1992–93 Hartford Whalers season

1992–93 Hartford Whalers
1992–93 Hartford Whalers
Division	5th Adams
Conference	Wales
1992–93 record	26–52–6
Home record	12–25–5
Road record	14–27–1
Goals for	284
Goals against	369
Team information
General manager	Brian Burke
Coach	Paul Holmgren
Captain	Pat Verbeek
Alternate captains	Randy Ladouceur; John Cullen (Oct-Nov); Randy Cunneyworth
Arena	Hartford Civic Center
Average attendance	10,144
Team leaders
Goals	Geoff Sanderson (46)
Assists	Andrew Cassels (64)
Points	Geoff Sanderson (89)
Penalty minutes	Nick Kypreos (325)
Plus/minus	Jim Agnew (+3); Terry Yake (+3)
Wins	Sean Burke (16)
Goals against average	Mike Lenarduzzi (3.21)
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 Hartford Whalers season was the Whalers' 14th season in the National Hockey League.

Offseason

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

^[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	Attendance
1	L	October 6, 1992	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	0–1–0	10,184
2	L	October 8, 1992	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	0–2–0	14,448
3	L	October 10, 1992	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	0–3–0	9,680
4	L	October 12, 1992	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	0–4–0	18,200
5	W	October 14, 1992	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	1–4–0	7,628
6	L	October 17, 1992	3–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	1–5–0	11,103
7	W	October 20, 1992	5–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	2–5–0	8,833
8	W	October 22, 1992	5–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	3–5–0	10,392
9	L	October 24, 1992	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1992–93)	3–6–0	8,633
10	L	October 28, 1992	3–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	3–7–0	8,207
11	L	October 31, 1992	1–7	Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	3–8–0	9,244
12	T	November 3, 1992	3–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	3–8–1	7,723
13	L	November 6, 1992	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	3–9–1	19,530
14	L	November 7, 1992	2–6	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	3–10–1	9,422
15	L	November 11, 1992	3–4	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	3–11–1	10,055
16	L	November 13, 1992	2–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	3–12–1	15,441
17	L	November 14, 1992	0–2	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	3–13–1	9,748
18	W	November 18, 1992	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	4–13–1	8,740
19	W	November 19, 1992	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	5–13–1	10,500
20	L	November 21, 1992	2–8	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	5–14–1	14,445
21	L	November 25, 1992	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	5–15–1	10,609
22	L	November 27, 1992	4–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	5–16–1	14,448
23	W	November 28, 1992	4–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	6–16–1	15,635
24	L	December 1, 1992	4–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	6–17–1	15,173
25	W	December 3, 1992	7–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	7–17–1	10,899
26	L	December 5, 1992	3–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1992–93)	7–18–1	16,005
27	W	December 9, 1992	6–2	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	8–18–1	8,227
28	L	December 11, 1992	3–9	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	8–19–1	13,011
29	T	December 12, 1992	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	8–19–2	9,221
30	W	December 16, 1992	6–3	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	9–19–2	8,207
31	L	December 18, 1992	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	9–20–2	15,712
32	T	December 19, 1992	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1992–93)	9–20–3	14,253
33	W	December 21, 1992	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	10–20–3	16,449
34	W	December 23, 1992	3–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	11–20–3	10,740
35	L	December 26, 1992	4–9	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	11–21–3	15,635
36	L	December 27, 1992	2–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	11–22–3	14,432
37	L	December 31, 1992	2–6	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	11–23–3	9,403
38	L	January 2, 1993	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	11–24–3	14,448
39	T	January 3, 1993	6–6 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	11–24–4	9,094
40	L	January 6, 1993	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	11–25–4	9,235
41	W	January 9, 1993	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	12–25–4	11,265
42	L	January 10, 1993	5–7	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	12–26–4	9,938
43	L	January 13, 1993	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	12–27–4	16,200
44	L	January 15, 1993	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	12–28–4	12,675
45	L	January 16, 1993	3–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	12–29–4	15,615
46	L	January 18, 1993	7–8	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	12–30–4	7,756
47	W	January 21, 1993	4–2	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	13–30–4	9,880
48	L	January 23, 1993	2–6	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	13–31–4	13,206
49	L	January 24, 1993	4–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	13–32–4	17,216
50	W	January 27, 1993	6–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	14–32–4	16,258
51	L	January 28, 1993	2–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	14–33–4	10,304
52	L	January 30, 1993	3–6	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	14–34–4	12,159
53	L	February 3, 1993	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	14–35–4	13,587
54	L	February 8, 1993	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	14–36–4	9,013
55	W	February 12, 1993	6–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	15–36–4	11,535
56	L	February 13, 1993	3–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	15–37–4	20,015
57	L	February 17, 1993	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	15–38–4	9,124
58	W	February 20, 1993	7–3	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	16–38–4	11,676
59	L	February 21, 1993	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	16–39–4	13,074
60	L	February 24, 1993	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	16–40–4	9,524
61	W	February 27, 1993	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	17–40–4	15,398
62	L	February 28, 1993	6–7 OT	New York Islanders (1992–93)	17–41–4	9,872
63	L	March 3, 1993	4–7	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	17–42–4	8,517
64	W	March 5, 1993	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	18–42–4	16,325
65	W	March 6, 1993	5–1	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	19–42–4	12,048
66	W	March 8, 1993	4–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	20–42–4	15,030
67	L	March 10, 1993	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	20–43–4	15,720
68	T	March 13, 1993	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	20–43–5	10,011
69	W	March 16, 1993	4–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	21–43–5	10,425
70	L	March 19, 1993	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	21–44–5	15,918
71	L	March 22, 1993	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	21–45–5	13,928
72	L	March 24, 1993	5–6 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	21–46–5	10,077
73	W	March 27, 1993	2–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	22–46–5	14,335
74	L	March 28, 1993	0–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	22–47–5	17,429
75	L	March 30, 1993	1–3	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	22–48–5	14,259
76	L	April 1, 1993	2–10	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	22–49–5	16,164
77	W	April 3, 1993	7–3	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	23–49–5	13,005
78	W	April 5, 1993	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	24–49–5	17,806
79	W	April 7, 1993	6–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	25–49–5	10,439
80	L	April 10, 1993	3–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	25–50–5	15,399
81	L	April 11, 1993	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	25–51–5	10,184
82	T	April 13, 1993	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1992–93)	25–51–6	8,381
83	W	April 14, 1993	5–4 OT	New York Islanders (1992–93)	26–51–6	10,915
84	L	April 16, 1993	4–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	26–52–6	13,711

