Philadelphia Flyers History.
Philadelphia Flyers,
professional ice hockey team and one of five teams in the Atlantic
Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The Flyers play at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and wear uniforms of orange, white, and black.
The Flyers have been one
of the NHL’s most consistent teams, reaching the playoffs with
regularity throughout their history. The club won Stanley Cup
championships in 1974 and 1975 with lineups starring left wing Bill
Barber, center Bobby Clarke, and goaltender Bernie Parent.
The Flyers joined the NHL as one of six expansion teams established in
1967. Directed by head coach Keith Allen and led by right wing Leon
Rochefort, the team won their division in their first season. From 1972
to 1989, Philadelphia won nine division titles and reached the
postseason every year. The club’s premier player during this era was
Bobby Clarke. In the 1972-73 season he won the Hart Memorial Trophy as
the NHL’s most valuable player (MVP) after becoming the Flyers’ first
player to collect more than 100 points in one season.
In 1974 the Flyers became the first of the NHL’s 1967 expansion teams to
be crowned NHL champion when they defeated the Boston Bruins 4 games to
2 in the Stanley Cup Finals. For his play in the regular season, Bernie
Parent won the Vezina Trophy as the league’s best goalie, and in the
postseason he won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs.
Flyers head coach Fred Shero received the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s
top coach.
The Flyers won the Stanley Cup again in 1975, defeating the Buffalo
Sabres 4 games to 2. Clarke led the team and won his second Hart Trophy,
and Parent once again won the Vezina Trophy and the Conn Smythe Trophy.
In the 1975-76 season the Flyers tied a league record by going
undefeated in 23 straight games. They also appeared in their third
consecutive Stanley Cup Finals, but they were defeated by the Montréal
Canadiens 4 games to 0. Clarke, Bill Barber, and right wing Reggie Leach
set an NHL record as an offensive line by scoring a combined 141 goals
during regular-season play, and Clarke earned his third Hart Trophy.
Although the Flyers did not win the Stanley Cup, Leach was awarded the
Conn Smythe Award as the playoff MVP after scoring 19 goals during the
postseason.
Under head coach Pat Quinn the Flyers won their division title in the
1979-80 season. The club established an NHL record by playing 35
consecutive games without a loss during that season, as goalie Pete
Peeters and defenseman Jimmy Watson anchored a superb defense. The
Flyers returned to the Stanley Cup Finals, but they lost to the New York
Islanders 4 games to 2.
Philadelphia returned to the Stanley Cup Finals again in both 1985 and
1987, but they lost each year to the Edmonton Oilers. Center-right wing
Tim Kerr led the team in scoring from 1983 to 1987, and Mark Howe
anchored the defense. Following the 1984-85 season, Flyers head coach
Mike Keenan won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL coach of the year, and
Pelle Lindbergh won the Vezina Trophy as the league’s outstanding
goalie. Following the 1986-87 season, new Flyers goalie Ron Hextall won
the Vezina Trophy.
After postseason appearances in 1988 and 1989, the Flyers suffered a
five-year playoff drought. In 1992, however, the team obtained
19-year-old center Eric Lindros from the Québec Nordiques in exchange
for six resource, two first-round draft choices, and $15 million.
Lindros scored 41 goals in his first season, and after the 1994-95
season he won the Hart Trophy, having led the Flyers to their first
division crown in eight seasons. In the 1996-97 season the Flyers
acquired defenseman Paul Coffey. They closed the regular season in
second place in their division and subsequently advanced to the Stanley
Cup Finals, where they lost to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 0.
|
Amonte |
Anthony
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Right
Wing |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$5,880,791.00 |
|
Brashear |
Donald
|
Left
Wing |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$2,200,000.00 |
|
Burke |
Sean
|
Goal |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$4,250,000.00 |
|
Desjardins |
Eric
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Defence |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$4,000,000.00 |
|
Esche |
Robert
|
Goal |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$775,000.00 |
|
Fedoruk |
Todd
|
Left
Wing |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$575,000.00 |
|
Gagne |
Simon
|
Left
Wing |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$2,600,000.00 |
|
Hackett |
Jeff
|
Goal |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$3,000,000.00 |
|
Handzus |
Michal
|
Centre |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$2,800,000.00 |
|
Johnsson |
Kim
|
Defence |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$2,800,000.00 |
|
Kapanen |
Sami
|
Right
Wing |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$2,500,000.00 |
|
Knuble |
Michael
|
Right
Wing |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$2,000,000.00 |
|
Lapointe |
Claude
|
Centre |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$1,000,000.00 |
|
LeClair |
John
|
Left
Wing |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$9,000,000.00 |
|
Malakhov |
Vladimir
|
Defence |
Philadelphia Flyers |
Unsigned
|
|
Markov |
Daniil
|
Defence |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$2,900,000.00 |
|
Primeau |
Keith
|
Centre |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$4,500,000.00 |
|
Ragnarsson |
Marcus
|
Defence |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$3,000,000.00 |
|
Roenick |
Jeremy
|
Centre |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$7,000,000.00 |
|
Somik |
Radovan
|
Right
Wing |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$675,000.00 |
|
Stevenson |
Turner
|
Right
Wing |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$1,600,000.00 |
|
Timander |
Mattias
|
Defence |
Philadelphia Flyers |
$800,000.00 |
|
Zhamnov |
Alexei
|
Centre |
Philadelphia Flyers |
Unsigned |
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