1990–91 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1990–91 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	5th Norris Division
Conference	10th Clarence Campbell
1990–91 record	23–46–11
Home record	15–21–4
Road record	8–25–7
Goals for	241
Goals against	318
Team information
General Manager	Floyd Smith
Coach	Doug Carpenter and Tom Watt
Captain	Rob Ramage
Alternate captains	Wendel Clark Brad Marsh
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Vincent Damphousse (26)
Assists	Vincent Damphousse (47)
Points	Vincent Damphousse (73)
Penalties in minutes	Luke Richardson (238)
Wins	Peter Ing (16)
Goals against average	Peter Ing (3.84)
<1989–90	1991–92>

The 1990–91 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the seventy-fourth season of the Toronto NHL franchise. The Leafs finished fifth and last in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

NHL draft

See also: 1990 NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	10	Drake Berehowsky (D)	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
2	31	Felix Potvin (G)	Canada	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)

Regular season

• Dave Reid had a career high 15 goals. He led the league with 8 shorthanded goals. In November, Reid had five shorthanded goals over four games.
• Allan Bester was traded by Maple Leafs to Detroit Red Wings for sixth-round choice (Alexander Kuzminsky) in 1991 entry draft, March 5, 1991.

Season standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Chicago Blackhawks	80	49	23	8	284	211	106
St. Louis Blues	80	47	22	11	310	250	105
Detroit Red Wings	80	34	38	8	273	298	76
Minnesota North Stars	80	27	39	14	256	266	68
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	23	46	11	241	318	57

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 4, 1990	1–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	0–1–0
2	L	October 6, 1990	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)	0–2–0
3	L	October 7, 1990	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	0–3–0
4	L	October 10, 1990	5–8	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	0–4–0
5	T	October 13, 1990	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	0–4–1
6	L	October 17, 1990	1–3	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	0–5–1
7	L	October 18, 1990	0–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	0–6–1
8	W	October 20, 1990	6–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	1–6–1
9	L	October 22, 1990	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	1–7–1
10	L	October 24, 1990	3–8	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	1–8–1
11	L	October 25, 1990	5–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	1–9–1
12	L	October 27, 1990	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	1–10–1
13	W	October 30, 1990	5–4	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	2–10–1
14	L	November 1, 1990	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	2–11–1
15	L	November 3, 1990	3–7	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	2–12–1
16	L	November 4, 1990	1–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	2–13–1
17	L	November 6, 1990	3–4	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	2–14–1
18	L	November 8, 1990	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	2–15–1
19	L	November 10, 1990	1–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	2–16–1
20	W	November 12, 1990	5–2	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	3–16–1
21	W	November 14, 1990	5–3	Washington Capitals (1990–91)	4–16–1
22	L	November 17, 1990	4–8	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	4–17–1
23	L	November 19, 1990	2–5	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	4–18–1
24	L	November 21, 1990	3–5	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	4–19–1
25	L	November 23, 1990	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	4–20–1
26	L	November 24, 1990	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	4–21–1
27	W	November 27, 1990	4–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	5–21–1
28	L	November 29, 1990	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	5–22–1
29	W	December 1, 1990	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	6–22–1
30	L	December 5, 1990	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	6–23–1
31	W	December 6, 1990	2–1 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	7–23–1
32	L	December 8, 1990	1–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	7–24–1
33	W	December 12, 1990	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	8–24–1
34	L	December 15, 1990	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	8–25–1
35	T	December 18, 1990	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1990–91)	8–25–2
36	W	December 19, 1990	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1990–91)	9–25–2
37	W	December 22, 1990	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)	10–25–2
38	L	December 23, 1990	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	10–26–2
39	W	December 27, 1990	6–4	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	11–26–2
40	W	December 29, 1990	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	12–26–2
41	T	January 3, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	12–26–3
42	L	January 5, 1991	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	12–27–3
43	L	January 8, 1991	3–5	Calgary Flames (1990–91)	12–28–3
44	L	January 10, 1991	2–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	12–29–3
45	T	January 12, 1991	2–2 OT	Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	12–29–4
46	L	January 14, 1991	3–9	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	12–30–4
47	L	January 17, 1991	5–6 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	12–31–4
48	T	January 22, 1991	4–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	12–31–5
49	L	January 23, 1991	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	12–32–5
50	L	January 26, 1991	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	12–33–5
51	W	January 28, 1991	4–0	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	13–33–5
52	L	February 1, 1991	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	13–34–5
53	L	February 2, 1991	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	13–35–5
54	W	February 4, 1991	6–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	14–35–5
55	T	February 6, 1991	5–5 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)	14–35–6
56	L	February 7, 1991	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	14–36–6
57	W	February 9, 1991	3–2	New York Islanders (1990–91)	15–36–6
58	L	February 13, 1991	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)	15–37–6
59	W	February 16, 1991	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)	16–37–6
60	W	February 17, 1991	3–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)	17–37–6
61	L	February 19, 1991	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	17–38–6
62	L	February 21, 1991	4–11	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)	17–39–6
63	T	February 23, 1991	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)	17–39–7
64	L	February 25, 1991	4–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	17–40–7
65	W	February 27, 1991	7–3	New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	18–40–7
66	L	March 2, 1991	2–5	New York Rangers (1990–91)	18–41–7
67	T	March 3, 1991	4–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)	18–41–8
68	W	March 5, 1991	6–3	Boston Bruins (1990–91)	19–41–8
69	T	March 7, 1991	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91)	19–41–9
70	L	March 9, 1991	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)	19–42–9
71	W	March 12, 1991	4–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)	20–42–9
72	L	March 13, 1991	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)	20–43–9
73	W	March 16, 1991	4–3 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	21–43–9
74	L	March 17, 1991	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	21–44–9
75	T	March 20, 1991	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)	21–44–10
76	W	March 22, 1991	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	22–44–10
77	W	March 23, 1991	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)	23–44–10
78	T	March 26, 1991	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	23–44–11
79	L	March 28, 1991	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)	23–45–11
80	L	March 30, 1991	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)	23–46–11

