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
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	17,342
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).

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.

Regular season

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

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.

Game log

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

1990–91 Game Log
October: 6–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 4 Philadelphia 1 – 4 Boston Hextall 14,448 0–1–0 0 2 October 6 Philadelphia 1 – 3 New Jersey Hextall 13,050 0–2–0 0 3 October 7 Detroit 2 – 7 Philadelphia Wregget 17,382 1–2–0 2 4 October 11 New Jersey 4 – 7 Philadelphia Wregget 17,382 2–2–0 4 5 October 13 Winnipeg 3 – 4 Philadelphia Wregget 17,382 3–2–0 6 6 October 16 Philadelphia 5 – 1 Pittsburgh Wregget 16,164 4–2–0 8 7 October 18 Quebec 4 – 5 Philadelphia Wregget 16,995 5–2–0 10 8 October 20 Philadelphia 5 – 3 Montreal Wregget 17,453 6–2–0 12 9 October 23 Washington 6 – 2 Philadelphia Wregget 17,382 6–3–0 12 10 October 25 Philadelphia 3 – 5 NY Rangers Wregget 15,813 6–4–0 12 11 October 27 Philadelphia 2 – 5 NY Islanders Hextall 11,789 6–5–0 12 12 October 30 Pittsburgh 6 – 2 Philadelphia Wregget 17,314 6–6–0 12
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 13 November 1 Minnesota 3 – 6 Philadelphia Wregget 17,151 7–6–0 14
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts December 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts January 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts February 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts March 1 0 – 0 0–0–0

Playoffs

The Flyers did not qualify for the post-season.

Player stats

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position (C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing); GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; = Joined team via trade or waivers during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

#	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
				Regular season						Playoffs
22	Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	26	RW	70	40	31	71	2	150	—	—	—	—	—	—
09 !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	—	—	—	—	—	—
03 !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	—	—	—	—	—	—
08 !8	Baron, MurrayMurray Baron	23	D	67	8	8	16	-3	74	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Hostak, MartinMartin Hostak	23	C	50	3	10	13	1	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
02 !2	Howe, MarkMark Howe	35	D	19	0	10	10	9	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Horacek, TonyTony Horacek	23	LW	34	3	6	9	6	49	—	—	—	—	—	—
06 !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	—	—	—	—	—	—
05 !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	-0.1 !N/A	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Peeters, PetePete Peeters	33	G	26	0	1	1	-0.1 !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	-0.1 !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	-0.1 !N/A	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals against; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; MIN = Minutes played

#	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
			Regular season									Playoffs
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

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Rick Tocchet
NHL Player of the Month	Pete Peeters (November)
NHL Player of the Week	Ken Wregget (October 22)
Team
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Kjell Samuelsson
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Pelle Eklund
Class Guy Award	Gord Murphy

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1990–91 season.

Trades

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

Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Dale Kushner NY Islanders free agency (7/31) Rod Dallman NY Islanders free agency (7/31) Lance Pitlick Minnesota (WCHA) free agency (9/5)

Subtractions Player New team Via — — —

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

Rnd	#	Player	Position	Nationality	Drafted From
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)
2	42	Terran Sandwith	Defenseman	Canada	Tri-City Americans (USHL)
3	44	Kimbi Daniels	Center	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3	46	Bill Armstrong	Defenseman	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3	47	Chris Therien	Defenseman	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3	52	Al Kinisky	Defenseman	United States	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
5	88	Dan Kordic	Defenseman	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6	109	Vyacheslav Butsayev	Center	Russia	CSKA Moscow (RUS)
8	151	Patrik Englund	Left Wing	Sweden	AIK (Elitserien)
9	172	Toni Porkka	Defenseman	Finland	Lukko Rauma (SM-liiga)
10	193	Greg Hanson	Defenseman	United States	Bloomington Kennedy H.S (Minn.)
11	214	Tommy Soderstrom	Goaltender	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
12	235	Billy Lund	Center	United States	Roseau H.S. (Minn.)
Sup	4	Steve Beadle	Defenseman	United States	Michigan State University (CCHA)
Sup	8	Ray Letourneau	Goaltender	United States	Yale University (ECAC)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL.

See also

• 1990–91 NHL season

References

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

Specific