MiamiScreamingEagles
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What is your most memorable REGULAR SEASON win amongst the 2,000 in Flyers' history?
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renberg
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I was alive for two of those,. I was 18 months old, but thats here nor there.
Im going to go with the Shootout win over the rangers in Aprill of 2010.
FlyerNutter
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I’m only 28, and there is one win that cemented me becoming a fan of this team.
The game 6 comeback against Tampa Bay. I will never forget that moment, and the fire I felt.
I started watching a bit before that but became hardcore after.
The recent Boston series comeback, was one where I felt such pride. A stupid kid in his first car, with the Flyers car flag up every game, even after they were in a hole. When they eventually came back - I had folks honking at me and giving thumbs up.
It’s been a wild ride, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. The lows, really do make the highs that much sweeter.
Edit: see that you meant the regular season only. Ahh well.
The game 6 comeback against Tampa Bay. I will never forget that moment, and the fire I felt.
I started watching a bit before that but became hardcore after.
The recent Boston series comeback, was one where I felt such pride. A stupid kid in his first car, with the Flyers car flag up every game, even after they were in a hole. When they eventually came back - I had folks honking at me and giving thumbs up.
It’s been a wild ride, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. The lows, really do make the highs that much sweeter.
Edit: see that you meant the regular season only. Ahh well.
MiamiScreamingEagles
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True but to emphasize the 2,000 is regular season only. Which is what makes the thread possibly more interesting. PO wins are more important. The comeback against Carolina should get some attention, too. What first comes to mind is usually the proper answer. The SO win against the Rangers is likely the immediate response for some.
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FlyerNutter
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BernieParent
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I'm cheating a bit because I don't remember exactly which game it was, but I saw the Legion of Doom run roughshod over the Canadiens live in Montreal. It may have been this one:
But I seem to remember the Flyers scored more than 6. Darn my poor memory!
But I seem to remember the Flyers scored more than 6. Darn my poor memory!
Dicky Dangles
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I was going to say this myself. The game itself may not have been the most memorable, but because of what it represents, and the entire story surrounding it, it basically is the start of this new potentially great era.
MiamiScreamingEagles
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Was it the 7-0 shutout? IIRC, they put up 7 three times vs. Montreal in one calendar year.
Do you remember the Lindros-Desjardins clash?
magnumpi
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if you're including playoffs then game 6 of the 87 finals
but regular season, i mentioned it before and someone posted the box score.
it was 1988, probably spring.
Flyers beat Detroit 11-6
They scored like 7 goals in the 3rd, down 5-1 or something.
everyone in school was talking about the next day.
but regular season, i mentioned it before and someone posted the box score.
it was 1988, probably spring.
Flyers beat Detroit 11-6
They scored like 7 goals in the 3rd, down 5-1 or something.
everyone in school was talking about the next day.
bobbythebrain
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-all of Pelle Lindbergh
-Ron Hextall smashing Chelios, basically Hextall in general
-Lindros and Brown standing back to back hammering on an entire line trying to fight them
-Primeau in the playoffs
-Richards "the shift", I cry watching it
-demolishing Bos in an epic comeback
-Currently, this Hart run
Can't pick a single game
-Ron Hextall smashing Chelios, basically Hextall in general
-Lindros and Brown standing back to back hammering on an entire line trying to fight them
-Primeau in the playoffs
-Richards "the shift", I cry watching it
-demolishing Bos in an epic comeback
-Currently, this Hart run
Can't pick a single game
Ruck Over
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Because it involves my wife, and helped establish the pecking order of hockey, family, other stuff-
Game 28 of the 2008-2009 season, at home, against the Carolina Hurricanes, Dec 11th.
The Flyers went down 5-1 in the game, and at multiple times, still new in our relationship, she tried to get me to turn the channel, or talk to her, instead of vapidly staring at the screen with intermittent outburst of cursing and resignation. Then, the third period started, and an epic comeback came out of nowhere. With every Flyers goal, she became more of a fan, and I didn't seem so crazy, and the cherry on top, Flyers won in a friggin shoot-out, convincingly.
Check this boxscore, blast from the past. It's been a minute.
