The Hartford Whalers used 39 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 37-36-7 record. Ron Francis led the team with 75 points (25 goals, 50 assists) in 80 games. Mike Liut played the most games in goal (60).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Babych 🇨🇦 D 26 | 71 | 🔥 1 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 0.70 | 10 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 54 | — |
| 2 | Ulf Samuelsson 🇸🇪 D 24 | 76 | 🧊 3 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 0.54 | 3 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 159 | — |
| 3 | Sylvain Cote 🇨🇦 D 22 | 67 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 0.42 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 4 | Joel Quenneville 🇨🇦 D 29 | 77 | 🧊 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.12 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 44 | — |
| 5 | Randy Ladouceur 🇨🇦 D 27 | 67 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.12 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 91 | — |
| 6 | Dana Murzyn 🇨🇦 D 21 | 33 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.21 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| 7 | Neil Sheehy 🇨🇦 D 28 | 26 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 116 | — |
| 8 | Mike McEwen 🇨🇦 D 31 | 9 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 9 | Brad Shaw 🇨🇦 D 23 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Mike Vellucci 🇺🇸 D 21 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| 11 | Jim Culhane 🇨🇦 D 23 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Charlie Bourgeois 🇨🇦 D 28 | 1 | 🧊 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 12 skaters | 80 | 33 | 118 | 151 | 1.89 | 14 | 697 | 0 | 0 | 560 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ▼ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Liut 🇨🇦 G 32 | 60 | 27 | 3.12 | 0.000 | 0 | 187 | 58:45 | |
| 2 | Steve Weeks 🇨🇦 G 29 | 18 | 6 | 3.06 | 0.000 | 0 | 55 | 50:59 | |
| 3 | Richard Brodeur 🇨🇦 G 35 | 6 | 4 | 2.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 15 | 56:32 | |
| 4 | Peter Sidorkiewicz 🇵🇱 G 24 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 6 | 60:00 |
87% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 92% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 34 |
|
+11 | 609 (92%) | Francis, Dineen, Ferraro, Babych +30 |
| United States | 3 |
|
-7 | 9 (1%) | Kleinendorst, Vellucci, Young |
| Poland | 1 |
|
+3 | 0 | Sidorkiewicz |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
even | 41 (6%) | Samuelsson |
Ron Francis led the Hartford Whalers in scoring in 1987-88 with 75 points — 25 goals and 50 assists in 80 games. Next came Kevin Dineen (50) and Ray Ferraro (50).
Ron Francis scored 25 goals for the Hartford Whalers in 1987-88, 11 of them on the power play.
The Hartford Whalers dressed 39 players in 1987-88: 35 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 249 goals.
Mike Liut played the most games in goal for the Hartford Whalers in 1987-88: 60 games, 27 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.12 goals against average. Steve Weeks was the backup, in 18 games.
The average age was 26.0 years. Scott Young was the youngest at 20, and Richard Brodeur the oldest at 35.
The Hartford Whalers used 39 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 34 in Canada, 3 in the United States and 1 in Poland. The other 1 came from Sweden. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 87% on this roster.