A few years ago when I was consulting with 610 WIP personality Brian Startare on ideas for his "Flyer'd Up" book, I said that I thought it would be cool if he were to come up with Flyers All-Province teams for players from the various Canadian provinces plus All-Nation teams for the Flyers who have hailed from nations other than Canada. I thought it would be something a little different than just doing another "all-time team" which almost always has the same names as automatic selections.

Following that idea, here are my Flyers All-Province and All-Nation starting lineups, listing three forwards, two defensemen and a starting goaltender. In some cases -- which will be painfully obvious as you reach them -- it was a strain to come up with a complete starting lineup. In other cases (such as Team Ontario), it would been easy to create virtually an entire roster, and not just a starting lineup.

In a few instances, I placed forwards out of their natural/preferred position in my starting lineup. It just made more sense, for example, to make sure I included someone like Ross Lonsberry (although he played center only sporadically and was a left winger about 90 percent of the time) instead of listing a natural center but much lesser Flyers player such as Drew Callendar.


Team Ontario
LW: Bill Barber -- Callendar, ONT (1975-76 season)
C: Eric Lindros -- London, ONT (1994-95 season)
RW: Tim Kerr -- Windsor, ONT (1986-87 season)
D: Chris Pronger -- Dryden, ONT (2009-10 season)
D: Bob Dailey -- Kingston, ONT (1977-78 season)
G: Bob Froese -- St. Catherines, ONT (1985-86 season)

Team Quebec
LW: Simon Gagne -- Sainte-Foy, PQ (2005-06 season)
C: Danny Briere -- Gatineau, PQ (2010-11 season)
RW: Simon Nolet -- St. Odilon, PQ (1969-70 season)
D: Andre "Moose" Dupont -- Trois-Rivieres, PQ (1974-75 season)
D: Eric Desjardins -- Rouyn-Noranda, PQ (1996-97 season)
G: Bernie Parent -- Montreal, PQ (1973-74 season)

Team Manitoba
LW: Pat Falloon -- Foxwarren, MAN (1995-96 season)
C: Bobby Clarke -- Flin Flon, MAN (1975-76 season)
RW: Reggie Leach -- Riverton, MAN (1975-76 season)
D: Ted Harris -- Winnipeg, MAN (1974-75 season)
D: Terry Ball -- Selkirk, MAN (1969-70 season)
G: Ron Hextall -- Winnipeg, MAN (1986-87 season)

Team Saskatchewan
LW: Brian Propp -- Neudorf, SASK (1984-85 season)
C: Ross Lonsberry -- Watson, SASK (1973-74)
RW: Don Saleski -- Moose Jaw, SASK (1977-78 season)
D: Ed Van Impe -- Saskatoon, SASK (1973-74 season)
D: Brad McCrimmon -- Plenty, SASK (1985-86 season)
G: Glenn "Chico" Resch -- Moose Jaw, SASK (1986-87 season)

Team Alberta
LW: Murray Craven -- Medicine Hat, ALTA (1987-88 season)
C: Ron Sutter -- Viking, ALTA (1988-89 season)
RW: "Cowboy" Bill Flett -- Vermillion, ALTA (1972-73 season)
D: Braydon Coburn -- Calgary, ALTA (2007-08 season)
D: Tom Bladon -- Edmonton, ALTA (1975-76 season)
G: Pete Peeters -- Medicine Hat, ALTA (1979-80 season)

Team British Columbia
LW: Ron Flockhart -- Smithers, BC (1981-82 season)
C: Mel Bridgman -- Victoria, BC (1978-79 season)
RW: Mark Recchi -- Kamloops, BC (1992-93 season)
D: Jimmy Watson -- Smithers, BC (1975-76 season)
D: Joe Watson -- Smithers, BC (1974-75 season)
G: Darren Jensen -- Creston, BC (1985-86 season)

Team USA
LW: John LeClair -- St. Albans, VT ( 1996-97 season)
C: Jeremy Roenick -- Boston, MA (2001-02 season)
RW: Paul Holmgren -- St. Paul, MN (1979-80 season)
D: Mark Howe -- Detroit, MI (1985-86 season)
D: Eric Weinrich -- Roanoke, VA (2001-02 season)
G: Brian Boucher -- Woonsocket, RI (1999-2000 season)


Team Sweden
LW: Pelle Eklund -- Stockholm (1989-90 season)
C: Peter Forsberg -- Örnsköldsvik (2005-06 season)
RW: Mikael Renberg -- Piteå (1994-95 season)
D: Kim Johnsson -- Malmö (2003-04 season)
D: Kjell Samuelsson -- Tyngsryd (1987-88 season)
G: Pelle Lindbergh -- Stockholm (1984-85 season)

Team Finland
LW: Ilkka Sinisalo -- Valkeakoski (1984-85 season)
C: Ville Leino -- Savonlinna (2010-11 season)
RW: Sami Kapanen -- Kuopio (2003-04 season)
D: Joni Pitkänen -- Oulu (2005-06 season)
D: Kimmo Timonen -- Kuopio (2007-08 season)
G: Antero Niittymäki -- Turku (2008-09 season)


Team Russia
LW: Andrei Lomakin -- Voskresensk (1991-92 season)
C: Alexei Zhamnov -- Moscow (2003-04 season)
RW: Valeri Zelepukin -- Voskresensk (1998-99 season)
D: Vladimir Malakhov -- Sverdlovsk (2003-04 season)
D: Dmitri Yushkevich -- Chrepovets (1992-93 season)
G: Sergei Bobrovsky -- Novokuznetsk (2010-11 season)

Notes: I did not include Ilya Bryzgalov because he has yet to play a game for the Flyers. I also did not include Ruslan Fedotenko (Ukrainian) or Dainius Zubrus (Lithuanian) for consideration.


Team Czech Republic/Slovakia
LW: Vaclav Prospal -- Ceske Budejovice, CZE (1996-97 season)
C: Michal Handzus -- Banska Bystrica, SVK (2003-04 season)
RW: Josef Beranek -- Litvinov, CZE (1993-94 season)
D: Petr Svoboda -- Most, CZE (1995-96 season)
D:Miroslav Dvorak -- Hluboka, CZE (1982-83 season)
G: Roman Cechmanek -- Gottwaldov, CZE (2000-01 season)

Notes: Jaromir Jagr and Jakub Voracek are not included because they have yet to play a game for the Flyers. If I considered only Czech players (disqualifying Handzus), I'd have to put Jiri Dopita at center.

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