1991–92 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1991–92 Philadelphia Flyers season was the team's 25th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers hosted the 43rd NHL All-Star Game. They missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season.

1991–92 Philadelphia Flyers
Division6th Patrick
Conference8th Wales
1991–92 record32–37–11
Home record22–11–7
Road record10–26–4
Goals for252 (17th)
Goals against273 (9th)
Team information
PresidentJay Snider
General managerRuss Farwell
CoachPaul Holmgren (fired)[lower-alpha 1]
Bill Dineen[lower-alpha 1]
CaptainRick Tocchet (Oct.–Feb.)[lower-alpha 2]
Vacant (Feb.–Apr.)
Alternate captainsTerry Carkner
Kevin Dineen
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance17,140[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)Hershey Bears
Team leaders
GoalsRod Brind'Amour (33)
AssistsRod Brind'Amour (44)
PointsRod Brind'Amour (77)
Penalty minutesTerry Carkner (195)
Plus/minusMark Howe (+18)
WinsRon Hextall (16)
Goals against averageDominic Roussel (2.60)

Regular season
Ron Hextall at the 1992 Flyers Wives Carnival.

Prior to the 1991–92 season, the Flyers acquired Rod Brind'Amour and Dan Quinn from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Murray Baron and Flyers captain Ron Sutter. Brind'Amour led the Flyers in goals (33), assists (44) and points (77) in his first season with the club. Rick Tocchet was named team captain to replace Sutter.[3] As the Flyers continued to flounder, Paul Holmgren was fired in December and replaced by Bill Dineen, father of Flyer Kevin Dineen.[1] On February 19, the Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins made a major five-player deal which featured Tocchet — who never grew comfortably into the role of captain — heading to Pittsburgh and Mark Recchi coming to Philadelphia. Recchi recorded 27 points in his first 22 games as a Flyer, but the team missed the playoffs for the third consecutive year, due in large part to an awful road record (10–26–4).

With Brind'Amour and Quinn in the fold to create more offense, plus a healthy Hextall in net, the Flyers still got off to an 0–3–1 start. After a 4–2 win over New Jersey, the club awakened, trading roughly two wins for every loss and climbing to 8–8–1 following back-to-back 3–1 wins over the Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens in mid-November.

From there, injuries and poor play from regulars began to doom Paul Holmgren's tenure behind the bench. An eight-game winless streak (0–7–1) effectively put an end to his tenure. Murray Craven was traded to the Hartford Whalers in exchange for the younger Dineen during the run, which included blow-out home losses to the Whalers (7–3 on November 27) and the Penguins (9–3 on November 29). In both home games, the Spectrum crowd loudly chanted "Paul Must Go" during multiple stoppages in play. Flyers fans received their wish on December 4, with the Flyers at 8–14–2, as Bill Dineen took the helm.[1]

The team began his tenure at 4–1–5, but still slipped into last place by late January. A 7–1–2 string brought the club within striking distance of a playoff spot by mid-February, but an inability to win on the road within the division sabotaged their comeback effort. After the three-way deal between the Flyers, Penguins and Kings was completed, the club had an infusion of scoring with Recchi, but it was too late to make up ground in the standings.

A five-game win streak from March 12–22 yielded a 7–6 comeback win over the Capitals in Landover, in which the Flyers scored four times in the third period - but the momentum didn't last as a 2–5–0 finish, compounded by a 12-day National Hockey League Players' Association strike, sent the club into the Patrick Division basement for the second time in three years.

The Flyers struggled on the power play in the regular season, finishing 22nd in power play percentage with 16.55% (68 for 411).[4]

Season standings
Patrick Division[5]
GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 P - New York Rangers8050255321246105
2 Washington Capitals804527833025798
3 Pittsburgh Penguins803932934330887
4 New Jersey Devils8038311128925987
5 New York Islanders8034351129129979
6 Philadelphia Flyers8032371125227375

P - Clinched Presidents Trophy

Wales Conference[6]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – New York RangersPAT8050255321246105
2 Washington CapitalsPAT804527833025798
3 Montreal CanadiensADM8041281126720793
4 Pittsburgh PenguinsPAT803932934330887
5 New Jersey DevilsPAT8038311128925987
6 Boston BruinsADM8036321227027584
7 New York IslandersPAT8034351129129979
8 Philadelphia FlyersPAT8032371125227375
9 Buffalo SabresADM8031371228929974
10 Hartford WhalersADM8026411324728365
11 Quebec NordiquesADM8020481225531852

