1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Patrick Division champions | |
Division | 1st Patrick |
Conference | 1st Wales |
1985–86 record | 53–23–4 |
Home record | 33–6–1 |
Road record | 20–17–3 |
Goals for | 335 (4th) |
Goals against | 241 (1st) |
Team information | |
President | Jay Snider |
General manager | Bobby Clarke |
Coach | Mike Keenan |
Captain | Dave Poulin |
Alternate captains |
Mark Howe Brad Marsh |
Arena | Spectrum |
Average attendance | 17,184 [1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Hershey Bears Kalamazoo Wings |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Tim Kerr (58) |
Assists | Mark Howe (58) |
Points | Brian Propp (97) |
Penalty minutes | Rick Tocchet (284) |
Plus/minus | Mark Howe (+85) |
Wins | Bob Froese (31) |
Goals against average | Bob Froese (2.55) |
The 1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 19th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs in five game to the New York Rangers.
The club began the year 12–2–0 (with both losses coming at home to New Jersey and Quebec), which included 10 consecutive wins until goaltender Pelle Lindbergh was fatally injured in a car accident in the early hours of November 10.
Due to the tragedy, back-up Bob Froese became the de facto starter, and the club called up Darren Jensen for relief work. Froese suffered a groin injury in practice prior to the team's next game against the Edmonton Oilers, so Jensen got the start against the defending Stanley Cup champions at the Spectrum on November 14. [2]
Following an emotional memorial service, the Flyers posted a spirited 5–3 win, featuring four goals in the third period to earn their 11th victory in a row. They went on to beat Hartford two days later to set a new franchise record for consecutive wins, then rallied from three-goals down to top the New York Islanders 5–4 in overtime the next day. The Islanders ended the streak two nights later in Uniondale, almost wasting a four-goal lead in an 8–6 decision.
Philly became the first club in the NHL to reach 30 wins, after a 4–0 shutout of the Washington Capitals on January 9, but began to falter in February and early March, losing four straight games and seeing the Capitals climb within striking distance. [3] The Caps and Flyers each spent time in first place for the remainder of the schedule, but the orange and black took the division crown on the last day of the season (April 6) with a come-from-behind 5–3 home win after being down 2–0. [4] [5] [6]
In a 7–3 loss to the Devils on March 8, Tim Kerr set an NHL record with his 29th power-play goal of the season, passing Hall-of-Famer Phil Esposito's mark. He finished the year with 34, the league record to this day.
Propp had the best chance of his career to crack the 100-point mark, but that was derailed on March 6, when Buffalo Sabres forward Lindy Ruff caught him in the eye with a high stick. The incident cost Propp several games, and he finished with a team-high 97 points while also causing him to wear a visor for the remainder of his career.
Bob Clarke made a couple minor deals during the season, trading Ed Hospodar and the enigmatic Todd Bergen to the Minnesota North Stars for Dave Richter and Bo Berglund on November 29. Neither player lasted beyond the season with the Flyers, while Hospodar returned in 1986–87. Also, Joe Paterson and Len Hachborn were sent in separate deals to the Los Angeles Kings, and Chico Resch was acquired from the Devils for a draft pick in early March.
Froese finished second in voting for the Vezina Trophy. Mark Howe finished second in voting for the Norris Trophy and third in voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP. [7] Howe was named to the first NHL All-Star team and took home the NHL Plus-Minus Award – the defense pairing of Howe and Brad McCrimmon finished with a +85 and a +83 respectively – while Froese was named to the second NHL All-Star team and was the co-winner with Jensen of the William M. Jennings Trophy.
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 53 | 23 | 4 | 335 | 241 | 110 |
Washington Capitals | 80 | 50 | 23 | 7 | 315 | 272 | 107 |
New York Islanders | 80 | 39 | 29 | 12 | 327 | 284 | 90 |
New York Rangers | 80 | 36 | 38 | 6 | 280 | 276 | 78 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 34 | 38 | 8 | 313 | 305 | 76 |
New Jersey Devils | 80 | 28 | 49 | 3 | 300 | 374 | 59 |
[8]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
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Despite their regular season success, an emotionally exhausted Flyers team lost in the first round of the playoffs to the New York Rangers in five games.
