1993–94 Philadelphia Flyers season

1993–94 Philadelphia Flyers
Division 6th Atlantic
Conference 10th Eastern
1993–94 record 35–39–10
Home record 19–20–3
Road record 16–19–7
Goals for 294
Goals against 314
Team information
General Manager Russ Farwell
Coach Terry Simpson
Captain Kevin Dineen
Alternate captains Dave Brown
Garry Galley
Eric Lindros
Arena Spectrum
Average attendance 17,231[1]
Minor league affiliations Hershey Bears (AHL)[2]
Johnstown Chiefs (ECHL)[3]
Team leaders
Goals Eric Lindros (44)
Assists Mark Recchi (67)
Points Mark Recchi (107)
Penalties in minutes Dave Brown (137)
Plus/minus Jeff Finley (+16)
Eric Lindros (+16)
Wins Dominic Roussel (29)
Goals against average Dominic Roussel (3.34)
<1992–93 1994–95>

The 1993–94 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 27th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). For the fifth consecutive season, the Flyers failed to make the playoffs.

Off-season

Jay Snider stepped down as President, forcing his father Ed Snider to take over day-to-day operations. Mike Eaves was hired to replace Ken Hitchcock, who left to become the head coach of the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL, as an assistant coach under new head coach Terry Simpson. Simpson named Kevin Dineen captain, and made Eric Lindros an alternate captain to groom him for a leadership role.[4]

Regular season

This season 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 signaled a sharp downturn, however. Lindros went down with his second knee injury in as many years and soon after, the Penguins routed the Flyers 11–5 in Pittsburgh.

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.

Mark Recchi recorded 107 points (40 goals, 67 assists) and 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. Philadelphia had the best shooting percentage of all 26 teams, scoring 294 goals on only 2,409 shots (12.2%).[5] Offense was generated as the Flyers had four 30-goal scorers for the second-straight season[6] and averaged 3.5 goals per game, but they still failed to clinch a playoff berth, again falling four points short of the final playoff spot.

After the season, 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 the Florida Panthers to return to Philadelphia. Farwell's last move as GM was firing Simpson after a lackluster season.[7]

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 z-New York Rangers 84 52 24 8 299 231 112
2 3 New Jersey Devils 84 47 25 12 306 220 106
3 7 Washington Capitals 84 39 35 10 277 263 88
4 8 New York Islanders 84 36 36 12 282 264 84
5 9 Florida Panthers 84 33 34 17 233 233 83
6 10 Philadelphia Flyers 84 35 39 10 294 314 80
7 12 Tampa Bay Lightning 84 30 43 11 224 251 71

