1987 Philadelphia Flyers' Road to the Finals

This is a compilation of ESPN's old highlight videos that walk you through each of the Philadelphia Flyers' first three rounds of the 1987 playoffs on their way to the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals. Narrated by the late Tom Meese.

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• 1987
• '87
• Philadelphia
• Flyers
• Playoffs
• New
• York
• Rangers
• Islanders
• Montreal
• Canadiens
• pre-game
• brawl
• Ron
• Hextall
• Peter
• Zezel
• Brian
• Propp

[industrialsun]

Game 7 in 2nd round series vs Islanders was last game for HoFer Mike Bossy.

[DaveTV2]

@industrialsun Looking at it from strictly a Flyers point of view, I never realized that. I have that game on tape. Bossy was a great player. Guess it goes without being said.

[DaveTV2]

@industrialsun Ahhh! Nice work. After seeing your initial message I went back to confirm my incorrect assumption and completely missed that pattern.

Yea, Mees was great which is why I did not double check it in the first place. His choice of words on that one sucked. His saying "not to have a CHANCE to repeat" sets the bar at merely making it back to the finals and giving the team a "chance" to repeat. He should have just said "first team not to repeat as champions since 1974". Much clearer.

[industrialsun]

@DaveTV2 This is what Mees was saying, Cup Winners from 1972 to 1988:

1972 Bruins

1973 Habs

1974 & 1975 Flyers

1976-1979 Habs

1980-1983 Isles

1984 & 1985 Oilers

1986 Habs

1987 & 1988 Oilers

He said 'team' meaning 'franchise'. Habs loss in 1987 Conf Final made Montreal first franchise since 1974 to only win a single Cup instead of consecutive Cups. I can't believe I did not spot that the first time. Mees was a great sportcaster so he never would have made a mistake about that. RIP Tom.

[DaveTV2]

@industrialsun You know you are right. I always gave Mees the benefit of the doubt and assumed that he meant that every team since 74 that won at least got back to the finals and had a chance to repeat. I just looked it up and apparently I was wrong to assume that.

I think his statement is just flat out incorrect because even if he was speaking just in regards to Canadians teams, it would make no sense to go back as far as '74 because they were not in the finals in 74 or 75. WTF Meese?

[industrialsun]

@DaveTV2 Tom Mees comment about Habs not having chance to repeat is either unclear or incorrect. 1979 Habs and 1985 Oilers were defending Champs that lost in 2nd round of playoffs following year. He may have been referring specifically to Montreal teams that won Cup since 1974. Maybe he meant to say that 1987 Habs were first defending Champ after 1974 to lose in Conference Final, later on so did Oilers in 1991, Avs in 1997 & 2002 (also with Roy). In any case, his comment is confusing.

[DaveTV2]

@Purpleoj27 It was actually two years later in 1989 that he attacked Chelios in game 6 of the semi-finals.

For the record I did not do anything on this video other than to string them together. These were from ESPN. I created the other series on my page highlighting just the 87 Finals. 7 Videos. 1 for each game.

[Purpleoj27]

That was a great video, I liked it! Wasn't that the year Hextall charged Chellios?

[journeythruthepast]

@DaveTV2 I was just trying to see if I had it right. Guess I did, haha.