1990–91 Quebec Nordiques season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1990–91 1990 Quebec Nordiques Wales 11th Adams 5th 16–50–14 9–23–8 7–27–6 236 354 Pierre Page Dave Chambers Steven Finn and Joe Sakic Colisée de Québec Joe Sakic (48) Joe Sakic (61) Joe Sakic (109) Steven Finn (228) Ron Tugnutt (12) Stephane Fiset (3.87) The 1990–91 Quebec Nordiques season was the Nordiques 12th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). 2 Offseason After finishing in last place in the NHL in 1989–90 with only 31 points, Quebec hired Pierre Page to become the general manager, as Maurice Filion finished the previous season on an interim basis. Page had spent the previous two seasons as head coach of the Minnesota North Stars, helping them to the playoffs in each season with the team. Page then fired head coach Michel Bergeron, and named his assistant coach from the North Stars, Dave Chambers, to be his head coach in Quebec. This would be Chambers first time as a head coach at the NHL level. The Nordiques had the first overall pick in the 1990 NHL entry draft, and the club drafted Owen Nolan from the Cornwall Royals of the OHL. Nolan had 51 goals and 110 points with the Royals in 59 games, as well as recording 240 penalty minutes. The team also signed Mats Sundin, their first overall pick from the 1989 NHL entry draft, and would have him on the club for the 1990–91 season. Regular season Quebec began the season with a 3-3-3 record in their first nine games, however, the rebuilding team hit a rough patch, and would fall into last place in the Adams Division as they went on a 17-game winless streak. The Nordiques began to make some trades, as Michel Petit, Aaron Broten and Lucien DeBlois were traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Scott Pearson, the Leafs second round pick in the 1991 NHL entry draft, and the Leafs second rounder in the 1992 NHL entry draft. As the season continued on, the losses continued to pile up, and more trades were made. Joe Cirella was traded to the New York Rangers for Aaron Miller and the Rangers fifth round draft pick in the 1991 NHL entry draft, Tony McKegney was sent to the Chicago Blackhawks for Jacques Cloutier, Darin Kimble was traded to the St. Louis Blues for Herb Raglan, Tony Twist and Andy Rymsha, and Paul Gillis and Dan Vincelette were traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Ryan McGill and Mike McNeill. The Nordiques finished the season in last place once again, however, there was moderate improvement, as the club had a 16-50-14 record, earning 46 points, which was a 15-point improvement over the 1989–90 season. Leading the team offensively was Joe Sakic, as he had 48 goals and 61 assists for 109 points in 80 games to lead the club in those categories. Rookie Mats Sundin had a very successful season, scoring 23 goals and 59 points while playing in all 80 games. Guy Lafleur had 12 goals and 28 points in 59 games in his last season, as he announced his retirement. On defence, Bryan Fogarty rebounded from a poor rookie season, and led the Nordiques blueline with 31 points in only 45 games. Steven Finn had 19 points, while Craig Wolanin had 18 points from the Quebec defence. In goal, Ron Tugnutt was the starter, earning a team high 12 wins and a team best 4.05 GAA. In a game against the Boston Bruins on March 21, 1991, Tugnutt made a club record 70 saves on 73 shots, as Quebec tied the Bruins 3-3. The Nordiques finished the regular season having allowed the most goals of all 21 teams, with 354. They also tied the New York Islanders for the fewest power-play goals scored (51), had the lowest power-play percentage (15.55%), allowed the most power-play goals (98) and had the lowest penalty-killing percentage (73.37%).https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1991.html 1990-91 NHL Summary Final standings QUE QUE Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 5px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 5px solid; 1990–91 regular season1990-91 Quebec Nordiques Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/QUE/1991_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 19, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance |- |1||T||October 4, 1990||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||0–0–1||11,573 |- |2||L||October 6, 1990||1–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||0–1–1||14,225 |- |3||L||October 7, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||0–2–1||14,560 |- |4||W||October 10, 1990||8–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||1–2–1||16,382 |- |5||W||October 12, 1990||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||2–2–1||14,958 |- |6||T||October 13, 1990||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||2–2–2||13,715 |- |7||T||October 16, 1990||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||2–2–3||13,940 |- |8||L||October 18, 1990||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||2–3–3||16,995 |- |9||W||October 20, 1990||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) ||3–3–3||13,106 |- |10||L||October 21, 1990||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||3–4–3||14,094 |- |11||L||October 25, 1990||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||3–5–3||15,132 |- |12||L||October 27, 1990||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1990–91) ||3–6–3||13,470 |- |13||L||October 29, 1990||0–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1990–91) ||3–7–3||14,571 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance |- |14||L||November 1, 1990||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||3–8–3||17,379 |- |15||L||November 3, 1990||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||3–9–3||13,795 |- |16||L||November 6, 1990||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||3–10–3||13,027 |- |17||L||November 8, 1990||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||3–11–3||5,286 |- |18||L||November 10, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||3–12–3||14,426 |- |19||L||November 11, 1990||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||3–13–3||16,896 |- |20||L||November 13, 1990||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||3–14–3||14,304 |- |21||L||November 15, 1990||0–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||3–15–3||14,002 |- |22||L||November 17, 1990||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||3–16–3||14,333 |- |23||L||November 19, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||3–17–3||15,399 |- |24||T||November 21, 1990||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||3–17–4||11,395 |- |25||L||November 24, 1990||4–11 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||3–18–4||13,881 |- |26||T||November 25, 1990||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) ||3–18–5||14,739 |- |27||W||November 28, 1990||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||4–18–5||10,682 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance |- |28||W||December 1, 1990||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||5–18–5||13,324 |- |29||T||December 2, 1990||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||5–18–6||13,682 |- |30||L||December 5, 1990||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) ||5–19–6||15,300 |- |31||W||December 7, 1990||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||6–19–6||19,790 |- |32||W||December 10, 1990||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||7–19–6||14,132 |- |33||L||December 13, 1990||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) ||7–20–6||19,290 |- |34||L||December 15, 1990||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1990–91) ||7–21–6||13,534 |- |35||W||December 18, 1990||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||8–21–6||15,346 |- |36||T||December 19, 1990||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||8–21–7||16,832 |- |37||L||December 22, 1990||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||8–22–7||14,124 |- |38||L||December 23, 1990||3–10 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||8–23–7||14,404 |- |39||L||December 26, 1990||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||8–24–7||13,083 |- |40||W||December 29, 1990||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||9–24–7||13,769 |- |41||L||December 31, 1990||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1990–91) ||9–25–7||11,189 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance |- |42||L||January 3, 1991||7–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||9–26–7||17,241 |- |43||L||January 5, 1991||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||9–27–7||17,561 |- |44||W||January 8, 1991||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||10–27–7||14,348 |- |45||L||January 10, 1991||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||10–28–7||14,013 |- |46||T||January 12, 