1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 19th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the first round of the playoffs in five game to the New York Rangers.

1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers
Patrick Division champions
Division	1st Patrick
Conference	1st Wales
1985–86 record	53–23–4
Home record	33–6–1
Road record	20–17–3
Goals for	335 (4th)
Goals against	241 (1st)
Team information
President	Jay Snider
General Manager	Bobby Clarke
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Dave Poulin
Alternate captains	Mark Howe Brad Marsh
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	17,184[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears Kalamazoo Wings
Team leaders
Goals	Tim Kerr (58)
Assists	Mark Howe (58)
Points	Brian Propp (97)
Penalty minutes	Rick Tocchet (284)
Plus/minus	Mark Howe (+85)
Wins	Bob Froese (31)
Goals against average	Bob Froese (2.55)

Regular season

The club began the year 12–2–0 (with both losses coming at home to New Jersey and Quebec), which included 10 consecutive wins until goaltender Pelle Lindbergh was fatally injured in a car accident in the early hours of November 10.

Due to the tragedy, back-up Bob Froese became the de-facto starter, and the club called up Darren Jensen for relief work. Froese suffered a groin injury in practice prior to the team's next game against the Edmonton Oilers, so Jensen got the start against the defending Stanley Cup champions at the Spectrum on November 14.

Following an emotional memorial service, the Flyers posted a spirited 5–3 win, featuring four goals in the third period to earn their 11th victory in a row. They went on to beat Hartford two days later to set a new franchise record for consecutive wins, then rallied from three-goals down to top the New York Islanders 5–4 in overtime the next day. The Islanders ended the streak two nights later in Uniondale, almost wasting a four-goal lead in an 8–6 decision.

Philly became the first club in the NHL to reach 30 wins, after a 4–0 shutout of the Washington Capitals on January 9, but began to falter in February and early March, losing four straight games and seeing the Capitals climb within striking distance. The Caps and Flyers each spent time in first place for the remainder of the schedule, but the orange and black took the division crown on the last day of the season (April 6) with a come-from-behind 5–3 home win.

In a 7–3 loss to the Devils on March 8, Tim Kerr set an NHL record with his 29th power-play goal of the season, passing Hall-of-Famer Phil Esposito's mark. He finished the year with 34, the league record to this day.

Propp had the best chance of his career to crack the 100-point mark, but that was derailed on March 6, when Buffalo Sabres forward Lindy Ruff caught him in the eye with a high stick. The incident cost Propp several games, and he finished with a team-high 97 points while also causing him to wear a visor for the remainder of his career.

Bob Clarke made a couple minor deals during the season, trading Ed Hospodar and the enigmatic Todd Bergen to the Minnesota North Stars for Dave Richter and Bo Berglund on November 29. Neither player lasted beyond the season with the Flyers, while Hospodar returned in 1986–87. Also, Joe Paterson and Len Hachborn were sent in separate deals to the Los Angeles Kings, and Chico Resch was acquired from the Devils for a draft pick in early March.

Froese finished second in voting for the Vezina Trophy. Mark Howe finished second in voting for the Norris Trophy and third in voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP.[2] Howe was named to the first NHL All-Star Team and took home the NHL Plus-Minus Award — the defense pairing of Howe and Brad McCrimmon finished with a +85 and a +83 respectively — while Froese was named to the second NHL All-Star Team and was the co-winner with Jensen of the William M. Jennings Trophy.

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	53	23	4	335	241	110
Washington Capitals	80	50	23	7	315	272	107
New York Islanders	80	39	29	12	327	284	90
New York Rangers	80	36	38	6	280	276	78
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	34	38	8	313	305	76
New Jersey Devils	80	28	49	3	300	374	59

[3]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.

