1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 28th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers made the playoffs for the first time since 1989, also winning their division for the first time since 1987, and made it to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing in six games to the New Jersey Devils.

1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	2nd Eastern
1994–95 record	28–16–4
Home record	16–7–1
Road record	12–9–3
Goals for	150
Goals against	132
Team information
General manager	Bob Clarke
Coach	Terry Murray
Captain	Eric Lindros
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour Craig MacTavish
Arena	CoreStates Spectrum
Average attendance	17,160[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears Johnstown Chiefs
Team leaders
Goals	Eric Lindros (29)
Assists	Eric Lindros (41)
Points	Eric Lindros (70)
Penalty minutes	Shawn Antoski (61)
Plus/minus	Eric Lindros (+27)
Wins	Ron Hextall (17)
Goals against average	Dominic Roussel (2.34)
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Off-season

Bob Clarke was named president and general manager of the Flyers on June 15, 1994, replacing Russ Farwell.^[2] The Florida Panthers received the Flyers' 1994 second-round pick and cash, believed to be around $500,000,^[2] as compensation since Clarke had to be released from his contract.^[3] On June 24, Clarke hired Terry Murray to replace Terry Simpson as head coach.^[4] A former Flyers player, Murray had mostly recently coached the Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League after being fired midway through the 1993–94 season as the Washington Capitals head coach.^[4] Prior to the start of training camp, the team announced Eric Lindros was replacing Kevin Dineen as team captain.^[5]

The Flyers made three major player transactions during the off-season prior to the beginning of the 1994–95 NHL lockout. On June 29, the Flyers swapped defensemen with the Montreal Canadiens, sending Yves Racine to Montreal for Kevin Haller.^[6] On July 6, unrestricted free agent centerman Craig MacTavish, formerly of the Stanley Cup champion New York Rangers, was signed to a two-year, $1.6 million contract.^[7] On September 22, the Flyers re-acquired goaltender Ron Hextall, whom they had traded in 1992 to the Quebec Nordiques in the Lindros trade, from the New York Islanders for goaltender Tommy Soderstrom.^[8]

Regular season

After a 3–6–1 start to the season, including a shutout loss to Ottawa on February 6, Clarke dealt high-scoring winger Mark Recchi to the Montreal Canadiens for Eric Desjardins, Gilbert Dionne and John LeClair. In the following game, at home against Florida, the team lost 3–0, but Lindros and LeClair was placed on a line with sophomore forward Mikael Renberg to form the "Legion of Doom" line, a mix of scoring talent and physical intimidation. The line registered its first point on Saturday, February 11, 1995, in a game against the New Jersey Devils at the Meadowlands. The line made an immediate impact, as it helped the Flyers defeat the Devils 3–1.

Less than two weeks later, on Thursday, February 23, Lindros recorded a hat trick in what would be his final game in Quebec City against the Nordiques, but the Flyers wasted a three-goal lead into a 6–6 tie. Two nights later in Montreal, LeClair blitzed his former club in his return with a hat-trick in a 7–0 rout which saw the Flyers score five times in the third period. LeClair's previous hat trick had come just 11 days earlier in a 5–2 Flyers' win at Tampa Bay. Lindros recorded two more hat tricks during the regular season, and both came in consecutive games; his second one on March 18 in a 4–3 Flyers' overtime win in Florida, and the third on March 20 in an 8–4 Flyers' win over the Montreal Canadiens. Josef Beranek had the other Flyers' regular-season hat trick in a 5–4 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on February 2.

During the season, the Flyers had two long winning streaks: one was eight games from March 5–20, the other was nine games from April 2–22. The final contest in that streak, on April 22 at New Jersey, saw LeClair net the overtime winner which clinched the Atlantic Division. Even though it was scored 54 seconds into the overtime period, it would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored in the lockout-shortened regular season.^[9]

The end of the season saw Lindros go down with an eye injury in the penultimate game against the New York Rangers, as a shot he took ricocheted off Rangers defenseman Jeff Beukeboom and struck him in the face.

The playoff drought was finally over as the Flyers won their first division title in eight years and clinched the No.2 seed in the Eastern Conference.