Carolina Hurricanes - Philadelphia Flyers - December 11th, 2008
Another favorite game, was unfortunately a loss, either game 67 or 73. Florida played here in Philly. Had a chance to attend the game, plans fell through, ended up going to the now shuttered Nodding Head brewpub which ended up being the first date with my wife. That was a horrible year for hockey, the Flyers lost, I drank a lot back then.
(spent too much time looking up the specifics for the boxscore blah blah blah)
Game 28 of the 2008-2009 season, at home, against the Carolina Hurricanes, Dec 11th.
The Flyers went down 5-1 in the game, and at multiple times, still new in our relationship, she tried to get me to turn the channel, or talk to her, instead of vapidly staring at the screen with intermittent outburst of cursing and resignation. Then, the third period started, and an epic comeback came out of nowhere. With every Flyers goal, she became more of a fan, and I didn't seem so crazy, and the cherry on top, Flyers won in a friggin shoot-out, convincingly.
Check this boxscore, blast from the past. It's been a minute.
Carolina Hurricanes - Philadelphia Flyers - December 11th, 2008
Another favorite game, was unfortunately a loss, either game 67 or 73. Florida played here in Philly. Had a chance to attend the game, plans fell through, ended up going to the now shuttered Nodding Head brewpub which ended up being the first date with my wife. That was a horrible year for hockey, the Flyers lost, I drank a lot back then.
I WAS NINJA'D!
(spent too much time looking up the specifics for the boxscore blah blah blah)
freakydallas13
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I mentioned it before, but the first and only game I've been to live, Flyers at Canucks, October 10th, 2007.
Flyers are coming off one of the worst seasons in team history, and signed Danny Briere in the offseason to try and return to relevance. Boy, did they start that season's western conference road trip on a mission to prove they were the real deal.
Flyers score 4 in the first, en route to an 8-2 route of the Canucks. Briere was hot to start that season, and had a goal and 2 assists in this game. Mike Richards stole the show though, going off for 2 goals and two assists, including scoring a goal while killing a 5v3 (the first of two times he would do this feat that season). And of course, the piece if news everyone was talking about the next day, the Jessie Boulerice sucker punch on Ryan Kesler. Ol'bowlofrice never played another NHL after that I believe.
All in all, a really memorable game. Wouldn't trade it for any other.
Flyers are coming off one of the worst seasons in team history, and signed Danny Briere in the offseason to try and return to relevance. Boy, did they start that season's western conference road trip on a mission to prove they were the real deal.
Flyers score 4 in the first, en route to an 8-2 route of the Canucks. Briere was hot to start that season, and had a goal and 2 assists in this game. Mike Richards stole the show though, going off for 2 goals and two assists, including scoring a goal while killing a 5v3 (the first of two times he would do this feat that season). And of course, the piece if news everyone was talking about the next day, the Jessie Boulerice sucker punch on Ryan Kesler. Ol'bowlofrice never played another NHL after that I believe.
All in all, a really memorable game. Wouldn't trade it for any other.
MiamiScreamingEagles
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Oh yeah. A good one. Hextall was sick and vomited just before taking the ice. He was the scheduled starter. Mark Laforest replaced him and played until the first break in action, IIRC, around one minute. Hextall returned and got yanked in the first period because of the illness. And your recollection is exceptional. It was a 7-0 total in the third period.
LegionOfDoom91
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December 18th, 2018. 3-2 win over Detroit, first game/win away from Hakroach.
Shootout win against the Rangers in the last game of the 09-10 season
Come back win from 3-0 in game 7 against Boston that same season
Red Army game
Game 6 of the ‘74 finals against Boston, although tbh it was so long ago it’s kind of hard to remember.
Come back win from 3-0 in game 7 against Boston that same season
Red Army game
Game 6 of the ‘74 finals against Boston, although tbh it was so long ago it’s kind of hard to remember.
sabremike
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Late in the 14-15 season I made my second visit ever to Whatever The Hell It Was Called Back Then Arena in Buffalo and the opponent was the Flyers. To the delight of the crowd the Flyers jumped out to an early but what was quite possibly the least talented team in hockey came back and made a game of it. But much to the relief of everyone the Flyers held on and we ended up with Jack (and then wasted him by hiring several of the most incompetent executives and coaches in hockey history).
