1987–88 Philadelphia Flyers season

1987–88 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	4th Wales
1987–88 record	38–33–9
Home record	20–14–6
Road record	18–19–3
Goals for	292 (12th)
Goals against	292 (9th)
Team information
President	Jay Snider
General manager	Bobby Clarke
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Dave Poulin
Alternate captains	Mark Howe Brad Marsh
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	17,405^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears Flint Spirits
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Tocchet (31)
Assists	Brian Propp (49)
Points	Murray Craven and Brian Propp (70)
Penalty minutes	Rick Tocchet (299)
Plus/minus	Kjell Samuelsson (+28)
Wins	Ron Hextall (30)
Goals against average	Ron Hextall (3.51)
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The 1987–88 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 21st season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Washington Capitals in seven games.

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Regular season

The season was one of many ups and downs. With Ron Hextall lost to an eight-game suspension to start the year after slashing Kent Nilsson in the Stanley Cup Finals, Tim Kerr lost indefinitely with a shoulder problem, and Brad McCrimmon traded to Calgary over a salary dispute, the club limped to a 3–6–2 record in October. Additionally, Dave Brown served a 15-game suspension for cross-checking New York Ranger Tomas Sandstrom in the face on October 26.

The free-fall continued until late November. After blowing a 4–1 lead into a 6–4 loss to the Islanders at home on November 21, the Flyers were at 6–13–3 and last in the division. However, just as quickly, the club rebounded with a 14-game unbeaten streak (12–0–2) from November 25 to December 26 – despite losing out to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Paul Coffey sweepstakes. The run was highlighted by Hextall becoming the first goaltender to shoot the puck into the opposing team's net on December 8, a game-winning two-man short tally by Murray Craven in Winnipeg on December 13, and a post-Christmas comeback win against the Capitals.

A 6–0–1 run through late February and early March saw Rick Tocchet post three hat tricks in a span of four games (Detroit, at Los Angeles, at Vancouver). On February 23, the club set a still-standing franchise road record with 11 goals in an amazing 11–6 win in Detroit, including a team-record 7 third-period tallies.

After a 7–3 win over the Canucks March 1, the Flyers finished the year in free-fall due to almost daily injuries, going 4–11–2, ending up the lower seed in a second-place tie with Washington. Kerr returned to the lineup finally on March 10, but was unable to find his range before the playoffs began.

Season standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
New York Islanders	80	39	31	10	308	267	88
Philadelphia Flyers	80	38	33	9	292	292	85
Washington Capitals	80	38	33	9	281	249	85
New Jersey Devils	80	38	36	6	295	296	82
New York Rangers	80	36	34	10	300	283	82
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	36	35	9	319	316	81

^[2]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.

Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Patrick Division

1987–88 NHL records^[3]
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
New Jersey	—	3–4	3–4	5–0–2	6–1	2–5	19–14–2
N.Y. Islanders	4–3	—	2–2–3	3–3–1	2–4–1	4–2–1	15–14–6
N.Y. Rangers	4–3	2–2–3	—	3–3–1	2–3–2	2–5	13–16–6
Philadelphia	0–5–2	3–3–1	3–3–1	—	5–2	2–4–1	13–17–5
Pittsburgh	1–6	4–2–1	3–2–2	2–5	—	5–1–1	15–16–4
Washington	5–2	2–4–1	5–2	4–2–1	1–5–1	—	17–15–3

Vs. Adams Division

1987–88 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
New Jersey	1–2	0–2–1	1–1–1	2–1	0–3	4–9–2
N.Y. Islanders	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	8–7–0
N.Y. Rangers	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–1–1	2–1	7–7–1
Philadelphia	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1–2	2–0–1	9–3–3
Pittsburgh	0–2–1	2–0–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	9–4–2
Washington	2–1	0–2–1	2–1	1–1–1	2–1	7–6–2

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1987–88 NHL records
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
New Jersey	3–0	0–3	3–0	3–0	2–1	11–4–0
N.Y. Islanders	0–1–2	1–2	1–1–1	2–0–1	0–3	4–7–4
N.Y. Rangers	2–0–1	1–1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	10–3–2
Philadelphia	0–3	2–0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	7–7–1
Pittsburgh	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	7–8–0
Washington	2–1	0–2–1	2–0–1	0–2–1	1–1–1	5–6–4

Vs. Smythe Division

1987–88 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
New Jersey	1–2	2–1	1–1–1	0–3	0–2–1	4–9–2
N.Y. Islanders	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	12–3–0
N.Y. Rangers	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–0–1	6–8–1
Philadelphia	0–3	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	9–6–0
Pittsburgh	2–0–1	0–3	1–0–2	1–2	1–2	5–7–3
Washington	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	9–6–0

Playoffs

In their first round playoff series with the Washington Capitals, the Flyers blew a 3–1 series lead as Washington forced a Game 7. They then blew a 3–0 lead in Game 7 as Washington won 5-4, in overtime.

