Flyers History - Season Overview : 1984-85

1984-85

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Most Points in NHL

Wales Conference Champions

Patrick Division Champions

Key Personnel

Coach

Mike Keenan

G.M.

Bob Clarke

Captain

Dave Poulin

W-L-T Record

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	Win%	GF	GA	Division
Overall	80	53	20	7	113	0.706	348	241	1st
Home		32	4	4	68	0.850	202	102
Road		21	16	3	45	0.562	146	139

Standings

Patrick
Team	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Philadelphia Flyers	53	20	7	113	348	241
Washington Capitals	46	25	9	101	322	240
New York Islanders	40	34	6	86	345	312
New York Rangers	26	44	10	62	295	345
New Jersey Devils	22	48	10	54	264	346
Pittsburgh Penguins	24	51	5	53	276	385

Playoff Games

Won Patrick Division Semifinals 3-0
10-Apr-85	New York Rangers	4	at	Flyers	5	OT	W	Boxscore
11-Apr-85	New York Rangers	1	at	Flyers	3		W	Boxscore
13-Apr-85	Flyers	6	at	New York Rangers	5		W	Boxscore
Won Patrick Division Finals 4-1
18-Apr-85	New York Islanders	0	at	Flyers	3		W	Boxscore
21-Apr-85	New York Islanders	2	at	Flyers	5		W	Boxscore
23-Apr-85	Flyers	5	at	New York Islanders	3		W	Boxscore
25-Apr-85	Flyers	2	at	New York Islanders	6		L	Boxscore
28-Apr-85	New York Islanders	0	at	Flyers	1		W	Boxscore
Won Wales Conference Finals 4-2
5-May-85	Flyers	1	at	Quebec Nordiques	2	OT	L	Boxscore
7-May-85	Flyers	4	at	Quebec Nordiques	2		W	Boxscore
9-May-85	Quebec Nordiques	2	at	Flyers	4		W	Boxscore
12-May-85	Quebec Nordiques	5	at	Flyers	3		L	Boxscore
14-May-85	Flyers	2	at	Quebec Nordiques	1		W	Boxscore
16-May-85	Quebec Nordiques	0	at	Flyers	3		W	Boxscore
Lost Finals 1-4
21-May-85	Edmonton Oilers	1	at	Flyers	4		W	Boxscore
23-May-85	Edmonton Oilers	3	at	Flyers	1		L	Boxscore
25-May-85	Flyers	3	at	Edmonton Oilers	4		L	Boxscore
28-May-85	Flyers	3	at	Edmonton Oilers	5		L	Boxscore
30-May-85	Flyers	3	at	Edmonton Oilers	8		L	Boxscore

Scoring Leaders

Goals

Tim Kerr -54

Assists

Brian Propp -54

Points

Tim Kerr -98

Scoring Statistics

Name	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PP	SH	GW	GT	Sht	Sh%	TGF	TPGF	TGA	TPGA
Tim Kerr	R	74	54	44	98	57	29	21	0	9	2	267	20.22	135	52	54	0
Brian Propp	L	76	43	54	97	43	46	12	7	4	0	258	16.67	141	39	85	29
Dave Poulin	C	73	30	44	74	59	43	1	4	5	0	174	17.24	104	16	78	33
Ilkka Sinisalo	R	70	36	37	73	16	32	7	1	8	0	166	21.69	105	33	54	14
Murray Craven	L	80	26	35	61	30	45	2	2	5	0	142	18.31	99	12	57	15
Peter Zezel	C	65	15	46	61	26	22	8	0	2	1	91	16.48	90	36	33	1
Mark Howe	D	73	18	39	57	31	51	3	2	1	0	213	8.45	146	29	98	32
Ron Sutter	C	73	16	29	45	94	13	2	0	5	0	140	11.43	66	5	66	18
Brad McCrimmon	D	66	8	35	43	81	52	1	0	1	1	141	5.67	137	27	84	26
Lindsay Carson	L	77	20	19	39	123	0	1	0	1	0	120	16.67	52	2	55	5
Derrick Smith	L	77	17	22	39	31	28	0	1	4	1	140	12.14	60	2	38	8
Rick Tocchet	R	75	14	25	39	181	6	0	0	0	0	112	12.5	50	4	42	2
Thomas Eriksson	D	72	10	29	39	36	24	4	1	1	0	125	8	107	31	67	15
Doug Crossman	D	80	4	33	37	65	31	1	1	1	0	111	3.6	118	29	80	22
Len Hachborn	C	40	5	17	22	23	16	0	0	0	0	48	10.42	30	2	12	0
Brad Marsh	D	77	2	18	20	91	42	0	0	0	0	65	3.08	100	0	87	29
Miroslav Dvorak	D	47	3	14	17	4	12	0	1	1	0	51	5.88	47	9	32	6
Todd Bergen	C	14	11	5	16	4	9	3	0	3	0	38	28.95	20	6	5	0
Rich Sutter	R	56	6	10	16	89	0	0	0	0	0	62	9.68	25	0	28	3
Dave Brown	R	57	3	6	9	165	-3	0	0	1	0	53	5.66	15	0	18	0
Tim Young	C	20	2	6	8	12	2	0	0	1	0	25	8	16	2	13	1
Ed Hospodar	D	50	3	4	7	130	7	0	0	0	0	51	5.88	34	1	27	1
Glen Cochrane	D	18	0	3	3	100	-4	0	0	0	0	7	0	3	0	8	1
Ray Allison	R	11	1	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	16	6.25	4	0	1	0
Ross Fitzpatrick	C	5	1	0	1	0	-3	1	0	0	0	10	10	3	2	4	0
Bob Froese	G	17	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Guay	R	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Pelle Lindbergh	G	65	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Paterson	L	6	0	0	0	31	-1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Smith	D	2	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0
Mike Stothers	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0
Darren Jensen	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bench	X					8
* = did not finish season with Flyers click on games played column for game by game stats for that player click on goals, assists or penalty minutes for complete list for that player

