1990–91 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1990–91 Pittsburgh Penguins
Stanley Cup Champions
Wales Conference Champions
Patrick Division Champions
Division	1st Patrick
Conference	3rd Wales
1990–91 record	41–33–6
Home record	25–12–3
Road record	16–21–3
Goals for	342 (2nd)
Goals against	305 (18th)
Team information
General Manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Bob Johnson
Captain	Mario Lemieux
Alternate captains	Paul Coffey Bob Errey Randy Hillier
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Average attendance	15,927
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Recchi and Kevin Stevens (40)
Assists	Mark Recchi (73)
Points	Mark Recchi (113)
Penalties in minutes	Kevin Stevens (133)
Wins	Tom Barrasso (27)
Goals against average	Tom Barrasso (3.59)
<1989–90 1991–92>

The 1990–91 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the Penguins 24th season in the NHL, and they were coming off of a disappointing 1989–90 season, when they finished with a 32–40–8 record, recording 72 points, finishing 1 point behind the New York Islanders for the final playoff spot in the Patrick Division, failing to qualify for post season play for the 7th time in 8 seasons. The Penguins placed first in their division, third-overall in the Wales Conference, on the way to the first-ever Stanley Cup championship for the team.

Off-season

In the off-season, General Manager Craig Patrick, who finished the previous season coaching the club, would name Bob Johnson as the new head coach of the Penguins. Patrick also named Scotty Bowman as his director of player development and recruitment. Johnson had previously been the head coach of the Calgary Flames from 1982–87. The team also acquired veteran Bryan Trottier, who helped lead the New York Islanders to 4 straight Stanley Cups from 1980–83, to help out with his leadership abilities.

Regular season

The Penguins would begin the season without Mario Lemieux, as he would miss the first half of the season recovering from a back injury that he suffered in a game against the New York Rangers on February 14, 1990, which caused him to miss the remainder of the 1989–90 season.

Pittsburgh would begin the season slow, and in their opening 31 games, the team had a 12–16–3, good for 27 points, and 9 points out of a playoff spot. As the season progressed, the team began playing better, had Mario Lemieux return to the lineup, and Patrick would make some trades, acquiring defenceman Larry Murphy from the Minnesota North Stars and Scott Young from the Hartford Whalers. The Penguins eventually came into playoff contention, and on March 4, when the team had a 32–30–4 record, sitting in 3rd place in the division, the club pulled off a blockbuster deal with the Whalers, trading John Cullen, Zarley Zalapski, and Jeff Parker to Hartford for Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson, and Grant Jennings. The deal helped the Penguins finish the season off 9–3–2, and win their first ever Division championship, finishing 3 points ahead of the 2nd place New York Rangers.

With Mario Lemieux missing the majority of the season due to his back injury, Mark Recchi stepped up, and had a breakout season, scoring a team high 40 goals and 73 assists for 113 points. Kevin Stevens would tie Recchi for the team lead in goals with 40, and add 46 assists for 86 points. Rookie Jaromir Jagr had a solid season, scoring 27 goals and earning 57 points, while Lemieux recorded 19 goals and 45 points in only 26 games. Paul Coffey led the defense with 93 points in 76 games. The 342 goals the Penguins scored was the 2nd highest toal in the league, only 2 goals less than the Calgary Flames

In goal, Tom Barrasso had the majority of playing time, winning a team high 27 games and posting a 3.59 GAA, along with a shutout. Frank Pietrangelo appeared in 25 games, finishing with a 10–11–1 record and a 3.94 GAA.

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	41	33	6	342	305	88
New York Rangers	80	36	31	13	297	265	85
Washington Capitals	80	37	36	7	258	258	81
New Jersey Devils	80	32	33	15	272	264	79
Philadelphia Flyers	80	33	37	10	252	267	76
New York Islanders	80	25	45	10	223	290	60

^[1]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.

