1980–81 Philadelphia Flyers season

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The 1980–81 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 14th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). After finishing second in the Patrick Division, the Flyers lost in the quarterfinals to the Calgary Flames in seven games.

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1980–81 Philadelphia Flyers
Division2nd Patrick
Conference3rd Campbell
1980–81 record41–24–15
Home record23–9–8
Road record18–15–7
Goals for313 (11th)
Goals against249 (2nd)
Team information
General managerKeith Allen
CoachPat Quinn
CaptainMel Bridgman
Alternate captainsNone[a]
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance17,077[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Maine Mariners
Toledo Goaldiggers
Team leaders
GoalsBill Barber (43)
AssistsBehn Wilson (47)
PointsBill Barber (85)
Penalty minutesPaul Holmgren (306)
Plus/minusTerry Murray (+46)
WinsPete Peeters (22)
Goals against averageRick St. Croix (2.50)
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Regular season

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Bobby Clarke wore the number 16 throughout his entire NHL career except for two games during the 1980–81 season.[2] Prior to a road game on February 27, 1981,[3] Clarke's jersey was stolen.[2] Clarke wore the only other jersey available, number 36,[2] in the next two games.[3][4] A month later, Clarke hit a personal milestone in memorable fashion. On March 19 during a game against the Boston Bruins, a Reggie Leach slapshot struck Clarke.[5] After leaving the ice, he re-appeared moments later stitched up and with his jersey covered in blood.[5] 31 seconds into the third period Clarke beat Bruins goalie Marco Baron for his 19th goal of the season[6] and his 1,000th career point.[5]

Season standings

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Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
New York Islanders80481814355260110
Philadelphia Flyers8041241531324997
Calgary Flames8039271432929892
New York Rangers8030361431231774
Washington Capitals8026361828631770
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[7]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.

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League standings[8]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – New York IslandersPTK80481814355260110
2x – St. Louis BluesSMY80451817352281107
3y – Montreal CanadiensNRS80452213332232103
4Los Angeles KingsNRS8043241333729099
5x – Buffalo SabresADM8039202132725099
6Philadelphia FlyersPTK8041241531324997
7Calgary FlamesPTK8039271432929892
8Boston BruinsADM8037301331627287
9Minnesota North StarsADM8035281729126387
10Chicago Black HawksSMY8031331630431578
11Quebec NordiquesADM8030321831431878
12Vancouver CanucksSMY8028322028930176
13New York RangersPTK8030361431231774
14Edmonton OilersSMY8029351632832774
15Pittsburgh PenguinsNRS8030371330234573
16Toronto Maple LeafsADM8028371532236771
17Washington CapitalsPTK8026361828631770
18Hartford WhalersNRS8021411829237260
19Colorado RockiesSMY8022451325834457
20Detroit Red WingsNRS8019431825233956
21Winnipeg JetsSMY809571424640032
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Divisions: ADM – Adams, NRS – Norris, PTK – Patrick, SMY – Smythe

bold – The top 16 teams in the league qualified for the playoffs, regardless of division or conference.
x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and conference and division)

Record vs. opponents

More information Patrick Division record vs. opponents, NHL records ...
Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Wales Conference