Lindros, who scored 70 points, came in second to Jaromir Jagr by a tiebreaker in the race for the Art Ross Trophy, the NHL scoring championship, but was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's MVP.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Philadelphia Flyers	48	28	16	4	150	132	60
2	5	New Jersey Devils	48	22	18	8	136	121	52
3	6	Washington Capitals	48	22	18	8	136	120	52
4	8	New York Rangers	48	22	23	3	139	134	47
5	9	Florida Panthers	48	20	22	6	115	127	46
6	12	Tampa Bay Lightning	48	17	28	3	120	144	37
7	13	New York Islanders	48	15	28	5	126	158	35

^[10]

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Eastern Conference^[11]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Quebec Nordiques	NE	48	30	13	5	185	134	65
2	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	48	28	16	4	150	132	60
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	48	29	16	3	181	158	61
4	Boston Bruins	NE	48	27	18	3	150	127	57
5	New Jersey Devils	AT	48	22	18	8	136	121	52
6	Washington Capitals	AT	48	22	18	8	136	120	52
7	Buffalo Sabres	NE	48	22	19	7	130	119	51
8	New York Rangers	AT	48	22	23	3	139	134	47
9	Florida Panthers	AT	48	20	22	6	115	127	46
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	48	19	24	5	127	141	43
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	48	18	23	7	125	148	43
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	AT	48	17	28	3	120	144	37
13	New York Islanders	AT	48	15	28	5	126	158	35
14	Ottawa Senators	NE	48	9	34	5	117	174	23

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Playoffs

Lindros missed the first three games of the Flyers' Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Buffalo Sabres. Karl Dykhuis netted the overtime winner in Game 1 and the club took a 2–0 series lead on the road. Following a narrow Game 3 defeat at The Aud, Lindros returned and the reunited Legion led the club to a 4–2 win. In Game 5, Philly rolled to leads of 4–0 and 5–2 before closing with a 6–4 victory.

More overtime magic came in the semifinal series with the defending Stanley Cup champion Rangers, who upset the Nordiques in the first round. Game 1 at the Spectrum saw New York race out to a 3–1 lead, only to see the Flyers storm back to go up 4–3. A late goal from Pat Verbeek sent the game into an extra session, where Desjardins won it with a right-circle shot.

The next night, Brian Leetch recorded a hat-trick but Kevin Haller struck with under 30 seconds played in OT off a feed from Renberg to give the Flyers a 4–3 win and 2–0 series edge. The Flyers capitalized on multiple mistakes and turnovers in Games 3 and 4 at Madison Square Garden, recording 5-2 and 4-1 victories to sweep the series.

The Flyers advanced to the conference finals against the Devils. Jersey controlled long stretches of the first two games, winning 4–1 in Game 1 and overcoming an early deficit with a four-goal blitz to take Game 2, 5–2. The Devils were on the verge of going up three games to none at the Meadowlands, but a Rod Brind'Amour floater in the third period and Lindros' wrister in overtime brought the Flyers back. Philly controlled Game 4 and coasted to a 4–2 win, but the Devils continued to use the neutral zone trap to control the Legion in Game 5. Although Dineen scored early in the third to tie the game, Claude Lemieux's 50-foot blast got by Hextall and gave New Jersey the shocking 3–2 win and left the Devils one win away from the Cup finals.

