Flyers Simon Gagne was born on February 29^th, 1980 on leap day. Happy 9th Birthday, Simon!!!

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Flyers Simon Gagne was born on February 29^th, 1980 on leap day. Gagne will celebrate his 9^th  birthday in 2020.

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On February 22^nd, 2018, Flyers goalie Peter Mrazek won his first game as a Flyer defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1. It was the fourth different Flyer goalie to win a game in a two-week period (Brian Elliott, Michal Neuvirth, Alex Lyon).

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On February 20^th, 2013, Flyers Jake Voracek scored his 1^st NHL Hat trick in a 6-5 win over host Pittsburgh Penguins. Voracek’s goal from Claude Giroux at 18:29 of the 3^rd period gave Scoracek the hat trick and was the game-winning goal.

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On February 20^th, 2016 Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere became the first rookie defenseman in NHL history to score his fourth overtime game-winning goal in a single season.

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Flyers Claude Giroux scored his 200^th career goal on February 18^th, 2018 vs New York Rangers (Henrik Lundqvist). 

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Sixers great Hal Greer had a team-record 18 FGs in one half in a 124-121 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Valentine’s Day in 1959.

On February 14^th, 1977 vs. St. Louis Blues, Flyers rookie Al Hill scored 2 goals and assisted on 3 others to record an NHL debut record 5 points.  

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On February 12^th, 1961 the Sixers (Nationals) scored a team-record 48 2^nd quarter points in a 148-122 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Their 86 1^st half points was also a team record.

On February 12^th, 2004, Flyers Jeremy Roenick suffered a devastating jaw injury off a slap shot by New York Ranger defenseman Boris Mironov. The blast shattered JR’s jaw into 19 pieces.

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On February 10^th, 2018 Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth became the first goalie in NHL history to come into a game in relief during a shootout and win the game.  Brian Elliott went down with an injury in the shootout’s second round.  Neuvirth stood tall against the Arizona Coyotes for 5 rounds and Nolan Patrick scored in the 7^th round to seal the 4-3 win.   Neuvy got the win giving up zero goals in zero minutes played.   

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Eric “Rico” Desjardins, and John LeClair joined the Flyers on February 9^th, 1995 as part of the trade with the Montreal Canadiens that also brought Gilbert Dionne in exchange for Mark Recchi and a 1995 3^rd round draft pick.

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