Afterwards, general manager Bobby Clarke fired head coach Mike Keenan citing a lack of enthusiasm from the club to continue playing for him.^[4]

Schedule and results

Regular season

1987–88 regular season^[5]

October: 3–6–2, 8 points (home: 1–4–1; road: 2–2–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 8	Montreal Canadiens	2–2 OT	0–0–1	1	Recap
2	October 10	@ Minnesota North Stars	5–4	1–0–1	3	Recap
3	October 11	Chicago Blackhawks	3–5	1–1–1	3	Recap
4	October 15	New York Islanders	0–6	1–2–1	3	Recap
5	October 17	@ New York Islanders	4–3	2–2–1	5	Recap
6	October 18	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	3–2–1	7	Recap
7	October 22	Washington Capitals	1–4	3–3–1	7	Recap
8	October 24	New York Rangers	3–5	3–4–1	7	Recap
9	October 26	@ New York Rangers	2–2 OT	3–4–2	8	Recap
10	October 27	@ New Jersey Devils	0–4	3–5–2	8	Recap
11	October 31	@ Hartford Whalers	4–7	3–6–2	8	Recap

November: 5–7–1, 11 points (home: 4–3–1; road: 1–4–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
12	November 1	Los Angeles Kings	4–1	4–6–2	10	Recap
13	November 3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	1–5	4–7–2	10	Recap
14	November 5	Vancouver Canucks	3–4	4–8–2	10	Recap
15	November 7	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–5	4–9–2	10	Recap
16	November 8	New Jersey Devils	3–3 OT	4–9–3	11	Recap
17	November 10	@ St. Louis Blues	2–5	4–10–3	11	Recap
18	November 12	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2	5–10–3	13	Recap
19	November 14	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–6	5–11–3	13	Recap
20	November 18	@ New Jersey Devils	3–4	5–12–3	13	Recap
21	November 19	Los Angeles Kings	7–5	6–12–3	15	Recap
22	November 21	New York Islanders	4–6	6–13–3	15	Recap
23	November 25	Buffalo Sabres	5–2	7–13–3	17	Recap
24	November 28	@ Quebec Nordiques	6–3	8–13–3	19	Recap

December: 10–2–2, 22 points (home: 5–0–1; road: 5–2–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
25	December 3	Hartford Whalers	5–2	9–13–3	21	Recap
26	December 6	New Jersey Devils	1–1 OT	9–13–4	22	Recap
27	December 8	Boston Bruins	5–2	10–13–4	24	Recap
28	December 10	New York Rangers	5–3	11–13–4	26	Recap
29	December 11	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–3 OT	11–13–5	27	Recap
30	December 13	@ Winnipeg Jets	4–3	12–13–5	29	Recap
31	December 15	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2	13–13–5	31	Recap
32	December 17	New York Islanders	4–3	14–13–5	33	Recap
33	December 19	@ New York Islanders	5–4	15–13–5	35	Recap
34	December 22	@ New York Rangers	6–4	16–13–5	37	Recap
35	December 23	Minnesota North Stars	5–3	17–13–5	39	Recap
36	December 26	@ Washington Capitals	3–2	18–13–5	41	Recap
37	December 30	@ Edmonton Oilers	0–6	18–14–5	41	Recap
38	December 31	@ Calgary Flames	4–5	18–15–5	41	Recap