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	79	26	47	73	65	-31	10	1	4
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	LW/C	59	17	22	39	48	-6	2	2	1
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	60	8	30	38	69	-4	5	0	1
Ramage, RobRob Ramage	D	80	10	25	35	173	2	5	0	2
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	LW/D	63	18	16	34	152	-5	4	0	2
Hannan, DaveDave Hannan	C	74	11	23	34	82	-9	0	1	2
Marois, DanielDaniel Marois	RW	78	21	9	30	112	-16	6	0	1
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	52	17	12	29	39	-25	4	0	1
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	69	15	13	28	18	-10	1	8	0
Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	C	32	14	14	28	4	-7	6	0	5
Petit, MichelMichel Petit	D	54	9	19	28	132	-19	3	1	2
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	72	2	22	24	113	-4	0	0	0
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	C	38	10	12	22	30	-4	0	1	0
Shedden, DougDoug Shedden	C	23	8	10	18	10	2	4	0	0
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	42	3	15	18	113	-15	2	0	0
Foligno, MikeMike Foligno	RW	37	8	7	15	65	-3	1	0	0
Fenton, PaulPaul Fenton	LW	30	5	10	15	0	-3	1	1	0
Maguire, KevinKevin Maguire	RW	63	9	5	14	180	-10	1	0	0
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	C	18	4	10	14	13	-7	0	0	0
Bradley, BrianBrian Bradley	C	26	0	11	11	20	-7	0	0	0
Broten, AaronAaron Broten	LW/C	27	6	4	10	32	12	0	0	1
Richardson, LukeLuke Richardson	D	78	1	9	10	238	-28	0	0	0
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	14	5	4	9	8	-5	2	0	0
Thibaudeau, GillesGilles Thibaudeau	C	20	2	7	9	4	-7	0	0	0
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	18	3	3	6	4	-10	1	1	0
Cimetta, RobRob Cimetta	W	25	2	4	6	21	-5	2	0	1
Rouse, BobBob Rouse	D	13	2	4	6	10	-11	1	0	0
Sacco, JoeJoe Sacco	RW	20	0	5	5	2	-5	0	0	0
Millar, MikeMike Millar	RW	7	2	2	4	2	-1	0	0	0
Thornton, ScottScott Thornton	LW	33	1	3	4	30	-15	0	0	0
Godynyuk, AlexanderAlexander Godynyuk	D	18	0	3	3	16	-3	0	0	0
Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers	D	19	0	3	3	8	-12	0	0	0
McIntyre, JohnJohn McIntyre	C	13	0	3	3	25	0	0	0	0
Franceschetti, LouLou Franceschetti	RW	16	1	1	2	30	-2	0	0	0
Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle	C	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky	D	8	0	1	1	25	-6	0	0	0
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	G	30	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shannon, DarrylDarryl Shannon	D	10	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Veitch, DarrenDarren Veitch	D	2	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curran, BrianBrian Curran	D	4	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0
Ing, PeterPeter Ing	G	56	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Johnston, GregGreg Johnston	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kordic, JohnJohn Kordic	RW	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	D	22	0	0	0	15	-6	0	0	0
Pearson, ScottScott Pearson	LW	12	0	0	0	20	-5	0	0	0
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serowik, JeffJeff Serowik	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Ing, PeterPeter Ing	3126	56	16	29	8	200	3.84	1	1716	1516	.883
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	1430	30	6	13	3	92	3.86	1	695	603	.868
Rhodes, DamianDamian Rhodes	60	1	1	0	0	1	1.00	0	26	25	.962
Bester, AllanAllan Bester	247	6	0	4	0	18	4.37	0	129	111	.860
Team:	4863	80	23	46	11	311	3.84	2	2566	2255	.879

