1995–96 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1995–96 Philadelphia Flyers
Atlantic Division Champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	1st Eastern
1995–96 record	45–24–13
Home record	27–9–5
Road record	18–15–8
Goals for	282
Goals against	208
General Manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Terry Murray
Captain	Eric Lindros
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour Craig MacTavish (Oct-Mar) Eric Desjardins (Mar-Apr)
Arena	CoreStates Spectrum
Average attendance	17,345[1]
Team leaders
Goals	John LeClair (51)
Assists	Eric Lindros (68)
Points	Eric Lindros (115)
Penalties in minutes	Shawn Antoski (204)
Plus/Minus	Petr Svoboda (+28)
Wins	Ron Hextall (31)
Goals against average	Ron Hextall (2.17)

The 1995–96 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 29th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Eric Lindros eclipsed the 100-point mark for the first time in 1995–96, gathering 115 points, and John LeClair scored 51 goals, as the Flyers repeated as Atlantic Division champs and clinched the No.1 seed in the East. Facing the 8th-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning, the Flyers dropped two of the first three games. They rallied by winning three straight games to win the series. After taking two of the first three games against their second-round opponent, Florida, the Flyers were defeated in overtime in Game 4 and double-overtime in Game 5. An upstart Florida club with stellar goaltending from John Vanbiesbrouck ended the Flyers' season in Game 6. The Flyers said goodbye to the Spectrum and prepared to open a new arena - the CoreStates Center - for the next season.

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

[edit] Regular season

Building on the success of the lockout season, the Flyers began the year with a 7–1 romp in Montreal over the Canadiens. An early 5–0–1 stretch was derailed in a 5–4 loss to Chicago on October 22, in which Dominic Roussel turned in a poor performance in net. It would be one of several in the early going which forced head coach Terry Murray to favor Garth Snow as the backup to Ron Hextall.

Lindros was hurt in early November, and the club limped to a 2–4–1 record in his absence. However, after his return they ripped off eight straight wins as part of a 12–2–2 stretch which put them in contention in the Atlantic Division with the Florida Panthers. However, the momentum switched and the club gasped to a 3–6–7 record thereafter.

A 3–2 home overtime win over Montreal on February 1, in which defenseman Petr Svoboda was viciously elbowed in the head by Marc Bureau, finally lit a fire under the team. In addition, the trade-deadline acquisition of Dale Hawerchuk, who was needed in Mikael Renberg's absence, spurred a 13–3–0 charge at the end of the season. Thanks to a 6–5 Bruins win over the Penguins on the final day, the Flyers gained the top spot in the Eastern Conference following a 3–1 triumph over Tampa.

Lindros hit the 100-point mark in a 3–0 win over Hartford on March 25, while LeClair netted his 50th goal of the season in a 5–1 win in New Jersey on April 10. In an ironic twist, Avalanche forward Claude Lemieux notched the game-winning goal on a fluke shot in a Colorado 5–3 win in Philly on February 11. With the Devils the previous June, Lemieux hit the net from 50 feet out to give his club a 3–2 win in Game 5 of the conference finals.

On April 11, the Flyers organization celebrated the final regular-season game in the Spectrum. The home team took care of their end, topping the Canadiens 3-2. After the game, an emotional torch-passing ceremony saw past and present team members skating alongside each other, with a symbolic transferrence of leadership from Clarke to Lindros.

[edit] Season standings

Atlantic Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	282	208	103
New York Rangers	82	41	27	14	272	237	96
Florida Panthers	82	41	31	10	254	234	92
Washington Capitals	82	39	32	11	234	204	89
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	38	32	12	238	248	88
New Jersey Devils	82	37	33	12	215	202	86
New York Islanders	82	22	50	10	229	315	54

[edit] Game log

      Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie (1 point)

1995–96 Game Log
October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 7 Philadelphia 7 – 1 Montreal Hextall 17,646 1–0–0 2
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts November 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts December 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts January 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts February 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts March 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts April 1 0 – 0 0–0–0

[edit] Playoffs

With the top spot in the Eastern Conference, the Flyers drew their division rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning, coached by former Flyer Terry Crisp. After a 7-3 Philly home romp in Game 1, Lightning goaler Daren Puppa was spectacular and Brian Bradley notched the OT winner in a 2-1 Game 2 triumph. Former draft pick Alexander Selivanov ended Game 3 in Tampa with an overtime goal, and Bolts tough guys Igor Ulanov and Enrico Ciccone began taking liberties with top Flyers skaters.

