1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers season

1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers
Atlantic Division champions
Division1st Atlantic
Conference2nd Eastern
1994–95 record28–16–4
Home record16–7–1
Road record12–9–3
Goals for150
Goals against132
Team information
General managerBob Clarke
CoachTerry Murray
CaptainEric Lindros
Alternate captainsRod Brind'Amour
Craig MacTavish
ArenaCoreStates Spectrum
Average attendance17,160[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Hershey Bears
Johnstown Chiefs
Team leaders
GoalsEric Lindros (29)
AssistsEric Lindros (41)
PointsEric Lindros (70)
Penalty minutesShawn Antoski (61)
Plus/minusEric Lindros (+27)
WinsRon Hextall (17)
Goals against averageDominic Roussel (2.34)

The 1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 28th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers made the playoffs for the first time since 1989, also winning their division for the first time since 1987, and made it to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing in six games to the New Jersey Devils.

Off-season

Bob Clarke was named president and general manager of the Flyers on June 15, 1994, replacing Russ Farwell.[2] The Florida Panthers received the Flyers' 1994 second-round pick and cash, believed to be around $500,000,[2] as compensation since Clarke had to be released from his contract.[3] On June 24, Clarke hired Terry Murray to replace Terry Simpson as head coach.[4] A former Flyers player, Murray had mostly recently coached the Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League after being fired midway through the 1993–94 season as the Washington Capitals head coach.[4] Prior to the start of training camp, the team announced Eric Lindros was replacing Kevin Dineen as team captain.[5]

The Flyers made three major player transactions during the off-season prior to the beginning of the 1994–95 NHL lockout. On June 29, the Flyers swapped defensemen with the Montreal Canadiens, sending Yves Racine to Montreal for Kevin Haller.[6] On July 6, unrestricted free agent centerman Craig MacTavish, formerly of the Stanley Cup champion New York Rangers, was signed to a two-year, $1.6 million contract.[7] On September 22, the Flyers re-acquired goaltender Ron Hextall, whom they had traded in 1992 to the Quebec Nordiques in the Lindros trade, from the New York Islanders for goaltender Tommy Soderstrom.[8]

Regular season

After a 3–6–1 start to the season, including a shutout loss to Ottawa on February 6, Clarke dealt high-scoring winger Mark Recchi to the Montreal Canadiens for Eric Desjardins, Gilbert Dionne and John LeClair. In the following game, at home against Florida, the team lost 3–0, but Lindros and LeClair was placed on a line with sophomore forward Mikael Renberg to form the "Legion of Doom" line, a mix of scoring talent and physical intimidation. The line registered its first point on Saturday, February 11, 1995, in a game against the New Jersey Devils at the Meadowlands. The line made an immediate impact, as it helped the Flyers defeat the Devils 3–1.

Less than two weeks later, on Thursday, February 23, Lindros recorded a hat trick in what would be his final game in Quebec City against the Nordiques, but the Flyers wasted a three-goal lead into a 6–6 tie. Two nights later in Montreal, LeClair blitzed his former club in his return with a hat-trick in a 7–0 rout which saw the Flyers score five times in the third period. LeClair's previous hat trick had come just 11 days earlier in a 5–2 Flyers' win at Tampa Bay. Lindros recorded two more hat tricks during the regular season, and both came in consecutive games; his second one on March 18 in a 4–3 Flyers' overtime win in Florida, and the third on March 20 in an 8–4 Flyers' win over the Montreal Canadiens. Josef Beranek had the other Flyers' regular-season hat trick in a 5–4 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on February 2.

During the season, the Flyers had two long winning streaks: one was eight games from March 5–20, the other was nine games from April 2–22. The final contest in that streak, on April 22 at New Jersey, saw LeClair net the overtime winner which clinched the Atlantic Division. Even though it was scored 54 seconds into the overtime period, it would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored in the lockout-shortened regular season.[9]

The end of the season saw Lindros go down with an eye injury in the penultimate game against the New York Rangers, as a shot he took ricocheted off Rangers defenseman Jeff Beukeboom and struck him in the face.