Wales Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	ADM	80	44	24	12	299	264	100
2	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	80	39	30	11	273	249	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	80	41	33	6	342	305	88
4	New York Rangers	PTK	80	36	31	13	297	265	85
5	Washington Capitals	PTK	80	37	36	7	258	258	81
6	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	31	30	19	292	278	81
7	New Jersey Devils	PTK	80	32	33	15	272	264	79
8	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	80	33	37	10	252	267	76
9	Hartford Whalers	ADM	80	31	38	11	238	276	73
10	New York Islanders	PTK	80	25	45	10	223	290	60
11	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	16	50	14	236	354	46

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

1990–91 Schedule
October: 6–6–1 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 3–3–1), 13 Points # Oct Visitor Score Home Record Points 1 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–4 Washington Capitals 1–0–0 2 2 7 New Jersey Devils 4–7 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0–0 4 3 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 St. Louis Blues 2–1–0 4 4 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–4 Chicago Blackhawks 2–2–0 4 5 13 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 New York Islanders 3–2–0 6 6 16 Philadelphia Flyers 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–3–0 6 7 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–4 OT Buffalo Sabres 3–3–1 7 8 20 New York Rangers 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4–1 7 9 23 Montreal Canadiens 5–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–5–1 7 10 25 Quebec Nordiques 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–5–1 9 11 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–7 New Jersey Devils 4–6–1 9 12 28 New York Islanders 3–8 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–6–1 11 13 30 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 Philadelphia Flyers 6–6–1 13
November: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 2–2–1), 11 Points # Nov Visitor Score Home Record Points 14 3 New York Rangers 1–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–6–1 15 15 6 Calgary Flames 5–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 8–6–1 17 16 8 St. Louis Blues 3–2 Pittsburgh Penguins 8–7–1 17 17 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–3 OT Boston Bruins 8–7–2 18 18 13 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Minnesota North Stars 9–7–2 20 19 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 Winnipeg Jets 10–7–2 22 20 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–2 OT Los Angeles Kings 10–8–2 22 21 21 Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 10–9–2 22 22 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–7 Washington Capitals 10–10–2 22 23 24 Washington Capitals 2–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 11–10–2 24 24 27 Edmonton Oilers 7–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 11–11–2 24 25 29 Hartford Whalers 6–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 11–12–2 24
December: 10–6–1 (Home: 6–3–1 ; Road: 4–3–0), 21 Points # Dec Visitor Score Home Record Points 26 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 Minnesota North Stars 11–13–2 24 27 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 9–4 New York Rangers 12–13–2 26 28 5 Washington Capitals 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 12–14–2 26 29 7 Vancouver Canucks 2–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 12–14–3 27 30 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 Hartford Whalers 12–15–3 27 31 11 Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 12–16–3 27 32 13 New Jersey Devils 5–9 Pittsburgh Penguins 13–16–3 29 33 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 Buffalo Sabres 14–16–3 31 34 16 Detroit Red Wings 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 15–16–3 33 35 18 Winnipeg Jets 2–9 Pittsburgh Penguins 16–16–3 35 36 20 Minnesota North Stars 3–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 17–16–3 37 37 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 New York Islanders 18–16–3 39 38 23 New York Islanders 4–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 18–17–3 39 39 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 Washington Capitals 19–17–3 41 40 28 Detroit Red Wings 0–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 20–17–3 43 41 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 Toronto Maple Leafs 20–18–3 43 42 31 St. Louis Blues 3–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 21–18–3 45
January: 7–4–0 (Home: 5–1–0 ; Road: 2–3–0), 14 Points # Jan Visitor Score Home Record Points 43 3 New York Rangers 7–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 21–19–3 45 44 5 New Jersey Devils 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 22–19–3 47 45 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 Montreal Canadiens 22–20–3 47 46 8 Edmonton Oilers 1–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 23–20–3 49 47 10 Calgary Flames 1–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 24–20–3 51 48 15 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–5 Philadelphia Flyers 24–21–3 51 49 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 OT Toronto Maple Leafs 25–21–3 53 50 22 New Jersey Devils 3–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 26–21–3 55 51 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 Quebec Nordiques 27–21–3 57 52 29 Washington Capitals 2–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 28–21–3 59 53 31 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers 28–22–3 59
February: 4–7–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 0–7–1), 9 Points # Feb Visitor Score Home Record Points 54 2 Boston Bruins 2–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 29–22–3 61 55 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 Boston Bruins 29–23–3 61 56 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–6 Winnipeg Jets 29–24–3 61 57 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–7 Edmonton Oilers 29–25–3 61 58 14 New York Islanders 2–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 30–25–3 63 59 16 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 New York Islanders 30–26–3 63 60 19 Buffalo Sabres 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 31–26–3 65 61 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–11 Pittsburgh Penguins 32–26–3 67 62 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 New Jersey Devils 32–27–3 67 63 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–5 OT Washington Capitals 32–27–4 68 64 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–8 Los Angeles Kings 32–28–4 68 65 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Vancouver Canucks 32–29–4 68
March: 9–4–2 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 5–3–0), 20 Points # Mar Visitor Score Home Record Points 66 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–6 Calgary Flames 32–30–4 68 67 5 Vancouver Canucks 1–4 Pittsburgh Penguins 33–30–4 70 68 7 Los Angeles Kings 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 34–30–4 72 69 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 Hartford Whalers 35–30–4 74 70 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 New York Islanders 36–30–4 76 71 12 Montreal Canadiens 4–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 36–30–5 77 72 16 Quebec Nordiques 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 37–30–5 79 73 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 New York Rangers 38–30–5 81 74 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–5 New Jersey Devils 38–31–5 81 75 21 New York Rangers 4–5 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 39–31–5 83 76 23 Chicago Blackhawks 7–5 Pittsburgh Penguins 39–32–5 83 77 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 Philadelphia Flyers 40–32–5 85 78 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–4 Detroit Red Wings 41–32–5 87 79 30 Philadelphia Flyers 4–4 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 41–32–6 88 80 31 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–6 New York Rangers 41–33–6 88
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Tie

