2007–08 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Division | 4th Atlantic |
Conference | 6th Eastern |
2007–08 record | 42–29–11 |
Home record | 21–14–6 |
Road record | 21–15–5 |
Goals for | 248 |
Goals against | 233 |
Team information | |
President | Peter Luukko |
General manager | Paul Holmgren |
Coach | John Stevens |
Captain | Jason Smith |
Alternate captains |
Simon Gagne Mike Richards Kimmo Timonen |
Arena | Wachovia Center |
Average attendance | 19,556 (100.2%) [1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Philadelphia Phantoms Wheeling Nailers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Danny Briere (31) |
Assists | Mike Richards (47) |
Points | Mike Richards (75) |
Penalty minutes | Riley Cote (202) |
Plus/minus | Braydon Coburn (+17) |
Wins | Martin Biron (30) |
Goals against average | Martin Biron (2.59) |
The 2007–08 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 41st season in the National Hockey League (NHL). [2] The Flyers went from the worst team in the league during the previous season to the Eastern Conference Finals, losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.
In June, the Flyers made a trade which sent the first round draft pick they had acquired in the Peter Forsberg trade (23rd overall) back to the Nashville Predators for the rights to negotiate with impending unrestricted free agents Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell. [3] Both were signed to six-year contracts. [4]
Due to having the NHL's worst record during the 2006–07 season, the Flyers had the best chance to claim the first overall pick in the draft lottery. However, the Chicago Blackhawks won the lottery and jumped up to the first overall selection, relegating the Flyers to the 2nd overall pick. After much speculation as to whether the Flyers would trade the pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, the Flyers stayed put and selected New Jersey native James van Riemsdyk.
The Flyers wasted no time in addressing their free agent needs. On July 1, the Flyers signed Buffalo Sabres center Danny Briere to an eight-year, $52 million contract. [5] Continuing to revamp their defensive core, defenseman Joni Pitkanen and forward Geoff Sanderson were traded to the Edmonton Oilers for defenseman Jason Smith and forward Joffrey Lupul. [6] Smith was named Flyers captain on October 1. [7]
The season began in the image of the Broad Street Bullies era, with multiple-game suspensions handed out to five separate players, the most serious being 20- and 25-game suspensions to Steve Downie and Jesse Boulerice, respectively, for two separate incidents. A 7–3 start in October and a 9–3–1 January run had the Flyers near the top of both the division and conference standings. However, a disastrous ten-game losing streak in February, reminiscent of such a streak the previous season, nearly derailed the Flyers' season. An 8–3–4 run in March coupled with two vital wins over the New Jersey Devils and the Pittsburgh Penguins over the final weekend of the regular season put the Flyers back in the playoffs as the sixth seed and set for a first round matchup with the Washington Capitals.
GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 47 | 27 | 8 | 247 | 216 | 102 |
2 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 206 | 197 | 99 |
3 | New York Rangers | 82 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 213 | 199 | 97 |
4 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 248 | 233 | 95 |
5 | New York Islanders | 82 | 35 | 38 | 9 | 194 | 243 | 79 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | z – Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 262 | 222 | 104 |
2 | y – Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 47 | 27 | 8 | 247 | 216 | 102 |
3 | y – Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 242 | 231 | 94 |
4 | New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 206 | 197 | 99 |
5 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 213 | 199 | 97 |
6 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 248 | 233 | 95 |
7 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 261 | 247 | 94 |
8 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 212 | 222 | 94 |
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9 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 252 | 249 | 92 |
10 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 255 | 242 | 90 |
11 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 38 | 35 | 9 | 216 | 226 | 85 |
12 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 231 | 260 | 83 |
13 | New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 35 | 38 | 9 | 194 | 243 | 79 |
14 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 34 | 40 | 8 | 216 | 272 | 76 |
15 | Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 223 | 267 | 71 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, z – placed first in conference (and division)
After taking a three games to one series lead over Washington, the Capitals won Games 5 and 6 to force a Game 7 in Washington. The Flyers won the series in overtime on Joffrey Lupul's power play goal. The Flyers then drew a matchup with the heavily-favored Montreal Canadiens in the second round. Despite being outshot the majority of the series, the Flyers upset Montreal in five games and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2003–04 to face the Pittsburgh Penguins. Before the start of the series, the Flyers suffered a fatal blow when it was learned that defenseman Kimmo Timonen was out with a blood clot in his ankle. Coupled with a gruesome facial injury to Braydon Coburn in Game 2, Pittsburgh ran roughshod over the Flyers' depleted defense and jumped out to a 3–0 series lead. The Flyers won Game 4 at home to stave off elimination, and although Timonen returned for Game 5, Pittsburgh finished off the Flyers in five games.
