1987-88 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-33-9 - 85 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Washington Capitals 4-3
Coach: Mike Keenan (38-33-9)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1987-88 Philadelphia Flyers Roster
1987-88 Philadelphia Flyers Results

The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 38 wins and 33 losses and 9 ties for 85 points, finishing third in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Flyers scored 292 goals and allowed 292. Rick Tocchet netted 31 goals for Philadelphia, while Murray Craven tallied 30 or more, too. Brian Propp contributed 49 assists. Ron Hextall earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.51 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Mike Keenan coached the team. The 1987-88 Philadelphia Flyers lost in the NHL division semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Murray Craven	L	72	30	46	76	58	25	6	17	2	3	2	1	184	16.3
Brian Propp	L	74	27	49	76	76	8	7	17	2	2	6	0	257	10.5
Rick Tocchet	R	65	31	33	64	299	3	10	11	2	0	3	0	182	17.0
Mark Howe	D	75	19	43	62	62	23	8	17	1	4	4	0	177	10.7
Peter Zezel	C	69	22	35	57	42	7	14	14	0	0	1	0	133	16.5
Scott Mellanby	R	75	25	26	51	185	-7	7	11	0	0	2	0	190	13.2
Dave Poulin	C	68	19	32	51	32	17	1	3	5	2	3	0	125	15.2
Ilkka Sinisalo	R	68	25	17	42	30	2	6	7	2	0	4	3	148	16.9
Pelle Eklund	C	71	10	32	42	12	-6	2	17	0	0	2	0	101	9.9
Doug Crossman	D	76	9	29	38	43	-1	6	11	0	1	0	0	153	5.9
Ron Sutter	C	69	8	25	33	146	-9	1	0	0	2	0	0	107	7.5
Kjell Samuelsson	D	74	6	24	30	184	28	3	9	0	0	0	0	118	5.1
Derrick Smith	L	76	16	8	24	104	-20	0	0	0	0	1	0	155	10.3
Kerry Huffman	D	52	6	17	23	34	-11	3	7	0	0	2	0	84	7.1
Dave Brown	R	47	12	5	17	114	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	41	29.3
Willie Huber	D	10	4	9	13	16	-2	3	5	0	0	0	1	14	28.6
Brad Marsh	D	70	3	9	12	57	-13	0	1	1	1	1	0	57	5.3
Lindsay Carson	C	36	2	7	9	37	-4	0	2	0	0	0	0	34	5.9
Brian Dobbin	R	21	3	5	8	6	-1	0	2	0	0	1	0	15	20.0
Ron Hextall	G	62	1	6	7	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Greg Smyth	D	48	1	6	7	192	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4
Magnus Roupe	L	33	2	4	6	32	-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	37	5.4
Craig Berube	L	27	3	2	5	108	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	23.1
Tim Kerr	R	8	3	2	5	12	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	34	8.8
Paul Lawless	L	8	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
J.J. Daigneault	D	28	2	2	4	12	-8	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	10.0
Don Nachbaur	C	20	0	4	4	61	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
Gordie Roberts	D	11	1	2	3	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1
Bill Root	D	24	1	2	3	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7
Al Hill	L	12	1	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1
Glen Seabrooke	C	6	0	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mark Freer	C	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Murray	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Smith	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Chychrun	D	3	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
John Stevens	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Stothers	D	3	0	0	0	13	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark LaForest	G	21	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wendell Young	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Lamoureux	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
David Fenyves	D	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Nick Fotiu	L	23	0	0	0	40	-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
Totals		1525	292	487	779	2166	29	83	155	15	15	38	5	2482	11.8

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ron Hextall	62	3560	30	22	7	1	0	208	3.51	1817	1609	.886
Mark LaForest	21	972	5	9	2	2	1	60	3.70	478	418	.874
Wendell Young	6	320	3	2	0	1	0	20	3.75	149	129	.866
Totals	89	4852	38	33	9	4	1	288	3.56	2732	2444	.895

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	GWG	SOG	SG%
Murray Craven	L	7	2	5	7	4	1	0	3	1	13	15.4
Brian Propp	L	7	4	2	6	8	2	0	2	0	31	12.9
Rick Tocchet	R	5	1	4	5	55	-1	1	0	0	7	14.3
Mark Howe	D	7	3	6	9	4	7	0	2	0	16	18.8
Peter Zezel	C	7	3	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	15	20.0
Scott Mellanby	R	7	0	1	1	16	-6	0	1	0	14	0.0
Dave Poulin	C	7	2	6	8	4	5	1	0	1	13	15.4
Ilkka Sinisalo	R	7	4	2	6	0	4	1	1	0	15	26.7
Pelle Eklund	C	7	0	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Crossman	D	7	1	1	2	8	9	1	0	0	15	6.7
Ron Sutter	C	7	0	1	1	26	-7	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kjell Samuelsson	D	7	2	5	7	23	8	0	0	1	11	18.2
Derrick Smith	L	7	0	0	0	6	-7	0	0	0	19	0.0
Kerry Huffman	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Brown	R	7	1	0	1	27	-4	0	0	0	6	16.7
Willie Huber	D	5	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	6	0.0
Brad Marsh	D	7	1	0	1	8	-8	0	0	0	6	16.7
Ron Hextall	G	7	0	2	2	30	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Smyth	D	5	0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tim Kerr	R	6	1	3	4	4	-2	1	1	0	10	10.0
Don Nachbaur	C	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0
Bill Root	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hill	L	1	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark LaForest	G	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		135	25	44	69	286	3	5	10	3	206	12.1

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ron Hextall	7	379	2	4	30	4.75	196	166	.847
Mark LaForest	2	48	1	0	1	1.25	12	11	.917
Totals	9	427	3	4	31	4.36	239	208	.870