1989–90 Calgary Flames season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1989–90 Calgary Flames
Division	1st Smythe
Conference	1st Campbell
1989–90 record	42–23–15
Home record	28–7–5
Road record	14–16–10
Goals for	348 (1st)
Goals against	265 (4th)
General Manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Terry Crisp
Captain	Jim Peplinski (Oct) Brad McCrimmon
Alternate captains	Tim Hunter Unknown
Arena	Olympic Saddledome
Average attendance	19,861
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Nieuwendyk (45)
Assists	Doug Gilmour (67)
Points	Joe Nieuwendyk (95)
Penalties in minutes	Tim Hunter (279)
Wins	Mike Vernon (23)
Goals against average	Mike Vernon (3.13)

The 1989–90 Calgary Flames season was the 10th National Hockey League season in Calgary. In defence of their first Stanley Cup championship, the Flames remained a dominant team on the ice, finishing atop the Smythe Division for the third consecutive year, and 2nd overall in the NHL with 99 points - two points behind the Boston Bruins.

The regular season success did not translate in the post season, however, as the Flames were stunned by the Los Angeles Kings in six games in the first round of the playoffs. The loss would begin a 15–year period of playoff frustration, as the Flames would not win another post season round until the 2003–04 season.

Following the loss, the Flames fired head coach Terry Crisp, later replacing him with Doug Risebrough. In three seasons with the Flames, Crisp compiled a 144–63–33 record, with one Stanley Cup win and two President's Trophies.^[1]

Individually, Russian superstar Sergei Makarov, who was drafted by the Flames in 1983, was allowed to leave the Soviet Union and play in the NHL. Makarov finished 4th in team scoring with 86 points. The 32 year old Makarov captured the Calder Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year. The selection was controversial, as Makarov had played 11 pro seasons in the Soviet Union prior to joining the Flames. As a result, the league changed the rules for the following seasons, stating that only players under the age of 26 would be eligible for the award.^[2]

Four Flames were named to represent the Campbell Conference at the 1990 All-Star Game: Forwards Joe Mullen and Joe Nieuwendyk, defenceman Al MacInnis and goaltender Mike Vernon.^[3]

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

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Smythe Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Calgary Flames	80	42	23	15	99	348	265	1751
Edmonton Oilers	80	38	28	14	90	315	283	2046
Winnipeg Jets	80	37	32	11	85	298	290	1639
Los Angeles Kings	80	34	39	7	75	338	337	1844
Vancouver Canucks	80	25	41	14	64	245	306	1644

[edit] Game log

[edit] October

Overall: 6–3–4; Home: 3–0–2; Road: 3–3–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Detroit	7 – 10	Calgary		1–0–0	2
2	October 7	NY Islanders	3 – 6	Calgary		2–0–0	4
3	October 10	Calgary	4 – 2	New Jersey		3–0–0	6
4	October 11	Calgary	4 – 5	NY Rangers		3–1–0	6
5	October 14	Calgary	4 – 4	Washington	OT	3–1–1	7
6	October 15	Calgary	3 – 2	Philadelphia		4–1–1	9
7	October 17	Calgary	8 – 8	Quebec	OT	4–1–2	10
8	October 18	Calgary	1 – 2	Montreal		4–2–2	10
9	October 21	Boston	2 – 5	Calgary		5–2–2	12
10	October 23	Washington	3 – 3	Calgary	OT	5–2–3	13
11	October 25	Calgary	5 – 0	Los Angeles		6–2–3	15
12	October 27	Vancouver	5 – 5	Calgary	OT	6–2–4	16
13	October 28	Calgary	3 – 4	Vancouver		6–3–4	16

[edit] November

Overall: 5–6–4; Home: 4–1–2; Road: 1–5–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
14	November 1	Winnipeg	3 – 5	Calgary		7–3–4	18
15	November 3	Calgary	2 – 5	Edmonton		7–4–4	18
16	November 4	New Jersey	3 – 7	Calgary		8–4–4	20
17	November 6	Edmonton	1 – 5	Calgary		9–4–4	22
18	November 8	Calgary	5 – 4	Los Angeles		10–4–4	24
19	November 11	Calgary	2 – 3	Minnesota	OT	10–5–4	24
20	November 12	Calgary	2 – 3	Winnipeg		10–6–4	24
21	November 14	Los Angeles	8 – 6	Calgary		10–7–4	24
22	November 16	Buffalo	4 – 4	Calgary	OT	10–7–5	25
23	November 18	Chicago	4 – 4	Calgary	OT	10–7–6	26
24	November 20	Calgary	2 – 3	Montreal		10–8–6	26
25	November 21	Calgary	4 – 4	Quebec	OT	10–8–7	27
26	November 24	Calgary	2 – 3	Detroit		10–9–7	27
27	November 25	Calgary	3 – 3	St. Louis	OT	10–9–8	28
28	November 30	Minnesota	2 – 5	Calgary		11–9–8	30

