1989–90 Quebec Nordiques season

1989–90 Quebec Nordiques
Division 5th Adams
Conference 11th Wales
1989–90 record 12-61-7
Home record 8-26-6
Road record 4-35-1
Goals for 240
Goals against 407
Team information
General Manager Martin Madden (Oct-Feb)
Maurice Filion (Feb-Apr) interim
Coach Michel Bergeron
Captain Peter Stastny (Oct-Mar)
Vacant (Mar-Apr)
Arena Colisée Pepsi
Team leaders
Goals Joe Sakic (39)
Assists Joe Sakic (63)
Points Joe Sakic (102)
Penalties in minutes Paul Gillis (234)
Wins Ron Tugnutt (5)
Goals against average Ron Tugnutt (4.61)
<1988–89 1990–91>

Offseason

The Nordiques would not bring back Jean Perron, who finished the 1988–89 season as the interim head coach of the team. Quebec would bring back former head coach Michel Bergeron, who had coached the club from 1980–1987. Bergeron left the Nordiques to coach the New York Rangers from 1987–1989, leading them to two consecutive 82 point seasons. The club also named Martin Madden as the new general manager.

At the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, the Nordiques had the first overall draft pick, and selected Mats Sundin from Nacka HK. Sundin became the first ever European born player drafted with the first overall selection. In 25 games with Nacka, Sundin had ten goals and 18 points. With their second pick, Quebec drafted Adam Foote from the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. In 66 games, Foote had seven goals and 39 points in 1988–89.

Quebec made some trades during the off-season, dealing away their top goal scorer from the 1988–89 season, Walt Poddubny, along with a fourth round draft pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft to the New Jersey Devils for Joe Cirella, Claude Loiselle, and an eighth round draft pick in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. Cirella had three goals and 22 points in 80 games with the Devils in 1988–89, while Loiselle had seven goals and 21 points in 74 games. Quebec also traded Bob Mason to the Washington Capitals for future considerations, and Gaetan Duchesne to the Minnesota North Stars for Kevin Kaminski. Kaminski spent the 1988–89 with the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL, scoring 25 goals and 68 points in 52 games. Right at the end of the pre-season, the Nordiques traded away Randy Moller to the New York Rangers for Michel Petit. Petit had eight goals and 33 points with the Rangers in 1988–89.

The biggest move the club made was signing free agent Guy Lafleur to a two-year contract. Lafleur, who originally retired during the 1984–85, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988. Lafleur came out of retirement and signed with the New York Rangers for the 1988–89 season, where he scored 18 goals and 45 points in 67 games with the Rangers. Lafleur won five Stanley Cup championships with the Montreal Canadiens, and had a streak of 50 or more goals in a season and at least 119 points during a six-year stretch from 1974–1980. Lafleur also scored a league high 60 goals in 1977–78, and led the league in scoring for three consecutive seasons, from 1975–1978. The Nordiques also signed Lucien DeBlois, who also spent the previous season with the New York Rangers, where he had nine goals and 33 points in 73 games.

Regular season

Quebec would have a poor start to the season, going 1-4-1 in their first six games, before winning two in a row to be only a game under .500. The Nordiques then lost eight games in a row to quickly fall out of the playoff race, before winning two in a row to improve to 5-12-1. The losses kept piling up for the Nordiques, who then began to make trades. Greg Adams and Robert Picard were traded to the Detroit Red Wings for former Nordiques player Tony McKegney, while Jeff Brown was dealt to the St. Louis Blues for Tony Hrkac and Greg Millen.

On February 2, 1990, with a record of 9-36-6, the club fired general manager Martin Madden Sr., and replaced him on an interim basis with former general manager Maurice Filion. Under Filion, the Nordiques traded away Michel Goulet, Greg Millen and a sixth round draft pick in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft to the Chicago Blackhawks for Everett Sanipass, Mario Doyon, and Dan Vincelette. The trades continued, as team captain Peter Stastny was traded to the New Jersey Devils for Craig Wolanin and future considerations, which turned out to be Randy Velischek.

None of the roster moves had much effect. The Nordiques only won three more games for the remainder of the season to finish with a 12-61-7 record, earning 31 points—easily the worst record in the NHL. The twelve wins was the fewest by a team since the Winnipeg Jets had nine in 1980–81, while their 31 points was the lowest since the Washington Capitals had 21 in the 1974–75 season. It is still the worst season in Nordiques/Avalanche history.

