1992–93 Hartford Whalers season

1992–93 Hartford Whalers
Division	5th Adams
1992–93 record	26–52–6
Goals for	284
Goals against	369
Team information
General Manager	Brian Burke
Coach	Paul Holmgren
Captain	Pat Verbeek
Arena	Hartford Civic Center
Team leaders
Goals	Geoff Sanderson (46)
Assists	Geoff Sanderson, Pat Verbeek (43)
Points	Geoff Sanderson (89)
Penalties in minutes	Nick Kypreos (325)
Plus/minus	Jim Agnew, Terry Yake (+3)
Wins	Sean Burke (16)
Goals against average	Mike Lenarduzzi (3.21)
<1991–92 1993–94>

Regular season

Although the Whalers finished last in shots on goal during the regular season (2,192), they scored 284 goals to finish with a 13.0 shooting percentage, good enough for 5th in the league (tied with the Vancouver Canucks).^[1][2]

Final standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	84	51	26	7	332	268	109
Quebec Nordiques	84	47	27	10	351	300	104
Montreal Canadiens	84	48	30	6	326	280	102
Buffalo Sabres	84	38	36	10	335	297	86
Hartford Whalers	84	26	52	6	284	369	58
Ottawa Senators	84	10	70	4	202	395	24

^[3]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.

Wales Conference^[4]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	84	56	21	7	367	268	119
2	Boston Bruins	ADM	84	51	26	7	332	268	109
3	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	84	47	27	10	351	300	104
4	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	84	48	30	6	326	280	102
5	Washington Capitals	PTK	84	43	34	7	325	286	93
6	New York Islanders	PTK	84	40	37	7	335	297	87
7	New Jersey Devils	PTK	84	40	37	7	308	299	87
8	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	84	38	36	10	335	297	86
9	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	84	36	37	11	319	319	83
10	New York Rangers	PTK	84	34	39	11	304	308	79
11	Hartford Whalers	ADM	84	26	52	6	284	369	58
12	Ottawa Senators	ADM	84	10	70	4	202	395	24

p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 1992	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	0–1–0
2	L	October 8, 1992	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	0–2–0
3	L	October 10, 1992	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	0–3–0
4	L	October 12, 1992	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	0–4–0
5	W	October 14, 1992	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	1–4–0
6	L	October 17, 1992	3–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	1–5–0
7	W	October 20, 1992	5–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	2–5–0
8	W	October 22, 1992	5–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	3–5–0
9	L	October 24, 1992	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1992–93)	3–6–0
10	L	October 28, 1992	3–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	3–7–0
11	L	October 31, 1992	1–7	Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	3–8–0
12	T	November 3, 1992	3–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	3–8–1
13	L	November 6, 1992	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	3–9–1
14	L	November 7, 1992	2–6	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	3–10–1
15	L	November 11, 1992	3–4	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	3–11–1
16	L	November 13, 1992	2–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	3–12–1
17	L	November 14, 1992	0–2	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	3–13–1
18	W	November 18, 1992	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	4–13–1
19	W	November 19, 1992	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	5–13–1
20	L	November 21, 1992	2–8	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	5–14–1
21	L	November 25, 1992	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	5–15–1
22	L	November 27, 1992	4–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	5–16–1
23	W	November 28, 1992	4–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	6–16–1
24	L	December 1, 1992	4–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	6–17–1
25	W	December 3, 1992	7–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	7–17–1
26	L	December 5, 1992	3–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	7–18–1
27	W	December 9, 1992	6–2	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	8–18–1
28	L	December 11, 1992	3–9	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	8–19–1
29	T	December 12, 1992	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	8–19–2
30	W	December 16, 1992	6–3	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	9–19–2
31	L	December 18, 1992	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	9–20–2
32	T	December 19, 1992	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1992–93)	9–20–3
33	W	December 21, 1992	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	10–20–3
34	W	December 23, 1992	3–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	11–20–3
35	L	December 26, 1992	4–9	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	11–21–3
36	L	December 27, 1992	2–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	11–22–3
37	L	December 31, 1992	2–6	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	11–23–3
38	L	January 2, 1993	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	11–24–3
39	T	January 3, 1993	6–6 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	11–24–4
40	L	January 6, 1993	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	11–25–4
41	W	January 9, 1993	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	12–25–4
42	L	January 10, 1993	5–7	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	12–26–4
43	L	January 13, 1993	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	12–27–4
44	L	January 15, 1993	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	12–28–4
45	L	January 16, 1993	3–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	12–29–4
46	L	January 18, 1993	7–8	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	12–30–4
47	W	January 21, 1993	4–2	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	13–30–4
48	L	January 23, 1993	2–6	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	13–31–4
49	L	January 24, 1993	4–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	13–32–4
50	W	January 27, 1993	6–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	14–32–4
51	L	January 28, 1993	2–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	14–33–4
52	L	January 30, 1993	3–6	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	14–34–4
53	L	February 3, 1993	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	14–35–4
54	L	February 8, 1993	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	14–36–4
55	W	February 12, 1993	6–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	15–36–4
56	L	February 13, 1993	3–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	15–37–4
57	L	February 17, 1993	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	15–38–4
58	W	February 20, 1993	7–3	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	16–38–4
59	L	February 21, 1993	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	16–39–4
60	L	February 24, 1993	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	16–40–4
61	W	February 27, 1993	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	17–40–4
62	L	February 28, 1993	6–7 OT	New York Islanders (1992–93)	17–41–4
63	L	March 3, 1993	4–7	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	17–42–4
64	W	March 5, 1993	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	18–42–4
65	W	March 6, 1993	5–1	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	19–42–4
66	W	March 8, 1993	4–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	20–42–4
67	L	March 10, 1993	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	20–43–4
68	T	March 13, 1993	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	20–43–5
69	W	March 16, 1993	4–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	21–43–5
70	L	March 19, 1993	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	21–44–5
71	L	March 22, 1993	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	21–45–5
72	L	March 24, 1993	5–6 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	21–46–5
73	W	March 27, 1993	2–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	22–46–5
74	L	March 28, 1993	0–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	22–47–5
75	L	March 30, 1993	1–3	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	22–48–5
76	L	April 1, 1993	2–10	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	22–49–5
77	W	April 3, 1993	7–3	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	23–49–5
78	W	April 5, 1993	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	24–49–5
79	W	April 7, 1993	6–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	25–49–5
80	L	April 10, 1993	3–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	25–50–5
81	L	April 11, 1993	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	25–51–5
82	T	April 13, 1993	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1992–93)	25–51–6
83	W	April 14, 1993	5–4 OT	New York Islanders (1992–93)	26–51–6
84	L	April 16, 1993	4–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	26–52–6

