
The Flyers–Rangers rivalry (also commonly referred to as Broadway versus Broad Street) is one of the most storied and well known rivalries in the
National Hockey League
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. The
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City. The Rangers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team plays ...
and the
Philadelphia Flyers
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have met eleven times in the
Stanley Cup playoffs
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, with the Flyers winning six and the Rangers winning five of the series, and they have been division rivals since the season. The ferocity of the rivalry can also be attributed to the geographic
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
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* ...
–
Philadelphia
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rivalry, which is mirrored in both the
National Football League
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's
Eagles–Giants rivalry and the
Major League Baseball
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's
Mets–Phillies rivalry.
History
1970s
In , the Flyers eliminated the Rangers in the semifinals. The series went seven games, with the Rangers sealing their own fate, taking a
too many men penalty in the waning moments of the game while trying to replace the goaltender with an extra attacker.
The home team won all seven games of the series as a result,
and it marked the first time an expansion team had defeated an
Original Six
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team in a playoff series.
The Flyers went on to win their first of back-to-back
Stanley Cup
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s. The day after the Flyers won the Cup, more than two million people—one of them, future Ranger goaltender
Mike Richter
Michael Thomas Richter (born September 22, 1966) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played his entire National Hockey League career, from 1989 to 2002, with the New York Rangers organization, and led the team to the Stan ...
—lined
Broad Street for a
ticker-tape parade
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. Richter grew up in Flourtown, Pa., near Philadelphia, idolizing Flyers goaltender
Bernie Parent
Bernard Marcel Parent (born April 3, 1945) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 13 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1965 and 1979, an ...
.
The Rangers defeated the Flyers in five games in the quarterfinals en route to a
Stanley Cup Finals
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berth;
the Flyers did the same to New York in .
During the 1979 series, the Rangers outscored the Flyers 28–8.
During this period,
Fred Shero
Frederick Alexander Shero (October 23, 1925November 24, 1990) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager. Nicknamed The Fog, he played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), but spent most ...
coached the Flyers to back-to-back Stanley Cups in and and the Rangers to the 1979 Finals. At the end of the
1977–78 season, Shero submitted a letter of resignation stating the Flyers needed a change whether they realized it or not, despite having one more year remaining on his contract. Flyers management heard rumors about Shero wanting to leave Philadelphia and re-join the Rangers organization, and refused to accept his letter of resignation.
Shero then signed a $250,000, five-year contract with the Rangers to be their new
head coach
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and
general manager
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, believing he no longer had a contract with the Flyers. A few weeks after signing Shero, the Rangers gave the Flyers their first-round pick in the
1978 draft (
Ken Linseman) and cash as compensation, allowing the Rangers to avoid tampering charges.
[
]
1980s
The Rangers and Flyers met in the playoffs six times ranging from the 1979–80 to 1986–87 seasons. In 1980, the Flyers had the league's best record with 116 points and played the Rangers in the second round. They took a commanding 3–0 series lead, New York avoided the sweep, but the Flyers won at home in game five to clinch it. In 1982
Events
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, the teams met in the first round with the Rangers having home-ice advantage. The Flyers won the first game, but the remaining three were big wins for the Rangers as they advanced to the next round against their crosstown rivals, the New York Islanders
The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (N ...
. The next season, Philadelphia had home-ice advantage in the first round, having a much stronger regular season, finishing with 106 points to the Rangers' 80. However, the Rangers defeated the Flyers twice on the road, then came back to New York and routed them 9–3 to complete the sweep. However, they were subsequently eliminated by the Islanders for the third consecutive year. In 1985, the Flyers once again won the division and hosted the Rangers in round one. Although the games were close—including game one which went into overtime — the Flyers swept the series. They advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals but lost to the Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. Th ...
. In 1986, the division-winning Flyers once again hosted the lower-seeded Rangers in the Patrick Division semifinals. This series went back and forth with neither team winning two in a row. The Rangers defeated the Flyers in game one, but the Flyers tied the series the next day. The series came to New York and Rangers retook the series lead, but Philly annihilated them 7–1 in game four to bring it back home. The Rangers won the decisive game five and advanced. The next season, the pattern repeated itself and the Flyers hosted the Rangers in round one again. However, this time the format changed and the first round was a best-of-seven series rather than a best-of-five. All but one of the games was won by three or more goals. The Rangers shut out the Flyers in game one, but the Flyers came back and won the next two games 8–3 and 3–0 respectively. The Rangers successfully tied the series, but the Flyers took the next one at home and shut out the Rangers in game six at Madison Square Garden to advance. The Flyers had another fantastic season and won the conference, but again lost to Edmonton in the Finals, this time just one win away from winning the Stanley Cup.
1990s
In June 1992, the Flyers and the Rangers found themselves as the top two bidders for the rights to much-heralded prospect Eric Lindros
Eric Bryan Lindros (; born February 28, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Oshawa Generals prior to being chosen first overall in the 1991 NHL entry d ...
