1987–88 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1987–88 Philadelphia Flyers
Division3rd Patrick
Conference4th Wales
1987–88 record38–33–9
Home record20–14–6
Road record18–19–3
Goals for292 (12th)
Goals against292 (9th)
Team information
PresidentJay Snider
General managerBobby Clarke
CoachMike Keenan
CaptainDave Poulin
Alternate captainsMark Howe
Brad Marsh
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance17,405[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Hershey Bears
Flint Spirits
Team leaders
GoalsRick Tocchet (31)
AssistsBrian Propp (49)
PointsMurray Craven and Brian Propp (70)
Penalty minutesRick Tocchet (299)
Plus/minusKjell Samuelsson (+28)
WinsRon Hextall (30)
Goals against averageRon Hextall (3.51)

The 1987–88 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 21st season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Washington Capitals in seven games.

Regular season[]

The season was one of many ups and downs. With Ron Hextall lost to an eight-game suspension to start the year after slashing Kent Nilsson in the Stanley Cup Finals, Tim Kerr lost indefinitely with a shoulder problem, and Brad McCrimmon traded to Calgary over a salary dispute, the club limped to a 3–6–2 record in October.

The free-fall continued until late November. After blowing a 4–1 lead into a 6–4 loss to the Islanders at home on November 21, the Flyers were at 6–13–3 and last in the division. However, just as quickly, the club rebounded with a 14-game unbeaten streak (12–0–2) from November 25 to December 26 – despite losing out to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Paul Coffey sweepstakes. The run was highlighted by Hextall becoming the first goaltender to shoot the puck into the opposing team's net on December 8, a game-winning two-man short tally by Murray Craven in Winnipeg on December 13, and a post-Christmas comeback win against the Capitals.

A 6–0–1 run through late February and early March saw Rick Tocchet post three hat tricks in a span of four games (Detroit, at Los Angeles, at Vancouver). On February 23, the club set a still-standing franchise road record with 11 goals in an amazing 11–6 win in Detroit, including a team-record 7 third-period tallies.

After a 7–3 win over the Canucks March 1, the Flyers finished the year in free-fall due to almost daily injuries, going 4–11–2, ending up the lower seed in a second-place tie with Washington. Kerr returned to the lineup finally on March 10, but was unable to find his range before the playoffs began.

Season standings[]

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
New York Islanders 80 39 31 10 308 267 88
Philadelphia Flyers 80 38 33 9 292 292 85
Washington Capitals 80 38 33 9 281 249 85
New Jersey Devils 80 38 36 6 295 296 82
New York Rangers 80 36 34 10 300 283 82
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 36 35 9 319 316 81

[2]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[]

In their first round playoff series with the Washington Capitals, the Flyers blew a 3–1 series lead as Washington forced a Game 7. They then blew a 3–0 lead in Game 7 as Washington won 5-4, in overtime.

Afterwards, general manager Bobby Clarke fired head coach Mike Keenan citing a lack of enthusiasm from the club to continue playing for him.[3]

Schedule and results[]

Regular season[]