[8] Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1993–94 regular season

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

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season
No. Player Age Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM
8 Recchi, MarkMark Recchi 25 RW 84 40 67 107 -2 2 46
88 Lindros, EricEric Lindros 20 C 65 44 53 97 16 103
17 Brind'Amour, RodRod Brind'Amour 23 C 84 35 62 97 -9 9 85
19 Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg 21 RW 83 38 44 82 8 36
3 Galley, GarryGarry Galley 30 D 81 10 60 70 -11 11 91
29 Racine, YvesYves Racine 24 D 67 9 43 52 -11 11 48
42 Beranek, JosefJosef Beranek 24 LW 80 28 21 49 -2 2 85
11 Dineen, KevinKevin Dineen 30 RW 71 19 23 42 -9 9 113
18 Fedyk, BrentBrent Fedyk 26 RW 72 20 18 38 -14 14 74
2 Yushkevich, DmitriDmitri Yushkevich 22 D 75 5 25 30 -8 8 86
22 Butsayev, VyacheslavVyacheslav Butsayevdouble-dagger 23 C 47 12 9 21 2 58
9 Eklund, PellePelle Eklunddouble-dagger 30 LW 48 1 16 17 -1 1 8
14 Tippett, DaveDave Tippett 32 C 73 4 11 15 -20 20 38
20 Hawgood, GregGreg Hawgooddouble-dagger 25 D 19 3 12 15 2 19
36 Faust, AndreAndre Faust 24 LW 37 8 5 13 -1 1 10
25 Finley, JeffJeff Finley 26 D 55 1 8 9 16 24
20 DiMaio, RobRob DiMaiodagger 25 LW 14 3 5 8 1 6
15 Conroy, AlAl Conroy 28 LW 62 4 3 7 -12 12 65
22 Lamb, MarkMark Lambdagger 29 C 19 1 6 7 -3 3 16
28 Bowen, JasonJason Bowen 20 D 56 1 5 6 12 87
21 Brown, DaveDave Brown 31 RW 71 1 4 5 -12 12 137
23 Malgunas, StewartStewart Malgunas 23 D 67 1 3 4 2 86
27 McGill, RyanRyan McGill 24 D 50 1 3 4 -5 5 112
24 Wilkie, BobBob Wilkie 24 D 10 1 3 4 -2 2 8
26 Zettler, RobRob Zettlerdagger 25 D 33 0 4 4 -19 19 69
12 Cummins, JimJim Cumminsdouble-dagger 23 RW 22 1 2 3 0 71
10 Boivin, ClaudeClaude Boivindouble-dagger 23 C 26 1 1 2 -11 11 57
41 Holan, MilosMilos Holan 22 D 8 1 1 2 -4 4 4
32 Winnes, ChrisChris Winnes 25 RW 4 0 2 2 1 0
10 Hlushko, ToddTodd Hlushkodagger 23 LW 2 1 0 1 1 0
33 Roussel, DominicDominic Roussel 23 G 60 0 1 1 N/A 4
5 Ramage, RobRob Ramagedagger 35 D 15 0 1 1 -11 11 14
35 Soderstrom, TommyTommy Soderstrom 24 G 34 0 0 0 N/A 0
30 Chabot, FredericFrederic Chabotdagger 25 G 4 0 0 0 N/A 0
6 Kordic, DanDan Kordic 22 D 4 0 0 0 0 5
43 Vilgrain, ClaudeClaude Vilgrain 30 RW 2 0 0 0 -1 1 0
40 Brimanis, ArisAris Brimanis 21 D 1 0 0 0 -1 1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season
No. Player Age GP W L T SO GA SV% GAA MIN
33 Roussel, DominicDominic Roussel 23 60 29 20 5 1 183 .896 3.34 3285
30 Soderstrom, TommyTommy Soderstrom 24 34 6 18 4 2 116 .864 4.01 1736
35 Chabot, FredericFrederic Chabotdagger 25 4 0 1 1 0 5 .875 4.29 70

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor Recipient
All-Star Game representative Garry Galley
Eric Lindros
Mark Recchi
NHL All-Rookie Team Mikael Renberg (F)
Team awards
Award Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy Garry Galley
Bobby Clarke Trophy Eric Lindros
Class Guy Award Garry Galley
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy Mikael Renberg

Records

Individual single season records
Record Total Player
Games played 84 Rod Brind'Amour
Mark Recchi
(tied by Recchi in 1992–93)
Assists by a defenseman 60 Garry Galley
Points by a rookie 82 Mikael Renberg
Individual regular season single game records
Record Player Total Date and opponent
Goals scored Kevin Dineen 4 October 31, 1993 at Chicago Blackhawks
(tied 15 times)

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 1993, the day after the deciding game of the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 14, 1994, the day of the deciding game of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals.[9]

Trades

Date
Details
June 11, 1993[10] To Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia's 3rd-round pick in 1993
Philadelphia's 5th-round pick in 1994
To Winnipeg Jets
Stephane Beauregard
June 20, 1993[11] To Philadelphia Flyers
Jim Cummins
Philadelphia's 4th-round pick in 1993
To Detroit Red Wings
rights to Greg Johnson
5th-round pick in 1994
August 5, 1993[12] To Philadelphia Flyers
future considerations
To San Jose Sharks
Shawn Cronin
September 9, 1993[13] To Philadelphia Flyers
Stewart Malgunas
To Detroit Red Wings
5th-round pick in 1995
October 5, 1993[14] To Philadelphia Flyers
Yves Racine
4th-round pick in 1994
To Detroit Red Wings
Terry Carkner
November 28, 1993[15] To Philadelphia Flyers
Rob Ramage
To Montreal Canadiens
future considerations
November 30, 1993[16] To Philadelphia Flyers
future considerations
To Florida Panthers
Greg Hawgood
February 1, 1994[17] To Philadelphia Flyers
Rob Zettler
To San Jose Sharks
Vyacheslav Butsayev
February 21, 1994[18] To Philadelphia Flyers
Frederic Chabot
To Montreal Canadiens
future considerations
March 5, 1994[19] To Philadelphia Flyers
Mark Lamb
To Ottawa Senators
Claude Boivin
rights to Kirk Daubenspeck
March 18, 1994[20] To Philadelphia Flyers
Rob DiMaio
To Tampa Bay Lightning
Jim Cummins
4th-round pick in 1995
March 21, 1994[21] To Philadelphia Flyers
8th-round pick in 1994
To Dallas Stars
Pelle Eklund

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency.

