1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers season

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The 1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 11th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Quick Facts Philadelphia Flyers, Division ...
1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers
Division2nd Patrick
Conference2nd Campbell
1977–78 record45–20–15
Home record29–6–5
Road record16–14–10
Goals for296 (4th)
Goals against200 (2nd)
Team information
General managerKeith Allen
CoachFred Shero
CaptainBobby Clarke
Alternate captainsNone[a]
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance17,077[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Maine Mariners
Philadelphia Firebirds
Team leaders
GoalsBill Barber (41)
AssistsBobby Clarke (68)
PointsBobby Clarke (89)
Penalty minutesAndré Dupont (225)
Plus/minusBobby Clarke (+47)
WinsBernie Parent (29)
Goals against averageBernie Parent (2.22)
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Regular season

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The Flyers lost their hold on the Patrick Division in 1977–78 and settled for second place.

Tom Bladon's 8 points (4 goals and 4 assists) in a game against the Cleveland Barons on December 11 set an NHL record for a defenseman.[2]

Season standings

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Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
New York Islanders80481715334210111
Philadelphia Flyers80452015296200105
Atlanta Flames8034271927425287
New York Rangers8030371327928073
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[3]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

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Patrick Division record vs. opponents
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Playoffs

After sweeping the Colorado Rockies in 2 games in the preliminary round, the Flyers moved on and beat Buffalo in five games. They faced Boston in the semifinals for the second consecutive season, and lost again, this time in five games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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1977–78 regular season[5]
October: 5–2–1, 11 points (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
1October 13Chicago Black Hawks5–11–0–02Recap
2October 15@ Pittsburgh Penguins8–22–0–04Recap
3October 16St. Louis Blues7–03–0–06Recap
4October 20Pittsburgh Penguins11–04–0–08Recap
5October 22@ Toronto Maple Leafs1–64–1–08Recap
6October 23Toronto Maple Leafs3–64–2–08Recap
7October 26@ Chicago Black Hawks2–24–2–19Recap
8October 29@ St. Louis Blues7–35–2–111Recap
November: 9–2–2, 20 points (home: 6–1–1; road: 3–1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
9November 3Washington Capitals4–16–2–113Recap
10November 5@ Washington Capitals3–17–2–115Recap
11November 6Vancouver Canucks3–28–2–117Recap
12November 10Buffalo Sabres2–38–3–117Recap
13November 12@ New York Islanders2–28–3–218Recap
14November 13Detroit Red Wings3–09–3–220Recap
15November 17New York Islanders4–49–3–321Recap
16November 19@ Minnesota North Stars7–210–3–323Recap
17November 20Atlanta Flames4–011–3–325Recap
18November 23@ Detroit Red Wings1–411–4–325Recap
19November 25Cleveland Barons7–212–4–327Recap
20November 27Los Angeles Kings2–013–4–329Recap
21November 29@ Vancouver Canucks3–014–4–331Recap
December: 10–3–1, 21 points (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
22December 1@ Los Angeles Kings4–215–4–333Recap
23December 3@ Colorado Rockies6–316–4–335Recap
24December 7@ New York Rangers3–316–4–436Recap
25December 8New York Rangers7–417–4–438Recap
26December 10Chicago Black Hawks4–218–4–440Recap
27December 11Cleveland Barons11–119–4–442Recap
28December 15Boston Bruins6–420–4–444Recap
29December 17@ Atlanta Flames4–321–4–446Recap
30December 18Montreal Canadiens0–221–5–446Recap
31December 21@ Cleveland Barons4–022–5–448Recap
32December 23@ Boston Bruins1–622–6–448Recap
33December 28@ New York Rangers4–323–6–450Recap
34December 29Minnesota North Stars5–224–6–452Recap
35December 31@ St. Louis Blues2–324–7–452Recap
January: 4–4–5, 13 points (home: 3–0–3; road: 1–4–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
36January 3Cleveland Barons5–425–7–454Recap
37January 5Los Angeles Kings4–425–7–555Recap
38January 6@ Atlanta Flames3–525–8–555Recap
39January 9@ Montreal Canadiens3–325–8–656Recap
40January 11@ Chicago Black Hawks4–525–9–656Recap
41January 12Pittsburgh Penguins4–425–9–757Recap
42January 14New York Rangers4–126–9–759Recap
43January 16Atlanta Flames5–327–9–761Recap
44January 19Montreal Canadiens1–127–9–862Recap
45January 21@ New York Islanders1–627–10–862Recap
46January 26@ Vancouver Canucks6–228–10–864Recap
47January 28@ Colorado Rockies4–628–11–864Recap
48January 29@ Detroit Red Wings3–328–11–965Recap
February: 7–4–2, 16 points (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–2–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
49February 1@ Chicago Black Hawks1–328–12–965Recap
50February 2Colorado Rockies3–029–12–967Recap
51February 4@ Cleveland Barons2–229–12–1068Recap
52February 6St. Louis Blues2–030–12–1070Recap
53February 9Vancouver Canucks5–231–12–1072Recap
54February 12Washington Capitals4–132–12–1074Recap
55February 16Minnesota North Stars2–432–13–1074Recap
56February 18Detroit Red Wings4–233–13–1076Recap
57February 19New York Islanders1–433–14–1076Recap
58February 23@ Buffalo Sabres0–433–15–1076Recap
59February 25@ Pittsburgh Penguins3–134–15–1078Recap
60February 26@ Washington Capitals6–135–15–1080Recap
61February 28@ Boston Bruins4–435–15–1181Recap
March: 8–4–2, 18 points (home: 6–0–1; road: 2–4–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
62March 1@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–335–16–1181Recap
63March 4@ Montreal Canadiens1–735–17–1181Recap
64March 5St. Louis Blues7–136–17–1183Recap
65March 7Atlanta Flames5–337–17–1185Recap
66March 11Boston Bruins6–238–17–1187Recap
67March 12Colorado Rockies6–239–17–1189Recap
68March 15@ New York Rangers2–239–17–1290Recap
69March 16@ Buffalo Sabres1–339–18–1290Recap
70March 18Buffalo Sabres2–239–18–1391Recap
71March 20New York Islanders4–240–18–1393Recap
72March 23Toronto Maple Leafs4–141–18–1395Recap
73March 25@ Minnesota North Stars4–342–18–1397Recap
74March 28@ Colorado Rockies3–442–19–1397Recap
75March 31@ Vancouver Canucks3–243–19–1399Recap
April: 2–1–2, 6 points (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–0–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
76April 1@ Los Angeles Kings4–244–19–13101Recap
77April 4@ New York Islanders3–344–19–14102Recap
78April 6New York Rangers3–045–19–14104Recap
79April 8@ Atlanta Flames1–145–19–15105Recap
80April 9Minnesota North Stars1–345–20–15105Recap
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  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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Playoffs