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October: 7–2–0, 14 points (home: 3–2–0; road: 4–0–0)
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November: 12–2–0, 24 points (home: 8–0–0; road: 4–2–0)
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December: 9–6–0, 18 points (home: 5–1–0; road: 4–5–0)
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January: 7–5–1, 15 points (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–4–1)
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February: 6–3–3, 15 points (home: 5–0–1; road: 1–3–2)
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March: 8–5–0, 16 points (home: 6–2–0; road: 2–3–0)
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Legend:
Win Loss |
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
26 | Brian Propp | LW | 72 | 40 | 57 | 97 | 24 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
12 | Tim Kerr | RW | 76 | 58 | 26 | 84 | −5 | 79 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −2 | 8 |
2 | Mark Howe | D | 77 | 24 | 58 | 82 | 85 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Ilkka Sinisalo | LW | 74 | 39 | 37 | 76 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
20 | Dave Poulin | C | 79 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 20 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
9 | Pelle Eklund | C | 70 | 15 | 51 | 66 | −4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
14 | Ron Sutter | C | 75 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 26 | 159 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
10 | Brad McCrimmon | D | 80 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 83 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
32 | Murray Craven | LW | 78 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 24 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
25 | Peter Zezel | C | 79 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 27 | 76 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
3 | Doug Crossman | D | 80 | 6 | 37 | 43 | −5 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
15 | Rich Sutter | RW | 78 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 28 | 199 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
22 | Rick Tocchet | RW | 69 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 284 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
18 | Lindsay Carson | LW | 50 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
21 | Dave Brown | RW | 76 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 277 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 16 |
8 | Brad Marsh | D | 79 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 123 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
24 | Derrick Smith | LW | 69 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 10 |
17 | Ed Hospodar‡ | D | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
27 | Thomas Eriksson | D | 43 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −12 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
42 | Don Nachbaur | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Dave Richter† | D | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 138 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
29 | Daryl Stanley | D | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
37 | Bo Berglund† | RW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Bob Froese | G | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
30 | Darren Jensen | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
44 | Mike Stothers | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
31 | Pelle Lindbergh | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
33 | Glenn Resch† | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | Joe Paterson‡ | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Kevin McCarthy | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Ross Fitzpatrick | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Steve Smith | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Carl Mokosak | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Bob Froese | 51 | 47 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1270 | 116 | 2.55 | .909 | 5 | 2,724:05 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 123 | 15 | 3.08 | .878 | 0 | 292:07 |
30 | Darren Jensen | 29 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 753 | 88 | 3.69 | .883 | 2 | 1,430:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Pelle Lindbergh | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 23 | 2.88 | .885 | 1 | 478:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Glenn Resch† | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 10 | 3.23 | .881 | 0 | 185:38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.24 | .000 | 0 | 7:17 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Emery Edge Award | Mark Howe | [11] |
NHL first All-Star team | Mark Howe ( Defense) | [12] | |
NHL second All-Star team | Bob Froese ( Goaltender) | [12] | |
William M. Jennings Trophy | Bob Froese | [13] | |
Darren Jensen | |||
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Bob Froese | [14] |
Mark Howe | |||
Mike Keenan (Coach) | |||
Tim Kerr [a] | |||
Pelle Lindbergh [b] | |||
Dave Poulin | |||
Brian Propp | |||
NHL Player of the Month | Bob Froese (March) | [16] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Bob Froese (December 29) | [17] | |
Bob Froese (January 9) | [18] | ||
Bob Froese (March 17) [c] | [19] | ||
Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Mark Howe | [20] |
Bobby Clarke Trophy | Mark Howe | [20] | |
Class Guy Award | Murray Craven | [20] |
