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1987-88 Vancouver Canucks Roster

42 players used · 29-44-7 record

The Vancouver Canucks used 42 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 29-44-7 record. Tony Tanti led the team with 77 points (40 goals, 37 assists) in 73 games. Kirk McLean played the most games in goal (41).

Points leader
77 PTS
40 G · 37 A in 73 games
Goals leader
40 G
20 on the power play
Assists leader
52 A
71 points overall
Goalie wins leader
12 W
3.59 GAA · 0.000 SV%
38
Skaters
26 forwards · 12 defence
4
Goalies
Kirk McLean started most
272
Goals scored
in 80 games
24.6
Average age
18 to 35 years
5
Birth countries
Position
🏒 Forwards 26 players · sorted by points
# 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 TT Tony Tanti 🇨🇦 RW 24 73 🔥 1 40 37 77 1.05 20 202 0 0 90
2 GA Greg Adams 🇨🇦 LW 24 80 🔥 2 36 40 76 0.95 12 227 0 0 30
3 BP Barry Pederson 🇨🇦 C 27 76 🧊 3 19 52 71 0.93 4 163 0 0 92
4 PS Petri Skriko 🇫🇮 LW 26 73 🔥 1 30 34 64 0.88 10 172 0 0 32
5 SS Stan Smyl 🇨🇦 RW 30 57 🧊 2 12 25 37 0.65 5 96 0 0 110
6 JS Jim Sandlak 🇨🇦 RW 21 49 🧊 3 16 15 31 0.63 6 96 0 0 81
7 RS Rich Sutter 🇨🇦 RW 24 80 🔥 1 15 15 30 0.38 2 132 0 0 165
8 DW Doug Wickenheiser 🇨🇦 C 27 80 🔥 1 7 19 26 0.33 0 123 0 0 36
9 JL John Leblanc 🇨🇦 RW 24 41 🧊 8 12 10 22 0.54 3 86 0 0 18
10 ST Steve Tambellini 🇨🇦 C 29 41 🔥 1 11 10 21 0.51 3 91 0 0 8
11 DS David Saunders 🇨🇦 LW 21 56 🧊 8 7 13 20 0.36 1 100 0 0 10
12 CC Craig Coxe 🇺🇸 LW 24 64 🧊 2 5 12 17 0.27 1 43 0 0 186
13 DB David Bruce 🇨🇦 RW 23 28 🧊 1 7 3 10 0.36 1 46 0 0 57
14 DH Dan Hodgson 🇨🇦 C 22 8 🧊 4 3 7 10 1.25 1 7 0 0 2
15 BB Brian Bradley 🇨🇦 C 23 11 🔥 1 3 5 8 0.73 0 26 0 0 6
16 KB Ken Berry 🇨🇦 LW 27 14 🧊 8 2 3 5 0.36 1 26 0 0 6
17 RS Raimo Summanen 🇫🇮 RW 26 9 🧊 3 2 3 5 0.56 0 11 0 0 2
18 DL Dave Lowry 🇨🇦 LW 23 23 🧊 4 1 3 4 0.17 0 14 0 0 38
19 PB Peter Bakovic 🇨🇦 RW 23 10 🔥 1 2 0 2 0.20 0 7 0 0 48
20 DW Dan Woodley 🇺🇸 RW 20 5 🧊 2 2 0 2 0.40 0 3 0 0 17
21 JL Jean-Marc Lanthier 🇨🇦 RW 25 5 🧊 3 1 1 2 0.40 0 3 0 0 2
22 CV Claude Vilgrain 🇭🇹 LW 25 6 🧊 2 1 1 2 0.33 0 7 0 0 0
23 PL Paul Lawless 🇨🇦 LW 23 13 🧊 3 0 1 1 0.08 0 15 0 0 0
24 RS Ronnie Stern 🇨🇦 RW 21 15 🧊 15 0 0 0 0.00 0 7 0 0 52
25 JR Jeff Rohlicek 🇺🇸 LW 22 7 🧊 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 4
26 RM Rob Murphy 🇨🇦 C 18 5 🧊 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 4 0 0 2
Team totals · 26 skaters 80 234 309 543 6.79 70 1709 0 0 1094
Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.
🧤 Goalies 4 goalies · sorted by saves
# Goalie — sort by name GP — sort by games played 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 KM Kirk McLean 🇨🇦 G 21 41 12 3.59 0.000 0 147 56:56
2 FC Frank Caprice 🇨🇦 G 25 22 8 3.95 0.000 0 87 56:38
3 RB Richard Brodeur 🇨🇦 G 35 11 4 4.45 0.000 0 49 60:46
4 SW Steve Weeks 🇨🇦 G 29 9 5 3.44 0.000 0 31 61:06
🌍 Where the roster was born 5 countries · against the whole NHL in 1987-88

81% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 84% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 34
81%
+5 592 (84%) Tanti, Adams, Pederson, Smyl +30
United States 4
10%
-5 30 (4%) Coxe, Kidd, Woodley, Rohlicek
Finland 2
5%
+3 69 (10%) Skriko, Summanen
Germany 1
2%
+1 14 (2%) Huber
Haiti 1
2%
+2 2 (0%) Vilgrain
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

1987-88 Vancouver Canucks roster questions

Who led the Vancouver Canucks in scoring in 1987-88?

Tony Tanti led the Vancouver Canucks in scoring in 1987-88 with 77 points — 40 goals and 37 assists in 73 games. Next came Greg Adams (76) and Barry Pederson (71).

Who scored the most goals for the Vancouver Canucks in 1987-88?

Tony Tanti scored 40 goals for the Vancouver Canucks in 1987-88, 20 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Vancouver Canucks use in 1987-88?

The Vancouver Canucks dressed 42 players in 1987-88: 38 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 272 goals.

Who was the Vancouver Canucks starting goalie in 1987-88?

Kirk McLean played the most games in goal for the Vancouver Canucks in 1987-88: 41 games, 12 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.59 goals against average. Frank Caprice was the backup, in 22 games.

How old was the 1987-88 Vancouver Canucks roster?

The average age was 24.6 years. Rob Murphy was the youngest at 18, and Richard Brodeur the oldest at 35.

Where were the 1987-88 Vancouver Canucks players born?

The Vancouver Canucks used 42 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 34 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 2 in Finland. The other 2 came from Germany and Haiti. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 81% on this roster.