1988–89 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1988–89 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	4th Patrick
Conference	7th Wales
1988–89 record	36–36–8
Home record	22–15–3
Road record	14–21–5
Goals for	307
Goals against	285
General Manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Paul Holmgren
Captain	Dave Poulin
Alternate captains	Mark Howe Rick Tocchet
Arena	The Spectrum
Average attendance	17,405[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Tim Kerr (48)
Assists	Pelle Eklund (51)
Points	Tim Kerr (88)
Penalties in minutes	Jeff Chychrun (245)
Plus/Minus	Ron Sutter (+25)
Wins	Ron Hextall (30)
Goals against average	Ron Hextall (3.23)

The 1988–89 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 22nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

In 1988–89, Tim Kerr and Rick Tocchet both scored 40 goals and despite finishing at the .500 mark, the Flyers made the playoffs for the 17th consecutive season. Facing first-place Washington in the first round, the Flyers pulled off the upset in six games. Ron Hextall managed to score another empty-net goal in the waning moments of Game 5, becoming the first NHL goalie to score a goal in the playoffs. The Flyers then defeated Pittsburgh in seven games to make the Wales Conference Finals before bowing out to Montreal in six games.

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

[edit] Regular season

With Mike Keenan's firing, the reins were handed off to Paul Holmgren, who presided over a club in flux with young players promoted to larger roles. The defense underwent a major overhaul, as Brad Marsh was let go to Toronto, and Doug Crossman was dealt to Los Angeles for Jay Wells. Gord Murphy and Jeff Chychrun cracked the lineup on the back line as well.

Kerr was fully healed from his shoulder surgeries and subsequent infections, while Tocchet, Scott Mellanby, Murray Craven, Pelle Eklund and Peter Zezel were counted on to carry the offense. After a promising 5–1–0 start, a 4–15–1 slide cost Zezel his job, shipped off to St. Louis for Mike Bullard after Thanksgiving.

Following the deal, the Flyers went 13–2–1 to climb back over .500 and into solid playoff footing. However, youth and inconsistency constantly derailed much progress to the top of the standings, and the team never went higher than three games above even. Mark Laforest was replaced in March as backup by Maple Leafs castoff Ken Wregget with the team reeling.

On the last day of the season, they fell 6–5 in overtime to the Penguins and into fourth place, as Mario Lemieux scored into an empty net. If the Flyers had won using the extra attacker, they would have leapt over the Rangers into third place in the Patrick Division. Despite their mediocre record, their positive goal differential was a positive indicator that the team still had some life left.

[edit] Season standings

Patrick Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Washington Capitals	80	41	29	10	305	259	92
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	40	33	7	347	349	87
New York Rangers	80	37	35	8	310	307	82
Philadelphia Flyers	80	36	36	8	307	285	80
New Jersey Devils	80	27	41	12	281	325	66
New York Islanders	80	28	47	5	265	325	61

[edit] Game log

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

1988–89 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 6 New Jersey 1 – 4 Philadelphia Hextall 17,423 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

[edit] Game log

      Win       Loss

1989 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals vs. Washington - Flyers win 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 5 Philadelphia 2 – 3 Washington Hextall 18,130 Capitals lead 1–0 2 April 6 Philadelphia 3 – 2 Washington Hextall 18,130 Series tied 1–1 3 April 8 Washington 4 – 3 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,423 Capitals lead 2–1 4 April 9 Washington 2 – 5 Philadelphia Hextall 17,423 Series tied 2–2 5 April 11 Philadelphia 8 – 5 Washington Hextall 18,130 Flyers lead 3–2 6 April 13 Washington 3 – 4 Philadelphia Hextall 17,423 Flyers win 4–2 Patrick Division Finals vs. Pittsburgh - Flyers win 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 17 Philadelphia 3 – 4 Pittsburgh Hextall 16,025 Penguins lead 1–0 2 April 19 Philadelphia 4 – 2 Pittsburgh Hextall 16,025 Series tied 1–1 3 April 21 Pittsburgh 4 – 3 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,423 Penguins lead 2–1 4 April 23 Pittsburgh 1 – 4 Philadelphia Hextall 17,423 Series tied 2–2 5 April 25 Philadelphia 7 – 10 Pittsburgh Hextall 16,025 Penguins lead 3–2 6 April 27 Pittsburgh 2 – 6 Philadelphia Hextall 17,423 Series tied 3–3 7 April 29 Philadelphia 4 – 1 Pittsburgh Wregget 16,025 Flyers win 4–3 Wales Conference Finals vs. Montreal - Canadiens win 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 May 1 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Montreal Wregget 16,025 Flyers lead 1–0 2 May 3 Philadelphia 0 – 3 Montreal Wregget 17,428 Series tied 1–1 3 May 5 Montreal 5 – 1 Philadelphia Wregget 17,423 Canadiens lead 2–1 4 May 7 Montreal 3 – 0 Philadelphia Hextall 17,423 Canadiens lead 3–1 5 May 9 Philadelphia 2 – 1 Montreal OT Hextall 17,909 Canadiens lead 3–2 6 May 11 Montreal 4 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,423 Canadiens 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
Tim Kerr	12		69	48	40	88	73		19	14	11	25	27
Rick Tocchet	22		66	45	36	81	183		16	6	6	12	69
Brian Propp	26		77	32	46	78	37		18	14	9	23	14
Pelle Eklund	9		79	18	51	69	23		19	3	8	11	2
Scott Mellanby	19		76	21	29	50	183		19	4	5	9	28
Mike Bullard†	10		54	23	26	49	60		19	3	9	12	32
Ron Sutter	14		55	26	22	48	80		19	1	9	10	51
Terry Carkner	29		78	11	32	43	149		19	1	5	6	28
Mark Howe	2		52	9	29	38	45		19	0	15	15	10
Murray Craven	32		51	9	28	37	52		1	0	0	0	0
Dave Poulin	20		69	18	17	35	49		19	6	5	11	16
Gord Murphy	3		75	4	31	35	68		19	2	7	9	13
Derrick Smith	24		74	16	14	30	43		19	5	2	7	12
Jay Wells	7		67	2	19	21	184		18	0	2	2	51
Peter Zezel‡	25		26	4	13	17	15		-	-	-	-	-
Kjell Samuelsson	28		68	3	14	17	140		19	1	3	4	24
Keith Acton†	25		25	3	10	13	64		16	2	3	5	18
Doug Sulliman	15		52	6	6	12	8		4	0	0	0	0
Moe Mantha†	8		30	3	8	11	33		1	0	0	0	0
Kerry Huffman	5		29	0	11	11	31		-	-	-	-	-
Ron Hextall (G)	27		64	0	8	8	113		15	1	0	1	28
Ilkka Sinisalo	23		13	1	6	7	2		8	1	1	2	0
Jeff Chychrun	6		80	1	4	5	245		19	0	2	2	65
Mark Laforest (G)	33		17	0	4	4	4		-	-	-	-	-
Dave Brown‡	21		53	1	1	2	199		-	-	-	-	-
Craig Berube	17		53	1	1	2	199		16	0	0	0	56
Magnus Roupe	10		7	1	1	2	10		-	-	-	-	-
Al Secord†	21		20	1	0	1	38		14	0	4	4	31
Don Nachbaur	42		15	1	0	1	37		-	-	-	-	-
Brian Dobbin	18		14	0	1	1	8		2	0	0	0	17
Mark Freer	45		5	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
Glen Seabrooke	11		3	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
David Fenyves	39		1	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Harding	34		6	0	0	0	29		-	-	-	-	-
Ken Wregget (G)†	35		3	0	0	0	0		5	0	0	0	16
Marc D'Amour (G)	49		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Bench	X						12

