1990–91 Vancouver Canucks season

The 1990–91 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 21st in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1990–91 Vancouver Canucks
Division4th Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1990–91 record28–43–9
Home record18–17–5
Road record10–26–4
Goals for243
Goals against315
Team information
General managerPat Quinn
CoachBob McCammon (19-30-5)
Pat Quinn (9-13-4)
CaptainDoug Lidster
Trevor Linden
Dan Quinn (Oct-Mar)
Alternate captainsGarth Butcher (Mar-Apr)
Steve Bozek (Mar-Apr)
ArenaPacific Coliseum
Average attendance15,150
Team leaders
GoalsTrevor Linden (33)
AssistsTrevor Linden (37)
PointsTrevor Linden (70)
Penalty minutesGino Odjick (296)
Plus/minusJay Mazur (+3)
WinsTroy Gamble (16)
Goals against averageTroy Gamble (3.45)

Offseason

Entering his last season as a player, Stan Smyl resigns the team captaincy. The position is rotated between defenceman Doug Lidster, forwards Trevor Linden and Dan Quinn.

Regular season

Coaching change and USAir Flight 1493

The Canucks who were slumping in the first half of the regular season fired head coach Bob McCammon on January 31, 1991. He was fired immediately after a home game against the New York Rangers that ended in a 3–3 tie. The game was noted for a spectacular goal tending performance by Rangers goal tender Mike Richter who made 59 saves.[1]

The next day McCammon was replaced by Pat Quinn who would fly down with the team to Los Angeles on board the Canadian Airlines charter to coach his first game for the club against the Los Angeles Kings. Upon landing at Los Angeles International Airport the team charter witnessed the fatal collision of USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 as the aircraft landed on a parallel runway approximately 100 metres (110 yd) from the collision.[2] The pilot of the plane carrying the team even turned on the engines to move away from the accident, fearing that the plane would be involved in the accident.

Quinn and the team were badly shaken by the incident, the team was unable to cope with the disaster when they faced the Kings on February 2. The team suffered its worst defeat of the season 9–1. The crash was still bothering the team when they flew out of Los Angeles to another road game in Washington D.C. to face the Washington Capitals.[2] The Canucks would be held winless for their seventh straight game as hall of famer Dino Ciccarelli netted his 400th career regular season NHL goal.[3]

Final standings
Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Los Angeles Kings80462410340254102
Calgary Flames8046268344263100
Edmonton Oilers803737627227280
Vancouver Canucks802843924331565
Winnipeg Jets8026431126028863

[4]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Campbell Conference[5]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – Chicago BlackhawksNRS8049238284211106
2St. Louis BluesNRS80472211310250105
3Los Angeles KingsSMY80462410340254102
4Calgary FlamesSMY8046268344263100
5Edmonton OilersSMY803737627227280
6Detroit Red WingsNRS803438827329876
7Minnesota North StarsNRS8027391425626668
8Vancouver CanucksSMY802843924331565
9Winnipeg JetsSMY8026431126028863
10Toronto Maple LeafsNRS8023461124131857

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 4, 19902–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)0–1–0
2WOctober 6, 19906–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)1–1–0
3LOctober 9, 19902–6Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)1–2–0
4WOctober 12, 19904–0St. Louis Blues (1990–91)2–2–0
5WOctober 14, 19905–4 OTEdmonton Oilers (1990–91)3–2–0
6WOctober 17, 19903–1Boston Bruins (1990–91)4–2–0
7LOctober 19, 19905–7@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)4–3–0
8WOctober 21, 19903–2@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91)5–3–0
9LOctober 23, 19900–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)5–4–0
10LOctober 25, 19902–4@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)5–5–0
11WOctober 27, 19904–2@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)6–5–0
12LOctober 30, 19901–2Washington Capitals (1990–91)6–6–0
13WNovember 1, 19902–1New Jersey Devils (1990–91)7–6–0
14LNovember 3, 19903–5Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)7–7–0
15WNovember 6, 19906–3Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)8–7–0
16WNovember 8, 19905–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)9–7–0
17LNovember 9, 19901–7@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)9–8–0
18LNovember 11, 19900–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)9–9–0
19LNovember 14, 19903–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)9–10–0
20WNovember 16, 19903–2New York Islanders (1990–91)10–10–0
21LNovember 19, 19904–6Calgary Flames (1990–91)10–11–0
22WNovember 21, 19904–1Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)11–11–0
23LNovember 23, 19904–6@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)11–12–0
24TNovember 24, 19903–3 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91)11–12–1
25TNovember 27, 19901–1 OTMinnesota North Stars (1990–91)11–12–2
26WNovember 29, 19902–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)12–12–2
27WDecember 2, 19905–1@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)13–12–2
28WDecember 4, 19904–2@ New York Islanders (1990–91)14–12–2
29LDecember 5, 19904–9@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)14–13–2
30TDecember 7, 19902–2 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)14–13–3
31LDecember 10, 19902–3 OTQuebec Nordiques (1990–91)14–14–3
32LDecember 12, 19904–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)14–15–3
33LDecember 14, 19903–5New York Rangers (1990–91)14–16–3
34LDecember 16, 19902–5Calgary Flames (1990–91)14–17–3
35WDecember 18, 19903–2@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)15–17–3
36WDecember 20, 19907–4Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)16–17–3
37WDecember 22, 19904–3Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)17–17–3
38LDecember 23, 19903–4@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)17–18–3
39LDecember 27, 19905–7Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)17–19–3
40LDecember 28, 19902–5Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)17–20–3
41LDecember 31, 19901–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)17–21–3
42LJanuary 2, 19912–5@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91)17–22–3
43LJanuary 3, 19913–8@ Boston Bruins (1990–91)17–23–3
44WJanuary 5, 19916–5@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)18–23–3
45TJanuary 8, 19913–3 OTBuffalo Sabres (1990–91)18–23–4
46LJanuary 10, 19914–5Hartford Whalers (1990–91)18–24–4
47LJanuary 12, 19912–6@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)18–25–4
48LJanuary 16, 19911–2Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)18–26–4
49WJanuary 23, 19916–5Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)19–26–4
50LJanuary 25, 19911–5Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)19–27–4
51LJanuary 26, 19914–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)19–28–4
52LJanuary 28, 19910–1Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)19–29–4
53LJanuary 30, 19914–9@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91)19–30–4
54TJanuary 31, 19913–3 OTNew York Rangers (1990–91)19–30–5
55LFebruary 2, 19911–9@ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91)19–31–5
56LFebruary 5, 19913–5@ Washington Capitals (1990–91)19–32–5
57WFebruary 7, 19912–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91)20–32–5
58LFebruary 8, 19911–8@ New York Rangers (1990–91)20–33–5
59LFebruary 10, 19910–2@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91)20–34–5
60LFebruary 14, 19912–3St. Louis Blues (1990–91)20–35–5
61WFebruary 16, 19914–2Washington Capitals (1990–91)21–35–5
62TFebruary 18, 19913–3 OTQuebec Nordiques (1990–91)21–35–6
63TFebruary 20, 19915–5 OT@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)21–35–7
64LFebruary 21, 19914–6@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)21–36–7
65WFebruary 23, 19915–2Detroit Red Wings (1990–91)22–36–7
66WFebruary 25, 19914–2Calgary Flames (1990–91)23–36–7
67WFebruary 27, 19914–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)24–36–7
68LMarch 1, 19911–7Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)24–37–7
69LMarch 3, 19910–8@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91)24–38–7
70LMarch 5, 19911–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91)24–39–7
71TMarch 7, 19913–3 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91)24–39–8
72LMarch 9, 19912–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91)24–40–8
73WMarch 10, 19917–5@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91)25–40–8
74LMarch 13, 19914–5 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1990–91)25–41–8
75TMarch 16, 19914–4 OTNew York Islanders (1990–91)25–41–9
76WMarch 17, 19915–4 OTLos Angeles Kings (1990–91)26–41–9
77LMarch 20, 19912–3Calgary Flames (1990–91)26–42–9
78WMarch 22, 19913–1Winnipeg Jets (1990–91)27–42–9
79LMarch 26, 19912–7@ Calgary Flames (1990–91)27–43–9
80WMarch 28, 19913–2 OTWinnipeg Jets (1990–91)28–43–9

