1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers
Division 5th Patrick
Conference 8th Wales
1990–91 record 33–37–10
Home record 18–16–6
Road record 15–21–4
Goals for 252 (16th)
Goals against 267 (11th)
Team information
General Manager Russ Farwell
Coach Paul Holmgren
Captain Ron Sutter
Alternate captains Mark Howe
Rick Tocchet
Arena Spectrum
Average attendance 17,342[1]
Minor league affiliations Hershey Bears (AHL)[2]
Team leaders
Goals Rick Tocchet (40)
Assists Pelle Eklund (50)
Points Rick Tocchet (71)
Penalties in minutes Craig Berube (293)
Plus/minus Mark Howe (+9)
Wins Ron Hextall (13)
Goals against average Pete Peeters (2.88)
<1989–90 1991–92>

The 1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 24th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Off-season

After firing general manager Bob Clarke on April 16, 1990,[3] Russ Farwell was hired to replace him on June 6.[4] Farwell had spent the previous two seasons as the general manager of the Western Hockey League's Seattle Thunderbirds.[4]

Regular season

Rick Tocchet scored 40 goals and Pelle Eklund recorded 50 assists. However, Ron Hextall continued to be hampered by injuries during the 1990–91 season. He only played in 36 games and as a result the Flyers missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year, finishing fifth in the division and three points short of a playoff spot after a late-season collapse.

Despite scoring the fewest short-handed goals (2) and allowing the most short-handed goals (16), the Flyers finished 7th out of 21 teams in power-play percentage, with 20.12% (68 for 338).[5]

Season standings

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 41 33 6 342 305 88
New York Rangers 80 36 31 13 297 265 85
Washington Capitals 80 37 36 7 258 258 81
New Jersey Devils 80 32 33 15 272 264 79
Philadelphia Flyers 80 33 37 10 252 267 76
New York Islanders 80 25 45 10 223 290 60

[6]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[7]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Boston Bruins ADM 80 44 24 12 299 264 100
2 Montreal Canadiens ADM 80 39 30 11 273 249 89
3 Pittsburgh Penguins PTK 80 41 33 6 342 305 88
4 New York Rangers PTK 80 36 31 13 297 265 85
5 Washington Capitals PTK 80 37 36 7 258 258 81
6 Buffalo Sabres ADM 80 31 30 19 292 278 81
7 New Jersey Devils PTK 80 32 33 15 272 264 79
8 Philadelphia Flyers PTK 80 33 37 10 252 267 76
9 Hartford Whalers ADM 80 31 38 11 238 276 73
10 New York Islanders PTK 80 25 45 10 223 290 60
11 Quebec Nordiques ADM 80 16 50 14 236 354 46

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs


Schedule and results

Regular season

1990–91 regular season
October: 6–6–0, 12 Points (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 2–4–0)
November: 11–4–2, 24 Points (Home: 6–3–1; Road: 5–1–1)
December: 4–8–3, 11 Points (Home: 0–3–3; Road: 4–5–0)
January: 6–4–1, 13 Points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 1–3–1)
February: 4–5–2, 10 Points (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 2–2–1)
March: 2–10–2, 6 Points (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 1–6–1)

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
  • dagger = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
  • double-dagger = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
Regular season
No. Player Age Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM
22 Rick Tocchet 26 RW 70 40 31 71 2 150
9 Pelle Eklund 27 C 73 19 50 69 −2 14
32 Murray Craven 26 LW 77 19 47 66 −2 53
14 Ron Sutter 27 C 80 17 28 45 2 92
3 Gord Murphy 23 D 80 11 31 42 −7 58
18 Mike Ricci 19 C 68 21 20 41 −8 64
19 Scott Mellanby 24 RW 74 20 21 41 8 155
25 Keith Acton 32 C 76 14 23 37 −9 131
29 Terry Carkner 24 D 79 7 25 32 −15 204
20 Normand Lacombe 26 RW 74 11 20 31 −1 27
28 Kjell Samuelsson 32 D 78 9 19 28 4 82
11 Jiri Latal 23 D 50 5 21 26 −19 14
12 Tim Kerr 31 RW 27 10 14 24 −8 8
24 Derrick Smith 26 LW 72 11 10 21 0 37
10 Dale Kushner 24 RW 63 7 11 18 −4 195
17 Craig Berube 25 LW 74 8 9 17 −6 293
8 Murray Baron 23 D 67 8 8 16 −3 74
26 Martin Hostak 23 C 50 3 10 13 1 22
2 Mark Howe 35 D 19 0 10 10 9 8
21 Tony Horacek 23 LW 34 3 6 9 6 49
6 Jeff Chychrun 24 D 36 0 6 6 1 105
39 David Fenyves 30 D 40 1 4 5 1 28
45 Chris Jensen 27 RW 18 2 1 3 −5 2
23 Pat Murray 21 LW 16 2 1 3 −5 15
41 Mark Pedersondagger 23 LW 12 2 1 3 −8 5
5 Kerry Huffman 23 D 10 1 2 3 1 10
50 Scott Sandelin 26 D 15 0 3 3 −3 0
36 Darren Rumble 22 D 3 1 0 1 1 0
27 Ron Hextall 26 G 36 0 1 1 N/A 10
33 Pete Peeters 33 G 26 0 1 1 N/A 14
46 Kimbi Daniels 19 C 2 0 1 1 −2 0
58 Bill Armstrong 24 C 1 0 1 1 1 0
35 Ken Wregget 26 G 30 0 0 0 N/A 6
15 Craig Fisher 20 C 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 Bruce Hoffort 24 G 2 0 0 0 N/A 0