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Playoffs

After a tough, five-game preliminary round series win against the Quebec Nordiques, the Flyers moved on to face the Calgary Flames in the quarterfinals. After falling behind 3 games to 1, they managed to force a Game 7 by winning the next two games. The Flyers lost Game 7, 4–1, at the Spectrum.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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1980–81 regular season[10]
October: 7–3–1, 15 points (home: 5–2–1; road: 2–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
1October 9Pittsburgh Penguins7–41–0–02Recap
2October 11@ St. Louis Blues5–12–0–04Recap
3October 12Toronto Maple Leafs2–42–1–04Recap
4October 16Vancouver Canucks2–52–2–04Recap
5October 18@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–62–3–04Recap
6October 19Montreal Canadiens2–13–3–06Recap
7October 23New York Islanders4–24–3–08Recap
8October 25@ New York Islanders3–15–3–010Recap
9October 26Hartford Whalers6–16–3–012Recap
10October 28Calgary Flames8–07–3–014Recap
11October 30New York Rangers3–37–3–115Recap
November: 10–2–3, 23 points (home: 6–0–1; road: 4–2–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
12November 1@ Quebec Nordiques3–37–3–216Recap
13November 2Boston Bruins4–28–3–218Recap
14November 6Los Angeles Kings8–29–3–220Recap
15November 8@ Hartford Whalers5–410–3–222Recap
16November 9Quebec Nordiques3–111–3–224Recap
17November 13Edmonton Oilers8–112–3–226Recap
18November 15Detroit Red Wings5–213–3–228Recap
19November 16@ Boston Bruins0–113–4–228Recap
20November 19@ New York Rangers5–114–4–230Recap
21November 20Minnesota North Stars1–114–4–331Recap
22November 22@ Montreal Canadiens3–714–5–331Recap
23November 23Winnipeg Jets3–115–5–333Recap
24November 26@ Los Angeles Kings4–216–5–335Recap
25November 28@ Colorado Rockies7–417–5–337Recap
26November 29@ Vancouver Canucks3–317–5–438Recap
December: 7–4–1, 15 points (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–3–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
27December 4Chicago Black Hawks7–518–5–440Recap
28December 6@ Detroit Red Wings2–418–6–440Recap
29December 7Colorado Rockies4–219–6–442Recap
30December 10@ Chicago Black Hawks2–219–6–543Recap
31December 13@ Pittsburgh Penguins6–520–6–545Recap
32December 14St. Louis Blues5–421–6–547Recap
33December 18Colorado Rockies2–022–6–549Recap
34December 20@ Washington Capitals5–223–6–551Recap
35December 21Washington Capitals0–623–7–551Recap
36December 27@ Calgary Flames1–223–8–551Recap
37December 28@ Edmonton Oilers2–124–8–553Recap
38December 30@ Minnesota North Stars5–624–9–553Recap
January: 6–5–3, 15 points (home: 2–2–1; road: 4–3–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
39January 2@ Winnipeg Jets3–424–10–553Recap
40January 4@ Washington Capitals8–125–10–555Recap
41January 8St. Louis Blues5–525–10–656Recap
42January 10@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–425–10–757Recap
43January 11New York Islanders2–425–11–757Recap
44January 15Quebec Nordiques1–425–12–757Recap
45January 17@ Boston Bruins4–625–13–757Recap
46January 18Los Angeles Kings7–226–13–759Recap
47January 21@ Pittsburgh Penguins5–027–13–761Recap
48January 22Minnesota North Stars5–428–13–763Recap
49January 24@ Montreal Canadiens3–628–14–763Recap
50January 28@ Buffalo Sabres4–428–14–864Recap
51January 30@ Colorado Rockies7–429–14–866Recap
52January 31@ St. Louis Blues3–230–14–868Recap
February: 6–5–2, 14 points (home: 2–1–2; road: 4–4–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
53February 5Buffalo Sabres0–430–15–868Recap
54February 7@ Quebec Nordiques3–530–16–868Recap
55February 8Hartford Whalers6–630–16–969Recap
56February 12Vancouver Canucks4–331–16–971Recap
57February 14@ Detroit Red Wings3–132–16–973Recap
58February 15Montreal Canadiens5–532–16–1074Recap
59February 17Pittsburgh Penguins4–133–16–1076Recap
60February 19@ Calgary Flames4–533–17–1076Recap
61February 21@ Los Angeles Kings3–134–17–1078Recap
62February 24@ Vancouver Canucks4–634–18–1078Recap
63February 25@ Edmonton Oilers2–634–19–1078Recap
64February 27@ Winnipeg Jets6–335–19–1080Recap
65February 28@ Minnesota North Stars4–236–19–1082Recap
March: 5–4–4, 14 points (home: 4–2–2; road: 1–2–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
66March 5Winnipeg Jets10–137–19–1084Recap
67March 7Edmonton Oilers3–537–20–1084Recap
68March 8@ Buffalo Sabres4–837–21–1084Recap
69March 12Detroit Red Wings9–438–21–1086Recap
70March 14@ New York Islanders3–338–21–1187Recap
71March 15Toronto Maple Leafs4–438–21–1288Recap
72March 18@ Chicago Black Hawks1–538–22–1288Recap
73March 19Boston Bruins5–339–22–1290Recap
74March 21Chicago Black Hawks4–439–22–1391Recap
75March 22Calgary Flames6–240–22–1393Recap
76March 24Washington Capitals2–540–23–1393Recap
77March 29@ Hartford Whalers4–141–23–1395Recap
78March 30@ New York Rangers0–041–23–1496Recap
April: 0–1–1, 1 points (home: 0–1–1; road: 0–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
79April 2Buffalo Sabres2–241–23–1597Recap
80April 5New York Rangers0–241–24–1597Recap

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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Playoffs

More information 1981 Stanley Cup playoffs, Game ...
1981 Stanley Cup playoffs[10]
Preliminary Round vs. Quebec Nordiques - Flyers win 3–2
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1April 8Quebec Nordiques6–4Flyers lead 1–0Recap
2April 9Quebec Nordiques8–5Flyers lead 2–0Recap
3April 11@ Quebec Nordiques0–2Flyers lead 2–1Recap
4April 12@ Quebec Nordiques3–4 OTSeries tied 2–2Recap
5April 14Quebec Nordiques5–2Flyers win 3–2Recap
Quarterfinals vs. Calgary Flames – Flames win 4–3
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1April 16Calgary Flames4–0Flyers lead 1–0Recap
2April 17Calgary Flames4–5Series tied 1–1Recap
3April 19@ Calgary Flames1–2Flames lead 2–1Recap
4April 20@ Calgary Flames4–5Flames lead 3–1Recap
5April 22Calgary Flames9–4Flames lead 3–2Recap
6April 24@ Calgary Flames3–2Series tied 3–3Recap
7April 26Calgary Flames1–4Flames win 4–3Recap

Legend:   Win   Loss

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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
7Bill BarberLW80434285669121151670
19Rick MacLeishLW783836742225125510−10
27Reggie LeachRW793436702159900012
26Brian ProppLW7926406627110126612632
16[b]Bobby ClarkeC80194665171401233636
3Behn WilsonD77164763392371221012736
17Paul HolmgrenRW7722375912306125914649
10Mel BridgmanC771437512819512246−139
14Ken LinsemanC51173047915012416201067
12Tim KerrC/RW682223453841013422
22Tom GorenceRW79241842174612325229
2Bob DaileyD537273481417011018
15Al HillLW57101525114512246−118
24Terry MurrayD7111718465312213410
21Gary MorrisonRW33113141068
8Thomas ErikssonD2411011414702216
11Ron FlockhartC143710611310102
6Blake WesleyD50371013107
29[c]Glen CochraneD3118932196112618
18Yves PrestonLW1942614
28Mike BusniukD72156272046011511
20Jimmy WatsonD18224146
9[d]Reid BaileyD1713485512022023
25[e]Greg AdamsLW630308
25Norm BarnesD22033−318
5Frank BatheD44033−317512033−216
33Pete PeetersG400118300019
30Rick St. CroixG27011090002
23Paul EvansC100002
29Jack McIlhargeyD3000222
31Phil MyreG160000
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Goaltending

  • = 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 Regular season Playoffs
GP GS W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP GS W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
33Pete Peeters40392215511151152.97.89722,324332165124.03.8150179
30Rick St. Croix27261376746652.50.91321,5639945250273.01.8921537
31Phil Myre1615654450614.08.8640898
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Awards and records

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Awards

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Bob Dailey participated in the All Star Game and won the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the Flyers top defenseman during the 1980–81 season.
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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)
NHL second All-Star team Bill Barber (Left wing) [11]
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selection Bill Barber [12]
Bob Dailey
Paul Holmgren
Pete Peeters
Pat Quinn (Coach)
Behn Wilson
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Bob Dailey [13]
Class Guy Award Bill Barber [13]
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Records

Among the team records set during the 1980–81 season was Bobby Clarke tying the team record for goals in a single period (3) on December 13.[14] The team's 2,621 penalty minutes during the regular season is a franchise record.[15] During their preliminary round series against the Quebec Nordiques, the two shorthanded goals scored during game two tied a team record.[16] Seven seconds into game four Terry Murray scored the fastest goal from the start of a playoff game in team history.[17]