Goaltending Statistics

Name	GP	Mins	GA	Avg	W	L	T	OTL	EN	SO	Shts	Pct	SO-GA	SO-Sht
Bob Froese	17	923	37	2.41	13	2	0		0	1	427	0.913
Pelle Lindbergh	65	3858	194	3.02	40	17	7		3	2	1929	0.899
Darren Jensen	1	60	7	7.00	0	1	0		0	0	30	0.767

Playoff Statistics

Name	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PP	SH	GW	OT	Sht	Sh%
Brian Propp	L	19	8	10	18	6	2	4	1	2	0	62	12.90
Tim Kerr	R	12	10	4	14	13	7	4	0	1	0	42	23.81
Todd Bergen	C	17	4	9	13	8	7	2	0	1	0	36	11.11
Ron Sutter	C	19	4	8	12	28	-1	0	0	1	0	43	9.30
Mark Howe	D	19	3	8	11	6	11	1	0	1	1	46	6.52
Murray Craven	L	19	4	6	10	11	6	1	1	1	0	36	11.11
Doug Crossman	D	19	4	6	10	38	-3	3	0	0	0	49	8.16
Peter Zezel	C	19	1	8	9	28	-5	1	0	0	0	24	4.17
Dave Poulin	C	11	3	5	8	6	-1	0	2	0	0	20	15.00
Ilkka Sinisalo	R	19	6	1	7	0	-1	2	0	3	0	39	15.38
Rick Tocchet	R	19	3	4	7	72	-1	0	0	2	0	41	7.32
Joe Paterson	L	17	3	4	7	70	-2	1	0	0	0	26	11.54
Derrick Smith	L	19	2	5	7	16	3	0	0	0	0	21	9.52
Brad Marsh	D	19	0	6	6	65	1	0	0	0	0	23	0.00
Rich Sutter	R	11	3	0	3	10	-2	0	0	0	0	12	25.00
Brad McCrimmon	D	11	2	1	3	15	5	0	0	0	0	17	11.76
Lindsay Carson	L	17	0	3	3	24	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.00
Len Hachborn	C	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.00
Ed Hospodar	D	18	1	1	2	69	4	0	0	0	0	11	9.09
Pelle Lindbergh	G	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miroslav Dvorak	D	13	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0	0	4	0.00
Dave Brown	R	11	0	0	0	59	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0.00
Thomas Eriksson	D	9	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0	0	7	0.00
Bob Froese	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Allison	R	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

click on goals, assists or penalty minutes for complete list for that player

Name	GP	Mins	GA	GAA	W	L	EN	SO	Shts	Pct
Pelle Lindbergh	18	1008	42	2.50	12	6	1	3	490	0.914
Bob Froese	4	146	11	4.52	0	1	0	0	71	0.845

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All-Star Game Representatives

Tim Kerr, Pelle Lindbergh

Shutouts

Date	Opponent	Score	Goalie	#
9-Nov-84	vs St.Louis Blues	6-0	Pelle Lindbergh	5
30-Mar-85	vs New York Rangers	3-0	Bob Froese	7
4-Apr-85	vs New York Islanders	3-0	Pelle Lindbergh	6
18-Apr-85	vs New York Islanders	3-0	Pelle Lindbergh	P 7
28-Apr-85	vs New York Islanders	1-0	Pelle Lindbergh	P 8
16-May-85	vs Quebec Nordiques	3-0	Pelle Lindbergh	P 9
# = career number as a Flyer P = playoffs

