1987–88 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1987–88 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 21st season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
==Regular Season==
The Flyers stumbled in 1987–88, finishing third in the Patrick Division (after a first-place finish the previous three years). Ron Hextall scored a goal on December 8 at the Spectrum against Boston and became the first goaltender to shoot the puck into the opposing team's net. In their first round playoff series with the Washington, 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. It was because of this playoff collapse that head coach Mike Keenan was fired. Paul Holmgren was named Keenan's replacement, the first time a former Flyer was named the club's head coach.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts
1 	October 8 	Montreal 	2 – 2 	Philadelphia 	 	Laforest 	17,423 	0–0–1 	1
==Playoffs==
===Game Log===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	
1 	April 6 	Philadelphia 	4 – 2 	Washington 	 	Hextall 	16,667 	Flyers lead 1–0 	
2 	April 7 	Philadelphia 	4 – 5 	Washington 	 	Hextall 	17,339 	Series tied 1–1 	
3 	April 9 	Washington 	3 – 4 	Philadelphia 	 	Hextall 	17,423 	Flyers lead 2–1 	
4 	April 10 	Washington 	4 – 5 	Philadelphia 	OT 	Laforest 	17,423 	Flyers lead 3–1 	
5 	April 12 	Philadelphia 	2 – 5 	Washington 	 	Hextall 	17,409 	Flyers lead 3–2 	
6 	April 14 	Washington 	7 – 2 	Philadelphia 	 	Hextall 	17,423 	Series tied 3–3 	
7 	April 16 	Philadelphia 	4 – 5 	Washington 	OT 	Hextall 	18,130 	Capitals win 4–3 	
==Player Stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Player 	# 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
Murray Craven 	32 		72 	30 	46 	76 	58 		7 	2 	5 	7 	4
Brian Propp 	26 		74 	27 	49 	76 	76 		7 	4 	2 	6 	8
Rick Tocchet 	22 		65 	31 	33 	64 	299 		5 	1 	4 	5 	55
Mark Howe 	2 		75 	19 	43 	62 	62 		7 	3 	6 	9 	4
Peter Zezel 	25 		69 	22 	35 	57 	42 		7 	3 	2 	5 	7
Scott Mellanby 	19 		75 	25 	26 	51 	185 		7 	0 	1 	1 	16
Dave Poulin 	20 		68 	19 	32 	51 	32 		7 	2 	6 	8 	4
Ilkka Sinisalo 	23 		68 	25 	17 	42 	30 		7 	4 	2 	6 	0
Pelle Eklund 	9 		71 	10 	32 	42 	12 		7 	0 	3 	3 	0
Doug Crossman 	3 		76 	9 	29 	38 	43 		7 	1 	1 	2 	8
Ron Sutter 	14 		69 	8 	25 	33 	146 		7 	0 	1 	1 	26
Kjell Samuelsson 	28 		74 	6 	24 	30 	184 		7 	2 	5 	7 	23
Derrick Smith 	24 		76 	16 	8 	24 	104 		7 	0 	0 	0 	6
Kerry Huffman 	5 		52 	6 	17 	23 	34 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Dave Brown 	21 		47 	12 	5 	17 	114 		7 	1 	0 	1 	27
Willie Huber† 	44 		10 	4 	9 	13 	16 		5 	0 	0 	0 	2
Brad Marsh 	8 		70 	3 	9 	12 	57 		7 	1 	0 	1 	8
Lindsay Carson‡ 	18 		36 	2 	7 	9 	37 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Brian Dobbin 	7 		21 	3 	5 	8 	6 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Ron Hextall (G) 	27 		62 	1 	6 	7 	104 		7 	0 	2 	2 	30
Greg Smyth 	6 Smyth wore number 40 earlier in the season. 		48 	1 	6 	7 	192 		5 	0 	0 	0 	38
Magnus Roupe 	10 		33 	2 	4 	6 	32 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Craig Berube 	17 Berube wore number 34 earlier in the season. 		27 	3 	2 	5 	108 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Tim Kerr 	12 		8 	3 	2 	5 	12 		6 	1 	3 	4 	4
Paul Lawless†‡ 	18 		8 	0 	5 	5 	0 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
J. J. Daigneault 	15 		28 	2 	2 	4 	12 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Don Nachbaur 	42 		20 	0 	4 	4 	61 		2 	0 	0 	0 	2
Bill Root 	34 Root wore number 48 earlier in the season. 		24 	1 	2 	3 	16 		2 	0 	0 	0 	2
Gordie Roberts†‡ 	36 		11 	1 	2 	3 	15 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Al Hill 	36 		12 	1 	0 	1 	10 		1 	0 	1 	1 	4
Glen Seabrooke 	11 		6 	0 	1 	1 	2 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Nick Fotiu 	29 		23 	0 	0 	0 	40 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Mark Laforest (G)	33 		21 	0 	0 	0 	8 		2 	0 	0 	0 	10
Wendell Young (G)	30 		6 	0 	0 	0 	0 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
David Fenyves 	39 		5 	0 	0 	0 	0 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Mitch Lamoureux 	37 		3 	0 	0 	0 	0 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Jeff Chychrun 	40 Chychrun wore number 6 earlier in the season.		3 	0 	0 	0 	4 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
John Stevens 	41 		3 	0 	0 	0 	0 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Mike Stothers‡ 	44 		3 	0 	0 	0 	13 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Mark Freer 	45 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
Mike Murray 	39 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0 		– 	– 	– 	– 	-
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†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
‡Traded mid-season.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Player 	# 		GP 	TOI 	W 	L 	T 	GA 	SO 	SV% 	GAA 		GP 	TOI 	W 	L 	GA 	SO 	SV% 	GAA
