2006–07 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 2006–07 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 40th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). For the first time in franchise history the Flyers finished with the worst record in the entire league and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1994.

Off-season

During the off-season the Flyers lost Michal Handzus in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks, defenseman Kim Johnsson to free agency and Eric Desjardins and team captain Keith Primeau to retirement.^[4]

Regular season

Peter Forsberg replaced Primeau as team captain,^[5] but a chronic foot injury had him in and out of the lineup throughout the season and limited his effectiveness. Eight games into the regular season and with a record of 1–6–1, General Manager Bob Clarke resigned and head coach Ken Hitchcock was fired.^[6] Assistant coach John Stevens replaced Hitchcock and assistant general manager Paul Holmgren took on Clarke's responsibilities on an interim basis.^[6]

The changes did little to improve the Flyers fortunes in 2006–07 as setting franchise records for futility became the norm. They had several multiple-game losing streaks including a franchise worst 10–game losing streak and a 12–game home losing streak that stretched from November 29 to February 10. Ultimately, the Flyers finished with a 22–48–12 record, the most losses in franchise history and the worst record in the league. They also set the NHL record for the biggest points drop off in the standings in a one-year span (101 points in 2005–06 to 56 points in 2006–07, a difference of 45 points).

With the team clearly on the verge of missing the playoffs for the first time since 1994, Holmgren set his sights on rebuilding the team and preparing for the future. Forsberg, unwilling to commit to playing next season, was traded to the Nashville Predators for Scottie Upshall, Ryan Parent, and 2007 1st and 3rd-round draft picks.^[7] Veteran defenseman Alexei Zhitnik was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for prospect defenseman Braydon Coburn^[8] and disappointing off-season acquisition Kyle Calder was sent to the Detroit Red Wings via Chicago in exchange for defenseman Lasse Kukkonen.^[9] The Flyers also acquired goaltender Martin Biron from the Buffalo Sabres for a 2007 2nd-round pick.^[10] Given wide praise for his efforts, the Flyers gave Holmgren a two-year contract and removed the interim label from his title.^[11]

The Flyers finished the regular season having allowed 297 goals (excluding 6 shootout goals allowed), the most in the League.^[12]^[13]

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	New Jersey Devils	82	49	24	9	216	201	107
2	5	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	24	11	277	246	105
3	6	New York Rangers	82	42	30	10	242	216	94
4	8	New York Islanders	82	40	30	12	248	240	92
5	15	Philadelphia Flyers	82	22	48	12	214	303	56

^[14]

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^[15]
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P - Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	53	22	7	308	242	113
2	Y - New Jersey Devils	AT	82	49	24	9	216	201	107
3	Y - Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	43	28	11	246	201	97
4	X - Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	25	9	288	222	105
5	X - Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	47	24	11	277	246	105
6	X - New York Rangers	AT	82	42	30	10	242	216	94
7	X - Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	44	33	5	253	261	93
8	X - New York Islanders	AT	82	40	30	12	248	240	92
8.5
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	40	31	11	258	269	91
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	34	6	245	256	90
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	40	34	8	241	253	88
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	35	31	16	247	257	86
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	35	41	6	219	289	76
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	28	40	14	235	286	70
15	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	22	48	12	214	303	56

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P- Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2006 Pre-season^[16]

Pre-season: 1–5–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 0–3–1)

Legend: Win Loss Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

2006–07 Regular season

October: 3–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–5–0)

November: 5–8–2 (Home: 1–5–2; Road: 4–3–0)

December: 2–9–1 (Home: 0–4–1; Road: 2–5–0)

January: 2–8–2 (Home: 0–4–1; Road: 2–4–1)

February: 4–5–4 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 2–2–2)

March: 5–9–1 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 1–5–1)

April: 1–2–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 0–0–1)

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

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.

