1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers season
NHL hockey team season
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The 1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers season was the franchise's 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers added Eric Lindros in a blockbuster trade, but the team failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth straight season.
| 1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers | |
|---|---|
| Division | 5th Patrick |
| Conference | 9th Wales |
| 1992–93 record | 36–37–11 |
| Home record | 23–14–5 |
| Road record | 13–23–6 |
| Goals for | 319 (13th) |
| Goals against | 319 (17th) |
| Team information | |
| General manager | Russ Farwell |
| Coach | Bill Dineen |
| Captain | Vacant |
| Alternate captains | Keith Acton Terry Carkner Kevin Dineen |
| Arena | Spectrum |
| Average attendance | 17,281[1] |
| Minor league affiliate | Hershey Bears |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Mark Recchi (53) |
| Assists | Mark Recchi (70) |
| Points | Mark Recchi (123) |
| Penalty minutes | Ryan McGill (238) |
| Plus/minus | Eric Lindros (+28) |
| Wins | Tommy Soderstrom (20) |
| Goals against average | Tommy Soderstrom (3.42) |
Off-season
In June 1992, the Flyers won the arbitration battle for 1991 first-overall pick Eric Lindros over the New York Rangers. It was determined that the Quebec Nordiques had made a deal with the Flyers before making a deal with the Rangers. In order to acquire Lindros' rights, the Flyers parted with six players, trading Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, the rights to Peter Forsberg, two first-round draft picks and $15 million to Quebec.
Regular season
The trio of Lindros, Mark Recchi and Brent Fedyk formed the "Crazy Eights" line in Lindros' first two years in the league, the eights being the player's jersey numbers (88, 8 and 18 respectively). Recchi set the franchise record for points in a season with 123 (53 goals, 70 assists) and Lindros scored 41 goals in 61 games. Rod Brind'Amour added 86 points (37 goals, 49 assists) of his own. Four Flyers reached the 30-goal plateau[2] and goaltender Tommy Soderstrom finished with five shutouts: second in the NHL only to Ed Belfour of the Chicago Blackhawks.[3] The Flyers did not name a replacement captain after Rick Tocchet was traded the previous season and instead chose to go with three alternate captains. After struggling early the Flyers made a run at the playoffs, winning their final eight regular-season games, but came four points short of the last spot.
On March 13, the Flyers game against the Los Angeles Kings was postponed after one period after high winds from the 1993 Storm of the Century smashed a large window at the Spectrum.[4] It was the first in-progress game in NHL history to be postponed due to weather. The game was restarted from the beginning on April 1.[5][6] The game originally scheduled for that date against the Toronto Maple Leafs was moved to April 4.[7]
The Flyers had the fewest power play opportunities during the regular season, with 399.[8]
Season standings
| GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 84 | 56 | 21 | 7 | 119 | 367 | 268 |
| Washington Capitals | 84 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 93 | 325 | 286 |
| New York Islanders | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | 335 | 297 |
| New Jersey Devils | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 87 | 308 | 299 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 84 | 36 | 37 | 11 | 83 | 319 | 319 |
| New York Rangers | 84 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 79 | 304 | 308 |
[9]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.
| R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | p – Pittsburgh Penguins | PTK | 84 | 56 | 21 | 7 | 367 | 268 | 119 |
| 2 | Boston Bruins | ADM | 84 | 51 | 26 | 7 | 332 | 268 | 109 |
| 3 | Quebec Nordiques | ADM | 84 | 47 | 27 | 10 | 351 | 300 | 104 |
| 4 | Montreal Canadiens | ADM | 84 | 48 | 30 | 6 | 326 | 280 | 102 |
| 5 | Washington Capitals | PTK | 84 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 325 | 286 | 93 |
| 6 | New York Islanders | PTK | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 335 | 297 | 87 |
| 7 | New Jersey Devils | PTK | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 308 | 299 | 87 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | ADM | 84 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 335 | 297 | 86 |
| 9 | Philadelphia Flyers | PTK | 84 | 36 | 37 | 11 | 319 | 319 | 83 |
| 10 | New York Rangers | PTK | 84 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 304 | 308 | 79 |
| 11 | Hartford Whalers | ADM | 84 | 26 | 52 | 6 | 284 | 369 | 58 |
| 12 | Ottawa Senators | ADM | 84 | 10 | 70 | 4 | 202 | 395 | 24 |
p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Schedule and results
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October: 3–7–3, 9 points (home: 2–2–1; road: 1–5–2)
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November: 6–3–1, 13 points (home: 5–0–1; road: 1–3–0)
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December: 4–8–1, 9 points (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–4–1)
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January: 5–8–2, 12 points (home: 4–4–1; road: 1–4–1)
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February: 4–4–4, 12 points (home: 2–2–2; road: 2–2–2)
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March: 6–6–0, 12 points (home: 4–1–0; road: 2–5–0)
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April: 8–1–0, 16 points (home: 4–1–0; road: 4–0–0)
