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National Hockey League season

Sports season

The 1989–90 NHL season was the 73rd season of the National Hockey League. The Stanley Cup winners were the Edmonton Oilers, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Boston Bruins. The championship was the Oilers’ fifth Stanley Cup in the past seven years.

Regular season[edit]

This season marked the first time that all three New York City area NHL teams, including the New Jersey Devils, made the playoffs in the same season, a feat which has since been repeated twice more: in the 1993–94 and the 2006–07 seasons.

Until 2017, this was last time the Detroit Red Wings missed the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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Sam St. Laurent of the Red Wings became the last goalie to wear a full fiberglass mask during an NHL game.

Final standings[edit]

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Prince of Wales Conference[edit]

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Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

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

Clarence Campbell Conference[edit]

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Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Playoffs[edit]

Playoff bracket[edit]

Stanley Cup Finals[edit]

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Boston Bruins in the Final series, four games to one. For the Oilers, it was their fifth Cup win in seven years, and their only one without Wayne Gretzky (in fact, they defeated Gretzky’s Kings in the second round). In game one, Petr Klima scored at 15:13 of the third overtime period to give the Oilers a 3–2 win. As of 2020, this game remains the longest in Stanley Cup Finals history (Longest NHL overtime games), edging both Brett Hull’s cup-winner in 1999 and Igor Larionov’s game-winner in 2002 by less than 30 seconds. In game five at the Boston Garden on May 24, the Oilers won 4–1. Craig Simpson scored the game-winning goal.

Edmonton won series 4–1
Presidents’ Trophy: Boston Bruins
Prince of Wales Trophy:
(Wales Conference playoff champion)		 Boston Bruins
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:
(Campbell Conference playoff champion)		 Edmonton Oilers
Art Ross Trophy: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Gord Kluzak, Boston Bruins
Calder Memorial Trophy: Sergei Makarov, Calgary Flames
Conn Smythe Trophy: Bill Ranford, Edmonton Oilers
Frank J. Selke Trophy: Rick Meagher, St. Louis Blues
Hart Memorial Trophy: Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers
Jack Adams Award: Bob Murdoch, Winnipeg Jets
James Norris Memorial Trophy: Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins
King Clancy Memorial Trophy: Kevin Lowe, Edmonton Oilers
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Brett Hull, St. Louis Blues
Lester B. Pearson Award: Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers
NHL Plus/Minus Award: Paul Cavallini, St. Louis Blues
Vezina Trophy: Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens
William M. Jennings Trophy: Reggie Lemelin/Andy Moog, Boston Bruins
Lester Patrick Trophy: Len Ceglarski

All-Star teams[edit]

First team   Position   Second team
Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens G Daren Puppa, Buffalo Sabres
Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins D Paul Coffey, Pittsburgh Penguins
Al MacInnis, Calgary Flames D Doug Wilson, Chicago Blackhawks
Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers C Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
Brett Hull, St. Louis Blues RW Cam Neely, Boston Bruins
Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings LW Brian Bellows, Minnesota North Stars

Player statistics[edit]

Scoring leaders[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes, PPG = Powerplay Goals, SHG = Shorthanded Goals, GWG = Game Winning Goals

Sources: NHL, Quanthockey.com.[5]

Leading goaltenders[edit]

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage

Source: Quanthockey.com.[6]

Coaches[edit]

Patrick Division[edit]

Adams Division[edit]

Norris Division[edit]

Smythe Division[edit]

Milestones[edit]

This season would be the last the Toronto Maple Leafs would play under the 29 year ownership of Harold Ballard as a result of his death in April 1990 and the subsequent sale of the franchise.

Debuts[edit]

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1989–90 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

  • Wes Walz, Boston Bruins
  • Alexander Mogilny, Buffalo Sabres
  • Rob Ray, Buffalo Sabres
  • Donald Audette*, Buffalo Sabres
  • Sergei Makarov, Calgary Flames
  • Rob Blake, Los Angeles Kings
  • Helmut Balderis, Minnesota North Stars
  • Mike Modano, Minnesota North Stars
  • Andrew Cassels, Montreal Canadiens
  • Lyle Odelein, Montreal Canadiens
  • Vyacheslav Fetisov, New Jersey Devils
  • Alexei Kasatonov, New Jersey Devils
  • Murray Baron, Philadelphia Flyers
  • Curtis Joseph, St. Louis Blues
  • Tie Domi, Toronto Maple Leafs
  • Vladimir Krutov, Vancouver Canucks
  • Igor Larionov, Vancouver Canucks
  • Olaf Kolzig, Washington Capitals

Last games[edit]

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1989–90 (listed with their last team):

  • Reed Larson, Buffalo Sabres
  • Al Secord, Chicago Blackhawks
  • Bob Murray, Chicago Blackhawks
  • Duane Sutter, Chicago Blackhawks
  • Bernie Federko, Detroit Red Wings
  • Borje Salming, Detroit Red Wings
  • Reijo Ruotsalainen, Edmonton Oilers
  • Barry Beck, Los Angeles Kings
  • Helmut Balderis, Minnesota North Stars
  • Curt Fraser, Minnesota North Stars
  • Mark Johnson, New Jersey Devils
  • Ron Greschner, New York Rangers
  • Doug Smith, Pittsburgh Penguins
  • Vladimir Krutov, Vancouver Canucks
  • Paul Reinhart, Vancouver Canucks
  • Doug Wickenheiser, Washington Capitals

Trading deadline[edit]

Trading deadline: March 6, 1990.[7]

  • March 6, 1990: Adrien Plavsic, St. Louis’ first round pick in 1990 Entry Draft and second round pick in 1991 Entry Draft traded from St. Louis to Vancouver for Rich Sutter, Harold Snepsts and St. Louis’ second round pick in 1990 Entry Draft (acquired previously).
  • March 6, 1990: Mike Gartner traded from Minnesota to NY Rangers for Ulf Dahlen, NY Rangers’ fourth round pick in 1990 Entry Draft and future considerations.
  • March 6, 1990: Alain Chevrier traded from Chicago to Pittsburgh for future considerations.
  • March 6, 1990: Jack Capuano traded from NY Islanders to Vancouver for Jeff Rohlicek.
  • March 6, 1990: Jyrki Lumme traded from Montreal to Vancouver for St. Louis’ second round pick in 1991 Entry Draft (acquired previously).
  • March 6, 1990: Jim Korn traded from New Jersey to Calgary for Calgary’s fifth round pick in 1990 Entry Draft.
  • March 6, 1990: Peter Stastny traded from Quebec to New Jersey for Craig Wolanin and future considerations.
  • March 6, 1990: Jeff Sharples traded from Edmonton to New Jersey for Reijo Ruotsalainen.
  • March 6, 1990: Brian Wilks traded from Edmonton to Pittsburgh for future considerations.
  • March 6, 1990: The rights to Cam Brauer traded from Edmonton to Hartford for Marc Laforge.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Kingston, NY: Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X.
  • Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto, ON: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
  • Dryden, Steve, ed. (2000). Century of hockey. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. ISBN 0-7710-4179-9.
  • Fischler, Stan; Fischler, Shirley; Hughes, Morgan; Romain, Joseph; Duplacey, James (2003). The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League. Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International Inc. ISBN 0-7853-9624-1.
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