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ALL-TIME FLYERS HISTORIC MOMENTS<br />
NOVEMBER 16, 2009: Prior to the <strong>Flyers</strong>’ 3-2 victory to the<br />
New Jersey Devils, Dave “The Hammer” Schultz became<br />
the 20th member of the <strong>Flyers</strong> organization to be inducted<br />
into the <strong>Flyers</strong> Hall of Fame.<br />
NOVEMBER 19, 2009: <strong>Flyers</strong> rookie James van Riemsdyk<br />
scores the game-winning goal in a 3-2 victory at Los Angeles.<br />
It was his third straight game-winning goal, tying an NHL<br />
record for consecutive game-winning goals by a rookie.<br />
DECEMBER 4, 2009: John Stevens was relieved of his<br />
duties as head coach and replaced by Peter Laviolette.<br />
JANUARY 1, 2010: On New Year’s Day, the <strong>Flyers</strong> played the<br />
Boston Bruins in the 2010 Winter Classic at historic Fenway<br />
Park in Boston, MA. Danny Syvret scored his first NHL goal<br />
and the <strong>Flyers</strong> led most of the game, but the Bruins tied it<br />
up on a goal late in the third period and eventually won the<br />
game 2-1 in overtime. .<br />
FEBRUARY 13-28, 2010: The NHL season went on hiatus for<br />
two weeks to allow players to participate in the 2010 Winter<br />
Olympics in Vancouver. Chris Pronger and Mike Richards<br />
won gold medals playing for Team Canada. Kimmo Timonen<br />
won a bronze medal for Finland, and Oskars Bartulis<br />
represented Team Lativa.<br />
APRIL 11, 2010: Claude Giroux’s shootout goal and Brian<br />
Boucher’s third-round save gave the <strong>Flyers</strong> a 2-1 shootout<br />
win over the New York Rangers and clinched an Eastern<br />
Conference playoff berth on the last day of the season. With<br />
his club trailing late in the third period, Matt Carle scored<br />
the game-tying goal to force overtime and the eventual<br />
shootout. Danny Briere also scored in the shootout, while<br />
Boucher shut the door on two of three Rangers shooters.<br />
MAY 14, 2010: After falling into a 0-3 series deficit in the<br />
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins, the<br />
<strong>Flyers</strong> won four games in a row to defeat the Bruins four<br />
games to three and advance to the Eastern Conference<br />
Finals. The <strong>Flyers</strong> trailed Game 7 3-0 in the first period, but<br />
charged back to tie the game. Simon Gagne then scored the<br />
game-winning goal with 7:08 remaining in the third period.<br />
They became the third team in NHL history to overcome a<br />
3-0 series deficit.<br />
MAY 22, 2010: Michael Leighton posted a 3-0 shutout at<br />
Montreal in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final, his<br />
third shutout of the series. He became the first goaltender<br />
in franchise history to record three shutouts in a single<br />
playoff series.<br />
MAY 24, 2010: The <strong>Flyers</strong> won the Prince of Wales Trophy<br />
as Eastern Conference Champions with a 4-2 win over the<br />
Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference<br />
Finals. The four-games-to-one series win sent the <strong>Flyers</strong> to<br />
the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1997.<br />
JUNE 2, 2010: Claude Giroux scored the game-winning goal<br />
in overtime of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final to give the<br />
<strong>Flyers</strong> a 3-2 win in front of a record sellout crowd of 20,297<br />
at the Wachovia Center. It was the first win in a Stanley Cup<br />
Final game for the <strong>Flyers</strong> since Game 6 of the 1987 Final at<br />
the Spectrum.<br />
JUNE 9, 2010: Patrick Kane scores the game-winning goal<br />
in overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks defeat the <strong>Flyers</strong><br />
4-3 in Game 6 of the Final to win the Stanley Cup. The crowd<br />
of 20,327 set a new <strong>Flyers</strong> record for home attendance in a<br />
single game and created a new single-season attendance<br />
record of 1,020,699. <strong>Flyers</strong> center Danny Briere recorded a<br />
goal and two assists to reach 30 points for the playoffs (12G,<br />
18), breaking the <strong>Flyers</strong> all-time scoring record for a single<br />
playoff year.<br />
JULY 27, 2010: Comcast-Spectacor announced the change<br />
of its arena name to the Wells Fargo Center.<br />
OCTOBER 11, 2010: The <strong>Flyers</strong> raise their 2010-11 Eastern<br />
Conference championship banner to the rafters of the<br />
Wells Fargo Center prior to their home opener against the<br />
Colorado Avalanche.<br />
NOVEMBER 23, 2010: Following a public ceremony, exterior<br />
demolition officially commenced on the <strong>Flyers</strong>’ former<br />
home, the Spectrum. Ed Snider, Bob Clarke, Bernie Parent<br />
and Julius Erving were among those who spoke at the<br />
ceremony.<br />
JANUARY 25, 2011: The <strong>Flyers</strong> pick up their 1000th home-ice<br />
win with a 5-2 victory over Montreal. They become the first<br />
expansion-era team to reach the milestone.<br />
DECEMBER 31, 2011: The <strong>Flyers</strong> Alumni defeat the New York<br />
Rangers Alumni 3-1 before a crowd of 45,808 at Citizens<br />
Bank Park in the first of the three games comprising the 2012<br />
NHL Winter Classic. Bernie Parent started for the <strong>Flyers</strong> and<br />
stopped six shots in 5:32 of play, including a Ron Duguay<br />
breakaway. John LeClair scored the <strong>Flyers</strong>’ first goal on a<br />
setup by Eric Lindros, while Shjon Podein and Mark Howe<br />
provided the other <strong>Flyers</strong> goals.<br />
JANUARY 2, 2012: The <strong>Flyers</strong> take a 2-0 lead but can’t hold<br />
off a hard-charging New York Rangers squad and drop a 3-2<br />
decision in the 2012 NHL Winter Classic. A crowd of 46,967<br />
became the largest crowd ever to witness a <strong>Flyers</strong> game,<br />
eclipsing the 38,112 that saw the <strong>Flyers</strong> fall 2-1 to Boston in<br />
overtime in the 2010 Winter Classic. Brayden Schenn and<br />
Claude Giroux scored for the <strong>Flyers</strong>.<br />
MARCH 6, 2012: The <strong>Flyers</strong> retire Mark Howe’s #2 in a pregame<br />
ceremony before a 3-2 win over Detroit. Howe becomes just<br />
the fifth Flyer so honored and the first since Bill Barber in 1990.<br />
MARCH 2012: Ilya Bryzgalov is named the NHL’s First Star for<br />
the month of March after he went 10-2-1 on the month with a<br />
1.43 GAA and .974 save percentage. He was named the first<br />
star of the game six times and was named the NHL’s First Star<br />
of the Week twice in the month, becoming the first Flyer ever<br />
to earn the award in consecutive weeks. Bryzgalov amassed<br />
a franchise-record scoreless streak of 249:43 from March<br />
1-15, and became the first <strong>Flyers</strong> goaltender to record four<br />
shutouts in the span of five games. The streak also was the<br />
second-longest in the NHL’s expansion era, trailing only Brian<br />
Boucher’s run of 332:01 in 2003-04 with Phoenix.<br />
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