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the Penguins would open up against the New Jersey Devils, who finished the year in 4th place in the division, 9 points behind Pittsburgh. The teams split the opening 2 games in Pittsburgh, and then split the 2 games in New Jersey, before the Devils won game 5 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena to take a 3–2 series lead back home. The Penguins responded with a hard fought 4–3 victory in game 6 to bring it back home for game 7, where Pittsburgh completed the comeback with a 4–0 shutout to win the series.

Up next was the Washington Capitals, and Washington would surprise the Penguins with a 4–2 victory in the opening game, however, Pittsburgh tied the series up in game 2 with a 7–6 overtime victory. The Pens would go into Washington for games 3 and 4, and post back-to-back 3–1 wins to go up 3–1 in the series, and finish off Washington in the 5th game to clinch the series and advance to the Conference Finals for the 1st time in team history.

The Penguins next opponent was the Boston Bruins, the defending Wales Conference champions, and the Bruins, who finished with 100 points, had home ice for the series. Boston would take control of the series early by winning the opening 2 games in Boston, however, the Penguins responded by winning the next 2 in Pittsburgh to even up the series. Pittsburgh would return to Boston for the 5th game, and surprise the Bruins with a 7–2 victory, going up 3–2 in the series and returning home for the 6th game. The Penguins finished off Boston 5-3 in the 6th game, winning the Prince of Wales Trophy and going to the Stanley Cup finals for the 1st time in team history.

Pittsburgh faced the surprising Minnesota North Stars in the Stanley Cup finals. While the North Stars had a 27–39–14 record during the regular season, they had been red hot in the playoffs, defeating the President's Trophy winners Chicago Blackhawks, the St. Louis Blues and the defending Stanley Cup champions Edmonton Oilers to reach the finals. Minnesota would continue their hot streak with a 5–4 victory in game 1, however, the Penguins tied the series up in game 2 as the series shifted from Pittsburgh to Minnesota. The North Stars won game 3 with solid goaltending, but the Penguins rebounded in game 4 to tie it back up as they returned to Pittsburgh. Game 5 was a close, hard fought game, with the Penguins winning 6–4 to take a 3–2 series lead, and in game 6, the Pittsburgh Penguins would defeat the North Stars 8–0 to win the series, and the first-ever Stanley Cup in club history. Mario Lemieux, recording 44 points in 23 games, won the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Division Semi-Finals

