1993–94 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=1993–94
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Conference=Eastern
ConferenceRank=10th
Division=Atlantic
DivisionRank=6th
Record=35–39–10
HomeRecord=19–20–3
RoadRecord=16–19–7
GoalsFor=294
GoalsAgainst=314
GeneralManager=Russ Farwell
Coach=Terry Simpson
Captain=Kevin Dineen
AltCaptain=Dave Brown
Garry Galley
Eric Lindros
Arena=The Spectrum
Attendance=17,231 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Eric Lindros (44)
AssistsLeader=Mark Recchi (67)
PointsLeader=Mark Recchi (107)
PIMLeader=Dave Brown (137)
PlusMinusLeader=Jeff Finley (+16)
Eric Lindros (+16)
WinsLeader=Dominic Roussel (29)
GAALeader=Dominic Roussel (3.34)The 1993–94 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 27th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

For 1993–94, Terry Simpson was hired as the new head coach in hopes that the Flyers would finally return to playoff contention after four consecutive off-years. Mark Recchi would record 107 points (40 goals, 67 assists) and Eric Lindros 97 (44 goals, 53 assists). Rod Brind'Amour improved with another 97 (35 goals, 62 assists) and Mikael Renberg set a Flyers rookie record with 82 points. Offense was generated yet the Flyers still failed to clinch a playoff berth, again falling four points short of the final playoff spot. Jay Snider stepped down as President, forcing his father Ed Snider to take over day-to-day operations. The elder Snider had decided he had seen enough of Russ Farwell as GM, and began courting Bob Clarke to leave his GM post with Florida to return to Philadelphia. Farwell's last move as GM was firing Simpson after a lackluster performance.

Regular season

The season of discord began on a brighter note, as the club raced out to an 11–3–0 record. A loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens on November 6 signalled a sharp downturn, however. Lindros went down with his second knee injury in as many years and soon after, the Penguins sent the Flyers to an embarrassing 11–5 loss on their home ice.

Other lowlights on the slide included a 6–0 loss in Calgary, and an 8–0 defeat in the club's first-ever road game against the Dallas Stars in early January. Lindros netted an impressive hat trick in an 8–3 win over the Blues later in the month, but an 0–6–1 slide placed the team out of playoff contention.

Despite Simpson's efforts to employ a defensive system akin to the yet-to-be unleashed neutral zone trap, the team continued to crack with Dominic Roussel and Tommy Soderstrom in net. Soderstrom struggled with heart ailments and bad luck all season, winning just six games. After climbing within three points of eighth-seeded Washington in late March, the Flyers finished the year 2–5–3 and rested in sixth place in the Atlantic Division, three points behind the expansion Florida Panthers.

eason standings

Game log

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Playoffs

"The Flyers did not qualify for the post-season."

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 1993–94 season.

Trades

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. [hockeydb.com, [http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1993e.html 1993 NHL Entry Draft] ] [hockeydb.com, [http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1993s.html 1993 NHL Supplemental Draft] ]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL and the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/otheraffiliates.cgi Non-AHL Affiliates] ] [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/ml-season.cgi?1993-94 AHL Season Overview: 1993–94] ]

ee also

*1993–94 NHL season

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?1993-94 1993–94 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?1993-94 Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log] on FlyersHistory.net