1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers
Patrick Division Champions
Division	1st Patrick
Conference	1st Wales
1985–86 record	53–23–4
Home record	33–6–1
Road record	20–17–3
Goals for	335
Goals against	241
General Manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Dave Poulin
Alternate captains	Brad Marsh
Arena	The Spectrum
Average attendance	17,184[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Tim Kerr (58)
Assists	Mark Howe (58)
Points	Brian Propp (97)
Penalties in minutes	Rick Tocchet (284)
Plus/Minus	Mark Howe (+85)
Wins	Bob Froese (31)
Goals against average	Bob Froese (2.55)

The 1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 19th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

A month into the 1985–86 season, Pelle Lindbergh was fatally injured in a car accident. The team rallied and showed perseverance by garnering the best record in the Wales Conference and matching their win total (53) from the previous year. Tim Kerr scored 58 goals and the defense pairing of Mark Howe and Brad McCrimmon led the league in plus/minus with a +85 and a +83 respectively. Bob Froese filled in admirably in net for Lindbergh, being named a 2nd Team All-Star and sharing the William M. Jennings Trophy with teammate Darren Jensen. Despite their regular season success, an emotionally exhausted Flyers team lost in the first round of the playoffs to a "Cinderella" Rangers team in five games.

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

[edit] Regular season

The club began the year a sizzling 12–2–0 (with both losses coming at home to New Jersey and Quebec), which included 10 consecutive wins until Lindbergh's accident in the early hours of November 10.

Due to the tragedy, back-up Froese became the de facto starter, and the club called up Darren Jensen for relief work. Froese suffered a groin injury in practice prior to the team's next game against the Edmonton Oilers, so Jensen got the start against the defending Stanley Cup champions at the Spectrum on November 14.

Following an emotional memorial service, the Flyers posted a spirited 5–3 win, featuring four goals in the third period to earn their 11th victory in a row. They went on to beat Hartford two days later to set a new franchise record for consecutive wins, then rallied from three-goals down to top the New York Islanders 5–4 in overtime the next day. The Islanders ended the streak two nights later in Uniondale, almost wasting a four-goal lead in an 8–6 decision.

They became the first club in the NHL to reach 30 wins, after a 4–0 waxing of Washington on January 9, but began to falter in February and early March, losing four straight games and seeing the Capitals climb within striking distance. The Caps and Flyers each spent time in first place for the remainder of the schedule, but Philly took the division crown on the last day of the season with a come-from-behind 5–3 win.

Lindbergh, Froese, Jensen and Chico Resch combined for eight shutouts, yet Froese who had five by himself, was mysteriously edged out for the Vezina Trophy in favor of the Rangers' John Vanbiesbrouck whose best performances came in the playoffs that year.

[edit] Season standings

Patrick Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	53	23	4	335	241	110
Washington Capitals	80	50	23	7	315	272	107
New York Islanders	80	39	29	12	327	284	90
New York Rangers	80	36	38	6	280	276	78
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	34	38	8	313	305	76
New Jersey Devils	80	28	49	3	300	374	59

[edit] Game log

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

1985–86 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 10 New Jersey 6 – 5 Philadelphia Lindbergh 17,021 0–1–0 0
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

[edit] Game log

      Win       Loss

1986 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals vs. NY Rangers - Rangers win 3–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 9 NY Rangers 6 – 2 Philadelphia Froese 17,211 Rangers lead 1–0 2 April 10 NY Rangers 1 – 2 Philadelphia Froese 17,211 Series tied 1–1 3 April 12 Philadelphia 2 – 5 NY Rangers Froese n/a Rangers lead 2–1 4 April 14 Philadelphia 7 – 1 NY Rangers Froese n/a Series tied 2–2 5 April 15 NY Rangers 5 – 2 Philadelphia Froese 17,211 Rangers win 3–2

