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![]() Ceremony retiring Eric Lindros' number in 2018. Several awards – including the Hart Memorial Trophy and Prince of Wales Trophy – are visible at center ice. | |
Award | Wins |
Stanley Cup | 2 |
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl | 6 |
Prince of Wales Trophy | 4 |
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy | 4 |
Conn Smythe Trophy | 4 |
Frank J. Selke Trophy | 3 |
Hart Memorial Trophy | 4 |
Jack Adams Award | 4 |
Lester Patrick Trophy | 8 |
NHL Plus-Minus Award * | 3 |
Ted Lindsay Award | 2 |
Vezina Trophy | 4 |
William M. Jennings Trophy | 2 |
Total | |
Awards won | 50 |
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Eastern Conference.[1] 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 won the Stanley Cup two times as league champions in 1974 and 1975, the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl six times – twice as division champions and four times as conference champions – and the Prince of Wales Trophy as conference champions four times. Prior to the Presidents' Trophy first being award in 1985–86, the Flyers led the league in points three times in 1974–75, 1979–80, and 1984–85, but have not led the league in points at the end of the regular season since.
Only Bobby Clarke and Eric Lindros have won regular season most valuable player honors as Flyers. Clarke won the Hart Memorial Trophy three times in 1972–73, 1974–75 and 1975–76 while Lindros won in 1994–95. Both Clarke and Lindros also won the Lester B. Pearson Award, awarded to the most outstanding player as voted by the players and now known as the Ted Lindsay Award, Clarke in 1973–74 and Lindros in 1994–95. Four Flyers players have won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs, twice when the Flyers won the Stanley Cup – Bernie Parent in 1974 and 1975 – and twice when they lost in the finals – Reggie Leach in 1976 and Ron Hextall in 1987. Parent and Hextall account for two of the three Flyers goaltenders to win the Vezina Trophy, Parent in 1973–74 and 1974–75, Pelle Lindbergh in 1984–85, and Hextall in 1986–87.
Twenty-one people – fourteen players and seven builders – who spent time with the Flyers have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Flyers have inducted twenty-eight people into a team hall of fame since 1988 and six of those inductees have also had their numbers retired.
League awards
Team trophies
The Flyers won the Stanley Cup as league champions in back-to-back years during the mid-1970s.[3] They have not won the Cup since despite six return trips to the Stanley Cup Finals. They won the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl six times, twice as West Division champions and four times as Campbell Conference regular season champions.[4] Realignment after the 1980–81 season moved the Flyers to the Wales Conference (known as the Eastern Conference since the 1993–94 season) and they have since won the trophy given to the conference's playoff champion, the Prince of Wales Trophy, four times.[5] The Flyers have never won the Presidents' Trophy which has been given to the team finishing the regular season with the best overall record based on points since the 1985–86 season.[6][7] Prior to the creation of the trophy the Flyers led the league in points three times for the 1974–75, 1979–80, and 1984–85 seasons.[8]
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Award | Description | Times won | Seasons | References |
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Stanley Cup | NHL championship | 2 | 1973–74, 1974–75 | [3][9] |
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl | West Division champions (1967–1974) | 2 | 1967–68, 1973–74 | [4][10] |
Campbell Conference regular season championship (1974–1981) | 4 | 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80 | ||
Prince of Wales Trophy | Wales/Eastern Conference playoff championship (1981–present) | 4 | 1984–85, 1986–87, 1996–97, 2009–10 | [5][11] |
Individual awards
Twenty-one Flyers players or coaches have received thirty annual individual awards from the league, most occurring during the 1970s and 1980s. The most frequently won awards include the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, Conn Smythe Trophy, Hart Memorial Trophy, Jack Adams Award, and the Vezina Trophy, each won four times by Flyers players or coaches. Bobby Clarke's three Hart Trophy wins is the most of any Flyers player or coach of one particular award.
A few highly coveted NHL awards have never been won by Flyers players and occasionally they have been on the losing end of some close calls for them. Mark Howe finished as runner-up three times during the 1980s in voting for the James Norris Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the defenseman who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position.[12][13] During their respective rookie seasons, Bill Barber (1972–73), Ron Hextall (1986–87), and Shayne Gostisbehere (2015–16) finished second in voting for the Calder Memorial Trophy, given to the league's most outstanding rookie player.[12][14] During the 1994–95 season Eric Lindros finished tied for the league's scoring title with Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jaromir Jagr. However, Jagr was awarded the Art Ross Trophy, given to the league's regular season scoring champion, due to the first tiebreaker being the player with the most goals, Jagr having scored 32 goals compared to Lindros' 29.[15][16][17]
In the case of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player who exhibits outstanding sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability, no Flyers player has ever finished in the top three in the voting for it.[18][12] Due to their history as the Broad Street Bullies during the 1970s it has been suggested the Lady Byng is not an award Flyers players covet.[19] Dave Brown, who was an enforcer with the team during the 1980s and 1990s, went so far as to say the only way he would ever win the award is "if they renamed it the Man Byng."[20]
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All-Stars
NHL first and second team All-Stars
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The NHL first and second team All-Stars are the top players at each position as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.[38]