January: 8–5–1, 17 points (home: 4–4–0; road: 4–1–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
39	January 2	@ Vancouver Canucks	4–1	19–15–5	43	Recap
40	January 5	Washington Capitals	1–3	19–16–5	43	Recap
41	January 7	St. Louis Blues	6–4	20–16–5	45	Recap
42	January 9	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–3 OT	20–16–6	46	Recap
43	January 10	New Jersey Devils	5–7	20–17–6	46	Recap
44	January 14	Buffalo Sabres	3–1	21–17–6	48	Recap
45	January 15	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	5–4	22–17–6	50	Recap
46	January 17	@ New York Rangers	2–1	23–17–6	52	Recap
47	January 21	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	24–17–6	54	Recap
48	January 23	@ Boston Bruins	6–4	25–17–6	56	Recap
49	January 24	Minnesota North Stars	3–5	25–18–6	56	Recap
50	January 28	New York Rangers	2–5	25–19–6	56	Recap
51	January 30	Winnipeg Jets	4–3	26–19–6	58	Recap
52	January 31	@ Washington Capitals	0–1 OT	26–20–6	58	Recap

February: 7–2–1, 15 points (home: 3–1–1; road: 4–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
53	February 4	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–1	27–20–6	60	Recap
54	February 6	@ St. Louis Blues	4–2	28–20–6	62	Recap
55	February 12	Calgary Flames	2–3	28–21–6	62	Recap
56	February 13	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–7	28–22–6	62	Recap
57	February 15	Hartford Whalers	5–4 OT	29–22–6	64	Recap
58	February 18	New York Islanders	3–3 OT	29–22–7	65	Recap
59	February 19	@ Buffalo Sabres	5–4	30–22–7	67	Recap
60	February 21	Detroit Red Wings	5–3	31–22–7	69	Recap
61	February 23	@ Detroit Red Wings	11–6	32–22–7	71	Recap
62	February 27	@ Los Angeles Kings	8–6	33–22–7	73	Recap

March: 4–11–1, 9 points (home: 3–3–1; road: 1–8–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
63	March 1	@ Vancouver Canucks	7–3	34–22–7	75	Recap
64	March 3	@ Calgary Flames	3–6	34–23–7	75	Recap
65	March 4	@ Edmonton Oilers	4–7	34–24–7	75	Recap
66	March 6	@ New Jersey Devils	2–4	34–25–7	75	Recap
67	March 10	Washington Capitals	5–2	35–25–7	77	Recap
68	March 12	New Jersey Devils	5–6	35–26–7	77	Recap
69	March 13	@ Chicago Blackhawks	4–5 OT	35–27–7	77	Recap
70	March 15	@ New York Rangers	1–3	35–28–7	77	Recap
71	March 17	Chicago Blackhawks	3–4 OT	35–29–7	77	Recap
72	March 19	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	0–7	35–30–7	77	Recap
73	March 20	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	36–30–7	79	Recap
74	March 22	Boston Bruins	0–3	36–31–7	79	Recap
75	March 25	@ Washington Capitals	3–5	36–32–7	79	Recap
76	March 26	Winnipeg Jets	6–0	37–32–7	81	Recap
77	March 29	@ New York Islanders	3–5	37–33–7	81	Recap
78	March 31	Quebec Nordiques	4–4 OT	37–33–8	82	Recap

April: 1–0–1, 3 points (home: 0–0–1; road: 1–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
79	April 2	@ Quebec Nordiques	7–4	38–33–8	84	Recap
80	April 3	Washington Capitals	2–2 OT	38–33–9	85	Recap

Legend:

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

Playoffs

1988 Stanley Cup playoffs^[5]

Patrick Division Semifinals vs. Washington Capitals - Capitals win 4–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Series	Recap
1	April 6	@ Washington Capitals	4–2	Flyers lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 7	@ Washington Capitals	4–5	Series tied 1–1	Recap
3	April 9	Washington Capitals	4–3	Flyers lead 2–1	Recap
4	April 10	Washington Capitals	5–4 OT	Flyers lead 3–1	Recap
5	April 12	@ Washington Capitals	2–5	Flyers lead 3–2	Recap
6	April 14	Washington Capitals	2–7	Series tied 3–3	Recap
7	April 16	@ Washington Capitals	4–5 OT	Capitals win 4–3	Recap

Legend:

