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Flyers Election Day All-Time Starting Team: Results

November 4, 2020, 8:32 AM ET [209 Comments]
Bill Meltzer
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A total of 1,346 votes were cast per category in the Flyers All-Time Starting Lineup election that HockeyBuzz conducted yesterday. A simple analysis of results shows that Gen X and younger fans had a major say in the outcomes, as two of the three biggest franchise icons from the Broad Street Bullies era did not win their positional categories. Here's a look at each vote with the top 5 finishers.

CENTER
Eric Lindros (635 votes, 47.5 percent)
Bobby Clarke (606 votes, 45.3 percent)
Rod Brind'Amour (23 votes, 1.7 percent)
Claude Giroux (17 votes, 1.3 percent)
Danny Briere (15 votes, 1.1 percent)
Mike Richards (15 votes, 1.1 percent)

LEFT WING
John LeClair (499 votes, 37.4 percent)
Bill Barber (332 votes, 24.9 percent)
Claude Giroux (307 votes, 23.0 percent)
Brian Propp (91 votes, 6.8 percent)
Simon Gagne (78 votes, 5.8 percent)

RIGHT WING
Tim Kerr (425 votes, 31.8 percent)
Mark Recchi (354 votes, 26.5 percent)
Reggie Leach (277 votes, 20.7 percent)
Rick Tocchet (183 votes, 13.7 percent)
Mikael Renberg (68 votes, 5.1 percent)

LEFT DEFENSE
Mark Howe (723 votes, 54.0 percent)
Chris Pronger (525 votes, 39.2 percent)
Ivan Provorov (56 votes, 4.2 percent)
Jim Watson (10 votes, 0.7 percent)
Derian Hatcher (7 votes, 0.5 percent)

RIGHT DEFENSE
Eric Desjardins (771 votes, 57.7 percent)
Kimmo Timonen (370 votes, 27.7 percent)
Brad McCrimmon (122 votes, 9.1 percent)
Kjell Samuelsson (23 votes, 1.7 percent)
Bob Dailey (15 votes, 1.1 percent)

GOALTENDER
Bernie Parent (784 votes, 58.6 percent)
Pelle Lindbergh (241 votes, 18.0 percent)
Ron Hextall (160 votes, 12.0 percent)
Carter Hart (131 votes, 9.8 percent)
Roman Cechmanek (8 votes, 0.6 percent)

Thank you to all who voted!
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