1990–91 Hartford Whalers season

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.

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 (Dec-Apr)

Offseason

Regular season

The Whalers had the most power-play opportunities during the regular season, with 403.[1]

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

[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.

Wales Conference[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	ADM	80	44	24	12	299	264	100
2	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	80	39	30	11	273	249	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	80	41	33	6	342	305	88
4	New York Rangers	PTK	80	36	31	13	297	265	85
5	Washington Capitals	PTK	80	37	36	7	258	258	81
6	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	31	30	19	292	278	81
7	New Jersey Devils	PTK	80	32	33	15	272	264	79
8	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	80	33	37	10	252	267	76
9	Hartford Whalers	ADM	80	31	38	11	238	276	73
10	New York Islanders	PTK	80	25	45	10	223	290	60
11	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	16	50	14	236	354	46

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

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 statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Pat Verbeek	RW	80	43	39	82	246	0	15	0	5
Ron Francis	C	67	21	55	76	51	-2	10	1	6
Kevin Dineen	RW	61	17	30	47	104	-15	4	0	2
Bobby Holik	C	78	21	22	43	113	-3	8	0	3
Rob Brown	RW	44	18	24	42	101	-7	10	0	2
Brad Shaw	D	72	4	28	32	29	-10	2	0	1
Todd Krygier	LW	72	13	17	30	95	1	3	0	2
Dean Evason	C	75	6	23	29	170	-6	1	0	0
Paul Cyr	LW	70	12	13	25	107	-8	0	1	2
Carey Wilson	C	45	8	15	23	16	-14	4	0	1
Doug Crossman	D	41	4	19	23	19	-13	2	0	0
Ulf Samuelsson	D	62	3	18	21	174	13	0	0	0
Sylvain Cote	D	73	7	12	19	17	-17	1	0	0
John Cullen	C	13	8	8	16	18	-6	4	0	1
Mike Tomlak	C/LW	64	8	8	16	55	-9	0	1	0
Scott Young	RW	34	6	9	15	8	-9	3	1	2
Randy Cunneyworth	LW	32	9	5	14	49	-6	0	0	1
Mikael Andersson	LW	41	4	7	11	8	0	0	0	0
Adam Burt	D	42	2	7	9	63	-4	1	0	1
Mark Hunter	RW	11	4	3	7	40	3	1	0	0
Jim McKenzie	LW	41	4	3	7	108	-7	0	0	0
Ray Ferraro	C	15	2	5	7	18	-1	1	0	0
Zarley Zalapski	D	11	3	3	6	6	-7	3	0	0
Dave Babych	D	8	0	6	6	4	-4	0	0	0
Grant Jennings	D	44	1	4	5	82	-13	0	0	0
Terry Yake	C	19	1	4	5	10	-3	0	0	1
Ed Kastelic	W	45	2	2	4	211	-7	0	0	0
Chris Govedaris	LW	14	1	3	4	4	-4	0	0	1
Randy Ladouceur	D	67	1	3	4	118	-10	0	0	0
Todd Richards	D	2	0	4	4	2	-4	0	0	0
Peter Sidorkiewicz	G	52	0	4	4	6	0	0	0	0
Doug Houda	D	19	1	2	3	41	-3	0	0	0
Yvon Corriveau	LW	23	1	1	2	18	-8	0	0	0
Chris Tancill	C	9	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	0
Jergus Baca	D	9	0	2	2	14	-3	0	0	0
Michel Picard	LW	5	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Geoff Sanderson	LW	2	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
John Stevens	D	14	0	1	1	11	0	0	0	0
Kay Whitmore	G	18	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Marc Bergevin	D	4	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
James Black	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Chapman	D	3	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0
Mark Greig	RW	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Ross McKay	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Parker	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Daryl Reaugh	G	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Peter Sidorkiewicz	2953	52	21	22	7	164	3.33	1	1284	1120	.872
Daryl Reaugh	1010	20	7	7	1	53	3.15	1	479	426	.889
Kay Whitmore	850	18	3	9	3	52	3.67	0	379	327	.863
Ross 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
John Cullen	C	6	2	7	9	10	0	0	0
Mark Hunter	RW	6	5	1	6	17	3	0	0
Pat Verbeek	RW	6	3	2	5	40	2	0	0
Randy Ladouceur	D	6	1	4	5	6	0	0	0
Zarley Zalapski	D	6	1	3	4	8	0	0	1
Dean Evason	C	6	0	4	4	29	0	0	0
Brad Shaw	D	6	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Terry Yake	C	6	1	1	2	16	0	1	0
Sylvain Cote	D	6	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Todd Krygier	LW	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Rob Brown	RW	5	1	0	1	7	1	0	1
Paul Cyr	LW	6	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Kevin Dineen	RW	6	1	0	1	16	0	0	0
Peter Sidorkiewicz	G	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Randy Cunneyworth	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Holik	C	6	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Doug Houda	D	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Jim McKenzie	LW	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Todd Richards	D	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Geoff Sanderson	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Tomlak	C/LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Peter Sidorkiewicz	359	6	2	4	24	4.01	0	174	150	.862
Team:	359	6	2	4	24	4.01	0	174	150	.862

