1988–89 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1988–89 Pittsburgh Penguins season saw the Penguins finish in second place in the Patrick Division with a record of 40 wins, 33 losses, and 7 ties for 87 points. They swept the New York Rangers in the Division Semi-finals before losing the Division Finals in seven games to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Regular season

This was Mario Lemieux's best season offensively. He led the league in goals (85), assists (114, tied with Wayne Gretzky), points (199), power-play goals (31) and shorthanded goals (13).

The Penguins finished the regular season with the most power-play opportunities against, with 482, the most power-play opportunities, with 491, and the most power-play goals scored, with 119.^[1]

Highlights

December 31, 1988 – Mario Lemieux scores five goals in an 8–6 win over the New Jersey Devils. Lemieux scores the five goals in five different ways: even strength, shorthanded, power play, penalty shot, and empty net.

Season standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Washington Capitals	80	41	29	10	305	259	92
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	40	33	7	347	349	87
New York Rangers	80	37	35	8	310	307	82
Philadelphia Flyers	80	36	36	8	307	285	80
New Jersey Devils	80	27	41	12	281	325	66
New York Islanders	80	28	47	5	265	325	61

^[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.

Schedule and results

On January 4, 1989 the Penguins defeated the Red Army team 4-2 at the Civic Arena in an exhibition.

1988–89 Schedule

October: 7–4–0 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 2–4–0), 14 Points

November: 7–6–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 2–4–0), 14 Points

December: 9–2–3 (Home: 6–1–1 ; Road: 3–1–2), 21 Points

January: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–4–0), 11 Points

February: 4–7–3 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–3–2), 11 Points

March: 6–9–0 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 4–4–0), 12 Points

April: 2–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–0), 4 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie

Playoffs

Main article: 1989 Stanley Cup playoffs

After six frustrating and disappointing seasons, the Penguins finally managed to get into the playoffs for the first time since the 1981-82 season. They swept New York Rangers in the Semifinals, but lost to their rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games.

Playoff log

1989 Stanley Cup playoffs

Patrick Division semi-finals vs No. 3 New York Rangers: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)

Patrick Division finals vs No. 4 Philadelphia Flyers: 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Playoff series win

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	76	85	114	199	41	100
Brown, RobertRobert Brown	68	49	66	115	27	118
Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey	75	30	83	113	-10 !–10	195
Quinn, DanDan Quinn	79	34	60	94	-37 !–37	102
Errey, BobBob Errey	76	26	32	58	40	124
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	79	12	37	49	-25 !–25	112
Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	58	12	33	45	9	57
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	70	25	19	44	-22 !–22	156
Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque	80	17	26	43	-22 !–22	97
Hannan, DavidDavid Hannan	72	10	20	30	-12 !–12	157
Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	68	1	23	24	-4 !–4	141
Loney, TroyTroy Loney	69	10	6	16	-5 !–5	165
Johnson, JamesJames Johnson	76	2	14	16	7	163
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	24	12	3	15	-8 !–8	19
Callander, JockJock Callander	30	6	5	11	-3 !–3	20
Dykstra, SteveSteve Dykstra	65	1	6	7	-12 !–12	126
Frawley, WilliamWilliam Frawley	46	3	4	7	-1 !–1	66
Buskas, RodRod Buskas	52	1	5	6	-2 !–2	105
Dahlquist, ChristopherChristopher Dahlquist	43	1	5	6	-8 !–8	42
Caufield, JayJay Caufield	58	1	4	5	-4 !–4	285
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger^‡	10	1	4	5	6	7
Bjugstad, BarryBarry Bjugstad	24	3	0	3	-12 !–12	4
Dineen, GordonGordon Dineen^†	38	1	2	3	-5 !–5	44
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain	24	1	2	3	-11 !–11	4
Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	15	1	1	2	-2 !–2	0
Kachowski, MarkMark Kachowski	12	1	1	2	1	43
Siren, VilleVille Siren^‡	12	1	0	1	0	14
Ganchar, PerryPerry Ganchar	3	0	0	0	-3 !–3	0
Zemlak, RichardRichard Zemlak^†	31	0	0	0	-4 !–4	135
Total		347	575	922	—	2,601

Playoffs^[4]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	11	12	7	19	-1 !–1	16
Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey	11	2	13	15	-7 !–7	31
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	11	3	7	10	-1 !–1	16
Quinn, DanDan Quinn	11	6	3	9	-6 !–6	10
Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	11	1	8	9	-2 !–2	13
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	11	3	6	9	4	28
Brown, RobertRobert Brown	11	5	3	8	-2 !–2	22
Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	11	3	5	8	-1 !–1	26
Callander, JockJock Callander	10	2	5	7	6	10
Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque	11	4	1	5	2	66
Johnson, JamesJames Johnson	11	0	5	5	7	44
Loney, TroyTroy Loney	11	1	3	4	3	24
Errey, BobBob Errey	11	1	2	3	1	12
Dineen, GordonGordon Dineen	11	0	2	2	8	8
Hannan, DavidDavid Hannan	8	0	1	1	0	4
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain	3	0	1	1	0	0
Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	9	0	1	1	-1 !–1	49
Caufield, JayJay Caufield	9	0	0	0	-2 !–2	28
Buskas, RodRod Buskas	10	0	0	0	-1 !–1	23
Zemlak, RichardRichard Zemlak	1	0	0	0	0	10
Dykstra, SteveSteve Dykstra	1	0	0	0	0	2
Dahlquist, ChristopherChristopher Dahlquist	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total		43	73	116	—	442

