this was the first expansion era club to
win a Stanley Cup
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be continuing our series of the most
successful sports franchises with a look
at the Philadelphia Flyers the Flyers
entered the NHL in 1967 as part of the
leads expansion basketball exec ed
Snider jumped at the chance of team
ownership when he saw that Boston Bruins
fans lined up to buy tickets despite the
club’s last place standing expansion
rules restricted the team to a mishmash
of older players and minor leaguers
Bernie para edvin em Joe Watson and Gary
Dorn hopper helped form the team’s
nucleus in 1969 the Flyers drafted a 19
year old diabetic from small-town
Manitoba 17th overall Bobby Clark became
the team’s best player and by 72 73 they
celebrated their first winning season
with him as captain Rick McLeish became
the first flyer to score 50 goals in one
year the next season Philly defeated
Bobby Orr’s Bruins to win their first
Stanley Cup goalie Bernie Parent led the
way to a 50 16 and 12 record while
enforcer Dave Schultz’s 348 penalty
minutes cemented the Flyers reputation
in 1974-75 the Flyers defended their
title by beating the Buffalo Sabres
parowan a second consecutive conn smythe
trophy and grabbed MVP honors the Flyers
followed that by recording the most
points by any team on the strength of
the lcv line Reggie leach Clark and bill
barber terrorized the NHL with 141 goals
on January 11th 1976 the Flyers handed
the Soviet Union central Red Army team
it’s only lost during that year’s Super
Series in a controversial game
yeah I mad however the Flyers lost the
cup that year to a dominant Montreal
Canadians quad in 1979-80 Clark was
named a playing assistant coach and Mel
bridgeman became captain the team then
set a record for all North American
professional sports teams by going 35
straight games without a loss 25 wins
and 10 ties Clark retired in 1984 and
became vice president and general
manager meanwhile Mike Keenan was hired
as coach rookie goalie pelle lindbergh
took home the vezina trophy and the
Flyers themselves won a franchise-record
53 games however they lost to another
dynasty in the making the Edmonton
Oilers tragedy struck in 85 86 when
Lindbergh died in a car crash Bob froze
took over net mining duties and shared
the William M Jennings trophy with
teammate Deron Jensen for allowing the
least goals during the season the next
year the mercurial Ron Hextall became
the third Flyers goalie to win the
Vezina Trophy in his rookie season
the Flyers eliminated defending cup
champs Montreal in a heated playoff
series but lost to the Oilers again
Hextall made MVP and this marked the
second time a flyer won the conn smythe
despite being on the losing team a new
era began when the team won an
arbitration battle for 1991’s number one
overall pick eric lindros however to do
it Philly parted with players like
Hextall and future star Peter Forsberg
in addition to 15 million dollars the
nordiques took these gains and 12
Stanley Cups as the Colorado Avalanche
the Flyers didn’t fare as well but
lindros did dominate with help from Mark
Recchi and Brent fedak on the Crazy
Eights line and then on the Legion of
Doom line with john leclair and michael
renberg but it wasn’t enough later the
club brought on many big-name players
through trades and drafting Danny Briere
Mike Richards and Jeff Carter all played
important roles but their Achilles heel
remained between the pipes like most
teams Philly had traditions a notable
one began December eleven nineteen
sixty-nine when the team played a
recording of Kate Smith’s singing god
Bless America in place of the
star-spangled banner because of the
ongoing Vietnam War some fans walked out
during the anthem so this replacement
caught on and stuck with their
reputation as the broad street bullies
their fervent fans and the second best
all-time points percentage the Flyers
remain one of the greatest franchises in
sports history
dances five stars
you
win a Stanley Cup
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be continuing our series of the most
successful sports franchises with a look
at the Philadelphia Flyers the Flyers
entered the NHL in 1967 as part of the
leads expansion basketball exec ed
Snider jumped at the chance of team
ownership when he saw that Boston Bruins
fans lined up to buy tickets despite the
club’s last place standing expansion
rules restricted the team to a mishmash
of older players and minor leaguers
Bernie para edvin em Joe Watson and Gary
Dorn hopper helped form the team’s
nucleus in 1969 the Flyers drafted a 19
year old diabetic from small-town
Manitoba 17th overall Bobby Clark became
the team’s best player and by 72 73 they
celebrated their first winning season
with him as captain Rick McLeish became
the first flyer to score 50 goals in one
year the next season Philly defeated
Bobby Orr’s Bruins to win their first
Stanley Cup goalie Bernie Parent led the
way to a 50 16 and 12 record while
enforcer Dave Schultz’s 348 penalty
minutes cemented the Flyers reputation
in 1974-75 the Flyers defended their
title by beating the Buffalo Sabres
parowan a second consecutive conn smythe
trophy and grabbed MVP honors the Flyers
followed that by recording the most
points by any team on the strength of
the lcv line Reggie leach Clark and bill
barber terrorized the NHL with 141 goals
on January 11th 1976 the Flyers handed
the Soviet Union central Red Army team
it’s only lost during that year’s Super
Series in a controversial game
yeah I mad however the Flyers lost the
cup that year to a dominant Montreal
Canadians quad in 1979-80 Clark was
named a playing assistant coach and Mel
bridgeman became captain the team then
set a record for all North American
professional sports teams by going 35
straight games without a loss 25 wins
and 10 ties Clark retired in 1984 and
became vice president and general
manager meanwhile Mike Keenan was hired
as coach rookie goalie pelle lindbergh
took home the vezina trophy and the
Flyers themselves won a franchise-record
53 games however they lost to another
dynasty in the making the Edmonton
Oilers tragedy struck in 85 86 when
Lindbergh died in a car crash Bob froze
took over net mining duties and shared
the William M Jennings trophy with
teammate Deron Jensen for allowing the
least goals during the season the next
year the mercurial Ron Hextall became
the third Flyers goalie to win the
Vezina Trophy in his rookie season
the Flyers eliminated defending cup
champs Montreal in a heated playoff
series but lost to the Oilers again
Hextall made MVP and this marked the
second time a flyer won the conn smythe
despite being on the losing team a new
era began when the team won an
arbitration battle for 1991’s number one
overall pick eric lindros however to do
it Philly parted with players like
Hextall and future star Peter Forsberg
in addition to 15 million dollars the
nordiques took these gains and 12
Stanley Cups as the Colorado Avalanche
the Flyers didn’t fare as well but
lindros did dominate with help from Mark
Recchi and Brent fedak on the Crazy
Eights line and then on the Legion of
Doom line with john leclair and michael
renberg but it wasn’t enough later the
club brought on many big-name players
through trades and drafting Danny Briere
Mike Richards and Jeff Carter all played
important roles but their Achilles heel
remained between the pipes like most
teams Philly had traditions a notable
one began December eleven nineteen
sixty-nine when the team played a
recording of Kate Smith’s singing god
Bless America in place of the
star-spangled banner because of the
ongoing Vietnam War some fans walked out
during the anthem so this replacement
caught on and stuck with their
reputation as the broad street bullies
their fervent fans and the second best
all-time points percentage the Flyers
remain one of the greatest franchises in
sports history
dances five stars
you
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