Offensively, the Nordiques were led by Joe Sakic, who had 39 goals and 102 points, both team highs. Peter Stastny was the only other Nordique to finish with more than 20 goals, as he had 24 goals and 62 points before being traded to the New Jersey Devils. Tony McKegney had 16 goals and 27 points in 48 games after being acquired from the Detroit Red Wings, while Guy Lafleur had 12 goals and 34 points in his first season with the Nordiques.

On defense, Michel Petit put up twelve goals and 36 points in his first season with the club. Rookie Bryan Fogarty had four goals and 14 points in 45 games, however, he had a -47 rating, the worst on the club.

In goal, Ron Tugnutt led the Nordiques with five wins, while posting a club best 4.61 GAA in 35 games.

The Nordiques finished the regular season last in scoring (240 goals for), last in goaltending (407 goals allowed), last in power-play goals allowed (98) and last in penalty-killing percentage (74.35%).[1]

The Nordiques finished the 1989–90 regular season with a 5.05 GAA. They are the last team to finish the regular season with a GAA above five to date.

Final standings

Adams Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Boston Bruins 80 46 25 9 289 232 101
Buffalo Sabres 80 45 27 8 286 248 98
Montreal Canadiens 80 41 28 11 288 234 93
Hartford Whalers 80 38 33 9 275 268 85
Quebec Nordiques 80 12 61 7 240 407 31

[2]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[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – Boston Bruins ADM 80 46 25 9 289 232 101
2 Buffalo Sabres ADM 80 45 27 8 286 248 98
3 Montreal Canadiens ADM 80 41 28 11 288 234 93
4 Hartford Whalers ADM 80 38 33 9 275 268 85
5 New York Rangers PTK 80 36 31 13 279 267 85
6 New Jersey Devils PTK 80 37 34 9 295 288 83
7 Washington Capitals PTK 80 36 38 6 284 275 78
8 New York Islanders PTK 80 31 38 11 281 288 73
9 Pittsburgh Penguins PTK 80 32 40 8 318 359 72
10 Philadelphia Flyers PTK 80 30 39 11 290 297 71
11 Quebec Nordiques ADM 80 12 61 7 240 407 31