1991||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||10–28–8||14,079 |- |47||L||January 13, 1991||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1990–91) ||10–29–8||12,359 |- |48||L||January 17, 1991||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) ||10–30–8||17,287 |- |49||T||January 22, 1991||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||10–30–9||10,861 |- |50||L||January 24, 1991||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||10–31–9||10,191 |- |51||L||January 26, 1991||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||10–32–9||13,834 |- |52||L||January 29, 1991||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||10–33–9||13,140 |- |53||W||January 31, 1991||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||11–33–9||14,814 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance |- |54||L||February 2, 1991||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||11–34–9||14,306 |- |55||L||February 7, 1991||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||11–35–9||15,399 |- |56||W||February 9, 1991||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1990–91) ||12–35–9||15,057 |- |57||L||February 10, 1991||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||12–36–9||15,275 |- |58||T||February 12, 1991||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||12–36–10||13,196 |- |59||L||February 14, 1991||1–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) ||12–37–10||17,347 |- |60||L||February 17, 1991||0–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||12–38–10||12,798 |- |61||T||February 18, 1991||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||12–38–11||14,024 |- |62||L||February 20, 1991||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) ||12–39–11||16,005 |- |63||L||February 23, 1991||8–10 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||12–40–11||20,132 |- |64||L||February 24, 1991||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) ||12–41–11||16,375 |- |65||L||February 28, 1991||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||12–42–11||15,060 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0072CE 2px solid; border-bottom:#C8102E 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance |- |66||T||March 2, 1991||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||12–42–12||N/A |- |67||L||March 5, 1991||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) ||12–43–12||19,501 |- |68||W||March 7, 1991||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1990–91) ||13–43–12||15,055 |- |69||L||March 9, 1991||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1990–91) ||13–44–12||15,399 |- |70||W||March 10, 1991||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||14–44–12||11,508 |- |71||L||March 12, 1991||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) ||14–45–12||15,269 |- |72||L||March 14, 1991||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1990–91) ||14–46–12||15,492 |- |73||L||March 16, 1991||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) ||14–47–12||16,164 |- |74||L||March 19, 1991||6–7 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) ||14–48–12||15,194 |- |75||T||March 21, 1991||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||14–48–13||14,448 |- |76||W||March 23, 1991||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||15–48–13||15,293 |- |77||L||March 26, 1991||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||15–49–13||15,375 |- |78||T||March 28, 1991||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) ||15–49–14||15,324 |- |79||L||March 30, 1991||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||15–50–14||17,664 |- |80||W||March 31, 1991||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) ||16–50–14||15,399 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Joe Sakic C 80 48 61 109 24-261237 Mats Sundin C 80 23 36 59 58-24400 Tony Hrkac C 70 16 32 48 16-22600 Stephane Morin C 48 13 27 40 306312 Tony McKegney LW 50 17 16 33 44-25702 Mike Hough LW 63 13 20 33 111-7111 Bryan Fogarty D 45 9 22 31 24-11302 Guy Lafleur RW 59 12 16 28 2-10300 Steven Finn Steven Finn (ice hockey) D 71 6 13 19 228-26000 Craig Wolanin D 80 5 13 18 89-13010 Scott Pearson LW 35 11 4 15 86-4000 Claude Loiselle C 59 5 10 15 86-20020 Shawn Anderson D 31 3 10 13 212200 Owen Nolan RW 59 3 10 13 109-19000 Alexei Gusarov D 36 3 9 12 12-4100 Joe Cirella D 39 2 10 12 59-28000 Randy Velischek D 79 2 10 12 42-19000 Michel Petit D 19 4 7 11 47-15300 Paul