1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season

1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers
Wales Conference Champions
Patrick Division Champions
Division	1st Patrick
Conference	1st Wales
1984–85 record	53–20–7
Home record	32–4–4
Road record	21–16–3
Goals for	348 (4th)
Goals against	241 (3rd)
Team information
General Manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Dave Poulin
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	16,951
Team leaders
Goals	Tim Kerr (54)
Assists	Brian Propp (54)
Points	Tim Kerr (98)
Penalties in minutes	Dave Brown (165)
Plus/minus	Brad McCrimmon (+52)
Wins	Pelle Lindbergh (40)
Goals against average	Bob Froese (2.41)
<1983–84	1985–86>

The 1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 18th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Mike Keenan, a relative unknown at the time, was hired in 1984 to coach the team, and named second-year player Dave Poulin team captain. Behind the goaltending of Pelle Lindbergh (who led the league with 40 wins and won the Vezina Trophy) and two 40-goal scorers, Kerr and Propp, the Flyers posted a record of 53–20–7, good enough to be the best in the NHL. The Flyers would roll through the playoffs by sweeping the New York Rangers in three games, defeating the New York Islanders in five, and beating the Quebec Nordiques in six to return to the Stanley Cup Finals. Though they defeated the defending champion Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 by a score of 4–1 at home, Edmonton won the next four games and the series.

Regular season

On October 18 they tied a franchise record for most goals in one game, after a 13–2 rout of the Vancouver Canucks at the Spectrum. They recorded another 10-plus goal contest on March 10 against Pittsburgh, crushing the Penguins 11–4. In addition, the team snapped the Edmonton Oilers' then NHL record 12–0–3 unbeaten streak to start the year with a 7–5 win on November 11. Four days later, they paid tribute to the recently-retired Bobby Clarke on Bobby Clarke Night with a 6–1 win over the Hartford Whalers.

Although the club got off to a hot 16–4–4 start, they faltered in December, losing four straight games and five of six prior to Christmas. With the team's slate of games thin throughout January, the Washington Capitals surged to the top of the Patrick Division although the Flyers kept winning consistently.

After trailing the division-leading Capitals by 11 points in early February, the Flyers clinched the division title in late March and finished 12 points ahead of Washington, reeling off an incredible 24–4–0 record after February 9. The game that kicked off the stretch, on February 9 at the Capital Centre, saw Tim Kerr score four goals but Brian Propp won it, 5-4, with two seconds remaining in regulation. The club set a franchise record with 11 straight wins from March 5–24.

One season before the President's Trophy was created to reward the NHL club with the most points, the Flyers finished the season with 113, four ahead of eventual Cup champion Edmonton. They also recorded their second-highest single-season goal total (tied with 1975–76, and two fewer than the previous season) and allowed the third-fewest goals behind Washington and Buffalo.

Twice during the season two players recorded hat tricks in the same game. Propp and Ilkka Sinisalo turned the trick in the Vancouver rout, while Dave Poulin and Kerr teamed up for six goals in a wild 9–6 win over Washington on March 7.

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	53	20	7	348	241	113
Washington Capitals	80	46	25	9	322	240	101
New York Islanders	80	40	34	6	345	312	86
New York Rangers	80	26	44	10	295	345	62
New Jersey Devils	80	22	48	10	264	346	54
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	24	51	5	276	385	53

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.

Game log

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

1984–85 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 11 Washington 2 – 2 Philadelphia Lindbergh 17,191 0–0–1 1
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

