1985-86 Hartford Whalers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-36-4 - 84 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 6-4
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Quebec Nordiques 3-0
Division Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-3
Coach: Jack Evans (40-36-4)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1985-86 Hartford Whalers RosterTeam Record: 40-36-4 - 84 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 6-4
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Quebec Nordiques 3-0
Division Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-3
Coach: Jack Evans (40-36-4)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
1985-86 Hartford Whalers Results
The Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League ended the 1985-86 season with a record of 40 wins and 36 losses and 4 ties for 84 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-4.
The Whalers scored 332 goals and allowed 302. Sylvain Turgeon netted 45 goals for Hartford, while Kevin Dineen and Ray Ferraro tallied 30 or more as well. Ron Francis contributed 53 assists. Mike Liut earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.62 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jack Evans coached the team. The 1985-86 Hartford Whalers lost in the NHL division finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvain Turgeon | L | 76 | 45 | 34 | 79 | 88 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 249 | 18.1 |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 76 | 30 | 47 | 77 | 57 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 22.7 |
| Ron Francis | C | 53 | 24 | 53 | 77 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 120 | 20.0 |
| Kevin Dineen | R | 57 | 33 | 35 | 68 | 124 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 167 | 19.8 |
| Stew Gavin | R | 76 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 161 | 16.1 |
| Dave Babych | D | 62 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 6.6 |
| Dean Evason | C | 55 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 65 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 19.8 |
| Paul Lawless | L | 64 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 20 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 12.2 |
| Torrie Robertson | L | 76 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 358 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 14.6 |
| Bob Crawford | R | 57 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 16 | -16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 12.7 |
| Dave Tippett | L | 80 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 11.9 |
| Risto Siltanen | D | 52 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 6.3 |
| Wayne Babych | R | 37 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 17.5 |
| Dana Murzyn | D | 78 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 3.8 |
| John Anderson | L | 14 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 16.0 |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 71 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 83 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 10.2 |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 57 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 14.5 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 80 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 174 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 6.9 |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 74 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 160 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 14.8 |
| Ray Neufeld | R | 16 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 40 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14.3 |
| Greg Malone | C | 22 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 17.1 |
| Jorgen Pettersson | L | 23 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 62 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 4.0 |
| Scot Kleinendorst | D | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Bill Gardner | C | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 |
| Mike Hoffman | L | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Mike Liut | G | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Shaw | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Mike Zuke | C | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Steve Weeks | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Paterson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Brownschidle | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Fenton | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| John Newberry | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1522 | 332 | 554 | 886 | 1737 | 78 | 83 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 2363 | 14.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | 57 | 3282 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 198 | 3.62 | 1574 | 1376 | .874 |
| Steve Weeks | 27 | 1544 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 3.85 | 723 | 624 | .863 |
| Totals | 84 | 4826 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 297 | 3.69 | 2594 | 2297 | .886 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvain Turgeon | L | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9.1 | |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 | |
| Ron Francis | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 | |
| Kevin Dineen | R | 10 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 21.4 | |
| Stew Gavin | R | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21.1 | |
| Dave Babych | D | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | |
| Dean Evason | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Paul Lawless | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Torrie Robertson | L | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Dave Tippett | L | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | |
| Wayne Babych | R | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Dana Murzyn | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| John Anderson | L | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 | |
| Joel Quenneville | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Paul MacDermid | R | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 25.0 | |
| Tim Bothwell | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Scot Kleinendorst | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Mike McEwen | D | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Liut | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Weeks | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 191 | 29 | 50 | 79 | 256 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 261 | 11.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | 8 | 441 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1.90 | 226 | 212 | .938 |
| Steve Weeks | 3 | 169 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2.84 | 64 | 56 | .875 |
| Totals | 11 | 610 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2.16 | 312 | 290 | .929 |