1987–88 regular season
October: 3–6–2, 8 Points (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 2–2–1)
Game October Opponent Score Record Points
1 8 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 OT 0–0–1 1
2 10 @ Minnesota North Stars 5–4 1–0–1 3
3 11 Chicago Blackhawks 3–5 1–1–1 3
4 15 New York Islanders 0–6 1–2–1 3
5 17 @ New York Islanders 4–3 2–2–1 5
6 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 3–2–1 7
7 22 Washington Capitals 1–4 3–3–1 7
8 24 New York Rangers 3–5 3–4–1 7
9 26 @ New York Rangers 2–2 OT 3–4–2 8
10 27 @ New Jersey Devils 0–4 3–5–2 8
11 31 @ Hartford Whalers 4–7 3–6–2 8
November: 5–7–1, 11 Points (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 1–4–0)
Game November Opponent Score Record Points
12 1 Los Angeles Kings 4–1 4–6–2 10
13 3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1–5 4–7–2 10
14 5 Vancouver Canucks 3–4 4–8–2 10
15 7 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–5 4–9–2 10
16 8 New Jersey Devils 3–3 OT 4–9–3 11
17 10 @ St. Louis Blues 2–5 4–10–3 11
18 12 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 5–10–3 13
19 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–6 5–11–3 13
20 18 @ New Jersey Devils 3–4 5–12–3 13
21 19 Los Angeles Kings 7–5 6–12–3 15
22 21 New York Islanders 4–6 6–13–3 15
23 25 Buffalo Sabres 5–2 7–13–3 17
24 28 @ Quebec Nordiques 6–3 8–13–3 19
December: 10–2–2, 22 Points (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 5–2–1)
Game December Opponent Score Record Points
25 3 Hartford Whalers 5–2 9–13–3 21
26 6 New Jersey Devils 1–1 OT 9–13–4 22
27 8 Boston Bruins 5–2 10–13–4 24
28 10 New York Rangers 5–3 11–13–4 26
29 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 OT 11–13–5 27
30 13 @ Winnipeg Jets 4–3 12–13–5 29
31 15 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 13–13–5 31
32 17 New York Islanders 4–3 14–13–5 33
33 19 @ New York Islanders 5–4 15–13–5 35
34 22 @ New York Rangers 6–4 16–13–5 37
35 23 Minnesota North Stars 5–3 17–13–5 39
36 26 @ Washington Capitals 3–2 18–13–5 41
37 30 @ Edmonton Oilers 0–6 18–14–5 41
38 31 @ Calgary Flames 4–5 18–15–5 41
January: 8–5–1, 17 Points (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 4–1–1)
Game January Opponent Score Record Points
39 2 @ Vancouver Canucks 4–1 19–15–5 43
40 5 Washington Capitals 1–3 19–16–5 43
41 7 St. Louis Blues 6–4 20–16–5 45
42 9 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–3 OT 20–16–6 46
43 10 New Jersey Devils 5–7 20–17–6 46
44 14 Buffalo Sabres 3–1 21–17–6 48
45 15 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 22–17–6 50
46 17 @ New York Rangers 2–1 23–17–6 52
47 21 Edmonton Oilers 3–1 24–17–6 54
48 23 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 25–17–6 56
49 24 Minnesota North Stars 3–5 25–18–6 56
50 28 New York Rangers 2–5 25–19–6 56
51 30 Winnipeg Jets 4–3 26–19–6 58
52 31 @ Washington Capitals 0–1 OT 26–20–6 58
February: 7–2–1, 15 Points (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 4–1–0)
Game February Opponent Score Record Points
53 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–1 27–20–6 60
54 6 @ St. Louis Blues 4–2 28–20–6 62
55 12 Calgary Flames 2–3 28–21–6 62
56 13 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–7 28–22–6 62
57 15 Hartford Whalers 5–4 OT 29–22–6 64
58 18 New York Islanders 3–3 OT 29–22–7 65
59 19 @ Buffalo Sabres 5–4 30–22–7 67
60 21 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 31–22–7 69
61 23 @ Detroit Red Wings 11–6 32–22–7 71
62 27 @ Los Angeles Kings 8–6 33–22–7 73
March: 4–11–1, 9 Points (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–8–0)
Game March Opponent Score Record Points
63 1 @ Vancouver Canucks 7–3 34–22–7 75
64 3 @ Calgary Flames 3–6 34–23–7 75
65 4 @ Edmonton Oilers 4–7 34–24–7 75
66 6 @ New Jersey Devils 2–4 34–25–7 75
67 10 Washington Capitals 5–2 35–25–7 77
68 12 New Jersey Devils 5–6 35–26–7 77
69 13 @ Chicago Blackhawks 4–5 OT 35–27–7 77
70 15 @ New York Rangers 1–3 35–28–7 77
71 17 Chicago Blackhawks 3–4 OT 35–29–7 77
72 19 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 0–7 35–30–7 77
73 20 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 36–30–7 79
74 22 Boston Bruins 0–3 36–31–7 79
75 25 @ Washington Capitals 3–5 36–32–7 79
76 26 Winnipeg Jets 6–0 37–32–7 81
77 29 @ New York Islanders 3–5 37–33–7 81
78 31 Quebec Nordiques 4–4 OT 37–33–8 82
April: 1–0–1, 3 Points (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 1–0–0)
Game April Opponent Score Record Points
79 2 @ Quebec Nordiques 7–4 38–33–8 84
80 3 Washington Capitals 2–2 OT 38–33–9 85
Legend:

