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1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers
Wales Conference champions
Patrick Division champions
Division1st Patrick
Conference1st Wales
1984–85 record53–20–7
Home record32–4–4
Road record21–16–3
Goals for348 (4th)
Goals against241 (3rd)
Team information
PresidentJay Snider
General managerBob Clarke
CoachMike Keenan
CaptainDave Poulin
Alternate captainsNone[a]
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance16,951[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Hershey Bears
Kalamazoo Wings
Team leaders
GoalsTim Kerr (54)
AssistsBrian Propp (54)
PointsTim Kerr (98)
Penalty minutesDave Brown (165)
Plus/minusBrad McCrimmon (+52)
WinsPelle Lindbergh (40)
Goals against averageBob Froese (2.41)

The 1984–85 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 18th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals but lost in five games to the Edmonton Oilers.

Off-season

Bob Clarke's first move as general manager was hiring Mike Keenan as head coach.[2] Second-year player Dave Poulin was named team captain.[3]

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 on March 28 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 Poulin and Kerr teamed up for six goals in a wild 9–6 win over Washington on March 7.

Goaltender Pelle Lindbergh, who led the league with 40 wins, won the Vezina Trophy.

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

[4]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.

Playoffs

The Flyers rolled 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.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1984–85 regular season

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

Playoffs

1985 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Age Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
12 Tim Kerr 25 RW 74 54 44 98 29 57 12 10 4 14 7 13
26 Brian Propp 25 LW 76 43 54 97 46 43 19 8 10 18 2 6
20 Dave Poulin 26 C 73 30 44 74 43 59 11 3 5 8 −1 6
23 Ilkka Sinisalo 26 RW 70 36 37 73 32 16 19 6 1 7 −1 0
32 Murray Craven 20 LW 80 26 35 61 45 30 19 4 6 10 6 11
25 Peter Zezel 19 C 65 15 46 61 22 26 19 1 8 9 −5 28
2 Mark Howe 29 D 73 18 39 57 51 31 19 3 8 11 11 6
14 Ron Sutter 21 C 73 16 29 45 13 94 19 4 8 12 −1 28
10 Brad McCrimmon 25 D 66 8 35 43 52 81 11 2 1 3 5 15
18 Lindsay Carson 24 C 77 20 19 39 0 123 17 0 3 3 0 24
24 Derrick Smith 20 LW 77 17 22 39 28 31 19 2 5 7 3 16
22 Rick Tocchet 20 RW 75 14 25 39 6 181 19 3 4 7 −1 72
27 Thomas Eriksson 25 D 72 10 29 39 24 36 9 0 0 0 −1 6
3 Doug Crossman 24 D 80 4 33 37 31 65 19 4 6 10 −3 38
11, 36 Len Hachborn 23 C 40 5 17 22 16 23 4 0 3 3 0 0
8 Brad Marsh 26 D 77 2 18 20 42 91 19 0 6 6 1 65
9 Miroslav Dvorak 33 D 47 3 14 17 12 4 13 0 1 1 −1 4
19, 42 Todd Bergen 21 C 14 11 5 16 9 4 17 4 9 13 7 8
15 Rich Sutter 21 LW 56 6 10 16 0 89 11 3 0 3 −2 10
21 Dave Brown 22 RW 57 3 6 9 −3 165 11 0 0 0 −1 59
6 Tim Young 29 C 20 2 6 8 2 12
17 Ed Hospodar 25 D 50 3 4 7 7 130 18 1 1 2 4 69
29 Glen Cochrane 27 D 18 0 3 3 −4 100
19 Ray Allison 25 RW 11 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
34 Ross Fitzpatrick 24 C 5 1 0 1 −3 0
35 Bob Froese 26 G 17 0 1 1 N/A 2 4 0 0 0 N/A 2
34 Paul Guay 21 RW 2 0 1 1 2 0
31 Pelle Lindbergh 25 G 65 0 0 0 N/A 4 18 0 1 1 N/A 0
6, 28 Joe Paterson 24 LW 6 0 0 0 −1 31 17 3 4 7 −2 70
5 Steve Smith 21 D 2 0 0 0 2 7
44 Mike Stothers 22 D 1 0 0 0 −1 0
30, 33 Darren Jensen 24 G 1 0 0 0 N/A 0

