1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 19th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs in five game to the New York Rangers.

Regular season

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

Due to the tragedy, back-up Bob 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.

Philly became the first club in the NHL to reach 30 wins, after a 4–0 shutout of the Washington Capitals 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 the orange and black took the division crown on the last day of the season (April 6) with a come-from-behind 5–3 home win.

In a 7–3 loss to the Devils on March 8, Tim Kerr set an NHL record with his 29th power-play goal of the season, passing Hall-of-Famer Phil Esposito's mark. He finished the year with 34, the league record to this day.

Propp had the best chance of his career to crack the 100-point mark, but that was derailed on March 6, when Buffalo Sabres forward Lindy Ruff caught him in the eye with a high stick. The incident cost Propp several games, and he finished with a team-high 97 points while also causing him to wear a visor for the remainder of his career.

Bob Clarke made a couple minor deals during the season, trading Ed Hospodar and the enigmatic Todd Bergen to the Minnesota North Stars for Dave Richter and Bo Berglund on November 29. Neither player lasted beyond the season with the Flyers, while Hospodar returned in 1986–87. Also, Joe Paterson and Len Hachborn were sent in separate deals to the Los Angeles Kings, and Chico Resch was acquired from the Devils for a draft pick in early March.

Froese finished second in voting for the Vezina Trophy. Mark Howe finished second in voting for the Norris Trophy and third in voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP.^[4] Howe was named to the first NHL All-Star Team and took home the NHL Plus-Minus Award — the defense pairing of Howe and Brad McCrimmon finished with a +85 and a +83 respectively — while Froese was named to the second NHL All-Star Team and was the co-winner with Jensen of the William M. Jennings Trophy.

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

^[5]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

Despite their regular season success, an emotionally exhausted Flyers team lost in the first round of the playoffs to the New York Rangers in five games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1985–86 regular season

October: 7–2–0, 14 Points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 4–0–0)

November: 12–2–0, 24 Points (Home: 8–0–0; Road: 4–2–0)

December: 9–6–0, 18 Points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–5–0)

January: 7–5–1, 15 Points (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 3–4–1)

February: 6–3–3, 15 Points (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 1–3–2)

March: 8–5–0, 16 Points (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 2–3–0)

April: 4–0–0, 8 Points (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 2–0–0)

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

Playoffs

1986 Stanley Cup playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals vs. New York Rangers - Rangers win 3–2

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
26	Propp, BrianBrian Propp	26	LW	72	40	57	97	24	47	5	0	2	2	−2	4
12	Kerr, TimTim Kerr	26	RW	76	58	26	84	−5	79	5	3	3	6	−2	8
2	Howe, MarkMark Howe	30	D	77	24	58	82	85	36	5	0	4	4	0	0
23	Sinisalo, IlkkaIlkka Sinisalo	27	LW	74	39	37	76	17	31	5	2	2	4	1	2
20	Poulin, DaveDave Poulin	27	C	79	27	42	69	20	49	5	2	0	2	−4	2
9	Eklund, PellePelle Eklund	22	C	70	15	51	66	−4	12	5	0	2	2	2	0
14	Sutter, RonRon Sutter	22	C	75	18	42	60	26	159	5	0	2	2	2	10
10	McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	26	D	80	13	43	56	83	85	5	2	0	2	1	2
32	Craven, MurrayMurray Craven	21	LW	78	21	33	54	24	34	5	0	3	3	0	4
25	Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	20	C	79	17	37	54	27	76	5	3	1	4	−2	4
3	Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	25	D	80	6	37	43	−5	55	5	0	1	1	0	4
15	Sutter, RichRich Sutter	22	RW	78	14	25	39	28	199	5	2	0	2	2	19
22	Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	21	RW	69	14	21	35	12	284	5	1	2	3	1	26
18	Carson, LindsayLindsay Carson	25	LW	50	9	12	21	10	84	1	0	0	0	0	5
21	Brown, DaveDave Brown	23	RW	76	10	7	17	7	277	5	0	0	0	−3	16
8	Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	27	D	79	0	13	13	0	123	5	0	0	0	1	2
24	Smith, DerrickDerrick Smith	21	LW	69	6	6	12	14	57	4	0	0	0	−3	10
17	Hospodar, EdEd Hospodar	26	D	17	3	1	4	0	55	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
27	Eriksson, ThomasThomas Eriksson	26	D	43	0	4	4	−12	16	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
42	Nachbaur, DonDon Nachbaur	27	C	5	1	1	2	3	7	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
34	Richter, DaveDave Richter	25	D	50	0	2	2	−2	138	5	0	0	0	0	21
29	Stanley, DarylDaryl Stanley	23	D	33	0	2	2	−5	69	1	0	0	0	0	2
37	Berglund, BoBo Berglund	30	RW	7	0	2	2	0	4	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	27	G	51	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	8	5	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	0
30	Jensen, DarrenDarren Jensen	25	G	29	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
44	Stothers, MikeMike Stothers	23	D	6	0	1	1	1	6	3	0	0	0	0	4
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	26	G	8	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
33	Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	37	G	5	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0	1	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0
6	Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson	25	LW	5	0	0	0	1	12	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
5	McCarthy, KevinKevin McCarthy	28	D	4	0	0	0	0	4	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
39	Fitzpatrick, RossRoss Fitzpatrick	25	C	2	0	0	0	−1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
5	Smith, SteveSteve Smith	22	D	2	0	0	0	−1	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
19	Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby	19	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
36	Mokosak, CarlCarl Mokosak	23	LW	1	0	0	0	0	5	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—

