1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHL hockey team season

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
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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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.

Off-season

Bob Clarke was named president and general manager of the Flyers on June 15, 1994, replacing Russ Farwell. The Florida Panthers received the Flyers' 1994 second-round pick and cash, believed to be around $500,000, as compensation since Clarke had to be released from his contract. On June 24, Clarke hired Terry Murray to replace Terry Simpson as head coach. 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. Prior to the start of training camp, the team announced Eric Lindros was replacing Kevin Dineen as team captain.

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. 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. 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.

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.

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

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
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

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

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
No.	Player	Pos	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	Anatoli Semenov†	C	26	1	2	3	−2	6	15	2	4	6	3	0
23	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
No.	Player	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
League (annual)	Hart Memorial Trophy	Eric Lindros
	Lester B. Pearson Award	Eric Lindros
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Chris Therien (Defense)
	NHL first All-Star team	John LeClair (Left wing)
	NHL first All-Star team	Eric Lindros (Center)
League (in-season)	NHL Player of the Week	John LeClair (February 27)
League (in-season)	NHL Player of the Week	Eric Lindros (March 20)
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Eric Desjardins
	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Eric Lindros
	Class Guy Award	Mikael Renberg
	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy	John LeClair
Miscellaneous	Viking Award	Mikael Renberg

Records

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

Milestones

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

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.

Trades

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

Players acquired

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

Players lost

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

Signings

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

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. 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. Their second-round pick, 36th overall, was given to the Florida Panthers as compensation for the Flyers hiring Bob Clarke as their general manager. 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.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
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)
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)
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.

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 and the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL. 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. Johnstown finished 4th in their division and lost in the first round to the South Carolina Stingrays.

Notes

Semenov wore number 34 in his first game.
Svoboda wore number 3 in his first game.
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.
Signed for the remainder of the regular season.
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.
The Flyers traded Pelle Eklund to the Dallas Stars for the Stars' eighth-round pick, 202nd overall, on March 21, 1994.

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