Flyers History - Season Overview : 2007-08

2007-08

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Key Personnel

Coach

John Stevens

G.M.

Paul Holmgren

Captain

Jason Smith

W-L-T Record

	GP	W	L	T	OL	Pts	Win%	GF	GA	Division
Overall	82	42	29	0	11	95	0.579	248	233	4th
Home		21	14	0	6	48	0.585	127	116
Road		21	15	0	5	47	0.573	121	117

Playoff Games

Win Eastern Conference Quarterfinals 4 - 3
11-Apr-08	Flyers	4	at	Washington Capitals	5		L	Boxscore
13-Apr-08	Flyers	2	at	Washington Capitals	0		W	Boxscore
15-Apr-08	Washington Capitals	3	at	Flyers	6		W	Boxscore
17-Apr-08	Washington Capitals	3	at	Flyers	4	2OT	W	Boxscore
19-Apr-08	Flyers	2	at	Washington Capitals	3		L	Boxscore
21-Apr-08	Washington Capitals	4	at	Flyers	2		L	Boxscore
22-Apr-08	Flyers	3	at	Washington Capitals	2	OT	W	Boxscore
Win Eastern Conference Semifinals 4-1
24-Apr-08	Flyers	3	at	Montreal Canadiens	4		L	Boxscore
26-Apr-08	Flyers	4	at	Montreal Canadiens	2		W	Boxscore
28-Apr-08	Montreal Canadiens	2	at	Flyers	3		W	Boxscore
30-Apr-08	Montreal Canadiens	2	at	Flyers	4		W	Boxscore
3-May-08	Flyers	6	at	Montreal Canadiens	4		W	Boxscore
Lost Eastern Conference Finals 1-4
9-May-08	Flyers	2	at	Pittsburgh Penguins	4		L	Boxscore
11-May-08	Flyers	2	at	Pittsburgh Penguins	4		L	Boxscore
13-May-08	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	at	Flyers	1		L	Boxscore
15-May-08	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	at	Flyers	4		W	Boxscore
18-May-08	Flyers	0	at	Pittsburgh Penguins	6		L	Boxscore