The playoff drought was finally over as the Flyers won their first division title in eight years and clinched the No.2 seed in the Eastern Conference.

Lindros, who scored 70 points, came in second to Jaromir Jagr by a tiebreaker in the race for the Art Ross Trophy, the NHL scoring championship, but was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's MVP.

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 2 Philadelphia Flyers 48 28 16 4 150 132 60
2 5 New Jersey Devils 48 22 18 8 136 121 52
3 6 Washington Capitals 48 22 18 8 136 120 52
4 8 New York Rangers 48 22 23 3 139 134 47
5 9 Florida Panthers 48 20 22 6 115 127 46
6 12 Tampa Bay Lightning 48 17 28 3 120 144 37
7 13 New York Islanders 48 15 28 5 126 158 35

[10]

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.

Eastern Conference[11]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Quebec Nordiques NE 48 30 13 5 185 134 65
2 Philadelphia Flyers AT 48 28 16 4 150 132 60
3 Pittsburgh Penguins NE 48 29 16 3 181 158 61
4 Boston Bruins NE 48 27 18 3 150 127 57
5 New Jersey Devils AT 48 22 18 8 136 121 52
6 Washington Capitals AT 48 22 18 8 136 120 52
7 Buffalo Sabres NE 48 22 19 7 130 119 51
8 New York Rangers AT 48 22 23 3 139 134 47
9 Florida Panthers AT 48 20 22 6 115 127 46
10 Hartford Whalers NE 48 19 24 5 127 141 43
11 Montreal Canadiens NE 48 18 23 7 125 148 43
12 Tampa Bay Lightning AT 48 17 28 3 120 144 37
13 New York Islanders AT 48 15 28 5 126 158 35
14 Ottawa Senators NE 48 9 34 5 117 174 23

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs


Playoffs

Lindros missed the first three games of the Flyers' Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Buffalo Sabres. Karl Dykhuis netted the overtime winner in Game 1 and the club took a 2–0 series lead on the road. Following a narrow Game 3 defeat at The Aud, Lindros returned and the reunited Legion led the club to a 4–2 win. In Game 5, Philly rolled to leads of 4–0 and 5–2 before closing with a 6–4 victory.

More overtime magic came in the semifinal series with the defending Stanley Cup champion Rangers, who upset the Nordiques in the first round. Game 1 at the Spectrum saw New York race out to a 3–1 lead, only to see the Flyers storm back to go up 4–3. A late goal from Pat Verbeek sent the game into an extra session, where Desjardins won it with a right-circle shot.

The next night, Brian Leetch recorded a hat-trick but Kevin Haller struck with under 30 seconds played in OT off a feed from Renberg to give the Flyers a 4–3 win and 2–0 series edge. The Flyers capitalized on multiple mistakes and turnovers in Games 3 and 4 at Madison Square Garden, recording 5-2 and 4-1 victories to sweep the series.

The Flyers advanced to the conference finals against the Devils. Jersey controlled long stretches of the first two games, winning 4–1 in Game 1 and overcoming an early deficit with a four-goal blitz to take Game 2, 5–2. The Devils were on the verge of going up three games to none at the Meadowlands, but a Rod Brind'Amour floater in the third period and Lindros' wrister in overtime brought the Flyers back. Philly controlled Game 4 and coasted to a 4–2 win, but the Devils continued to use the neutral zone trap to control the Legion in Game 5. Although Dineen scored early in the third to tie the game, Claude Lemieux's 50-foot blast got by Hextall and gave New Jersey the shocking 3–2 win and left the Devils one win away from the Cup finals.