				Regular season
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
12	Gagne, SimonSimon Gagne	26	LW	76	41	27	68	2	30
22	Knuble, MikeMike Knuble	34	RW	64	24	30	54	2	56
44	Pitkanen, JoniJoni Pitkanen	23	D	77	4	39	43	−25	88
21	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	33	C	40	11	29	40	2	72
17	Carter, JeffJeff Carter	22	C	62	14	23	37	−17	48
18	Richards, MikeMike Richards	21	C	59	10	22	32	−12	52
8	Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	34	LW	58	11	18	29	−16	44
20	Umberger, R. J.R. J. Umberger	24	C	81	16	12	28	−32	41
24	Kapanen, SamiSami Kapanen	33	RW	77	11	14	25	−21	22
29 !29, 45	Picard, AlexandreAlexandre Picard	21	D	62	3	19	22	−19	17
6	Jones, RandyRandy Jones	25	D	66	4	18	22	−14	38
19	Calder, KyleKyle Calder	28	LW	59	9	12	21	−31	36
27	Robitaille, RandyRandy Robitaille	31	C	28	5	12	17	−4	22
27	Afanasenkov, DmitryDmitry Afanasenkov	26	LW	41	8	7	15	−19	12
9	Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall	23	RW	18	6	7	13	4	8
9 !9, 15	Ruzicka, StefanStefan Ruzicka	21	RW	40	3	10	13	−6	18
77	Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	34	D	31	3	10	13	−16	38
11	Potulny, RyanRyan Potulny	22	C	35	7	5	12	1	22
55	Eager, BenBen Eager	23	LW	63	6	5	11	−13	233
29	Fedoruk, ToddTodd Fedoruk	27	LW	48	3	8	11	−11	84
2	Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher	34	D	82	3	6	9	−24	67
61	York, MikeMike York	29	LW	34	4	4	8	−9	8
93	Nedved, PetrPetr Nedved	35	C	21	1	6	7	−20	18
5	Coburn, BraydonBraydon Coburn	21	D	20	3	4	7	−2	16
34	Meyer, FreddyFreddy Meyer	26	D	25	2	3	5	−4	14
23	Gauthier, DenisDenis Gauthier	30	D	43	0	4	4	−11	45
46	Timonen, JussiJussi Timonen	23	D	14	0	4	4	−10	6
40	Meloche, EricEric Meloche	30	RW	13	1	2	3	−6	4
28	Kane, BoydBoyd Kane	28	LW	15	0	2	2	−4	28
65	Guenin, NateNate Guenin	24	D	9	0	2	2	0	4
43	Jonsson, LarsLars Jonsson	25	D	8	0	2	2	−4	6
42	Esche, RobertRobert Esche	29	G	18	0	2	2	-98 !N/A	2
3	Rathje, MikeMike Rathje	32	D	18	0	1	1	−7	6
52	Grant, TristonTriston Grant	22	LW	8	0	1	1	−1	10
5	Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner	30	D	6	0	1	1	0	21
30	Niittymaki, AnteroAntero Niittymaki	26	G	52	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	2
28	Kukkonen, LasseLasse Kukkonen	25	D	20	0	0	0	−1	8
43	Biron, MartinMartin Biron	29	G	16	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0
26	Reid, DarrenDarren Reid	23	RW	14	0	0	0	−7	18
54	Printz, DavidDavid Printz	26	D	12	0	0	0	−3	4
33	Cote, RileyRiley Cote	24	LW	8	0	0	0	0	11
14	Hamel, DenisDenis Hamel	29	LW	7	0	0	0	−4	0
15	Dimitrakos, NikoNiko Dimitrakos	27	RW	5	0	0	0	−4	6
49	Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton	25	G	4	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0
14	Cullen, MarkMark Cullen	28	C	3	0	0	0	−3	0
32	Grenier, MartinMartin Grenier	26	D	3	0	0	0	−3	0
36	Ellison, MattMatt Ellison	23	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
35	Houle, MartinMartin Houle	21	G	1	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0
77	Parent, RyanRyan Parent	19	D	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

= 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.

			Regular season
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	OT	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
30	Niittymaki, AnteroAntero Niittymaki	26	52	9	29	8	0	166	.894	3.38	2942
42	Esche, RobertRobert Esche	29	18	5	9	1	1	62	.872	4.32	860
43	Biron, MartinMartin Biron	29	16	6	8	2	1	47	.908	3.01	935
49	Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton	25	4	2	2	0	0	12	.882	3.70	195
35	Houle, MartinMartin Houle	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.667	27.27	2

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor	Recipient	Ref
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Simon Gagne	^[17]

Team awards^[18]
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Derian Hatcher
Bobby Clarke Trophy	Simon Gagne
Gene Hart Memorial Award	Sami Kapanen
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	Ben Eager
Toyota Cup	Simon Gagne
Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award	Mike Knuble

Records

The 2006–07 edition of the Philadelphia Flyers (Kyle Calder, Jeff Carter, and Sami Kapanen pictured on the left during a January 4 game against the New York Rangers) holds several dubious franchise records, including most losses, fewest points, fewest home wins, and three different losing/winless streaks.

