1990–91 Calgary Flames season

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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)
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)
Penalties in minutes	Gary Roberts (252)
Wins	Mike Vernon (31)
Goals against average	Rick Wamsley (3.05)

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: Forwards Theoren Fleury and Gary Suter, defenceman Al MacInnis and goaltender Mike Vernon. Additionally, MacInnis was named to the NHL's 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]

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

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

[edit] Game log

[edit] October

Overall: 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

[edit] November

Overall: 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

[edit] December

Overall: 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

[edit] January

Overall: 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

[edit] February

Overall: 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

[edit] March

Overall: 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

[edit] 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.

As of 2008, it was the last time the two rivals met in the playoffs.

[edit] Round 1: Calgary vs Edmonton

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 4	Edmonton	3 – 1	Calgary		Edmonton leads 1–0
2	April 6	Edmonton	1 – 3	Calgary		Series tied 1–1
3	April 8	Calgary	3 – 4	Edmonton		Edmonton leads 2–1
4	April 10	Calgary	2 – 5	Edmonton		Edmonton leads 3–1
5	April 12	Edmonton	3 – 5	Calgary		Edmonton leads 3–2
6	April 14	Calgary	2 – 1	Edmonton	OT	Series tied 3–3
7	April 16	Edmonton	5 – 4	Calgary	OT	Edmonton wins 4–3

[edit] Player stats

[edit] 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

[edit] 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		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Transactions

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Free Agents

Player Former team

Player New team

[edit] Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, held in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[5]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	11	Trevor Kidd (G)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2	26	Nicolas Perreault (D)	Canada	Unknown
2	32	Vesa Viitakoski (LW)	Finland	SaiPa (FNL)
2	41	Etienne Belzile	Unknown	Cornell University (ECAC)
3	62	Glen Mears (D)	United States	Rochester Mustangs (USHL)
4	83	Paul Kruse (LW)	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
6	125	Chris Tschupp (LW)	United States	Unknown
7	146	Dmitri Frolov (D)	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (RSL)
8	167	Shawn Murray (G)	Unknown	Unknown
9	188	Michael Murray (RW)	United States	Unknown
10	209	Rob Sumner (D)	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WHL)
12	251	Leo Gudas (D)	Unknown	Unknown

[edit] See also

• 1990–91 NHL season

[edit] References