Playoffs

Game log

      Win       Loss

1985 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals vs. NY Rangers - Flyers win 3–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 10 NY Rangers 4 – 5 Philadelphia OT Lindbergh 17,191 Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 11 NY Rangers 1 – 3 Philadelphia Lindbergh 18,130 Flyers lead 2–0 3 April 13 Philadelphia 6 – 5 NY Rangers Lindbergh n/a Flyers win 3–0 Patrick Division Finals vs. NY Islanders - Flyers win 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 18 NY Islanders 0 – 3 Philadelphia Lindbergh 17,191 Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 21 NY Islanders 2 – 5 Philadelphia Lindbergh n/a Flyers lead 2–0 3 April 23 Philadelphia 5 – 3 NY Islanders Lindbergh n/a Flyers lead 3–0 4 April 25 Philadelphia 2 – 6 NY Islanders Lindbergh n/a Flyers lead 3–1 5 April 28 NY Islanders 0 – 1 Philadelphia Lindbergh n/a Flyers win 4–1 Wales Conference Finals vs. Quebec - Flyers win 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 May 5 Philadelphia 1 – 2 Quebec OT Lindbergh 15,194 Nordiques lead 1–0 2 May 7 Philadelphia 4 – 2 Quebec Lindbergh n/a Series tied 1–1 3 May 9 Quebec 2 – 4 Philadelphia Lindbergh 17,191 Flyers lead 2–1 4 May 12 Quebec 5 – 3 Philadelphia Lindbergh 17,191 Series tied 2–2 5 May 14 Philadelphia 2 – 1 Quebec Lindbergh 15,380 Flyers lead 3–2 6 May 16 Quebec 0 – 3 Philadelphia Lindbergh 17,191 Flyers win 4–2 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Edmonton - Oilers win 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 May 21 Edmonton 1 – 4 Philadelphia Lindbergh 17,191 Flyers lead 1–0 2 May 23 Edmonton 3 – 1 Philadelphia Lindbergh 17,191 Series tied 1–1 3 May 25 Philadelphia 3 – 4 Edmonton Lindbergh 17,498 Oilers lead 2–1 4 May 28 Philadelphia 3 – 5 Edmonton Lindbergh 17,498 Oilers lead 3–1 5 May 30 Philadelphia 3 – 8 Edmonton Froese 17,498 Oilers win 4–1

Player stats

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position (C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing); GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; = Left team via trade or waivers during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

#	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
				Regular season						Playoffs
12	Kerr, TimTim Kerr	25	RW	74	54	44	98	29	57	12	10	04 !4	14	7	13
26	Propp, BrianBrian Propp	25	LW	76	43	54	97	46	43	19	08 !8	10	18	2	06 !6
20	Poulin, DaveDave Poulin	26	C	73	30	44	74	43	59	11	03 !3	05 !5	08 !8	-1	06 !6
23	Sinisalo, IlkkaIlkka Sinisalo	26	RW	70	36	37	73	32	16	19	06 !6	01 !1	07 !7	-1	00 !0
32	Craven, MurrayMurray Craven	20	LW	80	26	35	61	45	30	19	04 !4	06 !6	10	6	11
25	Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	19	C	65	15	46	61	22	26	19	01 !1	08 !8	09 !9	-5	28
02 !2	Howe, MarkMark Howe	29	D	73	18	39	57	51	31	19	03 !3	08 !8	11	11	06 !6
14	Sutter, RonRon Sutter	21	C	73	16	29	45	13	94	19	04 !4	08 !8	12	-1	28
10	McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	25	D	66	8	35	43	52	81	11	02 !2	01 !1	03 !3	5	15
18	Carson, LindsayLindsay Carson	24	C	77	20	19	39	0	123	17	00 !0	03 !3	03 !3	0	24
24	Smith, DerrickDerrick Smith	20	LW	77	17	22	39	28	31	19	02 !2	05 !5	07 !7	3	16
22	Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	20	RW	75	14	25	39	6	181	19	03 !3	04 !4	07 !7	-1	72
27	Eriksson, ThomasThomas Eriksson	25	D	72	10	29	39	24	36	09 !9	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	-1	06 !6
03 !3	Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	24	D	80	4	33	37	31	65	19	04 !4	06 !6	10	-3	38
11, 36	Hachborn, LenLen Hachborn	23	C	40	5	17	22	16	23	04 !4	00 !0	03 !3	03 !3	0	00 !0
08 !8	Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	26	D	77	2	18	20	42	91	19	00 !0	06 !6	06 !6	1	65
09 !9	Dvorak, MiroslavMiroslav Dvorak	33	D	47	3	14	17	12	4	13	00 !0	01 !1	01 !1	-1	04 !4
19, 42	Bergen, ToddTodd Bergen	21	C	14	11	5	16	9	4	17	04 !4	09 !9	13	7	08 !8
15	Sutter, RichRich Sutter	21	LW	56	6	10	16	0	89	11	03 !3	00 !0	03 !3	-2	10
21	Brown, DaveDave Brown	22	RW	57	3	6	9	-3	165	11	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	-1	59
06 !6	Young, TimTim Young	29	C	20	2	6	8	2	12	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
17	Hospodar, EdEd Hospodar	25	D	50	3	4	7	7	130	18	01 !1	01 !1	02 !2	4	69
29	Cochrane, GlenGlen Cochrane	27	D	18	0	3	3	-4	100	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
19	Allison, RayRay Allison	25	RW	11	1	1	2	3	2	01 !1	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	0	02 !2
34	Fitzpatrick, RossRoss Fitzpatrick	24	C	5	1	0	1	-3	0	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	26	G	17	0	1	1	-0.1 !N/A	2	04 !4	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	-0.1 !N/A	02 !2
34	Guay, PaulPaul Guay	21	RW	2	0	1	1	2	0	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	25	G	65	0	0	0	-0.1 !N/A	4	18	00 !0	01 !1	01 !1	-0.1 !N/A	00 !0
06 !6, 28	Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson	24	LW	6	0	0	0	-1	31	17	03 !3	04 !4	07 !7	-2	70
05 !5	Smith, SteveSteve Smith	21	D	2	0	0	0	2	7	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
44	Stothers, MikeMike Stothers	22	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
30, 33	Jensen, DarrenDarren Jensen	24	G	1	0	0	0	-0.1 !N/A	0	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals against; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; MIN = Minutes played