Playoffs

The Whalers missed the playoffs for the first time since 1985.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Geoff Sanderson	LW	82	46	43	89	28	-21	21	2	4
Andrew Cassels	C	84	21	64	85	62	-11	8	3	1
Pat Verbeek	RW	84	39	43	82	197	-7	16	0	6
Murray Craven	LW	67	25	42	67	20	-4	6	3	2
Zarley Zalapski	D	83	14	51	65	94	-34	8	1	0
Terry Yake	C	66	22	31	53	46	3	4	1	2
Patrick Poulin	C	81	20	31	51	37	-19	4	0	2
Eric Weinrich	D	79	7	29	36	76	-11	0	2	2
Michael Nylander	C	59	11	22	33	36	-7	3	0	1
Mark Janssens	C	76	12	17	29	237	-15	0	0	1
Nick Kypreos	LW	75	17	10	27	325	-5	0	0	2
Adam Burt	D	65	6	14	20	116	-11	0	0	0
Steve Konroyd	D	59	3	11	14	63	-16	0	0	0
Yvon Corriveau	LW	37	5	5	10	14	-13	1	0	1
John Cullen	C	19	5	4	9	58	-15	3	0	0
Randy Cunneyworth	LW	39	5	4	9	63	-1	0	0	1
Jim McKenzie	LW	64	3	6	9	202	-10	0	0	0
Robert Petrovicky	C	42	3	6	9	45	-10	0	0	0
Dan Keczmer	D	23	4	4	8	28	-3	2	0	1
Doug Houda	D	60	2	6	8	167	-19	0	0	0
Joe Day	C	24	1	7	8	47	-8	0	0	0
Mark Greig	RW	22	1	7	8	27	-11	0	0	0
Robert Kron	LW	13	4	2	6	4	-5	2	0	0
Randy Ladouceur	D	62	2	4	6	109	-18	0	0	0
Tim Kerr	C/RW	22	0	6	6	7	-11	0	0	0
Jamie Leach	RW	19	3	2	5	2	-5	0	0	0
Allen Pedersen	D	59	1	4	5	60	0	0	0	0
Paul Gillis	C	21	1	1	2	40	-2	0	0	0
Sean Burke	G	50	0	2	2	25	0	0	0	0
Chris Govedaris	LW	7	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Mario Gosselin	G	16	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Jim Agnew	D	16	0	0	0	68	3	0	0	0
Corrie D'Alessio	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Daniels	LW	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0
Mike Lenarduzzi	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barry Nieckar	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Frank Pietrangelo	G	30	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

