League: | NHL |
Season: | 1991–92 |
Year: | 1991 |
Team: | Philadelphia Flyers |
Conferencerank: | 8th |
Divisionrank: | 6th |
Record: | 32–37–11 |
Homerecord: | 22–11–7 |
Roadrecord: | 10–26–4 |
Goalsfor: | 252 (17th) |
Goalsagainst: | 273 (9th) |
Captain: | Rick Tocchet (Oct.–Feb.) Vacant (Feb.–Apr.) |
Altcaptain: | Terry Carkner Kevin Dineen Unknown |
Attendance: | 17,140[1] |
Goalsleader: | Rod Brind'Amour (33) |
Assistsleader: | Rod Brind'Amour (44) |
Pointsleader: | Rod Brind'Amour (77) |
Pimleader: | Terry Carkner (195) |
Plusminusleader: | Mark Howe (+18) |
Winsleader: | Ron Hextall (16) |
Gaaleader: | 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.[2] As the Flyers continued to flounder, Paul Holmgren was fired in December and replaced by Bill Dineen, father of Flyer Kevin Dineen. 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.
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).[3]
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1 || October 4 || @ Washington Capitals || 2–5 || 0–1–0 || 0 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 2 || October 6 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–2 OT || 0–1–1 || 1 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || October 10 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–6 || 0–2–1 || 1 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 4 || October 12 || @ New York Islanders || 4–5 || 0–3–1 || 1 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 5 || October 13 || New Jersey Devils || 4–2 || 1–3–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 6 || October 17 || Quebec Nordiques || 5–3 || 2–3–1 || 5 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 7 || October 19 || Montreal Canadiens || 0–1 || 2–4–1 || 5 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 8 || October 24 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 5–2 || 3–4–1 || 7 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 9 || October 25 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 0–2 || 3–5–1 || 7 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 10 || October 31 || San Jose Sharks || 5–2 || 4–5–1 || 9 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11 || November 2 || New York Rangers || 2–4 || 4–6–1 || 9 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 12 || November 5 || @ St. Louis Blues || 4–3 || 5–6–1 || 11 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 13 || November 7 || Buffalo Sabres || 5–2 || 6–6–1 || 13 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 14 || November 8 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 3–4 OT || 6–7–1 || 13 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 15 || November 12 || @ New Jersey Devils || 2–5 || 6–8–1 || 13 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 16 || November 14 || Edmonton Oilers || 3–1 || 7–8–1 || 15 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 17 || November 16 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 8–8–1 || 17 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 18 || November 17 || Winnipeg Jets || 1–2 || 8–9–1 || 17 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 19 || November 20 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–5 || 8–10–1 || 17 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 20 || November 23 || New Jersey Devils || 5–5 OT || 8–10–2 || 18 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 21 || November 27 || Hartford Whalers || 3–7 || 8–11–2 || 18 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 22 || November 29 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–9 || 8–12–2 || 18 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 23 || November 30 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–5 || 8–13–2 || 18 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24 || December 2 || @ New York Rangers || 2–4 || 8–14–2 || 18 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 25 || December 5 || Washington Capitals || 3–6 || 8–15–2 || 18 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 26 || December 7 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 9–15–2 || 20 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 27 || December 8 || New Jersey Devils || 2–2 OT || 9–15–3 || 21 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 28 || December 12 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–1 OT || 9–15–4 || 22 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 29 || December 14 || Chicago Blackhawks || 1–1 OT || 9–15–5 || 23 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 30 || December 15 || @ Chicago Blackhawks || 4–4 OT || 9–15–6 || 24 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 31 || December 18 || @ New York Rangers || 3–6 || 9–16–6 || 24 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 32 || December 19 || New York Islanders || 6–2 || 10–16–6 || 26 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 33 || December 21 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 3–0 || 11–16–6 || 28 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 34 || December 22 || Washington Capitals || 4–3 OT || 12–16–6 || 30 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 35 || December 27 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 1–1 OT || 12–16–7 || 31 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 36 || December 28 || @ Calgary Flames || 1–5 || 12–17–7 || 31 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 37 || January 3 || @ San Jose Sharks || 1–3 || 12–18–7 || 31 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 38 || January 4 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 3–7 || 12–19–7 || 31 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 39 || January 7 || Buffalo Sabres || 5–5 OT || 12–19–8 || 32 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 40 || January 9 || Los Angeles Kings || 5–2 || 13–19–8 || 34 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 41 || January 11 || @ Boston Bruins || 1–5 || 13–20–8 || 34 