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Philadelphia's picks at the 1974 NHL amateur draft, which was held via conference call at the NHL's office in Montreal, on May 28, 1974. [43] The Flyers first-round pick, 17th overall, was traded to the California Golden Seals along with Al MacAdam and Larry Wright for Reggie Leach on May 24, 1974.
As of the completion of the 2023–24 NHL season, 65 goaltenders and 623 skaters (forwards and defensemen) have appeared in at least one regular season and/or playoff game with the Philadelphia Flyers since the team joined the league in the 1967–68 NHL season. The Flyers won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975 with a total of 26 players.
The Flyers were founded in 1967 and won consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1974 and 1975, the first expansion team to do so. The team has since lost in six return trips to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1976 , 1980 , 1985 , 1987 , 1997 and 2010 .
In the 1972–73 season the Flyers got rid of the mediocre expansion team label and instead became the intimidating "Broad Street Bullies", a nickname coined by Jack Chevalier and Pete Cafone of the Philadelphia Bulletin on January 3, 1973, [25] after a 3–1 brawling victory over the Atlanta Flames that led Chevalier to write in his game ...
Philadelphia's picks at the 1975 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the NHL's office in Montreal, on June 3, 1975. [61] The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 36th overall, along with the rights to Randy Andreachuk to the St. Louis Blues for Wayne Stephenson on September 16, 1974. [62]
The Flyers were founded in 1967 as one of six expansion teams, increasing the size of the NHL at that time to 12 teams. [2] Since the franchise was established, the team has had 23 head coaches, [3] including Fred Shero, who coached the Flyers to two Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975, and was the inaugural winner of the Jack Adams Award in 1973 ...
The 2024–25 Philadelphia Flyers season is the 58th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was ... Roster. Updated February 8, 2025 [69 ] [70] No. Nat ...
The Washington Capitals and Kansas City Scouts were added as expansion teams. The 1974 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 12 to fill the rosters of the two new teams.. With the number of teams increased to 18, the NHL bumped up the number of regular season games from 78 to 80, and split the previously two-division league into two conferences with four divisions.