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record Attendance
1LOctober 5, 19893–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 0–1–014,465
2WOctober 7, 19894–1 Boston Bruins (1989–90) 1–1–015,399
3LOctober 8, 19896–9 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 1–2–015,379
4LOctober 12, 19892–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 1–3–017,266
5LOctober 14, 19892–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 1–4–011,236
6TOctober 17, 19898–8 OT Calgary Flames (1989–90) 1–4–115,391
7WOctober 19, 19895–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 2–4–114,668
8WOctober 21, 19897–2 Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 3–4–115,393
9LOctober 25, 19890–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 3–5–111,831
10LOctober 26, 19892–4 @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 3–6–114,084
11LOctober 28, 19893–6 Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 3–7–115,399
12LOctober 31, 19893–5 Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 3–8–115,375
13LNovember 2, 19891–6 @ New York Rangers (1989–90) 3–9–116,364
14LNovember 4, 19892–5 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 3–10–114,902
15LNovember 5, 19890–3 Washington Capitals (1989–90) 3–11–115,323
16LNovember 8, 19893–6 @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 3–12–111,609
17WNovember 9, 19897–5 @ New York Islanders (1989–90) 4–12–110,307
18WNovember 11, 19893–2 Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 5–12–115,396
19LNovember 14, 19893–5 Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 5–13–115,220
20LNovember 16, 19892–8 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 5–14–116,015
21LNovember 18, 19891–8 Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 5–15–115,113
22TNovember 21, 19894–4 OT Calgary Flames (1989–90) 5–15–214,647
23WNovember 22, 19894–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 6–15–212,723
24LNovember 25, 19892–3 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 6–16–214,847
25LNovember 26, 19891–3 @ New York Rangers (1989–90) 6–17–215,605
26LNovember 29, 19892–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 6–18–217,184
27LNovember 30, 19892–6 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 6–19–215,399
28LDecember 2, 19894–7 Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 6–20–215,020
29TDecember 5, 19893–3 OT Boston Bruins (1989–90) 6–20–314,886
30TDecember 9, 19896–6 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 6–20–415,399
31LDecember 10, 19894–8 Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 6–21–415,399
32LDecember 13, 19891–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 6–22–416,213
33LDecember 14, 19892–8 @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 6–23–419,261
34TDecember 17, 19892–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 6–23–515,232
35LDecember 21, 19891–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 6–24–515,265
36LDecember 23, 19895–6 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 6–25–514,943
37TDecember 26, 19893–3 OT Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 6–25–614,091
38WDecember 30, 19896–3 New York Islanders (1989–90) 7–25–615,399
39LJanuary 3, 19904–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 7–26–616,382
40LJanuary 4, 19901–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 7–27–619,647
41LJanuary 6, 19902–5 @ New York Islanders (1989–90) 7–28–613,526
42WJanuary 9, 19905–2 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 8–28–615,399
43LJanuary 11, 19901–3 @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 8–29–614,207
44LJanuary 13, 19904–5 New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 8–30–614,962
45WJanuary 16, 19908–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 9–30–611,730
46LJanuary 18, 19904–7 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 9–31–610,877
47LJanuary 23, 19902–9 Boston Bruins (1989–90) 9–32–614,609
48LJanuary 24, 19903–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 9–33–616,907
49LJanuary 27, 19906–8 Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 9–34–614,836
50LJanuary 30, 19902–5 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 9–35–614,777
51LJanuary 31, 19903–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 9–36–616,433
52LFebruary 3, 19901–5 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 9–37–615,006
53LFebruary 4, 19902–3 Boston Bruins (1989–90) 9–38–614,839
54LFebruary 6, 19902–12 @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 9–39–615,558
55LFebruary 8, 19901–5 @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 9–40–614,071
56LFebruary 10, 19902–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 9–41–617,939
57WFebruary 13, 19905–3 Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 10–41–614,839
58LFebruary 15, 19902–9 @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 10–42–615,845
59LFebruary 17, 19901–7 @ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90) 10–43–616,005
60LFebruary 21, 19902–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 10–44–613,932
61LFebruary 22, 19905–6 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 10–45–615,399
62LFebruary 24, 19901–6 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 10–46–615,363
63WFebruary 26, 19903–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 11–46–615,109
64LFebruary 28, 19904–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 11–47–616,382
65TMarch 3, 19903–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 11–47–715,090
66LMarch 4, 19903–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 11–48–716,433
67LMarch 7, 19903–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 11–49–711,813
68LMarch 9, 19903–4 @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 11–50–716,186
69LMarch 10, 19903–9 @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 11–51–719,040
70LMarch 13, 19901–4 Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 11–52–715,174
71LMarch 15, 19903–6 Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 11–53–715,162
72WMarch 17, 19906–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 12–53–714,754
73LMarch 18, 19903–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 12–54–717,367
74LMarch 21, 19901–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 12–55–712,230
75LMarch 22, 19903–7 @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 12–56–714,448
76LMarch 24, 19903–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 12–57–715,337
77LMarch 27, 19904–7 New York Rangers (1989–90) 12–58–714,466
78LMarch 29, 19902–5 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 12–59–715,399
79LMarch 31, 19902–3 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 12–60–715,015
80LApril 1, 19902–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 12–61–716,433

