1991–92 Hartford Whalers season

The 1991–92 Hartford Whalers season saw the Whalers finish in fourth place in the Adams Division with a record of 26 wins, 41 losses, and 13 ties for 65 points. They lost the Adams Division semi-finals in seven games to the Montreal Canadiens, with Russ Courtnall scoring in game 7 at the Montreal Forum to end Hartford's season. This was the last time that the Whalers made the playoffs before moving to North Carolina.

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	80	41	28	11	267	207	93
2	Boston Bruins	80	36	32	12	270	275	84
3	Buffalo Sabres	80	31	37	12	289	299	74
4	Hartford Whalers	80	26	41	13	247	283	65
5	Quebec Nordiques	80	20	48	12	255	318	52

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 1991	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	0–1–0
2	T	October 8, 1991	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	0–1–1
3	W	October 12, 1991	5–2	New York Rangers (1991–92)	1–1–1
4	W	October 14, 1991	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	2–1–1
5	W	October 16, 1991	3–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	3–1–1
6	W	October 19, 1991	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	4–1–1
7	W	October 23, 1991	3–0	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	5–1–1
8	L	October 26, 1991	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	5–2–1
9	L	October 27, 1991	1–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	5–3–1
10	T	October 30, 1991	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	5–3–2
11	L	November 1, 1991	5–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	5–4–2
12	W	November 2, 1991	6–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	6–4–2
13	L	November 6, 1991	2–3	Calgary Flames (1991–92)	6–5–2
14	W	November 9, 1991	4–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	7–5–2
15	L	November 10, 1991	0–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	7–6–2
16	W	November 12, 1991	5–4	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	8–6–2
17	T	November 14, 1991	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	8–6–3
18	L	November 16, 1991	4–5 OT	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	8–7–3
19	W	November 17, 1991	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	9–7–3
20	L	November 22, 1991	2–8	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	9–8–3
21	L	November 23, 1991	2–3	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	9–9–3
22	L	November 25, 1991	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	9–10–3
23	W	November 27, 1991	7–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	10–10–3
24	W	November 30, 1991	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	11–10–3
25	L	December 1, 1991	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	11–11–3
26	L	December 4, 1991	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	11–12–3
27	T	December 7, 1991	6–6 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	11–12–4
28	W	December 13, 1991	8–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	12–12–4
29	L	December 14, 1991	2–6	New York Rangers (1991–92)	12–13–4
30	L	December 17, 1991	2–4	New York Islanders (1991–92)	12–14–4
31	L	December 19, 1991	1–4	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	12–15–4
32	L	December 21, 1991	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	12–16–4
33	W	December 23, 1991	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	13–16–4
34	L	December 26, 1991	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	13–17–4
35	L	December 28, 1991	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	13–18–4
36	W	December 29, 1991	6–4	New York Islanders (1991–92)	14–18–4
37	W	January 2, 1992	4–1	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	15–18–4
38	T	January 4, 1992	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	15–18–5
39	L	January 9, 1992	1–2	@ New York Islanders (1991–92)	15–19–5
40	L	January 11, 1992	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	15–20–5
41	L	January 15, 1992	3–4	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	15–21–5
42	L	January 16, 1992	3–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	15–22–5
43	T	January 21, 1992	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	15–22–6
44	T	January 25, 1992	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	15–22–7
45	L	January 26, 1992	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	15–23–7
46	L	January 28, 1992	3–4	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	15–24–7
47	L	January 31, 1992	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	15–25–7
48	T	February 1, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	15–25–8
49	L	February 4, 1992	5–6	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	15–26–8
50	T	February 6, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	15–26–9
51	T	February 9, 1992	4–4 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	15–26–10
52	W	February 11, 1992	5–1	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	16–26–10
53	L	February 13, 1992	1–3	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	16–27–10
54	L	February 15, 1992	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	16–28–10
55	L	February 16, 1992	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	16–29–10
56	T	February 19, 1992	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	16–29–11
57	W	February 22, 1992	4–0	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	17–29–11
58	L	February 23, 1992	0–4	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	17–30–11
59	L	February 25, 1992	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	17–31–11
60	W	February 27, 1992	8–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	18–31–11
61	W	February 29, 1992	5–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	19–31–11
62	L	March 1, 1992	4–9	@ New York Rangers (1991–92)	19–32–11
63	W	March 3, 1992	4–0	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	20–32–11
64	L	March 5, 1992	4–10	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	20–33–11
65	L	March 7, 1992	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	20–34–11
66	L	March 9, 1992	0–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	20–35–11
67	W	March 11, 1992	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92)	21–35–11
68	W	March 13, 1992	1–0	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	22–35–11
69	L	March 14, 1992	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	22–36–11
70	W	March 16, 1992	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	23–36–11
71	L	March 18, 1992	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	23–37–11
72	L	March 21, 1992	4–5	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	23–38–11
73	T	March 22, 1992	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	23–38–12
74	W	March 24, 1992	8–2	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	24–38–12
75	L	March 26, 1992	2–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	24–39–12
76	L	March 28, 1992	1–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	24–40–12
77	T	March 29, 1992	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	24–40–13
78	W	April 12, 1992	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	25–40–13
79	L	April 13, 1992	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	25–41–13
80	W	April 15, 1992	4–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	26–41–13