Hattricks

Date	Player	#	Score	Goalie(s)
18-Oct-84	Brian Propp	3	Vancouver Canucks 2 - FLYERS 13	R.Brodeur(2), J.Garrett(l)
18-Oct-84	Ilkka Sinisalo	2	Vancouver Canucks 2 - FLYERS 13	R.Brodeur(1), J.Garrett(2)
25-Oct-84	Tim Kerr	3 (n,4)	St.Louis Blues 2 - FLYERS 7	M. Liut
23-Dec-84	Tim Kerr	4	Washington Capitals 4 - FLYERS 7	P.Riggin
28-Dec-84	Lindsay Carson	1	FLYERS 7 - Vancouver Canucks 4	R.Brodeur
13-Jan-85	Brian Propp	4	Calgary Flames 1 - FLYERS 7	D.Edwards
17-Jan-85	Tim Kerr	5 (n,4)	Detroit Red Wings 5 - FLYERS 7	E.Mio
5-Feb-85	Ilkka Sinisalo	3	FLYERS 5 - New York Islanders 7	K.Hrudey
9-Feb-85	Tim Kerr	6 (n,4)	FLYERS 5 - Washington Capitals 4	P.Riggin
5-Mar-85	Brian Propp	5	FLYERS 5 - New York Islanders 4	K.Hrudey
7-Mar-85	Dave Poulin	3	Washington Capitals 6 - FLYERS 9	P.Riggin
7-Mar-85	Tim Kerr	7	Washington Capitals 6 - FLYERS 9	P.Riggin(2) A.Jensen(1)
13-Apr-85	Tim Kerr	8 (po,n,4)	FLYERS 6 - New York Rangers 5	G.Hanlon
21-Apr-85	Brian Propp	6 (po,n)	New York Islanders 2 - FLYERS 5	B.Smith
po = playoffs, n=natural, 4=4goals, 5=5goals #=career number as a Flyer

Opening Games

Season	Washington 2 - Flyers 2 (T)
Home	Washington 2 - Flyers 2 (T)
Road	Flyers 4 - Washington 2 (W)

NHL Awards

Wales Trophy	Winner

Wales/East Champs	Philadelphia Flyers

Vezina	Winner

Best Goalie	Pelle Lindbergh

Jack Adams	Winner

Best Coach	Mike Keenan

1st Team	Winner

Goalie	Pelle Lindbergh

Team Awards

Barry Ashbee Trophy	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Yanick Dupre Memorial
Best Defenseman	Team MVP	Class Guy Award

Brad McCrimmon	Pelle Lindbergh	Brad Marsh

Trades

Date	To Flyers	Other Team	From Flyers
10-Oct-84	Joe Paterson & Murray Craven	Detroit Red Wings	Darryl Sittler
16-Oct-84	Tim Young	Winnipeg Jets	futures
12-Mar-85	1986 3rd rounder (traded back to Vancouver - Don Gibson)	Vancouver Canucks	Glen Cochrane