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

The Whalers were involved in the following transactions during the 1990–91 season.

Trades

July 7, 1990	To New York Rangers Jody Hull	To Hartford Whalers Carey Wilson 3rd round pick in 1991 - Michael Nylander
September 30, 1990	To Washington Capitals Dave Tippett	To Hartford Whalers 6th round pick in 1992 - Jarrett Reid
October 3, 1990	To Washington Capitals Joel Quenneville	To Hartford Whalers Cash
October 11, 1990	To Montreal Canadiens Cash	To Hartford Whalers Todd Richards
October 30, 1990	To New York Islanders 5th round pick in 1992 - Ryan Duthie	To Hartford Whalers Marc Bergevin
November 13, 1990	To New York Islanders Ray Ferraro	To Hartford Whalers Doug Crossman
December 21, 1990	To Pittsburgh Penguins Scott Young	To Hartford Whalers Rob Brown
February 20, 1991	To Detroit Red Wings Doug Crossman	To Hartford Whalers Doug Houda
March 4, 1991	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ron Francis Ulf Samuelsson Grant Jennings	To Hartford Whalers John Cullen Zarley Zalapski Jeff Parker
March 5, 1991	To Calgary Flames Carey Wilson	To Hartford Whalers Mark Hunter

Free agents

Player	Former Team
John Stevens	Philadelphia Flyers
Paul Cyr	New York Rangers

Roster

1990-91 Hartford Whalers
Goaltenders 30 – Peter Sidorkiewicz  31 – Darryl Reaugh  35 – Kay Whitmore  49 – Ross McKay		Defensemen 3 – Doug Crossman  3 – Zarley Zalapski  5 – Ulf Samuelsson  6 – Adam Burt  21 – Sylvain Cote  25 – Grant Jennings  27 – Doug Houda  29 – Randy Ladouceur  32 – Brad Shaw  36 – Marc Bergevin  40 – Jergus Baca  42 – Brian Chapman  44 – Dave Babych  45 – John Stevens  46 – Todd Richards		Wingers 4 – Rob Brown  7 – Randy Cunneyworth  8 – Mark Greig  11 – Kevin Dineen  14 – Chris Govedaris  16 – Pat Verbeek  17 – Todd Krygier  20 – Yvon Corriveau  22 – Ed Kastelic  24 – Bobby Holik  25 – Jeff Parker  26 – Mark Hunter  27 – Scott Young  33 – Jim McKenzie  34 – Mikael Andersson  47 – Michel Picard		Centers 10 – Ron Francis  - C[5] 12 – Dean Evason  13 – Geoff Sanderson  15 – John Cullen  18 – Paul Cyr  23 – James Black  26 – Ray Ferraro  28 – Mike Tomlak  33 – Carey Wilson  37 – Chris Tancill  38 – Terry Yake  Coach: Rick Ley GM: Ed Johnston

Draft picks

Hartford's draft picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft held at the BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Mark Greig	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
2	36	Geoff Sanderson	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3	57	Mike Lenarduzzi	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4	78	Chris Bright	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
6	120	Cory Keenan	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	141	Jergus Baca	Czechoslovakia	VSZ Košice (Czechoslovakia)
8	162	Martin D'Orsonnens	Canada	Clarkson University (ECAC)
9	183	Corey Osmark	Canada	Nipawin Hawks (SJHL)
10	204	Espen Knutsen	Norway	Vålerenga IF (Norway)
11	225	Tommie Eriksen	Norway	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
12	246	Denis Chalifoux	Canada	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
S	19	Jim Crozier	United States	Cornell University (ECAC)

Farm teams

See also

• 1990–91 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1991.html
2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
3. "1990–1991 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
4. "1990-91 Hartford Whalers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
5. Stripped of captaincy, in December 1990

• "1990–91 Hartford Whalers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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