Ghosts Beer
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I’m 39. I remember watching Flyers games & memorizing a hockey register at 6. My most vivid memories are my dad calling me at a friend’s house to tell me they got Lindros; Stevens’ hit on Lindros; primeau’s 5 OT goal; the Laviolette comeback against Boston; a little red radio sitting on a coffee table in my living room when I was 5 years old announcing that Pelle Lindbergh was “brain dead” & my asking my dad what that meant.
Here4ThaLids
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Going to ramble, you've been warned!
I was going to pull one of the Hab-stompings in '95 or one of the pre-New Year's games against Vancouver in the late nineties, which were all fun, but especially the one in '97 (Philadelphia Flyers at Vancouver Canucks Box Score — December 31, 1997 | Hockey-Reference.com): lots of goals, including from the scrubs, utter territorial domination, and real anger -- Gino Odjick would have fought everyone if they'd have let him, and was just out of control; this clip shows two of the dirtier sucker punches you'll see and helps to illustrate the nonsense that Lindros had to go through on a nightly basis (whereas Gretzky and Lemieux were always protected and treated with kid gloves):
(outstanding leadership from Messier captaining that team, lol).
One that 100%, no fudging, should have been a win was the game against Calgary with the first (only?) application of the 'Avery Rule' (Calgary Flames at Philadelphia Flyers Box Score — November 26, 2010 | Hockey-Reference.com), applied incorrectly against Chris Pronger -- my favorite example for why you should never, ever give a ref the benefit of the doubt, or trust that they're treating everyone with equal fairness. Almost had standings implications, as the Flyers only won the division on a tie-break instead of outright.
Another Pronger highlight was the regular season matchup against the Hawks a few months before they met in the Final (Chicago Blackhawks at Philadelphia Flyers Box Score — March 13, 2010 | Hockey-Reference.com). I remember it as an exciting, fast, crisp game from start to finish and a milestone in the development of the modern game. Chicago had turned a lot of heads the season before and would have been a lot of people's 'Western Conference Team'; for me at that point it was much easier to enjoy them shredding us in the neutral zone.
One moral victory, if you'll permit it: The 'Stall Game' against the Lightning says so much about the ethos of the club, reflected in Lavy's smirking machinations or even Neilson, Keenan, Shero -- we're going to do it our way even if it's never been done before, even if we have to break the game and work with the pieces. I was just cackling watching that one. The hockey world was somewhat split, but you'd better believe most were secretly thankful for the courageous stand against backsliding.
The Ottawa PM-fest will probably be mentioned ITT but I remember it largely as frustrating Peak Clutch-and-Grab.
Ultimately my pick is the second-to-last regular season game against the Pens in April 2012 (Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins Box Score — April 1, 2012 | Hockey-Reference.com). It had the same script (Pittsburgh strikes early, as they often did against us, followed by a glorious Flyers comeback and then just pouring it on) and got plenty wild and unsportsmanlike. It's the game when Bylsma sent someone to run Briere at the end of the game, Lavy and Tony Granato stood on the boards and Pierre needed an adult, and Hartnell did the Hulk Hogan impression -- on April Fool's Day! Incredibly satisfying domination given the bad behavior; it showed one team deeply, deeply in the heads of another and was a precursor to the playoff series we all knew was coming (and might as well be included with the memories of that one).
Whew!
I was going to pull one of the Hab-stompings in '95 or one of the pre-New Year's games against Vancouver in the late nineties, which were all fun, but especially the one in '97 (Philadelphia Flyers at Vancouver Canucks Box Score — December 31, 1997 | Hockey-Reference.com): lots of goals, including from the scrubs, utter territorial domination, and real anger -- Gino Odjick would have fought everyone if they'd have let him, and was just out of control; this clip shows two of the dirtier sucker punches you'll see and helps to illustrate the nonsense that Lindros had to go through on a nightly basis (whereas Gretzky and Lemieux were always protected and treated with kid gloves):
(outstanding leadership from Messier captaining that team, lol).
