Pelle Lindbergh
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I was young at this time, and i don't remember why the Flyers used Bob Froese and Darren Jensen as goalies at the end of the playoffs vs Edmonton, instead of Pelle Lindbergh
I was young at this time, and i don't remember why the Flyers used Bob Froese and Darren Jensen as goalies at the end of the playoffs vs Edmonton, instead of Pelle Lindbergh
Lindbergh was injured.
Jensen never played in the Finals to my recollection.
That's correct - moreover, Darren Jensen never appeared in net during the NHL playoffs over the course of his career.
http://hockeygoalies.org/bio/jensend.html
Darren Jensen was the starting goalie in the Flyers' first game following Lindbergh's death (November 1985). It was against Edmonton who offered to postpone the game. Froese was the scheduled starter but during a practice he was drilled by a Lindsay Carson shot (I recall a descriptive account in the newspaper that I will avoid here -- let's just say his cup was cracked ) and couldn't play in that game. The backup, the guy who technically replaced Lindbergh on the roster, was Mike Bloski who never appeared in an NHL game and backed up Jensen who got the nod.
Only thing I'll add here is that Jensen and the Flyers beat the Oilers that night, in the first matchup between the two since the previous spring's Stanley Cup Finals.
Lindbergh suffered a knee injury in the Quebec series, the Wales Conference Finals, on a shot by Mario Marois.
During Game 3 of the Finals (the first game in Edmonton) he was replaced by Froese on two different occasions in attempting to change momentum.
During Game 4, he was replaced by Froese due to a deterioration of the injury which was eventually diagnosed as a torn quadricep (the muscle that moves the knee joint).
For Game 5 (the last of the series), Froese was the starter.
Jensen never played in the Finals to my recollection.
Thanks - do you recall what other players were missing from the Flyers lineup in the Finals in addition to their #1 goalie. I thought Kerr, their leading scorer was out?
And for the Oilers?
Thanks - do you recall what other players were missing from the Flyers lineup in the Finals in addition to their #1 goalie. I thought Kerr, their leading scorer was out?
And for the Oilers?
Thanks - do you recall what other players were missing from the Flyers lineup in the Finals in addition to their #1 goalie. I thought Kerr, their leading scorer was out?
And for the Oilers?
In 1985, the Flyers had a far less significant volume of injuries than they had in 1987. I am not sure of Edmonton's injuries in 1985.
In the 1985 Playoffs, some players like Poulin (busted ribs) missed games in previous rounds but at least dressed, though not at full health, in the Finals; only Lindbergh, McCrimmon (as JFF mentioned, hurt in the Quebec series and never played in the Finals) and Kerr (who did dress in three of the five games), to my recollection, missed games in the Finals because they were hurt...unless you count the benching of Todd Bergen with hurt feelings .
EDIT: Checking the HockeyDB site, of the main regular season contributors in 1985 Kerr missed 7 playoff games, Poulin 8, McCrimmon 8 and Thomas Eriksson 10 (though I am not sure if his was due to injury).
In 1987, the list was lengthy.
Thanks didnt know that it was that bad that you are missing your starting goalie and #2 defenceman and top goal scorer.
What about in 87 when they took the Oilers to 7
In 1985, the Flyers had a far less significant volume of injuries than they had in 1987. I am not sure of Edmonton's injuries in 1985.
In the 1985 Playoffs, some players like Poulin (busted ribs) missed games in previous rounds but at least dressed, though not at full health, in the Finals; only Lindbergh, McCrimmon (as JFF mentioned, hurt in the Quebec series and never played in the Finals) and Kerr (who did dress in three of the five games), to my recollection, missed games in the Finals because they were hurt...unless you count the benching of Todd Bergen with hurt feelings .
EDIT: Checking the HockeyDB site, of the main regular season contributors in 1985 Kerr missed 7 playoff games, Poulin 8, McCrimmon 8 and Thomas Eriksson 10 (though I am not sure if his was due to injury).
In 1987, the list was lengthy.
Who were they missing in `87? Other than Kerr, the roster for the Final looks like their top guys, though that doesn`t say which guys may have been playing hurt.
There was a Strachan column years ago when he said the night before Game 7 in `87 the Flyers held a year-end banquet which players were required to attend where alcohol was readily available and a few Flyers partied too hard that night. Don`t know if there`s any truth to it, but it would explain the team's sluggish performance (other than Hextall) in Game 7 after they fought and clawed their way back to win Games 5 and 6.
In the Finals, Kerr missed all seven games with a busted left shoulder, Sinisalo missed a couple of games (2 and 3 I think) and Craven missed Game One. Overall in the playoffs, Kerr missed 14 of the 26 games with the shoulder; Poulin (like 1985) had broken ribs which caused him to miss 11 games and donned a flak jacket when he did play; Craven didn't dress for 14 games with a broken foot suffered in the opening round but returned for the most of the Finals; Ron Sutter missed 10 games with a stress fracture in a vertebra -- back; Zezel played with a tear in his left knee while Mellanby and Daigneault were in and out of the lineup, too.
Boy, sure seems like the Flyers got banged up en route to the 87 Finals. It seems almost as bad as in 85. Still they took the Oilers to a 7th game 1 goal defeat.
What was the injury situation for the Oilers in 85 and 87? Surely they also had a tough road to the Finals?
In 1987, Edmonton played 21 PO games and, looking at the HockeyDB site, their players who appeared in 60+ r/s games who did not play in all 21 PO games were Coffey (missed 4 games), Muni (missed 7 games) and Steve Smith (missed 6 games). In the 1987 Finals, from what I can tell, Pouzar replaced Buchberger after Game 3 and played the rest of the way and Muni replaced Steve Smith after Game 2 and played the rest of the way. I think those were the only lineup changes they had in that series though I am not sure if the changes were due to injuries or the usual reasons for lineup changes.
In 1985, looks like rookie Esa Tikkanen made his NHL debut in Game 2 of the Finals and played in Games 2, 3, and 4 that year (but not 5). Looks like all their main players appeared in all five 1985 Finals games with these exceptions: Lumley played in 1 game (Game 1), Hughes played in 4 games (2, 3, 4, 5), Pouzar played in 1 game (Game 1), Billy Carroll played in 2 games (Games 1 and 5), Semenko played in 4 games (2, 3, 4, and 5), Randy Gregg played in 4 games (1, 2, 4 and 5) and Melynk played in one game (Game 3). I'm not sure the reasons, injuries or otherwise.
Boy, sure seems like the Flyers got banged up en route to the 87 Finals. It seems almost as bad as in 85. Still they took the Oilers to a 7th game 1 goal defeat.
What was the injury situation for the Oilers in 85 and 87? Surely they also had a tough road to the Finals?
I'd just like to throw in there that I was there for game 5, Oilers returning home up
3-1. I was going to see the cup hoisted live! Unfortunately Hextall played the game of his life and I went home disappointed.
I do remember thinking at the time that it was blessing that Kerr was injured but it's part of the game. I might have my years messed up but wasn't it 84-85 that the Flyers went undefeated for 30+ games. Throughout that streak the Oilers were still ahead of them in the standings.
I also think that was the year Lowe played through a broken wrist and broken ribs?