More information 1978 Stanley Cup playoffs, Game ...
1978 Stanley Cup playoffs[5]
Preliminary Round vs. Colorado Rockies – Flyers win 2–0
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1April 11Colorado Rockies3–2 OTFlyers lead 1–0Recap
2April 13@ Colorado Rockies3–1Flyers win 2–0Recap
Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres – Flyers win 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1April 17Buffalo Sabres2–4Sabres lead 1–0Recap
2April 19Buffalo Sabres2–1 OTSeries tied 1–1Recap
3April 22@ Buffalo Sabres5–2Flyers lead 2–1Recap
4April 23@ Buffalo Sabres4–2Flyers lead 3–1Recap
5April 25Buffalo Sabres6–3Flyers win 4–1Recap
Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins – Bruins win 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1May 2@ Boston Bruins2–3Bruins lead 1–0Recap
2May 4@ Boston Bruins5–7Bruins lead 2–0Recap
3May 7Boston Bruins3–1Bruins lead 2–1Recap
4May 9Boston Bruins2–4Bruins lead 3–1Recap
5May 11@ Boston Bruins3–6Bruins win 4–1Recap
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Player statistics

Scoring

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
  • = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
  • = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
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No. Player Pos Regular season Playoffs
GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
16Bobby ClarkeC712168894783124711−58
7Bill BarberLW80413172313412639−22
19Rick MacLeishLW76313970243312791614
26Orest KindrachukC7317456235128125510313
2Bob DaileyD76213657456212156−222
27Reggie LeachRW72242852202412224−30
18Ross LonsberryLW78183048414512224−36
10Mel BridgmanC761632482620312178036
11Don SaleskiRW70271845344411202219
3Tom BladonD79112435325712022−411
17Paul HolmgrenRW621618342319012145−726
9Bob KellyLW74191332159512358826
29Barry DeanLW56718251234
5Rick LapointeD4741620359112033−319
20Jimmy WatsonD715121733621217846
25Kevin McCarthyD622151729321001128
14Joe WatsonD65591423221000−10
6Andre DupontD69212143122512213413
12Gary DornhoeferRW477512−362400007
8Dave HoydaLW41134−51199000117
22Harvey BennettC210117
32Blake DunlopC301110
21Frank BatheD100000
28Drew CallanderC100000
21Jim CunninghamLW100014
15Al HillLW300002
1Bernie ParentG490004120000
30Rick St. CroixG70000
35Wayne StephensonG260000
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Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season Playoffs
GP GS W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP GS W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
1Bernie Parent49482961312231082.22.91272,919121275306332.75.8920719
35Wayne Stephenson262514101648682.76.89531,480
30Rick St. Croix77241165203.05.8790394
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Awards and records

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Awards

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Records

On December 11, 1977, defenseman Tom Bladon had a record-breaking game against the Cleveland Barons. He scored four goals, tying a team record, and picked up four assists for a total of eight points, a team record and tied for the NHL record among defenseman.[8][9][10] His plus/minus of +10 in the game is an NHL single game record.[11] Goaltender Bernie Parent won a team record ten consecutive games from November 20 to December 28.[12] On April 1, Bill Barber tied a team record by scoring two shorthanded goals in a single game.[13]