In Game 6, Jim Montgomery got the Flyers on the board early in the first period, but the Devils stormed back with four consecutive scores to ice the game and the series 4–2.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1994–95 regular season[12]
January: 2–4–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 January 21 Quebec 3 – 1 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 January 22 Philadelphia 1 – 4 Boston Roussel 14,448 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 January 24 Philadelphia 3 – 4 NY Islanders Hextall 11,487 0–3–0 0 Recap 4 January 26 Hartford 2 – 3 Philadelphia Roussel 16,557 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 January 28 Boston 1 – 2 Philadelphia Roussel 17,260 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 January 29 Philadelphia 2 – 2 Montreal OT Hextall 16,152 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 January 31 Philadelphia 2 – 5 Quebec Hextall 14,141 2–4–1 5 Recap
February: 6–4–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–1–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 8 February 2 NY Islanders 5 – 4 Philadelphia OT Roussel 16,519 2–5–1 5 Recap 9 February 4 Buffalo 2 – 4 Philadelphia Roussel 16,778 3–5–1 7 Recap 10 February 6 Philadelphia 0 – 3 Ottawa Roussel 9,267 3–6–1 7 Recap 11 February 9 Florida 3 – 0 Philadelphia Roussel 16,229 3–7–1 7 Recap 12 February 11 Philadelphia 3 – 1 New Jersey Roussel 19,040 4–7–1 9 Recap 13 February 13 Washington 3 – 5 Philadelphia Hextall 16,815 5–7–1 11 Recap 14 February 14 Philadelphia 5 – 2 Tampa Bay Roussel 16,699 6–7–1 13 Recap 15 February 16 Quebec 4 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,065 6–8–1 13 Recap 16 February 23 Philadelphia 6 – 6 Quebec OT Hextall 13,301 6–8–2 14 Recap 17 February 25 Philadelphia 7 – 0 Montreal Hextall 17,800 7–8–2 16 Recap 18 February 28 Washington 2 – 4 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 8–8–2 18 Recap
March: 9–4–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 4–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 19 March 2 Florida 2 – 2 Philadelphia OT Hextall 16,680 8–8–3 19 Recap 20 March 3 Philadelphia 3 – 5 NY Rangers Hextall 18,200 8–9–3 19 Recap 21 March 5 Pittsburgh 2 – 6 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 9–9–3 21 Recap 22 March 7 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Tampa Bay Hextall 21,827 10–9–3 23 Recap 23 March 9 Boston 2 – 3 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 11–9–3 25 Recap 24 March 12 New Jersey 3 – 4 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 12–9–3 27 Recap 25 March 15 Philadelphia 4 – 3 NY Rangers Roussel 18,200 13–9–3 29 Recap 26 March 16 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Ottawa Hextall 10,382 14–9–3 31 Recap 27 March 18 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Florida OT Roussel 14,703 15–9–3 33 Recap 28 March 20 Montreal 4 – 8 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 16–9–3 35 Recap 29 March 22 Philadelphia 3 – 4 Hartford Hextall 10,149 16–10–3 35 Recap 30 March 25 Philadelphia 2 – 2 Washington OT Hextall 16,721 16–10–4 36 Recap 31 March 26 Buffalo 1 – 3 Philadelphia Roussel 17,380 17–10–4 38 Recap 32 March 28 Philadelphia 1 – 5 Boston Roussel 14,448 17–11–4 38 Recap 33 March 30 New Jersey 4 – 3 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 17–12–4 38 Recap
April: 10–4–0 (home: 6–2–0; road: 4–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 34 April 1 Philadelphia 2 – 3 Pittsburgh Hextall 17,181 17–13–4 38 Recap 35 April 2 NY Rangers 2 – 4 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 18–13–4 40 Recap 36 April 6 Tampa Bay 4 – 5 Philadelphia Hextall 17,245 19–13–4 42 Recap 37 April 8 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Washington Hextall 18,130 20–13–4 44 Recap 38 April 12 Montreal 2 – 3 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 21–13–4 46 Recap 39 April 14 Tampa Bay 2 – 3 Philadelphia Roussel 17,380 22–13–4 48 Recap 40 April 16 Pittsburgh 3 – 4 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,380 23–13–4 50 Recap 41 April 18 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Florida Hextall 14,703 24–13–4 52 Recap 42 April 20 NY Islanders 1 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 25–13–4 54 Recap 43 April 22 Philadelphia 4 – 3 New Jersey OT Roussel 19,040 26–13–4 56 Recap 44 April 23 Philadelphia 2 – 4 Buffalo Hextall 16,230 26–14–4 56 Recap 45 April 26 Ottawa 5 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 26–15–4 56 Recap 46 April 28 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Hartford Hextall 15,550 27–15–4 58 Recap 47 April 30 NY Rangers 2 – 0 Philadelphia Roussel 17,380 27–16–4 58 Recap