Playoffs

Smythe Division Semi-Finals: vs. (1) Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles wins series 4-2

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTSeries
1April 4Vancouver6 - 5Los Angeles1 - 0
2April 6Vancouver2 – 3Los AngelesOT1 – 1
3April 8Los Angeles1 – 2VancouverOT2 – 1
4April 10Los Angeles6 – 1Vancouver2 – 2
5April 12Vancouver4 – 7Los Angeles2 – 3
6April 14Los Angeles4 – 1Vancouver2 – 4

Player statistics

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Trevor Linden80333770-2565
Dan Quinn64183149-2846
Greg Adams55212445-510
Dave Capuano61133144142
Doug Lidster7863238-677

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades
September 7, 1990 To Vancouver Canucks
Dave Mackey		 To Minnesota North Stars
future considerations
January 12, 1991 To Vancouver Canucks
Gerald Diduck		 To Montreal Canadiens
4th round pick in 1991 (Vladimir Vujtek)
January 13, 1991 To Vancouver Canucks
Tom Kurvers		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Brian Bradley
January 16, 1991 To Vancouver Canucks
2nd round draft pick in 1992 (Michael Peca)		 To Boston Bruins
Petri Skriko
January 22, 1991 To Vancouver Canucks
Brian Blab		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Todd Hawkins
March 5, 1991 To Vancouver Canucks
Cliff Ronning
Sergio Momesso
Geoff Courtnall
Robert Dirk
5th round draft pick in 1992 (Brian Loney)		 To St. Louis Blues
Garth Butcher
Dan Quinn
March 5, 1991 To Vancouver Canucks
Dana Murzyn		 To Calgary Flames
Ron Stern
Kevan Guy
March 5, 1991 To Vancouver Canucks
Cash		 To Buffalo Sabres
Steve Weeks

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 2 Petr Nedved (C)  Czechoslovakia Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
1 18 Shawn Antoski (LW)  Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL)
2 23 Jiri Slegr (D)  Czechoslovakia HC Litvínov (CSSR)
4 65 Darin Bader (LW)  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
5 86 Gino Odjick (LW)  Canada Laval Titan (QMJHL)
7 128 Daryl Filipek (D)  Canada Ferris State University (CCHA)
8 149 Paul O'Hagan (D)  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
9 170 Mark Cipriano (RW)  Canada Victoria Cougars (WHL)
10 191 Troy Neumeier (D)  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
11 212 Tyler Ertel (C)  Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL)
12 233 Karri Kivi (D)  Finland Ilves (SM-liiga)
S2Paul Dukovac (D) CanadaCornell University (ECAC)
S7Normand Krumpschmid (C) CanadaFerris State University (CCHA)

Farm teams

Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)

See also

References
  1. Lapoint, Joe (February 2, 1991). "Despite Making 59 Saves, Richter Shares the Spotlight". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  2. Springer, Steve (February 4, 1991). "Canucks Had Close-Up View of Fatal Airline Crash at LAX". Los Angeles Times.
  3. "NHL Roundup". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. February 6, 1991. p. 27.
  4. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  5. "1990-1991 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
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