1990-91 NHL Regular Season
Wayne Gretzky scores twice in the first two games of the season, then tears his bicep!
Gretzky, who got injured a lot at the beginning of his career, had a 7 year span of missing just 10 games. It looked like his injury days were over, but last year and now this year, they are back.
Gretzky will miss atleast half the season recovering.
Gretzky will miss half the season!
Al MacInnis suffered an unusual injury.
The team was at home in
Winnipeg when this happened, so I guess
Al has pet snakes, and for him to be out 4 days, they have to be poisonous, or bite something hard!! Interesting.
MacInnis needs to be more careful!
Mario Lemieux is on pace for 50 goals in 50 games. It’s a record I’m very interested in, since it’s such a rare accomplishment. He’s got 31 goals in 31 games this year. There’s a long way to go, but so far, so good!
Will Lemieux be the first 50 in 50?
Igor Larionov has just turned 30, and has pretty much done what everyone in
Washington was hoping he would. After 5 straight 5th place finishes,
Larionov has the
Capitals comfortably into the playoff picture.
Washington sits 29-19-6, with a 10 points cushion on 3rd place in the Patrick.
Larionov has 64 points and has given the
Caps 2 dangerous scoring lines! A top center is a game changer!
Larionov has made an immediate impact
Mario Lemieux suffers two separate injuries. A sprained finger and a bruised shoulder. All told, it forces him to miss 12 games. He now has 40 goals in 43 games. If he were to get 50 in 50, I’m not sure if that will count. Is it 50 goals in your teams first 50 games, or your first 50 games. The point might be mute, as he still needs 10 goals in 7 games….
Lemieux doesn’t get it done. He scores 3 goals in the next 7, giving him 43 goals in his first 50 games. Still pretty good though…..
Click to view an amazing goal Lemieux scored in the real Stanley Cup final this season.
Without
Rick Middleton and
Brian Sutter, the Smythe Division power that was the
Calgary Flames is no more. Having never missed the playoffs since moving from
Atlanta,
Calgary is on pace for their worst record in 15 years! They aren’t gonna make the playoffs, they are closer to the first draft pick then 4th place in the Smythe.
Bryan Trottier’s production has fallen off to a career low without his long time linemates.
Trottier has 49 points in 67 games. His career low has 67 points in 66 games back in 1978. This looks like another team that needs to rebuild.
Trottier is struggling without his linemates.
The
Toronto Maple Leafs offered me a job at the end of the season. My dream job, to rebuild the
Leafs, during the era I grew up in!!!! That’s a really tough job to turn down, but, that’s not what I’m doing here. I’ll remain commissioner and reach current times!
I'd be like John Brophy, yelling and screaming all the time!!
Final Standings
The
Flyers look ready to defend their title, by winning another President’s trophy. Them and
Quebec are the two best teams in the league. If they aren’t playing in the Wales conference finals, then their was a huge upset.
The
Islanders finish dead last. They will be adding another highly touted prospect to the most exciting pool of young players in the league.
Mats Sundin finished his 2nd season with 27 points in 63 games, he’s fairly raw still.
Pavel Bure had 33 goals in his rookie year.
Calgary makes a run at the final playoff spot, but falls short. I really think the
Canucks have a good shot at reaching their first cup. The
Blues looks like their toughest opponent, but never count out the
North Stars or
Detroit!
Doug Gilmour leads the league in scoring for the 3rd time.
Gilmour’s linemate,
Cam Neely leads the league in goals for the first time.
Mario Lemieux really cooled off in the 2nd half of the season, finishing with 53 goals. He had a stretch of 16 games with just 2 goals. 53 is still pretty good though!!
Wayne Gretzky returned right around his 30th birthday, and plays 41 games on the year. He finishes the season with 70 points, and his
Whalers, deeper then they have been in years, went from under .500 without the Great one, to well over .500 with him.
Igor Larionov finishes the year with 98 points, and gets the
Capitals into the playoffs!!