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

Playoffs[]

1988 Stanley Cup playoffs
Patrick Division Semi-finals vs. Washington Capitals - Capitals win 4–3
Game Date Opponent Score Series
1 April 6 @ Washington Capitals 4–2 Flyers lead 1–0
2 April 7 @ Washington Capitals 4–5 Series tied 1–1
3 April 9 Washington Capitals 4–3 Flyers lead 2–1
4 April 10 Washington Capitals 5–4 OT Flyers lead 3–1
5 April 12 @ Washington Capitals 2–5 Flyers lead 3–2
6 April 14 Washington Capitals 2–7 Series tied 3–3
7 April 16 @ Washington Capitals 4–5 OT Capitals win 4–3
Legend:

  Win   Loss

Player statistics[]

Scoring[]

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
  • dagger = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
  • double-dagger = 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
32 Murray Craven 23 LW 72 30 46 76 25 58 7 2 5 7 1 4
26 Brian Propp 28 LW 74 27 49 76 8 76 7 4 2 6 2 8
22 Rick Tocchet 23 RW 65 31 33 64 3 299 5 1 4 5 −1 55
2 Mark Howe 32 D 75 19 43 62 23 62 7 3 6 9 7 4
25 Peter Zezel 22 C 69 22 35 57 7 42 7 3 2 5 0 7
19 Scott Mellanby 21 RW 75 25 26 51 −7 185 7 0 1 1 −6 16
20 Dave Poulin 29 C 68 19 32 51 17 32 7 2 6 8 5 4
23 Ilkka Sinisalo 29 RW 68 25 17 42 2 30 7 4 2 6 4 0
9 Pelle Eklund 24 C 71 10 32 42 −6 12 7 0 3 3 4 0
3 Doug Crossman 27 D 76 9 29 38 −1 43 7 1 1 2 −9 8
14 Ron Sutter 24 C 69 8 25 33 −9 146 7 0 1 1 −7 26
28 Kjell Samuelsson 29 D 74 6 24 30 28 184 7 2 5 7 8 23
24 Derrick Smith 23 LW 76 16 8 24 −20 104 7 0 0 0 −7 6
5 Kerry Huffman 20 D 52 6 17 23 −11 34 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 Dave Brown 25 RW 47 12 5 17 10 114 7 1 0 1 −4 27
44, 47 Willie Huberdagger 30 D 10 4 9 13 −2 16 5 0 0 0 −3 2
8 Brad Marsh 29 D 70 3 9 12 −13 57 7 1 0 1 −8 8
18 Lindsay Carsondouble-dagger 27 C 36 2 7 9 −4 37 — — — — — —
7 Brian Dobbin 21 RW 21 3 5 8 −1 6 — — — — — —
27 Ron Hextall 23 G 62 1 6 7 N/A 104 7 0 2 2 N/A 30
6, 40 Greg Smyth 21 D 48 1 6 7 −2 192 5 0 0 0 1 38
10 Magnus Roupe 24 LW 33 2 4 6 −6 32 — — — — — —
17, 34 Craig Berube 22 LW 27 3 2 5 1 108 — — — — — —
12 Tim Kerr 28 RW 8 3 2 5 0 12 6 1 3 4 −2 4
18 Paul Lawlessdaggerdouble-dagger 23 LW 8 0 5 5 0 0 — — — — — —
15 J. J. Daigneault 22 D 28 2 2 4 −8 12 — — — — — —
42 Don Nachbaur 29 C 20 0 4 4 2 61 2 0 0 0 −1 2
34, 48 Bill Rootdagger 28 D 24 1 2 3 3 16 2 0 0 0 0 2
36 Gordie Robertsdaggerdouble-dagger 30 D 11 1 2 3 7 15 — — — — — —
36 Al Hill 32 LW 12 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 1 1 1 4
11 Glen Seabrooke 20 LW 6 0 1 1 −1 2 — — — — — —
29 Nick Fotiu 35 LW 23 0 0 0 −9 40 — — — — — —
33 Mark Laforest 25 G 21 0 0 0 N/A 8 2 0 0 0 N/A 10
30 Wendell Young 24 G 6 0 0 0 N/A 0 — — — — — —
39 David Fenyves 27 D 5 0 0 0 −1 0 — — — — — —
37 Mitch Lamoureux 25 C 3 0 0 0 −1 0 — — — — — —
6, 40 Jeff Chychrun 21 D 3 0 0 0 −1 4 — — — — — —
41 John Stevens 21 D 3 0 0 0 −1 0 — — — — — —
44 Mike Stothersdouble-dagger 25 D 3 0 0 0 −1 13 — — — — — —
45 Mark Freer 19 C 1 0 0 0 −2 0 — — — — — —
39 Mike Murray 21 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —

Goaltending[]

Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Age GP GS W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP GS W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
27 Ron Hextall 23 62 61 30 22 7 1816 208 3.51 .885 0 3,557:07 7 7 2 4 196 30 4.75 .847 0 379:02
33 Mark Laforest 25 21 14 5 9 2 476 60 3.72 .874 1 968:35 2 0 1 0 12 1 1.25 .917 0 48:04
30 Wendell Young 24 6 5 3 2 0 148 20 3.76 .865 0 319:19 – – – – – – – – – —

Awards and records[]

Awards[]

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League (annual) Lester Patrick Trophy Keith Allen [4]
League (in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Ron Hextall[a] [5][6]
Mark Howe
Mike Keenan (Coach)
Dave Poulin
Kjell Samuelsson
NHL Player of the Week Ron Hextall (December 14) [7]
Mark Howe (December 28) [8]
Ron Hextall (January 18) [9]
Rick Tocchet (February 28) [10]
Rick Tocchet (March 10) [11]
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Mark Howe [12]
Bobby Clarke Trophy Ron Hextall [12]
Class Guy Award Rick Tocchet [12]

Records[]

  •  double-dagger  Tied for NHL record

Individual[]

Franchise player records set during the 1987–88 season
Record Type Total Player Date(s) Opponent Ref
Goals scored Game 4[b] Rick Tocchet 2/27/1988 Los Angeles Kings [13]
Penalties Game 8 Don Nachbaur 3/19/1988 Pittsburgh Penguins [14]
Powerplay goals scored by a defenseman Season 8[c] Mark Howe — — [15]
Goals against Season 208 Ron Hextall — — [16]
Goals scored by a goaltender Season 1double-dagger Ron Hextall — — [16]

Team[]

Franchise team records set during the 1987–88 season
Record Type Total Refs
Fewest road ties Season 3[d] [17]

Transactions[]

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 1, 1987, the day after the deciding game of the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 26, 1988, the day of the deciding game of the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals.[18]

Trades[]

Date Details Ref
June 13, 1987 To Philadelphia Flyers
Mark Laforest 		To Detroit Red Wings
2nd-round pick in 1987 		[19]
June 13, 1987 To Philadelphia Flyers
5th-round pick in 1989 		To Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver's 5th-round pick in 1987 		[20]
July 21, 1987 To Philadelphia Flyers
future considerations 		To New York Rangers
Jeff Brubaker 		[21]
August 26, 1987 To Philadelphia Flyers
1st-round pick in 1989
3rd-round pick in 1988 		To Calgary Flames
Brad McCrimmon 		[22]
August 31, 1987 To Philadelphia Flyers
Wendell Young
3rd-round pick in 1990 		To Vancouver Canucks
Darren Jensen
Daryl Stanley 		[23]
December 4, 1987 To Philadelphia Flyers
5th-round pick in 1989 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Mike Stothers 		[24][25]
January 22, 1988 To Philadelphia Flyers
Paul Lawless 		To Hartford Whalers
Lindsay Carson 		[26]
February 9, 1988 To Philadelphia Flyers
Gordie Roberts 		To Minnesota North Stars
4th-round pick in 1988 or 1989[e] 		[27]
March 1, 1988 To Philadelphia Flyers
Willie Huber 		To Vancouver Canucks
Paul Lawless
Vancouver's 5th-round pick in 1989 		[28]
March 8, 1988 To Philadelphia Flyers
4th or 5th-round pick in 1989[f] 		To St. Louis Blues
Gordie Roberts 		[29]

Signings[]

Free agency[]

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

Date Player Previous team (league) Term Ref
July 21, 1987 Don Biggs Edmonton Oilers [21]
August 19, 1987 Mark Lofthouse Los Angeles Kings [31]
October 30, 1987 Nick Fotiu Calgary Flames 1-year [32]
April 20, 1988 Michael Boyce Merrimack College (NCAA) [33]

Internal[]

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to contracts.

