flyers media guide - Philadelphia Flyers
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ALL-TIME FLYERS HISTORIC MOMENTS<br />
JULY 15, 1998: Comcast-Spectacor announced that it was<br />
changing the names of its arenas to the First Union Center<br />
and the First Union Spectrum.<br />
NOVEMBER 20, 1998: Goaltender Ron Hextall allows one<br />
goal on 19 shots to record a 3-1 win at Carolina to register<br />
his 233rd win as a Flyer. With the win, Hextall moves past<br />
Bernie Parent into first place on the <strong>Flyers</strong>’ All-Time List<br />
in wins.<br />
JANUARY 16, 1999: Toronto Maple Leaf Steve Sullivan’s<br />
goal at 6:31 of the first period ended John Vanbiesbrouck’s<br />
team record shutout streak at 218 minutes and 42 seconds<br />
from January 3 through 16.<br />
FEBRUARY 20, 1999: Center Eric Lindros was scoreless<br />
at Ottawa, ending his 18-game point-scoring streak from<br />
January 7 through February 18 (14G,21A). Lindros tied<br />
Bobby Clarke for the longest such streak in team history.<br />
MARCH 4, 1999: Brian Propp was inducted into the <strong>Flyers</strong>’<br />
Hall of Fame.<br />
MARCH 13, 1999: Goaltender Ron Hextall plays his 487th<br />
game as a Flyer in a game at Pittsburgh, moving him past<br />
Bernie Parent into first place on the <strong>Flyers</strong>’ All-Time Games<br />
Played List.<br />
MARCH 21, 1999: The <strong>Flyers</strong> defeated the Detroit Red<br />
Wings, 5-4, at the First Union Center, ending a team record<br />
12-game winless streak from February 24 through March 16<br />
(0-8-4). The <strong>Flyers</strong> also posted a 15-game undefeated streak<br />
from December 12, 1998 through January 13, 1999 (10-0-5).<br />
The <strong>Flyers</strong> became the only team in NHL history to record<br />
both a streak of 10-or-more games undefeated and a streak<br />
of 10-or-more games winless in the same season.<br />
APRIL 18, 1999: Eric Desjardins is awarded his fifth<br />
consecutive Barry Ashbee Trophy as the most outstanding<br />
<strong>Flyers</strong> defenseman and the first Yanick Dupre Memorial<br />
Class Guy Award winner as the Flyer who best illustrates<br />
character, dignity and respect for the sport both on and<br />
off the ice, as selected by the <strong>Philadelphia</strong> Chapter of the<br />
Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. Desjardins’ fifth<br />
Barry Ashbee Trophy is the most by any defenseman in<br />
team history. The Yanick Dupre Memorial Class Guy Award<br />
honors the memory of Yanick Dupre who died on August<br />
16, 1997, after a 16-month battle against leukemia. Dupre<br />
played parts of three<br />
seasons with the <strong>Flyers</strong><br />
(1991-92, 1994-95 and<br />
1995-96).<br />
JULY 14, 1999: Gene Hart,<br />
“Voice of the <strong>Flyers</strong>”, dies<br />
at the age of 68. The <strong>Flyers</strong><br />
hold a memorial service at<br />
the First Union Center on<br />
Sunday, July 18, to honor<br />
Hart for his contributions<br />
to the organization and the<br />
City of <strong>Philadelphia</strong> over<br />
his 32-year career.<br />
JULY 23, 1999: <strong>Flyers</strong> defenseman Dmitri Tertyshny is fatally<br />
injured in a boating accident at the age of 22. Tertyshny<br />
recorded 10 points (2G,8A) in 62 games during his rookie<br />
season of 1998-99. The <strong>Flyers</strong> and Phantoms played a<br />
benefit game in his memory on September 21 of that year,<br />
with all net proceeds placed in a scholarship fund for the<br />
unborn son of Dmitri and his widow, Polina. The <strong>Flyers</strong> win<br />
the game, 6-1.<br />
OCTOBER 2, 1999: Mark Eaton appeared in his first NHL<br />
game, becoming the first <strong>Philadelphia</strong>-area native to play<br />
for the <strong>Flyers</strong>. Rod Brind’Amour misseed the game because<br />
of a fracture in his left foot, ending his franchise record of<br />
484 consecutive games played.<br />
OCTOBER 24, 1999: John Vanbiesbrouck records his<br />
third consecutive shutout, a career first, and becomes<br />
only the fourth goaltender during the 1990s to post three<br />
consecutive shutouts. In all, he will not allow a goal in 227<br />
minutes, 40 seconds (parts of five games, 10/17/99-10/26/99)<br />
to set a team record for one goalie and a personal best.<br />
DECEMBER 6, 1999: Ed Snider receives the Anti-Defamation<br />
League’s prestigious Americanism Award.<br />
JANUARY 2, 2000: Eric Desjardins registers three assists,<br />
which gives him 231 points as a Flyer and places him<br />
second among defensemen on the team’s career list (Mark<br />
Howe, 480).<br />
JANUARY 8, 2000: Rod Brind’Amour records his 600th point<br />
as a Flyer, becoming only the seventh player in team history<br />
to reach that plateau.<br />
MARCH 21, 2000: Rick Tocchet is assessed five penalty<br />
minutes for fighting, giving him 1,700 PIM as a Flyer, the first<br />
player in franchise history to reach that mark.<br />
MARCH 27, 2000: Eric Desjardins is named the 12th captain<br />
in <strong>Flyers</strong> history.<br />
APRIL 6, 2000: Eric Desjardins is awarded his sixth<br />
consecutive Barry Ashbee Trophy as the team’s most<br />
outstanding defenseman. No other <strong>Flyers</strong> defenseman has<br />
won the award more than four times.<br />
APRIL 8, 2000: John LeClair scores his 40th goal, becoming<br />
the first player in <strong>Flyers</strong> history to score 40 or more goals in<br />
five consecutive seasons.<br />
APRIL 9, 2000: The <strong>Flyers</strong> defeat the<br />
New York Rangers, 4-1, and capture<br />
their 13th division championship.<br />
MAY 2, 2000: Andy Delmore scores his<br />
first two career playoff goals, including<br />
the game winner in overtime, to give<br />
the <strong>Flyers</strong> a 4-3 win at Pittsburgh in<br />
Game Three of the Eastern Conference<br />
Semifinals. He is the first <strong>Flyers</strong> rookie<br />
defenseman to score two goals in a<br />
playoff game.<br />
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