, who had been drafted first overall by the Quebec Nordiques
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at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft but did not sign with them because he refused to play for Quebec. On the first day of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, the Flyers believed they had reached a deal with the Nordiques to acquire Lindros. However, Nordiques president Marcel Aubut
Marcel Aubut, (born January 5, 1948) is a Canadians, Canadian lawyer, former president of the Canadian Olympic Committee and former president and Chief Executive Officer of the Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a board ...
reneged on the agreement, saying he had reached a deal with the Rangers instead. The Flyers filed for arbitration and on June 26, the Flyers were awarded Lindros' rights by arbitrator Larry Bertuzzi in exchange for Steve Duchesne, Peter Forsberg, Ron Hextall
Ronald Jeffrey Hextall (born May 3, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and executive. He was most recently the general manager#Sports teams, general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL ...
, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Chris Simon, the Flyers' first-round draft picks in 1993 and 1994 and $15 million.
The Flyers and Rangers renewed their playoff rivalry once more when the two teams met in the playoffs in 1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
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and 1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
, both series being won by Philadelphia. The first series was bitter for the Rangers—the Flyers' four-game sweep eliminated the defending Cup champions in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Many Flyers fans remember this for the second game the Flyers won in overtime. Kevin Haller scored, sending normally laid-back Flyers color analyst Gary Dornhoefer
Gerhardt Otto Dornhoefer (born February 2, 1943), better known as Gary Dornhoefer, is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), right winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston ...
into a frenzy. The latter series was the Eastern Conference Finals that sent the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Finals
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. With a 4–1 series win, it marked the last time the Rangers would make the playoffs until 2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
, and it later turned out to be both Wayne Gretzky
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's and Mark Messier
Mark John Douglas Messier (; born January 18, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward. His playing career in the National Hockey League (NHL) lasted 25 seasons (1979–80 NHL season, 1979–2003–04 NHL ...
's last playoff game.
21st century
In August 2001, the Flyers traded Eric Lindros' rights to the Rangers in exchange for Pavel Brendl
Pavel Brendl (born March 23, 1981) is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward who last played for the HKM Zvolen in the Slovak Extraliga. He played in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes and Pho ...
, Jan Hlavac, Kim Johnsson and a third-round pick in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Lindros sat out the season due to concussion symptoms and a highly publicized feud with Flyers general manager Bobby Clarke
Robert Earle Clarke (born August 13, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played his entire 15-year National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Philadelphia Flyers and is currently an executive with the team. Popular ...
. saw a moment of peace in the rivalry. Just nine days after the terrorist attacks on America, the two teams played a pre-season game in Philadelphia. When the third period was about to begin, President George W. Bush
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addressed congress and America about the war on terrorism. After his speech, the teams opted not to play the third period, and the game ended in a 2–2 tie; afterwards, the two teams shook hands in a show of respect.
2009–10: Flyers' run to the Stanley Cup Finals
On December 4, 2009, the Flyers added further heat to the rivalry in firing head coach John Stevens and replacing him with Peter Laviolette
Peter Philip Laviolette Jr. (born December 7, 1964) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally undrafted by t ...
. On March 17, 2009, John Tortorella, who was hired as coach of the Rangers after Tom Renney
Thomas Renney (born March 1, 1955) is a Canadian former ice hockey coach and executive. He served as the chief executive officer of Hockey Canada from 2014 to 2022, and was previously an associate coach with the National Hockey League's Detroit ...
was fired almost a month before, surpassed Laviolette as the winningest-American born coach. The hiring of Laviolette made the rivalry a battle for the most wins by an American-born head coach.
The Flyers' Cinderella
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run to the Stanley Cup Finals
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began on April 11, the final day of the regular season, when they met the Rangers in a winner-take-all match-up for the final playoff spot. Philadelphia defeated New York 2–1 in a historic shootout
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, the first do or die shootout for a playoff spot in NHL history.[ The Rangers' Jody Shelley (who signed with the Flyers in the ensuing off-season) scored the first Rangers goal, in the first period, but ]Matt Carle
Matthew Carle (born September 25, 1984) is an American former professional ice hockey Defenceman, defenseman. Carle played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers and Nashville Pred ...
tied it for the Flyers in the third period to send the game to overtime, then to a shootout. Claude Giroux
Claude Giroux (; born January 12, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and alternate captain for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Philadelphia Flyers and the Florida Pant ...
scored for the Flyers in the first round of the shootout while goaltender Brian Boucher
Brian Boucher ( ; born January 2, 1977) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who is a game analyst on national TNT games and also Philadelphia Flyers games on NBC Sports Philadelphia. He played 13 seasons in the National Ho ...
stopped final shooter Olli Jokinen
Olli Veli Pekka Jokinen (born December 5, 1978) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings third overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, with whom he made his NHL debut. He has also played for the Ne ...
to win the game for the Flyers.[ With the win, the Flyers eliminated the Rangers from the playoff contention, holding off their late season surge in which they went 7–1–2 to close the season.][
In the ]Finals
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, the Flyers played the Chicago Blackhawks
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, losing in six games and losing the deciding game in overtime to give the Blackhawks their first Stanley Cup since 1961
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* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...
.[ During the run, Flyers left winger ]James van Riemsdyk
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told Rich Chere of ''The Star-Ledger
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In 2007, ''The Star-Ledger''s ...