Goaltenders

= 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	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	27	51	31	10	3	5	116	.909	2.55	2728	5	2	3	0	15	.880	3.07	293
30	Jensen, DarrenDarren Jensen	25	29	15	9	1	2	88	.884	3.68	1436	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	26	8	6	2	0	1	23	.884	2.88	480	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
33	Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	37	5	1	2	0	0	10	.881	3.21	187	1	0	0	0	1	.000	8.57	7

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor	Recipient	Notes	Ref
Emery Edge Award	Mark Howe		^[6]
NHL First All-Star Team	Mark Howe (Defense)		^[7]
NHL Player of the Month	Bob Froese (March)		^[8]
NHL Player of the Week	Bob Froese (December 29)		^[9]
	Bob Froese (January 9)		^[10]
	Bob Froese (March 17)	Co-winner with Edmonton Oilers' Paul Coffey	^[11]
NHL Second All-Star Team	Bob Froese (Goaltender)		^[7]
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Bob Froese		^[12]^[13]
	Mark Howe
	Mike Keenan (Coach)
	Tim Kerr	Voted starting Right Wing
	Pelle Lindbergh	Posthumously voted starting Goaltender
	Dave Poulin
	Brian Propp
William M. Jennings Trophy	Bob Froese		^[14]
William M. Jennings Trophy	Darren Jensen		^[14]

Team awards^[15]
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Mark Howe
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Mark Howe
Class Guy Award	Murray Craven

Records

* NHL record
** Tied for NHL record

Individual single season records
Record	Total	Player
Goals scored by a defenseman	24	Mark Howe
Points by a defenseman	82	Mark Howe
Best plus/minus	+85	Mark Howe
Powerplay goals	34*	Tim Kerr
Shorthanded goals	7	Mark Howe (tied by Brian Propp in 1984–85 and Mike Richards in 2008–09)
Assists by a rookie	51	Pelle Eklund

Team single season records
Record	Total
Wins	53 (tied 1984–85)
Fewest ties	4
Fewest ties at home	1 (tied 1976–77)
Fewest ties on the road	3 (tied 1984–85 and 1987–88)

Individual regular season single game records
Record	Player	Total	Date and opponent
Powerplay goals	Tim Kerr	3	November 3, 1985 vs. Los Angeles Kings (tied three times)

Team post season single game records
Record	Total	Date and opponent
Goals, one period	5	April 14, 1986 vs. New York Rangers (tied four times)

Team regular season streaks records
Record	Games	Dates
Longest winning streak	13	October 19, 1985 through November 17, 1985

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 31, 1985, the day after the deciding game of the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 24, 1986, the day of the deciding game of the 1986 Stanley Cup Finals.^[16]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
October 11, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Seguin 2nd-round pick in 1986	To Los Angeles Kings Paul Guay 4th-round pick in 1986	^[17]
November 7, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations^[a]	To Edmonton Oilers Ron Low	^[18]
November 29, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers Bo Berglund Dave Richter	To Minnesota North Stars Todd Bergen Ed Hospodar	^[19]
December 5, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Los Angeles Kings Len Hachborn	^[20]
December 18, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 1986	To Los Angeles Kings Joe Paterson	^[21]
March 11, 1986	To Philadelphia Flyers Glenn Resch	To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 1986	^[22]

Trade notes

^a The Flyers claimed Low off waivers and agreed to a deal which allowed Edmonton to retain Low's rights but would guarantee them Low if Edmonton did not need him as a backup goaltender after Grant Fuhr recovered from an injury.^[18] On December 3, the Flyers passed on reacquiring Low and Edmonton returned him to their American Hockey League affiliate in Nova Scotia.^[18]

Signings

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Ref
July 19, 1985	Kevin McCarthy	Pittsburgh Penguins	^[23]
July 26, 1985	Jim Dobson	Quebec Nordiques	^[24]
July 26, 1985	Carl Mokosak	Los Angeles Kings	^[24]
July 26, 1985	Tim Tookey	Pittsburgh Penguins	^[24]
September 30, 1985	Steve Martinson	Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL)	^[25]
October 7, 1985	Dave Farrish	Toronto Maple Leafs	^[26]
October 8, 1985	Florent Robidoux	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)	^[27]
January 15, 1986	John Kemp	Canadian National Team	^[28]
March 19, 1986	Craig Berube	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	^[29]