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 42 || January 12 || New York Islanders || 4–3 || 14–20–8 || 36 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 43 || January 14 || Chicago Blackhawks || 1–1 OT || 14–20–9 || 37 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 44 || January 16 || @ New York Islanders || 3–4 || 14–21–9 || 37 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 45 || January 21 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–7 || 14–22–9 || 37 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 46 || January 23 || Winnipeg Jets || 0–1 || 14–23–9 || 37 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 47 || January 25 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–6 || 14–24–9 || 37 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 48 || January 28 || Washington Capitals || 3–2 || 15–24–9 || 39 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 49 || January 30 || Minnesota North Stars || 5–3 || 16–24–9 || 41 || |-|- style="background:#ffc;"| 50 || February 1 || @ New York Islanders || 5–5 OT || 16–24–10 || 42 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 51 || February 2 || St. Louis Blues || 5–1 || 17–24–10 || 44 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 52 || February 4 || @ New Jersey Devils || 1–3 || 17–25–10 || 44 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 53 || February 6 || Boston Bruins || 5–1 || 18–25–10 || 46 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 54 || February 8 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 3–0 || 19–25–10 || 48 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 55 || February 13 || Quebec Nordiques || 3–2 || 20–25–10 || 50 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 56 || February 15 || Edmonton Oilers || 8–5 || 21–25–10 || 52 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 57 || February 16 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–3 OT || 21–25–11 || 53 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 58 || February 18 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3–4 OT || 21–26–11 || 53 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 59 || February 22 || @ Washington Capitals || 5–7 || 21–27–11 || 53 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 60 || February 23 || @ New York Rangers || 1–2 OT || 21–28–11 || 53 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 61 || February 25 || New York Islanders || 4–1 || 22–28–11 || 55 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 62 || February 27 || @ Calgary Flames || 3–0 || 23–28–11 || 57 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 63 || February 28 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 2–4 || 23–29–11 || 57 || |-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 64 || March 1 || @ San Jose Sharks || 1–0 || 24–29–11 || 59 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 65 || March 3 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 1–4 || 24–30–11 || 59 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 66 || March 7 || New York Rangers || 5–4 || 25–30–11 || 61 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 67 || March 8 || Vancouver Canucks || 3–7 || 25–31–11 || 61 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 68 || March 10 || @ New York Islanders || 2–5 || 25–32–11 || 61 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 69 || March 12 || Calgary Flames || 5–4 OT || 26–32–11 || 63 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 70 || March 14 || Washington Capitals || 3–1 || 27–32–11 || 65 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 71 || March 18 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–3 || 28–32–11 || 67 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 72 || March 20 || @ Washington Capitals || 7–6 || 29–32–11 || 69 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 73 || March 22 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–3 || 30–32–11 || 71 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 74 || March 24 || New York Rangers || 3–4 || 30–33–11 || 71 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 75 || March 25 || @ New York Rangers || 1–4 || 30–34–11 || 71 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 76 || March 29 || New Jersey Devils || 5–4 || 31–34–11 || 73 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 77 || March 31 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–6 || 31–35–11 || 73 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 78 || April 12 || @ Hartford Whalers || 2–4 || 31–36–11 || 73 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 79 || April 13 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–2 || 32–36–11 || 75 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 80 || April 15 || Hartford Whalers || 3–4 OT || 32–37–11 || 75 || |-|-| Legend:
Regular season | |||||||||
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Player | |||||||||
17 | C | 80 | 33 | 44 | 77 | −3 | 100 | ||
20 | RW | 64 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 1 | 130 | ||
18 | C | 78 | 20 | 36 | 56 | −10 | 93 | ||
28 | D | 78 | 18 | 38 | 56 | −7 | 86 | ||
14 | LW | 58 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 22 | ||
10 | C | 67 | 11 | 26 | 37 | −13 | 26 | ||
5 | D | 60 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 41 | ||
23 | RW | 57 | 14 | 16 | 30 | −6 | 26 | ||
22 | RW | 42 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 102 | ||
8 | RW | 22 | 10 | 17 | 27 | −5 | 18 | ||
2 | D | 42 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 18 | ||
9 | LW | 51 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 4 | ||
40 | LW | 58 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −2 | 187 | ||
3 | D | 39 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 34 | ||
25 | C | 50 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −4 | 98 | ||
47 | LW | 48 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −2 | 44 | ||
29 | D | 73 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −14 | 195 | ||