Hawerchuk and LeClair provided leadership and goals in a 4-1 road win in Game 4, then Lindros went hellbent for revenge against Ulanov and others in another positive 4-1 result in Game 5 at the Spectrum. In Game 6 at the Thunderdome saw Lindros running anything in a white jersey, while enforcer Shawn Antoski scored and won his fights. Ulanov was wisely left out of the handshake line after Philly's series-ending 6-1 thrashing.

Next up in the conference semifinals were the Florida Panthers, a team with talent but who also relied on the dreaded trap for success.

Panthers starter and Flyers nemesis John Vanbiesbrouck posted a 2-0 shutout in Game 1, and it took until midway through Game 2 for the Flyers to get rolling offensively in a narrow 3-2 win. Game 3 saw Flyers veterans Dan Quinn, Hawerchuk, Desjardins and Hextall set the tone in a 3-1 victory.

[edit] Game log

      Win       Loss

1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Tampa Bay - Flyers win 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 16 Tampa Bay 3 – 7 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 18 Tampa Bay 2 – 1 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,380 Series tied 1–1 3 April 21 Philadelphia 4 – 5 Tampa Bay OT Hextall 25,945 Lightning lead 2–1 4 April 23 Philadelphia 4 – 1 Tampa Bay Hextall 28,183 Series tied 2–2 5 April 25 Tampa Bay 1 – 4 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Flyers lead 3–2 6 April 27 Philadelphia 6 – 1 Tampa Bay Hextall 27,189 Flyers win 4–2 Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Florida - Panthers win 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 May 2 Florida 2 – 0 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Panthers lead 1–0 2 May 4 Florida 2 – 3 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Series tied 1–1 3 May 7 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Florida Hextall 14,703 Flyers lead 2–1 4 May 9 Philadelphia 3 – 4 Florida OT Hextall 14,703 Series tied 2–2 5 May 12 Florida 2 – 1 Philadelphia 2OT Hextall 17,380 Panthers lead 3–2 6 May 14 Philadelphia 1 – 4 Florida Hextall 14,703 Panthers win 4–2

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Eric Lindros	88		73	47	68	115	163		12	6	6	12	43
John LeClair	10		82	51	46	97	64		11	6	5	11	6
Rod Brind'Amour	17		82	26	61	87	110		12	2	5	7	6
Pat Falloon	15		62	22	26	48	6		12	3	2	5	2
Eric Desjardins	37		80	7	40	47	45		12	0	6	6	2
Mikael Renberg	19		23	20	43	45	64		11	3	6	9	14
Joel Otto	29		67	12	29	41	115		12	3	4	7	11
Petr Svoboda	23		73	1	28	29	105		12	0	6	6	22
Shjon Podein	25		79	15	10	25	89		12	1	2	3	50
Chris Therien	6		82	6	17	23	89		12	0	0	0	18
Dan Quinn†	11		35	7	14	21	22		12	1	4	5	6
Rob DiMaio	9		59	6	15	21	58		3	0	0	0	0
Karl Dykhuis	24		82	5	15	20	101		12	2	2	4	22
Dale Hawerchuk†	18		16	4	16	20	4		12	3	6	9	12
Anatoli Semenov‡	44		44	3	13	16	14		-	-	-	-	-
Brent Fedyk‡	18		24	10	5	15	24		-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Haller	5		69	5	9	14	92		6	0	1	1	8
Kjell Samuelsson	28		75	3	11	14	81		12	1	0	1	24
Craig MacTavish‡	14		55	5	8	13	62		-	-	-	-	-
Trent Klatt†	20		49	3	8	11	21		12	4	1	5	0
John Druce†	26		13	4	4	8	13		2	0	2	2	2
Bob Corkum†	22		28	4	3	7	8		12	1	2	3	6
Patrik Juhlin	12		14	3	3	6	17		-	-	-	-	-
Shawn Antoski	8		64	1	3	4	204		7	1	1	2	28
Russ Romaniuk	42		17	3	0	3	17		1	0	0	0	0
Jim Montgomery	22		5	1	2	3	9		1	0	0	0	0
Yanick Dupre	18		12	2	0	2	28		-	-	-	-	-
Phil Crowe	26		16	1	1	2	28		-	-	-	-	-
Kerry Huffman†	2		4	1	1	2	6		6	0	0	0	2
Kevin Dineen‡	11		26	0	2	2	50		-	-	-	-	-
Aris Brimanis	3		17	0	2	2	12		-	-	-	-	-
Dan Kordic	21		9	1	0	1	31		-	-	-	-	-
Ron Hextall (G)	27		53	0	1	1	28		12	0	0	0	6
Gilbert Dionne	45		2	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
Garth Snow (G)	30		26	0	0	0	18		1	0	0	0	0
Dominic Roussel (G)	33		9	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Darren Rumble	3		5	0	0	0	4		-	-	-	-	-
Jason Bowen	34		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Bench	X						20

