- 1988–89 Philadelphia Flyers season
NHLTeamSeason
Season=1988–89
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Conference=Wales
ConferenceRank=7th
Division=Patrick
DivisionRank=4th
Record=36–36–8
HomeRecord=22–15–3
RoadRecord=14–21–5
GoalsFor=307
GoalsAgainst=285
GeneralManager=Bob Clarke
Coach=Paul Holmgren
Captain=Dave Poulin
AltCaptain=Mark Howe Rick Tocchet
Arena=The Spectrum
Attendance=17,405 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Tim Kerr (48)
AssistsLeader=Pelle Eklund (51)
PointsLeader=Tim Kerr (88)
PIMLeader=Jeff Chychrun (245)
PlusMinusLeader=Ron Sutter (+25)
WinsLeader=Ron Hextall (30)
GAALeader=Ron Hextall (3.23)The 1988–89 Philadelphia Flyers season was thePhiladelphia Flyers 22nd season in theNational Hockey League (NHL).In 1988–89,
Tim Kerr andRick Tocchet both scored 40 goals and despite finishing at the .500 mark, the Flyers made the playoffs for the 17th consecutive season. Facing first-place Washington in the first round, the Flyers pulled off the upset in six games.Ron Hextall managed to score another empty-net goal in the waning moments of Game 5, becoming the first NHL goalie to score a goal in the playoffs. The Flyers then defeated Pittsburgh in seven games to make the Wales Conference Finals before bowing out to Montreal in six games.Regular season
With
Mike Keenan 's firing, the reins were handed off toPaul Holmgren , who presided over a club in flux with young players promoted to larger roles. The defense underwent a major overhaul, asBrad Marsh was let go to Toronto, andDoug Crossman was dealt toLos Angeles forJay Wells .Gord Murphy and Jeff Chychrun cracked the lineup on the back line as well.Kerr was fully healed from his shoulder surgeries and subsequent infections, while Tocchet,
Scott Mellanby , Murray Craven, Pelle Eklund and Peter Zezel were counted on to carry the offense. After a promising 5–1–0 start, a 4–15–1 slide cost Zezel his job, shipped off to St. Louis forMike Bullard afterThanksgiving .Following the deal, the Flyers went 13–2–1 to climb back over .500 and into solid playoff footing. However, youth and inconsistency constantly derailed much progress to the top of the standings, and the team never went higher than three games above even.
Mark Laforest was replaced in March as backup by Maple Leafs castoffKen Wregget with the team reeling.On the last day of the season, they fell 6–5 in overtime to the Penguins and into fourth place, as
Mario Lemieux scored into an empty net. If the Flyers had won using the extra attacker, they would have leapt over the Rangers into third place in thePatrick Division . Despite their mediocre record, their positive goal differential was a positive indicator that the team still had some life left.eason standings
Game log
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Game log
Player stats
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"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes"
Transactions
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1988–89 season.
Trades
Draft picks
Philadelphia's picks at the
1988 NHL Entry Draft . [hockeydb.com, [http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1988e.html 1988 NHL Entry Draft] ] [hockeydb.com, [http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1988s.html 1988 NHL Supplemental Draft] ]Farm teams
The Flyers were affiliated with the
Hershey Bears of the AHL. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/ml-season.cgi?1988-89 AHL Season Overview: 1988–89] ]ee also
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1988–89 NHL season References
*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?1988-89 1988–89 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?1988-89 Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log] on FlyersHistory.net
*Playoffs game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/poffs.cgi Philadelphia Flyers playoffs game log] on FlyersHistory.net
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