Individual single season records
Record	Total	Player
Worst plus-minus	−32	R. J. Umberger
Losses	29	Antero Niittymaki (tied by Bernie Parent in 1969–70)

Team single season records
Record	Total
Fewest wins at home	10
Most losses	48
Most losses at home	24
Fewest points	56
Worst winning percentage	.341
Fewest shootout wins	1

Individual regular season single game records
Record	Player	Total	Date and opponent
Assists by a defenseman	Alexandre Picard	5	February 1, 2007 vs. New Jersey Devils
Assists by a rookie	Alexandre Picard	5	February 1, 2007 vs. New Jersey Devils

Team regular season streaks records
Record	Games	Dates
Longest losing streak	9	December 8, 2006 through December 27, 2006
Longest home losing streak	8	December 9, 2006 through January 27, 2007
Longest home winless streak	13 (10 losses, 3 shootout losses)	November 29, 2006 through February 8, 2007

Milestones

Individual career milestones^[19]
Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
750th game coached	Ken Hitchcock		October 5, 2006	^[20]
600th assist	Peter Forsberg	Primary assist on Simon Gagne's powerplay goal at 14:19 of the second period	January 18, 2007	^[21]^[22]
1,000th game played	Alexei Zhitnik		February 20, 2007
1,000th game played	Derian Hatcher		April 7, 2007

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.^[23]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2006 4th-round pick in 2006	To Montreal Canadiens Chicago's 3rd-round pick in 2006	^[24]
August 2, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Meloche	To Chicago Blackhawks rights to Vaclav Pletka	^[25]
August 4, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers Kyle Calder	To Chicago Blackhawks Michal Handzus	^[26]
November 9, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers Darren Reid	To Tampa Bay Lightning Daniel Corso	^[27]
November 13, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers Todd Fedoruk	To Anaheim Ducks 4th-round pick in 2007 conditional right to switch 5th-round picks in 2007^[a]	^[28]^[29]
December 16, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers Alexei Zhitnik	To New York Islanders Freddy Meyer conditional draft pick^[b]	^[30]
December 20, 2006	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike York	To New York Islanders Randy Robitaille 5th-round pick in 2008	^[31]
February 15, 2007	To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Parent Scottie Upshall 1st-round pick in 2007 3rd-round pick in 2007	To Nashville Predators Peter Forsberg	^[7]
February 24, 2007	To Philadelphia Flyers Braydon Coburn	To Atlanta Thrashers Alexei Zhitnik	^[8]
February 26, 2007	To Philadelphia Flyers Lasse Kukkonen 3rd-round pick in 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Kyle Calder	^[9]
February 27, 2007	To Philadelphia Flyers Martin Biron	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2007	^[10]
June 4, 2007	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Nashville Predators Matt Ellison	^[32]

Trade notes

^a Condition not met.
^b The Islanders had a choice between the Flyers' third-round pick in 2007 or the Flyers' second-round pick in 2008. The Islanders chose the 2007 third-round pick.

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Contract details	Ref
June 26, 2006	Brad Tapper	Hannover Scorpions (DEL)	1 year*	^[33]
July 1, 2006	Nolan Baumgartner	Vancouver Canucks	2 years, $2.4 million	^[34]
July 1, 2006	Lars Jonsson	HV71 (Elitserien)	1 year, $450,000*	^[34]^[35]
July 4, 2006	Randy Robitaille	Minnesota Wild	1 year, $600,000	^[36]
July 5, 2006	Mark Cullen	Chicago Blackhawks	1 year, $450,000	^[37]
July 13, 2006	Daniel Corso	Frankfurt Lions (DEL)	1 year*	^[38]
July 13, 2006	Martin Grenier	New York Rangers	1 year*	^[38]
July 13, 2006	Boyd Kane	Washington Capitals	1 year*	^[38]
July 19, 2006	Geoff Sanderson	Phoenix Coyotes	2 years, $3 million	^[39]

Offer sheets

The Flyers signed the following restricted free agents to offer sheets.