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date	Player	Ref
August 14, 1985	Ray Allison	^[30]
August 14, 1985	Ed Hospodar	^[30]
August 14, 1985	Brad Marsh	^[30]
August 14, 1985	Rich Sutter	^[30]
August 14, 1985	Ron Sutter	^[30]

Draft picks

The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details	Ref
June 18, 1985	Pelle Eklund	AIK (SM-liiga)	1983 8th-round pick	2 years, $250,000	^[31]
August 14, 1985	Dave McLay	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)	1984 3rd-round pick		^[30]
August 14, 1985	John Stevens	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	1984 3rd-round pick		^[30]
November 7, 1985	Jeff Chychrun	Kingston Canadians (OHL)	1984 2nd-round pick		^[32]
March 13, 1986	Scott Mellanby	Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)	1984 2nd-round pick		^[33]

NHL Waiver Draft

The 1985 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 7, 1985.^[34] Each NHL team placed 16 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select.^[34] First-year professional players were exempt.^[34] The Flyers were not involved in any selections during the draft.^[34]

The Flyers protected the following players:^[35] goaltenders Bob Froese and Pelle Lindbergh, defensemen Doug Crossman, Thomas Eriksson, Ed Hospodar, Mark Howe, Brad Marsh, Brad McCrimmon, and Daryl Stanley, and forwards Dave Brown, Lindsay Carson, Murray Craven, Len Hachborn, Tim Kerr, Joe Paterson, Dave Poulin, Brian Propp, and Ilkka Sinisalo.

The Flyers left the following players unprotected:^[35] defensemen Kevin McCarthy and Mike Stothers, and forwards Ray Allison, Bill Barber, Jim Dobson, Ross Fitzpatrick, Al Hill, Steve Martinson, Carl Mokosak, and Don Nachbaur.

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
November 7, 1985	Ron Low	Philadelphia Flyers	Edmonton Oilers	^[18]

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
June 10, 1985	Miroslav Dvorak	ESG Kassel (Germany)	Retirement	Retired from NHL	^[36]
August 22, 1985	Bill Barber	—	Retirement	Missed 1984–85 season due to knee injury	^[37]
September 25, 1985	Todd Bergen	Minnesota North Stars	Retirement	Traded to Minnesota on November 29	^[38]^[19]
N/A	Tim Young	—	Retirement	No official announcement	^[39]
N/A	Jim Dobson	New York Rangers	Released	Signed with New York on December 13	^[40]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario on June 15, 1985.^[41]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1985 and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA	Notes
1	21	Seabrooke, GlenGlen Seabrooke	Center	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	19	1	6	7	4	& —	& —	& —	& —
2	42	Rendall, BruceBruce Rendall	Left Wing	Canada	Chatham Maroons (OPJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
3	48	Gilmour, DarrylDarryl Gilmour	Goaltender	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[a]
3	63	Whelan, ShaneShane Whelan	Center	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	84	Marshall, PaulPaul Marshall	Defense	United States	Northwood School (N.Y.)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	105	Holmes, DarilDaril Holmes	Right Wing	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	126	Alexander, KenKen Alexander	Defense	United States	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	147	Horacek, TonyTony Horacek	Left Wing	Canada	Kelowna Wings (WHL)	154	10	19	29	316	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	168	Cusack, MikeMike Cusack	Forward	United States	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	189	Murphy, GordGord Murphy	Defense	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	862	85	238	323	668	& —	& —	& —	& —
11	231	Williams, RodRod Williams	Right Wing	Canada	Kelowna Wings (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
12	252	Maurice, PaulPaul Maurice	Defense	Canada	Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[42]

^a The Flyers traded Paul Holmgren to the Minnesota North Stars for the rights to Paul Guay and the North Stars' third-round pick, 48th overall, on February 23, 1984.
The Flyers traded their tenth-round pick, 210th overall, to the Boston Bruins for Ian Armstrong on May 24, 1984.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL^[2]^[43] and the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL.^[3]

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Philadelphia Flyers seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Philadelphia Flyers

Founded in 1967 Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Media	CSN Philadelphia Comcast Network Philadelphia 97.5 The Fanatic Broadcasters

Culture/Lore	1976 Flyers–Red Army game 2010 NHL Winter Classic 2012 NHL Winter Classic Broad Street Bullies Curse of Billy Penn Ed Snider Flyers–Senators brawl Gene Hart "God Bless America" Kate Smith Lauren Hart Legion of Doom Lou Nolan Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

1985–86 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game The Monday Night Miracle Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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