Scoring Leaders

Goals

Daniel Briere -33

Assists

Mike Richards -47

Points

Mike Richards -75

Scoring Statistics

Name	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PP	SH	GW	GT	Sht	Sh%	TGF	TPGF	TGA	TPGA
Mike Richards	C	73	28	47	75	76	14	8	5	6		212	13.21	112	53	78	33
Daniel Briere	C	79	31	41	72	68	-22	14	0	3		182	17.03	96	56	62	0
Mike Knuble	RW	82	29	26	55	72	-3	15	1	3		177	16.38	98	56	56	11
Jeff Carter	C	82	29	24	53	55	6	7	2	5		260	11.15	82	26	64	14
R.J. Umberger	C	74	13	37	50	19	0	4	0	3		173	7.51	64	17	67	20
Joffrey Lupul	RW	56	20	26	46	35	2	7	0	3		176	11.36	70	30	47	9
Kimmo Timonen	D	80	8	36	44	50	0	3	1	1		125	6.4	106	55	81	30
Scott Hartnell	LW	80	24	19	43	159	2	10	1	6		176	13.64	68	24	43	1
Braydon Coburn	D	78	9	27	36	74	17	5	0	2		113	7.96	93	27	66	17
Randy Jones	D	71	5	26	31	58	8	1	0	0		103	4.85	75	23	65	21
Scottie Upshall	RW	61	14	16	30	74	2	3	0	1		128	10.94	41	9	30	0
Simon Gagne	LW	25	7	11	18	4	-8	5	0	2		76	9.21	32	18	27	5
Vaclav Prospal	L	18	4	10	14	6	7	1	0	1		40	10	22	8	7	0
Steve Downie	RW	32	6	6	12	73	2	0	1	1		25	24	16	0	14	0
Jim Dowd	C	73	5	5	10	41	0	0	1	0		41	12.2	13	0	25	12
Jason Smith	D	77	1	9	10	86	-4	0	0	0		58	1.72	42	0	67	21
Sami Kapanen	RW	74	5	3	8	16	-12	0	1	1		76	6.58	14	0	43	17
Derian Hatcher	D	44	2	5	7	33	4	0	0	1		27	7.41	35	1	53	23
Denis Tolpeko	C	26	1	5	6	24	-4	0	0	0		24	4.17	6	1	9	0
Jim Vandermeer	D *	28	1	5	6	27	-1	1	0	0		26	3.85	24	3	28	6
Lasse Kukkonen	D	53	1	4	5	38	3	0	0	0		31	3.23	31	4	35	11
Patrick Thoresen	LW	21	0	5	0	8	-6	0	0	0		21	0	8	0	15	1
Riley Cote	LW	70	1	3	4	202	2	0	0	0		17	5.88	9	1	6	0
Stefan Ruzicka	RW	14	1	3	4	27	5	0	0	0		10	10	8	1	2	0
Jaroslav Modry	D	19	0	3	3	8	-11	0	0	0		17	0	11	2	21	1
Rory Fitzpatrick	D	19	0	1	1	11	-12	0	0	0		10	0	4	1	15	0
Ryan Potulny	C	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0		5	0	1	1	0	0
Nate Guenin	D	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0		2	0	0	0
Claude Giroux	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	2	0
Alexandre Picard	D *	4	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0		3	0	5	2	6	0
Ryan Parent	D	22	0	0	0	6	-4	0	0	0		9	0	8	0	12	0
Ben Eager	L *	23	0	0	0	62	-8	0	0	0		11	0	0	0	8	0
Jesse Boulerice	RW	5	0	0	0	29	-2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	2	0
Kyle Greentree	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	1	0
* = did not finish season with Flyers click on games played column for game by game stats for that player click on goals, assists or penalty minutes for complete list for that player

Extended Stats

Name	GP	Sfht	TF	FW%	ATOI-TOT	ATOI-PP	ATOI-SH	ATOI-EV
Mike Richards	31	25.52	599	53.09	21:31	4:57	3:54	12:39
Daniel Briere	31	21.90	544	52.76	19:29	4:58	0:30	14:01
Joffrey Lupul	31	22.87	2	100.00	19:01	3:47	1:38	13:35
Mike Knuble	31	22.81	11	27.27	19:28	4:45	1:58	12:46
R.J. Umberger	29	22.38	52	36.54	17:14	1:11	3:01	13:02
Jeff Carter	31	21.16	422	49.53	16:37	2:13	2:00	12:23
Kimmo Timonen	29	28.79	0	0	24:19	5:03	4:01	15:15
Braydon Coburn	31	26.23	0	0	20:16	2:04	1:50	16:22
Randy Jones	29	26.28	0	0	20:01	2:13	3:32	14:15
Scottie Upshall	21	17.43	1	100.00	13:12	2:01	0:37	10:33
Scott Hartnell	29	19.86	16	31.25	15:06	2:10	0:23	12:33
Simon Gagne	10	21.20	1	100.00	17:47	3:48	1:12	12:47
Lasse Kukkonen	29	22.66	0	0	16:25	0:35	2:17	13:33
Jason Smith	31	24.74	1	100.00	18:46	0:15	3:41	14:50
Denis Tolpeko	16	13.50	0	0	9:27	0:09	0:07	9:11
Sami Kapanen	27	19.19	11	36.36	14:05	0:12	2:26	11:27
Derian Hatcher	15	25.13	0	0	22:03	0:20	4:54	16:48
Jim Dowd	28	15.00	181	45.86	8:55	0:04	2:21	6:30
Martin Biron	25	0.00	0	0	0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00
Rory Fitzpatrick	18	19.33	0	0	13:08	0:16	1:09	11:43
Riley Cote	20	6.70	0	0	3:55	0:07	0:02	3:46
Ryan Potulny	3	8.33	13	46.15	7:22	1:03	0:00	6:19
Jesse Boulerice	2	7.00	0	0	3:46	0:02	0:13	3:32
Antero Niittymaki	9	0.00	0	0	0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00
Ben Eager	23	8.26	5	20.00	5:29	0:03	0:07	5:19
Alexandre Picard	2	17.50	0	0	13:11	2:42	0:04	10:25
Stefan Ruzicka	7	11.43	4	0.00	7:44	0:27	0:00	7:17
Nate Guenin	2	15.00	0	0	9:56	0:01	0:00	9:55
Steve Downie	2	7.00	0	0	5:08	0:24	0:00	4:44

