Nations in the NHLAmerican NHL players 1988–89
110 American players played in the NHL in 1988–89. Together they scored 2 526 points, the second most of any country, and USA finished third of 6 in the nations league. Joe Mullen scored the most, 110 points.
110
NHL players
2 526
Points
3rd
Nations league
71
Goalie wins
AMERICAN LEADERS
Points
Joe MullenINACTIVE
CGYRW· 79 GP
51G59A110P
Jimmy CarsonINACTIVE
EDMC· 80 GP
49G51A100P
Eddie OlczykINACTIVE
TORRW· 80 GP
38G52A90P
4
Pat LaFontaineINACTIVE
NYIC· 79 GP
45G43A88P
5
Chris CheliosINACTIVE
MTLD· 80 GP
15G58A73P
In the nations league
3rd
of 6 ranked nations
19
league points
Rate5thTop trio2ndBlue line1stGoalies2ndPer million6th
USA accounts for 15.0% of the NHL's players and 15.1% of its points.
The full nations leagueAmerican goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 28-21-0 | .881 | 3.69 | 0 | |
Jon CaseyMNS | 55 | 18-17-0 | .900 | 3.06 | 1 |
Tom BarrassoPIT | 54 | 20-22-0 | .880 | 4.21 | 0 |
Bob MasonQUE | 22 | 5-14-0 | .853 | 4.72 | 0 |
| 8 | 0-4-0 | .893 | 2.69 | 0 | |
Bob JanecykLAK | 1 | 0-0-0 | .909 | 4.01 | 0 |
Every American player in the NHL, team by team
Tom KurversINACTIVE
D · 74 GP · 16G 50A66PAaron BrotenINACTIVE
C · 80 GP · 16G 43A59PMark JohnsonINACTIVE
C · 40 GP · 13G 25A38PJim KornINACTIVE
D · 65 GP · 15G 16A31PJack O'CallahanINACTIVE
D · 36 GP · 5G 21A26PDoug BrownINACTIVE
RW · 63 GP · 15G 10A25PDavid MaleyINACTIVE
LW · 68 GP · 5G 6A11PCraig WolaninINACTIVE
D · 56 GP · 3G 8A11PSteve RooneyINACTIVE
C · 25 GP · 3G 1A4PJon MorrisINACTIVE
C · 4 GP · 0G 2A2PChristopher CichockiINACTIVE
RW · 2 GP · 0G 1A1PEric WeinrichINACTIVE
D · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PChris TerreriINACTIVE
G · 8 GP · 0 W · .8930WBrian LeetchINACTIVE
D · 68 GP · 23G 48A71PBrian MullenINACTIVE
RW · 78 GP · 29G 35A64PTony GranatoINACTIVE
RW · 78 GP · 36G 27A63PBrian LawtonINACTIVE
C · 65 GP · 17G 26A43PChris NilanINACTIVE
RW · 38 GP · 7G 7A14PDarren TurcotteINACTIVE
C · 20 GP · 7G 3A10PKevin MillerINACTIVE
C · 24 GP · 3G 5A8PPeter LavioletteINACTIVE
D · 12 GP · 0G 0A0PJohn VanbiesbrouckINACTIVE
G · 56 GP · 28 W · .88128WPat LaFontaineINACTIVE
C · 79 GP · 45G 43A88PReed LarsonINACTIVE
D · 54 GP · 9G 29A38PJeff NortonINACTIVE
D · 69 GP · 1G 30A31PRandy WoodINACTIVE
RW · 77 GP · 15G 13A28PTom FitzgeraldINACTIVE
RW · 23 GP · 3G 5A8PKen MorrowINACTIVE
D · 34 GP · 1G 3A4PMichael WalshINACTIVE
C · 13 GP · 2G 0A2PChristopher PryorINACTIVE
D · 7 GP · 0G 0A0PBobby CarpenterINACTIVE
C · 57 GP · 16G 24A40PJay MillerINACTIVE
LW · 66 GP · 7G 7A14PBob KudelskiINACTIVE
RW · 14 GP · 1G 3A4PSteve RichmondINACTIVE
D · 9 GP · 0G 2A2PPaul GuayINACTIVE
RW · 7 GP · 0G 2A2PHubie McdonoughINACTIVE
C · 4 GP · 0G 1A1PBob JanecykINACTIVE
G · 1 GP · 0 W · .9090WNeal BrotenINACTIVE
C · 68 GP · 18G 38A56PShawn ChambersINACTIVE
D · 72 GP · 5G 19A24PBob BrookeINACTIVE
RW · 57 GP · 7G 9A16PLarry DepalmaINACTIVE
C · 43 GP · 5G 7A12PCurt FraserINACTIVE
LW · 35 GP · 5G 5A10PMichael MchughINACTIVE
LW · 3 GP · 0G 0A0PJon CaseyINACTIVE
G · 55 GP · 18 W · .90018WPhil BourqueINACTIVE