Playoffs

The Whalers missed the playoffs for the first time in eight years.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	82	46	43	89	28	-21	21	2	4
Cassels, AndrewAndrew Cassels	C	84	21	64	85	62	-11	8	3	1
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	84	39	43	82	197	-7	16	0	6
Craven, MurrayMurray Craven	LW	67	25	42	67	20	-4	6	3	2
Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	D	83	14	51	65	94	-34	8	1	0
Yake, TerryTerry Yake	C	66	22	31	53	46	3	4	1	2
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin	C	81	20	31	51	37	-19	4	0	2
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	79	7	29	36	76	-11	0	2	2
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	C	59	11	22	33	36	-7	3	0	1
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	C	76	12	17	29	237	-15	0	0	1
Kypreos, NickNick Kypreos	LW	75	17	10	27	325	-5	0	0	2
Burt, AdamAdam Burt	D	65	6	14	20	116	-11	0	0	0
Konroyd, SteveSteve Konroyd	D	59	3	11	14	63	-16	0	0	0
Corriveau, YvonYvon Corriveau	LW	37	5	5	10	14	-13	1	0	1
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	C	19	5	4	9	58	-15	3	0	0
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	LW	39	5	4	9	63	-1	0	0	1
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	64	3	6	9	202	-10	0	0	0
Petrovicky, RobertRobert Petrovicky	C	42	3	6	9	45	-10	0	0	0
Keczmer, DanDan Keczmer	D	23	4	4	8	28	-3	2	0	1
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	60	2	6	8	167	-19	0	0	0
Day, JoeJoe Day	C	24	1	7	8	47	-8	0	0	0
Greig, MarkMark Greig	RW	22	1	7	8	27	-11	0	0	0
Kron, RobertRobert Kron	LW	13	4	2	6	4	-5	2	0	0
Ladouceur, RandyRandy Ladouceur	D	62	2	4	6	109	-18	0	0	0
Kerr, TimTim Kerr	C/RW	22	0	6	6	7	-11	0	0	0
Leach, JamieJamie Leach	RW	19	3	2	5	2	-5	0	0	0
Pedersen, AllenAllen Pedersen	D	59	1	4	5	60	0	0	0	0
Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis	C	21	1	1	2	40	-2	0	0	0
Burke, SeanSean Burke	G	50	0	2	2	25	0	0	0	0
Govedaris, ChrisChris Govedaris	LW	7	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin	G	16	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Agnew, JimJim Agnew	D	16	0	0	0	68	3	0	0	0
D'Alessio, CorrieCorrie D'Alessio	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniels, ScottScott Daniels	LW	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0
Lenarduzzi, MikeMike Lenarduzzi	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nieckar, BarryBarry Nieckar	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	G	30	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Burke, SeanSean Burke	2656	50	16	27	3	184	4.16	0	1485	1301	.876
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin	867	16	5	9	1	57	3.94	0	499	442	.886
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	1373	30	4	15	1	111	4.85	0	783	672	.858
Lenarduzzi, MikeMike Lenarduzzi	168	3	1	1	1	9	3.21	0	87	78	.897
D'Alessio, CorrieCorrie D'Alessio	11	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	3	1.000
Team:	5075	84	26	52	6	361	4.27	0	2857	2496	.874

