1989–90 Vancouver Canucks season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1989–90
Year:	1989
Team:	Vancouver Canucks
Record:	25–41–14
Divisionrank:	5th
Attendance:	15,417
Goalsfor:	245
Goalsagainst:	306
Goalsleader:	Greg Adams (30)
Assistsleader:	Paul Reinhart (40)
Pointsleader:	Paul Reinhart (57)
Pimleader:	Ronnie Stern (208)
Winsleader:	Kirk McLean (21)
Gaaleader:	Kirk McLean (3.87)

The 1989–90 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 20th in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 1989	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	0–1–0
2	W	October 7, 1989	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	1–1–0
3	L	October 9, 1989	2–5	New York Islanders (1989–90)	1–2–0
4	W	October 11, 1989	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	2–2–0
5	L	October 13, 1989	5–6	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	2–3–0
6	W	October 15, 1989	7–6	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	3–3–0
7	L	October 18, 1989	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	3–4–0
8	W	October 20, 1989	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	4–4–0
9	W	October 21, 1989	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	5–4–0
10	L	October 23, 1989	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	5–5–0
11	T	October 27, 1989	5–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	5–5–1
12	W	October 28, 1989	4–3	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	6–5–1
13	W	October 31, 1989	4–3	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	7–5–1
14	L	November 3, 1989	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	7–6–1
15	W	November 5, 1989	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	8–6–1
16	L	November 8, 1989	2–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	8–7–1
17	L	November 10, 1989	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	8–8–1
18	L	November 11, 1989	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	8–9–1
19	T	November 14, 1989	4–4 OT	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	8–9–2
20	W	November 16, 1989	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	9–9–2
21	T	November 19, 1989	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	9–9–3
22	L	November 21, 1989	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	9–10–3
23	L	November 25, 1989	4–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	9–11–3
24	T	November 26, 1989	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	9–11–4
25	L	November 29, 1989	2–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	9–12–4
26	L	December 1, 1989	3–4	New York Rangers (1989–90)	9–13–4
27	W	December 3, 1989	6–5	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	10–13–4
28	L	December 6, 1989	4–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	10–14–4
29	L	December 9, 1989	4–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	10–15–4
30	L	December 10, 1989	1–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	10–16–4
31	W	December 12, 1989	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	11–16–4
32	T	December 13, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	11–16–5
33	T	December 15, 1989	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	11–16–6
34	T	December 17, 1989	2–2 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	11–16–7
35	L	December 19, 1989	1–2	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	11–17–7
36	L	December 20, 1989	1–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	11–18–7
37	L	December 23, 1989	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	11–19–7
38	W	December 27, 1989	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	12–19–7
39	T	December 31, 1989	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	12–19–8
40	L	January 2, 1990	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	12–20–8
41	L	January 4, 1990	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	12–21–8
42	W	January 5, 1990	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	13–21–8
43	L	January 7, 1990	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	13–22–8
44	L	January 10, 1990	1–3	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	13–23–8
45	L	January 12, 1990	2–5	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	13–24–8
46	L	January 13, 1990	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	13–25–8
47	L	January 16, 1990	0–3	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	13–26–8
48	W	January 18, 1990	3–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	14–26–8
49	L	January 19, 1990	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	14–27–8
50	T	January 23, 1990	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	14–27–9
51	L	January 26, 1990	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	14–28–9
52	L	January 27, 1990	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	14–29–9
53	L	January 30, 1990	2–7	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	14–30–9
54	L	February 1, 1990	3–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	14–31–9
55	L	February 2, 1990	1–8	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	14–32–9
56	W	February 4, 1990	4–2	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	15–32–9
57	W	February 6, 1990	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	16–32–9
58	W	February 9, 1990	4–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	17–32–9
59	W	February 11, 1990	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	18–32–9
60	L	February 13, 1990	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	18–33–9
61	L	February 14, 1990	1–10	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	18–34–9
62	T	February 16, 1990	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	18–34–10
63	L	February 18, 1990	2–7	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	18–35–10
64	L	February 20, 1990	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	18–36–10
65	W	February 24, 1990	6–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	19–36–10
66	W	February 26, 1990	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	20–36–10
67	T	February 28, 1990	7–7 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	20–36–11
68	L	March 3, 1990	1–5	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	20–37–11
69	L	March 4, 1990	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	20–38–11
70	T	March 9, 1990	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	20–38–12
71	W	March 11, 1990	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	21–38–12
72	L	March 13, 1990	0–1	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	21–39–12
73	W	March 15, 1990	6–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	22–39–12
74	W	March 17, 1990	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	23–39–12
75	L	March 18, 1990	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	23–40–12
76	T	March 20, 1990	4–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	23–40–13
77	W	March 23, 1990	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	24–40–13
78	T	March 25, 1990	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	24–40–14
79	L	March 27, 1990	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	24–41–14
80	W	March 31, 1990	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1989–90)	25–41–14

Playoffs

Did not qualify

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
	67	17	40	57	2	30
	73	21	30	51	-17	43
	65	30	20	50	-8	18
	67	19	29	48	5	65
	77	15	33	48	-21	36

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
	63	3739	21	30	10	216	0	.880	3.28
	21	1142	4	11	4	79	0	.873	4.15

Transactions

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	Jason Herter (D)		University of North Dakota (NCAA)
2	29	Robert Woodward (LW)		Deerfield Academy (USS)
4	71	Brett Hauer (D)		Richfield High School (USS)
6	113	Pavel Bure (RW)		CSKA Moscow (Soviet Hockey League)
7	134	James Revenberg (RW)		Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)
8	155	Robert Sangster (LW)		Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
9	176	Sandy Moger (RW)		Lake Superior State University (NCAA)
10	197	Gus Morschauser (G)		Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
11	218	Hayden O'Rear (D)		Lathrop High School (Alaska)
12	239	Darcy Cahill (C)		Cornwall Royals (OHL)
12	248	Jan Bergman (D)		Södertälje SK (Elitserien)
S	13	Jeff Napierala (RW)		Lake Superior State University (CCHA)

Farm teams

Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)

See also

• 1989–90 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1989–90 Vancouver Canucks Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .