1996–97 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1996–97 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 30th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals but lost to the Detroit Red Wings in a four-game sweep.

1996–97 Philadelphia Flyers
Eastern Conference champions
Division	2nd Atlantic
Conference	3rd Eastern
1996–97 record	45–24–13
Home record	23–12–6
Road record	22–12–7
Goals for	274
Goals against	217
Team information
President	Bob Clarke
General manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Terry Murray
Captain	Eric Lindros
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour Eric Desjardins
Arena	CoreStates Center
Average attendance	19,311[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Philadelphia Phantoms Mobile Mysticks
Team leaders
Goals	John LeClair (50)
Assists	John LeClair (47) Eric Lindros (47)
Points	John LeClair (97)
Penalty minutes	Scott Daniels (237)
Plus/minus	John LeClair (+44)
Wins	Ron Hextall (31)
Goals against average	Garth Snow (2.52)

Regular season

While Eric Lindros rehabbed from a bothersome groin injury, the Flyers trod water through the early part of the schedule. They dropped the first-ever home game at the new CoreStates Center to the Florida Panthers, 3–1, on October 5, and lost again to their new rivals three weeks later. However, they rebounded to end the Panthers' season-opening 8–0–4 run with a 3–2 victory in Miami on November 2.

With John LeClair, Mikael Renberg, Dale Hawerchuk and Rod Brind'Amour expected to pick up the slack on offense, the club was inconsistent and went 12–10–1 prior to Lindros' return in a 2–0 loss in Boston on November 26. Another loss the next night to the Islanders dropped the team into fourth place, but the team soon caught fire, ripping off a 14–0–3 stretch from November 30 to January 7.

The run included an incredible stretch of four consecutive shutout wins in mid-December (Hartford, Boston, Islanders, St. Louis), a trade which netted high-scoring defenseman Paul Coffey and a thrilling come-from-behind 4–4 tie against the Colorado Avalanche in Denver on January 4.

In a 9–5 win over Montreal on February 6, the Legion of Doom line set a franchise-record with 16 points and spoiled the NHL debut of Tomas Vokoun, and in a 5–5 tie on March 1 in Boston, third-line winger Trent Klatt recorded his first (and only) 20-goal season with a hat trick.

A 2–3–2 finish which saw Lindros sit out a one-game suspension and the Devils vault over the team for first place in the Atlantic was mitigated when LeClair scored his 50th goal of the season in a 5–4 win over New Jersey in the final regular-season game.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	45	23	14	231	182	104
2	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	274	217	103
3	4	Florida Panthers	82	35	28	19	221	201	89
4	5	New York Rangers	82	38	34	10	258	231	86
5	9	Washington Capitals	82	33	40	9	214	231	75
6	11	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	32	40	10	217	247	74
7	12	New York Islanders	82	29	41	12	240	250	70

Eastern Conference[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	45	23	14	231	182	104
2	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	40	30	12	237	208	92
3	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	45	24	13	274	217	103
4	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	35	28	19	221	201	89
5	New York Rangers	ATL	82	38	34	10	258	231	86
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	38	36	8	285	280	84
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	31	36	15	226	234	77
8	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	31	36	15	249	276	77
9	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	33	40	9	214	231	75
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	82	32	39	11	226	256	75
11	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	32	40	10	217	247	74
12	New York Islanders	ATL	82	29	41	12	240	250	70
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	26	47	9	234	300	61

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Playoffs

Backstopped by the goaltending tandem of Ron Hextall and Garth Snow, the Flyers dominated the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Buffalo Sabres and the New York Rangers all in five games apiece to win the Eastern Conference championship, and clinch a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1987. However, their opponent, the Detroit Red Wings, swept the Flyers in four straight games. After Game 3, Terry Murray said that the team was in a "choking situation." It is said this remark cost Murray his job, as he was fired less than a week after the conclusion of the finals.[3]

Schedule and results

Regular season

1996–97 regular season
October: 6–7–0, 12 Points (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–4–0)
November: 7–5–1, 15 Points (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 5–2–0)
December: 11–0–2, 24 Points (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 5–0–2)
January: 5–2–4, 14 Points (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 2–0–2)
February: 7–3–2, 16 Points (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 3–2–0)
March: 7–5–2, 16 Points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 4–3–2)
April: 2–2–2, 6 Points (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 0–1–1)
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1997 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins – Flyers win 4–1
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Buffalo Sabres – Flyers win 4–1
Eastern Conference Finals vs. New York Rangers – Flyers win 4–1
Stanley Cup Finals vs. Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–0
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• 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
10	John LeClair	27	LW	82	50	47	97	44	58	19	9	12	21	5	10
88	Eric Lindros	23	C	52	32	47	79	31	136	19	12	14	26	7	40
17	Rod Brind'Amour	26	C	82	27	32	59	2	41	19	13	8	21	9	10
19	Mikael Renberg	24	RW	77	22	37	59	36	65	18	5	6	11	1	4
37	Eric Desjardins	27	D	82	12	34	46	25	50	19	2	8	10	9	12
20	Trent Klatt	26	RW	76	24	21	45	9	20	19	4	3	7	1	12
44	Janne Niinimaa	21	D	77	4	40	44	12	58	19	1	12	13	3	16
18	Dale Hawerchuk	33	C	51	12	22	34	9	32	17	2	5	7	−2	0
25	Shjon Podein	28	LW	82	14	18	32	7	41	19	4	3	7	4	16
29	Joel Otto	35	C	78	13	19	32	12	99	18	1	5	6	3	8
77	Paul Coffey	35	D	37	6	20	26	11	20	17	1	8	9	−3	6
6	Chris Therien	25	D	71	2	22	24	27	64	19	1	6	7	14	6
15	Pat Falloon	24	RW	52	11	12	23	−8	10	14	3	1	4	−1	2
9	Dainius Zubrus	18	LW	68	8	13	21	3	22	19	5	4	9	3	12
24	Karl Dykhuis	24	D	62	4	15	19	6	35	18	0	3	3	1	2
26	John Druce	30	RW	43	7	8	15	−5	12	13	1	0	1	2	2
45	Vaclav Prospal	21	C	18	5	10	15	3	4	5	1	3	4	0	4
23	Petr Svoboda	30	D	67	2	12	14	10	94	16	1	2	3	4	16
32	Daniel Lacroix	27	C	74	7	1	8	−1	163	12	0	1	1	0	22
22	Scott Daniels	27	RW	56	5	3	8	2	237	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Kjell Samuelsson	38	D	34	4	3	7	17	47	5	0	0	0	−3	2
21	Dan Kordic	25	LW	75	1	4	5	−1	210	12	1	0	1	1	22
11	Craig Darby	24	C	9	1	4	5	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Kevin Haller	26	D	27	0	5	5	−1	37	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Michel Petit	32	D	20	0	3	3	2	51	3	0	0	0	−1	6
48	Colin Forbes	20	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
30	Garth Snow	27	G	35	0	1	1	N/A	30	12	0	2	2	N/A	11
34	Jason Bowen	23	D	4	0	1	1	1	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Aris Brimanis	24	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Ron Hextall	32	G	55	0	0	0	N/A	43	8	0	0	0	N/A	0
5	Darren Rumble	28	D	10	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Frantisek Kucera	28	D	2	0	0	0	−2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Paul Healey	21	RW	2	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—

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	32	55	54	31	16	5	1285	132	2.56	.897	5	3,094:19	8	7	4	3	203	22	2.97	.892	0	443:55
30	Garth Snow	27	35	28	14	8	8	816	79	2.52	.903	2	1,884:26	12	12	8	4	305	33	2.83	.892	0	698:31

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Bud Ice Plus-Minus Award	John LeClair	[4]
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Janne Niinimaa (Defense)	[5]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	John LeClair (Left Wing)	[6]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Paul Coffey	[7][8]
		Dale Hawerchuk[lower-alpha 1]
		John LeClair
		Eric Lindros
	NHL Player of the Week	John LeClair (November 11)	[9]
		Eric Lindros (December 16)	[10]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins	[11]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	John LeClair	[11]
	Class Guy Award	Shjon Podein	[11]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Trent Klatt	[11]

Records

•    Tied for NHL record

Individual

Rod Brind'Amour tied Rick MacLeish's team record for consecutive games played at 287 on January 29, 1997.[12] Brind'Amour's streak ended at 484 games when a fractured left foot caused him to miss the first 34 games of the 1999–2000 season.[13]

Franchise player records set during the 1996–97 season

Record	Type	Total	Player	Date(s)	Opponent	Ref
Goals scored	Game	4[lower-alpha 2]	John LeClair	2/6/1997	Montreal Canadiens	[14]
Assists	Game	6	Eric Lindros	2/26/1997	Ottawa Senators	[14]
Goals scored	Period	3[lower-alpha 3]	Eric Lindros	3/19/1997	Toronto Maple Leafs	[15]
Goals scored	Game	4[lower-alpha 2]	Eric Lindros	3/19/1997	Toronto Maple Leafs	[14]
Assists by a rookie defenseman	Season	44	Janne Niinimaa	—	—	[14]
Shorthanded goals, playoffs	Period	2	Rod Brind'Amour	4/26/1997	Pittsburgh Penguins	[16]
Shorthanded goals, playoffs	Game	2	Rod Brind'Amour	4/26/1997	Pittsburgh Penguins	[16]
Assists, playoffs	Period	3[lower-alpha 4]	Paul Coffey	5/7/1997	Buffalo Sabres	[17]
			Rod Brind'Amour	5/11/1997	Buffalo Sabres
Fastest two goals by one player, playoffs	Game	0:41	Eric Lindros	5/11/1997	Buffalo Sabres	[17]

Team

Franchise team records set during the 1996–97 season

Record	Type	Total	Date(s)	Opponent	Player(s)	Refs
Minutes without allowing a goal	Streak	265:08	12/12/1996 – 12/22/1996	—	—	[18]
Games with a shutout	Streak	4	12/14/1996 – 12/21/1996	—	—	[19]
Points by a line	Game	16	2/6/1997	Montreal Canadiens	John LeClair (6)	[15]
					Eric Lindros (5)
					Mikael Renberg (5)
			2/26/1997	Ottawa Senators	Eric Lindros (7)
					Mikael Renberg (5)
					John LeClair (4)
Games won on road, playoffs	Streak	5[lower-alpha 5]	5/3/1997 – 5/23/1997	—	—	[20]

Milestones

Individual career milestones[21]

Milestone	Player	Date
500th game played	Ron Hextall	November 21, 1996

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 12, 1996, the day after the deciding game of the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 1997, the day of the deciding game of the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals.[22]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 18, 1996	To Philadelphia Flyers Frank Bialowas	To Washington Capitals future considerations	[23]
December 15, 1996	To Philadelphia Flyers Paul Coffey 3rd-round pick in 1997	To Hartford Whalers Kevin Haller 1st-round pick in 1997 Hartford's 7th-round pick in 1997	[24]
March 18, 1997	To Philadelphia Flyers Frantisek Kucera	To Vancouver Canucks conditional 7th-round pick in 1997[lower-alpha 6]	[25][26]

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Term	Ref
June 18, 1996	Scott Daniels	Hartford Whalers	3-year	[27][28]
July 9, 1996	Dominic Roussel	Winnipeg Jets	2-year*	[28]
July 10, 1996	John Stevens	Springfield Falcons (AHL)	*	[28]
July 15, 1996	Daniel Lacroix	New York Rangers	2-year	[29]
July 17, 1996	Peter White	Toronto Maple Leafs	*	[30]
July 23, 1996	Steven King	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1-year*	[31]
October 1, 1996	Brett Bruininks (ELC)	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (CCHA)	1-year*	[32]
October 3, 1996	Martin Boisvenue (ELC)	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)	multi-year*	[33]
May 28, 1997	Andy Delmore (ELC)	Fredericton Canadiens (AHL)	*	[34]