'' that his earliest memory of the Stanley Cup playoffs came when the Rangers won the 1994 Stanley Cup and watching Mike Richter stop Pavel Bure's penalty shot.
2010–present
In the season, the Flyers won four of the six meetings against the Rangers and the rivalry was played out three times on NBC
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, including the meeting on February 20, which was part of the first ever Hockey Day in America (the game was aired in the majority of homes, however, people in the Buffalo and Washington markets saw the game between the Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The Capitals compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NH ...
and Buffalo Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Con ...
), and again on March 6. The Flyers finished the season 47–23–12 and won their sixth Atlantic Division title, finishing second in the Eastern Conference, while the Rangers, with a record of 44–33–5, finished third in the division, behind the Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins, but it took them until the final day of the season to clinch a playoff spot, finishing eighth in the East.
On June 21, 2011, ''The New York Times
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'' reported the Rangers and the Flyers would be playing each other in the 2012 NHL Winter Classic
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on January 2, 2012, at Citizens Bank Park
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, the home stadium of the Philadelphia Phillies
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. The NHL formally announced the event on September 26. The Rangers won the Winter Classic 3–2.
The Rangers went on to win all six meetings with the Flyers in the 2011–12 season. They steadily led the Atlantic Division and won first place in the Eastern Conference in the final meeting between the two teams during the season. In the 2012–13 season, which was shortened due to the lockout, Rangers defeated the Flyers in three out of five regular season meetings. The teams split their regular season series 2–2 in 2013–14. In the 2014 Eastern Conference first round, the Rangers and Flyers played each other in the first year of the new playoff format. Rangers finished second in the Metropolitan and Flyers finished third. The Rangers' struggles to take a two-game series lead showed themselves once again against the Flyers. They took game one and lost game two at home against Flyers goaltender Ray Emery while their starting goalie Steve Mason was injured. Mason's return came in late in game three when the Rangers had already established a large lead. He would start and finish every remaining game in the series. He played a very solid game four in Philadelphia and gave his Flyers team a good chance to tie the series at two games apiece, which they did. The Rangers took game five at home, while the Flyers Wayne Simmonds scored a hat-trick to help Philadelphia avoid elimination in game six at home. But the Rangers outscored the Flyers 2–1 in a decisive game seven to advance to the second round, in which they played the Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. The Penguins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), E ...
, the Flyers' hated rivals. They ended up advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals
The Stanley Cup Finals in ice hockey (also known as the Stanley Cup Final among various media, ) is the annual championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL). The winner is awarded the Stanley Cup, North America's oldest professional spo ...
that year for the first time in two decades.
During the 2014–15 season, the two teams met three times in late November, including the Thanksgiving showdown. The Rangers won all three of these in an 11-day span; backup goaltender Cam Talbot shut out the Flyers in the first two meetings and Henrik Lundqvist stood in net for the third. Flyers won the fourth a final meeting in the second half of the season. The following year the Flyers won each of the first two matchups between the teams: the first one being a 3–2 shootout victory, the second being a 3–0 shutout. The Rangers won the next one in an overtime shootout. The fourth meeting which was in Philadelphia was filled with physical aggressive play from both ends. Wayne Simmons received a game misconduct for punching Rangers' captain Ryan McDonagh
Ryan Patrick McDonagh (born June 13, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted in the first round, 12th overall, by the Montreal Canadie ...
in the jaw after the defenseman hit him with a high stick. Several roughing, slashing and fighting penalties were assessed throughout the game, and the Flyers scored a powerplay goal. The Rangers tied the game with their net empty at 2–2 with under 13 seconds remaining in regulation, then won the game in yet another shootout.
Causes
The rivalry stems and attributes to two factors. Both teams are in the same division and the proximity between the cities of New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
and Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
, which are approximately 90 minutes apart by car. The Rangers' fanbase comes from the New York metropolitan area
The New York metropolitan area, also called the Tri-State area and sometimes referred to as Greater New York, is the List of cities by GDP, largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP, gross metropo ...
, which includes southern Connecticut
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, and northern and central New Jersey
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and the Lower Hudson Valley. Conversely, the Flyers' fanbase generally draws from the Delaware Valley
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(the Philadelphia metropolitan area), which includes Southeastern Pennsylvania, central New Jersey south of Princeton
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, southern New Jersey, northern Delaware
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and extreme northeast parts of Maryland
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.
The New York City–Philadelphia rivalry is evident in other sports (for example, the Mets–Phillies rivalry in Major League Baseball
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, Eagles–Giants rivalry in the National Football League
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), and the New York Red Bulls
The New York Red Bulls are an American professional association football, soccer club based in the New York metropolitan area. The Red Bulls compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conferenc ...
–Philadelphia Union
The Philadelphia Union are an American professional soccer club based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. Founded on February 28, 2008, the Union began ...
rivalry in Major League Soccer
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.
See also
* List of NHL rivalries
* Devils–Flyers rivalry
* Flyers–Islanders rivalry
* Mets–Phillies rivalry
* Eagles–Giants rivalry
References
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