1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers season

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
• = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
• = 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	Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	26	RW	70	40	31	71	2	150
9	Eklund, PellePelle Eklund	27	C	73	19	50	69	−2	14
32	Craven, MurrayMurray Craven	26	LW	77	19	47	66	−2	53
14	Sutter, RonRon Sutter	27	C	80	17	28	45	2	92
3	Murphy, GordGord Murphy	23	D	80	11	31	42	−7	58
18	Ricci, MikeMike Ricci	19	C	68	21	20	41	−8	64
19	Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby	24	RW	74	20	21	41	8	155
25	Acton, KeithKeith Acton	32	C	76	14	23	37	−9	131
29	Carkner, TerryTerry Carkner	24	D	79	7	25	32	−15	204
20	Lacombe, NormandNormand Lacombe	26	RW	74	11	20	31	−1	27
28	Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	32	D	78	9	19	28	4	82
11	Latal, JiriJiri Latal	23	D	50	5	21	26	−19	14
12	Kerr, TimTim Kerr	31	RW	27	10	14	24	−8	8
24	Smith, DerrickDerrick Smith	26	LW	72	11	10	21	0	37
10	Kushner, DaleDale Kushner	24	RW	63	7	11	18	−4	195
17	Berube, CraigCraig Berube	25	LW	74	8	9	17	−6	293
8	Baron, MurrayMurray Baron	23	D	67	8	8	16	−3	74
26	Hostak, MartinMartin Hostak	23	C	50	3	10	13	1	22
2	Howe, MarkMark Howe	35	D	19	0	10	10	9	8
21	Horacek, TonyTony Horacek	23	LW	34	3	6	9	6	49
6	Chychrun, JeffJeff Chychrun	24	D	36	0	6	6	1	105
39	Fenyves, DavidDavid Fenyves	30	D	40	1	4	5	1	28
45	Jensen, ChrisChris Jensen	27	RW	18	2	1	3	−5	2
23	Murray, PatPat Murray	21	LW	16	2	1	3	−5	15
41	Pederson, MarkMark Pederson	23	LW	12	2	1	3	−8	5
5	Huffman, KerryKerry Huffman	23	D	10	1	2	3	1	10
50	Sandelin, ScottScott Sandelin	26	D	15	0	3	3	−3	0
36	Rumble, DarrenDarren Rumble	22	D	3	1	0	1	1	0
27	Hextall, RonRon Hextall	26	G	36	0	1	1	N/A	10
33	Peeters, PetePete Peeters	33	G	26	0	1	1	N/A	14
46	Daniels, KimbiKimbi Daniels	19	C	2	0	1	1	−2	0
58	Armstrong, BillBill Armstrong	24	C	1	0	1	1	1	0
35	Wregget, KenKen Wregget	26	G	30	0	0	0	N/A	6
15	Fisher, CraigCraig Fisher	20	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	Hoffort, BruceBruce 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	Hextall, RonRon Hextall	26	36	13	16	5	0	106	.892	3.13	2035
35	Wregget, KenKen Wregget	26	30	10	14	3	0	88	.867	3.56	1484
33	Peeters, PetePete Peeters	33	26	9	7	1	1	61	.902	2.88	1270
30	Hoffort, BruceBruce 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	[8][18]
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	Ricci, MikeMike Ricci	Center	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	1099	243	362	605	974	& —	& —	& —	& —
2	25	Simon, ChrisChris Simon	Left Wing	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)	782	144	161	305	1824	& —	& —	& —	& —
2	40	Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg	Right Wing	Sweden	Luleå HF (Elitserien)	661	190	274	464	372	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[a]
2	42	Sandwith, TerranTerran Sandwith	Defense	Canada	Tri-City Americans (USHL)	8	0	0	0	6	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[b]
3	44	Daniels, KimbiKimbi Daniels	Center	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)	27	1	2	3	4	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[c]
3	46	Armstrong, BillBill Armstrong	Defense	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
3	47	Therien, ChrisChris Therien	Defense	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)	764	29	130	159	585	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[d]
3	52	Kinisky, AlAl Kinisky	Defense	United States	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[e]
5	88	Kordic, DanDan Kordic	Defense	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	197	4	8	12	584	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	109	Butsayev, VyacheslavVyacheslav Butsayev	Center	Russia	CSKA Moscow (RUS)	132	17	26	43	133	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	151	Englund, PatricPatric Englund	Left Wing	Sweden	AIK (Elitserien)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	172	Porkka, ToniToni Porkka	Defense	Finland	Lukko Rauma (SM-liiga)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
10	193	Hanson, GregGreg Hanson	Defense	United States	Bloomington Kennedy High School (Minn.)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
11	214	Soderstrom, TommyTommy Soderstrom	Goaltender	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)	156	0	2	2	13	45	69	19	3.63
12	235	Lund, BillyBilly Lund	Center	United States	Roseau High School (Minn.)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[31]

• ^a The Flyers traded Jay Wells and their 1991 fourth-round pick to the Buffalo Sabres for Kevin Maguire and the Sabres' second-round pick, 40th overall, on March 5, 1990.
• ^b The Flyers traded Brian Propp to the Boston Bruins for the Bruins' second-round pick, 42nd overall, on March 2, 1990.
• ^c The Flyers traded Darren Jensen and Daryl Stanley to the Vancouver Canucks for Wendell Young and Canucks' third-round pick, 44th overall, on August 31, 1987.
• ^d The Flyers traded Wendell Young and their seventh-round pick, 130th overall, to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the Penguins' third-round pick, 47th overall, on September 1, 1989.
• ^e The Flyers traded Kevin Maguire and their 1991 eighth-round pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Maple Leafs' third-round pick, 52nd overall, on June 16, 1990.
• The Flyers traded their fourth-round pick, 67th overall, to the Edmonton Oilers for Normand Lacombe on January 5, 1990.

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]

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General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results

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