May: 1–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 1–0–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 48 May 2 Philadelphia 2 – 0 NY Islanders Roussel 12,621 28–16–4 60 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1995 Stanley Cup playoffs[12]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres – Flyers win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 7 Buffalo 3 – 4 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,380 Flyers lead 1–0 Recap 2 May 8 Buffalo 1 – 3 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Flyers lead 2–0 Recap 3 May 10 Philadelphia 1 – 3 Buffalo Hextall 13,256 Flyers lead 2–1 Recap 4 May 12 Philadelphia 4 – 2 Buffalo Hextall 16,230 Flyers lead 3–1 Recap 5 May 14 Buffalo 4 – 6 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Flyers win 4–1 Recap
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. New York Rangers – Flyers win 4–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 21 NY Rangers 4 – 5 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,380 Flyers lead 1–0 Recap 2 May 22 NY Rangers 3 – 4 Philadelphia OT Hextall 17,380 Flyers lead 2–0 Recap 3 May 24 Philadelphia 5 – 2 NY Rangers Hextall 18,200 Flyers lead 3–0 Recap 4 May 26 Philadelphia 4 – 1 NY Rangers Hextall 18,200 Flyers win 4–0 Recap
Eastern Conference Finals vs. New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 3 New Jersey 4 – 1 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Devils lead 1–0 Recap 2 June 5 New Jersey 5 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Devils lead 2–0 Recap 3 June 7 Philadelphia 3 – 2 New Jersey OT Hextall 19,040 Devils lead 2–1 Recap 4 June 10 Philadelphia 4 – 2 New Jersey Hextall 19,040 Series tied 2–2 Recap 5 June 11 New Jersey 3 – 2 Philadelphia Hextall 17,380 Devils lead 3–2 Recap 6 June 13 Philadelphia 2 – 4 New Jersey Hextall 19,040 Devils win 4–2 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
88	Eric Lindros	C	46	29	41	70	27	60	12	4	11	15	7	8
19	Mikael Renberg	RW	47	26	31	57	20	20	15	6	7	13	5	6
10	John LeClair†	LW	37	25	24	49	21	20	15	5	7	12	7	4
17	Rod Brind'Amour	C	48	12	27	39	−4	33	15	6	9	15	5	8
37	Eric Desjardins†	D	34	5	18	23	10	12	15	4	4	8	13	10
3	Garry Galley‡	D	33	2	20	22	0	20	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Dmitri Yushkevich	D	40	5	9	14	−4	47	15	1	5	6	−2	12
11	Kevin Dineen	RW	40	8	5	13	−1	39	15	6	4	10	2	18
6	Chris Therien	D	48	3	10	13	8	38	15	0	0	0	−2	10
18	Brent Fedyk	RW	30	8	4	12	−2	14	9	2	2	4	2	8
14	Craig MacTavish	C	45	3	9	12	2	23	15	1	4	5	−3	20
42	Josef Beranek‡	C	14	5	5	10	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Shjon Podein	LW	44	3	7	10	−2	33	15	1	3	4	2	10
5	Kevin Haller	D	36	2	8	10	16	48	15	4	4	8	10	10
24	Karl Dykhuis†	D	33	2	6	8	7	37	15	4	4	8	2	14
12	Patrik Juhlin	RW	42	4	3	7	−13	6	13	1	0	1	−1	2
45	Gilbert Dionne†	LW	20	0	6	6	−1	2	3	0	0	0	−1	4
8	Mark Recchi‡	RW	10	2	3	5	−6	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Rob DiMaio	LW	36	3	1	4	8	53	15	2	4	6	3	4
21	Dave Brown	RW	28	1	2	3	−1	53	3	0	0	0	0	0
44[a]	Anatoli Semenov†	C	26	1	2	3	−2	6	15	2	4	6	3	0
23[b]	Petr Svoboda†	D	11	0	3	3	0	10	15	1	3	4	5	8
22	Jim Montgomery†	C	8	1	1	2	−2	6	7	1	0	1	2	2
22	Mark Lamb‡	C	8	0	2	2	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Rob Zettler	D	32	0	1	1	−3	34	1	0	0	0	1	2
37	Shawn Anderson	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Shawn Antoski†	LW	25	0	0	0	0	61	13	0	1	1	1	10
28	Jason Bowen	D	4	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Yanick Dupre	LW	22	0	0	0	−7	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Ron Hextall	G	31	0	0	0		13	15	0	1	1		4
23	Stewart Malgunas	D	4	0	0	0	−1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Ryan McGill‡	D	12	0	0	0	0	13	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Dominic Roussel	G	19	0	0	0		6	1	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season											Playoffs
		GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
27	Ron Hextall	31	31	17	9	4	801	88	2.90	.890	1	1,824	15	15	10	5	437	42	2.81	.904	0	897
30	Dominic Roussel	19	17	11	7	0	486	42	2.34	.914	1	1,075	1	0	0	0	8	0	0.00	1.000	0	23