Transactions

Date	Aquisition
1-May-84	Darren Jensen signed as a free agent
9-May-84	Dave Poulin signed (multi-year)
9-May-84	Rick Tocchet signed (multi-year)
9-May-84	Peter Zezel signed (multi-year)
9-May-84	Todd Bergen signed (multi-year)
15-May-84	Bobby Clarke retired
25-Jul-84	Ed Hospodar signed as a free agent
17-Aug-84	Doug Crossman signed
17-Aug-84	Brad McCrimmon signed
17-Aug-84	Len Hachborn signed
21-Sep-84	Tim Kerr signed (multi-year)
30-Sep-84	Nick Kypreos signed as a free agent
1-Oct-84	Gil Hudon demoted
1-Oct-84	Al Hill demoted
1-Oct-84	Don Nachbaur demoted
1-Oct-84	Grant Anderson demoted
1-Oct-84	Bill Campbell demoted
4-Oct-84	Don Nachbaur signed as a free agent
8-Oct-84	Ross Fitzpatrick demoted
8-Oct-84	Paul Guay demoted
8-Oct-84	Todd Bergen demoted
8-Oct-84	Steve Smith demoted
8-Oct-84	Mike Stothers demoted
8-Oct-84	Darren Jensen demoted
8-Oct-84	Al Hill signed as a free agent
15-Oct-84	Tim Young signed
18-Oct-84	Daryl Stanley demoted
18-Oct-84	Joe Paterson demoted
18-Nov-84	Paul Guay called up
18-Nov-84	Tim Young called up
23-Nov-84	Craig Piette signed as a free agent
4-Dec-84	Tim Young demoted
14-Dec-84	Darren Jensen called up
23-Dec-84	Ross Fitzpatrick called up
23-Dec-84	Mike Stothers called up
26-Dec-84	Glen Cochrane demoted (conditioning assignment)
26-Dec-84	Ray Allison demoted (conditioning assignment)
7-Jan-85	Ron Hextall called up
7-Jan-85	Todd Bergen called up
10-Jan-85	Tim Young called up
13-Jan-85	Glen Cochrane called up
15-Jan-85	Ron Hextall demoted
15-Jan-85	Tim Young demoted
18-Jan-85	Darren Jensen demoted
18-Jan-85	Len Hachborn demoted
18-Jan-85	Todd Bergen demoted
31-Jan-85	Tim Young called up
1-Feb-85	Rich Sutter demoted
2-Feb-85	Bob Froese demoted (conditioning assignment)
2-Feb-85	Darren Jensen called up
17-Feb-85	Lindsay Carson signed
18-Feb-85	Darren Jensen demoted
18-Feb-85	Bob Froese called up
23-Feb-85	Joe Paterson called up
3-Mar-85	Rich Sutter called up
3-Mar-85	Paul Guay called up
5-Mar-85	Todd Bergen demoted
5-Mar-85	Joe Paterson demoted
5-Mar-85	Paul Guay demoted
5-Mar-85	Len Hachborn called up
10-Mar-85	Todd Bergen called up
11-Mar-85	Ron Hextall called up
27-Mar-85	Ron Hextall demoted
1-Apr-85	Steve Smith called up
8-Apr-85	Joe Paterson called up
8-Apr-85	Darren Jensen called up

Draft Picks

Rd	#	Player	Pos
2	22	Greg Smyth	D
2	27	Scott Mellanby	RW
2	37	Jeff Chychrun	D
3	43	Dave McLay	LW
3	47	John Stevens	D
4	79	David Hanson	C
5	100	Brian Dobbin	RW
6	121	John Dzikowski	LW
7	142	Tommy Allen	D
8	163	Luke Vitale	C
9	184	Billy Powers	C
10	205	Darren Fersovich	C
12	247	Juraj Bakos	D

Record vs. Other Teams

	Overall						Home						Road
Team	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA
Boston Bruins	2	1	0	0	10	12	1	0	0		4	3	1	1	0		6	9
Buffalo Sabres	1	1	1	0	10	11	0	1	0		3	6	1	0	1		7	5
Calgary Flames	2	1	0	0	14	6	2	0	0		11	2	0	1	0		3	4
Chicago Blackhawks	2	1	0	0	12	8	2	0	0		10	3	0	1	0		2	5
Detroit Red Wings	2	0	1	0	11	7	2	0	0		10	6	0	0	1		1	1
Edmonton Oilers	3	0	0	0	17	11	2	0	0		12	9	1	0	0		5	2
Hartford Whalers	2	0	1	0	13	7	1	0	0		6	1	1	0	1		7	6
Los Angeles Kings	1	1	1	0	10	12	0	0	1		4	4	1	1	0		6	8
Minnesota North Stars	3	0	0	0	16	4	1	0	0		5	1	2	0	0		11	3
Montreal Canadiens	1	2	0	0	8	11	1	1	0		6	6	0	1	0		2	5
New Jersey Devils	5	2	0	0	29	18	2	1	0		12	7	3	1	0		17	11
New York Islanders	3	3	1	0	26	28	2	0	1		11	6	1	3	0		15	22
New York Rangers	7	0	0	0	31	13	4	0	0		18	8	3	0	0		13	5
Pittsburgh Penguins	5	2	0	0	34	19	4	0	0		26	9	1	2	0		8	10
Quebec Nordiques	1	1	1	0	9	8	1	0	1		7	4	0	1	0		2	4
St.Louis Blues	3	0	0	0	19	5	2	0	0		13	2	1	0	0		6	3
Toronto Maple Leafs	2	1	0	0	13	8	1	0	0		4	1	1	1	0		9	7
Vancouver Canucks	3	0	0	0	25	9	2	0	0		18	5	1	0	0		7	4
Washington Capitals	5	1	1	0	31	26	2	0	1		18	12	3	1	0		13	14
Winnipeg Jets	0	3	0	0	10	18	0	1	0		4	7	0	2	0		6	11