Win Loss

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.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
32	Murray Craven	LW	72	30	46	76	25	58	7	2	5	7	1	4
26	Brian Propp	LW	74	27	49	76	8	76	7	4	2	6	2	8
22	Rick Tocchet	RW	65	31	33	64	3	299	5	1	4	5	−1	55
2	Mark Howe	D	75	19	43	62	23	62	7	3	6	9	7	4
25	Peter Zezel	C	69	22	35	57	7	42	7	3	2	5	0	7
19	Scott Mellanby	RW	75	25	26	51	−7	185	7	0	1	1	−6	16
20	Dave Poulin	C	68	19	32	51	17	32	7	2	6	8	5	4
23	Ilkka Sinisalo	RW	68	25	17	42	2	30	7	4	2	6	4	0
9	Pelle Eklund	C	71	10	32	42	−6	12	7	0	3	3	4	0
3	Doug Crossman	D	76	9	29	38	−1	43	7	1	1	2	−9	8
14	Ron Sutter	C	69	8	25	33	−9	146	7	0	1	1	−7	26
28	Kjell Samuelsson	D	74	6	24	30	28	184	7	2	5	7	8	23
24	Derrick Smith	LW	76	16	8	24	−20	104	7	0	0	0	−7	6
5	Kerry Huffman	D	52	6	17	23	−11	34	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	Dave Brown	RW	47	12	5	17	10	114	7	1	0	1	−4	27
44^[a]	Willie Huber†	D	10	4	9	13	−2	16	5	0	0	0	−3	2
8	Brad Marsh	D	70	3	9	12	−13	57	7	1	0	1	−8	8
18	Lindsay Carson‡	C	36	2	7	9	−4	37	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Brian Dobbin	RW	21	3	5	8	−1	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Ron Hextall	G	62	1	6	7		104	7	0	2	2		30
6^[b]	Greg Smyth	D	48	1	6	7	−2	192	5	0	0	0	1	38
10	Magnus Roupe	LW	33	2	4	6	−6	32	—	—	—	—	—	—
17^[c]	Craig Berube	LW	27	3	2	5	1	108	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Tim Kerr	RW	8	3	2	5	0	12	6	1	3	4	−2	4
18	Paul Lawless†‡	LW	8	0	5	5	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	J. J. Daigneault	D	28	2	2	4	−8	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Don Nachbaur	C	20	0	4	4	2	61	2	0	0	0	−1	2
34^[d]	Bill Root†	D	24	1	2	3	3	16	2	0	0	0	0	2
36	Gordie Roberts†‡	D	11	1	2	3	7	15	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Al Hill	LW	12	1	0	1	0	10	1	0	1	1	1	4
11	Glen Seabrooke	LW	6	0	1	1	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Nick Fotiu	LW	23	0	0	0	−9	40	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Mark Laforest	G	21	0	0	0		8	2	0	0	0		10
30	Wendell Young	G	6	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	David Fenyves	D	5	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Mitch Lamoureux	C	3	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
40^[e]	Jeff Chychrun	D	3	0	0	0	−1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	John Stevens	D	3	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Mike Stothers‡	D	3	0	0	0	−1	13	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	Mark Freer	C	1	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Mike Murray	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

		Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
27	Ron Hextall	62	61	30	22	7	1816	208	3.51	.885	0	3,557:07	7	7	2	4	196	30	4.75	.847	0	379:02
33	Mark Laforest	21	14	5	9	2	476	60	3.72	.874	1	968:35	2	0	1	0	12	1	1.25	.917	0	48:04
30	Wendell Young	6	5	3	2	0	148	20	3.76	.865	0	319:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Lester Patrick Trophy	Keith Allen	^[6]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Ron Hextall^[f]	^[8]
		Mark Howe
		Mike Keenan (Coach)
		Dave Poulin
		Kjell Samuelsson
	NHL Player of the Week	Ron Hextall (December 14)	^[9]
		Mark Howe (December 28)	^[10]
		Ron Hextall (January 18)	^[11]
		Rick Tocchet (February 28)	^[12]
		Rick Tocchet (March 10)	^[13]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Mark Howe	^[14]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Ron Hextall	^[14]
	Class Guy Award	Rick Tocchet	^[14]