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	C	77	26	51	77	141	-28	10	0	4
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	76	22	35	57	243	-16	10	0	3
Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	D	79	20	37	57	120	-7	4	0	3
Craven, MurrayMurray Craven	LW	61	24	30	54	38	-4	8	4	1
Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson	LW	74	18	29	47	14	18	1	3	1
Holik, BobbyBobby Holik	C	76	21	24	45	44	4	1	0	2
Cassels, AndrewAndrew Cassels	C	67	11	30	41	18	3	2	2	3
Brown, RobRob Brown	RW	42	16	15	31	39	-14	13	0	2
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	64	13	18	31	18	5	2	0	1
Shaw, BradBrad Shaw	D	62	3	22	25	44	1	0	0	0
Burt, AdamAdam Burt	D	66	9	15	24	93	-16	4	0	1
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	75	7	17	24	64	-13	4	1	1
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	63	10	13	23	159	-8	5	0	0
Corriveau, YvonYvon Corriveau	LW	38	12	8	20	36	5	3	0	0
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	39	7	10	17	71	-5	0	0	1
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	D	33	2	10	12	32	-5	1	0	0
Black, JamesJames Black	LW	30	4	6	10	10	-4	1	0	1
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	74	1	9	10	127	-1	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	56	3	6	9	125	-2	1	0	1
Picard, MichelMichel Picard	LW	25	3	5	8	6	-2	1	0	0
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	67	5	1	6	87	-6	0	0	0
Dineen, KevinKevin Dineen	RW	16	4	2	6	23	-6	1	0	1
Greig, MarkMark Greig	RW	17	0	5	5	6	7	0	0	0
Pederson, BarryBarry Pederson	C	5	2	2	4	0	-2	1	0	0
Kastelic, EdEd Kastelic	W	25	1	3	4	61	-4	0	0	0
Stevens, JohnJohn Stevens	D	21	0	4	4	19	-4	0	0	0
Cyr, PaulPaul Cyr	LW	17	0	3	3	19	-4	0	0	0
Day, JoeJoe Day	C	24	0	3	3	10	-2	0	0	0
Shank, DanielDaniel Shank	RW	13	2	0	2	18	-4	0	0	0
Yake, TerryTerry Yake	C	15	1	1	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis	C	12	0	2	2	48	0	0	0	0
Sidorkiewicz, PeterPeter Sidorkiewicz	G	35	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Whitmore, KayKay Whitmore	G	45	0	1	1	16	0	0	0	0
Baca, JergusJergus Baca	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Keczmer, DanDan Keczmer	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Norwood, LeeLee Norwood	D	6	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin	C	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Richards, ToddTodd Richards	D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill	C	10	0	0	0	2	-6	0	0	0
Tomlak, MikeMike Tomlak	C/LW	6	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Whitmore, KayKay Whitmore	2567	45	14	21	6	155	3.62	3	1292	1137	.880
Sidorkiewicz, PeterPeter Sidorkiewicz	1995	35	9	19	6	111	3.34	2	940	829	.882
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	306	5	3	1	1	12	2.35	0	156	144	.923
Team:	4868	80	26	41	13	278	3.43	5	2388	2110	.884