Among the team records set during the 1985–86 season was a 13-game winning streak from October 19 to November 17. [21] On November 3, Tim Kerr set a team record (since tied multiple times) by scoring three powerplay goals in a game. [22] Pelle Eklund's nine consecutive games with an assist from March 2 to March 20 is a team rookie record. [23] Kerr's 34 powerplay goals on the season is an NHL record. [24] Mark Howe's +87 plus/minus rating is a franchise single season high and his seven shorthanded goals tied the franchise record. [25] [26] Howe also set franchise marks for defenseman for goals scored (24) and points (82). [27] [28] Eklund set the team rookie record for assists (51). [29] The team's 53 wins on the season tied the high mark set during the previous season. [30] Their four ties during the season is the fewest in team history, while the one home tie and three road ties is tied for the fewest. [30]
During the second period of game four of their division semifinal series against the New York Rangers, the Flyers tied a team record for most goals in a single playoff period (5) and set a team record for fastest five-goals scored in a playoff game, taking seven minutes and forty-eight seconds to do so. [31] [32]
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 31, 1985, the day after the deciding game of the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 24, 1986, the day of the deciding game of the 1986 Stanley Cup Finals. [33]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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October 11, 1985 | To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Seguin 2nd-round pick in 1986 |
To
Los Angeles Kings Paul Guay 4th-round pick in 1986 |
[34] |
November 7, 1985 | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations [d] |
To
Edmonton Oilers Ron Low |
[35] |
November 29, 1985 | To Philadelphia Flyers Bo Berglund Dave Richter |
To
Minnesota North Stars Todd Bergen Ed Hospodar |
[36] |
December 5, 1985 | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations |
To Los Angeles Kings Len Hachborn |
[37] |
December 18, 1985 | To Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia's 4th-round pick in 1986 |
To Los Angeles Kings Joe Paterson |
[38] |
March 11, 1986 | To Philadelphia Flyers Glenn Resch |
To
New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 1986 |
[39] |
Date | Player | Former team | Via | Ref |
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July 19, 1985 | Kevin McCarthy | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency | [40] |
July 26, 1985 | Jim Dobson | Quebec Nordiques | Free agency | [41] |
Carl Mokosak | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency | [41] | |
Tim Tookey | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency | [41] | |
September 30, 1985 | Steve Martinson | Toledo Goaldiggers ( IHL) | Free agency | [42] |
October 7, 1985 | Dave Farrish | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency | [43] |
October 8, 1985 | Florent Robidoux | Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) | Free agency | [44] |
November 7, 1985 | Ron Low | Edmonton Oilers | Waivers | [35] |
January 15, 1986 | John Kemp | Canadian National Team | Free agency | [45] |
March 19, 1986 | Craig Berube | Medicine Hat Tigers ( WHL) | Free agency | [46] |
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref |
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June 10, 1985 | Miroslav Dvorak | ESG Kassel ( Germany) | Retirement [e] | [47] |
August 22, 1985 | Bill Barber | Retirement [f] | [48] | |
September 25, 1985 | Todd Bergen | Minnesota North Stars [g] | Retirement | [49] |
N/A | Tim Young | Retirement | [50] | |
Jim Dobson | New York Rangers [h] | Release | [51] |
Date | Player | Term | Ref |
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June 18, 1985 | Pelle Eklund | 2-year | [52] |
August 14, 1985 | Ray Allison | [53] | |
Ed Hospodar | [53] | ||
Brad Marsh | [53] | ||
Dave McLay | [53] | ||
John Stevens | [53] | ||
Rich Sutter | [53] | ||
Ron Sutter | [53] | ||
October 10, 1985 | Pelle Lindbergh | 6-year | [54] |
November 7, 1985 | Jeff Chychrun | [55] | |
March 13, 1986 | Scott Mellanby | [56] |
Philadelphia's picks at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, on June 15, 1985. [57] The Flyers traded their tenth-round pick, 210th overall, to the Boston Bruins for Ian Armstrong on May 24, 1984. [58]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) | Notes |
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1 | 21 | Glen Seabrooke | Center | Canada | Peterborough Petes ( OHL) | |
2 | 42 | Bruce Rendall | Left wing | Canada | Chatham Maroons ( OPJHL) | |
3 | 48 | Darryl Gilmour | Goaltender | Canada | Moose Jaw Warriors ( WHL) | [i] |
3 | 63 | Shane Whelan | Center | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) | |
4 | 84 | Paul Marshall | Defense | United States | Northwood School (N.Y.) | |
5 | 105 | Daril Holmes | Right wing | Canada | Kingston Canadians (OHL) | |
6 | 126 | Ken Alexander | Defense | United States | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) | |
7 | 147 | Tony Horacek | Left wing | Canada | Kelowna Wings (WHL) | |
8 | 168 | Mike Cusack | Forward | United States | Dubuque Fighting Saints ( USHL) | |
9 | 189 | Gord Murphy | Defense | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) | |
11 | 231 | Rod Williams | Right wing | Canada | Kelowna Wings (WHL) | |
12 | 252 | Paul Maurice | Defense | Canada | Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL) |
The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL [59] [60] and the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL. [61]