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ALL-TIME FLYERS HISTORIC MOMENTS
NOVEMBER 16, 2009: Prior to the Flyers’ 3-2 victory to the
New Jersey Devils, Dave “The Hammer” Schultz became
the 20th member of the Flyers organization to be inducted
into the Flyers Hall of Fame.
NOVEMBER 19, 2009: Flyers rookie James van Riemsdyk
scores the game-winning goal in a 3-2 victory at Los Angeles.
It was his third straight game-winning goal, tying an NHL
record for consecutive game-winning goals by a rookie.
DECEMBER 4, 2009: John Stevens was relieved of his
duties as head coach and replaced by Peter Laviolette.
JANUARY 1, 2010: On New Year’s Day, the Flyers played the
Boston Bruins in the 2010 Winter Classic at historic Fenway
Park in Boston, MA. Danny Syvret scored his first NHL goal
and the Flyers led most of the game, but the Bruins tied it
up on a goal late in the third period and eventually won the
game 2-1 in overtime. .
FEBRUARY 13-28, 2010: The NHL season went on hiatus for
two weeks to allow players to participate in the 2010 Winter
Olympics in Vancouver. Chris Pronger and Mike Richards
won gold medals playing for Team Canada. Kimmo Timonen
won a bronze medal for Finland, and Oskars Bartulis
represented Team Lativa.
APRIL 11, 2010: Claude Giroux’s shootout goal and Brian
Boucher’s third-round save gave the Flyers a 2-1 shootout
win over the New York Rangers and clinched an Eastern
Conference playoff berth on the last day of the season. With
his club trailing late in the third period, Matt Carle scored
the game-tying goal to force overtime and the eventual
shootout. Danny Briere also scored in the shootout, while
Boucher shut the door on two of three Rangers shooters.
MAY 14, 2010: After falling into a 0-3 series deficit in the
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, the
Flyers won four games in a row to defeat the Bruins four
games to three and advance to the Eastern Conference
Finals. The Flyers trailed Game 7 3-0 in the first period, but
charged back to tie the game. Simon Gagne then scored the
game-winning goal with 7:08 remaining in the third period.
They became the third team in NHL history to overcome a
3-0 series deficit.
MAY 22, 2010: Michael Leighton posted a 3-0 shutout at
Montreal in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final, his
third shutout of the series. He became the first goaltender
in franchise history to record three shutouts in a single
playoff series.
MAY 24, 2010: The Flyers won the Prince of Wales Trophy
as Eastern Conference Champions with a 4-2 win over the
Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference
Finals. The four-games-to-one series win sent the Flyers to
the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1997.
JUNE 2, 2010: Claude Giroux scored the game-winning goal
in overtime of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final to give the
Flyers a 3-2 win in front of a record sellout crowd of 20,297
at the Wachovia Center. It was the first win in a Stanley Cup
Final game for the Flyers since Game 6 of the 1987 Final at
the Spectrum.
JUNE 9, 2010: Patrick Kane scores the game-winning goal
in overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Flyers
4-3 in Game 6 of the Final to win the Stanley Cup. The crowd
of 20,327 set a new Flyers record for home attendance in a
single game and created a new single-season attendance
record of 1,020,699. Flyers center Danny Briere recorded a
goal and two assists to reach 30 points for the playoffs (12G,
18), breaking the Flyers all-time scoring record for a single
playoff year.
JULY 27, 2010: Comcast-Spectacor announced the change
of its arena name to the Wells Fargo Center.
OCTOBER 11, 2010: The Flyers raise their 2010-11 Eastern
Conference championship banner to the rafters of the
Wells Fargo Center prior to their home opener against the
Colorado Avalanche.
NOVEMBER 23, 2010: Following a public ceremony, exterior
demolition officially commenced on the Flyers’ former
home, the Spectrum. Ed Snider, Bob Clarke, Bernie Parent
and Julius Erving were among those who spoke at the
ceremony.
JANUARY 25, 2011: The Flyers pick up their 1000th home-ice
win with a 5-2 victory over Montreal. They become the first
expansion-era team to reach the milestone.
DECEMBER 31, 2011: The Flyers Alumni defeat the New York
Rangers Alumni 3-1 before a crowd of 45,808 at Citizens
Bank Park in the first of the three games comprising the 2012
NHL Winter Classic. Bernie Parent started for the Flyers and
stopped six shots in 5:32 of play, including a Ron Duguay
breakaway. John LeClair scored the Flyers’ first goal on a
setup by Eric Lindros, while Shjon Podein and Mark Howe
provided the other Flyers goals.
JANUARY 2, 2012: The Flyers take a 2-0 lead but can’t hold
off a hard-charging New York Rangers squad and drop a 3-2
decision in the 2012 NHL Winter Classic. A crowd of 46,967
became the largest crowd ever to witness a Flyers game,
eclipsing the 38,112 that saw the Flyers fall 2-1 to Boston in
overtime in the 2010 Winter Classic. Brayden Schenn and
Claude Giroux scored for the Flyers.
MARCH 6, 2012: The Flyers retire Mark Howe’s #2 in a pregame
ceremony before a 3-2 win over Detroit. Howe becomes just
the fifth Flyer so honored and the first since Bill Barber in 1990.
MARCH 2012: Ilya Bryzgalov is named the NHL’s First Star for
the month of March after he went 10-2-1 on the month with a
1.43 GAA and .974 save percentage. He was named the first
star of the game six times and was named the NHL’s First Star
of the Week twice in the month, becoming the first Flyer ever
to earn the award in consecutive weeks. Bryzgalov amassed
a franchise-record scoreless streak of 249:43 from March
1-15, and became the first Flyers goaltender to record four
shutouts in the span of five games. The streak also was the
second-longest in the NHL’s expansion era, trailing only Brian
Boucher’s run of 332:01 in 2003-04 with Phoenix.
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