1990–91 Calgary Flames season
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The 1990–91 Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...

 season
was the 11th
Calgary Flames seasons
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The team is a member of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Flames arrived in Calgary in 1980 after transferring from the city of Atlanta, Georgia, where they...

 National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 season
Season (sports)
In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...

 in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

. The Flames entered the season with a new coach, as they replaced Terry Crisp with Doug Risebrough
Doug Risebrough
Douglas John Risebrough is a former player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League. In his 31 years in the NHL, he has been involved with the Stanley Cup Playoffs 25 times...

. Crisp coached 277 games with the Flames over three years, and his .669 regular season winning percentage remains a Flames record.

The Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

 ended the Flames three year run at the top of the Smythe Division
Smythe Division
The NHL's Smythe Division was formed in 1974 as part of the Clarence Campbell Conference. The division existed for 19 seasons until 1993. It was named in honor of Conn Smythe. It is the fore-runner of the NHL's Northwest Division and NHL's Pacific Division....

 standings, finishing two points ahead of Calgary. The Flames finished 4th overall in the NHL 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
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....

 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
42nd National Hockey League All-Star Game
The 42nd National Hockey League All-Star Game took place in Chicago Stadium, home of the Chicago Blackhawks, on January 19, 1991.-Commissioner's Choice:...

: forward Theoren Fleury
Theoren Fleury
Theoren Wallace "Theo" Fleury is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League , Tappara of Finland's SM-liiga, and the Belfast Giants of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League...

, defencemen Al MacInnis
Al MacInnis
Allan MacInnis is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman who played 23 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues. A first round selection of the Flames in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, he went on to become a 13-time All-Star...

 and Gary Suter
Gary Suter
Gary Lee Suter is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman. He played his junior hockey for the Dubuque Fighting Saints, high school hockey at Culver Military Academy and then moved on to the University of Wisconsin–Madison...

 and goaltender Mike Vernon. Additionally, MacInnis was named to the First All-Star team
NHL All-Star Team
The NHL All-Star Teams were first named at the end of the 1930–31 NHL season, to honor the best performers over the season at each position.Representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association vote for the All-Star Team at the end of the regular season.The career leaders in citations are...

 for the second season in a row.

Fleury's 51 goals tied him for 2nd in league scoring, behind Brett Hull
Brett Hull
Brett Andrew Hull is a former Canadian-American NHL player and the former Executive Vice President of the Dallas Stars. He is the son of Bobby Hull and nephew of Dennis Hull, both former NHL players. Hull is also known as "The Golden Brett," which is a play off of his father's nickname, "The...

'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.

Game log

1990–91 Game Log

Playoffs

The Flames met their arch-rivals, the defending Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

 champion Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....

 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 two rivals met in the playoffs.
1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs
1991 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League championship began on April 3, 1991, following the 1990–91 regular season. The sixteen teams that qualified, from the top four teams of the four divisions, played best-of-seven series with re-seeding after the division finals...


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
Theoren Fleury
Theoren Wallace "Theo" Fleury is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League , Tappara of Finland's SM-liiga, and the Belfast Giants of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League...

 
14 79 51 53 104 136 7 2 5 7 14
Al MacInnis
Al MacInnis
Allan MacInnis is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman who played 23 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues. A first round selection of the Flames in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, he went on to become a 13-time All-Star...

 
2 78 28 75 103 90 7 2 3 5 8
Joe Nieuwendyk
Joe Nieuwendyk
Joseph Nieuwendyk is the general manager of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League and a retired Canadian ice hockey player...

 
25 79 45 40 85 36 7 4 1 5 10
Doug Gilmour
Doug Gilmour
Douglas Robert Gilmour is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is the current general manager of the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League . During his National Hockey League career, Gilmour played for 7 NHL clubs: the St...

 
39 78 20 61 81 144 7 1 1 2 0
Sergei Makarov
Sergei Makarov
Sergei Mikhailovich Makarov is a Russian former ice hockey right wing and two-time Olympic gold medalist, regarded as one of the greatest players to play the sport...

 
42 78 30 49 79 44 3 1 0 1 0
Gary Suter
Gary Suter
Gary Lee Suter is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman. He played his junior hockey for the Dubuque Fighting Saints, high school hockey at Culver Military Academy and then moved on to the University of Wisconsin–Madison...

 
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
Robert Reichel
Robert Reichel is a former professional ice hockey centre and was a head coach of HC Litvínov of the Czech Extraliga until he resigned on January 22, 2011. He played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames, New York Islanders, Phoenix Coyotes and Toronto Maple Leafs. Reichel was...

 
26 66 19 22 41 22 6 1 1 2 0
Joel Otto
Joel Otto
Joel Stuart Otto is an American former professional ice hockey center and current assistant coach of the Calgary Hitmen of the major junior Western Hockey League...

