The
1991–92 Philadelphia Flyers season was the
Philadelphia Flyers 25th season in the
National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers hosted the
43rd NHL All-Star Game.
Prior to the 1991–92 season, the Flyers acquired Rod Brind'Amour from St. Louis. Brind'Amour would lead the Flyers in goals (33), assists (44), and points (77) in his first season with the club. With Ron Sutter gone to St. Louis in the Brind'Amour trade, Rick Tocchet was named team captain. As the Flyers continued to flounder, Paul Holmgren was fired midway through the season and replaced by Bill Dineen, father of Flyer Kevin Dineen. On February 19, the Flyers and Pittsburgh 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).
Regular season
With Brind'Amour and
Dan Quinn in the fold to create more offense, plus a vastly-more-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 Edmonton and in Montreal 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. Malcontented Murray Craven was traded to Hartford for the younger Dineen during the run, which included horrible 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. They got 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 NHLPA strike, sent the club into the Patrick Division basement for the second time in three years.
Season standings
Game log
| 1991–92 Game log
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| October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
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| #
| Date
| Visitor
| Score
| Home
| OT
| Decision
| Attendance
| Record
| Pts |
| 1
| October 4
| Philadelphia
| 2 – 5
| Washington
|
| Hextall
| 17,113
| 0–1–0
| 0 |
|
| November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
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| #
| Date
| Visitor
| Score
| Home
| OT
| Decision
| Attendance
| Record
| Pts |
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| November 1
|
| 0 – 0
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|
|
| 0–0–0
| |
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| December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
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| #
| Date
| Visitor
| Score
| Home
| OT
| Decision
| Attendance
| Record
| Pts |
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| December 1
|
| 0 – 0
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|
|
|
| 0–0–0
| |
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| January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
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| #
| Date
| Visitor
| Score
| Home
| OT
| Decision
| Attendance
| Record
| Pts |
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| January 1
|
| 0 – 0
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|
|
|
| 0–0–0
| |
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| February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
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| #
| Date
| Visitor
| Score
| Home
| OT
| Decision
| Attendance
| Record
| Pts |
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| February 1
|
| 0 – 0
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|
|
|
| 0–0–0
| |
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| March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
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| #
| Date
| Visitor
| Score
| Home
| OT
| Decision
| Attendance
| Record
| Pts |
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| March 1
|
| 0 – 0
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|
|
|
| 0–0–0
| |
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| April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
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| #
| Date
| Visitor
| Score
| Home
| OT
| Decision
| Attendance
| Record
| Pts |
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| April 1
|
| 0 – 0
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|
|
| 0–0–0
| |
|
Playoffs
The Flyers did not qualify for the post-season.
Player stats
Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
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| Regular season
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| Playoffs
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| Player
| #
| GP
| TOI
| W
| L
| T
| GA
| SO
| Sv%
| GAA
| GP
| TOI
| W
| L
| GA
| SO
| Sv%
| GAA
|
| Ron Hextall
| 27
| 45
| 2668
| 16
| 21
| 6
| 151
| 3
| .883
| 3.40
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| - |
| Ken Wregget
| 35
| 23
| 1259
| 9
| 8
| 3
| 75
| 0
| .865
| 3.57
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| - |
| Dominic Roussel
| 33
| 17
| 922
| 7
| 8
| 2
| 40
| 1
| .908
| 2.60
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| - |
Awards and records
Awards
Transactions
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1991–92 season.
Trades
May 30, 1991
| To Philadelphia Flyers
Dave Brown
Corey Foster
rights to Jari Kurri
| To Edmonton Oilers
Scott Mellanby
Craig Berube
Craig Fisher
|
|
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
3rd round pick in 1993
| To Toronto Maple Leafs
Mike Bullard
|
|
August 5, 1991
| To Philadelphia Flyers
futures
| To New York Rangers
Shaun Sabol
|
|
August 8, 1991
| To Philadelphia Flyers
futures
| To New York Rangers
Don Biggs
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|
September 22, 1991
| To Philadelphia Flyers
Rod Brind'Amour
Dan Quinn
| To St. Louis Blues
Murray Baron
Ron Sutter
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|
November 13, 1991
| To Philadelphia Flyers
Kevin Dineen
| To Hartford Whalers
Murray Craven
4th round pick in 1992
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|
January 2, 1992
| To Philadelphia Flyers
Garry Galley
Wes Walz
3rd round pick in 1993
| To Boston Bruins
Gord Murphy
Brian Dobbin
3rd round pick in 1992
4th round pick in 1993
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|
February 7, 1992
| To Philadelphia Flyers
Ryan McGill
| To Chicago Blackhawks
Tony Horacek
|
|
February 19, 1992
| To Philadelphia Flyers
Mark Recchi
Brian Benning
1st round pick in 1992
| To Pittsburgh Penguins
Rick Tocchet
Kjell Samuelsson
Ken Wregget
3rd round pick in 1992
|
|
February 27, 1992
| To Philadelphia Flyers
Moe Mantha
| To Winnipeg Jets
futures
|
Additions and subtractions
Draft picks
Philadelphia's picks at the
1991 NHL Entry Draft.
Farm teams
The Flyers were affiliated with the
Hershey Bears of the
AHL.
See also
References
