1969–70 Philadelphia Flyers season
1969–70 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Division | 5th West |
1969–70 record | 17–35–24 |
Home record | 11–14–13 |
Road record | 6–21–11 |
Goals for | 197 (9th) |
Goals against | 225 (7th) |
Team information | |
President | Bill Putnam Joe Scott |
General manager | Bud Poile (fired)[a] Keith Allen[a] |
Coach | Vic Stasiuk |
Captain | Ed Van Impe |
Alternate captains | Dick Cherry Unknown |
Arena | Spectrum |
Average attendance | 13,372[2] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Quebec Aces Flint Generals Jersey Devils |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Gary Dornhoefer (26) |
Assists | Andre Lacroix (36) |
Points | Andre Lacroix (58) |
Penalty minutes | Earl Heiskala (171) |
Plus/minus | Simon Nolet (+12) |
Wins | Bernie Parent (13) |
Goals against average | Bernie Parent (2.80) |
The 1969–70 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' third season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, setting a team record for fewest wins and an NHL record for most ties.
Off-season
[edit]On May 20, 1969, Keith Allen was named vice president and assistant general manager of the team and replaced as head coach by Vic Stasiuk.[3] Stasiuk spent the previous two seasons as the head coach of the Quebec Aces, the Flyers American Hockey League affiliate.[3]
The Flyers took a chance when they selected a 19-year-old diabetic from Flin Flon, Manitoba, named Bobby Clarke with their second draft pick, 17th overall, in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft.
Regular season
[edit]By the time training camp came around it was clear that Clarke was the best player on the team, and he quickly became a fan favorite. His 15 goals and 31 assists earned him a trip to the NHL All-Star Game.
On December 11, 1969, the Flyers introduced what became one of the team's best-known traditions: playing a recording of Kate Smith singing God Bless America instead of The Star-Spangled Banner before important games. The perception was that the team was more successful on these occasions, so the tradition grew. The move was initially done by Flyers promotion director Lou Scheinfeld as a way to defray national tensions at the time of the Vietnam War: Scheinfeld noticed that people regularly left their seats to walk around during the anthem, but showed more respect and often sang along to "God Bless America". To this day, the team plays the song before major playoff games, currently with Lauren Hart (daughter of Hall of Fame Flyers broadcast announcer Gene Hart) performing the first part of the song, a recording of Smith singing the second part, and Lauren Hart joining the recording for the finale. As of the close of the 2013–14 Flyers season, the Flyers have a record of 96–28–4 when God Bless America is sung prior to home games.[4]
General manager Bud Poile was fired on December 19.[1] Keith Allen was named his replacement on December 22.[1]
The team struggled in 1969–70 recording a franchise worst (as of completion of the 2013–14 season) in wins (17). Even with such a bad output, the Flyers had a seven-point lead on the Oakland Seals with six games to play. However, the Flyers lost their last six games and Oakland made up the deficit. They lost the tiebreaker for the final playoff spot to Oakland, missing the playoffs for the first time.
Season standings
[edit]GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | St. Louis Blues | 76 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 224 | 179 | +45 | 86 |
2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 76 | 26 | 38 | 12 | 182 | 238 | −56 | 64 |
3 | Minnesota North Stars | 76 | 19 | 35 | 22 | 224 | 257 | −33 | 60 |
4 | Oakland Seals | 76 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 169 | 243 | −74 | 58 |
5 | Philadelphia Flyers | 76 | 17 | 35 | 24 | 197 | 225 | −28 | 58 |
6 | Los Angeles Kings | 76 | 14 | 52 | 10 | 168 | 290 | −122 | 38 |
Record vs. opponents
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Vs. West Division[edit]
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Vs. East Division[edit]
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Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 1–1–5, 7 points (home: 0–0–4; road: 1–1–1)
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November: 2–7–4, 8 points (home: 2–2–3; road: 0–5–1)
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December: 4–5–3, 11 points (home: 3–3–0; road: 1–2–3)
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January: 5–6–5, 15 points (home: 3–3–2; road: 2–3–3)
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February: 3–6–3, 9 points (home: 2–2–1; road: 1–4–2)
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March: 2–7–4, 8 points (home: 1–2–3; road: 1–5–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
7 | Andre Lacroix | C | 74 | 22 | 36 | 58 | −6 | 14 |
12[b] | Gary Dornhoefer | RW | 65 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 2 | 96 |
20 | Jim Johnson | C | 72 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 1 | 17 |
16 | Bobby Clarke | C | 76 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 1 | 68 |
11 | Jean-Guy Gendron | LW | 71 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 8 | 54 |
17 | Simon Nolet | RW | 56 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 12 | 36 |
10 | Bill Sutherland | LW | 51 | 15 | 17 | 32 | −2 | 30 |
3 | Larry Hillman | D | 76 | 5 | 26 | 31 | −9 | 73 |
9 | Reg Fleming | LW | 65 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −4 | 134 |
24 | Terry Ball | D | 61 | 7 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 20 |
8 | Lew Morrison | RW | 66 | 9 | 10 | 19 | −3 | 19 |
15 | Garry Peters | C | 59 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −9 | 69 |