[edit] December

Overall: 6–4–2; Home: 5–2–0; Road: 1–2–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
29	December 2	Toronto	4 – 7	Calgary		12–9–8	32
30	December 6	Winnipeg	3 – 4	Calgary		12–10–8	32
31	December 10	Calgary	1 – 4	Winnipeg		12–11–8	32
32	December 11	Calgary	3 – 3	Edmonton	OT	12–11–9	33
33	December 14	Quebec	2 – 8	Calgary		13–11–9	35
34	December 16	Pittsburgh	3 – 4	Calgary		14–11–9	37
35	December 19	Calgary	2 – 1	Vancouver		15–11–9	39
36	December 20	Vancouver	1 – 2	Calgary	OT	16–11–9	41
37	December 23	Calgary	1 – 2	Edmonton		16–12–9	41
38	December 27	Calgary	5 – 5	Los Angeles		16–12–10	42
39	December 29	Winnipeg	2 – 1	Calgary	OT	16–13–10	42
40	December 30	Montreal	3 – 5	Calgary		17–13–10	44

[edit] January

Overall: 8–2–3; Home: 4–1–1; Road: 4–1–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
41	January 2	Philadelphia	4 – 4	Calgary	OT	17–13–11	45
42	January 5	Hartford	4 – 6	Calgary		18–13–11	47
43	January 7	Calgary	3 – 1	Edmonton		19–13–11	49
44	January 9	Edmonton	3 – 2	Calgary	OT	19–14–11	49
45	January 11	Buffalo	3 – 5	Calgary		20–14–11	51
46	January 13	Calgary	5 – 6	Toronto		20–15–11	51
47	January 14	Calgary	6 – 5	Chicago		21–15–11	53
48	January 16	Calgary	5 – 2	St. Louis		22–15–11	55
49	January 18	Calgary	2 – 2	Boston	OT	22–15–12	56
50	January 19	Calgary	3 – 3	Hartford	OT	22–15–13	57
51	January 25	NY Rangers	5 – 8	Calgary		23–15–13	59
52	January 27	Minnesota	1 – 3	Calgary		24–15–13	61
53	January 30	Calgary	7 – 2	Vancouver		25–15–13	63

[edit] February

Overall: 6–5–0; Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
54	February 1	Vancouver	3 – 4	Calgary	OT	26–15–13	65
55	February 3	Calgary	3 – 4	Los Angeles		26–16–13	65
56	February 6	Los Angeles	5 – 3	Calgary		26–17–13	65
57	February 10	Calgary	5 – 7	Detroit		26–18–13	65
58	February 11	Calgary	5 – 2	NY Rangers		27–18–13	67
59	February 13	Calgary	4 – 2	NY Islanders		28–18–13	69
60	February 15	Calgary	4 – 1	Chicago		29–18–13	71
61	February 18	Calgary	1 – 5	Winnipeg		29–19–13	71
62	February 20	Boston	5 – 3	Calgary		29–20–13	71
63	February 22	Toronto	2 – 12	Calgary		30–20–13	73
64	February 25	Edmonton	4 – 10	Calgary		31–20–13	75

[edit] March

Overall: 10–3–2; Home: 8–1–0; Road: 2–2–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
65	March 1	Philadelphia	4 – 2	Calgary		31–21–13	75
66	March 3	Vancouver	1 – 5	Calgary		32–21–13	77
67	March 5	Los Angeles	0 – 5	Calgary		33–21–13	79
68	March 7	Pittsburgh	3 – 6	Calgary		34–21–13	81
69	March 9	Calgary	4 – 4	Vancouver	OT	34–21–14	82
70	March 11	Calgary	6 – 4	Winnipeg		35–21–14	84
71	March 12	Winnipeg	4 – 5	Calgary	OT	36–21–14	86
72	March 15	New Jersey	4 – 5	Calgary		37–21–14	88
73	March 17	Hartford	4 – 5	Calgary		38–21–14	90
74	March 19	St. Louis	2 – 5	Calgary		39–21–14	92
75	March 21	Calgary	4 – 5	Buffalo		39–22–14	92
76	March 24	Calgary	3 – 3	Pittsburgh	OT	39–22–15	93
77	March 25	Calgary	1 – 4	Washington		39–23–15	93
78	March 27	Calgary	4 – 2	NY Islanders		40–23–15	95
79	March 30	Edmonton	2 – 6	Calgary		41–23–15	97

[edit] April

Overall: 1–0–0; Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Record	Pts
80	April 1	Los Angeles	4 – 8	Calgary		42–23–15	99

[edit] Playoffs

The Flames defense of their first Stanley Cup championship ended quickly as Calgary was stunned by the Los Angeles Kings in six games. The loss would begin a string of playoff disappointments for the Flames, who would not win another playoff round until the 2004 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Flames 12–4 defeat in game four of the series remains a Flames team record for most goals against in one playoff game.^[4]