Sfht - Average shifts/game, TF - total faceoffs , FW% - faceoff winning % , ATOI - average time on ice

Goaltending Statistics

Name	GP	Mins	GA	Avg	W	L	T	OTL	EN	SO	Shts	Pct	SO-GA	SO-Sht
Martin Biron	68	3539	153	2.59	30	20	0	9	2	5	1865	0.918
Antero Niittymaki	30	1424	69	2.91	12	9	0	1	4	1	739	0.907

Playoff Statistics

Name	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PP	SH	GW	OT	Sht	Sh%
Daniel Briere	C	17	9	7	16	20	-3	6	0	3	0	45	20.00
R.J. Umberger	C	17	10	5	15	10	7	1	0	2	0	40	25.00
Mike Richards	C	17	7	7	14	10	0	1	2	0	0	53	13.21
Vaclav Prospal	L	17	3	10	13	6	-3	1	0	0	0	34	8.82
Jeff Carter	C	17	6	5	11	12	0	3	0	1	0	72	8.33
Joffrey Lupul	R	17	4	6	10	2	1	2	0	1	1	46	8.70
Mike Knuble	R	12	3	4	7	6	-1	0	0	1	1	25	12.00
Scottie Upshall	R	17	3	4	7	44	1	1	0	1	0	37	8.11
Scott Hartnell	L	17	3	4	7	20	-2	0	0	0	0	23	13.04
Kimmo Timonen	D	13	0	6	6	8	3	0	0	0	0	24	0.00
Braydon Coburn	D	14	0	6	6	14	4	0	0	0	0	24	0.00
Jaroslav Modry	D	9	0	3	3	0	-6	0	0	0	0	6	0.00
Derian Hatcher	D	15	1	2	3	40	2	0	0	0	0	7	14.29
Jim Dowd	C	17	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.09
Patrick Thoresen	L	14	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0.00
Randy Jones	D	16	0	2	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	21	0.00
Lasse Kukkonen	D	14	0	2	2	6	-1	0	0	0	0	6	0.00
Sami Kapanen	R	16	2	0	2	2	-4	0	0	0	0	19	10.53
Jason Smith	D	17	0	2	2	4	-4	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Steve Downie	R	6	0	1	1	10	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Ryan Parent	D	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Martin Biron	G	17	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Cote	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Extended Stats

Name

Sfht

FW%

ATOI-TOT

ATOI-PP

ATOI-SH

ATOI-EV

click on goals, assists or penalty minutes for complete list for that player

Name	GP	Mins	GA	GAA	W	L	EN	SO	Shts	Pct
Martin Biron	17	1048	52	2.98	9	8	2	1	540	0.904
Antero Niittymaki	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0

click on games played for indiviual list of games played by goalie

All-Star Game Representatives

Mike Richards, Kimmo Timonen

Shutouts

Date	Opponent	Score	Goalie	#
16-Oct-07	vs Atlanta Thrashers	4-0	Martin Biron	1
18-Oct-07	vs New Jersey Devils	4-0	Martin Biron	2
30-Dec-07	at Florida Panthers	1-0	Antero Niittymaki	3
2-Feb-08	vs Anaheim Mighty Ducks	3-0	Martin Biron	3
4-Apr-08	vs New Jersey Devils	3-0	Martin Biron	4
6-Apr-08	vs Pittsburgh Penguins	2-0	Martin Biron	5
13-Apr-08	at Washington Capitals	2-0	Martin Biron	P 6
# = career number as a Flyer P = playoffs

