flyers notes the flyers closed out the season last night with their th straight victory a ot winner over the hartford whalers the ot game winner came from dimitri yushkevich just his th of the season and his first game winner the flyers never led up until that point in the game for the whalers the loss marked an nhl record th ot loss this season roster move gord hynes was called to to play in place of ryan mcgill injuries ryan mcgill injured his hand in a fight and was scratched lines eklund lindros recchi beranek brind amour dineen lomakin butsayev conroy faust acton brown galley bowen yushkevich hawgood carkner hynes dominic roussel game summary i didn t get tv coverage of the game and since it was stormy in these parts i didn t have the best radio coverage either here s the box score followed by a few things i did pick up first period hartford nylander philadelphia recchi lindros brind amour pp penalties verbeek har holding carkner phi roughing houda har interference second period hartford burt cunneyworth kron philadelphia bowen eklund recchi hartford nylander zalapski sanderson penalties galley phi major game misconduct spearing verbeek har major game misconduct spearing brown phi tripping zalapski har tripping brind amour phi slashing third period hartford kron sanderson cassels pp philadelphia beranek lomakin yushkevich philadelphia faust brind amour roussel penalties houda har tripping hawgood phi holding overtime philadelphia yushkevich faust penalties none power play philadelphia of hartford of goalies philadelphia roussel shots saves hartford lenarduzzi on the first hartford goal gord hynes misplayed the puck at the flyers blue line and nylander stripped him and took off the recchi goal was a on with lindros the bowen goal was just a puck he threw at the net got a good carom and it ended up behind the goalie on the second nylander goal he got three whacks at the puck before it went in this is the most frustrating part of the flyers defense take the body and if they get one shot and beat you fine don t give them another chance carkner galley and mcgill are all terrible about this i ll bet money at least one of them was the closest flyer to the play that s all i have my radio got bad after that and i was lucky to know who it was that scored much less how from what i heard roussel had a very strong game after the game gene hart asked bobby taylor to pick the three stars of the season rather than of the game it was garry galley for his career high point total i m surprised that a former goalie wouldn t look closer at his defensive play tommy soderstrom for his team record tying shutouts in only about a season and mark recchi for his all time high team single season scoring mark but here s the odd part he couldn t decide between lindros and recchi for number if he picks recchi as after he had a hard time choosing between him and lindros doesn t that make lindros what you wanna know my three stars of the season well since you asked eric lindros eric dominates a game simply by stepping out onto the ice the difference between the team s record with him and without him is no accident i believe that the team could have been almost as successful without recchi there is no question that this team is significantly better with eric lindros on it and i think that he will deservedly wear the c on his jersey next season tommy soderstrom shutouts was second in the league to only ed belfour and tommy didn t have a chris chelios booo in front of him he also didn t play a complete season due to heart problems sentimental edge here my family has a history of heart problems there s no question in my mind that tommy soderstrom is this teams goalie of the future and if roussel complains again about being number look for him to be traded within years mark recchi again you can t argue with an all time team high single season scoring mark there are an awful lot of teams that didn t have a single player get as many points plus mark is the only flyer to play the entire season not a tough choice honorable mentions rod brind amour topped his single season high point total which he set last year the difference was that he wasn t on the top line this year and didn t get as much playing time then again he didn t get the defensive attention that he got last year from the other team either dimtri yushkevich was the teams most consistent defenseman yes he made rookie mistakes but he was usually fast enough to make up for them i have a feeling that with his shot he ll score a few more points next year without giving up anything in his own zone and i suspect that he ll be the teams top defenseman in years to come garry galley was the team s point leader from defensemen again there are some things you just can t argue with and he battled with chronic fatigue syndrome he certainly deserves kudos for only missing one game and that was against his wishes under doctors orders but his defensive play often negates his offensive contribution a little more caution and a little bit smarter in his own end will make him a much more important part of the team next year brent fedyk was the leagues biggest improvement over last years point total but consistency became a problem for him a couple misc notes mostly for mailing list members tom misnik a member of the mailing list would like to exchange e mail addresses with any list members who want to keep in touch over the summer if you re interested you can send him mail at att acr org tmisnik the flyers end the season game below in th place their best winning percentage since going in within the division th in patrick at home they finished th overall will draft th in next years entry draft quebec had the st rounder though they scored as many goals as they allowed the straight wins is the most since they won in a row in i will be sending out final stats as soon as i get the issue of the hockey news that contains them since there are no more games for me to go to i have no other way of getting them i hope you ve all enjoyed this years hockey season as much as i have knowing the future that we have coming to us made missing the playoffs one more time almost bearable flyers team record watch eric lindros goals assists points rookie records club record goals club record points eric lindros dave poulin brian propp brian propp ron flockhart eric lindros dave poulin ron flockhart bill barber pelle eklund mark recchi goals assists points club record goals club record points reggie leach mark recchi tim kerr bobby clarke tim kerr bobby clarke mark recchi bill barber rick macliesh bobby clarke bill barber rick macliesh reggie leach more than games flyers career years player points best prior season mark recchi penguins rod brind amour flyers garry galley kings brent fedyk red wings that s all for now pete clark jr rsh flyers contact and mailing list owner
