List of Philadelphia Flyers general managers

Ron Hextall is the current general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Eastern Conference.^[1] The Flyers were founded in 1967 as one of six expansion teams, increasing the size of the NHL at that time to twelve teams.^[2]

Since the franchise was established, the team has had seven general managers, including Keith Allen, who built the Flyers teams that won two Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975,^[3] and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.^[3] Allen served the longest single stint, 14 seasons, as Flyers GM while Bob Clarke served the most seasons (19) over two stints. Ron Hextall is the team's current general manager and was named to the position on May 7, 2014.^[4]

Key

Key of terms and definitions

Term	Definition
No.	Number of general managers[a]
Ref(s)	References
–	Does not apply
	Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category

General managers

General managers of the Philadelphia Flyers

No.	Name	Appointment	Departure	Accomplishments and events during this term	Ref(s)
1	Bud Poile	May 31, 1966	December 19, 1969	Selections of Bernie Parent and Bobby Clarke in the Expansion Draft and Amateur Draft respectively.	[5][6]
2	Keith Allen	December 22, 1969	May 27, 1983	Won Stanley Cup two times (1974, 1975)	[3][6][7]
3	Bob McCammon	May 27, 1983	April 25, 1984		[7][8]
4	Bob Clarke	May 15, 1984	April 16, 1990	Appeared in Stanley Cup Finals in 1985 and 1987	[9][10]
5	Russ Farwell	June 6, 1990	June 15, 1994	Acquired Eric Lindros in a blockbuster trade for six players, two draft picks, and $15 million	[11][12][13][14]
–	Bob Clarke	June 15, 1994	October 22, 2006	Appeared in Stanley Cup Finals in 1997	[12][15]
6	Paul Holmgren	October 22, 2006	May 7, 2014	Appeared in Stanley Cup Finals in 2010	[4][15]
7	Ron Hextall	May 7, 2014	–		[4]

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  Bud Poile, shown here during his playing career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, was the team's first general manager.

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  Keith Allen, shown here during his playing career, won two Stanley Cups as the team's general manager.

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  Bob Clarke, shown here during the warmup for the 2012 Winter Classic Alumni Game, served 19 seasons over two stints as general manager.

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  The Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 2010 during Paul Holmgren's tenure as general manager.

See also

• List of NHL general managers

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of general managers of the Flyers. Thus any general manager who has two or more separate terms as general manager is only counted once.

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