1991–92 NHL season
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1991–92 NHL season
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| League | National Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | October 3, 1991 – June 1, 1992 |
| Number of games | 80 |
| Number of teams | 22 |
| Regular season | |
| Presidents' Trophy | New York Rangers |
| Season MVP | Mark Messier, (New York) |
| Top scorer | Mario Lemieux, (Pittsburgh) |
| Playoffs | |
| Eastern champions | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Eastern runners-up | Boston Bruins |
| Western champions | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Western runners-up | Edmonton Oilers |
| Playoffs MVP | Mario Lemieux, (Pittsburgh) |
| Stanley Cup | |
| Stanley Cup champions | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Runners-up | Chicago Blackhawks |
| NHL seasons | |
| ← 1990–91 | 1992–93 → |
The 1991–92 NHL season was the 75th regular season of the National Hockey League. The Pittsburgh Penguins repeated as Stanley Cup champions, winning a best of seven series four games to none against the Chicago Blackhawks.
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League business
As mentioned above, 1991–92 was the 75th anniversary season for the NHL. Accordingly, all players wore a patch on their uniforms depicting the NHL 75th anniversary logo (seen above) for this season.
This was the first season for the San Jose Sharks, the first expansion team in the NHL since 1979. The birth of the Sharks returned NHL hockey to the San Francisco Bay Area after the California Golden Seals had relocated to Cleveland, Ohio in 1976.
This was also the last season for John Ziegler as NHL President. He would be succeeded by Gil Stein, who held the position for one year before being replaced by Gary Bettman.
Throwback uniforms
As part of the NHL's 75th anniversary celebration, and taking cues from Major League Baseball's "Turn Back The Clock" uniform program, throwback uniforms were worn by Original Six teams for select games, and throwbacks were also worn for the All-Star Game.
The uniform styles that were worn include:
- Boston Bruins – circa 1933
- Chicago Blackhawks – circa 1940
- Detroit Red Wings – circa 1928
- Montreal Canadiens – circa 1926
- New York Rangers – circa 1940
- Toronto Maple Leafs – circa 1940
- Wales All-Stars – white All-Star jersey circa 1952
- Campbell All-Stars – red All-Star jersey circa 1952
The throwback uniforms would have an impact on future seasons in the NHL, as several teams adopted throwbacks as alternate jerseys. The National Football League and National Basketball Association would follow the NHL's lead, with teams wearing throwbacks to celebrate their leagues' 75th and 50th anniversaries, respectively.
Regular season
New York Rangers defenseman Brian Leetch became the fifth, and last as of 2011, defenseman to score 100 points in a season. He finished the season with 102 points and captured the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the league's best defenseman. The Rangers ended the season with 105 points, winning the Presidents' Trophy as the top regular-season team in the NHL. It was the first time the Rangers had topped the league since 1942.
For the first time, the NHL finished play in the month of June. A primary reason for this was the 10-day NHL strike, the first work stoppage in league history, that started on April 1. The games that were supposed to be played during the strike were not canceled, but rescheduled and made up when play resumed on April 12.
For the first time in his NHL career, Wayne Gretzky failed to finish in the top two in scoring. The Pittsburgh Penguins' Kevin Stevens became only the third person in NHL history to outscore Gretzky in the regular season (Marcel Dionne tied Gretzky in Wayne's rookie year, but had more goals, and Mario Lemieux won the Art Ross Trophy over Gretzky in 1988 and 1989).
Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Wales Conference
P - Clinched Presidents Trophy
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