1991–92 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Division | 6th Patrick |
Conference | 8th Wales |
1991–92 record | 32–37–11 |
Home record | 22–11–7 |
Road record | 10–26–4 |
Goals for | 252 (17th) |
Goals against | 273 (9th) |
Team information | |
President | Jay Snider |
General manager | Russ Farwell |
Coach |
Paul Holmgren (fired)
[a] Bill Dineen [a] |
Captain |
Rick Tocchet (Oct.–Feb.)
[b] Vacant (Feb.–Apr.) |
Alternate captains |
Terry Carkner Kevin Dineen Unknown (Feb.–present) |
Arena | Spectrum |
Average attendance | 17,140 [2] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Hershey Bears |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Rod Brind'Amour (33) |
Assists | Rod Brind'Amour (44) |
Points | Rod Brind'Amour (77) |
Penalty minutes | Terry Carkner (195) |
Plus/minus | Mark Howe (+18) |
Wins | Ron Hextall (16) |
Goals against average | Dominic Roussel (2.60) |
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.
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]
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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New York Rangers | 80 | 50 | 25 | 5 | 321 | 246 | 105 |
Washington Capitals | 80 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 330 | 257 | 98 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 39 | 32 | 9 | 343 | 308 | 87 |
New Jersey Devils | 80 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 289 | 259 | 87 |
New York Islanders | 80 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 291 | 299 | 79 |
Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 252 | 273 | 75 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – New York Rangers | PAT | 80 | 50 | 25 | 5 | 321 | 246 | 105 |
2 | Washington Capitals | PAT | 80 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 330 | 257 | 98 |
3 | Montreal Canadiens | ADM | 80 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 267 | 207 | 93 |
4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | PAT | 80 | 39 | 32 | 9 | 343 | 308 | 87 |
5 | New Jersey Devils | PAT | 80 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 289 | 259 | 87 |
6 | Boston Bruins | ADM | 80 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 270 | 275 | 84 |
7 | New York Islanders | PAT | 80 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 291 | 299 | 79 |
8 | Philadelphia Flyers | PAT | 80 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 252 | 273 | 75 |
9 | Buffalo Sabres | ADM | 80 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 289 | 299 | 74 |
10 | Hartford Whalers | ADM | 80 | 26 | 41 | 13 | 247 | 283 | 65 |
11 | Quebec Nordiques | ADM | 80 | 20 | 48 | 12 | 255 | 318 | 52 |
Divisions: ADM – Adams, PAT – Patrick
p – Clinched
Presidents' Trophy
bold – Qualified for playoffs
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October: 4–5–1, 9 points (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–3–1)
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November: 4–8–1, 9 points (home: 2–4–1; road: 2–4–0)
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December: 4–4–5, 13 points (home: 2–1–3; road: 2–3–2)
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January: 4–7–2, 10 points (home: 4–1–2; road: 0–6–0)
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February: 7–5–2, 16 points (home: 5–0–1; road: 2–5–1)
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March: 8–6–0, 16 points (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–4–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
17 | Rod Brind'Amour | C | 80 | 33 | 44 | 77 | −3 | 100 |
20 | Kevin Dineen† | RW | 64 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 1 | 130 |
18 | Mike Ricci | C | 78 | 20 | 36 | 56 | −10 | 93 |
28 [c] | Steve Duchesne | D | 78 | 18 | 38 | 56 | −7 | 86 |
14 [d] | Mark Pederson | LW | 58 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 22 |
10 [e] | Dan Quinn | C | 67 | 11 | 26 | 37 | −13 | 26 |
5 | Kerry Huffman | D | 60 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 41 |
23 | Andrei Lomakin | RW | 57 | 14 | 16 | 30 | −6 | 26 |
22 | Rick Tocchet‡ | RW | 42 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 102 |
8 | Mark Recchi† | RW | 22 | 10 | 17 | 27 | −5 | 18 |
2 | Mark Howe | D | 42 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 18 |
9 | Pelle Eklund | LW | 51 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 4 |
40 | Claude Boivin | LW | 58 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −2 | 187 |
3 | Garry Galley† | D | 39 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 34 |
25 | Keith Acton | C | 50 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −4 | 98 |
47 | Brad Jones | LW | 48 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −2 | 44 |
29 | Terry Carkner | D | 73 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −14 | 195 |
19 | Brian Benning† | D | 22 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −9 | 35 |
37 | Mark Freer | LW | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −1 | 18 |
28 | Kjell Samuelsson‡ | D | 54 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 76 |
46 | Al Conroy | C | 31 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 74 |
3 | Gord Murphy‡ | D | 31 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −4 | 33 |
44 | Corey Foster | D | 25 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −14 | 20 |
21 | Dave Brown | RW | 70 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −11 | 81 |
32 | Murray Craven‡ | C | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
15 [f] | Dale Kushner | LW | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −5 | 18 |
15 | Steve Kasper | C | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 10 |
6 | Dan Kordic | D | 46 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 126 |
