1986–87 Philadelphia Flyers season

1986–87 Philadelphia Flyers
Wales Conference Champions
Patrick Division Champions
Division	1st Patrick
Conference	1st Wales
1986–87 record	46–26–8
Home record	29–9–2
Road record	17–17–6
Goals for	310 (4th)
Goals against	245 (2nd)
Team information
General Manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Dave Poulin
Alternate captains	Mark Howe Brad Marsh
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	17,212[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Tim Kerr (58)
Assists	Dave Poulin (45)
Points	Tim Kerr (95)
Penalties in minutes	Rick Tocchet (288)
Plus/minus	Mark Howe (+57)
Wins	Ron Hextall (37)
Goals against average	Bob Froese (2.67)
<1985–86	1987–88>

The 1986–87 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 20th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

In 1986 the rejuvenated Flyers found themselves with another Vezina Trophy goaltender between the pipes with a rookie named Ron Hextall. He became the third Flyers goaltender to win the Vezina, joining Parent and Lindbergh. With Hextall providing the critical stops at crucial times, the Flyers captured a third-straight Patrick Division title, and were able to gain revenge on the New York Rangers by beating them in six games, as well as surviving a tough seven-game test from a gritty New York Islanders club. By the time the Flyers defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens in six to win the Wales Conference and return to the Stanley Cup Finals, the Flyers had again been decimated by injuries, including losing Tim Kerr for the remainder of the playoffs. As a result, the Flyers lost in heartbreaking fashion to the Edmonton Oilers in seven tough, hard-fought games. Hextall was voted playoff MVP, the second such time a Flyer won the Conn Smythe Trophy despite being on the losing team, the other being Reggie Leach in 1976.

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	46	26	8	310	245	100
Washington Capitals	80	38	32	10	285	278	86
New York Islanders	80	35	33	12	279	281	82
New York Rangers	80	34	38	8	307	323	76
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	38	12	297	290	72
New Jersey Devils	80	29	45	6	293	368	64

^[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.

Game log

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

1986–87 game log
October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 9 Edmonton 1 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 1–0–0 2
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts November 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts December 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts January 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts February 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts March 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts April 1 0 – 0 0–0–0

Playoffs

Game log

      Win       Loss

1987 Stanley Cup playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals vs. NY Rangers - Flyers win 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 8 NY Rangers 3 – 0 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Rangers lead 1–0 2 April 9 NY Rangers 3 – 8 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Series tied 1–1 3 April 11 Philadelphia 3 – 0 NY Rangers Hextall 17,465 Flyers lead 2–1 4 April 12 Philadelphia 3 – 6 NY Rangers Hextall 17,457 Series tied 2–2 5 April 14 NY Rangers 1 – 3 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Flyers lead 3–2 6 April 16 Philadelphia 5 – 0 NY Rangers Hextall 17,428 Flyers win 4–2 Patrick Division Finals vs. NY Islanders - Flyers win 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 20 NY Islanders 2 – 4 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 22 NY Islanders 2 – 1 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Series tied 1–1 3 April 24 Philadelphia 4 – 1 NY Islanders Hextall 16,270 Flyers lead 2–1 4 April 26 Philadelphia 6 – 4 NY Islanders Hextall 16,270 Flyers lead 3–1 5 April 28 NY Islanders 2 – 1 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Flyers lead 3–2 6 April 30 Philadelphia 2 – 4 NY Islanders Hextall 16,270 Flyers lead 3–3 7 May 2 NY Islanders 1 – 5 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Flyers win 4–3 Wales Conference Finals vs. Montreal - Flyers win 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 May 4 Montreal 3 – 4 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,222 Flyers lead 1–0 2 May 6 Montreal 5 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Series tied 1–1 3 May 8 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Montreal Hextall 17,949 Flyers lead 2–1 4 May 10 Philadelphia 6 – 3 Montreal Hextall 17,659 Flyers lead 3–1 5 May 12 Montreal 5 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Flyers lead 3–2 6 May 14 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Montreal Hextall 17,616 Flyers win 4–2 Stanley Cup Finals vs. Edmonton - Oilers win 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 May 17 Philadelphia 2 – 4 Edmonton Hextall 17,502 Oilers lead 1–0 2 May 20 Philadelphia 2 – 3 Edmonton OT Hextall 17,502 Oilers lead 2–0 3 May 22 Edmonton 3 – 5 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Oilers lead 2–1 4 May 24 Edmonton 4 – 1 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Oilers lead 3–1 5 May 26 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Edmonton Hextall 17,502 Oilers lead 3–2 6 May 28 Edmonton 2 – 3 Philadelphia Hextall 17,222 Series tied 3–3 7 May 31 Philadelphia 1 – 3 Edmonton Hextall 17,502 Oilers win 4–3