LW · 80 GP · 17G 26A43PJim JohnsonINACTIVE
D · 76 GP · 2G 14A16PKevin StevensINACTIVE
LW · 24 GP · 12G 3A15PChris DahlquistINACTIVE
D · 43 GP · 1G 5A6PJay CaufieldINACTIVE
RW · 58 GP · 1G 4A5PScott BjugstadINACTIVE
LW · 24 GP · 3G 0A3PTom BarrassoINACTIVE
G · 54 GP · 20 W · .88020WShow all 21 teams
Phil HousleyINACTIVE
D · 72 GP · 26G 44A70PJeff ParkerINACTIVE
RW · 57 GP · 9G 9A18PMike HartmanINACTIVE
LW · 70 GP · 8G 9A17PMike RamseyINACTIVE
D · 56 GP · 2G 14A16PMike DonnellyINACTIVE
LW · 22 GP · 4G 6A10PRichie DunnINACTIVE
D · 4 GP · 0G 1A1PDave EllettINACTIVE
D · 75 GP · 22G 34A56PPaul FentonINACTIVE
LW · 80 GP · 16G 12A28PPeter TaglianettiINACTIVE
D · 66 GP · 1G 14A15PBrad JonesINACTIVE
LW · 22 GP · 6G 5A11PAlfie TurcotteINACTIVE
C · 14 GP · 1G 3A4PMatthew BlockINACTIVE
D · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PLee NorwoodINACTIVE
D · 66 GP · 10G 32A42PRick ZomboINACTIVE
D · 75 GP · 1G 20A21PMike O'connellINACTIVE
D · 66 GP · 1G 15A16PJohn BlumINACTIVE
D · 6 GP · 0G 0A0PJeff BrubakerINACTIVE
LW · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PJoe MullenINACTIVE
RW · 79 GP · 51G 59A110PGary SuterINACTIVE
D · 63 GP · 13G 49A62PJoel OttoINACTIVE
C · 72 GP · 23G 30A53PPaul RanheimINACTIVE
LW · 5 GP · 0G 0A0PWayne PresleyINACTIVE
RW · 72 GP · 21G 19A40PJeremy RoenickINACTIVE
C · 20 GP · 9G 9A18PBrian NoonanINACTIVE
RW · 45 GP · 4G 12A16PMike RucinskiINACTIVE
C · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PGordie RobertsINACTIVE
D · 77 GP · 2G 24A26PMike LalorINACTIVE
D · 48 GP · 2G 18A20PCraig CoxeINACTIVE
LW · 41 GP · 0G 7A7PJim VeseyINACTIVE
RW · 5 GP · 1G 1A2PScott YoungINACTIVE
RW · 76 GP · 19G 40A59PJim PaveseINACTIVE
D · 44 GP · 3G 6A9PAdam BurtINACTIVE
D · 5 GP · 0G 0A0PChris CheliosINACTIVE
D · 80 GP · 15G 58A73PCraig LudwigINACTIVE
D · 74 GP · 3G 13A16PSteve MartinsonINACTIVE
LW · 25 GP · 1G 0A1PEddie OlczykINACTIVE
RW · 80 GP · 38G 52A90PTom FergusINACTIVE
C · 80 GP · 22G 45A67PAl IafrateINACTIVE
D · 65 GP · 13G 20A33PSeason by season
In the NHL Draft
57 American players were picked in the 2026 NHL Draft, seven of them in the first round. Chase Reid went first, at number 7 to the Seattle Kraken.
American NHL players all time
USA against Sweden
USA
3rd in the league
5–2
Sweden
1st in the league
USA wins 5–2 against Sweden.
0.55Points per game0.66
300Best trio261
0.49Defencemen's points per game0.46
.882Goalies' save percentage–
0.3NHL players per million inhabitants2.2
2 526Total points934
110Players in the NHL23
Finland
Canada
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CzechiaContinue reading
Top scorer
Joe Mullen
USA's top scorer in 1988–89.
The team
Calgary Flames
Where Joe Mullen plays.
Nations in the NHL
Every nation in the NHL
How many players each country has in the NHL, with a page for each.
Nations league
NHL battle of the nations 1988–89
The countries compared per player rather than in raw totals.
Against Sweden
Sweden vs USA
Seven rounds, season by season.
The Swedes
Every Swede in the NHL
Team by team, with position and stats.