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[5]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	A	PIM
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso^†	44	2406:21	18	15	7	162	4.04	1441	0.888	5	49
Young, WendellWendell Young	22	1150:18	12	9	0	92	4.80	673	0.863	2	4
Guenette, SteveSteve Guenette	11	573:53	5	6	0	41	4.29	308	0.867	1	0
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	15	669:20	5	3	0	45	4.03	408	0.890	0	2
Tabaracci, RichardRichard Tabaracci	1	33:05	0	0	0	4	7.25	21	0.810	0	2
Total		4832:57	40	33	7	344	4.27	2851	0.879	8	57

Playoffs^[6]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	A	PIM
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	11	631:10	7	4	40	3.80	388	0.897	1	8
Young, WendellWendell Young	1	38:38	0	0	1	1.55	11	0.909	0	0
Total		669:48	7	4	41	3.68	399	0.897	1	8

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

Awards and records

Paul Coffey, Defence, NHL First All-Star Team
Mario Lemieux, Center, NHL First All-Star Team
Mario Lemieux, Art Ross Trophy
Mario Lemieux, Center, NHL First All-Star Team
Mario Lemieux, Club Record, Most Assists in One Season (114)
Mario Lemieux, Club Record, Most Points in One Season (199)
Mario Lemieux, NHL Record, Most Shorthanded Goals, One Season (13) ^[7]

Transactions

Trades

September 1, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers 1990 3rd round pick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wendell Young 1990 7th round pick
October 3, 1988	To Buffalo Sabres Wayne Van Dorp	To Pittsburgh Penguins 1990 7th round pick
November 1, 1988	To Minnesota North Stars rights to Rob Gaudreau	To Pittsburgh Penguins Richard Zemlak
November 12, 1988	To Buffalo Sabres Doug Bodger Darrin Shannon	To Pittsburgh Penguins Tom Barrasso 1990 3rd round pick
December 17, 1988	To Minnesota North Stars Steve Gotaas Ville Siren	To Pittsburgh Penguins Scott Bjugstad Gord Dineen
January 9, 1989	To Calgary Flames Steve Guenette	To Pittsburgh Penguins 1989 6th round pick
March 6, 1989	To Los Angeles Kings Pat Mayer	To Pittsburgh Penguins Tim Tookey

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team
October 4, 1988	Carl Mokosak	Boston Bruins

Waiver Draft

Date	Player	Former team
October 3, 1988	Jay Caufield	Minnesota North Stars
October 3, 1988	Steve Dykstra Dave Hannan	Edmonton Oilers

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
John Cullen	June 21, 1988	Unknown
Mark Recchi	August 17, 1988	Multi-year contract
Steve Guenette	August 29, 1988	Multi-year contract
Darrin Shannon	September 7, 1988	Multi-year contract
Bruce Racine	September 21, 1988	Multi-year contract
Mario Lemieux	November 1, 1988	1 year/$1.6 million
Dan Quinn	November 5, 1988	Multi-year contract
Jamie Leach	March 22, 1989	Multi-year contract
Dave Michayluk	May 24, 1989	Unknown

Other

Player	Date	Details
Pierre Creamer	June 14, 1988	Replaced as head coach
Gene Ubriaco	June 28, 1988	Hired as head coach
Dave Hunter	October 3, 1988	Sent to Oilers as compensation for claiming Dave Hannan in waiver draft

Roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	NHL Draft	Birthplace
35	USA !	Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	1.0 !G	R	24	1983	Boston, Massachusetts
27	USA !	Bjugstad, BarryBarry Bjugstad	6.0 !LW	L	27	1981	St. Paul, Minnesota
29	USA !	Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque	6.0 !LW	L	26	Undrafted	Chelmsford, Massachusetts
44	CAN !	Brown, RobertRobert Brown	7.0 !RW	L	21	1986	Kingston, Ontario
7	CAN !	Buskas, RodRod Buskas	2.0 !D	R	28	1981	Wetaskiwin, Alberta
14	CAN !	Callander, JockJock Callander	7.0 !RW	R	28	Undrafted	Regina, Saskatchewan
16	USA !	Caufield, JayJay Caufield	7.0 !RW	R	28	Undrafted	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
77	CAN !	Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey	2.0 !D	L	27	1980	Weston, Ontario
11	CAN !	Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen	4.0 !C	R	24	1986	Puslinch, Ontario
15	CAN !	Cunneyworth, RandyRandy Cunneyworth	6.0 !LW	L	28	1980	Etobicoke, Ontario
4	USA !	Dahlquist, ChristopherChristopher Dahlquist	2.0 !D	L	26	Undrafted	Fridley, Minnesota
5	CAN !	Dineen, GordonGordon Dineen	2.0 !D	R	26	1981	Quebec City, Quebec
22	CAN !	Dykstra, SteveSteve Dykstra	6.0 !LW	R	26	Undrafted	Edmonton, Alberta
12	CAN !	Errey, BobBob Errey	6.0 !LW	L	24	1983	Montreal, Quebec
28	CAN !	Frawley, WilliamWilliam Frawley	7.0 !RW	R	26	1980	Sturgeon Falls, Ontario
20	CAN !	Ganchar, PerryPerry Ganchar	7.0 !RW	R	25	1982	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
30	CAN !	Guenette, SteveSteve Guenette	1.0 !G	L	23	Undrafted	Gloucester, Ontario
32	CAN !	Hannan, DavidDavid Hannan	4.0 !C	L	27	1981	Sudbury, Ontario
23	CAN !	Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	2.0 !D	L	29	1980	Toronto, Ontario
6	USA !	Johnson, JamesJames Johnson	2.0 !D	L	26	Undrafted	New Hope, Minnesota
26	CAN !	Kachowski, MarkMark Kachowski	6.0 !LW	L	24	Undrafted	Edmonton, Alberta
66	CAN !	Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux	4.0 !C	R	23	1984	Montreal, Quebec
24	CAN !	Loney, TroyTroy Loney	6.0 !LW	L	25	1982	Bow Island, Alberta
19	CAN !	McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain	4.0 !C	L	21	1986	Seaforth, Ontario
40	CAN !	Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	1.0 !G	L	24	1983	Niagara Falls, Ontario
10	CAN !	Quinn, DanDan Quinn	4.0 !C	L	23	1983	Ottawa, Ontario
8	CAN !	Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	7.0 !RW	L	21	1988	Kamloops, British Columbia
25	USA !	Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	6.0 !LW	L	24	1983	Brockton, Massachusetts
31	CAN !	Tabaracci, RichardRichard Tabaracci	1.0 !G	L	20	1987	Toronto, Ontario
1	CAN !	Young, WendellWendell Young	1.0 !G	L	25	1981	Halifax, Nova Scotia
33	CAN !	Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	2.0 !D	L	21	1986	Edmonton, Alberta
18	CAN !	Zemlak, RichardRichard Zemlak	4.0 !C	R	26	1981	Wynyard, Saskatchewan

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.^[8]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Darrin Shannon	L	Canada	Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)
2	25	Mark Major	L	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
3	62^[a]	Daniel Gauthier	L	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
4	67	Mark Recchi	R	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
5	88	Greg Andrusak	D	Canada	U. of Minnesota-Duluth (NCAA)
7	130	Troy Mick	L	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
8	151	Jeffrey Blaeser	L	United States	St. John's Prep (Mass H.S.)
9	172	Robert Gaudreau	C	United States	Bishop Hendricken H.S. (RI)
10	193	Donald Pancoe	L	Canada	Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
11	214	Cory Laylin	L	United States	St. Cloud Apollo H.S. (Minn.)
12	235	Darren Stolk	D	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)

Draft notes^[9]

The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a December 17, 1987 trade that sent Perry Ganchar and future considerations (1988 third-round pick (#62-Daniel Gauthier)) to the Penguins in exchange for a future considerations (this pick).
^a The Montreal Canadiens' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a December 17, 1987 trade that sent future considerations (1988 third-round pick (#46-Neil Carnes)) to the Candiens in exchange for Perry Ganchar and future considerations (this pick).
The Pittsburgh Penguins' sixth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a February 4, 1988 trade that sent Bryan Erickson to the Penguins in exchange for Chris Kontos and future considerations (this pick).

References

Penguins on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1989.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1988–1989 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1988–1989 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – All Skaters – Summary – Points – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1988–1989 – Regular Season – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ "1988–1989 – Playoffs – Pittsburgh Penguins – Goalie – Summary – Wins – NHL.com – Stats". NHL.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.181, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
↑ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.com.
↑ "1988 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Founded in 1967
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Ronald Burkle; Mario Lemieux
General manager: Jim Rutherford
Head coach: Mike Sullivan
Team captain: Sidney Crosby
Current roster

Arenas

Main facilities: Civic Arena; PPG Paints Arena

Training facilities: Brantford Civic Centre; Rostraver Ice Garden; Island Sports Center; IceoPlex at Southpointe; UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

ECHL: Wheeling Nailers

General managers

Head coaches

Media

Networks

TV	Root Sports Pittsburgh

Radio	WXDX WBGG

Broadcasters

TV	Paul Steigerwald Bob Errey

Radio	Mike Lange Phil Bourque

Culture and lore

Pittsburgh Penguins seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1988–89 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.