Player stats

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position (C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing); GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Bold denotes franchise record; = Joined team via trade or waivers during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only. = Left team via trade or waivers during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

#	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
				Regular season						Playoffs
12	Kerr, TimTim Kerr	27	RW	75	58	37	95	38	57	12	08 !8	05 !5	13	3	02 !2
25	Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	21	C	71	33	39	72	21	71	25	03 !3	10	13	6	10
20	Poulin, DaveDave Poulin	28	C	75	25	45	70	47	53	15	03 !3	03 !3	06 !6	1	14
26	Propp, BrianBrian Propp	27	LW	53	31	36	67	39	45	26	12	16	28	11	10
02 !2	Howe, MarkMark Howe	31	D	69	15	43	58	57	37	26	02 !2	10	12	14	04 !4
09 !9	Eklund, PellePelle Eklund	23	C	72	14	41	55	-2	2	26	07 !7	20	27	11	02 !2
22	Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	22	RW	69	21	28	49	16	288	26	11	10	21	7	72
32	Craven, MurrayMurray Craven	22	LW	77	19	30	49	1	38	12	03 !3	01 !1	04 !4	-4	09 !9
03 !3	Crossman, DougDoug Crossman	26	D	78	9	31	40	18	29	26	04 !4	14	18	0	31
10	McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	27	D	71	10	29	39	45	52	26	03 !3	05 !5	08 !8	9	30
24	Smith, DerrickDerrick Smith	22	LW	71	11	21	32	-4	34	26	06 !6	04 !4	10	3	26
19	Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby	20	RW	71	11	21	32	8	94	24	05 !5	05 !5	10	7	46
23	Sinisalo, IlkkaIlkka Sinisalo	28	LW	42	10	21	31	14	8	18	05 !5	01 !1	06 !6	-6	04 !4
14	Sutter, RonRon Sutter	23	C	39	10	17	27	10	69	16	01 !1	07 !7	08 !8	-3	12
18	Carson, LindsayLindsay Carson	26	LW	71	11	15	26	-2	141	24	03 !3	05 !5	08 !8	3	22
15	Daigneault, J. J.J. J. Daigneault	21	D	77	6	16	22	12	56	09 !9	01 !1	00 !0	01 !1	-1	00 !0
08 !8	Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	28	D	77	2	9	11	9	124	26	03 !3	04 !4	07 !7	2	16
21	Brown, DaveDave Brown	24	RW	62	7	3	10	-7	274	26	01 !1	02 !2	03 !3	1	59
28	Samuelsson, KjellKjell Samuelsson	28	D	46	1	6	7	-9	86	26	00 !0	04 !4	04 !4	4	25
27	Hextall, RonRon Hextall	22	G	66	0	6	6	-0.1 !N/A	104	26	00 !0	01 !1	01 !1	-0.1 !N/A	43
11	Seabrooke, GlenGlen Seabrooke	19	C	10	1	4	5	2	2	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
17	Hospodar, EdEd Hospodar	27	D	45	2	2	4	-8	136	05 !5	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	02 !2
07 !7	Dobbin, BrianBrian Dobbin	20	RW	12	2	1	3	2	14	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
29	Stanley, DarylDaryl Stanley	24	D	33	1	2	3	6	76	13	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	-3	09 !9
42	Nachbaur, DonDon Nachbaur	28	C	23	0	2	2	1	87	07 !7	01 !1	01 !1	02 !2	2	15
28, 36	Hill, AlAl Hill	31	LW	7	0	2	2	1	4	09 !9	02 !2	01 !1	03 !3	2	00 !0
41	Stevens, JohnJohn Stevens	20	D	6	0	2	2	0	14	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
37	Freer, MarkMark Freer	18	C	1	0	1	1	1	0	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
33	Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	38	G	17	0	0	0	-0.1 !N/A	0	02 !2	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	-0.1 !N/A	00 !0
05 !5	Huffman, KerryKerry Huffman	19	D	9	0	0	0	5	2	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
34	Berube, CraigCraig Berube	21	LW	7	0	0	0	2	57	05 !5	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	0	17
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	28	G	3	0	0	0	-0.1 !N/A	0	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
37	Tookey, TimTim Tookey	26	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	01 !1	03 !3	04 !4	1	02 !2
36	McCarthy, KevinKevin McCarthy	29	D	2	0	0	0	-1	0	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
05 !5	Smith, SteveSteve Smith	23	D	2	0	0	0	-2	6	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
44	Stothers, MikeMike Stothers	24	D	2	0	0	0	0	4	02 !2	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	1	07 !7
36	Allison, RayRay Allison	27	RW	2	0	0	0	-2	0	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
06 !6	Chychrun, JeffJeff Chychrun	20	D	1	0	0	0	0	4	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—
40	Smyth, GregGreg Smyth	20	D	1	0	0	0	-2	0	01 !1	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	0	02 !2
34	Gillis, JereJere Gillis	30	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-0.1 !—	-01 !—

