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ALL-TIME FLYERS HISTORIC MOMENTS
JULY 15, 1998: Comcast-Spectacor announced that it was
changing the names of its arenas to the First Union Center
and the First Union Spectrum.
NOVEMBER 20, 1998: Goaltender Ron Hextall allows one
goal on 19 shots to record a 3-1 win at Carolina to register
his 233rd win as a Flyer. With the win, Hextall moves past
Bernie Parent into first place on the Flyers’ All-Time List
in wins.
JANUARY 16, 1999: Toronto Maple Leaf Steve Sullivan’s
goal at 6:31 of the first period ended John Vanbiesbrouck’s
team record shutout streak at 218 minutes and 42 seconds
from January 3 through 16.
FEBRUARY 20, 1999: Center Eric Lindros was scoreless
at Ottawa, ending his 18-game point-scoring streak from
January 7 through February 18 (14G,21A). Lindros tied
Bobby Clarke for the longest such streak in team history.
MARCH 4, 1999: Brian Propp was inducted into the Flyers’
Hall of Fame.
MARCH 13, 1999: Goaltender Ron Hextall plays his 487th
game as a Flyer in a game at Pittsburgh, moving him past
Bernie Parent into first place on the Flyers’ All-Time Games
Played List.
MARCH 21, 1999: The Flyers defeated the Detroit Red
Wings, 5-4, at the First Union Center, ending a team record
12-game winless streak from February 24 through March 16
(0-8-4). The Flyers also posted a 15-game undefeated streak
from December 12, 1998 through January 13, 1999 (10-0-5).
The Flyers became the only team in NHL history to record
both a streak of 10-or-more games undefeated and a streak
of 10-or-more games winless in the same season.
APRIL 18, 1999: Eric Desjardins is awarded his fifth
consecutive Barry Ashbee Trophy as the most outstanding
Flyers defenseman and the first Yanick Dupre Memorial
Class Guy Award winner as the Flyer who best illustrates
character, dignity and respect for the sport both on and
off the ice, as selected by the Philadelphia Chapter of the
Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. Desjardins’ fifth
Barry Ashbee Trophy is the most by any defenseman in
team history. The Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award
honors the memory of Yanick Dupre who died on August
16, 1997, after a 16-month battle against leukemia. Dupre
played parts of three
seasons with the Flyers
(1991-92, 1994-95 and
1995-96).
JULY 14, 1999: Gene Hart,
“Voice of the Flyers”, dies
at the age of 68. The Flyers
hold a memorial service at
the First Union Center on
Sunday, July 18, to honor
Hart for his contributions
to the organization and the
City of Philadelphia over
his 32-year career.
JULY 23, 1999: Flyers defenseman Dmitri Tertyshny is fatally
injured in a boating accident at the age of 22. Tertyshny
recorded 10 points (2G,8A) in 62 games during his rookie
season of 1998-99. The Flyers and Phantoms played a
benefit game in his memory on September 21 of that year,
with all net proceeds placed in a scholarship fund for the
unborn son of Dmitri and his widow, Polina. The Flyers win
the game, 6-1.
OCTOBER 2, 1999: Mark Eaton appeared in his first NHL
game, becoming the first Philadelphia-area native to play
for the Flyers. Rod Brind’Amour misseed the game because
of a fracture in his left foot, ending his franchise record of
484 consecutive games played.
OCTOBER 24, 1999: John Vanbiesbrouck records his
third consecutive shutout, a career first, and becomes
only the fourth goaltender during the 1990s to post three
consecutive shutouts. In all, he will not allow a goal in 227
minutes, 40 seconds (parts of five games, 10/17/99-10/26/99)
to set a team record for one goalie and a personal best.
DECEMBER 6, 1999: Ed Snider receives the Anti-Defamation
League’s prestigious Americanism Award.
JANUARY 2, 2000: Eric Desjardins registers three assists,
which gives him 231 points as a Flyer and places him
second among defensemen on the team’s career list (Mark
Howe, 480).
JANUARY 8, 2000: Rod Brind’Amour records his 600th point
as a Flyer, becoming only the seventh player in team history
to reach that plateau.
MARCH 21, 2000: Rick Tocchet is assessed five penalty
minutes for fighting, giving him 1,700 PIM as a Flyer, the first
player in franchise history to reach that mark.
MARCH 27, 2000: Eric Desjardins is named the 12th captain
in Flyers history.
APRIL 6, 2000: Eric Desjardins is awarded his sixth
consecutive Barry Ashbee Trophy as the team’s most
outstanding defenseman. No other Flyers defenseman has
won the award more than four times.
APRIL 8, 2000: John LeClair scores his 40th goal, becoming
the first player in Flyers history to score 40 or more goals in
five consecutive seasons.
APRIL 9, 2000: The Flyers defeat the
New York Rangers, 4-1, and capture
their 13th division championship.
MAY 2, 2000: Andy Delmore scores his
first two career playoff goals, including
the game winner in overtime, to give
the Flyers a 4-3 win at Pittsburgh in
Game Three of the Eastern Conference
Semifinals. He is the first Flyers rookie
defenseman to score two goals in a
playoff game.
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