1990–91 Calgary Flames season

1990–91 Calgary Flames
1990–91 Calgary Flames
Division	2nd Smythe
Conference	4th Campbell
1990–91 record	46–26–8
Home record	29–8–3
Road record	17–18–5
Goals for	344 (1st)
Goals against	263 (6th)
Team information
General manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Doug Risebrough
Captain	Rotating
Alternate captains	Rotating
Arena	Olympic Saddledome
Average attendance	19,986
Team leaders
Goals	Theoren Fleury (51)
Assists	Al MacInnis (75)
Points	Theoren Fleury (104)
Penalty minutes	Gary Roberts (252)
Wins	Mike Vernon (31)
Goals against average	Rick Wamsley (3.05)
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Calgary Flames season was the 11th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The Flames entered the season with a new coach, as they replaced Terry Crisp with Doug Risebrough. Crisp coached 277 games with the Flames over three years, and his .669 regular season winning percentage remains a Flames record.^[1]

The Los Angeles Kings ended the Flames three-year run at the top of the Smythe Division standings, finishing two points ahead of Calgary. The Flames finished 4th overall in the NHL^[2] Calgary's 344 goals led the NHL, the second time the Flames led the league in scoring. In the playoffs, Calgary met the defending champion Edmonton Oilers in the first round. Despite finishing 20 points ahead of Edmonton, the Flames fell to the Oilers in seven games.

Four Flames represented the Campbell Conference at the 1991 All-Star Game: forward Theoren Fleury, defencemen Al MacInnis and Gary Suter and goaltender Mike Vernon. Additionally, MacInnis was named to the first All-Star team for the second season in a row.^[3]

Fleury's 51 goals tied him for 2nd in league scoring, behind Brett Hull's 86. Fleury (104) and MacInnis (103) placed 8th and 9th respectively in league point scoring, with MacInnis leading the league in scoring by a defenceman. MacInnis also placed 3rd in the league in assists.^[4]

In an 8-4 Flames' road win over the St. Louis Blues on March 9, 1991, Theoren Fleury scored three short-handed goals.^[5]

Regular season

For the second consecutive season, the Flames led the league in scoring (344 goals for), power-play goals scored (91: tied with the New York Rangers) and power-play percentage, with 23.70% (91 for 384).^[6]

Season standings

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Los Angeles Kings	80	46	24	10	340	254	102
Calgary Flames	80	46	26	8	344	263	100
Edmonton Oilers	80	37	37	6	272	272	80
Vancouver Canucks	80	28	43	9	243	315	65
Winnipeg Jets	80	26	43	11	260	288	63

^[7]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.

Campbell Conference^[8]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Chicago Blackhawks	NRS	80	49	23	8	284	211	106
2	St. Louis Blues	NRS	80	47	22	11	310	250	105
3	Los Angeles Kings	SMY	80	46	24	10	340	254	102
4	Calgary Flames	SMY	80	46	26	8	344	263	100
5	Edmonton Oilers	SMY	80	37	37	6	272	272	80
6	Detroit Red Wings	NRS	80	34	38	8	273	298	76
7	Minnesota North Stars	NRS	80	27	39	14	256	266	68
8	Vancouver Canucks	SMY	80	28	43	9	243	315	65
9	Winnipeg Jets	SMY	80	26	43	11	260	288	63
10	Toronto Maple Leafs	NRS	80	23	46	11	241	318	57

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

1990–91 Game Log

October: 9–4–0 (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
1	[October 4	Vancouver	2 – 3	Calgary	OT	1–0–0	2
2	October 6	Toronto	1 – 4	Calgary		2–0–0	4
3	October 8	Calgary	4 – 3	Winnipeg		3–0–0	6
4	October 10	Calgary	5 – 6	Detroit	OT	3–1–0	6
5	October 13	Calgary	3 – 5	New Jersey		3–2–0	6
6	October 14	Calgary	3 – 1	Chicago		4–2–0	8
7	October 18	St. Louis Blues	4 – 3	Calgary		4–3–0	8
8	October 20	Boston	1 – 8	Calgary		5–3–0	10
9	October 21	Calgary	2 – 1	Edmonton		6–3–0	12
10	October 23	Calgary	4 – 6	Los Angeles		6–4–0	12
11	October 25	Edmonton	2 – 4	Calgary		7–4–0	14
12	October 27	Washington	4 – 9	Calgary		8–4–0	16
13	October 30	New Jersey	3 – 6	Calgary		9–4–0	18