^[5]

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

• June 15, 1992 - Brad Shaw traded to the New Jersey Devils for cash.
• June 15, 1992 - Mark Hunter and future considerations traded to the Washington Capitals for Nick Kypreos. Hartford later sent Yvon Corriveau to Washington to complete the deal.
• June 16, 1992 - Whalers trade their 1993 sixth round draft pick (Rick Mrozik) to the Minnesota North Stars for Allen Pedersen.
• June 24, 1992 - Whalers sign defenseman Jim Agnew as a free agent.
• July 8, 1992 - Future considerations traded to the New York Rangers for Tim Kerr. Hartford later sent their 1993 seventh round draft pick (Sergei Kondrashkin) to the Rangers to complete the deal.
• August 6, 1992 - Whalers sign Trevor Stienburg as a free agent.
• August 28, 1992 - Bobby Holik and Hartford's 1993 second round draft pick (Jay Pandolfo) traded to the New Jersey Devils for Sean Burke and Eric Weinrich.
• September 3, 1992 - James Black traded to the Minnesota North Stars for Mark Janssens.
• October 1, 1992 - Kay Whitmore traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Corrie D'Alessio and Vancouver's 1993 fifth round draft pick (later traded back to Vancouver who selects Scott Walker).
• October 9, 1992 - Michel Picard traded to the San Jose Sharks for future considerations. San Jose later sent Yvon Corriveau to Hartford to complete the deal.
• November 21, 1992 - Whalers claim Jamie Leach off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
• November 24, 1992 - John Cullen traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Toronto's 1993 second round draft pick (later traded to San Jose who selects Vlastimil Kroupa).
• January 21, 1993 - Tim Kerr announces his retirement.
• March 22, 1993 - Murray Craven and Vancouver's 1993 fifth round draft pick (previously acquired, Vancouver selects Scott Walker) traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Robert Kron, Vancouver's 1993 third round draft pick (Marek Malik), and future considerations. Vancouver later sent Jim Sandlak to Hartford to complete the deal.
• March 22, 1993 - Steve Konroyd traded to the Detroit Red Wings for Detroit's 1993 sixth round draft pick (later traded back to Detroit who selects Tim Spitzig).

Roster

1992-93 Hartford Whalers
Goaltenders 1 – Sean Burke  30 – Mike Lenarduzzi  31 – Mario Gosselin  35 – Corrie D'Alessio  40 – Frank Pietrangelo		Defensemen 3 – Zarley Zalapski  4 – Eric Weinrich  5 – Steve Konroyd  6 – Adam Burt  26 – Jim Agnew  27 – Doug Houda  29 – Randy Ladouceur  37 – Dan Keczmer  41 – Allen Pedersen		Wingers 7 – Randy Cunneyworth  8 – Geoff Sanderson  11 – Yvon Corriveau  12 – Barry Nieckar  12 – Tim Kerr  14 – Chris Govedaris  15 – Joe Day  16 – Pat Verbeek  - C 17 – Mark Greig  20 – Nick Kypreos  24 – Patrick Poulin  25 – Terry Yake  33 – Jim McKenzie  34 – Jamie Leach  38 – Robert Kron  48 – Scott Daniels		Centers 11 – John Cullen  21 – Andrew Cassels  22 – Mark Janssens  23 – Paul Gillis  32 – Murray Craven  36 – Michael Nylander  39 – Robert Petrovicky  Coach: Paul Holmgren GM: Brian Burke

See also

• 1992–93 NHL season

References

1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/HAR/1993.html
2. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/VAN/1993.html
3. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
4. "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
5. "1992-93 Hartford Whalers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

• "1992–93 Hartford Whalers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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