Records

Among the team records set during the 1987–88 season was the nine consecutive wins by goaltender Ron Hextall from December 8 to December 26, tying a team record.^[15] On February 23, the Flyers scored the fastest five goals in team history, taking five minutes and twenty-nine seconds to do so.^[16] On February 27, Rick Tocchet scored four goals to tie the team record.^[17] The eight-game road losing streak from March 3 to March 29 is tied for the longest in team history.^[18] On March 19, Don Nachbaur took a team record eight penalties.^[19] Mark Howe set a single season high for powerplay goals scored by a defenseman (8, later tied).^[20] The 208 goals allowed by Hextall is a single season high for a Flyers goaltender.^[21] The team’s three road ties is tied for the fewest in franchise history.^[22] The 31 goals allowed during their division semifinal series against the Washington Capitals is the most allowed during any playoff series the Flyers have played.^[23]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 1, 1987, the day after the deciding game of the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 26, 1988, the day of the deciding game of the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals.^[24]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 13, 1987	To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Laforest	To Detroit Red Wings 2nd-round pick in 1987	^[25]
June 13, 1987	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 1989	To Vancouver Canucks Vancouver's 5th-round pick in 1987	^[26]
July 21, 1987	To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations	To New York Rangers Jeff Brubaker	^[27]
August 26, 1987	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 1989 3rd-round pick in 1988	To Calgary Flames Brad McCrimmon	^[28]
August 31, 1987	To Philadelphia Flyers Wendell Young 3rd-round pick in 1990	To Vancouver Canucks Darren Jensen Daryl Stanley	^[29]
December 4, 1987	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 1989	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Stothers	^[30]^[31]
January 22, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Paul Lawless	To Hartford Whalers Lindsay Carson	^[32]
February 9, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Gordie Roberts	To Minnesota North Stars 4th-round pick in 1988 or 1989^[g]	^[33]
March 1, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Willie Huber	To Vancouver Canucks Paul Lawless Vancouver's 5th-round pick in 1989	^[34]
March 8, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th or 5th-round pick in 1989^[h]	To St. Louis Blues Gordie Roberts	^[35]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 21, 1987 (1987-07-21)	Don Biggs	Edmonton Oilers		Free agency	^[27]
August 19, 1987 (1987-08-19)	Mark Lofthouse	Los Angeles Kings		Free agency	^[37]
October 5, 1987 (1987-10-05)	David Fenyves	Buffalo Sabres		Waiver draft	^[38]^[39]
October 30, 1987 (1987-10-30)	Nick Fotiu	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	^[40]
November 26, 1987 (1987-11-26)	Bill Root	St. Louis Blues		Waivers	^[41]
April 20, 1988 (1988-04-20)	Michael Boyce	Merrimack College (NCAA)		Free agency	^[42]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via	Ref
June 1987 (1987-06)	Glenn Resch		Retirement	^[25]^[43]
October 3, 1987 (1987-10-03)	Steve Martinson	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency	^[44]
October 5, 1987 (1987-10-05)	Ed Hospodar	Buffalo Sabres	Waiver draft	^[38]^[39]
October 5, 1987 (1987-10-05)	Tim Tookey	Los Angeles Kings	Waiver draft	^[38]^[39]
N/A	Jere Gillis	Brunico SG (Serie A)	Free agency	^[45]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
November 12, 1987 (1987-11-12)	Shaun Sabol		^[46]
November 17, 1987 (1987-11-17)	Ron Hextall	multi-year	^[47]

Draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, on June 13, 1987.^[48] The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 41st overall, to the Detroit Red Wings for Mark Laforest on June 13, 1987.^[49]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	20	Darren Rumble	Defense	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	30	Jeff Harding	Right wing	Canada	St. Michael's Buzzers (Toronto)	^[i]
3	62	Martin Hostak	Right wing	Czechoslovakia	Sparta Praha (Czech)
4	83	Tomaz Eriksson	Left wing	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
5	104	Bill Gall	Defense	United States	New Hampton School (N.H.)
6	125	Tony Link	Defense	United States	Dimond High School (Alaska)
7	146	Marc Strapon	Defense	United States	Hayward High School (Wisconsin)
8	167	Darryl Ingham	Right wing	Canada	University of Manitoba (CIAU)
9	188	Bruce MacDonald	Right wing	United States	Loomis Chaffee School (Conn.)
10	209	Steve Morrow	Defense	United States	Westminster School (Conn.)
11	230	Darius Rusnak	Center	Czechoslovakia	Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
12	251	Dale Roehl	Goaltender	United States	Minnetonka High School (Minn.)

NHL Supplemental Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1987 NHL Supplemental Draft.^[50]^[51]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
2	21	David Whyte	Left wing	United States	Boston College (HE)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL^[52] and the Flint Spirits of the IHL.^[53] Led by the Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award winner as coach of the year (John Paddock), the Eddie Shore Award winner as top defenseman (Dave Fenyves), and the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award as top goaltender (Wendell Young), Hershey finished first in their division and swept their way through the playoffs with a 12–0 record to a Calder Cup championship. Young was given the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP.^[54] In their only season as a Flyers affiliate, Flint finished fourth in the playoffs and lost in the finals to the Salt Lake Golden Eagles in six games.