[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
Brian Propp	26		72	40	57	97	47		5	0	2	2	4
Tim Kerr	12		76	58	26	84	79		5	3	3	6	8
Mark Howe	2		77	24	58	82	36		5	0	4	4	0
Ilkka Sinisalo	23		74	39	37	76	31		5	2	2	4	2
Dave Poulin	20		79	27	42	69	49		5	2	0	2	2
Pelle Eklund	9		70	15	51	66	12		5	0	2	2	0
Ron Sutter	14		75	18	42	60	159		5	0	2	2	10
Brad McCrimmon	10		80	13	43	56	85		5	2	0	2	2
Murray Craven	32		78	21	33	54	34		5	0	3	3	4
Peter Zezel	25		79	17	37	54	76		5	3	1	4	4
Doug Crossman	3		80	6	37	43	55		5	0	1	1	4
Rich Sutter	15		78	14	25	39	199		5	2	0	2	19
Rick Tocchet	22		69	14	21	35	284		5	1	2	3	26
Lindsay Carson	18		50	9	12	21	84		1	0	0	0	5
Dave Brown	21		76	10	7	17	277		5	0	0	0	16
Brad Marsh	8		79	0	13	13	123		5	0	0	0	2
Derrick Smith	24		69	6	6	12	57		4	0	0	0	10
Ed Hospodar‡	17		17	3	1	4	55		-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Eriksson	27		43	0	4	4	16		-	-	-	-	-
Don Nachbaur	42		5	1	1	2	7		-	-	-	-	-
Dave Richter†	5		50	0	2	2	138		5	0	0	0	21
Daryl Stanley	29		33	0	2	2	69		1	0	0	0	2
Bo Berglund†	37		7	0	2	2	4		-	-	-	-	-
Bob Froese (G)	35		51	0	1	1	8		5	0	1	1	0
Darren Jensen (G)	30		29	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
Mike Stothers	44		6	0	1	1	6		3	0	0	0	4
Pelle Lindbergh (G)	31		8	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Glenn Resch (G)†	33		5	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0
Joe Paterson‡	28		5	0	0	0	12		-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthy	36		4	0	0	0	4		-	-	-	-	-
Ross Fitzpatrick	39		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	36		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Scott Mellanby	19		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Carl Mokosak	36		1	0	0	0	5		-	-	-	-	-
Bench	X						10

^†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
Bob Froese	35		51	2728	31	10	3	116	5	.909	2.55		5	293	2	3	15	0	.880	3.07
Darren Jensen	30		29	1436	15	9	1	88	2	.884	3.68		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pelle Lindbergh	31		8	480	6	2	0	23	1	.884	2.88		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glenn Resch	33		5	187	1	2	0	10	0	.881	3.21		1	7	0	0	1	0	.000	8.57

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Bob Froese Mark Howe Mike Keenan (Coach) Tim Kerr Dave Poulin Brian Propp
NHL All-Star First Team, Defense	Mark Howe
NHL All-Star Second Team, Goalie	Bob Froese
NHL Player of the Month	Bob Froese (April)
NHL Player of the Week	Bob Froese (December 29) Bob Froese (January 9) Bob Froese (March 17)[2]
NHL Plus-Minus Award	Mark Howe
William M. Jennings Trophy	Bob Froese Darren Jensen
Team
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Mark Howe
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Mark Howe
Class Guy Award	Murray Craven

[edit] Records

NHL player
Player	Record	Mark
Tim Kerr	Powerplay goals, one season	34

[edit] Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1985–86 season.

