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 overtime of 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.

1991–92 Hartford Whalers
Division	4th Adams
Conference	10th Wales
1991–92 record	26-41-13
Goals for	247
Goals against	283
Team information
General Manager	Ed Johnston
Coach	Jim Roberts
Captain	Randy Ladouceur
Arena	Hartford Civic Center
Team leaders
Goals	John Cullen (26)
Assists	John Cullen (51)
Points	John Cullen (77)
Penalty minutes	Pat Verbeek (243)
Plus/minus	John Cullen (+28)
Wins	Kay Whitmore (14)
Goals against average	Frank Pietrangelo (2.35)

Off-season

NHL draft

Hartford's draft picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft held at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	9	Patrick Poulin	Canada	Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
2	31	Martin Hamrlik	Czechoslovakia	AC ZPS Zlín (Czechoslovakia)
3	53	Todd Hall	United States	Hamden High School (USHS-CT)
3	59	Michael Nylander	Sweden	Huddinge IK (Sweden)
4	75	Jim Storm	United States	Michigan Technological University (WCHA)
6	119	Mike Harding	Canada	Northern Michigan University (WCHA)
7	141	Brian Mueller	United States	South Kent School (USHS-CT)
8	163	Steven Yule	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
9	185	Chris Belanger	Canada	Western Michigan University (CCHA)
10	207	Jason Currie	Canada	Clarkson University (ECAC)
11	229	Mike Santonelli	United States	Matignon High School (USHS-MA)
12	251	Rob Peters	United States	Ohio State University (CCHA)
S	15	Shaun Gravistin	Canada	University of Alaska Anchorage (WCHA)

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
John Cullen	C	77	26	51	77	141	-28	10	0	4
Pat Verbeek	RW	76	22	35	57	243	-16	10	0	3
Zarley Zalapski	D	79	20	37	57	120	-7	4	0	3
Murray Craven	LW	61	24	30	54	38	-4	8	4	1
Mikael Andersson	LW	74	18	29	47	14	18	1	3	1
Bobby Holik	C	76	21	24	45	44	4	1	0	2
Andrew Cassels	C	67	11	30	41	18	3	2	2	3
Rob Brown	RW	42	16	15	31	39	-14	13	0	2
Geoff Sanderson	LW	64	13	18	31	18	5	2	0	1
Brad Shaw	D	62	3	22	25	44	1	0	0	0
Adam Burt	D	66	9	15	24	93	-16	4	0	1
Marc Bergevin	D	75	7	17	24	64	-13	4	1	1
Mark Hunter	RW	63	10	13	23	159	-8	5	0	0
Yvon Corriveau	LW	38	12	8	20	36	5	3	0	0
Randy Cunneyworth	LW	39	7	10	17	71	-5	0	0	1
Steve Konroyd	D	33	2	10	12	32	-5	1	0	0
James Black	LW	30	4	6	10	10	-4	1	0	1
Randy Ladouceur	D	74	1	9	10	127	-1	0	0	0
Doug Houda	D	56	3	6	9	125	-2	1	0	1
Michel Picard	LW	25	3	5	8	6	-2	1	0	0
Jim McKenzie	LW	67	5	1	6	87	-6	0	0	0
Kevin Dineen	RW	16	4	2	6	23	-6	1	0	1
Mark Greig	RW	17	0	5	5	6	7	0	0	0
Barry Pederson	C	5	2	2	4	0	-2	1	0	0
Ed Kastelic	W	25	1	3	4	61	-4	0	0	0
John Stevens	D	21	0	4	4	19	-4	0	0	0
Paul Cyr	LW	17	0	3	3	19	-4	0	0	0
Joe Day	C	24	0	3	3	10	-2	0	0	0
Daniel Shank	RW	13	2	0	2	18	-4	0	0	0
Terry Yake	C	15	1	1	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Paul Gillis	C	12	0	2	2	48	0	0	0	0
Peter Sidorkiewicz	G	35	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Kay Whitmore	G	45	0	1	1	16	0	0	0	0
Jergus Baca	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Dan Keczmer	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Lee Norwood	D	6	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Frank Pietrangelo	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Poulin	C	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Todd Richards	D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Chris Tancill	C	10	0	0	0	2	-6	0	0	0
Mike 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%
Kay Whitmore	2567	45	14	21	6	155	3.62	3	1292	1137	.880
Peter Sidorkiewicz	1995	35	9	19	6	111	3.34	2	940	829	.882
Frank 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
Murray Craven	LW	7	3	3	6	6	0	1	0
Andrew Cassels	C	7	2	4	6	6	1	0	0
Yvon Corriveau	LW	7	3	2	5	18	2	0	1
Zarley Zalapski	D	7	2	3	5	6	0	0	0
Randy Cunneyworth	LW	7	3	0	3	9	1	1	1
John Cullen	C	7	2	1	3	12	1	0	1
Patrick Poulin	C	7	2	1	3	0	1	0	0
Todd Richards	D	5	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Mikael Andersson	LW	7	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Doug Houda	D	6	0	2	2	13	0	0	0
Pat Verbeek	RW	7	0	2	2	12	0	0	0
Geoff Sanderson	LW	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Paul Gillis	C	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Holik	C	7	0	1	1	6	0	0	0
Steve Konroyd	D	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Randy Ladouceur	D	7	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
Brad Shaw	D	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Marc Bergevin	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Adam Burt	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Hunter	RW	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Frank Pietrangelo	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Shank	RW	5	0	0	0	22	0	0	0
Kay Whitmore	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Frank Pietrangelo	425	7	3	4	19	2.68	0	244	225	.922
Kay Whitmore	19	1	0	0	1	3.16	0	5	4	.800
Team:	444	7	3	4	20	2.70	0	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