A number of team records were set or tied during game four of their quarterfinal series against the Calgary Flames, most notably setting a team record for most goals during a playoff game (9).[18] Their five goals during the first period (5) is also tied for the team record.[19] Ken Linseman tied team records for most assists in a playoff game (4) and period (3).[20][21] Their 9–4 victory in the game ended a team record seven game playoff road losing streak dating back to May 17, 1980.[22]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Tim Kerr October 9, 1980 [23]
Ron Flockhart November 2, 1980
Greg Adams January 17, 1981
Thomas Eriksson February 12, 1981
Reid Bailey February 27, 1981
1000th point Bobby Clarke March 19, 1981 [24]
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Transactions

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The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 25, 1980, the day after the deciding game of the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 21, 1981, the day of the deciding game of the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals.[25]

Trades

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Phil Myre was traded to Colorado on February 26, 1981.
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Date Details Ref
June 11, 1980 (1980-06-11) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Edmonton Oilers
[26]
August 11, 1980 (1980-08-11) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • cash
To Quebec Nordiques
[27]
August 21, 1980 (1980-08-21) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 3rd-round pick in 1982
To Washington Capitals
[28]
September 15, 1980 (1980-09-15) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 7th-round pick in 1981
  • cash
To Quebec Nordiques
[29]
November 21, 1980 (1980-11-21) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 2nd-round pick in 1982
To Hartford Whalers
[30]
January 6, 1981 (1981-01-06) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Wichita Wind (CHL)
[31]
February 26, 1981 (1981-02-26) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • cash
To Colorado Rockies
[32]
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Players acquired

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DatePlayerFormer teamViaRef
July 2, 1980 (1980-07-02) Ron FlockhartRegina Pats (WCHL)Free agency[33]
February 17, 1981 (1981-02-17) Ilkka SinisaloHIFK (Liiga)Free agency[f][34]
March 6, 1981 (1981-03-06) Dave LoganVancouver CanucksFree agency[35]
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Players lost

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DatePlayerNew teamViaRef
N/A Dave GardnerHC Ambri-Piotta (NLB)Free agency[36]
October 6, 1980 (1980-10-06) Dennis VervergaertWashington CapitalsFree agency[37]
October 1980 (1980-10) Danny LucasColorado Rockies[g]Buyout[38]
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Signings

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DatePlayerTermRef
May 28, 1980 (1980-05-28) Thomas Eriksson3-year[39]
Pelle Lindbergh3-year[39]
June 6, 1980 (1980-06-06) Mark Taylor[40]
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Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1980 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, on June 11, 1980.[41]

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Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 21 Mike Stothers Defense  Canada Kingston Canadians (OHA)
2 42 Jay Fraser Left wing  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA)
3 63 Paul Mercier Defense  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
4 84 Taras Zytynsky Defense  Canada Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
5 105 Dan Held Forward  Canada Seattle Breakers (WHL)
6 126 Brian Tutt Defense  Canada Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
7 147 Ross Fitzpatrick Forward  Canada Western Michigan University (CCHA)
8 168 Mark Botell Defense  Canada Brantford Alexanders (OHA)
9 189 Peter Dineen Defense  Canada Kingston Canadians (OHA)
10 195 Bob O'Brien Right wing  Canada Dixie Beehives (OPJHL) [h]
10 210 Andy Brickley Left wing  United States University of New Hampshire (HE)
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Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL[43][44] and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.[45]

Notes

  1. The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
  2. Clarke was forced to wear number 36 in two road games in late February due to his jersey being stolen.
  3. Cochrane wore number 9 in his first game and number 35 in his following eight games.
  4. Bailey wore number 35 in three of his first five games and number 36 in the other two games.
  5. Adams wore number 36 in his first five games.
  6. Contract begins with 1981–82 season
  7. Lucas signed with Colorado later in October 1980.
  8. The Flyers traded Barry Dean to the Edmonton Oilers for Ron Areshenkoff and the Oilers' tenth-round pick, 195th overall, on June 11, 1980.[42]

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