Goaltenders

Regular season
No. Player Age GP W L T SO GA SV% GAA MIN
27 Ron Hextall 26 36 13 16 5 0 106 .892 3.13 2035
35 Ken Wregget 26 30 10 14 3 0 88 .867 3.56 1484
33 Pete Peeters 33 26 9 7 1 1 61 .902 2.88 1270
30 Bruce Hoffort 24 2 1 0 1 0 3 .850 4.62 39

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor Recipient Notes Ref
NHL Player of the Month Pete Peeters (November) [8]
NHL Player of the Week Ken Wregget (October 22) [9]
Selected to NHL All-Star Game Rick Tocchet Voted starting Wing [10][11]
Team awards[12]
Award Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy Kjell Samuelsson
Bobby Clarke Trophy Pelle Eklund
Class Guy Award Gord Murphy

Records

Team single season records
Record Total
Fewest shorthanded goals 2
Shorthanded goals allowed 16

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 25, 1990, the day after the deciding game of the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 25, 1991, the day of the deciding game of the 1991 Stanley Cup Finals.[13]

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 16, 1990 To Philadelphia Flyers
3rd-round pick in 1990		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Kevin Maguire
8th-round pick in 1991		 [14]
March 5, 1991 To Philadelphia Flyers
Mark Pederson		 To Montreal Canadiens
2nd-round pick in 1991		 [15]

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency.

Date Player Previous team (league) Contract details Ref
August 1, 1990 Rod Dallman New York Islanders [16]
August 1, 1990 Dale Kushner New York Islanders [16]
September 5, 1990 Lance Pitlick Minnesota Golden Gophers (WCHA) [17]

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date Player Contract details Notes Ref
August 1, 1990 Brian Dobbin [16]
August 1, 1990 Mark Freer [16]
August 1, 1990 Tony Horacek [16]
September 14, 1990 Ron Hextall 5 years, $3.5 million Option for sixth year [18][8]
September 14, 1990 Rick Tocchet 4 years Option for fifth year [18]
November 29, 1990 Ken Wregget 1 year, $300,000 Arbitration award [19]
May 2, 1991 Pelle Eklund 3 years [20]
May 14, 1991 Jiri Latal multi-year [21]

Draft picks

The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

Date Player Previous team (league) Draft Contract details Ref
August 28, 1990 Martin Hostak HC Sparta Praha (Czech) 1987 3rd-round pick 2 years [22][23]
September 4, 1990 Mike Ricci Peterborough Petes (OHL) 1990 1st-round pick [24]
September 5, 1990 Pat Murray Michigan State Spartans (CCHA) 1988 2nd-round pick [17]

NHL Waiver Draft

The 1990 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 1, 1990.[25] Each NHL team placed 18 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select.[25] First-year professional players were exempt.[25] The Flyers were not involved in any selections during the draft.[25]

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date Player New team (league) Via Notes Ref
July 3, 1990 Ilkka Sinisalo Minnesota North Stars Free agency [26]
July 16, 1990 John Stevens Hartford Whalers Free agency [27]
August 29, 1990 Doug Sulliman — Retirement Named assistant coach with New Jersey Devils [28]
September 4, 1990 Ken Linseman Edmonton Oilers Free agency [29]

Draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 16, 1990.[30]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1990 and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) GP G A Pts PIM W L T GAA Notes
1 4 Mike Ricci Center  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL) 1099 243 362 605 974 &
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2 25 Chris Simon Left Wing  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL) 782 144 161 305 1824 &
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2 40 Mikael Renberg Right Wing  Sweden Luleå HF (Elitserien) 661 190 274 464 372 &
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2 42 Terran Sandwith Defense  Canada Tri-City Americans (USHL) 8 0 0 0 6 &
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3 44 Kimbi Daniels Center  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 27 1 2 3 4 &
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3 46 Bill Armstrong Defense  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL) &
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3 47 Chris Therien Defense  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL) 764 29 130 159 585 &
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3 52 Al Kinisky Defense  United States Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) &
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5 88 Dan Kordic Defense  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) 197 4 8 12 584 &
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6 109 Vyacheslav Butsayev Center  Russia CSKA Moscow (RUS) 132 17 26 43 133 &
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8 151 Patric Englund Left Wing  Sweden AIK (Elitserien) &
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9 172 Toni Porkka Defense  Finland Lukko Rauma (SM-liiga) &
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10 193 Greg Hanson Defense  United States Bloomington Kennedy High School (Minn.) &
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11 214 Tommy Soderstrom Goaltender  Sweden Djurgardens IF (Elitserien) 156 0 2 2 13 45 69 19 3.63
12 235 Billy Lund Center  United States Roseau High School (Minn.) &
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Draft notes[31]

NHL Supplemental Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1990 NHL Supplemental Draft on June 15, 1990.[32][33]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1990 Supplemental Draft and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) GP G A Pts PIM W L T GAA
1 4 Steve Beadle Defense  United States Michigan State Spartans (CCHA) — — — — — — — — —
2 9 Ray Letourneau Goaltender  United States Yale Bulldogs (ECAC) — — — — — — — — —

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL.[2][34]

References

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