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Hart Memorial Trophy	Eric Lindros	[13]
	Lester B. Pearson Award	Eric Lindros	[14]
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Chris Therien (Defense)	[15]
	NHL first All-Star team	John LeClair (Left wing)	[16]
		Eric Lindros (Center)
League (in-season)	NHL Player of the Week	John LeClair (February 27)	[17]
		Eric Lindros (March 20)	[18]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins	[19]
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Eric Lindros	[19]
	Class Guy Award	Mikael Renberg	[19]
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	John LeClair	[19]
Miscellaneous	Viking Award	Mikael Renberg	[20]

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

The Flyers qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1989, ending a franchise record five-year playoff drought.^[21] Goaltender Ron Hextall tied a team record for consecutive playoff wins (6) from May 12 to May 26.^[22] The team's five consecutive road wins from May 12 to June 10 set a team playoff record (subsequently tied).^[23]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Patrik Juhlin	January 21, 1995	[24]
	Chris Therien

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 15, 1994, the day after the deciding game of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 24, 1995, the day of the deciding game of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals.^[25]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 15, 1994 (1994-06-15)[c]	To Philadelphia Flyers Bobby Clarke	To Florida Panthers 2nd-round pick in 1994 cash	[3]
June 29, 1994 (1994-06-29)	To Philadelphia Flyers Kevin Haller	To Montreal Canadiens Yves Racine	[6]
September 6, 1994 (1994-09-06)	To Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia's 4th-round pick in 1995	To Tampa Bay Lightning Rights to Alexander Selivanov	[5]
September 22, 1994 (1994-09-22)	To Philadelphia Flyers Ron Hextall 6th-round pick in 1995	To New York Islanders Tommy Soderstrom	[8]
February 2, 1995 (1995-02-02)	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Greenlay	To Tampa Bay Lightning Scott LaGrand	[26]
February 9, 1995 (1995-02-09)	To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Desjardins Gilbert Dionne John LeClair	To Montreal Canadiens Mark Recchi 3rd-round pick in 1995	[27]
February 10, 1995 (1995-02-10)	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Montreal Canadiens Mark Lamb	[28]
February 15, 1995 (1995-02-15)	To Philadelphia Flyers Shawn Antoski	To Vancouver Canucks Josef Beranek	[29]
February 16, 1995 (1995-02-16)	To Philadelphia Flyers Karl Dykhuis	To Chicago Blackhawks Bob Wilkie 5th-round pick in 1997	[30]
March 8, 1995 (1995-03-08)	To Philadelphia Flyers Anatoli Semenov	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Milos Holan	[31]
March 13, 1995 (1995-03-13)	To Philadelphia Flyers Brad Zavisha 6th-round pick in 1995	To Edmonton Oilers Ryan McGill	[32]
April 7, 1995 (1995-04-07)	To Philadelphia Flyers Petr Svoboda	To Buffalo Sabres Garry Galley	[33]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 6, 1994 (1994-07-06)	Craig MacTavish	New York Rangers	2-year	Free agency	[7]
July 19, 1994 (1994-07-19)	Phil Crowe	Los Angeles Kings		Free agency	[34]
July 27, 1994 (1994-07-27)	Shjon Podein	Edmonton Oilers		Free agency	[35]
August 16, 1994 (1994-08-16)	Shawn Anderson	Washington Capitals		Free agency	[36]
February 10, 1995 (1995-02-10)	Jim Montgomery	Montreal Canadiens		Waivers	[28]
March 5, 1995 (1995-03-05)	Les Kuntar	Hershey Bears (AHL)	1-year[d]	Free agency	[37]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via	Ref
June 20, 1994 (1994-06-20)	Corey Foster	Ottawa Senators	Free agency	[38]
June 22, 1994 (1994-06-22)	Lance Pitlick	Ottawa Senators	Free agency	[39]
June 27, 1994 (1994-06-27)	Todd Hlushko	Calgary Flames	Free agency	[40]
July 26, 1994 (1994-07-26)	Rob Ramage		Retirement	[41]
August 1994 (1994-08)	Dave Tippett	Houston Aeros (IHL)	Free agency	[42]
August 11, 1994 (1994-08-11)	Frederic Chabot	Florida Panthers	Free agency	[43]
N/A	Eric Dandenault	HC Fassa (Serie A)	Free agency	[44]
	Toni Porkka	Lukko (Liiga)	Free agency	[45]
	Claude Vilgrain	SC Herisau (NLB)	Free agency	[46]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
August 16, 1994 (1994-08-16)	Brent Fedyk		Re-signing	[36]
August 23, 1994 (1994-08-23)	Dan Kordic		Re-signing	[47]
September 2, 1994 (1994-09-02)	Ryan Sittler	3-year	Signing	[48][49]
January 30, 1995 (1995-01-30)	Garry Galley	3-year	Re-signing	[50]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