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

1990-91 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 1 Peter Ing  30 Allan Bester  31 Damian Rhodes  35 Jeff Reese		Defensemen 2 Luke Richardson  3 Brad Marsh  4 Dave Ellett  8 Rob Ramage  - C 22 Michel Petit  23 Todd Gill  25 Tom Kurvers  26 Darren Veitch  28 Brian Curran  28 Bob Rouse  29 Drake Berehowsky  29 Darryl Shannon  33 Al Iafrate  34 Jeff Serowik  93 Alexander Godynyuk		Wingers 10 Vincent Damphousse  11 Gary Leeman  12 Paul Fenton  12 Mark Osborne  12 Doug Shedden  14 Dave Reid  15 Lou Franceschetti  16 Greg Johnston  17 Wendel Clark  18 Kevin Maguire  20 Joe Sacco  21 Aaron Broten  22 Scott Pearson  26 Mike Krushelnyski  27 Lucien DeBlois  27 John Kordic  32 Daniel Marois  34 Rob Cimetta  36 Mike Millar  71 Mike Foligno		Centres 7 Gilles Thibaudeau  9 Dave Hannan  15 Claude Loiselle  16 Ed Olczyk  19 Tom Fergus  24 Scott Thornton  25 Peter Zezel  44 Brian Bradley  44 John McIntyre  GM: Floyd Smith Coach: Doug Carpenter (1-9-1) Coach: Tom Watt (22-37-10)

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1990-91 season.

Trades

August 20, 1990	To Boston Bruins Ken Hammond	To Toronto Maple Leafs Cash
November 9, 1990	To Los Angeles Kings John McIntyre	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Krushelnyski
November 9, 1990	To Boston Bruins Steve Bancroft	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rob Cimetta
November 10, 1990	To Winnipeg Jets Ed Olczyk Mark Osborne	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Ellett Paul Fenton
November 17, 1990	To Quebec Nordiques Scott Pearson 2nd round pick in 1991 - Eric Lavigne 2nd round pick in 1992 - Toumas Gronman	To Toronto Maple Leafs Michel Petit Lucien DeBlois Aaron Broten
December 17, 1990	To Buffalo Sabres Lou Franceschetti Brian Curran	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Foligno 8th round pick in 1991 - Tomas Kucharcik
January 12, 1991	To Vancouver Canucks Tom Kurvers	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brian Bradley
January 16, 1991	To Washington Capitals Al Iafrate	To Toronto Maple Leafs Peter Zezel Bob Rouse
January 22, 1991	To Vancouver Canucks Brian Blad	To Toronto Maple Leafs Todd Hawkins
January 24, 1991	To Washington Capitals Paul Fenton John Kordic	To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th round pick in 1991 - Alexei Kudashov
February 4, 1991	To Detroit Red Wings Brad Marsh	To Toronto Maple Leafs 8th round pick in 1991 - Robb McIntyre
March 5, 1991	To Detroit Red Wings Allan Bester	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th round pick in 1991 - Alexander Kuzminski
March 5, 1991	To Washington Capitals Bobby Reynolds	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rob Mendel
March 5, 1991	To St. Louis Blues Darren Veitch	To Toronto Maple Leafs Keith Osborne
March 5, 1991	To Quebec Nordiques 8th round pick in 1991 - Aaron Asp	To Toronto Maple Leafs Compensation of waiver claim for Claude Loiselle

Waivers

March 5, 1991

From Quebec Nordiques Claude Loiselle

Free agents

Player Former Team Mike Millar Boston Bruins

Player New Team Rick Lanz Chicago Blackhawks

Awards and records

• Peter Ing, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
• Dave Reid, NHL leader, 8 shorthanded goals

Milestones

  Player is still active or individual record

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Peter Zezel	150th NHL Goal	-

Farm team

• The Toronto Maple Leafs farm team was the Newmarket Saints and they were affiliated in the American Hockey League. The Saints had 26 wins, 45 losses and 9 ties. They finished 8th in the South Division and failed to qualify for the playoffs. It would be the Saints final year in Newmarket, Ontario. The franchise relocated to St. John's, Newfoundland.

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
• Game log at Database Hockey