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 entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 18, 1996	Janne Niinimaa (ELC)	2-year*	[27][28]
July 18, 1996	Trent Klatt	2-year	[35]
July 31, 1996	Brian Wesenberg (ELC)	1-year*	[36]
August 6, 1996	Karl Dykhuis	3-year	[37][38]
August 15, 1996	Ron Hextall	3-year	[39]
September 10, 1996	Petr Svoboda	4-year	[40]
October 3, 1996	Dainius Zubrus (ELC)	3-year*	[41]
October 10, 1996	Brian Boucher (ELC)	3-year*	[42]

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions. They were involved in two selections during the 1996 NHL Waiver Draft, which was held on September 30, 1996.[43] The Flyers made the following players available: goaltenders Les Kuntar and Dominic Roussel, defensemen Frank Bialowas, Jason Bowen, Aris Brimanis, Darren Rumble, and John Stevens, and forwards Bruce Coles, Bob Corkum, Craig Darby, Rob DiMaio, Yanick Dupre, Tony Horacek, Patrik Juhlin, Steven King, Trent Klatt, Shawn McCosh, Clayton Norris, and Peter White.[43]

Date	Player	Team	Ref
September 30, 1996	Rob DiMaio	to San Jose Sharks	[44]
September 30, 1996	Bob Corkum	to Phoenix Coyotes	[44]
January 17, 1997	Michel Petit	from Edmonton Oilers	[45]

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
July 9, 1996	Shawn Antoski	Pittsburgh Penguins[lower-alpha 7]	Release	[28]
July 9, 1996	Dan Quinn	Pittsburgh Penguins[lower-alpha 7]	Release	[28]
July 24, 1996	Todd Nelson	Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL)	Free agency	[46]
July 29, 1996	Phil Crowe	Ottawa Senators	Free agency	[47]
August 27, 1996	Tim Cheveldae	Boston Bruins	Free agency	[48]
N/A	Jim Montgomery	Kolner Haie (DEL)	Free agency	[49]
N/A	Russ Romaniuk	Manitoba Moose (IHL)	Free agency	[50]
October 12, 1996	Kerry Huffman	Las Vegas Thunder (IHL)	Free agency	[51]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 22, 1996.[52] The Flyers traded their first-round pick, 24th overall, their fourth-round pick, 106th overall, and Martin Spanhel to the San Jose Sharks for Pat Falloon on September 20, 1995.[53] They also traded their third-round pick, 78th overall, and their sixth-round pick, 157th overall, to the Colorado Avalanche for Garth Snow on July 12, 1995, and their ninth-round pick, 239th overall, to the Ottawa Senators for Kerry Huffman on March 19, 1996.[53]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	15	Dainius Zubrus	Right Wing	Lithuania	Caledon Canadians (MJAHL)	[lower-alpha 8]
3	64	Chester Gallant	Right Wing	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)	[lower-alpha 9]
5	124	Per-Ragnar Bergkvist	Goaltender	Sweden	Leksands IF (Elitserien)	[lower-alpha 10]
5	133	Jesse Boulerice	Right Wing	United States	Detroit Whalers (OHL)
7	187	Roman Malov	Center	Russia	Avangard Omsk (RSL)
8	213	Jeff Milleker	Center	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL[54][55] and the Mobile Mysticks of the ECHL.[56]

Notes

1. Selected by the Commissioner
2. Tied fourteen times by seven different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records.
3. Tied nine times by eight different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records.
4. Tied four times by four different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records
5. Tied mark set during the 1994–95 season and subsequently tied during the 1999–2000 season.
6. Condition not met.
7. Antoski and Quinn signed with the Penguins on July 31, 1996.[36]
8. The Flyers acquired the 15th overall pick from the Toronto Maple Leafs along with the Los Angeles Kings' 1996 fourth-round pick, 84th overall, and the Kings' 1997 second-round pick for Dmitri Yushkevich and the Flyers' second-round pick, 50th overall, on August 30, 1995.[53] The Flyers traded the 1996 fourth-round pick back to the Kings for John Druce and the Kings' 1997 seventh-round pick on March 19, 1996.[53]
9. The Flyers traded Dominic Roussel to the Winnipeg Jets for Tim Cheveldae and the Jets' third-round pick, 64th overall, on February 17, 1996.[53]
10. The Flyers traded Rob Zettler to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Maple Leafs' fifth-round pick, 124th overall, on July 8, 1995.[53]

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