2005-06 Philadelphia Flyers Roster and Statistics

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Record: 45-26-11 (101 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Ken Hitchcock (45-26-11)

Goals For: 267 (7th of 30), Goals Against: 259 (17th of 30)
SRS: -0.00 (16th of 30), SOS: -0.10 (26th of 30)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) versus Buffalo Sabres

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Team Statistics

Team	GP	W	L	OL	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	TG/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA
Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	26	11	101	.616	267	259	0.00	-0.10	6.41	80	444	18.02	97	465	79.14	19	6
League Average	82	41	32	9	91	.557	253	253	0.00	0.00	6.17	85	480	17.68	85	480	82.32	11	11

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

No.	Player	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
87	Donald Brashear	LW	34	6-3	237	L/-	11	January 7, 1972	4 G, 5 A, 9 P
17	Jeff Carter	C	21	6-4	199	R/-	R	January 1, 1985	23 G, 19 A, 42 P
15	Eric Chouinard	C	25	6-3	215	L/-	3	July 8, 1980	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
37	Eric Desjardins	D	36	6-1	205	R/-	16	June 14, 1969	4 G, 20 A, 24 P
15	Niko Dimitrakos	RW	26	5-11	205	R/-	2	May 21, 1979	5 G, 4 A, 9 P
55	Ben Eager	LW	22	6-2	240	L/-	R	January 22, 1984	3 G, 5 A, 8 P
23	Matt Ellison	RW	22	6-0	192	R/-	1	December 8, 1983	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
42	Robert Esche	G	28	6-1	210	-/L	6	January 22, 1978	22-11-5, 2.97 GAA
21	Peter Forsberg	C	32	6-0	205	L/-	9	July 20, 1973	19 G, 56 A, 75 P
12	Simon Gagne	LW	25	6-1	195	L/-	5	February 29, 1980	47 G, 32 A, 79 P
23	Denis Gauthier	D	29	6-2	220	L/-	7	October 1, 1976	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
46	Josh Gratton	LW	23	6-2	215	L/-	R	September 9, 1982	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
26	Michal Handzus	C	28	6-5	215	L/-	6	March 11, 1977	11 G, 33 A, 44 P
2	Derian Hatcher	D	33	6-5	235	L/-	13	June 4, 1972	4 G, 13 A, 17 P
5	Kim Johnsson	D	29	6-1	193	L/-	5	March 16, 1976	6 G, 19 A, 25 P
29	Randy Jones	D	24	6-2	210	L/-	1	July 23, 1981	0 G, 8 A, 8 P
24	Sami Kapanen	RW	32	5-10	185	L/-	9	June 14, 1973	12 G, 22 A, 34 P
36	Pat Kavanagh	RW	26	6-3	192	R/-	2	March 14, 1979	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
22	Mike Knuble	RW	33	6-3	229	R/-	8	July 4, 1972	34 G, 31 A, 65 P
34	Freddy Meyer	D	25	5-10	185	L/-	1	January 4, 1981	6 G, 21 A, 27 P
93	Petr Nedved	C	34	6-3	196	L/-	13	December 9, 1971	5 G, 9 A, 14 P
30	Antero Niittymaki	G	25	6-1	210	-/L	1	June 18, 1980	23-15-6, 2.97 GAA
41	Alexandre Picard	D	20	6-3	215	L/-	R	July 5, 1985	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
44	Joni Pitkanen	D	22	6-3	210	L/-	1	September 19, 1983	13 G, 33 A, 46 P
11	Ryan Potulny	C	21	6-0	190	L/-	R	September 5, 1984	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
25	Keith Primeau	C	34	6-5	220	L/-	14	November 24, 1971	1 G, 6 A, 7 P
28	David Printz	D	25	6-5	220	L/-	R	July 24, 1980	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
19	Branko Radivojevic	RW	25	6-0	208	R/-	3	November 24, 1980	8 G, 6 A, 14 P
3	Mike Rathje	D	31	6-5	235	L/-	11	May 11, 1974	3 G, 21 A, 24 P
14	Ryan Ready	LW	27	6-2	195	L/-	R	November 7, 1978	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
18	Mike Richards	C	20	5-11	199	L/-	R	February 11, 1985	11 G, 23 A, 34 P
40	Stefan Ruzicka	RW	20	6-1	196	R/-	R	February 17, 1985	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
49	Brian Savage	LW	34	6-1	200	L/-	11	February 24, 1971	9 G, 5 A, 14 P
28	Dennis Seidenberg	D	24	6-1	210	L/-	2	July 18, 1981	2 G, 5 A, 7 P
9	Patrick Sharp	C	24	6-1	199	R/-	2	December 27, 1981	5 G, 3 A, 8 P
11	Jon Sim	RW	28	5-10	195	L/-	6	September 29, 1977	7 G, 7 A, 14 P
43	Wade Skolney	D	24	6-0	197	R/-	R	June 24, 1981	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
27	Turner Stevenson	RW	33	6-3	220	R/-	12	May 18, 1972	1 G, 3 A, 4 P
6	Chris Therien	D	34	6-5	235	L/-	10	December 14, 1971	0 G, 4 A, 4 P
20	R.J. Umberger	C	23	6-2	220	L/-	R	May 3, 1982	20 G, 18 A, 38 P

Scoring Regular Season

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Simon Gagne	LW	25	72	47	32	79	34	31	38	33	12	2	7	18	3	11	334	14.1	1495	20:46	8.3	2.5	10.8
2	Peter Forsberg	C	32	60	19	56	75	26	21	46	10	8	1	2	32	0	24	132	14.4	1127	18:47	6.1	1.8	8.0
3	Mike Knuble	RW	33	82	34	31	65	27	25	80	19	13	2	6	21	0	10	217	15.7	1668	20:21	5.1	2.5	7.5
4	Joni Pitkanen	D	22	58	13	33	46	16	22	78	8	5	0	3	18	1	14	118	11.0	1375	23:43	4.3	4.0	8.3
5	Michal Handzus	C	28	73	11	33	44	15	-2	38	8	2	1	1	16	4	13	113	9.7	1348	18:28	1.6	1.2	2.7
6	Jeff Carter	C	21	81	23	19	42	18	10	40	15	6	2	7	12	0	7	189	12.2	978	12:04	3.7	1.3	4.9
7	R.J. Umberger	C	23	73	20	18	38	16	9	18	15	5	0	2	14	0	4	138	14.5	966	13:14	3.0	1.2	4.2
8	Sami Kapanen	RW	32	58	12	22	34	13	-9	12	5	3	4	2	14	0	8	123	9.8	1048	18:04	1.5	0.6	2.2
9	Mike Richards	C	20	79	11	23	34	12	6	65	7	1	3	1	16	2	5	168	6.5	1215	15:23	1.0	1.3	2.3
10	Freddy Meyer	D	25	57	6	21	27	9	10	33	4	2	0	0	7	0	14	68	8.8	1023	17:56	2.1	2.5	4.6
11	Kim Johnsson	D	29	47	6	19	25	8	5	34	3	3	0	0	9	0	10	97	6.2	1095	23:17	1.8	2.3	4.1
12	Eric Desjardins	D	36	45	4	20	24	8	3	56	1	3	0	1	7	3	10	88	4.5	1062	23:36	1.6	2.1	3.6
13	Mike Rathje	D	31	79	3	21	24	7	22	46	1	1	1	1	18	0	3	55	5.5	1590	20:08	0.8	4.4	5.2
14	Derian Hatcher	D	33	77	4	13	17	6	2	93	2	1	1	0	8	2	3	98	4.1	1809	23:30	0.0	3.3	3.2
15	Brian Savage	LW	34	66	9	5	14	6	-18	28	4	4	1	1	4	0	1	102	8.8	879	13:19	-0.3	0.1	-0.1
16	Branko Radivojevic	RW	25	64	8	6	14	6	-6	44	7	1	0	1	4	0	2	84	9.5	817	12:46	-0.2	0.5	0.3
17	Jon Sim	RW	28	39	7	7	14	6	-6	28	3	4	0	2	7	0	0	80	8.8	428	10:59	0.9	0.2	1.0
18	Petr Nedved	C	34	28	5	9	14	5	-8	36	3	2	0	0	4	1	4	47	10.6	478	17:05	0.5	0.1	0.6
19	Niko Dimitrakos	RW	26	19	5	4	9	4	4	6	4	1	0	1	3	0	1	27	18.5	206	10:52	0.8	0.3	1.1
20	Donald Brashear	LW	34	76	4	5	9	4	-2	166	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	73	5.5	653	8:36	-0.6	0.5	-0.1
21	Patrick Sharp	C	24	22	5	3	8	4	4	10	4	1	0	3	3	0	0	33	15.2	170	7:43	0.8	0.3	1.1
22	Ben Eager	LW	22	25	3	5	8	3	0	18	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	21	14.3	185	7:24	0.6	0.2	0.7
23	Randy Jones	D	24	28	0	8	8	2	-6	16	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	21	0.0	419	14:58	0.3	0.3	0.6
24	Dennis Seidenberg	D	24	29	2	5	7	2	-4	4	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	34	5.9	417	14:22	0.4	0.4	0.8
25	Keith Primeau	C	34	9	1	6	7	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	12	8.3	143	15:56	0.4	0.1	0.5
26	Turner Stevenson	RW	33	31	1	3	4	1	-2	45	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	26	3.8	258	8:20	-0.3	0.2	-0.1
27	Chris Therien	D	34	47	0	4	4	1	-7	34	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	16	0.0	647	13:45	-0.4	0.6	0.2
28	Robert Esche	G	28	40	0	3	3	1	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		2286	57:10	0.0	0.0	6.2
29	Matt Ellison	RW	22	5	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	32	6:28	0.0	0.1	0.1
30	Antero Niittymaki	G	25	46	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		2690	58:29	0.0	0.0	6.8
31	Ryan Potulny	C	21	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		12	6:09	0.1	0.0	0.1
32	Ryan Ready	LW	27	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0.0	57	8:08	-0.1	0.1	0.0
33	Eric Chouinard	C	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	4:30	0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Denis Gauthier	D	29	17	0	0	0	0	6	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	261	15:21	-0.3	0.9	0.6
35	Josh Gratton	LW	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	15	4:60	0.0	0.0	0.0
36	Pat Kavanagh	RW	26	8	0	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	42	5:14	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
37	Alexandre Picard	D	20	6	0	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	57	9:33	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
38	David Printz	D	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	5:45	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	Stefan Ruzicka	RW	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	5	4:48	0.0	0.0	0.0
40	Wade Skolney	D	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	6:52	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Total			82	263	438	701		109	1187	164	80	19	41				2552	10.3			43.1	35.9	92.0

Goalies Regular Season

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GPS
1	Antero Niittymaki	G	25	46	23	15	6	133	1266	1133	.895	2.97	2	2690	6.8
2	Robert Esche	G	28	40	22	11	5	113	1099	986	.897	2.97	1	2286	6.2
	Team Total			82	45	26	11	246	2365	2119	.896	2.97	3	4976	13.0

Scoring Playoffs

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1	Peter Forsberg	C	32	6	4	4	8	3	2	6	3	1	0	2	12	33.3	113	18:55
2	Simon Gagne	LW	25	6	3	1	4	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	26	11.5	130	21:45
3	Eric Desjardins	D	36	6	1	3	4	1	-3	6	1	0	0	0	10	10.0	150	24:60
4	Mike Knuble	RW	33	6	1	3	4	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	17	5.9	116	19:17
5	Petr Nedved	C	34	6	2	0	2	1	-4	8	1	1	0	0	7	28.6	105	17:28
6	Michal Handzus	C	28	6	0	2	2	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	96	15:56
7	Derian Hatcher	D	33	6	0	2	2	1	-4	10	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	130	21:36
8	Joni Pitkanen	D	22	6	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	145	24:12
9	Branko Radivojevic	RW	25	5	1	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	6	16.7	53	10:34
10	Brian Savage	LW	34	6	1	0	1	1	-4	4	0	0	1	0	7	14.3	85	14:13
11	R.J. Umberger	C	23	5	1	0	1	1	-3	2	1	0	0	0	6	16.7	56	11:15
12	Denis Gauthier	D	29	6	0	1	1	0	-5	19	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	110	18:21
13	Freddy Meyer	D	25	6	0	1	1	0	-5	8	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	110	18:23
14	Mike Richards	C	20	6	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	94	15:41
15	Donald Brashear	LW	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	4	4:20
16	Jeff Carter	C	21	6	0	0	0	0	-4	10	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	78	13:04
17	Niko Dimitrakos	RW	26	5	0	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	51	10:07
18	Ben Eager	LW	22	2	0	0	0	0	-4	26	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	14	7:06
19	Robert Esche	G	28	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		314	52:25
20	Sami Kapanen	RW	32	6	0	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	122	20:19
21	Antero Niittymaki	G	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		73	36:21
22	Mike Rathje	D	31	6	0	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	99	16:27
	Team Total			6	14	20	34		-46	125	10	3	1	2	160	8.8

Goalies Playoffs

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	W	L	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	MIN
1	Robert Esche	G	28	6	2	4	22	176	154	.875	4.20	314
2	Antero Niittymaki	G	25	2	0	0	5	29	24	.828	4.11	73
	Team Total			6	2	4	27	205	178	.868	4.19	387

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