Divisions: ADM – Adams, PAT – Patrick

p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy
bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season
1991–92 regular season
October: 4–5–1, 9 Points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 1–3–1)
November: 4–8–1, 9 Points (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–4–0)
December: 4–4–5, 13 Points (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 2–3–2)
January: 4–7–2, 10 Points (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 0–6–0)
February: 7–5–2, 16 Points (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 2–5–1)
March: 8–6–0, 16 Points (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–4–0)
April: 1–2–0, 2 Points (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–1–0)

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
17Rod Brind'Amour21C80334477−3100
20Kevin Dineen28RW642630561130
18Mike Ricci20C78203656−1093
19, 28Steve Duchesne26D78183856−786
14Mark Pederson24LW581525401422
10, 14Dan Quinn26C67112637−1326
5Kerry Huffman24D60141832141
23Andrei Lomakin27RW57141630−626
22Rick Tocchet27RW421316293102
8Mark Recchi23RW22101727−518
2Mark Howe36D42718251818
9Pelle Eklund28LW517162304
40Claude Boivin21LW5851318−2187
3Garry Galley28D3931518134
25Keith Acton33C5071017−498
47Brad Jones26LW4871017−244
29Terry Carkner25D7341216−14195
19Brian Benning25D2221214−935
37Mark Freer23LW506713−118
28Kjell Samuelsson33D544913176
46Al Conroy26C312911174
3Gord Murphy24D312810−433
44Corey Foster22D25347−1420
21, 24Dave Brown29RW70426−1181
32Murray Craven27C1233628
15Dale Kushner25LW19325−518
15Steve Kasper30C16325−310
6Dan Kordic20D461341126
21Tony Horacek24LW34134−951
11Jiri Latal24D1012314
27Ron Hextall27G45033N/A35
14Kimbi Daniels20C25112−44
35Ken Wregget27G23022N/A0
24Pat Murray22LW910130
36Wes Walz21C210110
33Dominic Roussel21G17011N/A2
26Martin Hostak24C5011−12
42Moe Mantha31D500002
24Rod Dallman25LW200005
14Chris Jensen28RW2000−10
66Yanick Dupre19LW100000
48Reid Simpson22LW100000

Goaltending
  • = 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 GP GS W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
27Ron Hextall2745431621612941513.40.88332,667:43
35Ken Wregget272323983557753.57.86501,259:15
33Dominic Roussel211714782437402.60.9081922:18

Awards and records

Awards
Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League (annual) NHL Second All-Star Team Mark Recchi (Right wing) [7]
League (in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Rod Brind'Amour [8]
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Steve Duchesne [9]
Bobby Clarke Trophy Rod Brind'Amour [9]
Class Guy Award Kevin Dineen [9]

Team
Franchise team records set during the 1991–92 season
Record Type Total Date(s) Refs
Games tied Streak 4[lower-alpha 3] 12/8/1991 – 12/15/1991 [10]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 26, 1991, the day after the deciding game of the 1991 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 1, 1992, the day of the deciding game of the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals.[11]

Trades
Date Details Ref
May 30, 1991 To Philadelphia Flyers
Dave Brown
Corey Foster
rights to Jari Kurri		 To Edmonton Oilers
Craig Berube
Craig Fisher
Scott Mellanby		 [12]
May 30, 1991 To Philadelphia Flyers
Steve Duchesne
Steve Kasper
4th-round pick in 1991		 To Los Angeles Kings
Jeff Chychrun
rights to Jari Kurri		 [12]
July 29, 1991 To Philadelphia Flyers
Flyers choice of a 1992 or 1993 draft pick[lower-alpha 4]		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
rights to Mike Bullard		 [13]
August 5, 1991 To Philadelphia Flyers
future considerations		 To New York Rangers
Shaun Sabol		 [14]
August 8, 1991 To Philadelphia Flyers
future considerations		 To New York Rangers
Don Biggs		 [15]
September 22, 1991 To Philadelphia Flyers
Rod Brind'Amour
Dan Quinn		 To St. Louis Blues
Murray Baron
Ron Sutter		 [16]
November 13, 1991 To Philadelphia Flyers
Kevin Dineen		 To Hartford Whalers
Murray Craven
4th-round pick in 1992		 [17]
January 2, 1992 To Philadelphia Flyers
Garry Galley
Wes Walz
3rd-round pick in 1993		 To Boston Bruins
Brian Dobbin
Gord Murphy
3rd-round pick in 1992
4th round pick in 1993		 [18]
February 7, 1992 To Philadelphia Flyers
Ryan McGill		 To Chicago Blackhawks
Tony Horacek		 [19]
February 19, 1992 To Philadelphia Flyers
Brian Benning
Mark Recchi
Los Angeles' 1st-round pick in 1992		 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Kjell Samuelsson
Rick Tocchet
Ken Wregget
conditional 3rd-round pick in 1993[lower-alpha 5]		 [20]
February 27, 1992 To Philadelphia Flyers
Moe Mantha		 To Winnipeg Jets
future considerations		 [21]