Ron Hextall 	27		62 	3560 	30 	22 	7 	208 	0 	.885 	3.51 		7 	379 	2 	4 	30 	0 	.847 	4.75
Mark Laforest	33		21 	972 	5 	9 	2 	60 	1 	.874 	3.70 		2 	48 	1 	0 	1 	0 	.917 	1.25
Wendell Young	30		6 	320 	3 	2 	0 	20 	0 	.865 	3.75 		– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	– 	-
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Awards and Records==
===Awards===
NHL 	NHL 	NHL 	NHL 	NHL 	NHL 	NHL 	NHL 	NHL 	NHL
Award 	Recipient 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
All-Star Game representative	Ron HextallMark HoweMike Keenan (Coach)Dave PoulinKjell Samuelsson 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
NHL Player of the Week 	Ron Hextall (December 14)Mark Howe (December 28)Ron Hextall (January 18)Rick Tocchet (February 28)Rick Tocchet (March 10)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Team 	Team 	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team
Award 	Recipient 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Barry Ashbee Trophy 	Mark Howe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bobby Clarke Trophy 	Ron Hextall 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Class Guy Award 	Rick Tocchet 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Transactions==
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1987–88 season.
===Trades===
June 13, 1987 	To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Laforest 	To Detroit Red Wings2nd round pick in 1987
June 13, 1987 	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th round pick in 1989 	To Vancouver Canucks5th round pick in 1987
July 21, 1987 	To Philadelphia Flyers cash 	To New York Rangers Jeff Brubaker
August 26, 1987 	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st round pick in 19893rd round pick in 1988 	To Calgary Flames Brad McCrimmon
August 31, 1987 	To Philadelphia Flyers Wendell Young3rd round pick in 1990 	To Vancouver Canucks Darren JensenDaryl Stanley
December 4, 1987	To Philadelphia Flyers 5th round pick in 1989 	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Stothers
January 22, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Paul Lawless 	To Hartford Whalers Lindsay Carson
February 9, 1988	To Philadelphia Flyers Gordie Roberts 	To Minnesota North Stars 4th round pick in 1989
March 1, 1988 	To Philadelphia Flyers Willie Huber 	To Vancouver Canucks Paul Lawless5th round pick in 1989
March 8, 1988 	To Philadelphia Flyers 4th round pick in 1989Draft pick was originally a 5th round pick.	To St. Louis Blues Gordie Roberts
===Additions and Subtractions===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"	Additions 	Additions 	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions
Player 	Former team 	Via 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Don Biggs 	Edmonton 	free agency (7/17) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mark Lofthouse	New Haven (AHL)	free agency (8/15) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
David Fenyves 	Buffalo 	waiver draft (10/5)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nick Fotiu 	Calgary 	free agency (10/30)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bill Root 	St. Louis Blues	waivers (11/26) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Draft Picks==
Philadelphia's picks at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.hockeydb.com, 1987 NHL Entry Drafthockeydb.com, 1987 NHL Supplemental Draft
Rnd	# 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	Drafted from
1 	20 	Darren Rumble 	Defenseman	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2 	30 	Jeff Harding 	Right wing	 	St. Michael's Jr. B (Toronto)
3 	62 	Martin Hostak 	Right wing	 	Sparta Praha (Cze)
4 	83 	Tomaz Eriksson 	Left wing 	 	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)
5 	104	Bill Gall 	Defenseman	 	New Hampton Prep (N.H.)
6 	125	Tony Link 	Defenseman	 	Dimond H.S. (Alaska)
7 	146	Marc Strapon 	Defenseman	 	Hayward H.S. (Wisconsin)
8 	167	Daryl Ingham 	Right wing	 	U. of Manitoba (CIAU)
9 	188	Bruce MacDonald	Right wing	 	Loomis-Chafee H.S. (Mass.)
10 	209	Steve Morrow 	Defenseman	 	Westminster H.S. (Conn.)
11 	230	Darius Rusnak 	Center 	 	Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
12 	251	Dale Roehl 	Goaltender	 	Minnetonka H.S. (Minn.)
Sup	14 	David Whyte 	Left wing 	 	Boston College (HE)
==Farm Teams==
The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL and the Flint Spirits of the IHL.FlyersHistory.net, Non-AHL Affiliates 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.FlyersHistory.net, AHL Season Overview: 1987–88 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.
==See Also==
*1987–88 NHL season
==References==
*General: 1987–88 Flyers season on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log on FlyersHistory.net
*Playoffs game log: Philadelphia Flyers playoffs game log on FlyersHistory.net
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