^†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; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; 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		64	3756	30	28	6	202	0	.891	3.23		15	886	8	7	49	0	.890	3.32
Mark Laforest	33		17	933	5	7	2	64	0	.871	4.12		2	48	1	0	1	0	.917	1.25
Ken Wregget	35		3	130	1	1	0	13	0	.822	6.00		5	268	2	2	10	0	.928	2.24
Marc D'Amour	49		1	19	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.00		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Rick Tocchet
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Tim Kerr
NHL Player of the Week	Tim Kerr (February 27)
Team
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Kjell Samuelsson
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Ron Hextall
Class Guy Award	Ron Sutter

[edit] Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1988–89 season.

[edit] Trades

June 21, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Stothers	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bill Root
July 25, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Terry Carkner	To Quebec Nordiques Greg Smyth 3rd round pick in 1989
September 1, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd round pick in 1990	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wendell Young 7th round pick in 1990
September 28, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Chris Jensen	To New York Rangers Michael Boyce
September 29, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Jay Wells	To Los Angeles Kings Doug Crossman
November 7, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Scott Sandelin	To Montreal Canadiens J.J. Daigneault
November 29, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Bullard	To St. Louis Blues Peter Zezel
December 8, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Moe Mantha	To Minnesota North Stars 5th round pick in 1989
December 10, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Steven Fletcher	To Winnipeg Jets futures
February 7, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers Al Secord	To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th round pick in 1989
February 7, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers Keith Acton 6th round pick in 1991	To Edmonton Oilers Dave Brown
March 6, 1989	To Philadelphia Flyers Ken Wregget	To Toronto Maple Leafs 1st round pick in 1989 Calgary's 1st round pick in 1989

[edit] Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Marc D'Amour Salt Lake (IHL) free agency (9/30) Doug Sulliman New Jersey waiver draft (10/3)

Subtractions Player New team Via Brad Marsh Toronto waiver draft (10/3) Steve Smith Buffalo waiver draft (10/3)

[edit] Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.^[2][3]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	14	Claude Boivin	Left Wing	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
2	35	Pat Murray	Left Wing	Canada	Michigan State University (CCHA)
3	56	Craig Fisher	Left Wing	Canada	Oshawa Jr. B
3	63	Dominic Roussel	Goaltender	Canada	Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
4	77	Scott LaGrand	Goaltender	United States	Hotchkiss Academy (Conn.)
5	98	Edward O'Brien	Left Wing	United States	Cushing Academy (Mass.)
6	119	Gord Frantti	Defenseman	United States	Calumet H.S. (Mich.)
7	140	Jamie Cooke	Right Wing	Canada	Bramalea Jr. B (MTJHL)
8	161	Johann Salle	Defenseman	Sweden	Malmo IF (SEL)
9	182	Brian Arthur	Defenseman	Canada	Etobicoke Jr. B
10	203	Jeff Dandreta	Right Wing	United States	Cushing Academy (Mass.)
11	224	Scott Billey	Right Wing	United States	Madison Capitols (USHL)
12	245	Dragomir Kadlec	Defenseman	Czech Republic	Dukla Jihlava (CZE)
SUP	19	Paul Connell	Goaltender	United States	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)

[edit] Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL.^[4]

[edit] See also

• 1988–89 NHL season

[edit] References

v • d • e 1988–89 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 1988 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1989 Stanley Cup Finals • Transactions

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