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Craven, MurrayMurray Craven	LW	7	3	3	6	6	0	1	0
Cassels, AndrewAndrew Cassels	C	7	2	4	6	6	1	0	0
Corriveau, YvonYvon Corriveau	LW	7	3	2	5	18	2	0	1
Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	D	7	2	3	5	6	0	0	0
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	7	3	0	3	9	1	1	1
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	C	7	2	1	3	12	1	0	1
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin	C	7	2	1	3	0	1	0	0
Richards, ToddTodd Richards	D	5	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson	LW	7	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	6	0	2	2	13	0	0	0
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	7	0	2	2	12	0	0	0
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis	C	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Holik, BobbyBobby Holik	C	7	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	D	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	7	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
Shaw, BradBrad Shaw	D	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Burt, AdamAdam Burt	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shank, DanielDaniel Shank	RW	5	0	0	0	22	0	0	0
Whitmore, KayKay Whitmore	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	425	7	3	4	19	2.68	244	225	.922
Whitmore, KayKay Whitmore	19	1	0	0	1	3.16	5	4	.800
Team:	444	7	3	4	20	2.70	249	229	.920

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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;

Transactions

August 26, 1991 – Hartford's 1992 sixth round draft pick (Joel Bouchard) traded to the Calgary Flames for Paul Fenton.
September 8, 1991 – Sylvain Cote traded to the Washington Capitals for their 1992 second round draft pick (Andrei Nikolishin).
September 17, 1991 – Hartford's 1992 second round draft pick (Valeri Bure) traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Andrew Cassels.
October 2, 1991 – Dean Evason traded to the San Jose Sharks for Dan Keczmer.
October 3, 1991 – Future considerations traded to the New Jersey Devils for Lee Norwood. Hartford later sent their 1993 fifth round draft pick (John Guirestante) to New Jersey to complete the deal.
October 4, 1991 – Todd Krygier traded to the Washington Capitals for their 1993 fourth round draft pick (later traded to Calgary who selected Jason Smith).
October 18, 1991 – Paul Fenton traded to the San Jose Sharks for Mike McHugh.
November 13, 1991 – Kevin Dineen traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for Murray Craven and Vancouver's 1992 fourth round draft pick (Kevin Smyth).
November 13, 1991 – Lee Norwood traded to the St. Louis Blues for future considerations. St. Louis later sent their 1993 fifth round draft pick (Nolan Pratt) to Hartford to complete the deal.
November 14, 1991 – Future considerations traded to the Boston Bruins for Barry Pederson.
December 18, 1991 – Chris Tancill traded to the Detroit Red Wings for Daniel Shank.
January 24, 1992 – Rod Brown traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Steve Konroyd.
January 27, 1992 – Future considerations traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Paul Gillis.
March 10, 1992 – Future considerations traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Frank Pietrangelo. Hartford later sent their 1994 third round draft pick (Sven Butenschon) and their 1994 seventh round draft pick (Serge Aubin) to Pittsburgh to complete the deal.

Roster

1991–92 Hartford Whalers

Goaltenders

Defensemen

3 – Zarley Zalapski
4 – Dan Keczmer
5 – Steve Konroyd
6 – Adam Burt
23 – Lee Norwood
25 – Marc Bergevin
27 – Doug Houda
29 – Randy Ladouceur – C
32 – Brad Shaw
40 – Jergus Baca
45 – John Stevens
46 – Todd Richards

Wingers

7 – Randy Cunneyworth
11 – Kevin Dineen
16 – Pat Verbeek
17 – Mark Greig
18 – Paul Cyr
20 – Yvon Corriveau
22 – Ed Kastelic
24 – Bobby Holik
26 – Mark Hunter
33 – Jim McKenzie
34 – Mikael Andersson
36 – Daniel Shank
37 – Patrick Poulin
41 – Joe Day
47 – Michel Picard

Centers

8 – Geoff Sanderson
12 – Murray Craven
15 – John Cullen
21 – Andrew Cassels
23 – James Black
25 – Barry Pederson
28 – Mike Tomlak
37 – Chris Tancill
38 – Terry Yake
44 – Rob Brown
44 – Paul Gillis
Coach: Jim Roberts
GM: Ed Johnston

References

↑ "1991-1992 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
↑ "1991–92 Hartford Whalers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
↑ "1991-92 Hartford Whalers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

1991-92 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

1991–92 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 San Jose Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Entry Draft Dispersal and Expansion Drafts Supplemental Draft Las Vegas outdoor game All-Star Game Strike 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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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

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Stanley Cup Finals

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Related events	National Hockey League All-Star Skills Competition

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Seasons by team

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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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