[edit] Round 1: Calgary vs Los Angeles

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 4	Los Angeles	5 – 3	Calgary		Los Angeles leads 1–0
2	April 6	Los Angeles	5 – 8	Calgary		Series tied 1–1
3	April 8	Calgary	1 – 2	Los Angeles	OT	Los Angeles leads 2–1
4	April 10	Calgary	4 – 12	Los Angeles		Los Angeles leads 3–1
5	April 12	Los Angeles	1 – 5	Calgary		Los Angeles leads 3–2
6	April 14	Calgary	3 – 4	Los Angeles	2OT	Los Angeles wins 4–2

[edit] Player stats

[edit] 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
Joe Nieuwendyk	25		79	45	50	95	40		6	4	6	10	4
Doug Gilmour	39		78	24	67	91	54		6	3	1	4	8
Al MacInnis	2		79	28	62	90	82		6	2	3	5	8
Sergei Makarov	42		80	24	62	86	55		6	0	6	6	3
Gary Suter	20		76	16	60	76	97		6	0	1	1	12
Gary Roberts	10		78	39	33	72	222		6	2	5	7	41
Joe Mullen	7		78	36	33	69	24		6	3	0	3	0
Theoren Fleury	14		80	31	35	66	157		6	2	3	5	10
Paul Ranheim	28		80	26	28	54	23		6	1	3	4	2
Brian MacLellan	27		65	20	18	38	26		6	0	2	2	8
Jamie Macoun	34		78	8	27	35	70		6	0	3	3	10
Joel Otto	29		75	13	20	33	116		6	2	2	4	2
Jiri Hrdina	17		64	12	18	30	31		6	0	1	1	2
Dana Murzyn	5		78	7	13	20	140		6	2	2	4	2
Brad McCrimmon	4		79	4	15	19	78		6	0	2	2	8
Ric Nattress	6		49	1	14	15	26		6	2	0	2	8
Colin Patterson	11		61	5	3	8	20		-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Bergqvist	-		22	2	5	7	10		-	-	-	-	-
Mark Hunter	22		10	2	3	5	39		-	-	-	-	-
Tim Hunter	19		67	2	3	5	279		6	0	0	0	4
Roger Johansson	21		35	0	5	5	48		-	-	-	-	-
Sergei Priakin	16		20	2	2	4	0		2	0	0	0	0
Mike Vernon	30		47	0	3	3	21		6	0	0	0	0
Jim Korn†	26		9	0	2	2	26		4	1	0	1	12
Jim Peplinski	24		6	1	0	1	4		-	-	-	-	-
Brian Glynn	32		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Guenette	1		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Stu Grimson	35		3	0	0	0	17		-	-	-	-	-
Marc Bureau	33		5	0	0	0	4		-	-	-	-	-
Ken Sabourin	23		5	0	0	0	10		-	-	-	-	-
Rick Wamsley	31		36	0	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

[edit] 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
Mike Vernon	30		47	2795	23	14	9	146	1	3.13		6	342	2	3	19	0	3.33
Rick Wamsley	31		36	1969	18	8	6	107	0	3.26		1	49	0	1	9	0	11.02
Steve Guenette	1		2	119	1	1	0	8	0	4.03		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1989–90 season.

[edit] Trades

March 6, 1990

To Calgary Flames Jim Korn

To New Jersey Devils 5th round pick in 1990

[edit] Free Agents

Player Former team

Player New team

[edit] Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, held in Bloomington, Minnesota.^[5]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	24	Kent Manderville	Canada	Unknown
2	42	Ted Drury	United States	Unknown
3	50	Veli-Pekka Kautonen	Finland	HIFK Helsinki (FNL)
3	63	Corey Lyons	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
4	70	Robert Reichel	Czech Republic	CHZ LITVÍNOV (CZE)
4	84	Ryan O'Leary	N/A	Unknown
5	105	Toby Kearney	N/A	Unknown
7	147	Alex Nikolic	Canada	Cornell (ECAC)
8	168	Kevin Wortman	United States	Unknown
9	189	Sergei Gomolyako	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL)
10	210	Dan Sawyer	United States	Unknown
11	231	Alexander Yudin	Russia	HC Dynamo Moscow (RSL)
12	252	Kenneth Kennholt	Sweden	Djurgårdens IF (SEL)

[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

v • d • e Calgary Flames Franchise · Players · Coaches · GMs · Records · Seasons · Draft Picks · Award winners Atlanta Flames · Stampede Corral · Pengrowth Saddledome · Calgary Hitmen · Red Mile · Harvey the Hound · Battle of Alberta · Quad City Flames · Las Vegas Wranglers

v • d • e Calgary Flames seasons Atlanta · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–00 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 Bold indicates Stanley Cup victory