April 3

New Jersey Devils

3-1

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 5

New Jersey Devils

4-5

OT

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 7

Pittsburgh Penguins

4-3

New Jersey Devils

Continental Airlines Arena

April 9

Pittsburgh Penguins

1-4

New Jersey Devils

Continental Airlines Arena

April 11

New Jersey Devils

4-2

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 13

Pittsburgh Penguins

4-3

New Jersey Devils

Continental Airlines Arena

April 15

New Jersey Devils

0-4

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

Pittsburgh Penguins (4-3)

Division Finals

April 17

Washington Capitals

4-2

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 19

Washington Capitals

6-7

OT

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

April 21

Pittsburgh Penguins

3-1

Washington Capitals

Capital Centre

April 23

Pittsburgh Penguins

3-1

Washington Capitals

Capital Centre

April 25

Washington Capitals

1-4

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

Pittsburgh Penguins (4-1)

Conference Finals

May 1

Pittsburgh Penguins

3-6

Boston Bruins

Boston Garden

May 3

Pittsburgh Penguins

4-5

OT

Boston Bruins

Boston Garden

May 5

Boston Bruins

1-4

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

May 7

Boston Bruins

1-4

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

May 9

Pittsburgh Penguins

7-2

Boston Bruins

Boston Garden

May 11

Boston Bruins

3-5

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

Pittsburgh Penguins (4-2)

Stanley Cup Finals

May 15

Minnesota North Stars

5-4

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

May 17

Minnesota North Stars

1-4

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

May 19

Pittsburgh Penguins

1-3

Minnesota North Stars

Met Center

May 21

Pittsburgh Penguins

5-3

Minnesota North Stars

Met Center

May 23

Minnesota North Stars

4-6

Pittsburgh Penguins

Civic Arena

May 25

Pittsburgh Penguins

8-0

Minnesota North Stars

Met Center

Pittsburgh Penguins (4-2)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season[3] Player GP G A Pts +/- − PIM Recchi, MarkMark Recchi 78 40 73 113 0 48 Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen‡ 65 31 63 94 0 83 Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey 76 24 69 93 -18 −18 128 Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens 80 40 46 86 -1 −1 133 Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr 80 27 30 57 -4 −4 42 Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski‡ 66 12 36 48 15 59 Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux 26 19 26 45 8 30 Errey, BobBob Errey 79 20 22 42 11 115 Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen 47 17 22 39 9 6 Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque 78 20 14 34 7 106 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier 52 9 19 28 5 24 Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy† 44 5 23 28 2 30 Young, ScottScott Young† 43 11 16 27 3 33 Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen 72 15 10 25 3 51 Stanton, PaulPaul Stanton 75 5 18 23 11 40 Hrdina, JiriJiri Hrdina† 37 6 14 20 -2 −2 13 Tanti, TonyTony Tanti‡ 46 6 12 18 1 44 Loney, TroyTroy Loney 44 7 9 16 10 85 Brown, RobRob Brown‡ 25 6 10 16 0 31 Roberts, GordieGordie Roberts† 61 3 12 15 18 70 Pederson, BarryBarry Pederson 46 6 8 14 2 21 Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti† 39 3 8 11 16 93 Francis, RonRon Francis† 14 2 9 11 0 21 Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson† 14 1 4 5 4 37 Johnson, JimJim Johnson‡ 24 0 5 5 -3 −3 23 Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier 31 2 2 4 -3 −3 32 Jennings, GrantGrant Jennings† 13 1 3 4 2 26 Dahlquist, ChrisChris Dahlquist‡ 22 1 2 3 0 30 Leach, JamieJamie Leach 7 2 0 2 -1 −1 0 Caufield, JayJay Caufield 23 1 1 2 -2 −2 71 Daniels, JeffJeff Daniels 11 0 2 2 0 2 Priestlay, KenKen Priestlay 2 0 1 1 0 0 Aitken, BradBrad Aitken‡ 6 0 1 1 -2 −2 25 Dineen, GordonGordon Dineen 9 0 0 0 -4 −4 6 Paek, JimJim Paek 3 0 0 0 2 9 Kyte, JimJim Kyte‡ 1 0 0 0 0 2 Total 342 590 932 89 1569 Team Total[A] 342 597 939 89 1633