Gillis C 49 3 8 11 91-19010 Everett Sanipass LW 29 5 5 10 41-15100 Curtis Leschyshyn D 55 3 7 10 49-19201 Aaron Broten LW/C 20 5 4 9 6-3100 Kip Miller C 13 4 3 7 7-1000 Ken Quinney RW 19 3 4 7 2-2100 Mark Vermette RW 34 3 4 7 10-15000 Darin Kimble RW 35 2 5 7 114-5000 Mike McNeill ice hockey RW 14 2 5 7 45100 Jeff Jackson Jeff Jackson (ice hockey b. 1965) LW 10 3 1 4 43000 Lucien DeBlois C 14 2 2 4 131001 Claude Lapointe LW/C 13 2 2 4 43000 Herb Raglan RW 15 1 3 4 301000 Marc Fortier C 14 0 4 4 6-3000 Jamie Baker Jamie Baker (ice hockey) C 18 2 0 2 8-4010 Wayne Van Dorp LW 4 1 0 1 301000 Dan Vincelette LW 16 0 1 1 38-10000 Jacques Cloutier G 15 0 0 0 40000 Daniel Dore RW 1 0 0 0 01000 Mario Doyon D 12 0 0 0 4-3000 Stephane Fiset G 3 0 0 0 00000 Scott Gordon ice hockey G 13 0 0 0 00000 Dan Lambert D 1 0 0 0 00000 David Latta David Latta (ice hockey) LW 1 0 0 0 00000 Bruce Major C 4 0 0 0 0-1000 Ken McRae C 12 0 0 0 36-7000 Serge Roberge RW 9 0 0 0 240000 Greg Smyth D 1 0 0 0 00000 John Tanner John Tanner (ice hockey) G 6 0 0 0 20000 Ron Tugnutt G 56 0 0 0 00000 Tony Twist LW 24 0 0 0 104-4000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% Ron Tugnutt 3144 56 12 29 10 212 4.05 018511639.885 Jacques Cloutier 829 15 3 8 2 61 4.41 0526465.884 John Tanner John Tanner (ice hockey) 228 6 1 3 1 16 4.21 0133117.880 Stephane Fiset 186 3 0 2 1 12 3.87 0123111.902 Scott Gordon ice hockey 485 13 0 8 0 48 5.94 0225177.787 Team: 4872 80 16 50 14 349 4.30 028582509.878 hockey-reference.com 2009-09-18 1990-91 Quebec Nordiques Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/QUE/1991.html Transactions The Nordiques were involved in the following transactions during the 1990–91 season. Trades November 10, 1990To Edmonton OilersMax MiddendorfTo Quebec Nordiques9th round pick in 1991 - Brent Brekke November 17, 1990To Toronto Maple LeafsMichel Petit Lucien DeBlois Aaron BrotenTo Quebec NordiquesScott Pearson 2nd round pick in 1991 - Eric Lavigne 2nd round pick in 1992 - Tuomas Gronman January 17, 1991To New York RangersJoe CirellaTo Quebec NordiquesAaron Miller 5th round pick in 1991 - Bill Lindsay January 29, 1991To Chicago BlackhawksTony McKegneyTo Quebec NordiquesJacques Cloutier February 4, 1991To St. Louis BluesDarin KimbleTo Quebec NordiquesHerb Raglan Tony Twist Andy Rymsha March 5, 1991To Chicago BlackhawksPaul Gillis Dan VinceletteTo Quebec NordiquesRyan McGill Mike McNeill May 25, 1991To New York RangersStephane GuerardTo Quebec NordiquesMiloslav Horava May 31, 1991To Minnesota North StarsAlan HaworthTo Quebec NordiquesGuy Lafleur June 3, 1991To New Jersey DevilsBrent SeverynTo Quebec NordiquesDave Marcinyshyn June 22, 1991To Washington Capitals2nd round pick in 1991 - Eric LavigneTo Quebec NordiquesMikhail Tatarinov Waivers October 1, 1990From Minnesota North StarsAaron Broten October 1, 1990From Washington CapitalsShawn Anderson October 1, 1990From Chicago BlackhawksWayne Van Dorp October 3, 1990To St. Louis BluesMario Marois March 5, 1991To Toronto Maple LeafsClaude Loiselle Expansion Draft May 30, 1991To Minnesota North StarsGuy Lafleur Free agents Player Former team Serge Roberge Montreal Canadiens Stephane Charbonneau Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) Denis Chasse Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) Jon Klemm Spokane Chiefs (WHL) Player New team Bobby Dollas Detroit Red Wings Draft picks Quebec's draft picks from the 1990 NHL entry draft which was held at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia. Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (league)11 Owen Nolan Cornwall Royals (OHL)222 Ryan Hughes Cornell Big Red (NCAA)343 Brad Zavisha Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)6106 Jeff Parrott Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (NCAA)7127 Dwayne Norris Michigan State Spartans (NCAA)8148 Andrei Kovalenko CSKA Moscow (Soviet Union)8158 Alexander Karpovtsev Dynamo Moscow (Soviet Union)9169 Pat Mazzoli Humboldt Broncos (SJHL)10190 Scott Davis Manitoba Bisons (CWUAA)11211 Mika Stromberg Jokerit (Finland)12232 Wade Klippenstein Alaska Nanooks (NCAA)S1Mike McKeePrinceton University (ECAC)S6Darryl NorenUniversity of Illinois Chicago (CCHA) Farm Teams Halifax Citadels - AHL References External links Nordiques on Hockey Database Quebec Nordiques season, 1990-91 Category:Quebec Nordiques seasons Que Category:1990s in Quebec City Category:1990 in sports in Quebec Category:1991 in sports in Quebec