November: 5–5–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 3–3–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
14	November 1	Winnipeg	1 – 3	Calgary		10–4–0	20
15	November 3	Calgary	7 – 3	Toronto		11–4–0	22
16	November 4	Calgary	1 – 2	Buffalo		11–5–0	22
17	November 6	Calgary	5 – 6	Pittsburgh		11–6–0	22
18	November 8	Calgary	8 – 2	Philadelphia		12–6–0	24
19	November 10	Calgary	1 – 5	NY Islanders		12–7–0	24
20	November 11	Calgary	4 – 4	NY Rangers	OT	12–7–1	25
21	November 15	NY Islanders	4 – 3	Calgary	OT	12–8–1	25
22	November 17	Buffalo	3 – 3	Calgary	OT	12–8–2	26
23	November 19	Calgary	6 – 4	Vancouver		13–8–2	28
24	November 22	Los Angeles	3 – 6	Calgary		14–8–2	30
25	November 24	Chicago	5 – 3	Calgary		14–9–2	30
26	November 28	Calgary	2 – 2	Winnipeg	OT	14–9–3	31

December: 8–5–1 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 5–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
27	December 1	Calgary	5 – 3	Montreal		15–9–3	33
28	December 2	Calgary	5 – 5	Quebec	OT	15–9–4	34
29	December 5	NY Rangers	1 – 4	Calgary		16–9–4	36
30	December 7	Quebec	5 – 3	Calgary		16–10–4	36
31	December 9	Calgary	3 – 2	Edmonton		17–10–4	38
32	December 11	Calgary	5 – 4	Minnesota		18–10–4	40
33	December 13	Calgary	4 – 1	Winnipeg		19–10–4	42
34	December 16	Calgary	5 – 1	Vancouver		20–10–4	44
35	December 18	Vancouver	3 – 2	Calgary		20–11–4	44
36	December 20	Los Angeles	4 – 3	Calgary	OT	20–12–4	44
37	December 22	Edmonton	6 – 2	Calgary		20–13–4	44
38	December 27	Calgary	1 – 4	Edmonton		20–14–4	44
39	December 29	Hartford	2 – 8	Calgary		21–14–4	46
40	December 31	Montreal	2 – 7	Calgary		22–14–4	48

January: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 2–6–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
41	January 2	Calgary	3 – 3	Winnipeg	OT	22–14–5	49
42	January 5	Detroit	0 – 7	Calgary		23–14–5	51
43	January 8	Calgary	5 – 3	Toronto		24–14–5	53
44	January 10	Calgary	1 – 5	Pittsburgh		24–15–5	53
45	January 11	Calgary	2 – 4	Washington		24–16–5	53
46	January 13	Calgary	3 – 4	Winnipeg		24–17–5	53
47	January 15	Winnipeg	5 – 7	Calgary		25–17–5	55
48	January 22	Calgary	3 – 4	Philadelphia		25–18–5	55
49	January 23	Calgary	4 – 5	Hartford		25–19–5	55
50	January 26	Calgary	2 – 5	Boston		25–20–5	55
51	January 27	Calgary	5 – 4	Buffalo		26–20–5	57
52	January 30	NY Rangers	1 – 5	Calgary		27–20–5	59

February: 8–2–2 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
53	February 2	Chicago	1 – 3	Calgary		28–20–5	61
54	February 5	Calgary	1 – 2	New Jersey		28–21–5	61
55	February 7	Calgary	4 – 1	Boston		29–21–5	63
56	February 9	Calgary	5 – 2	Hartford		30–21–5	65
57	February 12	Calgary	4 – 4	Los Angeles	OT	30–21–6	66
58	February 15	Washington	2 – 8	Calgary		31–21–6	68
59	February 17	St. Louis	4 – 7	Calgary		32–21–6	70
60	February 19	Detroit	4 – 4	Calgary	OT	32–21–7	71
61	February 21	Vancouver	4 – 6	Calgary		33–21–7	73
62	February 23	Quebec	8 – 10	Calgary		34–21–7	75
63	February 25	Calgary	2 – 4	Vancouver		34–22–7	75
64	February 27	Edmonton	2 – 4	Calgary		35–22–7	77