Playoffs[4] Player GP G A Pts +/- − PIM Lemieux, MarioMario Lemieux 23 16 28 44 14 16 Recchi, MarkMark Recchi 24 10 24 34 6 33 Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens 24 17 16 33 14 53 Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy 23 5 18 23 17 44 Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen 22 8 9 17 17 4 Francis, RonRon Francis 24 7 10 17 13 24 Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque 24 6 7 13 6 16 Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr 24 3 10 13 2 6 Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey 12 2 9 11 -1 −1 6 Errey, BobBob Errey 24 5 2 7 5 29 Trottier, BryanBryan Trottier 23 3 4 7 -1 −1 49 Young, ScottScott Young 17 1 6 7 1 2 Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson 20 3 2 5 7 34 Loney, TroyTroy Loney 24 2 2 4 -3 −3 41 Hrdina, JiriJiri Hrdina 14 2 2 4 1 6 Stanton, PaulPaul Stanton 22 1 2 3 6 24 Roberts, GordieGordie Roberts 24 1 2 3 13 63 Taglianetti, PeterPeter Taglianetti 19 0 3 3 7 49 Jennings, GrantGrant Jennings 13 1 1 2 3 16 Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen 16 1 0 1 -4 −4 14 Paek, JimJim Paek 8 1 0 1 2 2 Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier 8 0 0 0 1 24 Total 95 157 252 126 555 Team Total[B] 95 159 254 126 559

• ^{A B} Team Total includes Skater Statistics, Goaltender Statistics and Bench Minor Penalties.^[5][6]

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[7]

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Barrasso, TomTom Barrasso	48	2,753:51	27	16	3	0	165	3.59	1,579	0.896	1	0	5	40
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	25	1,310:35	10	11	1	2	86	3.94	714	0.880	0	0	1	24
Young, WendellWendell Young	18	772:57	4	6	2	0	52	4.04	428	0.879	0	0	1	0
Total		4,837:23	41	33	6	2	303	3.76	2,721	0.889	1	0	7	64

Playoffs^[8]

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Barasso, TomTom Barasso	20	1,175:23	12	7	1	51	2.60	629	0.919	1	0	1	2
Pietrangelo, FrankFrank Pietrangelo	5	287:42	4	1	0	15	3.13	148	0.899	1	0	1	2
Total		1,463:05	46	8	1	66	2.71	777	0.915	2	0	2	4

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Team only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and records

Awards

Player	Award
Phil Bourque	Baz Bastien Memorial "Good Guy" Award
Randy Gilhen	Unsung Hero Award
Jaromir Jagr	Michel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Award NHL All-Rookie Team
Mario Lemieux	Donadeo Sullivan Pittsburgh Penguins Masterton Nominee Conn Smythe Trophy
Mark Recchi	Bowser Pontiac Leading Point Scorer Award Murray Hill Jewelers Player's Player Award Booster Club Award Foodland Most Valuable Player Award
Kevin Stevens	NHL Second All-Star Team

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1990–91 season:^[9]

Trades

June 16, 1990	To Calgary Flames: 1990 second round pick (#26–Nicolas Perreault)	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Joe Mullen
October 27, 1990	To St. Louis Blues: Future considerations (1992 eleventh round pick (#259–Wade Salzman))	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Gordie Roberts
December 11, 1990	To Minnesota North Stars: Jim Johnson Chris Dahlquist	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Larry Murphy Peter Taglianetti
December 13, 1990	To Calgary Flames: Jim Kyte	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Jiri Hrdina
December 21, 1990	To Hartford Whalers: Rob Brown	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Scott Young
March 4, 1991	To Hartford Whalers: John Cullen Zarley Zalapski Jeff Parker	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Ron Francis Ulf Samuelsson Grant Jennings
March 5, 1991	To Edmonton Oilers: Brad Aitken	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Kim Issel
March 5, 1991	To Buffalo Sabres: Tony Tanti	To Pittsburgh Penguins: Rights to Ken Priestlay

Free agents

Player	Acquired from	Lost to	Date
Alain Chevrier		Detroit Red Wings	July 5, 1990
Bryan Trottier	New York Islanders		July 20, 1990
Richard Zemlak		Calgary Flames	November 9, 1990
Jeff Parker	Winnipeg Jets		February 5, 1991

Signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Paul Coffey	October 24, 1990	Multi-year contract