Notes

^ Huber wore number 47 in his first three games after being acquired.
^ Smyth wore number 40 through March 6.
^ Berube wore number 34 in his first three games.
^ Root wore number 48 in his first game after being acquired.
^ Chychrun wore number 6 in his first two games.
^ Hextall was voted to the starting lineup.^[7]
^ The Flyers had the choice of which year to send to Minnesota.^[33] The Flyers chose the 1989 draft pick.
^ The Flyers would receive St. Louis' 4th-round pick if the Blues advanced past the first round of the playoffs,^[35] which they did.^[36]
^ The Flyers acquired a second-round pick, 30th overall, from the Quebec Nordiques for a 1986 second-round pick on June 21, 1986.^[49]

References

General

"Philadelphia Flyers 1987–88 roster and statistics". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
"1987–88 Philadelphia Flyers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
"Flyers History - Season Overview : 1987–88". Flyers History. FlyersAlumni.net. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

Specific

^ "All Time Team Attendance". P. Anson. Flyers History. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ Fleischman, Bill (May 12, 1988). "'Toughest Decision' Dumps Flyer Coach". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "1987-88 Philadelphia Flyers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
^ "Lester Patrick Trophy". National Hockey League. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^ "39th NHL All-Star Game". NHL.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^ "BRIEFS". The Pantagraph. December 15, 1987. Retrieved August 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "FOR THE RECORD". The Washington Post. December 29, 1987. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^ "Sports Digest". UPI. January 18, 1988. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^ Fachet, Robert (March 1, 1988). "ARLEDGE SAYS NHL SHOULD SEND PROS". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^ Parrillo, Ray (March 11, 1988). "Flyers Overcome The Caps, 5-2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Flyers History – Team Awards". P.Anson. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^ "Goaltender Records: Longest Winning Streaks, Season". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
^ "Team Records: Fastest Five Goals, One Team". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
^ "Skater Records: Most Goals, Game". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
^ "Team Records: Longest Road Losing Streaks, Season". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
^ 2016–2017 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 264
^ "NHL Stats". NHL.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
^ "List of all the Philadelphia Flyers Season Leaders". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
^ "Philadelphia Flyers: Year-by-Year Record". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
^ "Playoff Team Records: Most Goals, One Team, Playoff Series (Any Length)". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Morganti, Al (June 14, 1987). "Flyers Acquire Goalie Laforest From The Red Wings". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ 2014–2015 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 271
^ ^a ^b "Flyers Sign Center Biggs, Deal Brubaker To Rangers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 22, 1987. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ Fleischman, Bill (August 27, 1987). "Mccrimmon Isn't Caught Off Guard But Ex-flyer Refutes Clarke, Says He Didn't Request Trade". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ Greenberg, Jay (September 1, 1987). "Trade To Canucks Might Be Good Break For Jensen". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ "Michael Stothers - Notes". NHL.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ Missanelli, M. G. (June 22, 1988). "Flyers Trade For Stothers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ Miles, Gary (January 23, 1988). "Flyers Trade Carson For Whalers' Lawless". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Parrillo, Ray (February 10, 1988). "Flyers Acquire Roberts From Stars". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ Parrillo, Ray (March 2, 1988). "Flyers Trade For Canucks' Huber". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Greenberg, Jay (March 9, 1988). "Roberts Shipped To St. Louis". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ "1988 NHL Playoff Summary". Hockey-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ "One-game Football Playoff On Ncaa Officials' Minds". The Philadelphia Inquirer. August 20, 1987. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
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^ ^a ^b ^c Morganti, Al (October 6, 1987). "Hospodar Taken By Sabres". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ Greenberg, Jay (October 31, 1987). "Flyers Acquire Fotiu". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ "William Root - Notes". NHL.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ "Paper Reports Tulane To Reinstate Basketball". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 21, 1988. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ Hofmann, Rich (June 1, 1988). "Final Number: Resch Sings Hextall's Praises". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ "Steve Martinson - Notes". NHL.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ "Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Jere Gillis". HHOF.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
^ "University of Wisconsin defenseman Shaun Sabol said Wednesday he..." UPI. November 12, 1987. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
^ Greenberg, Jay (November 18, 1987). "Hextall Agrees To New Deal". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ "1987 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "1987 NHL Entry Draft Pick Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
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^ "AHL Season Overview: 1987–88". P. Anson. Flyers History. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

NHL Supplemental Draft

Farm teams

Notes

References