Playoffs

Despite their regular season success, an emotionally exhausted Flyers team lost in the first round of the playoffs to the New York Rangers in five games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1985–86 regular season
October: 7–2–0, 14 Points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 4–0–0) Game October Opponent Score Record Points 1 10 New Jersey Devils 5–6 0–1–0 0 2 12 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 1–1–0 2 3 13 @ Washington Capitals 4–2 2–1–0 4 4 17 Quebec Nordiques 1–2 2–2–0 4 5 19 Minnesota North Stars 7–3 3–2–0 6 6 20 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 4–2–0 8 7 24 Hartford Whalers 3–0 5–2–0 10 8 27 Vancouver Canucks 7–4 6–2–0 12 9 30 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–4 7–2–0 14
November: 12–2–0, 24 Points (Home: 8–0–0; Road: 4–2–0) Game November Opponent Score Record Points 10 2 @ Quebec Nordiques 5–3 8–2–0 16 11 3 Los Angeles Kings 7–4 9–2–0 18 12 6 @ New York Rangers 5–2 10–2–0 20 13 7 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 11–2–0 22 14 9 Boston Bruins 5–3 12–2–0 24 15 14 Edmonton Oilers 5–3 13–2–0 26 16 16 @ Hartford Whalers 5–2 14–2–0 28 17 17 New York Islanders 5–4 OT 15–2–0 30 18 19 @ New York Islanders 6–8 15–3–0 30 19 21 Hartford Whalers 3–0 16–3–0 32 20 23 @ Boston Bruins 4–5 16–4–0 32 21 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 7–4 17–4–0 34 22 27 Winnipeg Jets 6–1 18–4–0 36 23 29 @ Minnesota North Stars 4–1 19–4–0 38
December: 9–6–0, 18 Points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–5–0) Game December Opponent Score Record Points 24 1 @ Winnipeg Jets 1–2 19–5–0 38 25 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–4 19–6–0 38 26 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–6 19–7–0 38 27 7 New York Rangers 4–0 20–7–0 40 28 8 @ New York Rangers 1–3 20–8–0 40 29 10 Boston Bruins 7–4 21–8–0 42 30 12 Montreal Canadiens 6–3 22–8–0 44 31 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–4 23–8–0 46 32 17 @ New Jersey Devils 4–7 23–9–0 46 33 19 New Jersey Devils 6–3 24–9–0 48 34 21 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 25–9–0 50 35 22 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 OT 26–9–0 52 36 27 @ Vancouver Canucks 6–1 27–9–0 54 37 28 @ Calgary Flames 6–5 28–9–0 56 38 31 @ Edmonton Oilers 3–4 28–10–0 56
January: 7–5–1, 15 Points (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 3–4–1) Game January Opponent Score Record Points 39 2 @ Los Angeles Kings 7–4 29–10–0 58 40 4 @ St. Louis Blues 1–2 29–11–0 58 41 9 Washington Capitals 4–0 30–11–0 60 42 11 @ New Jersey Devils 8–4 31–11–0 62 43 12 Calgary Flames 3–0 32–11–0 64 44 14 New Jersey Devils 3–2 33–11–0 66 45 17 New York Islanders 3–4 33–12–0 66 46 18 @ Washington Capitals 2–5 33–13–0 66 47 21 @ New York Islanders 3–7 33–14–0 66 48 23 Detroit Red Wings 5–2 34–14–0 68 49 25 @ St. Louis Blues 1–0 35–14–0 70 50 28 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–2 OT 35–14–1 71 51 30 @ New York Islanders 4–8 35–15–1 71
February: 6–3–3, 15 Points (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 1–3–2) Game February Opponent Score Record Points 52 1 @ Quebec Nordiques 2–2 OT 35–15–2 72 53 6 St. Louis Blues 4–3 36–15–2 74 54 8 Minnesota North Stars 3–3 OT 36–15–3 75 55 9 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 OT 36–15–4 76 56 12 @ Buffalo Sabres 4–0 37–15–4 78 57 13 New York Islanders 6–3 38–15–4 80 58 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–5 38–16–4 80 59 17 Winnipeg Jets 8–4 39–16–4 82 60 20 Los Angeles Kings 5–3 40–16–4 84 61 22 Washington Capitals 3–1 41–16–4 86 62 27 @ Calgary Flames 4–7 41–17–4 86 63 28 @ Vancouver Canucks 1–3 41–18–4 86
March: 8–5–0, 16 Points (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 2–3–0) Game March Opponent Score Record Points 64 2 @ Edmonton Oilers 1–2 OT 41–19–4 86 65 4 Buffalo Sabres 4–6 41–20–4 86 66 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–4 42–20–4 88 67 8 @ New Jersey Devils 3–7 42–21–4 88 68 9 @ New York Rangers 4–1 43–21–4 90 69 13 Washington Capitals 2–0 44–21–4 92 70 15 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 OT 45–21–4 94 71 16 New Jersey Devils 4–1 46–21–4 96 72 20 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 47–21–4 98 73 22 New York Rangers 4–2 48–21–4 100 74 23 @ Washington Capitals 5–6 48–22–4 100 75 27 Buffalo Sabres 0–1 48–23–4 100 76 29 New York Rangers 8–2 49–23–4 102
April: 4–0–0, 8 Points (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 2–0–0) Game April Opponent Score Record Points 77 1 New York Islanders 4–2 50–23–4 104 78 2 @ New York Rangers 3–2 51–23–4 106 79 5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 OT 52–23–4 108 80 6 Washington Capitals 5–3 53–23–4 110
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1986 Stanley Cup playoffs
Patrick Division Semifinals vs. New York Rangers - Rangers win 3–2 Game Date Opponent Score Series 1 April 9 New York Rangers 2–6 Rangers lead 1–0 2 April 10 New York Rangers 2–1 Series tied 1–1 3 April 12 @ New York Rangers 2–5 Rangers lead 2–1 4 April 14 @ New York Rangers 7–1 Series tied 2–2 5 April 15 New York Rangers 2–5 Rangers win 3–2
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.

				Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
26	Brian Propp	26	LW	72	40	57	97	24	47	5	0	2	2	−2	4
12	Tim Kerr	26	RW	76	58	26	84	−5	79	5	3	3	6	−2	8
2	Mark Howe	30	D	77	24	58	82	85	36	5	0	4	4	0	0
23	Ilkka Sinisalo	27	LW	74	39	37	76	17	31	5	2	2	4	1	2
20	Dave Poulin	27	C	79	27	42	69	20	49	5	2	0	2	−4	2
9	Pelle Eklund	22	C	70	15	51	66	−4	12	5	0	2	2	2	0
14	Ron Sutter	22	C	75	18	42	60	26	159	5	0	2	2	2	10
10	Brad McCrimmon	26	D	80	13	43	56	83	85	5	2	0	2	1	2
32	Murray Craven	21	LW	78	21	33	54	24	34	5	0	3	3	0	4
25	Peter Zezel	20	C	79	17	37	54	27	76	5	3	1	4	−2	4
3	Doug Crossman	25	D	80	6	37	43	−5	55	5	0	1	1	0	4
15	Rich Sutter	22	RW	78	14	25	39	28	199	5	2	0	2	2	19
22	Rick Tocchet	21	RW	69	14	21	35	12	284	5	1	2	3	1	26
18	Lindsay Carson	25	LW	50	9	12	21	10	84	1	0	0	0	0	5
21	Dave Brown	23	RW	76	10	7	17	7	277	5	0	0	0	−3	16
8	Brad Marsh	27	D	79	0	13	13	0	123	5	0	0	0	1	2
24	Derrick Smith	21	LW	69	6	6	12	14	57	4	0	0	0	−3	10
17	Ed Hospodar	26	D	17	3	1	4	0	55	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Thomas Eriksson	26	D	43	0	4	4	−12	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Don Nachbaur	27	C	5	1	1	2	3	7	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Dave Richter	25	D	50	0	2	2	−2	138	5	0	0	0	0	21
29	Daryl Stanley	23	D	33	0	2	2	−5	69	1	0	0	0	0	2
37	Bo Berglund	30	RW	7	0	2	2	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Bob Froese	27	G	51	0	1	1	N/A	8	5	0	1	1	N/A	0
30	Darren Jensen	25	G	29	0	1	1	N/A	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Mike Stothers	23	D	6	0	1	1	1	6	3	0	0	0	0	4
31	Pelle Lindbergh	26	G	8	0	0	0	N/A	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Glenn Resch	37	G	5	0	0	0	N/A	0	1	0	0	0	N/A	0
6	Joe Paterson	25	LW	5	0	0	0	1	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Kevin McCarthy	28	D	4	0	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Ross Fitzpatrick	25	C	2	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Steve Smith	22	D	2	0	0	0	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Scott Mellanby	19	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Carl Mokosak	23	LW	1	0	0	0	0	5	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