In Game 6, Jim Montgomery got the Flyers on the board early in the first period, but the Devils stormed back with four consecutive scores to ice the game and the series 4–2.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1994–95 regular season[12]
January: 2–4–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–3–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
1 January 21 Quebec 3 – 1 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 0–1–0 0 Recap
2 January 22 Philadelphia 1 – 4 Boston Roussel 14,448 0–2–0 0 Recap
3 January 24 Philadelphia 3 – 4 NY Islanders Hextall 11,487 0–3–0 0 Recap
4 January 26 Hartford 2 – 3 Philadelphia Roussel 16,557 1–3–0 2 Recap
5 January 28 Boston 1 – 2 Philadelphia Roussel 17,260 2–3–0 4 Recap
6 January 29 Philadelphia 2 – 2 Montreal OT Hextall 16,152 2–3–1 5 Recap
7 January 31 Philadelphia 2 – 5 Quebec Hextall 14,141 2–4–1 5 Recap
February: 6–4–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–1–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
8 February 2 NY Islanders 5 – 4 Philadelphia OT Roussel 16,519 2–5–1 5 Recap
9 February 4 Buffalo 2 – 4 Philadelphia Roussel 16,778 3–5–1 7 Recap
10 February 6 Philadelphia 0 – 3 Ottawa Roussel 9,267 3–6–1 7 Recap
11 February 9 Florida 3 – 0 Philadelphia Roussel 16,229 3–7–1 7 Recap
12 February 11 Philadelphia 3 – 1 New Jersey Roussel 19,040 4–7–1 9 Recap
13 February 13 Washington 3 – 5 Philadelphia Hextall 16,815 5–7–1 11 Recap
14 February 14 Philadelphia 5 – 2 Tampa Bay Roussel 16,699 6–7–1 13 Recap
15 February 16 Quebec 4 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,065 6–8–1 13 Recap
16 February 23 Philadelphia 6 – 6 Quebec OT Hextall 13,301 6–8–2 14 Recap
17 February 25 Philadelphia 7 – 0 Montreal Hextall 17,800 7–8–2 16 Recap
18 February 28 Washington 2 – 4 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 8–8–2 18 Recap
March: 9–4–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 4–3–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
19 March 2 Florida 2 – 2 Philadelphia OT Hextall 16,680 8–8–3 19 Recap
20 March 3 Philadelphia 3 – 5 NY Rangers Hextall 18,200 8–9–3 19 Recap
21 March 5 Pittsburgh 2 – 6 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 9–9–3 21 Recap
22 March 7 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Tampa Bay Hextall 21,827 10–9–3 23 Recap
23 March 9 Boston 2 – 3 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 11–9–3 25 Recap
24 March 12 New Jersey 3 – 4 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 12–9–3 27 Recap
25 March 15 Philadelphia 4 – 3 NY Rangers Roussel 18,200 13–9–3 29 Recap
26 March 16 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Ottawa Hextall 10,382 14–9–3 31 Recap
27 March 18 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Florida OT Roussel 14,703 15–9–3 33 Recap
28 March 20 Montreal 4 – 8 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 16–9–3 35 Recap
29 March 22 Philadelphia 3 – 4 Hartford Hextall 10,149 16–10–3 35 Recap
30 March 25 Philadelphia 2 – 2 Washington OT Hextall 16,721 16–10–4 36 Recap
31 March 26 Buffalo 1 – 3 Philadelphia Roussel 17,380 17–10–4 38 Recap
32 March 28 Philadelphia 1 – 5 Boston Roussel 14,448 17–11–4 38 Recap
33 March 30 New Jersey 4 – 3 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 17–12–4 38 Recap
April: 10–4–0 (home: 6–2–0; road: 4–2–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
34 April 1 Philadelphia 2 – 3 Pittsburgh Hextall 17,181 17–13–4 38 Recap
35 April 2 NY Rangers 2 – 4 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 18–13–4 40 Recap
36 April 6 Tampa Bay 4 – 5 Philadelphia Hextall 17,245 19–13–4 42 Recap
37 April 8 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Washington Hextall 18,130 20–13–4 44 Recap
38 April 12 Montreal 2 – 3 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 21–13–4 46 Recap
39 April 14 Tampa Bay 2 – 3 Philadelphia Roussel 17,380 22–13–4 48 Recap
40 April 16 Pittsburgh 3 – 4 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,380 23–13–4 50 Recap
41 April 18 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Florida Hextall 14,703 24–13–4 52 Recap
42 April 20 NY Islanders 1 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 25–13–4 54 Recap
43 April 22 Philadelphia 4 – 3 New Jersey OT Roussel 19,040 26–13–4 56 Recap
44 April 23 Philadelphia 2 – 4 Buffalo Hextall 16,230 26–14–4 56 Recap
45 April 26 Ottawa 5 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 26–15–4 56 Recap
46 April 28 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Hartford Hextall 15,550 27–15–4 58 Recap
47 April 30 NY Rangers 2 – 0 Philadelphia Roussel 17,380 27–16–4 58 Recap
May: 1–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–0–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
48 May 2 Philadelphia 2 – 0 NY Islanders Roussel 12,621 28–16–4 60 Recap
Legend:

