1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers season was the team's 24th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season, and from 1989–90 to 1993–94, this remains the only stretch in franchise history the Flyers have missed the playoffs over consecutive years as of the 2019–20 NHL season.

1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers
Division5th Patrick
Conference8th Wales
1990–91 record33–37–10
Home record18–16–6
Road record15–21–4
Goals for252 (16th)
Goals against267 (11th)
Team information
PresidentJay Snider
General managerRuss Farwell
CoachPaul Holmgren
CaptainRon Sutter
Alternate captainsMark Howe
Rick Tocchet
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance17,342[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Hershey Bears
Team leaders
GoalsRick Tocchet (40)
AssistsPelle Eklund (50)
PointsRick Tocchet (71)
Penalty minutesCraig Berube (293)
Plus/minusMark Howe (+9)
WinsRon Hextall (13)
Goals against averagePete Peeters (2.88)

Off-season

After firing general manager Bobby Clarke on April 16, 1990,[2] Russ Farwell was hired to replace him on June 6.[3] Farwell had spent the previous two seasons as the general manager of the Western Hockey League's Seattle Thunderbirds.[3]

Regular season

Rick Tocchet scored 40 goals and Pelle Eklund recorded 50 assists. However, goaltender 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).[4]

Season standings
Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins804133634230588
New York Rangers8036311329726585
Washington Capitals803736725825881
New Jersey Devils8032331527226479
Philadelphia Flyers8033371025226776
New York Islanders8025451022329060

[5]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[6]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1Boston BruinsADM80442412299264100
2Montreal CanadiensADM8039301127324989
3Pittsburgh PenguinsPTK804133634230588
4New York RangersPTK8036311329726585
5Washington CapitalsPTK803736725825881
6Buffalo SabresADM8031301929227881
7New Jersey DevilsPTK8032331527226479
8Philadelphia FlyersPTK8033371025226776
9Hartford WhalersADM8031381123827673
10New York IslandersPTK8025451022329060
11Quebec NordiquesADM8016501423635446

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

Scoring
  • 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
22Rick Tocchet26RW704031712150
9Pelle Eklund27C73195069−214
32Murray Craven26LW77194766−253
14Ron Sutter27C80172845292
3Gord Murphy23D80113142−758
18Mike Ricci19C68212041−864
19Scott Mellanby24RW742021418155
25Keith Acton32C76142337−9131
29Terry Carkner24D7972532−15204
20Normand Lacombe26RW74112031−127
28Kjell Samuelsson32D7891928482
11Jiri Latal23D5052126−1914
12Tim Kerr31RW27101424−88
24Derrick Smith26LW72111021037
10Dale Kushner24RW6371118−4195
17Craig Berube25LW748917−6293
8Murray Baron23D678816−374
26Martin Hostak23C5031013122
2Mark Howe35D190101098
21Tony Horacek23LW34369649
6Jeff Chychrun24D360661105
39David Fenyves30D40145128
45Chris Jensen27RW18213−52
23Pat Murray21LW16213−515
41Mark Pederson23LW12213−85
5Kerry Huffman23D10123110
50Scott Sandelin26D15033−30
36Darren Rumble22D310110
27Ron Hextall26G36011N/A10
33Pete Peeters33G26011N/A14
46Kimbi Daniels19C2011−20
58Bill Armstrong24C101110
35Ken Wregget26G30000N/A6
15Craig Fisher20C200000
30Bruce Hoffort24G2000N/A0

Goaltending
Regular season
No. Player Age GP GS W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
27Ron Hextall263634131659821063.12.89202,035:23
35Ken Wregget26302310143660883.56.86701,484:27
33Pete Peeters332623971623612.88.90211,270:03
30Bruce Hoffort24201012034.59.850039:12

Awards and records

Awards
Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League (in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Rick Tocchet[lower-alpha 1] [7][8]
NHL Player of the Month Pete Peeters (November) [9]
NHL Player of the Week Ken Wregget (October 22) [10]
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Kjell Samuelsson [11]
Bobby Clarke Trophy Pelle Eklund [11]
Class Guy Award Gord Murphy [11]