Date Player Term Ref
November 12, 1987 Shaun Sabol (DP) [34]
November 17, 1987 Ron Hextall multi-year [35]

Waivers[]

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions. They were involved in three selections during the 1987 NHL Waiver Draft, which was held on October 5, 1987.[36][37] The Flyers left the following players unprotected: Ray Allison, Thomas Eriksson, Ross Fitzpatrick, Al Hill, Ed Hospodar, Mitch Lamoureux, Mark Lofthouse, Kevin Maxwell, Kevin McCarthy, Steve Smith, and Tim Tookey.[38]

Date Player Team Ref
October 5, 1987 Tim Tookey to Los Angeles Kings [37]
October 5, 1987 Ed Hospodar to Buffalo Sabres [37]
October 5, 1987 David Fenyves[g] from Buffalo Sabres [37]
November 26, 1987 Bill Root from St. Louis Blues [39]

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 Ref
June 1987 Glenn Resch – Retirement[h] [19][40]
October 3, 1987 Steve Martinson Detroit Red Wings Free agency [41]
N/A Jere Gillis Brunico SG (Serie A) Free agency [42]

Draft picks[]

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

NHL Entry Draft[]

Philadelphia's picks at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, on June 13, 1987.[43] The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 41st overall, to the Detroit Red Wings for Mark Laforest on June 13, 1987.[44]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 20 Darren Rumble Defense  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2 30 Jeff Harding Right Wing  Canada St. Michael's Buzzers (Toronto) [i]
3 62 Martin Hostak Right Wing  Czech Republic Sparta Praha (Czech)
4 83 Tomaz Eriksson Left Wing  Sweden Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
5 104 Bill Gall Defense  United States New Hampton School (N.H.)
6 125 Tony Link Defense  United States Dimond High School (Alaska)
7 146 Marc Strapon Defense  United States Hayward High School (Wisconsin)
8 167 Darryl Ingham Right Wing  Canada University of Manitoba (CIAU)
9 188 Bruce MacDonald Right Wing  United States Loomis Chaffee School (Conn.)
10 209 Steve Morrow Defense  United States Westminster School (Conn.)
11 230 Darius Rusnak Center  Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
12 251 Dale Roehl Goaltender  United States Minnetonka High School (Minn.)

NHL Supplemental Draft[]

Philadelphia's picks at the 1987 NHL Supplemental Draft.[45][46]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league)
2 21 David Whyte Left Wing  United States Boston College (HE)

Farm teams[]

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL[47] and the Flint Spirits of the IHL.[48] Led by the Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award winner as coach of the year (John Paddock), the Eddie Shore Award winner as top defenseman (Dave Fenyves), and the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award as top goaltender (Wendell Young), Hershey finished first in their division and swept their way through the playoffs with a 12–0 record to a Calder Cup championship. Young was given the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP.[49] In their only season as a Flyers affiliate, Flint finished fourth in the playoffs and lost in the finals to the Salt Lake Golden Eagles in six games.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Voted starting Goaltender
  2. ^ Tied fifteen times by eight different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records
  3. ^ Tied by Eric Desjardins during the 1999–2000 season and Shayne Gostisbehere during the 2015–16 season.
  4. ^ Tied mark set during the 1984–85 and 1985–86 seasons.
  5. ^ The Flyers had the choice of which year to send to Minnesota.[27] The Flyers chose the 1989 draft pick.
  6. ^ The Flyers would receive St. Louis' 4th-round pick if the Blues advanced past the first round of the playoffs,[29] which they did.[30]
  7. ^ The Sabres removed Fenyves from their protected list after they claimed Hospodar and the Flyers claimed Fenyves in lieu of cash.
  8. ^ No official announcement
  9. ^ The Flyers acquired a second-round pick, 30th overall, from the Quebec Nordiques for a 1986 second-round pick on June 21, 1986.[44]

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