NHL entry draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, on June 28, 1994.^[51] The Flyers traded their first-round picks in 1993 and 1994, 10th overall, along with Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, the rights to Peter Forsberg, and $15 million to the Quebec Nordiques for the rights to Eric Lindros on June 30, 1992.^[52] Their second-round pick, 36th overall, was given to the Florida Panthers as compensation for the Flyers hiring Bob Clarke as their general manager.^[52] They also traded their fifth-round pick, 114th overall, and Greg Johnson to the Detroit Red Wings for Jim Cummins and the Red Wings' 1993 fourth-round pick on June 20, 1993.^[52]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
3	62	Artem Anisimov	Defense	Russia	Itil Kazan (Russia)
4	88	Adam Magarrell	Defense	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
4	101	Sebastien Vallee	Left wing	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)	[e]
6	140	Alexander Selivanov	Right wing	Russia	Spartak Moscow (RUS)
7	166	Colin Forbes	Left wing	Canada	Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL)
8	192	Derek Diener	Defense	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
8	202	Ray Giroux	Defense	Canada	Powassan Hawks (NOJHL)	[f]
9	218	Johan Hedberg	Goaltender	Sweden	Leksands IF (Elitserien)
10	244	Andre Payette	Left wing	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
11	270	Jan Lipiansky	Forward	Slovakia	Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)

NHL supplemental draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1994 NHL supplemental draft on June 28, 1994.^[53]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	10	Kirk Nielsen	Right wing	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League^[54] and the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL.^[55] Mitch Lamoureux led the Bears with 85 points as Hershey finished 2nd in their division and lost in six games to the Cornwall Aces in the first round.^[56] Johnstown finished 4th in their division and lost in the first round to the South Carolina Stingrays.

Notes

1. Semenov wore number 34 in his first game.
2. Svoboda wore number 3 in his first game.
3. Florida received the draft pick and cash as compensation for the Flyers hiring Clarke as president and general manager. Clarke, who had been serving as the vice president and general manager of the Panthers, had two years remaining on his contract.^[3]
4. Signed for the remainder of the regular season.^[37]
5. The Flyers traded Terry Carkner to the Detroit Red Wings for Yves Racine and the Red Wings' fourth-round pick, 101st overall, on October 5, 1993.^[52]
6. The Flyers traded Pelle Eklund to the Dallas Stars for the Stars' eighth-round pick, 202nd overall, on March 21, 1994.^[52]

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