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ALL-TIME FLYERS HISTORIC MOMENTS
FEBRUARY 14-25, 2002: The NHL suspends operations for
12 days to allow NHL player participation in the 2002 Winter
Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Seven members of
the Flyers organization take part (Canada: Simon Gagne;
USA: John LeClair and Jeremy Roenick; Czech Republic:
Jiri Dopita and Roman Cechmanek; Sweden: Kim Johnsson;
Ukraine: Ruslan Fedotenko).
MARCH 23, 2002: Flyers right wing Mark Recchi reached the
NHL Milestone of 1,000 games played with his appearance
in the Flyers’ game against the Penguins in Pittsburgh. He
became the 177th player in NHL history to reach this mark.
Recchi posted two assists in the 4-4 tie.
DECEMBER 5, 2002: Michal Handzus scores on a penalty
shot in overtime against Dan Blackburn to give the Flyers a
3-2 win over the NY Rangers. Handzus’ penalty shot attempt
was the first by a Flyer in regular season overtime (it was
only the second successful penalty shot attempt in regular
season overtime in NHL history).
MARCH 31, 2003: Eric Weinrich records an assist in the
Flyers’ 6-1 win at Pittsburgh, his 1,000th career NHL game.
He became the third Flyer to reach the NHL Milestone of
1,000 games played this season, joining Jeremy Roenick (vs.
Boston on November 16) and Eric Desjardins (at Atlanta on
December 18).
APRIL 6, 2003: The Flyers win at Florida, 6-2. The Flyers
finish the season tied for the fewest goals against in the
NHL with the New Jersey Devils (both teams allowed
166). Esche and Roman Cechmanek share the William
M. Jennings Trophy with the Devils’ Martin Brodeur. It is
the second time that the Flyers have won the award (Bob
Froese and Darren Jensen for the 1985- 86 season).
APRIL 24, 2002: The Ottawa Senators defeated the Flyers,
3-0, at the Corel Centre. The loss is the Flyers’ third
consecutive 3-0 loss. It is the first time in Flyers history that
the team has been shut out three consecutive games in a
single playoff season and three times in one playoff series.
APRIL 26, 2002: The Ottawa Senators defeated the
Flyers, 2-1, in overtime to win their Eastern Conference
Quarterfinal series, four games to one. The two goals
scored by the Flyers in the series set an NHL record for
fewest goals by one team in a five-game series.
APRIL 30, 2002: Bill Barber is relieved of his duties as
Flyers head coach. Barber compiled a 73-46-17 record in
136 regular season games over two seasons (2000-01 and
2001-02).
JUNE 23, 2002: Joe Scott, a founding partner and Chairman
of the Board, Emeritus of the Flyers, died at the age of 93.
OCTOBER 26, 2002: First period goals by Justin Williams (at
0:16) and Michal Handzus (at 0:31) in the Flyers’ 6-2 win at
the NY Islanders set a club record for the fastest two goals
from the start of a game. They were the third fastest two
goals from the start of a game by one team in NHL history.
NOVEMBER 29, 2002: The Flyers debuted their new
alternate jersey in a 3-0 loss against the Toronto Maple
Leafs at the First Union Center. This “all-orange” jersey was
worn 17 times during the 2002-03 season with the Flyers
posting an 8-7-2 record in those games.
APRIL 16, 2003: Mark Recchi scored at 13:54 of the third
overtime period to give the Flyers a 3-2 win at Toronto in
Game Four and even their Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
series at two games apiece. The Flyers’ 75 shots on goal
was a new team record for most shots in an overtime game
and tied for the most shots in a playoff game since the 1967-
68 expansion (Washington recorded 75 shots against the
NY Islanders in a game that went four overtimes on April 18,
1987). With 53:54 minutes played, it was the second longest
overtime game in Flyers history (behind 92:01 minutes
played at Pittsburgh on May 4, 2000).
APRIL 22, 2003: The Flyers defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs,
6-1, in Game Seven of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal
series. The Flyers won the second longest series in NHL
history. The two teams played 532:05 minutes in the series,
trailing only the 553:08 minutes played by the Boston Bruins
and NY Rangers in their 1939 semifinal series. The series
featured three multiple-overtime games, only the second
series in NHL history to do so (NY Rangers and New Jersey
Devils played three multiple-overtime games in their 1994
Eastern Conference Final series).
JULY 18, 2003: Comcast-Spectacor announced that it was
changing the names of its arenas to the Wachovia Center
and Wachovia Spectrum.
OCTOBER 16, 2003: Flyers and San Jose Sharks skated to
0-0 tie at HP Pavilion at San Jose. Flyers goaltender Jeff
Hackett stopped all 27 shots faced to record the shutout.
The scoreless tie was the first for the Flyers in a road game
since December 4, 1982 (0-0 tie at Pittsburgh). For Hackett,
it was his second consecutive shutout (Hackett shutout the
Buffalo Sabres on October 9 in the Flyers’ 2-0 win). He is the
first goaltender in Flyers history to record a shutout in each
of his first two career starts as a Flyer. This is the second
time in franchise history that a goaltender had opened
a season with two consecutive shutouts (Bernie Parent
opened the 1973-74 season with a 2-0 win vs. Toronto on
October 11 and a 6-0 win at NY Islanders on October 13).
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