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

Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs[12]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres – Flyers win 4–1
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 May 7 Buffalo 3 – 4 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,380 Flyers lead 1–0 Recap
2 May 8 Buffalo 1 – 3 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Flyers lead 2–0 Recap
3 May 10 Philadelphia 1 – 3 Buffalo Hextall 13,256 Flyers lead 2–1 Recap
4 May 12 Philadelphia 4 – 2 Buffalo Hextall 16,230 Flyers lead 3–1 Recap
5 May 14 Buffalo 4 – 6 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Flyers win 4–1 Recap
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. New York Rangers – Flyers win 4–0
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 May 21 NY Rangers 4 – 5 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,380 Flyers lead 1–0 Recap
2 May 22 NY Rangers 3 – 4 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,380 Flyers lead 2–0 Recap
3 May 24 Philadelphia 5 – 2 NY Rangers Hextall 18,200 Flyers lead 3–0 Recap
4 May 26 Philadelphia 4 – 1 NY Rangers Hextall 18,200 Flyers win 4–0 Recap
Eastern Conference Finals vs. New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–2
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 June 3 New Jersey 4 – 1 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Devils lead 1–0 Recap
2 June 5 New Jersey 5 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Devils lead 2–0 Recap
3 June 7 Philadelphia 3 – 2 New Jersey OT Hextall 19,040 Devils lead 2–1 Recap
4 June 10 Philadelphia 4 – 2 New Jersey Hextall 19,040 Series tied 2–2 Recap
5 June 11 New Jersey 3 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Devils lead 3–2 Recap
6 June 13 Philadelphia 2 – 4 New Jersey Hextall 19,040 Devils win 4–2 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.
No. Player Pos Regular season Playoffs
GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
88 Eric Lindros C 46 29 41 70 27 60 12 4 11 15 7 8
19 Mikael Renberg RW 47 26 31 57 20 20 15 6 7 13 5 6
10 John LeClair† LW 37 25 24 49 21 20 15 5 7 12 7 4
17 Rod Brind'Amour C 48 12 27 39 −4 33 15 6 9 15 5 8
37 Eric Desjardins† D 34 5 18 23 10 12 15 4 4 8 13 10
3 Garry Galley‡ D 33 2 20 22 0 20 — — — — — —
2 Dmitri Yushkevich D 40 5 9 14 −4 47 15 1 5 6 −2 12
11 Kevin Dineen RW 40 8 5 13 −1 39 15 6 4 10 2 18
6 Chris Therien D 48 3 10 13 8 38 15 0 0 0 −2 10
18 Brent Fedyk RW 30 8 4 12 −2 14 9 2 2 4 2 8
14 Craig MacTavish C 45 3 9 12 2 23 15 1 4 5 −3 20
42 Josef Beranek‡ C 14 5 5 10 3 2 — — — — — —
25 Shjon Podein LW 44 3 7 10 −2 33 15 1 3 4 2 10
5 Kevin Haller D 36 2 8 10 16 48 15 4 4 8 10 10
24 Karl Dykhuis† D 33 2 6 8 7 37 15 4 4 8 2 14
12 Patrik Juhlin RW 42 4 3 7 −13 6 13 1 0 1 −1 2
45 Gilbert Dionne† LW 20 0 6 6 −1 2 3 0 0 0 −1 4
8 Mark Recchi‡ RW 10 2 3 5 −6 12 — — — — — —
9 Rob DiMaio LW 36 3 1 4 8 53 15 2 4 6 3 4
21 Dave Brown RW 28 1 2 3 −1 53 3 0 0 0 0 0
44[a] Anatoli Semenov† C 26 1 2 3 −2 6 15 2 4 6 3 0
23[b] Petr Svoboda† D 11 0 3 3 0 10 15 1 3 4 5 8
22 Jim Montgomery† C 8 1 1 2 −2 6 7 1 0 1 2 2
22 Mark Lamb‡ C 8 0 2 2 1 2 — — — — — —
20 Rob Zettler D 32 0 1 1 −3 34 1 0 0 0 1 2
37 Shawn Anderson D 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —
8 Shawn Antoski† LW 25 0 0 0 0 61 13 0 1 1 1 10
28 Jason Bowen D 4 0 0 0 −2 0 — — — — — —
15 Yanick Dupre LW 22 0 0 0 −7 8 — — — — — —
27 Ron Hextall G 31 0 0 0 13 15 0 1 1 4
23 Stewart Malgunas D 4 0 0 0 −1 4 — — — — — —
29 Ryan McGill‡ D 12 0 0 0 0 13 — — — — — —
30 Dominic Roussel G 19 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

