# 1991–92 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1991–92 Philadelphia Flyers season was the team's 25th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers hosted the 43rd NHL All-Star Game. They missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season.

## Regular season

Prior to the 1991–92 season, the Flyers acquired Rod Brind'Amour and Dan Quinn from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Murray Baron and Flyers captain Ron Sutter. Brind'Amour led the Flyers in goals (33), assists (44) and points (77) in his first season with the club. Rick Tocchet was named team captain to replace Sutter. As the Flyers continued to flounder, Paul Holmgren was fired in December and replaced by Bill Dineen, father of Flyer Kevin Dineen. On February 19, the Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins 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).
With Brind'Amour and Quinn in the fold to create more offense, plus a 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 the Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens 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. Murray Craven was traded to the Hartford Whalers in exchange for the younger Dineen during the run, which included blow-out 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. Flyers fans received 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 National Hockey League Players' Association strike, sent the club into the Patrick Division basement for the second time in three years.
The Flyers struggled on the power play in the regular season, finishing 22nd in power play percentage with 16.55% (68 for 411).

### Season standings

Patrick Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| New York Rangers | 80 | 50 | 25 | 5 | 321 | 246 | 105 |
| Washington Capitals | 80 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 330 | 257 | 98 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 39 | 32 | 9 | 343 | 308 | 87 |
| New Jersey Devils | 80 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 289 | 259 | 87 |
| New York Islanders | 80 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 291 | 299 | 79 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 252 | 273 | 75 |
Wales Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – New York Rangers | PAT | 80 | 50 | 25 | 5 | 321 | 246 | 105 |
| 2 | Washington Capitals | PAT | 80 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 330 | 257 | 98 |
| 3 | Montreal Canadiens | ADM | 80 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 267 | 207 | 93 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | PAT | 80 | 39 | 32 | 9 | 343 | 308 | 87 |
| 5 | New Jersey Devils | PAT | 80 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 289 | 259 | 87 |
| 6 | Boston Bruins | ADM | 80 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 270 | 275 | 84 |
| 7 | New York Islanders | PAT | 80 | 34 | 35 | 11 | 291 | 299 | 79 |
| 8 | Philadelphia Flyers | PAT | 80 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 252 | 273 | 75 |
| 9 | Buffalo Sabres | ADM | 80 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 289 | 299 | 74 |
| 10 | Hartford Whalers | ADM | 80 | 26 | 41 | 13 | 247 | 283 | 65 |
| 11 | Quebec Nordiques | ADM | 80 | 20 | 48 | 12 | 255 | 318 | 52 |
Divisions: ADM – Adams, PAT – Patrick
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy bold – Qualified for playoffs