During the playoffs, Mel Bridgman scored the fastest playoff overtime goal in team history (23 seconds) to end game one of the team's preliminary round series against the Colorado Rockies.[14] The three goals they allowed to Colorado in two games is the fewest goals the Flyers have allowed in any playoff series.[15] On May 11, Orest Kindrachuk scored the two fastest goals by a single player in team playoff history, scoring eleven seconds apart.[16]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Kevin McCarthy October 13, 1977 [17]
Dave Hoyda October 15, 1977
Rick St. Croix February 16, 1978
Jim Cunningham February 28, 1978
500th game played Bernie Parent December 8, 1977 [18]
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Transactions

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The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 15, 1977, the day after the deciding game of the 1977 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 25, 1978, the day of the deciding game of the 1978 Stanley Cup Finals.[19]

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 14, 1977 (1977-06-14) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 8th-round pick in 1977
  • 9th-round pick in 1977
  • 10th-round pick in 1977
  • 11th-round pick in 1977
To Buffalo Sabres
  • cash
June 17, 1977 (1977-06-17) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • Future considerations[b]
To Los Angeles Kings
[20]
August 5, 1977 (1977-08-05) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Colorado Rockies
[21]
October 28, 1977 (1977-10-28) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Minnesota North Stars
[22]
November 1, 1977 (1977-11-01) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Detroit Red Wings
  • cash
[23]
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Players acquired

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DatePlayerFormer teamViaRef
August 16, 1977 (1977-08-16) Guy DelparteOklahoma City Blazers (CHL)Free agency[24]
August 17, 1977 (1977-08-17) Brian BurkeProvidence College (HE)Free agency[25]
September 1977 (1977-09) Jim CunninghamMichigan State University (CCHA)Free agency[26]
September 15, 1977 (1977-09-15) Larry RomanchychAtlanta FlamesFree agency[27]
September 28, 1977 (1977-09-28) Bernie JohnstonSyracuse Blazers (NAHL)Free agency[28]
October 7, 1977 (1977-10-07) Frank BathePort Huron Flags (IHL)Free agency[29]
October 23, 1977 (1977-10-23) Mike BusniukNova Scotia Voyageurs (AHL)Free agency[30]
November 6, 1977 (1977-11-06) Rudolf TajcnarHC Slovan Bratislava (TCH)Free agency[31]
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Players lost

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DatePlayerNew teamViaRef
September 14, 1977 (1977-09-14) Gary InnessIndianapolis Racers (WHA)Free agency[32]
April 1978 (1978-04) Gary DornhoeferRetirement[c][33]
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Signings

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DatePlayerTermRef
June 30, 1977 (1977-06-30) Kevin McCarthy3-year[34]
August 2, 1977 (1977-08-02) Tom Gorence[35]
Dave Hoyda[35]
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Draft picks

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Philadelphia's picks at the 1977 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the NHL's office in Montreal, on June 14, 1977.[36]

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Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 17 Kevin McCarthy Defense  Canada Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
2 35 Tom Gorence Right wing  United States University of Minnesota (CCHA)
3 53 Dave Hoyda Left wing  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
4 67 Yves Guillemette Goaltender  Canada Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL) [d]
4 71 Rene Hamelin Right wing  Canada Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
5 89 Dan Clark Defense  Canada Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
6 107 Alain Chaput Center  Canada Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
7 123 Richard Dalpe Center  Canada Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
8 135 Pete Peeters Goaltender  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL) [e]
8 136 Clint Eccles Center  Canada Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL) [f]
8 139 Mike Greeder Defense  United States St. Paul Vulcans (MJHL)
9 150 Tom Bauer Wing  United States Providence College (HE) [e]
9 151 Michael Bauman Defense  Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) [f]
9 153 Bruce Crowder Forward  Canada University of New Hampshire (HE)
10 158 Rob Nicholson Defense  United States St. Paul Vulcans (MJHL) [e]
10 159 Dave Isherwood Center  Canada Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL) [f]
10 161 Steve Jones Goaltender  Canada Ohio State University (CCHA)
11 165 Jim Trainor Defense  United States Harvard University (ECAC) [e]
11 166 Barry Duench Center  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA) [f]
11 168 Rod McNair Defense  Canada Ohio State University (CCHA)
12 172 Mike Laycock Goaltender  Canada Brown University (ECAC) [e]
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Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL[38][39] and the Philadelphia Firebirds of the NAHL.[40]

Notes

  1. The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
  2. The Kings sent Paul Evans to the Flyers on November 3, 1977, to complete trade.[20]
  3. Effective at the end of the season.
  4. The Flyers traded Dave Schultz to the Los Angeles Kings for the Kings' fourth-round pick, 67th overall, and the Kings' 1978 second-round pick on September 29, 1976.[37]
  5. The Flyers traded Bobby Taylor and Ed Van Impe to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Gary Inness and future considerations (the Penguins' eighth through twelfth-round picks) on March 9, 1976.[37]
  6. The Flyers traded cash to the Buffalo Sabres for the Sabres' eighth through eleventh-round picks on June 14, 1977.[37]

References

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