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Preseason: 3–5–0 (home: 1–3–0; road: 2–2–0)
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October: 7–3–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 3–3–0)
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November: 7–5–2 (home: 2–2–2; road: 5–3–0)
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December: 5–6–2 (home: 2–3–2; road: 3–3–0)
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January: 9–3–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 5–1–0)
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February: 4–8–2 (home: 2–5–1; road: 2–3–1)
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March: 8–3–4 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–1–4)
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April: 2–1–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 0–1–0)
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Washington Capitals – Flyers win 4–3
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Flyers win 4–1
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Eastern Conference Finals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–1
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
18 | Mike Richards | C | 73 | 28 | 47 | 75 | 14 | 76 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 8 |
48 | Danny Briere | C | 79 | 31 | 41 | 72 | −22 | 68 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 16 | −3 | 20 |
22 | Mike Knuble | RW | 82 | 29 | 26 | 55 | −3 | 72 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
17 | Jeff Carter | C | 82 | 29 | 24 | 53 | 6 | 55 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
20 | R. J. Umberger | C | 74 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 10 |
15 | Joffrey Lupul | RW | 56 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
44 | Kimmo Timonen | D | 80 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 0 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
19 | Scott Hartnell | LW | 80 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 2 | 159 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −2 | 20 |
5 | Braydon Coburn | D | 78 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 17 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
6 | Randy Jones | D | 71 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 8 | 58 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
9 | Scottie Upshall | RW | 61 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 74 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 44 |
12 | Simon Gagne | LW | 25 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
40 | Vaclav Prospal† | LW | 18 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 6 |
27 | Steve Downie | RW | 32 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 10 |
34 | Jim Dowd | C | 73 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
21 | Jason Smith | D | 77 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −4 | 86 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
24 | Sami Kapanen | RW | 74 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −12 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
2 | Derian Hatcher | D | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 40 |
26 | Jim Vandermeer†‡ | D | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
53 | Denis Tolpeko | C | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −4 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Lasse Kukkonen | D | 53 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 6 |
25 | Patrick Thoresen† | LW | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
32 | Riley Cote | LW | 70 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 202 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Stefan Ruzicka | RW | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Jaroslav Modry† | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −11 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −6 | 0 |
43 | Martin Biron | G | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
8 | Rory Fitzpatrick† | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −12 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Ryan Potulny | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Antero Niittymaki | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
55 | Ben Eager‡ | LW | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
77 | Ryan Parent | D | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