 
29 76 19 20 39 183 7 1 2 3 8
Stephane Matteau
Stephane Matteau
Stéphane Matteau is a former National Hockey League player.As a member of the New York Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup Championship team, Matteau is most remembered for scoring two overtime goals in the Eastern Conference Finals against the New Jersey Devils...

 
23 78 15 19 34 93 5 0 1 1 0
Paul Ranheim
Paul Ranheim
Paul Stephen Ranheim is a retired American professional ice hockey forward.-Playing career:Born in Missouri but raised in Minnesota, Ranheim went to high school in Edina, Minnesota, where he was the captain of his high school hockey team. Known for his speed and penalty killing ability, he played...

 
28 39 14 16 30 4 7 2 2 4 0
Brian MacLellan
Brian MacLellan
Brian John MacLellan is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.After playing his college hockey at Bowling Green State University, MacLellan signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings in 1982...

 
27 57 13 14 27 55 1 0 0 0 0
Mark Hunter 22 57 10 15 25 125
Jamie Macoun
Jamie Macoun
Jamie Neil Macoun is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played parts of seventeen seasons in the National Hockey League....

 
34 79 7 15 22 83 7 0 1 1 4
Frank Musil
Frank Musil
František Musil , known mostly as Frank Musil, is a former professional ice hockey player. Musil is a scout for the Edmonton Oilers and assistant coach for the Czech national ice hockey team.-Playing career:...

3 67 7 14 21 160 7 0 0 0 10
Ric Nattress
Ric Nattress
Eric James Nattress is a former National Hockey League defenceman. He was drafted in the second round, 27th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft....

 
6 58 5 13 18 63 7 1 0 1 2
Roger Johansson
Roger Johansson
Roger Johansson is a former professional Swedish ice hockey player.Roger Johansson joined Swedish Elite League club Färjestads BK in 1986, when he left Troja-Ljungby. He played with Färjestad until 1989, winning one Swedish Championship with them in 1988...

 
21 38 4 13 17 47
Tim Sweeney  7 42 7 9 16 8
Paul Fenton
Paul Fenton (ice hockey)
Paul John Fenton is a retired American ice hockey forward.Fenton started his National Hockey League career with the Hartford Whalers in 1985. He would also play for the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, and San Jose Sharks...

12 31 5 7 12 10 5 0 0 0 2
Jim Kyte
Jim Kyte
James G. Kyte is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Kyte made history by being the first legally deaf National Hockey League player, playing 598 games in the NHL.-Playing career:...

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
Ken Sabourin
Ken R. Sabourin is a former Canadian hockey player who played in the NHL for the Calgary Flames and Washington Capitals....

55 16 1 3 4 36
Mike Vernon  30 54 0 4 4 8 7 0 0 0 0
Jiri Hrdina
Jiri Hrdina
Jiří Hrdina is a former NHL player from the Czech Republic. In 1984 he was a member of the Czechoslovak national hockey team which won silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sarajevo...

17 14 0 3 3 4
Martin Simard
Martin Simard
Martin Simard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played 44 National Hockey League games for the Calgary Flames and Tampa Bay Lightning. An un-drafted player, Simard turned pro in 1987 by signing with the Flames...

 
38 16 0 2 2 53
Dana Murzyn
Dana Murzyn
Dana Trevor Murzyn is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. Drafted out of the Western Hockey League , he was selected fifth overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. He began his NHL career in 1985–86 with the Whalers and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team...

 
5 19 0 2 2 30
Rick Lessard
Rick Lessard
Rick Lessard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 15 games in the National Hockey League, recording four assists. Drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 7th round, 142nd overall in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft, Larose played seven games for Calgary in 1988–89 and 1989–90...

 
32 1 0 1 1 0
Rick Wamsley
Rick Wamsley
Richard James Wamsley is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs...

 
31 29 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Steve Guenette
Steve Guenette
Steven Guenette is a retired former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 35 games in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames.-Playing career:...

 
1 1 0 0 0 0
Paul Kruse
Paul Kruse
Paul Johannes Kruse is a former National Hockey League left wing.He is married to Laurie-Anne. He is the father of Mckinley and Sierra...

 
18 1 0 0 0 7
Kevan Guy
Kevan Guy
Kevan Brent Guy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks....

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
Rick Wamsley
Richard James Wamsley is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs...

 
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
Steve Guenette
Steven Guenette is a retired former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 35 games in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames.-Playing career:...

 
1 1 60 1 0 0 4 0 4.00

Trades

October 26, 1990 To Calgary Flames
Frank Musil
Frank Musil
František Musil , known mostly as Frank Musil, is a former professional ice hockey player. Musil is a scout for the Edmonton Oilers and assistant coach for the Czech national ice hockey team.-Playing career:...

To Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars
The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white...