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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.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
| 8 | Mark Recchi | RW | 84 | 53 | 70 | 123 | 1 | 95 |
| 17 | Rod Brind'Amour | C | 81 | 37 | 49 | 86 | −8 | 89 |
| 88 | Eric Lindros | C | 61 | 41 | 34 | 75 | 28 | 147 |
| 11[a] | Kevin Dineen | RW | 83 | 35 | 28 | 63 | 14 | 201 |
| 3 | Garry Galley | D | 83 | 13 | 49 | 62 | 18 | 115 |
| 18 | Brent Fedyk | LW | 74 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 14 | 48 |
| 9 | Pelle Eklund | LW | 55 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 12 | 16 |
| 12 | Greg Paslawski‡ | RW | 60 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Dmitri Yushkevich | D | 82 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 71 |
| 20 | Greg Hawgood† | D | 40 | 6 | 22 | 28 | −7 | 39 |
| 19 | Brian Benning‡ | D | 37 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 93 |
| 42 | Josef Beranek† | RW | 40 | 13 | 12 | 25 | −1 | 50 |
| 25 | Keith Acton | C | 83 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −10 | 51 |
| 15 | Doug Evans | LW | 65 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −9 | 70 |
| 23 | Andrei Lomakin | LW | 51 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 34 |
| 29 | Terry Carkner | D | 83 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 150 |
| 5 | Ric Nattress | D | 44 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 22 | Vyacheslav Butsayev | C | 52 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 61 |
| 27 | Ryan McGill | D | 72 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 238 |
| 10 | Claude Boivin | LW | 30 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 76 |
| 26 | Gord Hynes | D | 37 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 16 |
| 14 | Mark Pederson‡ | LW | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −2 | 6 |
| 46 | Al Conroy | C | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 17 |
| 34 | Len Barrie | C | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 36 | Andre Faust | LW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 11 | Steve Kasper‡ | C | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 2 |
| 44 | Shawn Cronin | D | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
| 21 | Dave Brown | RW | 70 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 78 |
| 33 | Dominic Roussel | G | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| 14 | Dave Snuggerud†‡ | RW | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Tommy Soderstrom | G | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 28 | Jason Bowen | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 | Stephane Beauregard | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 41 | Glenn Mulvenna | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Goaltending
| No. | Player | Regular season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
| 30 | Tommy Soderstrom | 44 | 41 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 1327 | 143 | 3.42 | .892 | 5 | 2,512 |
| 33 | Dominic Roussel | 34 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 933 | 111 | 3.76 | .881 | 1 | 1,769 |
| 35 | Stephane Beauregard | 16 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 405 | 59 | 4.41 | .854 | 0 | 802 |
Awards and records
Awards
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Eric Lindros (Forward) | [12] |
| League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Mark Recchi | [13] |
| NHL Player of the Week | Mark Recchi (November 16) | [14] | |
| Tommy Soderstrom (January 11)[b] | [15] | ||
| Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Garry Galley | [16] |
| Bobby Clarke Trophy | Mark Recchi | [16] | |
| Class Guy Award | Mark Recchi | [16] |
Records
Among the team records set during the 1992–93 season was Eric Lindros scoring the fastest goal from the start of a period (five seconds) in team history on November 12.[17] On April 15, Kevin Dineen tied team records for most shorthanded goals scored during a game (2) and most points in a single period (4).[18][19] On the season, Mark Recchi registered a team record 123 points in his first full season with the Flyers, surpassing Bobby Clarke’s 119 points in 1975–76.[20] Lindros set a team rookie record with 41 goals scored.[21] The 319 goals against by the Flyers during the season is a franchise high.[22]
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| First game | Vyacheslav Butsayev | October 6, 1992 | [23] |
| Eric Lindros | |||
| Dmitri Yushkevich | |||
| Tommy Soderstrom | December 17, 1992 | ||
| Andre Faust | January 17, 1993 | ||
| Jason Bowen | April 4, 1993 |
Transactions
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 2, 1992, the day after the deciding game of the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 1993, the day of the deciding game of the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals.[24]
Trades
| Date | Details | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 20, 1992[c] | To Philadelphia Flyers
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To Quebec Nordiques
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[26][28] |
| October 1, 1992 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Detroit Red Wings
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[29] |
| To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Winnipeg Jets
|
[29] | |
| December 8, 1992 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Tampa Bay Lightning |
[30] |
| December 19, 1992 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To San Jose Sharks |
[31] |