36 | Jesse Boulerice | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 | Alexandre Picard‡ | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Nate Guenin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
56 | Claude Giroux | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
65 | Kyle Greentree | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
43 | Martin Biron | 62 | 59 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1865 | 153 | 2.59 | .918 | 5 | 3,539:04 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 540 | 52 | 2.98 | .904 | 1 | 1,048:42 |
30 | Antero Niittymaki | 28 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 739 | 69 | 2.91 | .907 | 1 | 1,424:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL 1st Star of the Week | Martin Biron (October 22) | [18] |
Danny Briere (November 26) | [19] | ||
NHL 3rd Star of the Week | Joffrey Lupul (December 17) | [20] | |
Scott Hartnell (January 14) | [21] | ||
Scott Hartnell (January 21) | [22] | ||
Mike Knuble (March 3) | [23] | ||
NHL All-Star Game selection | Mike Richards | [24] | |
Kimmo Timonen | |||
Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Kimmo Timonen | [25] |
Bobby Clarke Trophy | Mike Richards | [25] | |
Gene Hart Memorial Award | Mike Richards | [26] | |
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy | Braydon Coburn | [25] | |
Riley Cote | |||
Toyota Cup | Martin Biron | [27] | |
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award | Martin Biron | [28] |
Among the team records set during the 2007–08 season was Danny Briere tying the team record for most goals scored in a single period (3) on November 21. [29] In a 3–2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 5, goaltender Antero Niittymaki made 54 saves on 56 shots against, both team single game records. [30] [31] On January 19, Scott Hartnell scored three powerplay goals, tying the Flyers single game record. [32]
Regular season | |||||||||
Player | Milestone | Reached | |||||||
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Denis Tolpeko | 1st NHL game | October 4, 2007 | |||||||
Randy Jones | 100th NHL game | October 6, 2007 | |||||||
Simon Gagne | 400th NHL point | October 20, 2007 | |||||||
Scottie Upshall | 100th NHL game | November 8, 2007 | |||||||
Ben Eager Lasse Kukkonen |
100th NHL game | November 10, 2007 | |||||||
Danny Briere | 500th NHL game | November 12, 2007 | |||||||
Denis Tolpeko | 1st NHL goal 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point |
November 15, 2007 | |||||||
Riley Cote | 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point |
November 15, 2007 | |||||||
Jeff Carter | 100th NHL PIM | November 15, 2007 | |||||||
Danny Briere | 400th NHL point | November 21, 2007 | |||||||
Ben Eager | 300th NHL PIM | November 26, 2007 | |||||||
Steve Downie | 1st NHL game | December 5, 2007 | |||||||
Danny Briere | 400th NHL PIM | December 5, 2007 | |||||||
Rory Fitzpatrick | 200th NHL PIM | December 7, 2007 | |||||||
Kimmo Timonen | 600th NHL game | December 7, 2007 | |||||||
Steve Downie | 1st NHL goal | January 5, 2008 | |||||||
Scott Hartnell | 100th NHL goal | January 8, 2008 | |||||||
R. J. Umberger | 100th NHL point | January 24, 2008 | |||||||
Sami Kapanen | 800th NHL game | January 24, 2008 | |||||||
Riley Cote | 1st NHL goal | February 17, 2008 | |||||||
Claude Giroux | 1st NHL game | February 19, 2008 |
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 7, 2007, the day after the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 4, 2008, the day of the deciding game of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals. [33]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 18, 2007 | To Philadelphia Flyers Rights to Scott Hartnell Rights to Kimmo Timonen |
To
Nashville Predators Nashville's 1st-round pick in 2007 |
[3] |
June 23, 2007 | To Philadelphia Flyers Carolina's 2nd-round pick in 2007 |
To
Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2008 Nashville's 3rd-round pick in 2007 |
[34] |
July 1, 2007 | To Philadelphia Flyers Joffrey Lupul Jason Smith |
To
Edmonton Oilers Joni Pitkanen Geoff Sanderson 3rd-round pick in 2009 |
[6] |
December 10, 2007 | To Philadelphia Flyers Conditional 7th-round pick in 2009 [a] |
To
Dallas Stars Jussi Timonen |
[35] |
December 18, 2007 | To Philadelphia Flyers Jim Vandermeer |
To
Chicago Blackhawks Ben Eager |
[36] |
February 19, 2008 | To Philadelphia Flyers Jaroslav Modry |
To
Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick in 2008 |
[37] |
February 20, 2008 | To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2009 |
To
Calgary Flames Jim Vandermeer |
[38] |
February 25, 2008 | To Philadelphia Flyers Vaclav Prospal |