#	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
			Regular season									Playoffs
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	25	65	40	17	7	2	194	.899	3.02	3858	18	12	6	3	42	.914	2.50	1008
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	26	17	13	2	0	1	37	.913	2.41	923	04 !4	00 !0	1	0	11	.845	4.52	0146 !146
30, 33	Jensen, DarrenDarren Jensen	24	1	0	1	0	0	7	.767	7.00	60	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-0001 !—

Awards and records

Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Tim Kerr Pelle Lindbergh
Jack Adams Award	Mike Keenan
NHL First All-Star Team	Pelle Lindbergh (G)
NHL Player of the Month	Pelle Lindbergh (April)
NHL Player of the Week	Pelle Lindbergh (November 19) Ilkka Sinisalo (March 12) Pelle Lindbergh (April 8)
Vezina Trophy	Pelle Lindbergh
Team
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Brad McCrimmon
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Pelle Lindbergh
Class Guy Award	Brad Marsh

Records

NHL player
Player	Record	Mark
Tim Kerr	Goals, one playoff period	4
Tim Kerr	Points, one playoff period	4
Tim Kerr	Powerplay goals, one playoff game	3
Tim Kerr	Powerplay goals, one playoff period	3

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1984–85 season.

Trades

Date	Details
September 27, 1984	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To New Jersey Devils Sam St. Laurent
October 10, 1984	To Philadelphia Flyers Murray Craven Joe Paterson	To Detroit Red Wings Darryl Sittler
October 16, 1984	To Philadelphia Flyers Tim Young	To Winnipeg Jets future considerations
March 12, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 1986	To Vancouver Canucks Glen Cochrane

Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Darren Jensen Fort Wayne (IHL) free agency (5/1) Bobby Clarke — signed as GM (5/15) Ed Hospodar Hartford free agency (7/25) Nick Kypreos North Bay (OHL) free agency (9/30) Don Nachbaur Hershey (AHL) free agency (10/4) Al Hill Hershey (AHL) free agency (10/8)

Subtractions Player New team Via Bobby Clarke — retirement (5/15)

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

Rnd	#	Player	Position	Nationality	Drafted from
2	22	Greg Smyth	Defenseman	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
2	27	Scott Mellanby	Right wing	Canada	Henry Carr H.S. (Toronto)
2	37	Jeff Chychrun	Defenseman	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHL)
3	43	Dave McLay	Forward	Canada	Kelowna Wings (WHL)
3	47	John Stevens	Defenseman	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	79	David Hanson	Center	United States	Grand Forks H.S. (N. Dakota)
5	100	Brian Dobbin	Right wing	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
6	121	John Dzikowski	Center	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
7	142	Tom Allen	Defenseman	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
8	163	Luke Vitale	Forward	Canada	Henry Carr H.S. (Toronto)
9	184	Billy Powers	Forward	United States	Matignon High School (Mass.)
10	204	Daryn Fersovich	Forward	Canada	St. Albert Saints (AJHL)
12	245	Juraj Bakos	Defenseman	Slovakia	HC Kosice (Czech)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL and the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL.

See also

• 1984–85 NHL season
• 1985 Stanley Cup Finals

References

General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

Specific