Сезон НХЛ 1991–92: "Питтсбург" повторяет успех и дебют "Акул"

National Hockey League season

The 1991–92 NHL season was the 75th regular season of the National Hockey League. The league expanded to 22 teams with the addition of the expansion San Jose Sharks. For the first time, the Stanley Cup Finals extended into June, with the Pittsburgh Penguins repeating as Stanley Cup champions, winning the best of seven series four games to none against the Chicago Blackhawks.

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 newly named commissioner Gary Bettman, during and after the 1992–93 season. After Stein's departure, the league presidency was merged into the new office of commissioner. A new rule was added in which the final minute of every period is measured in tenths of a second, unlike whole seconds as in past seasons. This timekeeping procedure matches that of the IIHF, which began doing so in 1990. (Although the scoreboard at St. Louis Arena was not capable of measuring the final minute in tenths of a second until the following season.)

1991 92 National Hockey League Division Team City Arena Capacity Adams Boston Bruins Boston, Massachusetts Boston Garden 14,448 Buffalo Sabres Buffalo, New York Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 16,325 Hartford Whalers Hartford, Connecticut Hartford Civic Center 15,635 Montreal Canadiens Montreal, Quebec Montreal Forum 17,959 Quebec Nordiques Quebec City, Quebec Colisée de Québec 15,399 Patrick New Jersey Devils East Rutherford, New Jersey Brendan Byrne Arena 19,040 New York Islanders Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,297 New York Rangers New York, New York Madison Square Garden 18,200 Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spectrum 17,380 Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Civic Arena 16,164 Washington Capitals Landover, Maryland Capital Centre 18,130 Norris Chicago Blackhawks Chicago, Illinois Chicago Stadium 17,317 Detroit Red Wings Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena 19,875 Minnesota North Stars Bloomington, Minnesota Met Center 15,000 St. Louis Blues St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena 17,188 Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto, Ontario Maple Leaf Gardens 15,642 Smythe Calgary Flames Calgary, Alberta Olympic Saddledome 20,240 Edmonton Oilers Edmonton, Alberta Northlands Coliseum 17,503 Los Angeles Kings Inglewood, California Great Western Forum 16,005 San Jose Sharks Daly City, California Cow Palace 11,089 Vancouver Canucks Vancouver, British Columbia Pacific Coliseum 16,123 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Arena 15,565

New York Rangers player Brian Leetch became the fifth defenceman, and last until , 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 defenceman. 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 the
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 scored more goals, and Mario Lemieux won the Art Ross Trophy over Gretzky in and ).

The series was held between the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Clarence Campbell Conference champion Chicago Blackhawks. The Penguins won in four games, three out of four won by a one goal margin. Mario Lemieux of Pittsburgh won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs' MVP.

Presidents' Trophy: New York Rangers Prince of Wales Trophy: (Wales Conference playoff champion) Pittsburgh Penguins Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: (Campbell Conference playoff champion) Chicago Blackhawks Art Ross Trophy: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Mark Fitzpatrick, New York Islanders Calder Memorial Trophy: Pavel Bure, Vancouver Canucks Conn Smythe Trophy: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins Frank J. Selke Trophy: Guy Carbonneau, Montreal Canadiens Hart Memorial Trophy: Mark Messier, New York Rangers Jack Adams Award: Pat Quinn, Vancouver Canucks James Norris Memorial Trophy: Brian Leetch, New York Rangers King Clancy Memorial Trophy: Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings Lester B. Pearson Award: Mark Messier, New York Rangers NHL Plus/Minus Award: Paul Ysebaert, Detroit Red Wings Vezina Trophy: Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens William M. Jennings Trophy: Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens Lester Patrick Trophy: Al Arbour, Art Berglund, Lou Lamoriello

First team   Position   Second teamPatrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens GKirk McLean, Vancouver CanucksBrian Leetch, New York Rangers DPhil Housley, Winnipeg JetsRay Bourque, Boston Bruins DScott Stevens, New Jersey DevilsMark Messier, New York Rangers CMario Lemieux, Pittsburgh PenguinsBrett Hull, St. Louis Blues RWMark Recchi, PIT/PHIKevin Stevens, Pittsburgh Penguins LWLuc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings

This was the fourth season of the league's Canadian national broadcast rights deals with TSN and Hockey Night in Canada on CBC. Saturday night regular season games continued to air on CBC, while TSN televised selected weeknight games. Coverage of the Stanley Cup playoffs was primarily on CBC, with TSN airing first round all U. S. series. SportsChannel America signed a one year extension to its U. S. national broadcast rights deal after its original three year deal expired. Meanwhile, NBC televised the All Star Game for the third consecutive season. After the season, the league signed a new deal with ESPN, replacing SportsChannel America.