The Hartford Whalers used 36 players in the 1988-89 season, with a 40-34-6 record. Kevin Dineen led the team with 89 points (45 goals, 44 assists) in 79 games. Peter Sidorkiewicz played the most games in goal (44).
| # | 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 27 | 70 | 🔥 3 | 6 | 41 | 47 | 0.67 | 4 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 54 | — |
| 2 | Ulf Samuelsson 🇸🇪 D 25 | 71 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 0.49 | 3 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 181 | — |
| 3 | Norm MacIver 🇨🇦 D 24 | 37 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 0.62 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 4 | Sylvain Cote 🇨🇦 D 23 | 78 | 🧊 6 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0.22 | 1 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 49 | — |
| 5 | Grant Jennings 🇨🇦 D 23 | 55 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.24 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 159 | — |
| 6 | Joel Quenneville 🇨🇦 D 30 | 69 | 🧊 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.16 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| 7 | Randy Ladouceur 🇨🇦 D 28 | 75 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.09 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 95 | — |
| 8 | Brad Shaw 🇨🇦 D 24 | 3 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Allan Tuer 🇨🇦 D 25 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 10 | Adam Burt 🇺🇸 D 20 | 9 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 11 | Jim Pavese 🇺🇸 D 26 | 5 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — |
| Team totals · 11 skaters | 80 | 34 | 120 | 154 | 1.93 | 10 | 624 | 0 | 0 | 628 |
| # | 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 | Kay Whitmore 🇨🇦 G 21 | 3 | 2 | 3.33 | 0.000 | 0 | 10 | 60:00 | |
| 2 | Mike Liut 🇨🇦 G 33 | 35 | 14 | 4.06 | 0.000 | 0 | 142 | 57:19 | |
| 3 | Peter Sidorkiewicz 🇵🇱 G 25 | 44 | 24 | 3.02 | 0.000 | 0 | 133 | 59:52 |
81% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 84% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 29 |
|
+5 | 656 (84%) | Dineen, Francis, Ferraro, Babych +25 |
| United States | 5 |
|
-1 | 86 (11%) | Young, Lawton, Kleinendorst, Burt +1 |
| Poland | 1 |
|
+3 | 0 | Sidorkiewicz |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
even | 35 (5%) | Samuelsson |
Kevin Dineen led the Hartford Whalers in scoring in 1988-89 with 89 points — 45 goals and 44 assists in 79 games. Next came Ron Francis (77) and Ray Ferraro (76).
Kevin Dineen scored 45 goals for the Hartford Whalers in 1988-89, 20 of them on the power play.
The Hartford Whalers dressed 36 players in 1988-89: 33 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 299 goals.
Peter Sidorkiewicz played the most games in goal for the Hartford Whalers in 1988-89: 44 games, 24 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.02 goals against average. Mike Liut was the backup, in 35 games.
The average age was 25.4 years. Jody Hull was the youngest at 20, and Mike Liut the oldest at 33.
The Hartford Whalers used 36 players in 1988-89 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 29 in Canada, 5 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 81% on this roster.