No. Player Regular season Playoffs
GP GS W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP GS W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
27 Ron Hextall 31 31 17 9 4 801 88 2.90 .890 1 1,824 15 15 10 5 437 42 2.81 .904 0 897
30 Dominic Roussel 19 17 11 7 0 486 42 2.34 .914 1 1,075 1 0 0 0 8 0 0.00 1.000 0 23

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		Hart Memorial Trophy Eric Lindros [13]
Lester B. Pearson Award Eric Lindros [14]
NHL All-Rookie Team Chris Therien (Defense) [15]
NHL first All-Star team John LeClair (Left wing) [16]
Eric Lindros (Center)
League
(in-season) 		NHL Player of the Week John LeClair (February 27) [17]
Eric Lindros (March 20) [18]
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Eric Desjardins [19]
Bobby Clarke Trophy Eric Lindros [19]
Class Guy Award Mikael Renberg [19]
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy John LeClair [19]
Miscellaneous Viking Award Mikael Renberg [20]

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

The Flyers qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1989, ending a franchise record five-year playoff drought.[21] Goaltender Ron Hextall tied a team record for consecutive playoff wins (6) from May 12 to May 26.[22] The team's five consecutive road wins from May 12 to June 10 set a team playoff record (subsequently tied).[23]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Patrik Juhlin January 21, 1995 [24]
Chris Therien

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 15, 1994, the day after the deciding game of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 24, 1995, the day of the deciding game of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals.[25]

