Help me subtly prank a Philadelphia-obsessed friend
December 26, 2013 12:00 PM Subscribe
I'm looking to make a list of hockey players who have played for both the Buffalo Sabres and the Philadelphia Flyers.
My friend from Philadelphia has a giant all-Flyers Christmas tree. Flyers ornaments, orange lights, the works. I'm going over to her house on Saturday and I want to hide players in Sabres gear (pictures of them printed out and glued to cardboard) on her tree. Since these players will have also played for the Flyers, they'll still belong on the tree.
The only ones I can think of are:
-Danny Briere
-Martin Biron
-Ville Leino
But I know there must be more. They don't have to be current players (or members of the staff - I'll take anyone who's been involved in both organizations in one way or another). It's oddly difficult to google.
Thanks!
My friend from Philadelphia has a giant all-Flyers Christmas tree. Flyers ornaments, orange lights, the works. I'm going over to her house on Saturday and I want to hide players in Sabres gear (pictures of them printed out and glued to cardboard) on her tree. Since these players will have also played for the Flyers, they'll still belong on the tree.
The only ones I can think of are:
-Danny Briere
-Martin Biron
-Ville Leino
But I know there must be more. They don't have to be current players (or members of the staff - I'll take anyone who's been involved in both organizations in one way or another). It's oddly difficult to google.
Thanks!
Hm, I tried using tools like hockeydb and hockey-reference but couldn't figure out what I was doing. Randomly ran across a few while I was playing around though:
Dale Hawerchuk
Dave Snuggerud
Alexei Zhitnik
Derek Plante
My suggestion is to pick a particular year for the Sabres (assuming you want players who are better-known as Sabres), and click on the top few names to see that player's team history. It's sorted by points, so the guys near the top are somewhat more likely to have longer careers. Hockey players who have a long shelf life often will have played for 3+ teams, so you should be able to find a guy like Plante (listed above) who played out his glory days with the Sabres yet managed 12 games with the Flyers toward the end of his career.
posted by antonymous at 12:46 PM on December 26, 2013
Dale Hawerchuk
Dave Snuggerud
Alexei Zhitnik
Derek Plante
My suggestion is to pick a particular year for the Sabres (assuming you want players who are better-known as Sabres), and click on the top few names to see that player's team history. It's sorted by points, so the guys near the top are somewhat more likely to have longer careers. Hockey players who have a long shelf life often will have played for 3+ teams, so you should be able to find a guy like Plante (listed above) who played out his glory days with the Sabres yet managed 12 games with the Flyers toward the end of his career.
posted by antonymous at 12:46 PM on December 26, 2013
Best answer: Combining the all-time roster lists from HockeyDB for the Flyers and the Sabres, here is a list of all players who have games played for both teams, sorted by the number of Flyers games played:
posted by mhum at 1:02 PM on December 26, 2013 [5 favorites]
Player GP Flyers GP Sabres Flyer Seasons Sabres Seasons Jim Watson 613 144 1972-1982 1970-1972 Daniel Briere 364 225 2007-2013 2002-2007 Dave Schultz 297 41 1971-1976 1978-1980 Garry Galley 236 163 1991-1995 1994-1997 Petr Svoboda 232 139 1994-1999 1991-1995 Dainius Zubrus 200 19 1996-1999 2006-2007 Larry Hillman 149 121 1969-1971 1971-1973 Martin Biron 133 300 2006-2009 1995-2007 Kevin Haller 132 81 1994-1997 1989-1992 Jay Wells 126 85 1988-1990 1989-1992 Brent Hughes 122 76 1970-1973 1995-1996 Ed Hospodar 112 42 1984-1987 1987-1988 Chris Gratton 108 244 1997-1999 1999-2003 Andy Delmore 95 37 1998-2001 2003-2004 Ville Leino 94 79 2009-2011 2011-2013 Normand Lacombe 92 94 1989-1991 1984-1987 Anatoli Semenov 70 25 1994-1996 1996-1997 Dale Hawerchuk 67 342 1995-1997 1990-1995 Reg Fleming 65 78 1969-1970 1970-1971 Terry Ball 62 12 1967-1970 1970-1972 Greg Paslawski 60 12 1992-1993 1990-1991 David Fenyves 58 148 1987-1991 1982-1987 Geoff Sanderson 58 168 2006-2007 1997-2000 Phil Myre 57 5 1979-1981 1982-1983 Mikael Andersson 43 99 1998-2000 1985-1989 Alexei Zhitnik 31 712 2006-2007 1994-2004 Cliff Schmautz 30 26 1970-1971 1970-1971 Bob Corkum 28 106 1995-1996 1989-2002 Rory Fitzpatrick 19 157 2007-2008 2001-2006 Steve Smith 15 3 1981-1988 1988-1989 Larry Keenan 14 65 1971-1972 1970-1972 Larry Mickey 14 117 1971-1972 1971-1975 Dave Snuggerud 14 215 1992-1993 1989-1992 Gerry Meehan 12 306 1968-1969 1970-1975 Derek Plante 12 395 2000-2001 1993-1999 Denis Hamel 7 130 2006-2007 1999-2003 Mike Byers 5 46 1968-1969 1971-1972 Kevin Maguire 5 167 1989-1990 1987-1990 Mike Boland 2 22 1974-1975 1978-1979 Shawn Anderson 1 113 1994-1995 1986-1990 Jere Gillis 1 3 1986-1987 1982-1983
posted by mhum at 1:02 PM on December 26, 2013 [5 favorites]
Response by poster: Incredible. Thanks, mhum!
posted by troika at 1:10 PM on December 26, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by troika at 1:10 PM on December 26, 2013 [1 favorite]
That list is amazing. Chris Gratton! Any Elmore! Rory "Nearly Voted into the All-Star Game" Fitzpatrick! Someone named Dave Snuggerud!
posted by Copronymus at 2:52 PM on December 26, 2013
posted by Copronymus at 2:52 PM on December 26, 2013
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