Hattricks

Date	Player	#	Score	Goalie(s)
21-Nov-07	Daniel Briere	1	Carolina Hurricanes 3 - FLYERS 6	Cam Ward
11-Dec-07	Joffrey Lupul	1	Pittsburgh Penguins 2 - FLYERS 8	Dany Sabourin(2) Ty Conklin(1)
11-Dec-07	R.J. Umberger	1	Pittsburgh Penguins 2 - FLYERS 8	Dany Sabourin(2) Ty Conklin(1)
15-Dec-07	Joffrey Lupul	2	Carolina Hurricanes 6 - FLYERS 5	John Grahame
10-Jan-08	Scott Hartnell	1 n	New York Rangers 2 - FLYERS 6	Henrik Lundqvist
19-Jan-08	Scott Hartnell	2	FLYERS 5 - New York Islanders 3	Rick Dipietro
2-Feb-08	Mike Knuble	1 n	FLYERS 3 - Ahaheim Mighty Ducks 0	Jonas Hiller
po = playoffs, n=natural, 4=4goals, 5=5goals #=career number as a Flyer

Opening Games

Season	Flyers 3 - Calgary 2 (W)
Home	NY Islanders 1 - Flyers 3 (W)
Road	Flyers 3 - Calgary 2 (W)

NHL Awards

Team Awards

Barry Ashbee Trophy	Bobby Clarke Trophy	Yanick Dupre Memorial	Pelle Lindbergh Memorial	Toyota Cup	Gene Hart Award
Best Defenseman	Team MVP	Class Guy Award	Most Improved	Game Star Selections	Work Ethic & Dedication

Kimmo Timonen	Mike Richards	Martin Biron	Braydon Coburn & Riley Cote	Martin Biron	Mike Richards

Trades

Date	To Flyers	Other Team	From Flyers
18-Jun-07	Kimmo Timonen & Scott Hartnell	Nashville Predators	Nashville's 2007 1st Rounder (previously obtained - Jonathon Blum)
23-Jun-07	2007 2nd Rounder (Kevin Marshall)	Washington Captials	2008 2nd Rounder (Dmitri Kugryshev) + Nashville's 2007 3rd Rounder (Phil Desimone)
1-Jul-07	Jason Smith & Joffrey Lupul	Edmonton Oilers	Joni Pitkanen , Geoff Sanderson & 2009 3rd rounder
10-Dec-07	2009 7th Rounder	Dallas Stars	Jussi Timonen
19-Dec-07	Jim Vandermeer	Chicago Blackhawks	Ben Eager
19-Feb-08	Jaroslav Modry	Los Angeles Kings	2008 3rd rounder (Geordie Wudrick)
20-Feb-08	2009 3rd rounder	Calgary Flames	Jim Vandermeer
25-Feb-08	Vaclav Prospal	Tampa Bay Lightning	Alexandre Picard & 2009 2nd rounder