| January 16, 1993 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Edmonton Oilers |
[32] |
| February 2, 1993 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Detroit Red Wings
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[33] |
| February 7, 1993[d] | To Philadelphia Flyers
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To Winnipeg Jets
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[36] |
| March 18, 1993 | To Philadelphia Flyers
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To Toronto Maple Leafs |
[37] |
Players acquired
| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 11, 1992 | Glenn Mulvenna | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency | [38] | |
| August 20, 1992 | Ric Nattress | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-year | Free agency | [39][40] |
| August 26, 1992 | Gord Hynes | Boston Bruins | Free agency | [41] | |
| Greg Paslawski | Quebec Nordiques | Free agency | [41] | ||
| October 4, 1992 | Shawn Cronin | Quebec Nordiques | Waiver draft | [42][43] | |
| Doug Evans | Quebec Nordiques | Waiver draft | [42][43] | ||
| October 5, 1992 | Andre Faust | Princeton University (ECAC) | Free agency | [44] | |
| December 14, 1992 | Daniel Dore | Quebec Nordiques | Free agency | [45] |
Players lost
| Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Rod Dallman | Retirement | [46] | |
| Martin Hostak | Modo Hockey (Elitserien) | Free agency | [47] | |
| June 18, 1992 | Mark Freer | Ottawa Senators | Expansion draft | [48][49][50] |
| Darren Rumble | Ottawa Senators | Expansion draft | [48][49][50] | |
| July 8, 1992 | Mark Howe | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency | [51] |
| August 4, 1992 | Brad Jones | Buyout | [52] | |
| October 5, 1992 | Dan Quinn | Minnesota North Stars | Free agency | [53] |
| October 1992 | Moe Mantha | Retirement | [54] | |
| November 1992 | Dale Kushner | Capital District Islanders (AHL)[e] | Release | [55] |
| December 14, 1992 | Reid Simpson | Minnesota North Stars | Free agency | [56] |
| January 25, 1993 | Kimbi Daniels | Buyout | [57] | |
| February 12, 1993 | Dave Snuggerud | Retirement | [58] |
Signings
| Date | Player | Term | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 1, 1992 | Tommy Soderstrom | [59] | |
| July 14, 1992 | Eric Lindros | 6-year | [60][61] |
| August 4, 1992 | Corey Foster | [52] | |
| Scott LaGrand | [52] | ||
| Ryan McGill | [52] | ||
| Mark Pederson | [52] | ||
| August 6, 1992 | Claude Boivin | 4-year | [62] |
| September 9, 1992 | Dmitri Yushkevich | [63] | |
| September 21, 1992 | Vyacheslav Butsayev | [64] | |
| September 22, 1992 | Jason Bowen | [65] | |
| October 7, 1992 | Dominic Roussel | 3-year[f] | [66][67] |
| December 8, 1992 | Rod Brind'Amour | 4-year | [30] |
| December 9, 1992 | Kevin Dineen | 3-year | [68] |
| March 4, 1993 | Greg Hawgood | multi-year | [69] |
| April 6, 1993 | Aris Brimanis | [70] |
Draft picks
NHL entry draft
Philadelphia's picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, on June 20, 1992.[71] The Flyers traded their third-round pick, 55th overall, Brian Dobbin, Gord Murphy, and their 1993 fourth-round pick to the Boston Bruins for Garry Galley, Wes Walz and the Bruins' 1993 third-round pick on January 2, 1992.[72] They also traded their fourth-round pick, 79th overall, and Murray Craven to the Hartford Whalers for Kevin Dineen on November 13, 1991.[72]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Ryan Sittler | Left wing | Nichols School (USHS-NY) | ||
| 15 | Jason Bowen | Left wing | Tri-City Americans (WHL) | [g] | ||
| 2 | 31 | Denis Metlyuk | Left wing | Lada Togliatti (Russia) | ||
| 5 | 103 | Vladislav Bulin | Defense | Dizel Penza (Russia) | ||
| 6 | 127 | Roman Zolotov | Defense | Moscow Dynamo (Russia) | ||
| 7 | 151 | Kirk Daubenspeck | Goaltender | Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN) | ||
| 8 | 175 | Claude Jutras | Right wing | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) | ||
| 9 | 199 | Jonas Hakansson | Left wing | Malmö IF (Elitserien) | ||
| 10 | 223 | Chris Herperger | Center | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) | ||
| 11 | 247 | Patrice Paquin | Left wing | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
NHL supplemental draft
Philadelphia's picks at the 1992 NHL supplemental draft on June 19, 1992.[73]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Garett MacDonald | Defense | Northern Michigan University (CCHA) |
Farm teams
The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League.[74] Led by Tim Tookey's 108-point season, Hershey finished 5th in their division and missed the playoffs.[75]
Notes
- Dineen wore number 20 through December 11.
- Co-winner with St. Louis Blues' Guy Hebert
- As part of the original trade made on June 20, the Flyers would have parted with Duchesne, Hextall, Huffman, Ricci, the rights to Forsberg, the Flyers 1st-round pick in 1992 (7th overall) and 1993 and $15 million.[25] Since the Flyers used the 1992 pick to select Ryan Sittler and Quebec had no interest in Sittler, the Flyers and Nordiques had to agree on a substitution for the pick.[25][26][27] On July 21, arbitrator Larry Bertuzzi ruled that Chris Simon and the Flyers' 1994 first-round pick would be added to the trade.[26]
- Kushner signed with Capital District late in the 1992–93 season.
- Third year is option year
- The Flyers acquired the Los Angeles Kings' first-round pick, 15th overall, along with Brian Benning and Mark Recchi from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Kjell Samuelsson, Rick Tocchet, Ken Wregget, and the Flyers' 1993 third-round pick on February 19, 1992.[72]