Other

Name	Date	Details
Rod Buskas	October 1, 1990	Lost to Los Angeles Kings in waiver draft
Randy Gilhen	May 30, 1991	Lost in expansion draft (Minnesota North Stars)
Greg Carval	June 21, 1991	Acquired in supplemental draft

Draft picks

Pittsburgh Penguins' picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.^[10]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	5	Jaromir Jagr	Right Wing	Czech Republic	Kladno (Czech)
3	61[a]	Joe Dziedzic	Left Wing	United States	Edison High School (Minn)
4	68	Chris Tamer	Defense	United States	University of Michigan (NCAA)
5	89	Brian Farrell	Left Wing	United States	Avon Old Farms (Conn)
6	107[b]	Ian Moran	Defense	United States	Belmont Hill School (Mass)
6	110	Denis Casey	Goaltender	Canada	Colorado College (NCAA)
7	130[c]	Mika Valila	Center	Sweden	Tappara Tampere (FIN)
7	131	Ken Plaquin	Defense	Canada	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
7	145[d]	Pat Neaton	Defense	United States	University of Michigan (NCAA)
8	152	Petteri Koskimaki	Center	Finland	Boston University (NCAA)
9	173	Ladislav Karabin	Left Wing	Slovakia	Bratislava Slovan Harvard (Slovak)
10	194	Timothy Fingerhut	Left Wing	United States	Canterbury High School (Conn)
11	215	Michael Thompson	Right Wing	Canada	Michigan State University (NCAA)
12	236	Brian Bruininks	Defense	United States	Colorado College (NCAA)

Draft notes^[11]

• The Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a June 16, 1990 trade that sent Joe Mullen to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
• The Pittsburgh Penguins' third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a September 1, 1989 trade that sent Wendell Young and a seventh-round pick to the Penguins in exchange for this pick.
• ^a The Buffalo Sabres' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a November 12, 1988 trade that sent Doug Bodger and Darrin Shannon to the Sabres in exchange for Tom Barrasso and this pick.
• ^b The Vancouver Canucks' sixth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of an October 24, 1989 trade that sent Rod Buskas to the Canucks in exchange for this pick.
• ^c The Philadelphia Flyers' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of a September 1, 1989 trade that sent a third-round pick to the Flyers in exchange for Wendell Young and this pick.
• ^d The Buffalo Sabres' seventh-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a result of an October 3, 1988 trade that sent Wayne Van Dorp to the Sabres in exchange for this pick.

Pittsburgh Penguins 1991 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

• †† Goalie Wendell Young missed the first three rounds with an injury. Tom Barrasso also missed the last two games of Round 1 and first two games of Round 2 while injured. Bruce Racine was called up from the minors to serve as back-up to Frank Pietrangelo. Racine's name was left off the Stanley Cup because he had not played in the NHL – in fact, Racine never played for Pittsburgh. His only NHL experience came in 1995–96 for the St. Louis Blues. Racine was included in the team picture, and does have a 1991 Stanley Cup ring.
• † 4 more players were included on the 1991 Stanley Cup picture, but were not engraved on the Cup. They did not play in the playoffs or qualify to be on the Cup.

Stanley Cup engraving

• Bob Johnson became the second American-born head coach to win the Stanley Cup. Bill Stewart was the first in 1938 with the Chicago Blackhawks.
• Jay Caufield spent the whole 1990–91 season with Pittsburgh. He played only 23 regular season games and did not dress in the playoffs. His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup due to the team's petition, even though he did not qualify.

Farm teams

The IHL's Muskegon Lumberjacks finished in fourth place in the East Division with a record of 38-40-5. They lost to the Kalamazoo Wings in the first round of the playoffs 4-1.

The East Coast Hockey League's Knoxville Cherokees won the Henry Brabham Cup as the team with the league's most outstanding record (46-13-5). They were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Louisville Icehawks. Don Jackson was named coach of the year, Stan Drulia was named league MVP and was leading scorer, and Dan Gauthier was the league rookie of the year.

References

• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

External links

• Player stats at Hockey Database
• Game log at NHL Reference

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1990–91 NHL season Patrick New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington Adams Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec Norris Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto Smythe Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg See also Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals