Did you know… The Phillies have had two players in their history record an unassisted triple play. Mickey Morandini had the 9th triple play in the modern era in 1992, and Eric Bruntlett had the 15th in 2009. Both triple plays were off the bats of Jeffs (Jeff King 1992, Jeff Francoeur 2009).
Did you know… The Robert Redford movie “The Natural” is based on the life of Phillies 1B Eddie Waitkus.
On June 1st, 1986, the Phillies defeated the San Diego Padres 16-5 at the Vet. Steve Carlton gave up 5 earned runs in 6 innings, but picked up the win. It was his 241st win for the Phillies (plus 6 in the postseason), and it would be his last in Phillies pinstripes. Carlton would win another 11 games over the next season and a half with four different stops along the way before ending his Hall of Fame career with 329 wins.
On May 30th, 1985 the Flyers were beaten 8-3 by the Edmonton Oilers losing the Stanley Cup Final 4 games to 1. The Flyers took game 1, but lost the next 4.
Flyers defenseman Ed Van Impe was born on this date, May 27th, in 1940 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
On May 27th, 1975 the Flyers won their 2nd Stanley Cup defeating the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 in game 6, winning the series 4 games to 2. Bob Kelly scored the Cup winner, and Bill Clement added an insurance tally. Bernie Parent was named the Conn Smythe Winner for the second year in a row.
#25 Keith Primeau – Flyers/C (2000-06) Keith Primeau was a power center who spent 6 seasons with the Flyers. Primeau scored 12 goals in 58 playoff games with the Flyers but none bigger than the goal he scored on May 5th, 2000. Preems scored 12:01 into the 5th overtime period (152:01) beating Penguins goaltender Ron Tugnutt with a wicked wrister to end the 3rd longest NHL playoff game and the longest since the 1930s. Primeau was the 12th Flyer to wear the “C” and was a 2004 NHL All Star. Primeau won the Yanick Dupre Award in 2001, and the Toyota Cup in 2003. Primeau’s stellar career was ended prematurely in 2006 due to post-concussion syndrome.
On May 5th, 2000 Flyers captain Keith Primeau scored 12:01 into the 5th overtime period (152:01) beating Penguins goaltender Ron Tugnutt with a wicked wrister to end the 3rd longest NHL playoff game ever, and the longest since the 1930s.
On March 14th, 1968, vs Los Angeles Kings, the Flyers skated to their 1st 0-0 scoreless tie.
Flyers defenseman Frank Bathe was assessed a team-record 55 minutes in penalties in a game on March, 11th, 1979 vs Los Angeles Kings in a 6-3 Flyers win.
