Nations in the NHLAmerican NHL players 1989–90
118 American players played in the NHL in 1989–90. Together they scored 2 774 points, the second most of any country, and USA finished first of 6 in the nations league. Pat LaFontaine scored the most, 105 points.
118
NHL players
2 774
Points
1st
Nations league
90
Goalie wins
AMERICAN LEADERS
Points
Pat LaFontaineINACTIVE
NYIC· 74 GP
54G51A105P
Eddie OlczykINACTIVE
TORRW· 79 GP
32G56A88P
Neal BrotenINACTIVE
MNSC· 80 GP
23G62A85P
4
Phil HousleyINACTIVE
BUFD· 80 GP
21G60A81P
5
Gary SuterINACTIVE
CGYD· 76 GP
16G60A76P
In the nations league
1st
of 6 ranked nations
22
league points
Rate4thTop trio2ndBlue line1stGoalies1stPer million5th
USA accounts for 16.3% of the NHL's players and 16.8% of its points.
The full nations leagueAmerican goalies
| Goalie | GP | W-L-OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jon CaseyMNS | 61 | 31-22-0 | .896 | 3.22 | 3 |
| 47 | 19-19-0 | .887 | 3.38 | 1 | |
| 35 | 15-12-0 | .890 | 3.42 | 0 | |
Tom BarrassoPIT | 24 | 7-12-0 | .865 | 4.68 | 0 |
Mike RichterNYR | 23 | 12-5-0 | .904 | 3.00 | 0 |
Bob MasonWSH | 16 | 4-9-0 | .875 | 3.50 | 0 |
Scott GordonQUE | 10 | 2-8-0 | .856 | 5.33 | 0 |
| 4 | 0-3-0 | .827 | 4.89 | 0 | |
Robb StauberLAK | 2 | 0-1-0 | .744 | 7.94 | 0 |
Every American player in the NHL, team by team
Brian MullenINACTIVE
RW · 76 GP · 27G 41A68PDarren TurcotteINACTIVE
C · 76 GP · 32G 34A66PBrian LeetchINACTIVE
D · 72 GP · 11G 45A56PTony GranatoINACTIVE
RW · 56 GP · 12G 24A36PPaul BrotenINACTIVE
RW · 32 GP · 5G 3A8PKevin MillerINACTIVE
C · 16 GP · 0G 5A5PChris NilanINACTIVE
RW · 25 GP · 1G 2A3PRick BennettINACTIVE
LW · 6 GP · 1G 0A1PCorey MillenINACTIVE
C · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PJohn VanbiesbrouckINACTIVE
G · 47 GP · 19 W · .88719WMike RichterINACTIVE
G · 23 GP · 12 W · .90412WPhil HousleyINACTIVE
D · 80 GP · 21G 60A81PDave SnuggerudINACTIVE
LW · 80 GP · 14G 16A30PMike RamseyINACTIVE
D · 73 GP · 4G 21A25PMike HartmanINACTIVE
LW · 60 GP · 11G 10A21PJeff ParkerINACTIVE
RW · 61 GP · 4G 5A9PMike DonnellyINACTIVE
LW · 12 GP · 1G 2A3PBob CorkumINACTIVE
C · 8 GP · 2G 0A2PDonald McsweenINACTIVE
D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PReed LarsonINACTIVE
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PNeal BrotenINACTIVE
C · 80 GP · 23G 62A85PMike ModanoINACTIVE
C · 80 GP · 29G 46A75PShawn ChambersINACTIVE
D · 78 GP · 8G 18A26PClark DonatelliINACTIVE
LW · 25 GP · 3G 3A6PCurt FraserINACTIVE
LW · 8 GP · 1G 0A1PPeter LappinINACTIVE
RW · 6 GP · 0G 0A0PKen LeiterINACTIVE
D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PMichael MchughINACTIVE
LW · 3 GP · 0G 0A0PJon CaseyINACTIVE
G · 61 GP · 31 W · .89631WMark JohnsonINACTIVE
C · 63 GP · 16G 29A45PAaron BrotenINACTIVE
C · 77 GP · 19G 17A36PDoug BrownINACTIVE
RW · 69 GP · 14G 20A34PBob BrookeINACTIVE
RW · 73 GP · 12G 14A26PDavid MaleyINACTIVE
LW · 67 GP · 8G 17A25PJon MorrisINACTIVE
C · 20 GP · 6G 7A13PEric WeinrichINACTIVE
D · 19 GP · 2G 7A9PJim KornINACTIVE
D · 46 GP · 2G 5A7PChris TerreriINACTIVE
G · 35 GP · 15 W · .89015WKevin HatcherINACTIVE
D · 80 GP · 13G 41A54PKelly MillerINACTIVE
LW · 80 GP · 18G 22A40PDave ChristianINACTIVE
RW · 78 GP · 15G 25A40PStephen LeachINACTIVE
RW · 70 GP · 18G 14A32PTim BerglandINACTIVE
RW · 32 GP · 2G 5A7PScot KleinendorstINACTIVE
C · 15 GP · 1G 3A4PAlfie TurcotteINACTIVE
