1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Atlantic Division champions
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Division | 1st Atlantic |
Conference | 2nd Eastern |
1994–95 record | 28–16–4 |
Home record | 16–7–1 |
Road record | 12–9–3 |
Goals for | 150 |
Goals against | 132 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Bob Clarke |
Coach | Terry Murray |
Captain | Eric Lindros |
Alternate captains |
Rod Brind'Amour Craig MacTavish |
Arena | CoreStates Spectrum |
Average attendance | 17,160 |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Eric Lindros (29) |
Assists | Eric Lindros (41) |
Points | Eric Lindros (70) |
Penalties in minutes | Shawn Antoski (61) |
Plus/minus | Eric Lindros (+27) |
Wins | Ron Hextall (17) |
Goals against average | Dominic 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.
Bob Clarke was named president and general manager of the Flyers on June 15, 1994, replacing Russ Farwell. The Florida Panthers received the Flyers' 1994 second-round pick and cash, believed to be around $500,000, as compensation since Clarke had to be released from his contract. On June 24, Clarke hired Terry Murray to replace Terry Simpson as head coach. 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. Prior to the start of training camp, the team announced Eric Lindros was replacing Kevin Dineen as team captain.
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. 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. 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.