Free agency

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

Date Player Previous team (league) Term Ref
August 6, 1991Brad JonesLos Angeles Kings2-year[22]
August 21, 1991Al ConroyDetroit Red Wings[23]

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 7, 1991 Jamie Cooke (DP) [24]
August 7, 1991 Kimbi Daniels (DP) [24]
September 25, 1991 Yanick Dupre (DP) [25]
October 3, 1991 Andrei Lomakin (DP) [26]
November 1991 Ken Wregget 1 year[lower-alpha 6] [17]

NHL Expansion Draft

The 1991 NHL Expansion Draft was held on May 30, 1991.[12][27] It featured one expansion team, the San Jose Sharks, and one current NHL team, the Minnesota North Stars, selecting players from the other 20 NHL teams.[27] Each NHL team were allowed to protect 16 skaters and 2 goaltenders and all first and second-year players were exempt.[27] The two selecting teams were provided a list of players who the two teams could select.[27] Each NHL team could lose only one player.[27]

Philadelphia Flyers protection lists at the 1991 NHL Expansion Draft
Status Players
Unprotected[27] Don Biggs (free agent), Mike Bullard (free agent), Rod Dallman, Brian Dobbin, David Fenyves, Mark Freer, Mark Howe, Willie Huber (free agent), Chris Jensen, Tim Kerr, Dale Kushner, Normand Lacombe, Pete Peeters, Shaun Sabol, Glen Seabrooke
Selections[28] San Jose Sharks selected Tim Kerr 9th overall

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date Player Team Ref
October 26, 1991 Derrick Smith to Minnesota North Stars [29]

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
August 12, 1991 Scott Sandelin Minnesota North Stars Free agency [30]
September 26, 1991 Pete Peeters —[lower-alpha 7] Buyout [25]
October 3, 1991 Normand Lacombe Canadian National Team[lower-alpha 8] Buyout [33]
February 3, 1992 Jiri Latal* Vålerenga Ishockey (Norway)[lower-alpha 9] Buyout [35]

Draft picks
See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York, on June 22, 1991.[36] The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 28th overall, to the Montreal Canadiens for Mark Pederson on March 5, 1991.[37] They also traded their fourth-round pick, 72nd overall, and Jay Wells to the Buffalo Sabres for Kevin Maguire and the Sabres' 1990 second-round pick on March 5, 1990, and their eight-round pick, 160th overall, and Kevin Maguire to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Maple Leafs' 1990 third-round pick on June 16, 1990.[37]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 6 Peter Forsberg Center  Sweden Modo Hockey (Elitserien)
3 50 Yanick Dupre Left wing  Canada Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
4 86 Aris Brimanis Defense  United States Bowling Green State University (CCHA) [lower-alpha 10]
5 94 Yanick Degrace Goaltender  Canada Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
6 116 Clayton Norris Right wing  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6 122 Dmitri Yushkevich Defense  Soviet Union Torpedo Yaroslavl (Soviet Union) [lower-alpha 11]
7 138 Andrei Lomakin Left wing  Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow (Soviet Union)
9 182 Jim Bode Left wing  United States Robbinsdale Armstrong High School (USHS-MN)
10 204 Josh Bartell Defense  United States Rome Free Academy (USHS-NY)
11 226 Neil Little Goaltender  Canada Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
12 248 John Parco Center  Canada Belleville Bulls (OHL)

NHL Supplemental Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1991 NHL Supplemental Draft.[38][39]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league)
1 6 Angelo Libertucci Goaltender  Canada Bowling Green State University (CCHA)
2 12 Brendan Locke Right wing  United States Merrimack College (Hockey East)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League.[40][41]

Notes
  1. Holmgren was fired on December 4 and replaced by Dineen.[1]
  2. Tocchet was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 19. No new captain was named for the remainder of the season and the entirety of the next.
  3. Tied mark set during the 1968–69 season.
  4. The Flyers had the choice of receiving Toronto's 1992 fourth-round pick or Toronto's 1993 third-round pick.[13] The Flyers chose the 1993 third-round pick.
  5. Condition met.
  6. Option for second year
  7. Peeters retired.[31]
  8. Lacombe briefly played for the Canadian national team before retiring.[32]
  9. Latal played the remainder of the 1991–92 season for Valerenga.[34]
  10. The Flyers traded Jeff Chychrun and the rights to Jari Kurri to the Los Angeles Kings for Steve Duchesne, Steve Kasper and the Kings' fourth-round pick, 86th overall, on May 30, 1991.[37]
  11. The Flyers traded Dave Brown to the Edmonton Oilers for Keith Acton and the Oilers' sixth-round pick, 122nd overall, on February 7, 1989.[37]

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