C · 4 GP · 0G 2A2PDennis SmithINACTIVE
D · 4 GP · 0G 0A0PBob MasonINACTIVE
G · 16 GP · 4 W · .8754WCraig JanneyINACTIVE
C · 55 GP · 24G 38A62PBobby CarpenterINACTIVE
C · 80 GP · 25G 31A56PBob SweeneyINACTIVE
C · 70 GP · 22G 24A46PAndy BrickleyINACTIVE
LW · 43 GP · 12G 28A40PJohn CarterINACTIVE
LW · 76 GP · 17G 22A39PBilly O'DwyerINACTIVE
C · 6 GP · 0G 1A1PBob BeersINACTIVE
D · 3 GP · 0G 1A1PJohn BlumINACTIVE
D · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PPaul FentonINACTIVE
LW · 80 GP · 32G 18A50PDave EllettINACTIVE
D · 77 GP · 17G 29A46PMoe ManthaINACTIVE
D · 73 GP · 2G 26A28PMark KumpelINACTIVE
RW · 56 GP · 8G 9A17PPeter TaglianettiINACTIVE
D · 49 GP · 3G 6A9PShawn CroninINACTIVE
D · 61 GP · 0G 4A4PDanton ColeINACTIVE
RW · 2 GP · 1G 1A2PBrad JonesINACTIVE
LW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PShow all 21 teams
Kevin StevensINACTIVE
LW · 76 GP · 29G 41A70PPhil BourqueINACTIVE
LW · 76 GP · 22G 17A39PJim JohnsonINACTIVE
D · 75 GP · 3G 13A16PChris DahlquistINACTIVE
D · 62 GP · 4G 10A14PJay CaufieldINACTIVE
RW · 37 GP · 1G 2A3PTom BarrassoINACTIVE
G · 24 GP · 7 W · .8657WEddie OlczykINACTIVE
RW · 79 GP · 32G 56A88PAl IafrateINACTIVE
D · 75 GP · 21G 42A63PTom KurversINACTIVE
D · 71 GP · 15G 37A52PTom FergusINACTIVE
C · 54 GP · 19G 26A45PBobby ReynoldsINACTIVE
LW · 7 GP · 1G 1A2PJack CapuanoINACTIVE
D · 1 GP · 0G 0A0PChris CheliosINACTIVE
D · 53 GP · 9G 22A31PMathieu SchneiderINACTIVE
D · 44 GP · 7G 14A21PCraig LudwigINACTIVE
D · 73 GP · 1G 15A16PTom ChorskeINACTIVE
RW · 14 GP · 3G 1A4PSteve MartinsonINACTIVE
LW · 13 GP · 0G 0A0PGordie RobertsINACTIVE
D · 75 GP · 3G 14A17PMike LalorINACTIVE
D · 78 GP · 0G 16A16PRandy SkardaINACTIVE
D · 25 GP · 0G 5A5PJim VeseyINACTIVE
RW · 6 GP · 0G 1A1PPat JablonskiINACTIVE
G · 4 GP · 0 W · .8270WGary SuterINACTIVE
D · 76 GP · 16G 60A76PJoe MullenINACTIVE
RW · 78 GP · 36G 33A69PPaul RanheimINACTIVE
LW · 80 GP · 26G 28A54PJoel OttoINACTIVE
C · 75 GP · 13G 20A33PJeremy RoenickINACTIVE
C · 78 GP · 26G 40A66PWayne PresleyINACTIVE
RW · 49 GP · 6G 7A13PBrian NoonanINACTIVE
RW · 8 GP · 0G 2A2PMike PelusoINACTIVE
LW · 2 GP · 0G 0A0PBob KudelskiINACTIVE
RW · 62 GP · 23G 13A36PJay MillerINACTIVE
LW · 68 GP · 10G 2A12PScott BjugstadINACTIVE
LW · 11 GP · 1G 2A3PRobb StauberINACTIVE
G · 2 GP · 0 W · .7440WBrian LawtonINACTIVE
C · 35 GP · 7G 7A14PCraig WolaninINACTIVE
D · 50 GP · 1G 10A11PMax MiddendorfINACTIVE
RW · 3 GP · 0G 0A0PScott GordonINACTIVE
G · 10 GP · 2 W · .8562WRick ZomboINACTIVE
D · 77 GP · 5G 20A25PLee NorwoodINACTIVE
D · 64 GP · 8G 14A22PMike O'connellINACTIVE
D · 66 GP · 4G 14A18PScott YoungINACTIVE
RW · 80 GP · 24G 40A64PTodd KrygierINACTIVE
LW · 58 GP · 18G 12A30PAdam BurtINACTIVE
D · 63 GP · 4G 8A12PSeason 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 Russia
USA
1st in the league
6–1
Russia
4th in the league
USA wins 6–1 against Russia.
0.54Points per game0.60
278Best trio173
0.44Defencemen's points per game0.42
.884Goalies' save percentage.877
0.4NHL players per million inhabitants0.1
2 774Total points275
118Players in the NHL9
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Top scorer
Pat LaFontaine
USA's top scorer in 1989–90.
The team
New York Islanders
Where Pat LaFontaine 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 1989–90
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.