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.

Regular season

While Eric Lindros rehabbed from a bothersome groin injury, the Flyers treaded 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^[4]
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.^[5]

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

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
10	LeClair, JohnJohn LeClair	27	LW	82	50	47	97	44	58	19	9	12	21	5	10
88	Lindros, EricEric Lindros	23	C	52	32	47	79	31	136	19	12	14	26	7	40
17	Brind'Amour, RodRod Brind'Amour	26	C	82	27	32	59	2	41	19	13	8	21	9	10
19	Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg	24	RW	77	22	37	59	36	65	18	5	6	11	1	4
37	Desjardins, EricEric Desjardins	27	D	82	12	34	46	25	50	19	2	8	10	9	12
20	Klatt, TrentTrent Klatt	26	RW	76	24	21	45	9	20	19	4	3	7	1	12
44	Niinimaa, JanneJanne Niinimaa	21	D	77	4	40	44	12	58	19	1	12	13	3	16
18	Hawerchuk, DaleDale Hawerchuk	33	C	51	12	22	34	9	32	17	2	5	7	−2	0
25	Podein, ShjonShjon Podein	28	LW	82	14	18	32	7	41	19	4	3	7	4	16
29	Otto, JoelJoel Otto	35	C	78	13	19	32	12	99	18	1	5	6	3	8
77	Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey	35	D	37	6	20	26	11	20	17	1	8	9	−3	6
6	Therien, ChrisChris Therien	25	D	71	2	22	24	27	64	19	1	6	7	14	6
15	Falloon, PatPat Falloon	24	RW	52	11	12	23	−8	10	14	3	1	4	−1	2
9	Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	18	LW	68	8	13	21	3	22	19	5	4	9	3	12
24	Dykhuis, KarlKarl Dykhuis	24	D	62	4	15	19	6	35	18	0	3	3	1	2
26	Druce, JohnJohn Druce	30	RW	43	7	8	15	−5	12	13	1	0	1	2	2
45	Prospal, VaclavVaclav Prospal	21	C	18	5	10	15	3	4	5	1	3	4	0	4
23	Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	30	D	67	2	12	14	10	94	16	1	2	3	4	16
32	Lacroix, DanielDaniel Lacroix	27	C	74	7	1	8	−1	163	12	0	1	1	0	22
22	Daniels, ScottScott Daniels	27	RW	56	5	3	8	2	237	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
28	Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	38	D	34	4	3	7	17	47	5	0	0	0	−3	2
21	Kordic, DanDan Kordic	25	LW	75	1	4	5	−1	210	12	1	0	1	1	22
11	Darby, CraigCraig Darby	24	C	9	1	4	5	2	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
5	Haller, KevinKevin Haller	26	D	27	0	5	5	−1	37	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
8	Petit, MichelMichel Petit	32	D	20	0	3	3	2	51	3	0	0	0	−1	6
48	Forbes, ColinColin Forbes	20	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
30	Snow, GarthGarth Snow	27	G	35	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	30	12	0	2	2	-98 !N/A	11
34	Bowen, JasonJason Bowen	23	D	4	0	1	1	1	8	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
3	Brimanis, ArisAris Brimanis	24	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
27	Hextall, RonRon Hextall	32	G	55	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	43	8	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0
5	Rumble, DarrenDarren Rumble	28	D	10	0	0	0	−2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
2	Kucera, FrantisekFrantisek Kucera	28	D	2	0	0	0	−2	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—
38	Healey, PaulPaul Healey	21	RW	2	0	0	0	0	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—

Goaltenders

			Regular season									Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
27	Hextall, RonRon Hextall	32	55	31	16	5	5	132	.897	2.56	3094	8	4	3	0	22	.892	2.97	444
30	Snow, GarthGarth Snow	27	35	14	8	8	2	79	.903	2.52	1884	12	8	4	0	33	.892	2.83	699

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor	Recipient	Notes	Ref
Bud Ice Plus-Minus Award	John LeClair		^[6]
NHL All-Rookie Team	Janne Niinimaa (Defense)		^[7]
NHL Player of the Week	John LeClair (November 11)		^[8]
NHL Player of the Week	Eric Lindros (December 16)		^[9]
NHL Second All-Star Team	John LeClair (Left Wing)		^[10]
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Paul Coffey		^[11]^[12]
	Dale Hawerchuk	Selected by Commissioner
	John LeClair
	Eric Lindros

Team awards^[13]
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins
Bobby Clarke Trophy	John LeClair
Class Guy Award	Shjon Podein
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Trent Klatt

Records

* NHL record
** Tied for NHL record

Individual single season records
Record	Total	Player
Assists by a rookie defenseman	44	Janne Niinimaa

Individual regular season single game records
Record	Player	Total	Date and opponent
Goals scored	John LeClair Eric Lindros	4	February 6, 1997 vs. Montreal Canadiens March 19, 1997 at Toronto Maple Leafs (tied 14 times)
Assists	Eric Lindros	6	February 26, 1997 at Ottawa Senators

Individual post season single game records
Record	Player	Total	Date and opponent
Shorthanded goals	Rod Brind'Amour	2**	April 26, 1997 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
Assists, one period	Paul Coffey Rod Brind'Amour	3**	May 7, 1997 vs. Buffalo Sabres May 11, 1997 at Buffalo Sabres (tied four times)
Shorthanded goals, one period	Rod Brind'Amour	2**	April 26, 1997 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

Team post season streaks records
Record	Games	Dates
Longest road winning streak	5	May 3, 1997 through May 23, 1997 (tied two times)

Milestones

Individual career milestones^[14]
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.^[15]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 18, 1996	To Philadelphia Flyers Frank Bialowas	To Washington Capitals future considerations	^[16]
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	^[17]
March 18, 1997	To Philadelphia Flyers Frantisek Kucera	To Vancouver Canucks conditional 7th-round pick in 1997^[a]	^[18]^[19]

Trade notes

^a Condition not met.

Signings

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)	Contract details	Ref
June 18, 1996	Scott Daniels	Hartford Whalers	3 years, $1.75 million	^[20]^[21]
July 9, 1996	Dominic Roussel	Winnipeg Jets	2 years, $910,000*	^[21]
July 10, 1996	John Stevens	Springfield Falcons (AHL)	*	^[21]
July 15, 1996	Daniel Lacroix	New York Rangers	2 years, $650,000	^[22]
July 17, 1996	Peter White	Toronto Maple Leafs	*	^[23]
July 23, 1996	Steven King	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1 year, $300,000*	^[24]

Re-signed

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

Date	Player	Contract details	Ref
July 18, 1996	Trent Klatt	2 years, $962,000	^[25]
August 6, 1996	Karl Dykhuis	3 years, $1.5 million	^[26]^[27]
August 15, 1996	Ron Hextall	3 years, $7 million	^[28]
September 10, 1996	Petr Svoboda	4 years, $5 million	^[29]

Entry level contracts

The following players — Flyers draft picks, undrafted free agents, and the unsigned draft picks of other teams — were signed by the Flyers to entry level contracts.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details	Ref
June 18, 1996	Janne Niinimaa	Jokerit (SM-liiga)	1993 2nd-round pick	2 years, $1.5 million	^[20]^[21]
July 31, 1996	Brian Wesenberg	Guelph Storm (OHL)	1995 2nd-round pick (Anaheim)	1 year	^[30]
October 1, 1996	Brett Bruininks	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (CCHA)	Undrafted free agent	1 year	^[31]
October 3, 1996	Martin Boisvenue	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)	Undrafted free agent	multi-year	^[32]
October 3, 1996	Dainius Zubrus	Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJHL)	1996 1st-round pick	3 years, $2.4 million	^[33]
October 10, 1996	Brian Boucher	Tri-City Americans (WHL)	1995 1st-round pick	3 years	^[34]
May 28, 1997	Andy Delmore	Fredericton Canadiens (AHL)	Undrafted free agent		^[35]

NHL Waiver Draft

The 1996 NHL Waiver Draft was held on September 30, 1996.^[36]^[37] Each NHL team placed 18 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select.^[36] First-year professional players were exempt.^[36]

The Flyers made the following players available:^[36] 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.

Selections involving the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1996 NHL Waiver Draft^[36]
Round	Player	Selected by	Selected from
1	Rob DiMaio	San Jose Sharks	Philadelphia Flyers
2	Bob Corkum	Phoenix Coyotes	Philadelphia Flyers

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
January 17, 1997	Michel Petit	Philadelphia Flyers	Edmonton Oilers	^[38]

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
July 9, 1996	Shawn Antoski	Pittsburgh Penguins	Release	Signed with Pittsburgh on July 31	^[21]^[30]
July 9, 1996	Dan Quinn	Pittsburgh Penguins	Release	Signed with Pittsburgh on July 31	^[21]^[30]
July 24, 1996	Todd Nelson	Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL)	Free agency		^[39]
July 29, 1996	Phil Crowe	Ottawa Senators	Free agency		^[40]
August 27, 1996	Tim Cheveldae	Boston Bruins	Free agency		^[41]
N/A	Russ Romaniuk	Manitoba Moose (IHL)	Free agency		^[42]
October 12, 1996	Kerry Huffman	Las Vegas Thunder (IHL)	Free agency		^[43]

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.^[44]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1996 and their NHL career regular season statistics (complete through the end of the 2015–16 season)
Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA	Notes
1	15	Zubrus, DainiusDainius Zubrus	Right Wing	Lithuania	Caledon Canadians (MJAHL)	1293	228	363	591	791	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[a]
3	64	Gallant, ChesterChester Gallant	Right Wing	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[b]
5	124	Bergkvist, Per-RagnarPer-Ragnar Bergkvist	Goaltender	Sweden	Leksands IF (Elitserien)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[c]
5	133	Boulerice, JesseJesse Boulerice	Right Wing	United States	Detroit Whalers (OHL)	172	8	2	10	333	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	187	Malov, RomanRoman Malov	Center	Russia	Avangard Omsk (RSL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	213	Milleker, JeffJeff Milleker	Center	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[45]

^a The Flyers acquired the 15th overall pick from the Toronto Maple Leafs along with the Los Angeles Kings' 1997 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.
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.
^b The Flyers traded Dominic Roussel to the Winnipeg Jets for Tim Cheveldae and the Jets' third-round pick, 64th overall, on February 17, 1996.
The Flyers 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.
^c The Flyers traded Rob Zettler to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Maple Leafs' fifth-round pick, 124th overall, on July 8, 1995.
The Flyers traded their ninth-round pick, 239th overall, to the Ottawa Senators for Kerry Huffman on March 19, 1996.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL^[2]^[46] and the Mobile Mysticks of the ECHL.^[3]

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hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
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Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

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Philadelphia Flyers seasons

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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

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Philadelphia Flyers

Founded in 1967 Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Affiliates	AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms ECHL Reading Royals USPHL Premier Philadelphia Flyers-USPHL Affiliate history

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

1996–97 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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