Date	Player	Team	Contract details	Result	Ref
September 12, 2006	Ryan Kesler	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $1.9 million	Matched	^[40]

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Contract details	Ref
July 5, 2006	Antero Niittymaki	1 year, $1 million	^[41]
July 6, 2006	R.J. Umberger	2 years, $2.3 million	^[42]
July 13, 2006	Matt Ellison	1 year*	^[38]
July 14, 2006	Joni Pitkanen	1 year, $2 million	^[43]
July 29, 2006	David Printz	1 year*	^[44]
September 2, 2006	Tony Voce	1 year*	^[45]
September 11, 2006	Simon Gagne	5 years, $26.25 million	^[46]
November 29, 2006	Mike Knuble	2 years, $5.6 million extension	^[47]
February 13, 2007	Sami Kapanen	2 years, $2.5 million extension	^[48]
March 27, 2007	Martin Biron	2 years, $7 million extension	^[49]
May 11, 2007	Scottie Upshall	2 years, $2.45 million extension	^[50]
May 14, 2007	Ben Eager	2 years, $1.2 million extension	^[51]
May 17, 2007	Lasse Kukkonen	2 years, $1.75 million extension	^[52]

Entry level contracts

The following players — Flyers draft picks, undrafted free agents, and the unsigned draft picks of other teams — were signed by the Flyers to entry level contracts.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details	Ref
July 5, 2006	Denis Tolpeko	Regina Pats (WHL)	Undrafted free agent	3 years, $1.475 million	^[53]
August 16, 2006	Nate Guenin	Ohio State Buckeyes (CCHA)	Unsigned 2002 4th-round pick (NY Rangers)	2 years, $1.7 million	^[54]
September 23, 2006	Oskars Bartulis	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)	2005 3rd-round pick	3 years, $1.55 million	^[55]
March 15, 2007	Kyle Greentree	Alaska Nanooks (CCHA)	Undrafted free agent	2 years, $1.7 million	^[56]
March 15, 2007	Jon Matsumoto	Bowling Green Falcons (CCHA)	2006 3rd-round pick	3 years, $1.8 million	^[56]
May 17, 2007	David Laliberte	P.E.I. Rocket (QMJHL)	2004 4th-round pick	3 years, $1.555 million	^[52]
June 1, 2007	Josh Beaulieu	London Knights (OHL)	2005 5th-round pick	3 years, $1.495 million	^[57]
June 1, 2007	Jeremy Duchesne	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)	2005 4th-round pick	3 years, $1.59 million	^[57]

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions. Players claimed on recall waivers are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
November 11, 2006	Marty Murray*	Los Angeles Kings	Philadelphia Flyers	^[58]
December 30, 2006	Dmitry Afanasenkov	Philadelphia Flyers	Tampa Bay Lightning	^[59]
January 2, 2007	Petr Nedved*	Edmonton Oilers	Philadelphia Flyers	^[60]
January 11, 2007	Michael Leighton	Philadelphia Flyers	Nashville Predators	^[61]
February 24, 2007	Nolan Baumgartner*	Dallas Stars	Philadelphia Flyers	^[62]
February 27, 2007	Denis Hamel	Philadelphia Flyers	Atlanta Thrashers	^[63]
February 27, 2007	Michael Leighton	Montreal Canadiens	Philadelphia Flyers	^[63]