[edit] Trades

October 11, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Seguin 2nd round pick in 1986	To Los Angeles Kings Paul Guay 4th round pick in 1986
November 29, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers Bo Berglund Dave Richter	To Minnesota North Stars Ed Hospodar Todd Bergen
December 6, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Los Angeles Kings Len Hachborn
December 18, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th round pick in 1986	To Los Angeles Kings Joe Paterson
March 11, 1986	To Philadelphia Flyers Glenn Resch	To New Jersey Devils 3rd round pick in 1986

[edit] Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Tim Tookey Baltimore (AHL) free agency (7/11) Kevin McCarthy Pittsburgh free agency (7/19) Carl Mokosak Los Angeles free agency (7/23) Steve Martinson New Haven (AHL) free agency (9/30) Dave Farrish St. Catharines (AHL) free agency (10/7) Florent Robidoux Milwaukee (IHL) free agency (10/8) Shawn MacKenzie Maine (AHL) free agency (1/15) Craig Berube Medicine Hat (WHL) free agency (3/19)

Subtractions Player New team Via Miroslav Dvorak — retirement (6/10) Bill Barber — retirement (8/22) Todd Bergen — retirement (9/25) Pelle Lindbergh — died after car accident (11/11)

[edit] Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.^[3]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	21	Glen Seabrooke	Center	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	42	Bruce Rendall	Left Wing	Canada	Chatham Jr. B (OPJHL)
3	48	Darryl Gilmour	Goaltender	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
4	63	Shane Whelan	Center	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5	84	Paul Marshall	Defenseman	United States	Northwood Prep (N.Y.)
5	105	Daril Holmes	Right Wing	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHL)
6	126	Ken Alexander	Defenseman	United States	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	147	Tony Horacek	Left Wing	Canada	Kelowna Wings (WHL)
8	168	Mike Cusack	Forward	United States	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
9	189	Gord Murphy	Defenseman	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
11	231	Rod Williams	Right Wing	Canada	Kelowna Wings (WHL)
12	252	Paul Maurice	Defenseman	Canada	Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)

[edit] Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL and the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL.^[4][5]

[edit] See also

• 1985–86 NHL season

[edit] References

v • d • e 1985–86 NHL season by team Patrick New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington Adams Boston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Québec Norris Chicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto Smythe Calgary • Edmonton • Los Angeles • Winnipeg • Vancouver See also 1985 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1986 Stanley Cup Finals • Transactions

v • d • e Philadelphia Flyers Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Franchise History • Seasons • Records • General Managers • Head Coaches • Players • Award Winners • Draft Picks • Broadcasters Arenas The Spectrum • Wachovia Center Culture Broad Street Bullies • Flyers versus Red Army • Curse of Billy Penn • Legion of Doom • Treehouse of Horror IV Rivalries Flyers-Rangers • Battle of the Jersey Turnpike • Battle of Pennsylvania • Others Important Figures Keith Allen • Barry Ashbee • Bill Barber • Daniel Briere • Rod Brind'Amour • Bobby Clarke • Eric Desjardins • Gary Dornhoefer • Peter Forsberg • Simon Gagne • Gene Hart • Ron Hextall • Mark Howe • Tim Kerr • Reggie Leach • John LeClair • Pelle Lindbergh • Eric Lindros • Rick MacLeish • Bernie Parent • Dave Poulin • Keith Primeau • Brian Propp • Mark Recchi • Mike Richards • Jeremy Roenick • Dave Schultz • Joe Scott • Fred Shero • Kate Smith • Ed Snider • Kimmo Timonen • Rick Tocchet • Ed Van Impe • Joe Watson Retired Numbers 1 • 4 • 7 • 16 • 31 (unofficial) • 99 (league-wide) Team Awards Barry Ashbee Trophy • Bobby Clarke Trophy • Flyers Hall of Fame • Gene Hart Memorial Award • Pelle Lindbergh Memorial • Toyota Cup • Yanick Dupre Memorial Key Personnel Owner: Comcast-Spectacor • Chairman and Governor: Ed Snider • President and COO: Peter Luukko • General Manager: Paul Holmgren • Head Coach: John Stevens • Team Captain: Jason Smith Stanley Cup Finals (7) Wins: 1974 • 1975 • Losses: 1976 • 1980 • 1985 • 1987 • 1997 Seasons (41) 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70 • 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 Minor League Affiliates Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) • Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)

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