1989–90 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1989–90 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	6th Patrick
Conference	10th Wales
1989–90 record	30–39–11
Home record	17–19–4
Road record	13–20–7
Goals for	290
Goals against	297
General Manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Paul Holmgren
Captain	Dave Poulin (Oct-Dec) Ron Sutter (Dec-Apr)
Alternate captains	Mark Howe Rick Tocchet
Arena	The Spectrum
Average attendance	17,407[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Tocchet (37)
Assists	Rick Tocchet (59)
Points	Rick Tocchet (96)
Penalties in minutes	Craig Berube (291)
Plus/Minus	Mark Howe (+22)
Wins	Ken Wregget (22)
Goals against average	Ken Wregget (3.42)

The 1989–90 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 23rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

The 1989–90 season got off to a bad start for the Flyers, and continued to get worse. Ron Hextall missed all but eight games due to suspension, contract holdout issues and injury, the suspension given for attacking Chris Chelios at the end of the Montreal playoff series the previous spring. Paul Holmgren replaced Dave Poulin as captain in December with Ron Sutter, which led to Poulin's (and later that season, Brian Propp's) trade to Boston. As a result, the Flyers missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1972. Bob Clarke, having been with the Flyers organization since he was drafted in 1969, was fired and replaced as GM by Russ Farwell.

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

[edit] Regular season

This 80-game slate was one of the most turbulent in franchise history.

Hextall had to sit out the first 12-games of the schedule, sentenced after cementing his folk-hero status in the city by crowning Chelios in the waning minutes of Game 6 of the Wales Conference Finals in May. Unfortunately, the layoff plus contract disputes cost him practice time in training camp, and he was felled by groin injuries three separate times during the season.

An ugly 1–6–1 start was miraculously reversed despite injuries to Hextall, Brian Propp, Tim Kerr, Mark Howe and others with the team atop the weakened Patrick Division after a win in Montreal just before Christmas.

Little used Tony Horacek posted a hat trick in a 6–3 win in LA over the Kings on December 30, but the team suffered through a dismal 10-game winless stretch thereafter (0–7–3) from December 31 through January 23. Previous inconsistent play plus the slide cost Poulin his captaincy, then forced his trade to Boston for former Flyer Ken Linseman. The move did not work, and despite breaking the skid with an 8–6 win against the Jets, Holmgren accused his club of quitting during a 7–2 loss at Washington on January 28 - a defeat which put them three-points behind the Capitals in last place.

Newly acquired back-up Pete Peeters had his only season highlight with a 3–0 shutout over Toronto on February 15, but he finished the season a stupefying 1–13–5. On February 28 in Vancouver, the team was lucky to pull out a 7–7 tie after blowing a 5–2 first-period lead. In the interim, Wells was dealt to the Sabres for unknown winger and future NHL referee Kevin Maguire.

Following an inspired win in Calgary on March 1, Propp was traded to the Bruins, and a four-goal game by Mark Messier in a 5–3 loss to Edmonton two days later triggered a four-game losing streak. The nadir of the late-season collapse came on March 17 in Quebec, as the Flyers allowed three third-period goals to drop a 6–3 decision to the Nordiques (who went on to win all of 12 games that year). Inexplicably, with the Islanders and Penguins also taking late-season dives, the Flyers were still alive for the final playoff spot in the division.

A 5–3 home win over Pittsburgh on March 22 got the team within one point of fourth, but they limped to the end of the schedule with an 0–3–2 record. A 6–2 road loss to the Islanders on March 31 eliminated them from the postseason, and a 3–3 tie with Detroit the next day cost the club a higher draft pick.

It marked the first time in franchise history that the team finished in last place in any division since its 1967 inception.

Among the bright spots, Tocchet led the team with 37 goals and 96 points. Seven players scored 20-or-more goals. Kerr was limited to 40 games but managed 24 goals and 48 points.

[edit] Season standings

Patrick Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Rangers	80	36	31	13	279	267	85
New Jersey Devils	80	37	34	9	295	288	83
Washington Capitals	80	36	38	6	284	275	78
New York Islanders	80	31	38	11	281	288	73
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	32	40	8	318	359	72
Philadelphia Flyers	80	30	39	11	290	297	71

[edit] Game log

      Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie (1 point)

1989–90 Game Log
October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 4 New Jersey 6 – 2 Philadelphia Wregget 17,423 0–1–0 0
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts December 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts January 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts February 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts March 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts April 1 0 – 0 0–0–0

[edit] Playoffs

The Flyers did not qualify for the post-season.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