The Whalers were involved in the following transactions during the 1991–92 season.

Trades

June 22, 1991	To Winnipeg Jets Ray Neufeld	To Hartford Whalers Dave Babych
June 22, 1991	To Minnesota North Stars 5th round pick in 1991 - Mike Kennedy	To Hartford Whalers Future Considerations - Jukka Suomalainen on Nov. 21/91
August 26, 1991	To Calgary Flames 6th round pick in 1992 - Joel Bouchard	To Hartford Whalers Paul Fenton
September 8, 1991	To Washington Capitals Sylvain Cote	To Hartford Whalers 2nd round pick in 1992 - Andrei Nikolishin
September 17, 1991	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd round pick in 1992 - Valeri Bure	To Hartford Whalers Andrew Cassels
October 2, 1991	To San Jose Sharks Dean Evason	To Hartford Whalers Dan Keczmer
October 3, 1991	To New Jersey Devils 5th round pick in 1993 - John Guirestante	To Hartford Whalers Lee Norwood
October 3, 1991	To Washington Capitals Todd Krygier	To Hartford Whalers 4th round pick in 1993 - Jason Smith
October 18, 1991	To San Jose Sharks Paul Fenton	To Hartford Whalers Mike McHugh
November 13, 1991	To St. Louis Blues Lee Norwood	To Hartford Whalers 5th round pick in 1993 - Nolan Pratt
November 13, 1991	To Philadelphia Flyers Kevin Dineen	To Hartford Whalers Murray Craven 4th round pick in 1992 - Kevin Smyth
November 14, 1991	To Boston Bruins Barry Pederson	To Hartford Whalers Future Considerations
December 18, 1991	To Detroit Red Wings Chris Tancill	To Hartford Whalers Daniel Shank
January 24, 1992	To Chicago Blackhawks Rob Brown	To Hartford Whalers Steve Konroyd
January 27, 1992	To Chicago Blackhawks Paul Gillis	To Hartford Whalers Future Considerations
March 10, 1992	To Pittsburgh Penguins 3rd round pick in 1994 - Sven Butenschon 7th round pick in 1994 - Serge Aubin	To Hartford Whalers Frank Pietrangelo

Free agents

Player Former Team Shawn Evans Boston Bruins Mario Gosselin Los Angeles Kings Barry Pederson Pittsburgh Penguins

Player New Team Chris Lindberg Calgary Flames

Roster

1991–92 Hartford Whalers
Goaltenders 30 – Peter Sidorkiewicz  35 – Kay Whitmore  40 – Frank Pietrangelo		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

1. "1991-1992 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
2. "1991–92 Hartford Whalers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
3. "1991-92 Hartford Whalers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

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