One that 100%, no fudging, should have been a win was the game against Calgary with the first (only?) application of the 'Avery Rule' (Calgary Flames at Philadelphia Flyers Box Score — November 26, 2010 | Hockey-Reference.com), applied incorrectly against Chris Pronger -- my favorite example for why you should never, ever give a ref the benefit of the doubt, or trust that they're treating everyone with equal fairness. Almost had standings implications, as the Flyers only won the division on a tie-break instead of outright.
Another Pronger highlight was the regular season matchup against the Hawks a few months before they met in the Final (Chicago Blackhawks at Philadelphia Flyers Box Score — March 13, 2010 | Hockey-Reference.com). I remember it as an exciting, fast, crisp game from start to finish and a milestone in the development of the modern game. Chicago had turned a lot of heads the season before and would have been a lot of people's 'Western Conference Team'; for me at that point it was much easier to enjoy them shredding us in the neutral zone.
One moral victory, if you'll permit it: The 'Stall Game' against the Lightning says so much about the ethos of the club, reflected in Lavy's smirking machinations or even Neilson, Keenan, Shero -- we're going to do it our way even if it's never been done before, even if we have to break the game and work with the pieces. I was just cackling watching that one. The hockey world was somewhat split, but you'd better believe most were secretly thankful for the courageous stand against backsliding.
The Ottawa PM-fest will probably be mentioned ITT but I remember it largely as frustrating Peak Clutch-and-Grab.
Ultimately my pick is the second-to-last regular season game against the Pens in April 2012 (Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins Box Score — April 1, 2012 | Hockey-Reference.com). It had the same script (Pittsburgh strikes early, as they often did against us, followed by a glorious Flyers comeback and then just pouring it on) and got plenty wild and unsportsmanlike. It's the game when Bylsma sent someone to run Briere at the end of the game, Lavy and Tony Granato stood on the boards and Pierre needed an adult, and Hartnell did the Hulk Hogan impression -- on April Fool's Day! Incredibly satisfying domination given the bad behavior; it showed one team deeply, deeply in the heads of another and was a precursor to the playoff series we all knew was coming (and might as well be included with the memories of that one).
Whew!
Rich Nixon
No Prior Knowledge of "Flyers"
My 6th birthday present and first Flyers game. Last regular season tilt with the Rangers in the Spectrum, and my lone visit to the original barn.
New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers Box Score — April 4, 1996 | Hockey-Reference.com
Two Lindros goals, a first-period brawl...I have a remarkably bad memory, like I forget entire years of my childhood, but I do recall snapshots and moments from that game. It was a pretty special feeling, and I’m pretty lucky to have had my fandom baptized just in time at the Spectrum. I have to keep reminding myself now and then, looking at the box score and scraps of YouTube clips (the fights are there, the goals aren’t) to keep it preserved as best I can. I know either the Haller or Lindros goal in the first came on breakaway, over-the-shoulder shot. Richter, whose family mine knew back in Flourtown, was not in net that night, which was disappointing for me.
New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers Box Score — April 4, 1996 | Hockey-Reference.com
Two Lindros goals, a first-period brawl...I have a remarkably bad memory, like I forget entire years of my childhood, but I do recall snapshots and moments from that game. It was a pretty special feeling, and I’m pretty lucky to have had my fandom baptized just in time at the Spectrum. I have to keep reminding myself now and then, looking at the box score and scraps of YouTube clips (the fights are there, the goals aren’t) to keep it preserved as best I can. I know either the Haller or Lindros goal in the first came on breakaway, over-the-shoulder shot. Richter, whose family mine knew back in Flourtown, was not in net that night, which was disappointing for me.
It's so weird to see someone post flyers last game in 96 and then remember closing it down with pearl jam for 3 days straight in 11.
Sombastate
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My favorite game in regular season has to be the shootout win against the Rangers that propelled us into the playoffs.
My favorite moment of my life was when the Flyers won game 7 against the bruins. I don't know that ive ever been that happy.
My favorite moment of my life was when the Flyers won game 7 against the bruins. I don't know that ive ever been that happy.
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