Philadelphia Flyers - NHL Hockey by the Numbers

# seasons – 53

Record – 2,079-1,452-457-183 (4,798 points)

Playoff appearances – 40

Stanley Cups – 2

First player: Bernie Parent G 1^st round 1967 NHL Expansion Draft.

First-ever Draft Selection: Serge Bernier 1967, 5^th overall

Highest Draft selection: Mel Bridgman 1975, 1^st overall

HOFers – Bill Barber, Bobby Clarke, Mark Howe, Eric Lindros, Bernie Parent, Mark Recchi

Retired #’s – #1- Bernie Parent, #2- Mark Howe, #4- Barry Ashbee, #7- Bill Barber, #16- Bobby Clarke, #88- Eric Lindros

Leaders

Games Played – Bobby Clarke, 1,144

Goals – Bill Barber, 420

Assists – Bobby Clarke, 852

Points – Bobby Clarke, 1,210

Plus/minus – Bobby Clarke, +507

Penalty Minutes – Rick Tocchet, 1,815

Power Play Goals – Tim Kerr, 144

Shorthanded Goals – Bobby Clarke, 32

Hat Tricks – Tim Kerr, 17

Goalie Wins – Ron Hextall, 240

Goals Against Average – Roman Cechmanek, 1.96

Save pct. – Roman Cechmanek, .923

Shutouts – Bernie Parent, 50

Coaching Wins Leader – Fred Shero, 308

Team Captains

Lou Angotti ‘67-68

Ed Van Impe ‘68-73

Bobby Clarke ‘72-79 ‘82-84

Mel Bridgman ‘79-81

Bill Barber ‘81-83

Dave Poulin ‘84-90

Ron Sutter ‘89-91

Rick Tocchet ‘91-92

Kevin Dineen ‘93-94

Eric Lindros ‘94-00

Eric Desjardins ‘99-02

Keith Primeau ‘01-06

Derian Hatcher ‘05-06

Peter Forsberg ’06-07

Jason Smith ‘07-08

Mike Richards ‘08-11

Chris Pronger ‘11-12

Claude Giroux ‘12-

Quotables…

“If I hadn’t learned to lay on a two-hander once in a while, I’d never have left Flin Flon.” – Bobby Clarke

“You don’t ever lose your dream. You don’t give that up. I tell that to the players. If you don’t have dreams, you don’t have anything to live for.” – Bill Barber

Did you know…
… The Flyers won their 1^st Stanley Cup in their 7^th season, the fastest of any expansion team.
… Flyers Mike Nykoluk became the 1^st full-time assistant coach in NHL history (1972).
… The Philadelphia Flyers are the only team since expansion to give up two overtime Stanley Cup-winning goals (1980 vs. NYI, 2010 vs. CHI).
… The Philadelphia Flyers played both the last regular season and last playoff game at the Thunderdome in Tampa (4/14/96, and 4/27/96).
… The Broad Street Bullies, Fly Guys, and The Orange and Black are Flyers team nicknames.
… Bernie Parent and Doug Favell were the goaltending tandem for the Niagara Falls Flyers in juniors, the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL, and on May 5^th, 1973, were traded for each other.
… Eric Lindros had 5 goals and 3 assists for 8 points total in games played on his birthday (Feb 28^th) while with the Flyers, the most birthday points for any Flyer.
… On April 15^th, 1976 in game 3 of their quarterfinals series, the Flyers and the Maple Leafs combined for 42 penalties (PHI-28, TOR-14). During a brawl, Toronto fans began hurling debris at the Flyers. The Flyers fought back resulting in police involvement and numerous assault charges against Flyers Don Saleski, Jimmy Watson, and Mel Bridgman.
… The Flyers were the first team in NHL history to have three consecutive Conn Smythe Trophy winners (B. Parent 1974 and 1975, R. Leach 1976).
… The Flyers went an NHL-record 35 games without a loss during the 1979-80 season. It’s the longest unbeaten streak in North American pro sports.
… There have been two Mrazek’s to play in the NHL (Jerome, Petr). Both were goalies and both played for the Flyers.
… The ‘74-75 Flyers were the last team to win the Stanley Cup with an all-Canadian roster.

Did you know…
… One for the books… The Flyers and Senators combined for an NHL-record 419 PIMs (409 PIMs in one period) on March 5^th, 2004. It was Tony Amonte’s 1,000^th NHL game. Danny Markov scored the Flyers 10,000^th goal in team history.
… Flyers goalie Bernie Parent was the 1^st player from an expansion team to be inducted into the Hall of Fame (1984). Teammates Bobby Clarke (1987) and Bill Barber (1990) were the 2^nd and 3^rd such inductees.
… Post 1967 Expansion, the Flyers have had more players (10) than any other NHL team become the 1^st player in league history to don their sweater number.
… The ‘75-76 Flyers had an NHL record 36-2-2 record at home (74 out of a possible 80 points). The intimidating “Philly Flu” was particularly virulent that season.
… The Flyers set an NHL record during the 2018-19 season when they used their 6^th different goalie before Thanksgiving. They finished the season having used 8, also an NHL record (B. Elliott, C. Pickard, M. Neuvirth, A. Lyon, A. Stolarz, M. McKenna, C. Hart, C. Talbot).
… The Flyers are the only NHL team with two Conn Smythe Trophy winners for seasons they did not win the Stanley Cup (R. Leach-1976, R. Hextall-1987).
… The Flyers were both the last team to win the Stanley Cup without winning a conference championship (1974), and the 1^st team to win a Stanley Cup after winning the conference championship (1975).
… The Flyers Cup-winning Head Coach Fred Shero was awarded the inaugural Jack Adams Trophy as Coach of the Year in 1974.
… The Flyers have yielded 5 or more goals to a visiting player three times, most in NHL history (R. Berenson – 6g 11/7/68, W. Lindstrom – 5g 3/2/92, B. Gustafsson – 5g 1/8/84).
… Eric Lindros wore #88, had his number retired by the Flyers when he was 44, and was 22 years old when he scored a career-high 115 points. He had 11 career regular-season hat tricks for the Flyers.