Flyers Unbreakable: Looking Closer at Team Records
As everyone else is doing right now, I’ve been trying to get my Flyers fix by looking back in time.
Diving through some rabbit-holes has led me to find or remember some great things the Flyers teams and players have done in the past that will probably never be done again.
Let’s hope these records stay with the Flyers forever.
Mike Richards: 5-on-3 Goals
Mike Richards had 28 of his 181 career goals come while shorthanded, including seven during the 2009 season. This stat line in itself is quite powerful, but having the NHL record for 5-on-3 shorthanded goals at 3 is astounding.
We may see this record break in the future with different styles of play, but it is quite unlikely considering you may not even see one in an entire season.
Dave Schultz and Ron Hextall: Penalty Minutes In a Season
With fighting majors decreasing every year, these records aren’t going anywhere. Dave “The Hammer” Schultz led the league in pims during the 74-75 season with an astounding 472 minutes, and nobody has broken the 400-mark since 1992 when Mike Peluso racked up 408. Evander Kane led the league last season with 122
Hextall once ran up 113 pims in a single season and has 584 in his career, both league records. The highest out of any active goaltender is Mike Smith with 140 throughout his career, the most in one of his seasons was only 23.
Shayne Gostisbehere: Point Streak By a Rookie Defenseman
During Ghost’s rookie season in 2016, he went 15 games straight with a point, which broke a league record for defensemen. For reference, the point streak record for the Flyers organization is set at 18 by both Bobby Clarke and Eric Lindros, but that was also while they were not rookies.
This past season, Avs defenseman Cale Makar made a big splash by starting the season with a 5 game point streak, showing just how difficult this would be to break.
1980 Flyers: Most Games Unbeaten
25-0-10 is quite a run, good enough for not only the NHL record but also the record for all North American professional sports.
This turned into the Flyers securing the most points in the league and a run to the Stanley Cup Final only to run into the Islanders dynasty (Butch Goring was offside).
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