Team
Franchise team records set during the 1990–91 season
Record Type Total Refs
Fewest shorthanded goals scored Season 2 [12]
Most shorthanded goals allowed Season 16 [13]

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.[14]

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		 [15]
March 5, 1991 To Philadelphia Flyers
Mark Pederson		 To Montreal Canadiens
2nd-round pick in 1991		 [16]

Free agency

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

Date Player Previous team (league) Term Ref
August 1, 1990Rod DallmanNew York Islanders[17]
August 1, 1990Dale KushnerNew York Islanders[17]
September 5, 1990Lance PitlickUniversity of Minnesota (WCHA)[18]

Internal

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to contracts.

Date Player Term Ref
August 1, 1990 Brian Dobbin [17]
August 1, 1990 Mark Freer [17]
August 1, 1990 Tony Horacek [17]
August 28, 1990 Martin Hostak (DP) 2-year [19][20]
September 4, 1990 Mike Ricci (DP) [21]
September 5, 1990Pat Murray (DP)[18]
September 14, 1990 Ron Hextall 5-year[lower-alpha 2] [9][22]
September 14, 1990 Rick Tocchet 4-year[lower-alpha 3] [22]
November 29, 1990 Ken Wregget 1-year[lower-alpha 4] [23]
May 2, 1991 Pelle Eklund 3-year [24]
May 14, 1991 Jiri Latal multi-year [25]

Waivers

The Flyers were not involved in any waivers transactions. The 1990 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 1, 1990.[26] The Flyers were not involved in any selections during the draft.[26]

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 Ref
July 3, 1990Ilkka SinisaloMinnesota North StarsFree agency[27]
July 16, 1990John StevensHartford WhalersFree agency[28]
August 29, 1990Doug Sulliman—Retirement[29]
September 4, 1990Ken LinsemanEdmonton OilersFree agency[30]

Draft picks
See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers 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.[31] The Flyers traded their fourth-round pick, 67th overall, to the Edmonton Oilers for Normand Lacombe on January 5, 1990.[32]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 4 Mike Ricci Center  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2 25 Chris Simon Left wing  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2 40 Mikael Renberg Right wing  Sweden Luleå HF (Elitserien) [lower-alpha 5]
2 42 Terran Sandwith Defense  Canada Tri-City Americans (USHL) [lower-alpha 6]
3 44 Kimbi Daniels Center  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL) [lower-alpha 7]
3 46 Bill Armstrong Defense  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3 47 Chris Therien Defense  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL) [lower-alpha 8]
3 52 Al Kinisky Defense  United States Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) [lower-alpha 9]
5 88 Dan Kordic Defense  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6 109 Vyacheslav Butsayev Center  Soviet Union CSKA Moscow (Soviet Union)
8 151 Patric Englund Left wing  Sweden AIK (Elitserien)
9 172 Toni Porkka Defense  Finland Lukko Rauma (SM-liiga)
10 193 Greg Hanson Defense  United States Bloomington Kennedy High School (USHS-MN)
11 214 Tommy Soderstrom Goaltender  Sweden Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien)
12 235 Billy Lund Center  United States Roseau High School (USHS-MN)

NHL Supplemental Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1990 NHL Supplemental Draft on June 15, 1990.[33][34]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league)
1 4 Steve Beadle Defense  United States Michigan State University (CCHA)
2 9 Ray Letourneau Goaltender  United States Yale University (ECAC)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL.[35][36]

Notes
  1. Voted starting Wing
  2. Option for sixth year
  3. Option for fifth year
  4. Arbitration award
  5. 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.[32]
  6. The Flyers traded Brian Propp to the Boston Bruins for the Bruins' second-round pick, 42nd overall, on March 2, 1990.[32]
  7. 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.[32]
  8. 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.[32]
  9. 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.[32]

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