43 | Tony Horacek‡ | LW | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −9 | 51 |
11 | Jiri Latal‡ | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
27 | Ron Hextall | G | 45 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 35 | |
14 [g] | Kimbi Daniels | C | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
35 | Ken Wregget‡ | G | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
24 | Pat Murray | LW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
36 | Wes Walz† | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
33 | Dominic Roussel | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
26 | Martin Hostak | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
42 | Moe Mantha† | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
24 | Rod Dallman | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
14 | Chris Jensen | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
66 | Yanick Dupre | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
48 | Reid Simpson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
27 | Ron Hextall | 45 | 43 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1294 | 151 | 3.40 | .883 | 3 | 2,667:43 |
35 | Ken Wregget‡ | 23 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 557 | 75 | 3.57 | .865 | 0 | 1,259:15 |
33 | Dominic Roussel | 17 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 437 | 40 | 2.60 | .908 | 1 | 922:18 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL second All-Star team | Mark Recchi ( Right wing) | [8] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Rod Brind'Amour | [9] |
Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Steve Duchesne | [10] |
Bobby Clarke Trophy | Rod Brind'Amour | [10] | |
Class Guy Award | Kevin Dineen | [10] |
Among the team records set during the 1991–92 season was a four-game tie streak from December 8 to December 15, tying a team record dating back to the 1968–69 season. [11] The Flyers 26 road losses is a single season franchise high. [12]
The 1991–92 season was Mark Howe’s tenth and final season with the Flyers. Howe holds the regular season career marks among Flyers defensemen for goals (138), assists (342), and points (480). [13] [14] [15] He also holds the same playoff marks for assists (45) and points (53). [16] [17]
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. [18]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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May 30, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Dave Brown Corey Foster Rights to Jari Kurri |
To
Edmonton Oilers Craig Berube Craig Fisher Scott Mellanby |
[19] |
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 |
[19] |
July 29, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Flyers choice of a 1992 or 1993 draft pick [h] |
To
Toronto Maple Leafs Rights to Mike Bullard |
[20] |
August 5, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations |
To
New York Rangers Shaun Sabol |
[21] |
August 8, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations |
To New York Rangers Don Biggs |
[22] |
September 22, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Rod Brind'Amour Dan Quinn |
To
St. Louis Blues Murray Baron Ron Sutter |
[23] |
November 13, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Kevin Dineen |
To
Hartford Whalers Murray Craven 4th-round pick in 1992 |
[24] |
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 |
[25] |
February 7, 1992 | To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan McGill |
To
Chicago Blackhawks Tony Horacek |
[26] |
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 [i] |
[27] |
February 27, 1992 | To Philadelphia Flyers Moe Mantha |
To
Winnipeg Jets Future considerations |
[28] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 6, 1991 | Brad Jones | Los Angeles Kings | 2-year | Free agency | [29] |
August 21, 1991 | Al Conroy | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency | [30] |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref |
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May 30, 1991 | Tim Kerr | San Jose Sharks | Expansion draft | [19] [31] [32] |
August 12, 1991 | Scott Sandelin | Minnesota North Stars | Free agency | [33] |
September 26, 1991 | Pete Peeters [j] | Buyout | [35] | |
October 3, 1991 | Normand Lacombe | Canadian National Team [k] | Buyout | [37] |
October 26, 1991 | Derrick Smith | Minnesota North Stars | Waivers | [38] |
February 3, 1992 | Jiri Latal | Vålerenga Ishockey ( Norway) [l] | Buyout | [40] |
Date | Player | Term | Ref |
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August 7, 1991 | Jamie Cooke | [41] | |
Kimbi Daniels | [41] | ||
September 25, 1991 | Yanick Dupre | [35] | |
October 3, 1991 | Andrei Lomakin | [42] | |
November 1991 | Ken Wregget | 1-year [m] | [24] |
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. [43] The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 28th overall, to the Montreal Canadiens for Mark Pederson on March 5, 1991. [44] 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. [44]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) | Notes |
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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) | [n] |
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) | [o] |
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) |
Philadelphia's picks at the 1991 NHL Supplemental Draft. [45] [46]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
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1 | 6 | Angelo Libertucci | Goaltender | Canada | Bowling Green State University (CCHA) |
2 | 12 | Brendan Locke | Right wing | United States | Merrimack College ( Hockey East) |
The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. [47] [48]