• = 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											Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Bob Froese	27	51	47	31	10	3	1270	116	2.55	.909	5	2,724:05	5	5	2	3	123	15	3.08	.878	0	292:07
30	Darren Jensen	25	29	23	15	9	1	753	88	3.69	.883	2	1,430:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Pelle Lindbergh	26	8	8	6	2	0	200	23	2.88	.885	1	478:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Glenn Resch	37	5	2	1	2	0	84	10	3.23	.881	0	185:38	1	0	0	0	1	1	8.24	.000	0	7:17

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Emery Edge Award	Mark Howe	[4]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Mark Howe (Defense)	[5]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Bob Froese (Goaltender)	[5]
	William M. Jennings Trophy	Bob Froese	[6]
		Darren Jensen
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bob Froese	[7][8]
		Mark Howe
		Mike Keenan (Coach)
		Tim Kerr[lower-alpha 1]
		Pelle Lindbergh[lower-alpha 2]
		Dave Poulin
		Brian Propp
	NHL Player of the Month	Bob Froese (March)	[9]
	NHL Player of the Week	Bob Froese (December 29)	[10]
		Bob Froese (January 9)	[11]
		Bob Froese (March 17)[lower-alpha 3]	[12]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Mark Howe	[13]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Mark Howe	[13]
	Class Guy Award	Murray Craven	[13]

Records

•    NHL record

Individual

Franchise player records set during the 1985–86 season

Record	Type	Total	Player	Date(s)	Opponent	Ref
Powerplay goals scored	Game	3[lower-alpha 4]	Tim Kerr	11/3/1985	Los Angeles Kings	[14]
Goals scored by a defenseman	Season	24	Mark Howe	—	—	[15]
Powerplay goals scored	Season	34	Tim Kerr	—	—	[16]
Shorthanded goals scored	Season	7[lower-alpha 5]	Mark Howe	—	—	[16]
Points by a defenseman	Season	82	Mark Howe	—	—	[15]
Highest plus/minus	Season	+85	Mark Howe	—	—	[16]
Assists by a rookie	Season	51	Pelle Eklund	—	—	[14]

Team

Franchise team records set during the 1985–86 season

Record	Type	Total	Date(s)	Opponent	Refs
Games won	Streak	13	10/19/1985 – 11/17/1985	—	[17]
Most wins	Season	53[lower-alpha 6]	—	—	[18]
Fewest ties	Season	4	—	—	[18]
Fewest home ties	Season	1[lower-alpha 7]	—	—	[19]
Fewest road ties	Season	3[lower-alpha 8]	—	—	[19]
Goals scored, playoffs	Period	5[lower-alpha 9]	4/14/1986	New York Rangers	[20]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 31, 1985, the day after the deciding game of the 1985 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 24, 1986, the day of the deciding game of the 1986 Stanley Cup Finals.[21]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
October 11, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Seguin 2nd-round pick in 1986	To Los Angeles Kings Paul Guay 4th-round pick in 1986	[22]
November 7, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations[lower-alpha 10]	To Edmonton Oilers Ron Low	[23]
November 29, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers Bo Berglund Dave Richter	To Minnesota North Stars Todd Bergen Ed Hospodar	[24]
December 5, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations	To Los Angeles Kings Len Hachborn	[25]
December 18, 1985	To Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia's 4th-round pick in 1986	To Los Angeles Kings Joe Paterson	[26]
March 11, 1986	To Philadelphia Flyers Glenn Resch	To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 1986	[27]

Signings

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Term	Ref
July 19, 1985	Kevin McCarthy	Pittsburgh Penguins		[28]
July 26, 1985	Jim Dobson	Quebec Nordiques		[29]
July 26, 1985	Carl Mokosak	Los Angeles Kings		[29]
July 26, 1985	Tim Tookey	Pittsburgh Penguins		[29]
September 30, 1985	Steve Martinson	Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL)		[30]
October 7, 1985	Dave Farrish	Toronto Maple Leafs		[31]
October 8, 1985	Florent Robidoux	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)		[32]
January 15, 1986	John Kemp	Canadian National Team		[33]
March 19, 1986	Craig Berube	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)		[34]

Internal

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to contracts.