## Schedule and results

1991–92 regular season :
October: 4–5–1, 9 points (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–3–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
1October 4@ Washington Capitals2–50–1–00Recap
2October 6@ Pittsburgh Penguins2–2 OT0–1–11Recap
3October 10Pittsburgh Penguins3–60–2–11Recap
4October 12@ New York Islanders4–50–3–11Recap
5October 13New Jersey Devils4–21–3–13Recap
6October 17Quebec Nordiques5–32–3–15Recap
7October 19Montreal Canadiens0–12–4–15Recap
8October 24@ Minnesota North Stars5–23–4–17Recap
9October 25@ Winnipeg Jets0–23–5–17Recap
10October 31San Jose Sharks5–24–5–19Recap :
November: 4–8–1, 9 points (home: 2–4–1; road: 2–4–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
11November 2New York Rangers2–44–6–19Recap
12November 5@ St. Louis Blues4–35–6–111Recap
13November 7Buffalo Sabres5–26–6–113Recap
14November 8@ Buffalo Sabres3–4 OT6–7–113Recap
15November 12@ New Jersey Devils2–56–8–113Recap
16November 14Edmonton Oilers3–17–8–115Recap
17November 16@ Montreal Canadiens3–18–8–117Recap
18November 17Winnipeg Jets1–28–9–117Recap
19November 20@ Pittsburgh Penguins2–58–10–117Recap
20November 23New Jersey Devils5–5 OT8–10–218Recap
21November 27Hartford Whalers3–78–11–218Recap
22November 29Pittsburgh Penguins3–98–12–218Recap
23November 30@ Pittsburgh Penguins1–58–13–218Recap :
December: 4–4–5, 13 points (home: 2–1–3; road: 2–3–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
24December 2@ New York Rangers2–48–14–218Recap
25December 5Washington Capitals3–68–15–218Recap
26December 7@ Boston Bruins5–39–15–220Recap
27December 8New Jersey Devils2–2 OT9–15–321Recap
28December 12Toronto Maple Leafs1–1 OT9–15–422Recap
29December 14Chicago Blackhawks1–1 OT9–15–523Recap
30December 15@ Chicago Blackhawks4–4 OT9–15–624Recap
31December 18@ New York Rangers3–69–16–624Recap
32December 19New York Islanders6–210–16–626Recap
33December 21@ Minnesota North Stars3–011–16–628Recap
34December 22Washington Capitals4–3 OT12–16–630Recap
35December 27@ Vancouver Canucks1–1 OT12–16–731Recap
36December 28@ Calgary Flames1–512–17–731Recap :
January: 4–7–2, 10 points (home: 4–1–2; road: 0–6–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
37January 3@ San Jose Sharks1–312–18–731Recap
38January 4@ Los Angeles Kings3–712–19–731Recap
39January 7Buffalo Sabres5–5 OT12–19–832Recap
40January 9Los Angeles Kings5–213–19–834Recap
41January 11@ Boston Bruins1–513–20–834Recap
42January 12New York Islanders4–314–20–836Recap
43January 14Chicago Blackhawks1–1 OT14–20–937Recap
44January 16@ New York Islanders3–414–21–937Recap
45January 21@ Detroit Red Wings3–714–22–937Recap
46January 23Winnipeg Jets0–114–23–937Recap
47January 25@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–614–24–937Recap
48January 28Washington Capitals3–215–24–939Recap
49January 30Minnesota North Stars5–316–24–941Recap :
February: 7–5–2, 16 points (home: 5–0–1; road: 2–5–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
50February 1@ New York Islanders5–5 OT16–24–1042Recap
51February 2St. Louis Blues5–117–24–1044Recap
52February 4@ New Jersey Devils1–317–25–1044Recap
53February 6Boston Bruins5–118–25–1046Recap
54February 8@ Quebec Nordiques3–019–25–1048Recap
55February 13Quebec Nordiques3–220–25–1050Recap
56February 15Edmonton Oilers8–521–25–1052Recap
57February 16Pittsburgh Penguins3–3 OT21–25–1153Recap
58February 18@ New Jersey Devils3–4 OT21–26–1153Recap
59February 22@ Washington Capitals5–721–27–1153Recap
60February 23@ New York Rangers1–2 OT21–28–1153Recap
61February 25New York Islanders4–122–28–1155Recap
62February 27@ Calgary Flames3–023–28–1157Recap
63February 28@ Edmonton Oilers2–423–29–1157Recap :
March: 8–6–0, 16 points (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–4–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
64March 1@ San Jose Sharks1–024–29–1159Recap
65March 3@ Los Angeles Kings1–424–30–1159Recap
66March 7New York Rangers5–425–30–1161Recap
67March 8Vancouver Canucks3–725–31–1161Recap
68March 10@ New York Islanders2–525–32–1161Recap
69March 12Calgary Flames5–4 OT26–32–1163Recap
70March 14Washington Capitals3–127–32–1165Recap
71March 18@ Montreal Canadiens4–328–32–1167Recap
72March 20@ Washington Capitals7–629–32–1169Recap
73March 22Detroit Red Wings4–330–32–1171Recap
74March 24New York Rangers3–430–33–1171Recap
75March 25@ New York Rangers1–430–34–1171Recap
76March 29New Jersey Devils5–431–34–1173Recap
77March 31@ Pittsburgh Penguins5–631–35–1173Recap :
April: 1–2–0, 2 points (home: 1–1–0; road: 0–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
78April 12@ Hartford Whalers2–431–36–1173Recap
79April 13Toronto Maple Leafs6–232–36–1175Recap
80April 15Hartford Whalers3–4 OT32–37–1175Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 17 | Rod Brind'Amour | C | 80 | 33 | 44 | 77 | −3 | 100 |
| 20 | Kevin Dineen† | RW | 64 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 1 | 130 |
| 18 | Mike Ricci | C | 78 | 20 | 36 | 56 | −10 | 93 |
| 28 | Steve Duchesne | D | 78 | 18 | 38 | 56 | −7 | 86 |
| 14 | Mark Pederson | LW | 58 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 22 |
| 10 | Dan Quinn | C | 67 | 11 | 26 | 37 | −13 | 26 |
| 5 | Kerry Huffman | D | 60 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 41 |
| 23 | Andrei Lomakin | RW | 57 | 14 | 16 | 30 | −6 | 26 |
| 22 | Rick Tocchet‡ | RW | 42 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 102 |
| 8 | Mark Recchi† | RW | 22 | 10 | 17 | 27 | −5 | 18 |
| 2 | Mark Howe | D | 42 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 18 |
| 9 | Pelle Eklund | LW | 51 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Claude Boivin | LW | 58 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −2 | 187 |
| 3 | Garry Galley† | D | 39 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 34 |
| 25 | Keith Acton | C | 50 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −4 | 98 |
| 47 | Brad Jones | LW | 48 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −2 | 44 |
| 29 | Terry Carkner | D | 73 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −14 | 195 |
| 19 | Brian Benning† | D | 22 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −9 | 35 |
| 37 | Mark Freer | LW | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −1 | 18 |
| 28 | Kjell Samuelsson‡ | D | 54 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 76 |
| 46 | Al Conroy | C | 31 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 74 |
| 3 | Gord Murphy‡ | D | 31 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −4 | 33 |
| 44 | Corey Foster | D | 25 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −14 | 20 |
| 21 | Dave Brown | RW | 70 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −11 | 81 |
| 32 | Murray Craven‡ | C | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 15 | Steve Kasper | C | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 10 |
| 15 | Dale Kushner | LW | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −5 | 18 |
| 43 | Tony Horacek‡ | LW | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −9 | 51 |
| 6 | Dan Kordic | D | 46 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 126 |
| 11 | Jiri Latal‡ | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | Ron Hextall | G | 45 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 35 |
| 14 | Kimbi Daniels | C | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
| 35 | Ken Wregget‡ | G | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 0 |
| 24 | Pat Murray | LW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Wes Walz† | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Martin Hostak | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 33 | Dominic Roussel | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 24 | Rod Dallman | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 66 | Yanick Dupre | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Chris Jensen | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 42 | Moe Mantha† | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 48 | Reid Simpson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltending

* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 27 | Ron Hextall | 45 | 43 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1294 | 151 | 3.40 | .883 | 3 | 2,668 |
| 35 | Ken Wregget‡ | 23 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 557 | 75 | 3.57 | .865 | 0 | 1,259 |
| 33 | Dominic Roussel | 17 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 437 | 40 | 2.60 | .908 | 1 | 922 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL second All-Star team | Mark Recchi (Right wing) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Rod Brind'Amour |
| Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Steve Duchesne |
| Team | Bobby Clarke Trophy | Rod Brind'Amour |
| Team | Class Guy Award | Kevin Dineen |

### Records

Among the team records set during the 1991–92 season was a four-game tie streak from December 8 to December 15, tying a team record dating back to the 1968–69 season. The Flyers 26 road losses is a single season franchise high.
The 1991–92 season was Mark Howe’s tenth and final season with the Flyers. Howe holds the regular season career marks among Flyers defensemen for goals (138), assists (342), and points (480). He also holds the same playoff marks for assists (45) and points (53).

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Dan Kordic | October 4, 1991 |
| First game | Yanick Dupre | October 6, 1991 |
| First game | Andrei Lomakin | October 6, 1991 |
| First game | Dominic Roussel | October 17, 1991 |
| First game | Claude Boivin | November 30, 1991 |
| First game | Al Conroy | January 25, 1992 |
| First game | Reid Simpson | April 12, 1992 |

## Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 26, 1991, the day after the deciding game of the 1991 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 1, 1992, the day of the deciding game of the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| May 30, 1991 (1991-05-30) | To Philadelphia Flyers Dave BrownCorey FosterRights to Jari Kurri | To Edmonton Oilers Craig BerubeCraig FisherScott Mellanby |
| May 30, 1991 (1991-05-30) | To Philadelphia Flyers Steve DuchesneSteve Kasper4th-round pick in 1991 | To Los Angeles Kings Jeff ChychrunRights to Jari Kurri |
| July 29, 1991 (1991-07-29) | To Philadelphia Flyers Choice of a 1992 or 1993 draft pick | To Toronto Maple Leafs Rights to Mike Bullard |
| August 5, 1991 (1991-08-05) | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations | To New York Rangers Shaun Sabol |
| August 8, 1991 (1991-08-08) | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations | To New York Rangers Don Biggs |
| September 22, 1991 (1991-09-22) | To Philadelphia Flyers Rod Brind'AmourDan Quinn | To St. Louis Blues Murray BaronRon Sutter |
| November 13, 1991 (1991-11-13) | To Philadelphia Flyers Kevin Dineen | To Hartford Whalers Murray Craven4th-round pick in 1992 |
| January 2, 1992 (1992-01-02) | To Philadelphia Flyers Garry GalleyWes Walz3rd-round pick in 1993 | To Boston Bruins Brian DobbinGord Murphy3rd-round pick in 19924th round pick in 1993 |
| February 7, 1992 (1992-02-07) | To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan McGill | To Chicago Blackhawks Tony Horacek |
| February 19, 1992 (1992-02-19) | To Philadelphia Flyers Brian BenningMark RecchiLos Angeles' 1st-round pick in 1992 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Kjell SamuelssonRick TocchetKen WreggetConditional 3rd-round pick in 1993 |
| February 27, 1992 (1992-02-27) | To Philadelphia Flyers Moe Mantha | To Winnipeg Jets Future considerations |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
| August 6, 1991 (1991-08-06) | Brad Jones | Los Angeles Kings | 2-year | Free agency | |
| August 21, 1991 (1991-08-21) | Al Conroy | Detroit Red Wings | | Free agency | |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| May 30, 1991 (1991-05-30) | Tim Kerr | San Jose Sharks | Expansion draft |
| August 12, 1991 (1991-08-12) | Scott Sandelin | Minnesota North Stars | Free agency |
| September 26, 1991 (1991-09-26) | Pete Peeters | | Buyout |
| October 3, 1991 (1991-10-03) | Normand Lacombe | Canadian National Team | Buyout |
| October 26, 1991 (1991-10-26) | Derrick Smith | Minnesota North Stars | Waivers |
| February 3, 1992 (1992-02-03) | Jiri Latal | Vålerenga Ishockey (Norway) | Buyout |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term |
| August 7, 1991 (1991-08-07) | Jamie Cooke | |
| August 7, 1991 (1991-08-07) | Kimbi Daniels | |
| September 25, 1991 (1991-09-25) | Yanick Dupre | |
| October 3, 1991 (1991-10-03) | Andrei Lomakin | |
| November 1991 (1991-11) | Ken Wregget | 1-year |

## Draft picks
### NHL entry draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1991 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York, on June 22, 1991. The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 28th overall, to the Montreal Canadiens for Mark Pederson on March 5, 1991. They also traded their fourth-round pick, 72nd overall, and Jay Wells to the Buffalo Sabres for Kevin Maguire and the Sabres' 1990 second-round pick on March 5, 1990, and their eight-round pick, 160th overall, and Kevin Maguire to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Maple Leafs' 1990 third-round pick on June 16, 1990.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
| 1 | 6 | Peter Forsberg | Center | Sweden | Modo Hockey (Elitserien) |
| 3 | 50 | Yanick Dupre | Left wing | Canada | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 86 | Aris Brimanis | Defense | United States | Bowling Green State University (CCHA) |
| 5 | 94 | Yanick Degrace | Goaltender | Canada | Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 116 | Clayton Norris | Right wing | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
| 6 | 122 | Dmitri Yushkevich | Defense | Soviet Union | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Soviet Union) |
| 7 | 138 | Andrei Lomakin | Left wing | Soviet Union | Dynamo Moscow (Soviet Union) |
| 9 | 182 | Jim Bode | Left wing | United States | Robbinsdale Armstrong High School (USHS-MN) |
| 10 | 204 | Josh Bartell | Defense | United States | Rome Free Academy (USHS-NY) |
| 11 | 226 | Neil Little | Goaltender | Canada | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC) |
| 12 | 248 | John Parco | Center | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |

### NHL supplemental draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1991 NHL supplemental draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
| 1 | 6 | Angelo Libertucci | Goaltender | Canada | Bowling Green State University (CCHA) |
| 2 | 12 | Brendan Locke | Right wing | United States | Merrimack College (Hockey East) |

## Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League.