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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 1992–93 season.

Trades

June 13, 1992	To New Jersey Devils Brad Shaw	To Hartford Whalers Cash
June 15, 1992	To Minnesota North Stars Future Considerations	To Hartford Whalers Allen Pedersen
June 15, 1992	To Washington Capitals Mark Hunter Yvon Corriveau	To Hartford Whalers Nick Kypreos
July 8, 1992	To New York Rangers 7th round pick in 1993 - Sergei Kondrashkin	To Hartford Whalers Tim Kerr
August 28, 1992	To New Jersey Devils Bobby Holik 2nd round pick in 1993 - Jay Pandolfo	To Hartford Whalers Sean Burke Eric Weinrich
September 2, 1992	To Minnesota North Stars James Black	To Hartford Whalers Mark Janssens
October 1, 1992	To Vancouver Canucks Kay Whitmore	To Hartford Whalers Corrie D'Alessio Cash
October 9, 1992	To San Jose Sharks Michel Picard	To Hartford Whalers Future Considerations - Yvon Corriveau on Jan. 21/93
November 24, 1992	To Toronto Maple Leafs John Cullen	To Hartford Whalers 2nd round pick in 1993 - Vlastimil Kroupa
March 22, 1993	To Detroit Red Wings Steve Konroyd	To Hartford Whalers 6th round pick in 1993 - Tim Spitzig
March 22, 1993	To Vancouver Canucks Murray Craven 5th round pick in 1993 - Scott Walker	To Hartford Whalers Robert Kron 3rd round pick in 1993 - Marek Malik Future Considerations - Jim Sandlak on May 17/93

Waivers

November 21, 1992	From Pittsburgh Penguins Jamie Leach

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Jim Agnew	Vancouver Canucks
Trevor Stienburg	Quebec Nordiques
Barry Nieckar	Raleigh IceCaps (ECHL)

Player	New Team
Mikael Andersson	Tampa Bay Lightning
Marc Bergevin	Tampa Bay Lightning
Daniel Shank	Tampa Bay Lightning
Ed Kastelic	Los Angeles Kings

Roster

1992-93 Hartford Whalers

Goaltenders

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

Draft picks

Hartford's draft picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	9	Robert Petrovicky	Czechoslovakia	Dukla Trenčín (Czechoslovakia)
2	47	Andrei Nikolishin	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
3	57	Jan Vopat	Czechoslovakia	Chemopetrol Litvínov (Czechoslovakia)
4	79	Kevin Smyth	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
4	81	Jason McBain	United States	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
6	143	Jarrett Reid	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
7	153	Ken Belanger	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
8	177	Konstantin Korotkov	Russia	Spartak Moscow (Russia)
9	201	Greg Zwakman	United States	Edina High School (USHS-MN)
10	225	Steven Halko	Canada	Thornhill Islanders (OJHL)
11	249	Joacim Esbjors	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Sweden)

Farm teams

References

^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/HAR/1993.html
^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/VAN/1993.html
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
^ "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.

External links

[1] ttps://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/HAR/1993.html

[2] ttps://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.

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Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

Waivers

Free agents

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

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