 
Brian Glynn
Brian Glynn (ice hockey)
Brian Thomas Glynn is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played six seasons in the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

December 13, 1990 To Calgary Flames
Jim Kyte
Jim Kyte
James G. Kyte is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Kyte made history by being the first legally deaf National Hockey League player, playing 598 games in the NHL.-Playing career:...

To Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...

 
Jiri Hrdina
Jiri Hrdina
Jiří Hrdina is a former NHL player from the Czech Republic. In 1984 he was a member of the Czechoslovak national hockey team which won silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sarajevo...

January 24, 1991 To Calgary Flames
Paul Fenton
Paul Fenton (ice hockey)
Paul John Fenton is a retired American ice hockey forward.Fenton started his National Hockey League career with the Hartford Whalers in 1985. He would also play for the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, and San Jose Sharks...

To Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...

 
Ken Sabourin
Ken Sabourin
Ken R. Sabourin is a former Canadian hockey player who played in the NHL for the Calgary Flames and Washington Capitals....

March 5, 1991 To Calgary Flames
Carey Wilson
Carey Wilson
Carey John Wilson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for ten seasons...

To Hartford Whalers
Hartford Whalers
The Hartford Whalers were a professional ice hockey team based for most of its existence in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. The club played in the World Hockey Association from 1972–79 and in the National Hockey League from 1979–97...

 
Mark Hunter
March 5, 1991 To Calgary Flames
Ron Stern
Kevan Guy
Kevan Guy
Kevan Brent Guy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks....


Future Considerations
To Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...

 
Dana Murzyn
Dana Murzyn
Dana Trevor Murzyn is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. Drafted out of the Western Hockey League , he was selected fifth overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. He began his NHL career in 1985–86 with the Whalers and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team...


Free Agents

Player Former team
Player New team

Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft
1990 NHL Entry Draft
The 1990 National Hockey League Entry Draft was the 28th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted by the Vancouver Canucks at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on June 16, 1990...

, held in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Rnd Pick Player Nationality Position Team (league) NHL statistics
GPGAPtsPIM
1 11 Trevor Kidd
Trevor Kidd
Trevor Kidd is a former NHL goaltender who last played for the Hannover Scorpions in Germany. Throughout his 12-year National Hockey League career, Kidd played for the Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs...

G
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...

Brandon Wheat Kings
Brandon Wheat Kings
The Brandon Wheat Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Brandon, Manitoba. They compete in the Western Hockey League, and joined the league in the 1967–68 season. Prior to that they played in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League and were known as the Brandon Elks for a short time in the...

 (WHL
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...

)
387 140–162–52, 2.84GAA
Goals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....

2 26 Nicolas Perreault D N/A
2 32 Vesa Viitakoski
Vesa Viitakoski
Vesa Viitakoski is a professional ice hockey player. As of December, 2009, he is playing for Kärpät in the Finnish SM-liiga.-Career:...

LW
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...

SaiPa
SaiPa
Saimaan Pallo is an ice hockey team in the Finnish SM-liiga. They play their home games at Kisapuisto in Lappeenranta, Finland.-History:The team's best achievement is from the 1965-1966 season, when they won bronze medals for placing third...

 (FNL
SM-liiga
The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...

)
23 2 4 6 8
2 41 Etienne Belzile N/A D Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

 (ECAC)
3 62 Glen Mears D Rochester Mustangs
Rochester Mustangs
The Rochester Mustangs were a senior ice hockey team from Rochester that played in the United States Hockey League from 1961 until the senior Mustangs ceased operations after the 1969-70 season.-Notable players:...

 (USHL
United States Hockey League
The United States Hockey League is the top junior ice hockey league in the United States. The USHL has 16 member teams located in the Midwestern United States, consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger...

)
4 83 Paul Kruse
Paul Kruse
Paul Johannes Kruse is a former National Hockey League left wing.He is married to Laurie-Anne. He is the father of Mckinley and Sierra...

LW Kamloops Blazers
Kamloops Blazers
The Kamloops Blazers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League based out of Kamloops, British Columbia. They play their home games at Interior Savings Centre.-History:...

 (WHL)
423 38 33 71 1074
6 125 Chris Tschupp LW N/A
7 146 Dmitri Frolov D Dynamo Moscow
HC Dynamo Moscow
HC Dynamo Moscow was a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. They were members of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League...

 (USSR)
8 167 Shawn Murray N/A G N/A
9 188 Michael Murray RW N/A
10 209 Rob Sumner D Victoria Cougars (WHL)
12 251 Leo Gudas N/A D N/A
S
NHL Supplemental Draft
The NHL Supplemental Draft was a draft that was established by the National Hockey League as an offshoot of the NHL Entry Draft between 1986 and 1994. The Supplemental Draft was used by teams to select collegiate ice hockey players who were not eligible for the standard Entry Draft...

24 Lyle Wildgoose LW N/A
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