March: 11–4–1 (Home: 9–1–1; Road: 2–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
65	March 1	Pittsburgh	2 – 6	Calgary		36–22–7	79
66	March 2	Minnesota	1 – 5	Calgary		37–22–7	81
67	March 4	Montreal	2 – 3	Calgary	OT	38–22–7	83
68	March 7	Philadelphia	2 – 4	Calgary		39–22–7	85
69	March 9	Calgary	8 – 4	St. Louis		40–22–7	87
70	March 10	Calgary	3 – 7	Minnesota		40–23–7	87
71	March 12	Winnipeg	3 – 5	Calgary		41–23–7	89
72	March 14	NY Islanders	2 – 4	Calgary		42–23–7	91
73	March 16	Los Angeles	4 – 3	Calgary		42–24–7	91
74	March 18	Winnipeg	3 – 4	Calgary	OT	43–24–7	93
75	March 20	Calgary	3 – 2	Vancouver		44–24–7	95
76	March 23	Calgary	4 – 8	Los Angeles		44–25–7	95
77	March 26	Vancouver	2 – 7	Calgary		45–25–7	97
78	March 28	Edmonton	4 – 4	Calgary		45–25–8	98
79	March 29	Calgary	5 – 6	Edmonton	OT	45–26–8	98
80	March 31	Los Angeles	3 – 5	Calgary		46–26–8	100

Playoffs

The Flames met their arch-rivals, the defending Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the playoffs. Despite finishing 20 points ahead of Edmonton in the regular season, the Flames fell to the Oilers in seven games. Calgary's game six victory featured Theoren Fleury's memorable dash down the length of the ice following his overtime winning goal. It was the last time the rivals met in the playoffs, until 2022.

1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Smythe Division semi-final vs. Edmonton
Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Series
1	April 4	Edmonton	3 – 1	Calgary		20,176	Edmonton leads 1–0
2	April 6	Edmonton	1 – 3	Calgary		20,176	Series tied 1–1
3	April 8	Calgary	3 – 4	Edmonton		17,242	Edmonton leads 2–1
4	April 10	Calgary	2 – 5	Edmonton		17,503	Edmonton leads 3–1
5	April 12	Edmonton	3 – 5	Calgary		20,176	Edmonton leads 3–2
6	April 14	Calgary	2 – 1	Edmonton	OT	17,503	Series tied 3–3
7	April 16	Edmonton	5 – 4	Calgary	OT	20,176	Edmonton wins 4–3

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Theoren Fleury	14	79	51	53	104	136	7	2	5	7	14
Al MacInnis	2	78	28	75	103	90	7	2	3	5	8
Joe Nieuwendyk	25	79	45	40	85	36	7	4	1	5	10
Doug Gilmour	39	78	20	61	81	144	7	1	1	2	0
Sergei Makarov	42	78	30	49	79	44	3	1	0	1	0
Gary Suter	20	79	12	58	70	102	7	1	6	7	12
Gary Roberts	10	80	22	31	53	252	7	1	3	4	18
Robert Reichel	26	66	19	22	41	22	6	1	1	2	0
Joel Otto	29	76	19	20	39	183	7	1	2	3	8
Stephane Matteau	23	78	15	19	34	93	5	0	1	1	0
Paul Ranheim	28	39	14	16	30	4	7	2	2	4	0
Brian MacLellan	27	57	13	14	27	55	1	0	0	0	0
Mark Hunter^‡	22	57	10	15	25	125	-	-	-	-	-
Jamie Macoun	34	79	7	15	22	83	7	0	1	1	4
Frank Musil^†	3	67	7	14	21	160	7	0	0	0	10
Ric Nattress	6	58	5	13	18	63	7	1	0	1	2
Roger Johansson	21	38	4	13	17	47	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Sweeney	7	42	7	9	16	8	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Fenton^†	12	31	5	7	12	10	5	0	0	0	2
Jim Kyte^†	4	42	0	9	9	69	7	1	3	4	14
Tim Hunter	19	34	5	2	7	142	7	0	0	0	10
Sergei Priakin	16	24	1	6	7	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Stern^†	22	13	1	3	4	69	7	1	3	4	14
Ken Sabourin^‡	55	16	1	3	4	36	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Vernon	30	54	0	4	4	8	7	0	0	0	0
Jiri Hrdina^‡	17	14	0	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-
Martin Simard	38	16	0	2	2	53	-	-	-	-	-
Dana Murzyn	5	19	0	2	2	30	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Lessard	32	1	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Wamsley	31	29	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Steve Guenette	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Kruse	18	1	0	0	0	7	-	-	-	-	-
Kevan Guy^†	5	4	0	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-
Marc Bureau	33	5	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
Colin Patterson	11	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
^‡Traded mid-season