Goaltenders

Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Age GP W L T SO GA SV% GAA MIN GP W L SO GA SV% GAA MIN
31 Pelle Lindbergh 25 65 40 17 7 2 194 .899 3.02 3858 18 12 6 3 42 .914 2.50 1008
35 Bob Froese 26 17 13 2 0 1 37 .913 2.41 923 4 0 1 0 11 .845 4.52 146
30, 33 Darren Jensen 24 1 0 1 0 0 7 .767 7.00 60

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor Recipient Notes Ref
Jack Adams Award Mike Keenan [5]
NHL First All-Star Team Pelle Lindbergh (Goaltender) [6]
NHL Player of the Month Pelle Lindbergh (March) Co-winner with Winnipeg Jets' Brian Hayward [7]
NHL Player of the Week Pelle Lindbergh (November 19) [8]
Ilkka Sinisalo (March 11) Co-winner with St. Louis Blues' Rick Wamsley [9]
Pelle Lindbergh (April 9) Co-winner with St. Louis Blues' Joe Mullen [10]
Selected to NHL All-Star Game Mark Howe Did not play [11][12][13]
Tim Kerr
Pelle Lindbergh
Vezina Trophy Pelle Lindbergh [14]
Team awards[15]
Award Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy Brad McCrimmon
Bobby Clarke Trophy Pelle Lindbergh
Class Guy Award Brad Marsh

Records

  •  †  NHL record
  •  ‡  Tied for NHL record

Individual

Franchise player records set during the 1984–85 season
Record Type Total Player Date(s) Opponent Ref
Goals scored Period 3[b] Tim Kerr 10/25/1984 St. Louis Blues [16]
Goals scored Game 4[c] Tim Kerr 10/25/1984 St. Louis Blues [17]
1/17/1985 Detroit Red Wings
2/9/1985 Washington Capitals
Shorthanded goals Season 7[d] Brian Propp [18]
Hat tricks Season 5 Tim Kerr [17]
Fastest three goals scored by one player, playoffs Game 3:24 Tim Kerr 4/13/1985 New York Rangers [19]
Fastest four goals scored by one player, playoffs Game 8:16† Tim Kerr 4/13/1985 New York Rangers [19]
Goals scored, playoffs Period 4‡ Tim Kerr 4/13/1985 New York Rangers [19]
Powerplay goals scored, playoffs Period 3† Tim Kerr 4/13/1985 New York Rangers [19]
Assists, playoffs Period 3‡[e] Peter Zezel 4/13/1985 New York Rangers [19]
Points, playoffs Period 4‡ Tim Kerr 4/13/1985 New York Rangers [19]
Powerplay goals scored, playoffs Game 3‡ Tim Kerr 4/13/1985 New York Rangers [19]
Points by a rookie, playoffs Game 4[f] Peter Zezel 4/13/1985 New York Rangers [19]
Assists, playoffs Period 3‡[e] Tim Kerr 4/21/1985 New York Islanders [19]
Powerplay goals scored by a defenseman, playoffs Season 3[g] Doug Crossman [20]

Team

Franchise team records set during the 1984–85 season
Record Type Total Date(s) Opponent Refs
Goals scored Game 13[h] 10/18/1984 Vancouver Canucks [21]
Shorthanded goals scored Season 3[i] 12/15/1984 Washington Capitals [21]
1/13/1985 Calgary Flames
Most wins Season 53[j] [22]
Fewest road ties Season 3[k] [23]
Goals scored Period 5 4/13/1985 New York Rangers [24]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 20, 1984, the day after the deciding game of the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 30, 1985, the day of the deciding game of the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals.[25]

Trades

Date Details Ref
May 24, 1984 To Philadelphia Flyers
Ian Armstrong
To New Jersey Devils
10th-round pick in 1985
[26]
September 27, 1984 To Philadelphia Flyers
future considerations
To New Jersey Devils
Sam St. Laurent
[27]
October 10, 1984 To Philadelphia Flyers
Murray Craven
Joe Paterson
To Detroit Red Wings
Darryl Sittler
[28]
March 12, 1985 To Philadelphia Flyers
3rd-round pick in 1986[l]
To Vancouver Canucks
Glen Cochrane
[30][31]

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency.

