1987-88 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-33-9 - 85 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Mike Keenan (38-33-9)
1987-88 Philadelphia Flyers RosterTeam Record: 38-33-9 - 85 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Mike Keenan (38-33-9)
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 in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The club scored 292 goals and allowed 292. Rick Tocchet netted 31 goals for the squad, 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 team 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 in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 |
| Greg Smyth | D | 48 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 192 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Ron Hextall | G | 62 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| 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 |
| Steve Smith | D | 1 | 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 |
| Wendell Young | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Stothers | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Fenyves | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mark Freer | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Stevens | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Mike Murray | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Chychrun | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mark LaForest | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1525 | 292 | 487 | 779 | 2166 | 29 | 83 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 2482 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark LaForest | 21 | 972 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 3.70 | 476 | 416 | .874 |
| Ron Hextall | 62 | 3560 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 208 | 3.51 | 1816 | 1608 | .885 |
| Wendell Young | 6 | 320 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3.75 | 148 | 128 | .865 |
| Totals | 89 | 4852 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 288 | 3.56 | 2440 | 2152 | .882 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Craven | L | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Brian Propp | L | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 | |
| Rick Tocchet | R | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 55 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Mark Howe | D | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | |
| Peter Zezel | C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 | |
| Scott Mellanby | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Poulin | C | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Ilkka Sinisalo | R | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 26.7 | |
| Pelle Eklund | C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Crossman | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Ron Sutter | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Kjell Samuelsson | D | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 18.2 | |
| Derrick Smith | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | |
| Kerry Huffman | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Brown | R | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Willie Huber | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Marsh | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Greg Smyth | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ron Hextall | G | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Tim Kerr | R | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Don Nachbaur | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Root | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Hill | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Mark LaForest | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 135 | 25 | 44 | 69 | 286 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 12.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark LaForest | 2 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.25 | 13 | 12 | .923 |
| Ron Hextall | 7 | 379 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4.75 | 226 | 196 | .867 |
| Totals | 9 | 427 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4.36 | 239 | 208 | .870 |