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

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rick Tocchet	22		75	37	59	96	196		-	-	-	-	-
Murray Craven	32		76	25	50	75	42		-	-	-	-	-
Mike Bullard	10		70	27	37	64	67		-	-	-	-	-
Pelle Eklund	9		70	23	39	62	16		-	-	-	-	-
Tim Kerr	12		40	24	24	48	34		-	-	-	-	-
Ron Sutter	14		75	22	26	48	104		-	-	-	-	-
Ilkka Sinisalo	23		59	23	23	46	26		-	-	-	-	-
Gord Murphy	3		75	14	27	41	95		-	-	-	-	-
Brian Propp‡	26		40	13	15	28	31		-	-	-	-	-
Mark Howe	2		40	7	21	28	24		-	-	-	-	-
Keith Acton	25		69	13	14	27	80		-	-	-	-	-
Scott Mellanby	19		57	6	17	23	77		-	-	-	-	-
Kjell Samuelsson	28		66	5	17	22	91		-	-	-	-	-
Terry Carkner	29		63	4	18	22	169		-	-	-	-	-
Jiri Latal	11		32	6	13	19	6		-	-	-	-	-
Jay Wells‡	7		59	3	16	19	129		-	-	-	-	-
Craig Berube	17		74	4	14	18	291		-	-	-	-	-
Dave Poulin‡	20		28	9	8	17	12		-	-	-	-	-
Ken Linseman†	18		29	5	9	14	30		-	-	-	-	-
Kerry Huffman	5		43	1	12	13	34		-	-	-	-	-
Tony Horacek	21		48	5	5	10	117		-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Smith	24		55	3	6	9	32		-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Chychrun	6		79	2	7	9	250		-	-	-	-	-
Doug Sulliman	15		28	3	4	7	0		-	-	-	-	-
Murray Baron	8		16	2	2	4	12		-	-	-	-	-
Don Biggs	46		11	2	0	2	8		-	-	-	-	-
Brian Dobbin	18		9	1	1	2	11		-	-	-	-	-
Ken Wregget (G)	35		51	0	2	2	12		-	-	-	-	-
Normand Lacombe†	20		18	0	2	2	7		-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Maguire†	20		5	1	0	1	6		-	-	-	-	-
Pete Peeters (G)	33		24	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
Don Nachbaur	42		2	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
David Fenyves	39		12	0	0	0	4		-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Harding	34		9	0	0	0	18		-	-	-	-	-
Ron Hextall (G)	27		8	0	0	0	14		-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Hoffort (G)	30		7	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Craig Fisher	15		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Mark Freer	37		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Shaun Sabol	47		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Len Barrie	34		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Chris Jensen	45		1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Bench	X						18

^†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

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

			Regular season										Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Ken Wregget	35		51	2961	22	24	3	169	0	.892	3.42		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Peeters	33		24	1140	1	13	5	71	1	.883	3.74		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Hextall	27		8	419	4	2	1	71	0	.868	4.15		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Hoffort	30		7	329	3	0	2	20	0	.874	3.65		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
NHL All-Star Game representative	Brian Propp Rick Tocchet
Team
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Gord Murphy
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Rick Tocchet
Class Guy Award	Craig Berube

[edit] Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1989–90 season.

[edit] Trades

July 21, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers futures	To Winnipeg Jets Shawn Cronin
August 28, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Jiri Latal	To Toronto Maple Leafs 7th round pick in 1991
September 8, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th round pick in 1991 Philadelphia's 7th round pick in 1991	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mark Laforest
September 28, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers futures	To Toronto Maple Leafs Keith Acton Pete Peeters
October 3, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers Keith Acton Pete Peeters	To Winnipeg Jets 5th round pick in 1991 futures
January 5, 1990	To Philadelphia Flyers Normand Lacombe	To Edmonton Oilers 4th round pick in 1990
January 16, 1990	To Philadelphia Flyers Ken Linseman	To Boston Bruins Dave Poulin
March 2, 1990	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd round pick in 1990	To Boston Bruins Brian Propp
March 5, 1990	To Philadelphia Flyers Kevin Maguire 2nd round pick in 1990	To Buffalo Sabres Jay Wells 4th round pick in 1991

[edit] Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Bill Armstrong Western Michigan (NCAA) free agency (5/16) Shawn Cronin Washington free agency (6/12) Pete Peeters Washington free agency (6/17) Bruce Hoffort Lake Superior State (NCAA) free agency (6/30) Tim Tookey Los Angeles free agency (6/30) Len Barrie Kamloops (WHL) free agency (2/28)

Subtractions Player New team Via Al Secord — released (7/26) Moe Mantha Winnipeg waiver draft (10/2) Nick Kypreos Washington waiver draft (10/2)

[edit] Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.^[2][3]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	33	Greg Johnson	Center	Canada	Thunder Bay Flyers (USHL)
2	34	Patrik Juhlin	Left Wing	Sweden	Vasteras IK (SEL)
4	72	Reid Simpson	Left Wing	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6	117	Niklas Eriksson	Right Wing	Sweden	Leksands IF (SEL)
7	138	Jack Callahan	Center	United States	Belmont Hill H.S. (Mass.)
8	159	Sverre Sears	Defenseman	United States	Belmont Hill H.S. (Mass.)
9	180	Glen Wisser	Forward	United States	Philadelphia (Jr. B)
10	201	Allen Kummu	Defenseman	Canada	Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)
11	222	Mark Brait	Defenseman	United States	St. Michael's H.S. (MTJHL)
12	243	James Pollio	Left Wing	United States	Vermont Academy (Vermont)
SUP	17	Jamie Baker	Defenseman	United States	U. of Windsor (CIAU)

[edit] Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL.^[4]

[edit] See also

• 1989–90 NHL season

[edit] References

v • d • e 1989–90 NHL season by team Patrick New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington Adams Boston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Québec Norris Chicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto Smythe Calgary • Edmonton • Los Angeles • Winnipeg • Vancouver See also 1989 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1990 Stanley Cup Finals • Transactions

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