Transactions

Date	Aquisition
11-May-07	Scottie Upshall signed (2 yr $1.225M/yr)
14-May-07	Ben Eager signed (2 yr $600K/yr)
17-May-07	David Laliberte signed as a free agent
17-May-07	Lasse Kukkonen signed (2 yr $1.75M)
1-Jun-07	Josh Beaulieu signed (3 yr entry level)
1-Jun-07	Jeremy Duchesne signed (3 yr entry level)
6-Jun-07	Craig Berube signed (Phantoms Head Coach)
6-Jun-07	Joe Mullen signed (Flyers Assistant Coach)
6-Jun-07	Jack McIlhargey signed (Flyers Assistant Coach)
6-Jun-07	Kjell Samuelsson signed (Phantoms Associate Coach)
6-Jun-07	Neil Little signed (Phantoms Goaltending Coach)
8-Jun-07	Lars Jonsson signed (1 yr)
8-Jun-07	Riley Cote signed
14-Jun-07	Antero Nittyamaki signed (2 yr/ $2.54M)
18-Jun-07	Kimmo Timonen signed (6 yr, $6.3M/yr)
18-Jun-07	Scott Hartnell signed (6 yr, $4.2M/yr)
1-Jul-07	Daniel Briere signed as a free agent
23-Jul-07	Claude Giroux signed
23-Jul-07	Brian Boucher signed (Contract with Phantoms)
25-Jul-07	Boyd Kane signed (2 yr)
25-Jul-07	Riley Cote signed (1 yr)
26-Jul-07	Jared Ross signed (Contract with Phantoms)
26-Jul-07	Pete Zingoni signed (Contract with Phantoms)
11-Sep-07	Mike Vannelli signed as a free agent
14-Sep-07	Adam Bourque-LeBlanc released
14-Sep-07	Tysen Dowzak released
14-Sep-07	Maxime Ouimet-Desjardins released
14-Sep-07	Patrick Lebeau released
18-Sep-07	Kevin Marshall sent back to juniors
18-Sep-07	Mario Kempe sent back to juniors
18-Sep-07	Garrett Klotz sent back to juniors
18-Sep-07	Patrick Maroon sent back to juniors
18-Sep-07	David Tuniz sent back to juniors
18-Sep-07	Matt Stefanishion released
18-Sep-07	Ryan Wilson released
22-Sep-07	Martin Grenier put on waivers
22-Sep-07	Darren Reid put on waivers
25-Sep-07	Claude Giroux sent back to juniors
25-Sep-07	Adam Henrich released
25-Sep-07	Brad Schell released
27-Sep-07	Josh Beaulieu demoted
27-Sep-07	Frederik Cabana demoted
27-Sep-07	Triston Grant demoted
27-Sep-07	Kyle Greentree demoted
27-Sep-07	David Laliberte demoted
27-Sep-07	Jon Matsumoto demoted
27-Sep-07	Gino Pisellini demoted
27-Sep-07	Darren Reid demoted
27-Sep-07	Denis Tolpeko demoted
27-Sep-07	Oskars Bartulis demoted
27-Sep-07	Martin Grenier demoted
27-Sep-07	Lars Jonsson demoted
27-Sep-07	Ryan Parent demoted
27-Sep-07	Jussi Timonen demoted
27-Sep-07	Rejean Beauchemin demoted
27-Sep-07	Jeremy Duchesne demoted
27-Sep-07	Martin Houle demoted
27-Sep-07	Scott Munroe demoted
29-Sep-07	Steve Downie demoted
1-Oct-07	Denis Gauthier put on waivers
2-Oct-07	Boyd Kane demoted
2-Oct-07	Ryan Potulny demoted
2-Oct-07	Stefan Ruzicka demoted
2-Oct-07	Alexandre Picard demoted
2-Oct-07	Denis Gauthier demoted
2-Oct-07	Jim Dowd signed as a free agent
2-Oct-07	Jesse Boulerice signed as a free agent
2-Oct-07	Denis Tolpeko called up
2-Oct-07	Nate Guenin called up
4-Oct-07	Steve Downie called up
5-Oct-07	Steve Downie demoted
6-Oct-07	Steve Downie called up
7-Oct-07	Steve Downie demoted
9-Oct-07	Rory Fitzpatrick signed as a free agent
10-Oct-07	Denis Tolpeko demoted
11-Oct-07	Nate Guenin demoted
13-Oct-07	Steve Downie called up
14-Oct-07	Steve Downie demoted
15-Oct-08	Stefan Ruzicka called up
15-Oct-07	Jesse Boulerice put on waivers
16-Oct-07	Steve Downie called up
17-Oct-07	Steve Downie demoted
17-Oct-07	Jesse Boulerice demoted
17-Oct-07	Stefan Ruzicka demoted
18-Oct-07	Steve Downie called up
18-Oct-07	Jesse Boulerice called up
18-Oct-07	Stefan Ruzicka called up
19-Oct-07	Steve Downie demoted
19-Oct-07	Jesse Boulerice demoted
19-Oct-07	Stefan Ruzicka demoted
20-Oct-07	Steve Downie called up
20-Oct-07	Jesse Boulerice called up
20-Oct-07	Ryan Potulny called up
21-Oct-07	Steve Downie demoted
21-Oct-07	Jesse Boulerice demoted