Date Player Previous team (league) Contract details
August 2, 1993[22] Jeff Finley New York Islanders
August 2, 1993[22] Dave Tippett Pittsburgh Penguins
August 3, 1993[23] Claude Vilgrain New Jersey Devils
August 4, 1993[24] Tracy Egeland Chicago Blackhawks
August 4, 1993[24] Norm Foster Edmonton Oilers
August 4, 1993[24] Chris Winnes Boston Bruins
March 6, 1994[25] Todd Hlushko Canadian National Team

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date Player Contract details Notes
July 14, 1993[26][14] Terry Carkner 3 years, $1.8 million
September 7, 1993[27] Mark Recchi 6 years, $18 million
September 13, 1993[28] Andre Faust 2 years
September 13, 1993[28] Stewart Malgunas 2 years Acquired in September 9 trade
September 13, 1993[28] Ryan McGill 2 years
September 23, 1993[29] Tommy Soderstrom 4 years
November 19, 1993[30] Yves Racine 4 years

Draft picks

The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

Date Player Previous team (league) Draft Contract details
September 13, 1993[28] Milos Holan HC Vitkovice (Czech) 1993 3rd-round pick 3 years
October 30, 1993[31] Vaclav Prospal HC Ceske Budejovice (Czech) 1993 3rd-round pick 5 years
March 15, 1994[32] Chris Therien Canadian National Team 1990 3rd-round pick 4 years
April 6, 1994[33] Neil Little RPI Engineers (ECAC) 1991 11th-round pick 2 years
May 11, 1994[34] Chris Herperger Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) 1992 10th-round pick
May 11, 1994[34] Aaron Israel Harvard Crimson (ECAC) 1993 7th-round pick

Departures

The following players — excluding those who were traded or claimed on waivers — left the team during the off-season. Players who were under contract during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date Player New team (league) Via Notes
June 24, 1993[35][36] Gord Hynes Florida Panthers Expansion Draft
June 24, 1993[35][36] Andrei Lomakin Florida Panthers Expansion Draft
July 1993[37] Chris Jensen Washington Capitals Free agency
July 20, 1993[38] Len Barrie Florida Panthers Free agency
July 27, 1993[39] Keith Acton Washington Capitals Free agency
August 3, 1993[23] Wes Walz Calgary Flames Buyout Signed with Calgary on August 26[40]
N/A[41] David Fenyves Retirement
September 1993[42] Dave Snuggerud Retirement
October 8, 1993[43] Ric Nattress* Retirement

Draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Colisée de Québec in Quebec City, Quebec on June 26–27, 1993.[44]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1993 and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) GP G A Pts PIM W L T GAA Notes
2 36 Niinimaa, JanneJanne Niinimaa Defense  Finland Kärpät (SM-liiga) 741 54 265 319 733 &
&
&
&
3 71 Prospal, VaclavVaclav Prospal Left Wing  Czech Republic HC České Budějovice (CZE) 1108 255 510 765 581 &
&
&
&
[a]
3 77 Holan, MilosMilos Holan Defense  Czech Republic HC Vitkovice (CZE) 49 5 11 16 42 &
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&
[b]
5 114 Kretchin, VladimirVladimir Kretchin Left Wing  Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk (RUS) &
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&
&
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&
6 140 Crowley, MikeMike Crowley Defense  United States Bloomington Jefferson High School (Minn.) 67 5 15 20 44 &
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&
7 166 Israel, AaronAaron Israel Goaltender  United States Harvard Crimson (ECAC) &
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&
8 192 Healey, PaulPaul Healey Wing  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 77 6 14 20 44 &
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&
9 218 Tracy, TrippTripp Tracy Goaltender  United States Harvard Crimson (ECAC) &
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&
&
&
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&
&
9 226 Bradley, E.J.E.J. Bradley Center  United States Tabor Academy (Mass.) &
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[c]
10 244 Staples, JeffJeff Staples Defense  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) &
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&
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&
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&
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&
11 270 Hemenway, KenKen Hemenway Defense  United States Alaska All-Stars (AAAAHA) &
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&
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&
Draft notes[45]

NHL Supplemental Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1993 NHL Supplemental Draft.[46]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1993 Supplemental Draft and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) GP G A Pts PIM W L T GAA
1 10 Shannon Finn Defense  Canada UIC Flames (CCHA)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL[2][47] and the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL.[3]

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