1986–87 Hartford Whalers season

The 1986–87 Hartford Whalers season saw the Whalers finish in first place in the Adams Division with a record of 43 wins, 30 losses, and 7 ties for 93 points. They lost the Adams Division semi-finals in six games to the Quebec Nordiques. This was the only time in franchise history that the Whalers finished above fourth place in their division before their relocation to North Carolina.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (League)
1	11	Scott Young	Right Wing	United States	Boston University (Hockey East)

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Regular season

Season standings

Adams Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Hartford Whalers	80	43	30	7	93	287	270	1496
Montreal Canadiens	80	41	29	10	92	277	241	1802
Boston Bruins	80	39	34	7	86	301	276	1870
Quebec Nordiques	80	31	39	10	72	267	276	1741
Buffalo Sabres	80	28	44	8	64	280	308	1810

Schedule and results

THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST

1986-87 Game Log

November

December

January

February

March

April

1986-87 Schedule

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates regulation loss.
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Player statistics

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Ron Francis	75	30	63	93	10	45
Kevin Dineen	78	40	39	79	7	110
John Anderson	76	31	44	75	11	19
Ray Ferraro	80	27	32	59	-9	42
Dean Evason	80	22	37	59	5	67
Paul Lawless	60	22	32	54	24	14
Stewart Gavin	79	20	21	41	10	28
Sylvain Turgeon	41	23	13	36	-3	45
Dave Tippett	80	9	22	31	0	42
Doug Jarvis	80	9	13	22	0	20
Paul MacDermid	72	7	11	18	3	202
Dave Semenko	51	4	8	12	-7	87
Mike Millar	10	2	2	4	3	0
Torrie Robertson	20	1	0	1	-6	98
Bill Gardner	8	0	1	1	-2	0
Shane Churla	20	0	1	1	-1	78
Greg Britz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Hughes	2	0	0	0	-1	2
Yves Courteau	4	0	0	0	-6	0
Wayne Babych	4	0	0	0	-5	4
Gord Sherven	25	0	0	0	0	0

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Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Dave Babych	66	8	33	41	-18	44
Ulf Samuelsson	78	2	21	23	28	162
Dana Murzyn	74	9	19	28	17	95
Mike McEwen	48	8	8	16	-9	32
Scot Kleinendorst	66	3	9	12	4	130
Joel Quenneville	37	3	7	10	7	24
Tim Bothwell	4	1	0	1	-5	0
Brad Shaw	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Mike Liut	59	3476	31	22	5	4	3.23
Steve Weeks	25	1367	12	8	2	1	3.42

Awards and honors

Doug Jarvis, Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Roster

1986-87 Hartford Whalers

Goaltenders

1 – Mike Liut
31 – Steve Weeks

Defensemen

Wingers

7 – Stew Gavin
8 – Mike Millar
11 – Kevin Dineen
15 – Dave Tippett
16 – Sylvain Turgeon
17 – Wayne Babych
20 – John Anderson
22 – Shane Churla
23 – Paul MacDermid
24 – Dave Barr
24 – Pat Hughes
28 – Paul Lawless
32 – Torrie Robertson
36 – Yves Courteau
40 – Greg Britz
72 – Dave Semenko

Centers

10 – Ron Francis - C
12 – Dean Evason
14 – Bill Gardner
26 – Ray Ferraro
27 – Doug Jarvis
36 – Gord Sherven
Coach: Jack Evans
GM: Emile Francis

References

1986-87 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

1986–87 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 Rendez-vous '87 Easter Epic Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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