2005–06 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2005–06
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Conference=Eastern
ConferenceRank=5th
Division=Atlantic
DivisionRank=2nd
Record=45–26–11
HomeRecord=22–13–6
RoadRecord=23–13–5
GoalsFor=267
GoalsAgainst=259
GeneralManager=Bob Clarke
Coach=Ken Hitchcock
Captain=Keith Primeau
Derian Hatcher (Jan-May) [Hatcher served as interim captain due to Primeau's injury.]
AltCaptain=Sami Kapanen (Jan-May)
Simon Gagne
Eric Desjardins
Derian Hatcher (Oct-Jan)

Arena=Wachovia Center
Attendance=19,653 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Simon Gagne (47)
AssistsLeader=Peter Forsberg (56)
PointsLeader=Simon Gagne (79)
PlusMinusLeader=Simon Gagne (+31)
PIMLeader=Donald Brashear (166)
WinsLeader=Antero Niittymaki (23)
GAALeader=Antero Niittymaki (2.94)The 2005–06 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 39th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

The Flyers were one of the more active teams once the NHL Lockout came to an end. Replacing the high-profile names of Tony Amonte, John LeClair and Jeremy Roenick were superstar Peter Forsberg, along with defensemen Derian Hatcher and Mike Rathje, as well as several players from the Calder Cup-winning Phantoms. When all was said and done, the team had experienced a turnover of nearly two-thirds of the roster. The Flyers began the season with lofty expectations. Despite being hampered by injuries prior to and during 2005–06, the Flyers lived up to those expectations in the first half of the season, reaching the top of the league standings in January while simultaneously holding a ten-point lead in the Atlantic Division. The "Deuces Wild" line of Forsberg, Gagne and Mike Knuble recorded 75, 79 and 65 points respectively, while Gagne scored a career high 47 goals.

However, the injuries began to accumulate and take their toll. Keith Primeau suffered a concussion on October 23 in Montreal and missed the rest of the season and the playoffs. In late January, Hatcher was named interim team captain for the duration of Primeau's absence. All told, the Flyers were third in the NHL with 388 man-games lost to injury, tops amongst playoff teams. [TSN.ca, [http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=178272&hubname=nhl Why is no one talking about the Flyers?] ] The second half of the regular season was defined by a record hovering around .500, sending the Flyers on a steady slide in the standings. The Flyers fell short of an Atlantic Division title finishing second by tie-breaker to New Jersey and drawing the 5th seed and a first round match-up with the Buffalo Sabres. The injury-riddled Flyers lost the series in six games.

Regular season

eason standings

Game log

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Playoffs

Game log

Player stats

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"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes"

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 2005–06 season.

Trades

Farm teams

The Flyers were affliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL and the Trenton Titans of the ECHL. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/otheraffiliates.cgi Non-AHL Affiliates] ] [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/ml-season.cgi?2005-06 AHL Season Overview: 2005–06] ]

ee also

*2005–06 NHL season

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?2005-06 2005–06 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?2005-06 Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log] on FlyersHistory.net
*Playoffs game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/poffs.cgi Philadelphia Flyers playoffs game log] on FlyersHistory.net