19 | D | 22 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −9 | 35 | ||
37 | LW | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −1 | 18 | ||
28 | D | 54 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 76 | ||
46 | C | 31 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 74 | ||
3 | D | 31 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −4 | 33 | ||
44 | D | 25 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −14 | 20 | ||
21 | RW | 70 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −11 | 81 | ||
32 | C | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||
15 | C | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 10 | ||
15 | LW | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −5 | 18 | ||
43 | LW | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −9 | 51 | ||
6 | D | 46 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 126 | ||
11 | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
27 | G | 45 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 35 | |||
14 | C | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 4 | ||
35 | G | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
24 | LW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
36 | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
26 | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | ||
33 | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
24 | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
66 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
42 | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
48 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Regular season | |||||||||||||
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Player | |||||||||||||
27 | 45 | 43 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1294 | 151 | 3.40 | .883 | 3 | 2,668 | ||
35 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 557 | 75 | 3.57 | .865 | 0 | 1,259 | ||
33 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 437 | 40 | 2.60 | .908 | 1 | 922 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
League (annual) | NHL second All-Star team | Mark Recchi (Right wing) | [4] |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Rod Brind'Amour | [5] |
Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Steve Duchesne | [6] |
Bobby Clarke Trophy | Rod Brind'Amour | ||
Class Guy Award | Kevin Dineen |
See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records.
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.[7] The Flyers 26 road losses is a single season franchise high.[8]
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).[9] [10] [11] He also holds the same playoff marks for assists (45) and points (53).[12] [13]
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.[14]
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 | [15] | |
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 | ||
July 29, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Flyers choice of a 1992 or 1993 draft pick | To Toronto Maple Leafs Rights to Mike Bullard | [16] | |
August 5, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations | To New York Rangers Shaun Sabol | [17] | |
August 8, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations | To New York Rangers Don Biggs | [18] | |
September 22, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Rod Brind'Amour Dan Quinn | To St. Louis Blues Murray Baron Ron Sutter | [19] | |
November 13, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Kevin Dineen | To Hartford Whalers Murray Craven 4th-round pick in 1992 | [20] | |
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 | [21] | |
February 7, 1992 | To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan McGill | To Chicago Blackhawks Tony Horacek | [22] | |
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 | [23] | |
February 27, 1992 | To Philadelphia Flyers Moe Mantha | To Winnipeg Jets Future considerations | [24] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref | |
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2-year | Free agency | [25] | ||||
Free agency | [26] |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref | |
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[27] [28] | |||||
Free agency | [29] | ||||
Buyout | |||||
Buyout | [30] | ||||
Waivers | [31] | ||||
Vålerenga Ishockey (Norway) | Buyout | [32] |
Date | Player | Term | Ref | |
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[33] | ||||
[34] | ||||
[35] | ||||
1-year |
See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks.
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 | |
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1 | 6 | Peter Forsberg | Center | Modo Hockey (Elitserien) | |||
3 | 50 | Yanick Dupre | Left wing | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) | |||
4 | 86 | Aris Brimanis | Defense | Bowling Green State University (CCHA) | |||
5 | 94 | Yanick Degrace | Goaltender | Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL) | |||
6 | 116 | Clayton Norris | Right wing | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | |||
6 | 122 | Dmitri Yushkevich | Defense | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Soviet Union) | |||
7 | 138 | Andrei Lomakin | Left wing | Dynamo Moscow (Soviet Union) | |||
9 | 182 | Jim Bode | Left wing | Robbinsdale Armstrong High School (USHS-MN) | |||
10 | 204 | Josh Bartell | Defense | Rome Free Academy (USHS-NY) | |||
11 | 226 | Neil Little | Goaltender | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC) | |||
12 | 248 | John Parco | Center | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
Philadelphia's picks at the 1991 NHL Supplemental Draft.[38] [39]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) | |
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1 | 6 | Angelo Libertucci | Goaltender | Bowling Green State University (CCHA) | ||
2 | 12 | Brendan Locke | Right wing | Merrimack College (Hockey East) |
The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League.[40] [41]