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 18, 1985	Pelle Eklund (DP)	2-year	[35]
August 14, 1985	Ray Allison		[36]
August 14, 1985	Ed Hospodar		[36]
August 14, 1985	Brad Marsh		[36]
August 14, 1985	Dave McLay (DP)		[36]
August 14, 1985	John Stevens (DP)		[36]
August 14, 1985	Rich Sutter		[36]
August 14, 1985	Ron Sutter		[36]
October 10, 1985	Pelle Lindbergh	6-year	[37]
November 7, 1985	Jeff Chychrun (DP)		[38]
March 13, 1986	Scott Mellanby (DP)		[39]

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions. The 1985 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 7, 1985.[40] The Flyers protected the following players: goaltenders Bob Froese and Pelle Lindbergh, defensemen Doug Crossman, Thomas Eriksson, Ed Hospodar, Mark Howe, Brad Marsh, Brad McCrimmon, and Daryl Stanley, and forwards Dave Brown, Lindsay Carson, Murray Craven, Len Hachborn, Tim Kerr, Joe Paterson, Dave Poulin, Brian Propp, and Ilkka Sinisalo.[41] The Flyers left the following players unprotected: defensemen Kevin McCarthy and Mike Stothers, and forwards Ray Allison, Bill Barber, Jim Dobson, Ross Fitzpatrick, Al Hill, Steve Martinson, Carl Mokosak, and Don Nachbaur.[41]

Date	Player	Team	Ref
November 7, 1985	Ron Low	from Edmonton Oilers	[23]

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	Ref
June 10, 1985	Miroslav Dvorak	ESG Kassel (Germany)	Retirement[lower-alpha 11]	[42]
August 22, 1985	Bill Barber	—	Retirement[lower-alpha 12]	[43]
September 25, 1985	Todd Bergen	Minnesota North Stars[lower-alpha 13]	Retirement	[44]
N/A	Tim Young	—	Retirement[lower-alpha 14]	[45]
N/A	Jim Dobson	New York Rangers[lower-alpha 15]	Released	[46]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, on June 15, 1985.[47] The Flyers traded their tenth-round pick, 210th overall, to the Boston Bruins for Ian Armstrong on May 24, 1984.[48]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	21	Glen Seabrooke	Center	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	42	Bruce Rendall	Left Wing	Canada	Chatham Maroons (OPJHL)
3	48	Darryl Gilmour	Goaltender	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)	[lower-alpha 16]
3	63	Shane Whelan	Center	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	84	Paul Marshall	Defense	United States	Northwood School (N.Y.)
5	105	Daril Holmes	Right Wing	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHL)
6	126	Ken Alexander	Defense	United States	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	147	Tony Horacek	Left Wing	Canada	Kelowna Wings (WHL)
8	168	Mike Cusack	Forward	United States	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
9	189	Gord Murphy	Defense	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
11	231	Rod Williams	Right Wing	Canada	Kelowna Wings (WHL)
12	252	Paul Maurice	Defense	Canada	Windsor Compuware Spitfires (OHL)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL[49][50] and the Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL.[51]

Notes

1. Voted starting Right Wing
2. Posthumously voted starting Goaltender
3. Co-winner with Edmonton Oilers' Paul Coffey
4. Tied four times by four different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records.
5. Tied mark set by Brian Propp during the 1984–85 season and subsequently tied by Mike Richards during the 2008–09 season.
6. Tied mark set during the 1984–85 season.
7. Tied mark set during the 1976–77 season.
8. Tied mark set during the 1984–85 season and subsequently tied during the 1987–88 season.
9. Tied four times. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records.
10. The Flyers claimed Low off waivers and agreed to a deal which allowed Edmonton to retain Low's rights but would guarantee them Low if Edmonton did not need him as a backup goaltender after Grant Fuhr recovered from an injury.[23] On December 3, the Flyers passed on reacquiring Low and Edmonton returned him to their American Hockey League affiliate in Nova Scotia.[23]
11. Retired from NHL
12. Barber missed the 1984–85 season due to a knee injury.
13. Bergen was traded to Minnesota on November 29, 1985.[24]
14. No official announcement
15. Dobson signed with New York on December 13, 1985.
16. The Flyers traded Paul Holmgren to the Minnesota North Stars for the rights to Paul Guay and the North Stars' third-round pick, 48th overall, on February 23, 1984.[48]

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• 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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