March 25, 1989	4–0	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	35–36–5
77	L	March 28, 1989	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	35–37–5
78	W	March 30, 1989	9–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	36–37–5
79	W	April 1, 1989	6–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	37–37–5
80	L	April 2, 1989	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	37–38–5

Playoffs

Division semi-finals

Hartford Whalers vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 5	Hartford Whalers	2	Montreal Canadiens	6
April 6	Hartford Whalers	2	Montreal Canadiens	3
April 8	Montreal Canadiens	5	Hartford Whalers	4	(OT)
April 9	Montreal Canadiens	4	Hartford Whalers	3

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Kevin Dineen	79	45	44	89	167
Ron Francis	69	29	48	77	36
Ray Ferraro	80	41	35	76	86
Scott Young	76	19	40	59	27
Paul MacDermid	74	17	27	44	141
Dave Tippett	80	17	24	41	45
John Anderson	62	16	24	40	28
Jody Hull	60	16	18	34	10
Sylvain Turgeon	42	16	14	30	40
Dean Evason	67	11	17	28	60
Brian Lawton	35	10	16	26	28
Carey Wilson	34	11	11	22	14
Brent Peterson	66	4	13	17	61
Don Maloney	21	3	11	14	23
Tom Martin	38	7	6	13	113
Torrie Robertson	27	2	4	6	84
Ed Kastelic	10	0	2	2	15
Mark Reeds	7	0	2	2	6
Dallas Gaume	4	1	1	2	0
Terry Yake	2	0	0	0	0
Jim Thomson	5	0	0	0	14

Defensemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Dave Babych	70	6	41	47	54
Ulf Samuelsson	71	9	26	35	181
Norm Maciver	37	1	22	23	24
Sylvain Côté	78	8	9	17	49
Grant Jennings	55	3	10	13	159
Joel Quenneville	69	4	7	11	32
Randy Ladouceur	75	2	5	7	95
Brad Shaw	3	1	0	1	0
Scot Kleinendorst	24	0	1	1	36
Al Tuer	4	0	0	0	23
Adam Burt	5	0	0	0	6
Jim Pavese	5	0	0	0	5

Goaltending

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

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Peter Sidorkiewicz	44	22	18	4	4	3.03
Mike Liut	35	13	19	1	1	4.25
Kay Whitmore	3	2	1	0	0	3.33

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Awards and records

Peter Sidorkiewicz, Goaltender, NHL First All-Rookie Team

Transactions

July 6, 1988 - Neil Sheehy and Mike Millar traded to the Washington Capitals for Grant Jennings and Ed Kastelic.
October 3, 1988 - Whalers lose Stewart Gavin and Tom Martin to the Minnesota North Stars in the waiver draft.
November 23, 1988 - Whalers release Richard Brodeur.
December 26, 1988 - Carey Wilson and Hartford's 1989 fifth round draft pick (Lubos Rob) traded to the New York Rangers for Norm Maciver, Brian Lawton, and Don Maloney.
March 6, 1989 - Scot Kleinendorst traded to the Washington Capitals for Jim Thomson.
March 7, 1989 - Torrie Robertson traded to the Detroit Red Wings for Jim Pavese.

Roster

1988-89 Hartford Whalers

Goaltenders

Defensemen

3 – Joel Quenneville
4 – Jim Pavese
5 – Ulf Samuelsson
6 – Adam Burt
18 – Scot Kleinendorst
21 – Sylvain Cote
25 – Grant Jennings
29 – Randy Ladouceur
32 – Brad Shaw
33 – Norm Maciver
40 – Al Tuer
44 – Dave Babych

Wingers

7 – Brian Lawton
8 – Jody Hull
11 – Kevin Dineen
14 – Don Maloney
15 – Dave Tippett
16 – Sylvain Turgeon
18 – Jim Thomson
20 – John Anderson
22 – Ed Kastelic
23 – Paul MacDermid
24 – Tom Martin
27 – Scott Young
32 – Torrie Robertson
38 – Mark Reeds

Centers

10 – Ron Francis - C
12 – Dean Evason
17 – Brent Peterson
26 – Ray Ferraro
33 – Carey Wilson
37 – Dallas Gaume
38 – Terry Yake
Coach: Larry Pleau
GM: Emile Francis

Draft picks

Hartford's selections at the 1988 NHL Entry Draft:

Pick #	Player	Position	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team
11	Chris Govedaris	Left Wing	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
32	Barry Richter	Defence	United States	Hartford Whalers	Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN)
74	Dean Dyer	Centre	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Lake Superior State University (NCAA)
95	Scott Morrow	Left Wing	United States	Hartford Whalers	Northwood School (USHS-NY)
137	Kerry Russell	C	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Michigan State University (NCAA)
158	Jim Burke	D	United States	Hartford Whalers	University of Maine (NCAA)
179	Mark Hirth	C	United States	Hartford Whalers	Michigan State University (NCAA)
200	Wayde Bucsis	LW	Canada	Hartford Whalers	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
221	Rob White	D	Canada	Hartford Whalers	St. Lawrence University (NCAA)
242	Dan Slatalla	C	United States	Hartford Whalers	Deerfield Academy (USHS-MA)

References

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1989.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ 1988-89 Hartford Whalers at Hockey Reference

Hartford Whalers seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Carolina

1988–89 NHL season

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 Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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Related programs

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Commentators

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Key figures

Color commentators	Herb Brooks Gerry Cheevers Bill Clement John Davidson Don Edwards John Kelly Craig Laughlin Dave Maloney Peter McNab Joe Micheletti Denis Potvin Jeff Rimer Pete Stemkowski Dale Tallon Ed Westfall

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

All-Star Game

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

Related events	National Hockey League All-Star Skills Competition

NHL Entry Draft

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

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