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season								Playoffs
Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Rick Wamsley	31	29	1670	14	7	5	85	0	3.05	1	2	0	0	1	0	30.00
Mike Vernon	30	54	3121	31	19	3	172	1	3.31	7	427	3	4	21	0	2.95
Steve Guenette	1	1	60	1	0	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1990–91 season.

Trades

October 26, 1990	To Calgary Flames Frank Musil	To Minnesota North Stars Brian Glynn
December 13, 1990	To Calgary Flames Jim Kyte	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jiri Hrdina
January 24, 1991	To Calgary Flames Paul Fenton	To Washington Capitals Ken Sabourin
March 5, 1991	To Calgary Flames Carey Wilson	To Hartford Whalers Mark Hunter
March 5, 1991	To Calgary Flames Ron Stern Kevan Guy Future Considerations	To Vancouver Canucks Dana Murzyn

Free Agents

Player	Former team

Player	New team

Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, held in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[9]

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	11	Trevor Kidd	Canada	G	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	387	140–162–52, 2.84GAA
2	26	Nicolas Perreault	Canada	D	N/A
2	32	Vesa Viitakoski	Finland	LW	SaiPa (FNL)	23	2	4	6	8
2	41	Etienne Belzile	Canada	D	Cornell University (ECAC)
3	62	Glen Mears	United States	D	Rochester Mustangs (USHL)
4	83	Paul Kruse	Canada	LW	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)	423	38	33	71	1074
6	125	Chris Tschupp	United States	LW	N/A
7	146	Dmitri Frolov	Soviet Union	D	Dynamo Moscow (USSR)
8	167	Shawn Murray	United States	G	N/A
9	188	Michael Murray	United States	RW	N/A
10	209	Rob Sumner	Canada	D	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
12	251	Leo Gudas	Czechoslovakia	D	N/A
S	25	Lyle Wildgoose	Canada	LW	N/A

References

Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 121
Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 138
Team standings: 1990–91 NHL standings @hockeydb.com
Trades: Individual player pages at hockeydb.com

^ Head Coaches, 2006–07 Calgary Flames media guide, pg. 103
^ 1990–91 season, 2006–07 Calgary Flames media guide, pg. 121
^ All-Stars, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg. 22
^ 1990–91 league leaders, hockeydb.com
^ "Calgary Flames at St. Louis Blues Box Score — March 9, 1991".
^ "1990-91 NHL Summary".
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1990-1991 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
^ Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed May 16, 2007

[1] Head Coaches, 2006–07 Calgary Flames media guide, pg. 103

[2] 1990–91 season, 2006–07 Calgary Flames media guide, pg. 121

[3] All-Stars, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg. 22

[4] 1990–91 league leaders, hockeydb.com

[5] "Calgary Flames at St. Louis Blues Box Score — March 9, 1991".

[6] "1990-91 NHL Summary".

[nhl-gd-standings-7] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.

[8] "1990-1991 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[9] Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed May 16, 2007

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