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals against; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; MIN = Minutes played; Bold denotes franchise record; = Left team via trade or waivers during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

#	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
			Regular season									Playoffs
27	Hextall, RonRon Hextall	22	66	37	21	6	1	190	.902	3.00	3799	26	15	11	2	71	.908	2.77	1540
33	Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	38	17	6	5	2	0	42	.904	2.91	867	02 !2	00 !0	00 !0	00 !0	01 !1	.917	1.67	0036 !36
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	28	3	3	0	0	0	8	.909	2.67	180	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-0001 !—

Awards and records

Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star representative	Ron Hextall Mark Howe Tim Kerr Dave Poulin
Conn Smythe Trophy	Ron Hextall
Frank Selke Trophy	Dave Poulin
NHL All-Rookie Team	Ron Hextall (G)
NHL First All-Star Team	Ron Hextall (G) Mark Howe (D)
NHL Player of the Month	Ron Hextall (October)
NHL Player of the Week	Peter Zezel (January 13)
NHL Rookie of the Month	Ron Hextall (October) Ron Hextall (November)
NHL Second All-Star Team	Tim Kerr (RW)
Vezina Trophy	Ron Hextall
Team
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Mark Howe
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Ron Hextall
Class Guy Award	Glenn Resch

Records

Flyers player
Player	Record	Mark
Eleven players tied	Games played, one playoff season	26
Pelle Eklund	Assists, one playoff season	20
Ron Hextall	Time on ice, one playoff season	1,540 mins.
Ron Hextall	Wins, one playoff season	15
Ron Hextall	Losses, one playoff season	11
Ron Hextall	Goals allowed, one playoffs season	71

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1986–87 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 6, 1986	To Philadelphia Flyers J.J. Daigneault 2nd-round pick in 1986 5th-round pick in 1987	To Vancouver Canucks Dave Richter Rich Sutter Vancouver's 3rd-round pick in 1986
October 30, 1986	To Philadelphia Flyers Dominic Campedelli	To Montreal Canadiens Andre Villeneuve
December 18, 1986	To Philadelphia Flyers Kjell Samuelsson 2nd-round pick in 1989	To New York Rangers Bob Froese
March 9, 1987	To Philadelphia Flyers Jeff Brubaker	To Edmonton Oilers Dominic Campedelli

Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Ed Hospodar Minnesota free agency (6/12) Mitch Lamoureux Baltimore (AHL) free agency (6/30) Jere Gillis Vancouver free agency (10/1) Mark Freer Peterborough (OHL) free agency (10/7) Mike MacWilliam New Westminster (WHL) free agency (10/7)

Subtractions Player New team Via — — —

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.^[3]

Rnd	#	Player	Position	Nationality	Drafted from
1	20	Kerry Huffman	Defenseman	Canada	Guelph Platers (OHL)
2	23	Jukka Seppo	Center	Finland	Vasa Sport (FIN)
2	28	Kent Hawley	Center	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
4	83	Mark Bar	Defenseman	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
6	125	Steve Scheifele	Right wing	United States	Stratford Jr. B (OPJHL)
7	146	Sami Wahlsten	Forward	Finland	TPS Turku (SM-liiga)
8	167	Murray Baron	Defenseman	Canada	Vernon Lakers (BCJHL)
9	184	Blaine Rude	Forward	United States	Fergus Falls H.S. (N. Dakota)
10	209	Shaun Sabol	Defenseman	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)
11	230	Brett Lawrence	Right wing	United States	Rochester Jr. Americans
12	251	Dan Stephano	Goaltender	United States	Northwood Prep (N.Y.)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL and the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL.^[4][5]

See also

• 1986–87 NHL season
• 1987 Stanley Cup Finals

References

General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

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