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 80 39 63 102 27-40812
Stastny, PeterPeter Stastny C 62 24 38 62 24-451000
Goulet, MichelMichel Goulet LW 57 16 29 45 42-33800
Petit, MichelMichel Petit D 63 12 24 36 215-38500
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur RW 39 12 22 34 4-15602
Fortier, MarcMarc Fortier C 59 13 17 30 28-16311
Mckegney, TonyTony McKegney LW 48 16 11 27 45-31500
Hough, MikeMike Hough LW 43 13 13 26 84-24310
Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle C 72 11 14 25 104-27030
Gillis, PaulPaul Gillis C 71 8 14 22 234-24010
Jackson, JeffJeff Jackson LW 65 8 12 20 71-21010
Jarvi, IiroIiro Jarvi RW 41 7 13 20 18-11101
Cirella, JoeJoe Cirella D 56 4 14 18 67-27100
Marois, MarioMario Marois D 67 3 15 18 104-45200
Deblois, LucienLucien DeBlois C 70 9 8 17 45-29101
Brown, JeffJeff Brown D 29 6 10 16 18-14203
Mcrae, KenKen McRae C 66 7 8 15 191-38001
Fogarty, BryanBryan Fogarty D 45 4 10 14 31-47200
Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac C 22 4 8 12 2-5200
Finn, StevenSteven Finn D 64 3 9 12 208-33100
Lawton, BrianBrian Lawton LW 14 5 6 11 10-9300
Kimble, DarinDarin Kimble RW 44 5 5 10 185-20201
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn D 68 2 6 8 44-41100
Sanipass, EverettEverett Sanipass LW 9 3 3 6 8-4200
Vermette, MarkMark Vermette RW 11 1 5 6 8-3000
Dore, DanielDaniel Dore RW 16 2 3 5 59-8100
Doyon, MarioMario Doyon D 9 2 3 5 6-1100
Picard, RobertRobert Picard D 24 0 5 5 28-5000
Adams, GregGreg Adams LW 7 1 3 4 17-2000
Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin D 13 0 3 3 102000
Morin, StephaneStephane Morin C 6 0 2 2 21000
Sevcik, JaroslavJaroslav Sevcik LW 13 0 2 2 2-5000
Severyn, BrentBrent Severyn LW 35 0 2 2 42-19000
Gronstrand, JariJari Gronstrand D 7 0 1 1 2-1000
Vincelette, DanDan Vincelette LW 11 0 1 1 25-6000
Baker, JamieJamie Baker C 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Brunetta, MarioMario Brunetta G 6 0 0 0 00000
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset G 6 0 0 0 00000
Gordon, ScottScott Gordon G 10 0 0 0 00000
Guerard, StephaneStephane Guerard D 4 0 0 0 6-5000
Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski C 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Middendorf, MaxMax Middendorf RW 3 0 0 0 0-9000
Millen, GregGreg Millen G 18 0 0 0 00000
Mylnikov, SergeiSergei Mylnikov G 10 0 0 0 00000
Richard, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Richard D 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Routhier, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Routhier RW 8 0 0 0 9-3000
Smyth, GregGreg Smyth D 13 0 0 0 57-8000
Tanner, JohnJohn Tanner G 1 0 0 0 00000
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt G 35 0 0 0 20000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Tugnutt, RonRon Tugnutt 1978 35 5 24 3 152 4.61 01080928.859
Millen, GregGreg Millen 1080 18 3 14 1 95 5.28 0648553.853
Gordon, ScottScott Gordon 597 10 2 8 0 53 5.33 0368315.856
Brunetta, MarioMario Brunetta 191 6 1 2 0 13 4.08 09986.869
Mylnikov, SergeiSergei Mylnikov 568 10 1 7 2 47 4.96 0330283.858
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset 342 6 0 5 1 34 5.96 0199165.829
Tanner, JohnJohn Tanner 60 1 0 1 0 3 3.00 03027.900
Team: 4816 80 12 61 7 397 4.95 027542357.856

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1989–90 season.

Trades

June 19, 1989 To Minnesota North Stars
Gaetan Duchesne		 To Quebec Nordiques
Kevin Kaminski
October 5, 1989 To New York Rangers
Randy Moller		 To Quebec Nordiques
Michel Petit
December 4, 1989 To Detroit Red Wings
Greg Adams
Robert Picard		 To Quebec Nordiques
Tony McKegney
December 13, 1989 To St. Louis Blues
Jeff Brown		 To Quebec Nordiques
Tony Hrkac
Greg Millen
March 5, 1990 To Chicago Blackhawks
Michel Goulet
Greg Millen
6th round pick in 1991 - Kevin St. Jacques		 To Quebec Nordiques
Mario Doyon
Everett Sanipass
Dan Vincelette
March 6, 1990 To New Jersey Devils
Peter Stastny		 To Quebec Nordiques
Craig Wolanin
Randy Velischek

Waivers

October 2, 1989 From Vancouver Canucks
Greg Adams
November 21, 1989 To New York Islanders
Jari Gronstrand
December 1, 1989 From Hartford Whalers
Brian Lawton

Free agents

Player Former Team
Lucien DeBlois New York Rangers
Guy Lafleur New York Rangers
Player New Team
Brian Lawton Boston Bruins

Roster

1989-90 Quebec Nordiques
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centres

Draft picks

Quebec's draft picks from the 1989 NHL Entry Draft which was held at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
11 Mats Sundin  Sweden Nacka HK (Sweden)
222 Adam Foote  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
343 Stephane Morin  Canada Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
354 John Tanner  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL)
468 Niklas Andersson  Sweden Västra Frölunda HC (Sweden)
476 Eric Dubois  Canada Laval Titan (QMJHL)
585 Kevin Kaiser  Canada Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (NCAA)
6106 Dan Lambert  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7127 Sergei Mylnikov  Soviet Union Chelyabinsk Traktor (Soviet Union)
8148 Paul Krake  Canada Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves (NCAA)
9169 Vyacheslav Bykov  Soviet Union CSKA Moscow (Soviet Union)
10190 Andrei Khomutov  Soviet Union CSKA Moscow (Soviet Union)
11211 Byron Witkowski  Canada Nipawin Hawks (SJHL)
12232 Noel Rahn  United States Edina High School (USHS)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1990.html
  2. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. ↑ "1989–1990 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ "1989-90 Quebec Nordiques Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

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