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

			Regular season										Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Ron Hextall	27		53	3102	31	13	7	112	4	.913	2.17		12	760	6	6	27	0	.915	2.13
Garth Snow	30		26	1437	12	8	4	69	0	.894	2.88		1	1	0	0	0	0	-	0.00
Dominic Roussel	33		9	456	2	3	2	22	1	.876	2.89		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
NHL All-Star Game representative	Eric Desjardins John LeClair Eric Lindros Craig MacTavish
NHL All-Star Second Team, Center	Eric Lindros
NHL All-Star Second Team, Left Wing	John LeClair
NHL Player of the Month	Eric Lindros (October)
NHL Player of the Week	John LeClair (November 11)
Team
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Eric Lindros
Class Guy Award	Ron Hextall
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial	Shjon Podein

[edit] Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1995–96 season.

[edit] Trades

June 29, 1995	To Philadelphia Flyers Russ Romaniuk	To Winnipeg Jets rights to Jeff Finley
July 8, 1995	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th round pick in 1996	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rob Zettler
July 12, 1995	To Philadelphia Flyers rights to Garth Snow	To Colorado Avalanche 3rd round pick in 1996 6th round pick in 1996
August 30, 1995	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st round pick in 1996 2nd round pick in 1997 Los Angeles' 4th round pick in 1996	To Toronto Maple Leafs Dmitri Yushkevich 2nd round pick in 1996
September 20, 1995	To Philadelphia Flyers Pat Falloon	To San Jose Sharks 1st round pick in 1996 4th round pick in 1996 Martin Spanhel
December 13, 1995	To Philadelphia Flyers Trent Klatt	To Dallas Stars Brent Fedyk
December 28, 1995	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd round pick in 1997 7th round pick in 1997	To Hartford Whalers Kevin Dineen
January 23, 1996	To Philadelphia Flyers Dan Quinn	To Ottawa Senators cash
February 6, 1996	To Philadelphia Flyers Bob Corkum	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Chris Herperger 7th round pick in 1997
March 15, 1996	To Philadelphia Flyers Dale Hawerchuk	To St. Louis Blues Craig MacTavish
March 19, 1996	To Philadelphia Flyers Kerry Huffman	To Ottawa Senators 9th round pick in 1996
March 19, 1996	To Philadelphia Flyers Brian Wesenberg	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Anatoli Semenov rights to Mike Crowley
March 19, 1996	To Philadelphia Flyers John Druce 7th round pick in 1997	To Los Angeles Kings 4th round pick in 1996

[edit] Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Les Kuntar Hershey (AHL) free agency (6/30) Tony Horacek Chicago free agency (7/17) Darren Rumble Ottawa free agency (7/31) Joel Otto Calgary free agency (7/31) Scott Morrow Calgary free agency (7/31) Shawn McCosh NY Rangers free agency (7/31) Todd Nelson Washington free agency (8/1) Kjell Samuelsson Pittsburgh free agency (8/31)

Subtractions Player New team Via Gilbert Dionne Florida free agency (2/29)

[edit] Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.^[2]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	22	Brian Boucher	Goaltender	United States	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
2	48	Shane Kenny	Defenseman	Canada	Owen Sound Platers (OHL)
4	100	Radovan Somik	Left Wing	Slovakia	Martimex ZTS Martin HC (Slovakia)
6	132	Dmitri Tertyshny	Defenseman	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
6	135	Jamie Sokolsky	Defenseman	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
6	152	Martin Spanhel	Left Wing	Czech Republic	ZPS Zlin Jrs. (CZE)
7	178	Martin Streit	Forward	Czech Republic	HC Olomouc (CZE)
8	204	Ruslan Shafikov	Forward	Russia	Salavat Yulajev (Russia)
9	230	Jeff Lank	Defenseman	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)

[edit] Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL and the Mobile Mysticks of the ECHL.^[3][4]

[edit] See also

• 1995–96 NHL season

[edit] References

v • d • e 1995–96 NHL season by team Northeast Division Buffalo • Pittsburgh • Boston • Montreal • Hartford • Ottawa Atlantic Division Philadelphia • NY Rangers • Florida • Washington • Tampa Bay • New Jersey • NY Islanders Central Division Detroit • Chicago • Toronto • St. Louis • Winnipeg • Dallas Pacific Division Anaheim • Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • L.A.• San Jose • Vancouver See also 1995 NHL Entry Draft • Stanley Cup Playoffs • Stanley Cup Finals

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