the last time the flyers won the stanley cup was 1975.
when is the last time the flyers won the stanley cup?
1975
the philadelphia flyers were one of six teams that the nhl added as part of the 1967 nhl expansion, which ended the original six era. the flyers play in the metropolitan division, and have won two championships, the 1973-74 and 1974-75 stanley cups. the flyers were the first non-original six team to win the stanley cup since the montreal maroons won the cup in 1935. the flyers have won eight conference championships and sixteen division championships. the flyers were particularly successful in the 1970s: the team won back-to-back stanley cups, appeared in a third consecutive stanley cup finals in 1975-76, defeated hc cska moscow (the soviet "red army team") in a famous exhibition game, and, in the 1979–80 season, set the record for the longest unbeaten streak in nhl history. the franchise experienced success even after the retirement of hall of famer bobby clarke, making stanley cup appearances in 1984-85 and 1986-87. after a down period in the early 1990s, hart trophy-winner eric lindros helped lead the team to the 1997 stanley cup finals and a string of playoff appearances. the team made another finals appearance in 2010, but lost in six games to the chicago blackhawks. as of 2016, the flyers have accrued the second-highest points percentage of all nhl franchises, behind only the montreal canadiens. the 1970s flyers earned the nickname "broad street bullies" for their aggressive style of play, and the nickname is still applied to the franchise. flyers enforcer dave schultz holds the record for most penalty minutes in a season, with 472.
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this set up a stanley cup finals matchup against the boston bruins, who won the season series 3–1–1. the series opened in boston at the boston garden with boston winning game 1, 3–2 and the flyers winning game 2, 3–2 in overtime on a bobby clarke goal. the series moved to philadelphia where the flyers won game 3, 4–1 and game 4, 4–2. the series returned to boston and bruins won game 5, 5–1. the series returned to philadelphia for game 6. kate smith performed "god bless america" to a sell out crowd of 17,007 prior to the game. the flyers won their first stanley cup on the lone goal of the game by rick macleish in the first period. with seconds left on the clock gene hart, the flyers play-by-play announcer, made his famous call ""ladies and gentlemen, the flyers are going to win the stanley cup. the flyers win the stanley cup. the flyers win the stanley cup. the flyers have won the stanley cup!"". bernie parent was awarded the conn smythe trophy as playoff mvp.
1973–74 philadelphia flyers season