To
Tampa Bay Lightning Alexandre Picard 2nd-round pick in 2009 |
[39] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 1, 2007 | Danny Briere | Buffalo Sabres | 8-year | Free agency | [5] |
October 3, 2007 | Jesse Boulerice | Albany River Rats ( AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [40] |
Jim Dowd | New Jersey Devils | 1-year | Free agency | [40] | |
October 9, 2007 | Rory Fitzpatrick | Vancouver Canucks | 1-year | Free agency | [41] |
February 22, 2008 | Patrick Thoresen | Edmonton Oilers | Waivers | [42] | |
March 19, 2008 | Michael Teslak | Michigan Tech University ( WCHA) | 2-year | Free agency | [43] |
April 8, 2008 | Jared Ross | Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [44] |
May 9, 2008 | Darroll Powe | Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [45] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [b] | Ref |
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July 3, 2007 | Brad Tapper | Iserlohn Roosters ( DEL) | Free agency (III) | [47] |
July 6, 2007 | Denis Hamel | Binghamton Senators ( AHL) | Free agency (III) | [48] |
July 9, 2007 | Todd Fedoruk | Dallas Stars | Free agency (III) | [49] |
Mike York | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency (III) | [49] | |
July 13, 2007 | Niko Dimitrakos | Ottawa Senators | Free agency (III) | [50] |
July 16, 2007 | Mark Cullen | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (III) | [51] |
August 1, 2007 | Dmitri Afanasenkov | HC Dynamo Moscow ( RSL) | Free agency (UFA) | [52] |
September 29, 2007 | Tony Voce | Ilves ( Liiga) | Free agency | [53] |
October 4, 2007 | Rosario Ruggeri | Lowell Devils (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [54] |
October 18, 2007 | Robert Esche | Ak Bars Kazan (RSL) | Free agency (III) | [55] |
May 15, 2008 | Lars Jonsson | Brynas IF ( SHL) | Free agency | [56] |
May 29, 2008 | Denis Tolpeko | HC Dynamo Moscow ( KHL) | Free agency [c] | [57] |
June 3, 2008 | Sami Kapanen | KalPa (Liiga) | Retirement [d] | [58] [59] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 8, 2007 | Lars Jonsson | 1-year | Re-signing | [60] |
June 14, 2007 | Antero Niittymaki | 2-year | Re-signing | [61] |
July 1, 2007 | Scott Hartnell | 6-year | Re-signing | [4] |
Kimmo Timonen | 6-year | Re-signing | [4] | |
July 23, 2007 | Claude Giroux | 3-year | Entry-level | [62] |
July 25, 2007 | Riley Cote | 1-year | Re-signing | [63] |
Boyd Kane | 2-year | Re-signing | [63] | |
November 1, 2007 | Patrick Maroon | 3-year | Entry-level | [64] |
November 28, 2007 | Braydon Coburn | 2-year | Extension | [65] |
December 13, 2007 | Mike Richards | 12-year | Extension | [66] |
March 19, 2008 | Rob Bellamy | 2-year | Entry-level | [43] |
Matt Clackson | 2-year | Entry-level | [43] | |
March 30, 2008 | Jon Kalinski | 3-year | Entry-level | [67] |
April 4, 2008 | Andreas Nodl | 3-year | Entry-level | [68] |
Mike Ratchuk | 3-year | Entry-level | [68] | |
May 9, 2008 | Garrett Klotz | 3-year | Entry-level | [45] |
Philadelphia's picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on June 22–23, 2007. [69] The Flyers traded their original second, third, and fourth-round picks in three different trades. [70]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) | Notes |
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1 | 2 | James van Riemsdyk | Left wing | United States | U.S. NTDP ( NAHL) | |
2 | 41 | Kevin Marshall | Defense | Canada | Lewiston Maineiacs ( QMJHL) | [e] |
3 | 66 | Garrett Klotz | Left wing | Canada | Saskatoon Blades ( WHL) | [f] |
5 | 122 | Mario Kempe | Right wing | Sweden | St. John's Fog Devils (QMJHL) | |
6 | 152 | Jon Kalinski | Left wing | Canada | Bonnyville Pontiacs ( AJHL) | |
6 | 161 | Patrick Maroon | Left wing | United States | London Knights ( OHL) | [g] |
7 | 182 | Brad Phillips | Goaltender | United States | U.S. NTDP (NAHL) |
The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL [71] and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL. [72] The Phantoms, with Craig Berube returning as head coach, finished second in their division and won their first round playoff series against the Albany River Rats in seven games. They lost in the second round to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in five games. [73] In their first and only season as the Flyers ECHL affiliate, the Nailers finished last in their division and missed the playoffs.
Acquired: Signed by the Flyers as a free agent on April 8, 2008.
Signed as a Free Agent by Lowell, October 4, 2007
the team signed him to a three-year entry level contract on November 1.