Date Player Previous team (league) Contract details Ref
July 25, 1984 Ed Hospodar Hartford Whalers [32]
September 30, 1984 Nick Kypreos North Bay Centennials (OHL) [33]
October 4, 1984 Don Nachbaur Los Angeles Kings [34]
October 8, 1984 Al Hill Maine Mariners (AHL) [35]
October 15, 1984 Tim Young Winnipeg Jets 1 year [36]
November 22, 1984 Craig Piette [37]

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date Player Contract details Ref
August 17, 1984 Doug Crossman [38]
August 17, 1984 Len Hachborn [38]
August 17, 1984 Brad McCrimmon [38]
September 22, 1984 Tim Kerr multi-year [39]
February 17, 1985 Lindsay Carson

NHL Waiver Draft

The 1984 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 9, 1984.[40] Each NHL team placed 16 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select.[40] First-year professional players were exempt.[40] The Flyers were not involved in any selections during the draft.[40]

The Flyers left the following players unprotected:[41] goaltender Gil Hudon and skaters Don Nachbaur and Brian Tutt.

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date Player New team (league) Via Notes Ref
N/A Frank Bathe Retirement No official announcement [42]
N/A Randy Holt Retirement No official announcement [42]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, on June 9, 1984.[43] The Flyers selection of Petr Rucka in the eleventh-round, 226th overall, was voided since Rucka had already been selected by the Calgary Flames in the tenth-round.[44]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1984 and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) GP G A Pts PIM W L T GAA Notes
2 22 Greg Smyth Defense  Canada London Knights (OHL) 229 4 16 20 783 [m]
2 27 Scott Mellanby Right Wing  Canada Henry Carr Secondary School (Toronto) 1431 364 476 840 2479 [n]
2 37 Jeff Chychrun Defense  Canada Kingston Canadians (OHL) 262 3 22 25 744
3 43 Dave McLay Forward  Canada Kelowna Wings (WHL) [m]
3 47 John Stevens Defense  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL) 53 0 10 10 48 [o]
4 79 David Hanson Center  United States Grand Forks High School (N. Dakota)
5 100 Brian Dobbin Right Wing  Canada London Knights (OHL) 63 7 8 15 61
6 121 John Dzikowski Center  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
7 142 Tom Allen Defense  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
8 163 Luke Vitale Forward  Canada Henry Carr Secondary School (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 Defense  Slovakia HC Kosice (Czech)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL[45][46] and the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL.[47]

Notes

  1. ^ The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
  2. ^ Tied nine times by eight different players.
  3. ^ Tied thirteen times by eight different players.
  4. ^ Tied by Mark Howe during the 1985–86 season and Mike Richards during the 2008–09 season.
  5. ^ a b Tied four times by four different players.
  6. ^ Tied by Sean Couturier during the 2011–12 season.
  7. ^ Tied mark set by Tom Bladon during the 1973–74 season and subsequently tied by Chris Pronger during the 2009–10 season.
  8. ^ Tied mark set during the 1983–84 season.
  9. ^ Tied during the 1995–96 season.
  10. ^ Tied during the 1985–86 season.
  11. ^ Tied during the 1985–86 and 1987–88 seasons.
  12. ^ The Flyers initially received a 1985 3rd-round pick from Vancouver, but the deal was altered when Canucks' team doctors discovered Cochrane's right knee had not fully recovered from surgery the previous year.[29]
  13. ^ a b The Flyers first-round pick, 16th overall, was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins along with Andy Brickley, Ron Flockhart, Mark Taylor, and the Flyers' third-round pick for Rich Sutter and the Penguins' 1984 second and third-round picks on October 23, 1983.[44]
  14. ^ The Flyers traded Behn Wilson to the Chicago Black Hawks for Doug Crossman and the Black Hawks' second-round pick, 27th overall, on June 8, 1983.[44]
  15. ^ The Flyers received the Hartford Whalers' third-round pick, 47th overall, as compensation for an earlier trade involving Fred Arthur, who retired before his contract expired.[44]

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