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Notes	Ref
June 30, 2006	Turner Stevenson	—	Buyout	Announced retirement on April 13, 2007	^[64]
June 30, 2006	Chris Therien	—	Retirement		^[65]
July 1, 2006	Kim Johnsson	Minnesota Wild	Free agency		^[66]
July 6, 2006	Branko Radivojevic	Minnesota Wild	Free agency		^[67]
July 14, 2006	Donald Brashear	Washington Capitals	Free agency		^[68]
July 14, 2006	John Slaney	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	Free agency		^[69]
July 21, 2006	Wade Skolney	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency		^[70]
August 10, 2006	Eric Desjardins	—	Retirement		^[71]
September 14, 2006	Keith Primeau	—	Retirement	2 years remained on contract	^[4]
September 15, 2006	Ryan Ready	Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)	Free agency		^[72]
September 21, 2006	Brian Savage	—	Retirement		^[73]
October 11, 2006	Pat Kavanagh	Portland Pirates (AHL)	Free agency		^[74]
June 4, 2007	David Printz*	Djurgarden IF (Elitserien)	Free agency	Contract for the 2007–08 season	^[75]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at General Motors Place in Vancouver on June 24, 2006.^[76]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2006 and their NHL career regular season statistics (complete through the end of the 2015–16 season)
Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	OT	GAA	Notes
1	22	Giroux, ClaudeClaude Giroux	Right Wing	Canada	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)	574	166	351	517	270	& —	& —	& —	& —
2	39	Nodl, AndreasAndreas Nodl	Right Wing	Austria	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)	183	15	21	36	28	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[a]
2	42	Ratchuk, MikeMike Ratchuk	Defense	United States	USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NAHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[b]
2	55	Bodrov, DenisDenis Bodrov	Defense	Russia	Tolyatti Lada (RSL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
3	79	Matsumoto, JonJon Matsumoto	Center	Canada	Bowling Green Falcons (CCHA)	14	2	0.1 !0	2	4	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[c]
4	101	Lehtivuori, JoonasJoonas Lehtivuori	Defense	Finland	Ilves (SM-liiga)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[d]
4	109	Kovar, JakubJakub Kovar	Goaltender	Czech Republic	Budějovice Jr. (CZE)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[c]
5	145	Rheault, JonJon Rheault	Right Wing	United States	Providence Friars (HE)	5	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	175	Dupont, MichaelMichael Dupont	Goaltender	Switzerland	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	205	Popov, AndreiAndrei Popov	Right Wing	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Vysshaya Liga)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[77]

^a The Flyers traded the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim's 2005 second-round pick to the Phoenix Coyotes for the Coyotes' second-round pick, 39th overall, and the Columbus Blue Jackets' 2005 fourth-round pick on July 30, 2005.
^b The Flyers received the Los Angeles Kings' second-round pick, 42nd overall, as compensation for the Kings hiring Dean Lombardi as their general manager.
^c The Flyers traded Eric Meloche and Patrick Sharp to the Chicago Blackhawks for Matt Ellison and the Blackhawks' third-round pick, 66th overall, on December 5, 2005. The Flyers traded the Blackhawks' pick to the Montreal Canadiens for the Canadiens' third, 79th overall, and fourth-round pick, 109th overall, on June 24, 2006.
The Flyers third-round pick, 85th overall, was traded to the San Jose Sharks for Niko Dimitrakos on March 9, 2006.
^d The Flyers traded Dennis Seidenberg to the Phoenix Coyotes for Petr Nedved on January 20, 2006. The Flyers also had the option of swapping fourth-round picks, which was exercised resulting in the Flyers moving from the 115th overall pick to the 101st overall pick, and 2007 third-round picks, which was not exercised.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL^[2] and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL.^[3] After an early season coaching change from Craig Berube, who joined the Flyers as an assistant, to Kjell Samuelsson, the Phantoms struggled finishing sixth in their division and missing the playoffs.^[78] Trenton finished 4th in their division and made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs before losing to the Dayton Bombers in their last season as a Flyers affiliate. Following the 2006–07 ECHL season the Titans were renamed the Trenton Devils by their new owners, the New Jersey Devils.

References

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Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results

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Philadelphia Flyers seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Philadelphia Flyers

Founded in 1967 Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1967 NHL expansion 1967 NHL Expansion Draft Eric Lindros trade Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Comcast Spectacor President Paul Holmgren General manager Ron Hextall Head coach Dave Hakstol Team captain Claude Giroux Current roster

Arenas	Spectrum Wells Fargo Center

Rivalries	Pittsburgh Penguins New York Rangers New Jersey Devils

Affiliates	AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms ECHL Reading Royals USPHL Premier Philadelphia Flyers-USPHL Affiliate history

Media	CSN Philadelphia Comcast Network Philadelphia 97.5 The Fanatic Broadcasters

Culture/Lore	1976 Flyers–Red Army game 2010 NHL Winter Classic 2012 NHL Winter Classic Broad Street Bullies Curse of Billy Penn Ed Snider Flyers–Senators brawl Gene Hart "God Bless America" Kate Smith Lauren Hart Legion of Doom Lou Nolan Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

2006–07 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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