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 15, 1994 (1994-06-15)[c] To Philadelphia Flyers
To Florida Panthers
  • 2nd-round pick in 1994
  • cash
 [3]
June 29, 1994 (1994-06-29) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Montreal Canadiens
[6]
September 6, 1994 (1994-09-06) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • Philadelphia's 4th-round pick in 1995
 To Tampa Bay Lightning
[5]
September 22, 1994 (1994-09-22) To Philadelphia Flyers
To New York Islanders
[8]
February 2, 1995 (1995-02-02) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Tampa Bay Lightning
[26]
February 9, 1995 (1995-02-09) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Montreal Canadiens
[27]
February 10, 1995 (1995-02-10) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • cash
 To Montreal Canadiens
[28]
February 15, 1995 (1995-02-15) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Vancouver Canucks
[29]
February 16, 1995 (1995-02-16) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Chicago Blackhawks
[30]
March 8, 1995 (1995-03-08) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks
[31]
March 13, 1995 (1995-03-13) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Edmonton Oilers
[32]
April 7, 1995 (1995-04-07) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Buffalo Sabres
[33]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 6, 1994 (1994-07-06) Craig MacTavish New York Rangers 2-year Free agency [7]
July 19, 1994 (1994-07-19) Phil Crowe Los Angeles Kings Free agency [34]
July 27, 1994 (1994-07-27) Shjon Podein Edmonton Oilers Free agency [35]
August 16, 1994 (1994-08-16) Shawn Anderson Washington Capitals Free agency [36]
February 10, 1995 (1995-02-10) Jim Montgomery Montreal Canadiens Waivers [28]
March 5, 1995 (1995-03-05) Les Kuntar Hershey Bears (AHL) 1-year[d] Free agency [37]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via Ref
June 20, 1994 (1994-06-20) Corey Foster Ottawa Senators Free agency [38]
June 22, 1994 (1994-06-22) Lance Pitlick Ottawa Senators Free agency [39]
June 27, 1994 (1994-06-27) Todd Hlushko Calgary Flames Free agency [40]
July 26, 1994 (1994-07-26) Rob Ramage Retirement [41]
August 1994 (1994-08) Dave Tippett Houston Aeros (IHL) Free agency [42]
August 11, 1994 (1994-08-11) Frederic Chabot Florida Panthers Free agency [43]
N/A Eric Dandenault HC Fassa (Serie A) Free agency [44]
Toni Porkka Lukko (Liiga) Free agency [45]
Claude Vilgrain SC Herisau (NLB) Free agency [46]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
August 16, 1994 (1994-08-16) Brent Fedyk Re-signing [36]
August 23, 1994 (1994-08-23) Dan Kordic Re-signing [47]
September 2, 1994 (1994-09-02) Ryan Sittler 3-year Signing [48][49]
January 30, 1995 (1995-01-30) Garry Galley 3-year Re-signing [50]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

NHL entry draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, on June 28, 1994.[51] The Flyers traded their first-round picks in 1993 and 1994, 10th overall, along with Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, the rights to Peter Forsberg, and $15 million to the Quebec Nordiques for the rights to Eric Lindros on June 30, 1992.[52] Their second-round pick, 36th overall, was given to the Florida Panthers as compensation for the Flyers hiring Bob Clarke as their general manager.[52] They also traded their fifth-round pick, 114th overall, and Greg Johnson to the Detroit Red Wings for Jim Cummins and the Red Wings' 1993 fourth-round pick on June 20, 1993.[52]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
3 62 Artem Anisimov Defense  Russia Itil Kazan (Russia)
4 88 Adam Magarrell Defense  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
4 101 Sebastien Vallee Left wing  Canada Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) [e]
6 140 Alexander Selivanov Right wing  Russia Spartak Moscow (RUS)
7 166 Colin Forbes Left wing  Canada Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL)
8 192 Derek Diener Defense  Canada Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
8 202 Ray Giroux Defense  Canada Powassan Hawks (NOJHL) [f]
9 218 Johan Hedberg Goaltender  Sweden Leksands IF (Elitserien)
10 244 Andre Payette Left wing  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
11 270 Jan Lipiansky Forward  Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)

NHL supplemental draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1994 NHL supplemental draft on June 28, 1994.[53]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league)
1 10 Kirk Nielsen Right wing  United States Harvard University (ECAC)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League[54] and the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL.[55] Mitch Lamoureux led the Bears with 85 points as Hershey finished 2nd in their division and lost in six games to the Cornwall Aces in the first round.[56] Johnstown finished 4th in their division and lost in the first round to the South Carolina Stingrays.

Notes

  1. ^ Semenov wore number 34 in his first game.
  2. ^ Svoboda wore number 3 in his first game.
  3. ^ Florida received the draft pick and cash as compensation for the Flyers hiring Clarke as president and general manager. Clarke, who had been serving as the vice president and general manager of the Panthers, had two years remaining on his contract.[3]
  4. ^ Signed for the remainder of the regular season.[37]
  5. ^ The Flyers traded Terry Carkner to the Detroit Red Wings for Yves Racine and the Red Wings' fourth-round pick, 101st overall, on October 5, 1993.[52]
  6. ^ The Flyers traded Pelle Eklund to the Dallas Stars for the Stars' eighth-round pick, 202nd overall, on March 21, 1994.[52]

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