19 | Earl Heiskala | LW | 65 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −15 | 171 |
14 | Joe Watson | D | 54 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
23 | Larry Hale | D | 53 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −4 | 28 |
2 | Ed Van Impe | D | 65 | 0 | 10 | 10 | −1 | 117 |
6 | Wayne Hillman | D | 68 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −9 | 69 |
5 | Dick Cherry | D | 68 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −24 | 23 |
30 | Bernie Parent | G | 62 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
21 | Dick Sarrazin | RW | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
18 | Rosaire Paiement | RW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
22 | Serge Bernier | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
4 | Ralph MacSweyn | D | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 4 |
1 | Doug Favell | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
21 | Darryl Edestrand | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
1 | Dunc Wilson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
30 | Bernie Parent | 62 | 62 | 13 | 29 | 20 | 2159 | 171 | 2.80 | .921 | 3 | 3,668:19 |
1 | Doug Favell | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 516 | 43 | 3.15 | .917 | 1 | 818:00 |
1 | Dunc Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 3.02 | .885 | 0 | 59:35 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Bobby Clarke | [8] |
Bernie Parent |
Records
[edit]During the 1969–70 season, the Flyers set the NHL record for most ties in a season with 24.[9] They also tied an NHL record for most home ties with 13.[10] Their four consecutive ties at home from October 19 to October 30 set a team record.[11] Their 17 wins on the season is the lowest total in franchise history while their six home wins on the season tied the mark set during the 1968–69 season.[12] Goaltender Bernie Parent set franchise records for most losses (29, later tied by Antero Niittymaki during the 2006–07 season) and most ties (20).[13][14]
Transactions
[edit]The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 5, 1969, the day after the deciding game of the 1969 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 10, 1970, the day of the deciding game of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals.[15]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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May 14, 1969 | To Philadelphia Flyers Cash |
To St. Louis Blues Ron Buchanan |
[16] |
May 14, 1969 | To Philadelphia Flyers Wayne Hillman |
To Minnesota North Stars John Miszuk |
[17] |
June 7, 1969 | To Philadelphia Flyers Reg Fleming |
To New York Rangers Don Blackburn Leon Rochefort |
[18] |
June 10, 1969 | To Philadelphia Flyers $30,000 cash Future considerations |
To Minnesota North Stars Bob Barlow |
[19] |
June 12, 1969 | To Philadelphia Flyers Jean-Guy Gendron |
To Montreal Canadiens 7th-round pick in 1969 |
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Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Via | Ref |
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June 10, 1969 | Bob Barlow | Vancouver Canucks (WHL) | Inter-League draft | [19][21] |
June 11, 1969 | Larry Hillman | Montreal Canadiens | Intra-League draft | [22][23][24] |
September 29, 1969 | Jim Mair | Johnstown Jets (EHL) | Free agency | [25] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref |
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N/A | Myron Stankiewicz | Retirement | [26] | |
June 11, 1969 | Jean-Guy Gendron | Montreal Canadiens | Intra-League draft | [22][24] |
June 12, 1969 | Rene Drolet | Quebec Aces (AHL) | Reverse draft | [27][28] |
Jean Lapointe | Hershey Bears (AHL) | Reverse draft | [27][29] | |
Roger Pelletier | Quebec Aces (AHL) | Reverse draft | [27][30] | |
Bob Sneddon | Springfield Kings (AHL) | Reverse draft | [27][31] | |
September 24, 1969 | Allan Stanley | Retirement | [32] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Ref |
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July 24, 1969 | Andre Lacroix | 2-year | [33] |
August 21, 1969 | Serge Bernier | [34] | |
Gerry Meehan | [34] | ||
October 1, 1969 | Bobby Clarke | [35] |
Draft picks
[edit]Philadelphia's picks at the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, on June 11, 1969.[36] During the draft, the Flyers traded their seventh-round pick, 75th overall, to the Montreal Canadiens in order to re-acquire Jean-Guy Gendron, who Montreal had selected from the Flyers earlier in the day during the Inter-League Draft.[37]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
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1 | 6 | Bob Currier | Center | ![]() |
Cornwall Royals (CJAHL) |
2 | 17 | Bobby Clarke | Center | ![]() |
Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL) |
3 | 28 | Willie Brossart | Defense | ![]() |
Estevan Bruins (WCHL) |
4 | 40 | Michel Belhumeur | Goaltender | ![]() |
Drummondville Rangers (QJHL) |
5 | 52 | Dave Schultz | Left wing | ![]() |
Sorel Eperviers (QJHL) |
6 | 64 | Don Saleski | Right wing | ![]() |
Regina Pats (SJHL) |
8 | 81 | Claude Chartre | Center | ![]() |
Drummondville Rangers (QJHL) |
Farm teams
[edit]The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL,[38][39] the Flint Generals of the IHL,[40] and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.[40]
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ a b c d Parsons, Mark (October 21, 2012). "1969 NHL Reverse Draft". Historical Hockey Stats & Trivia. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ Rene Drolet at Hockey-Reference.com, retrieved February 13, 2016
- ^ "Eliteprospects.com – Jean Lapointe". eliteprospects. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ Roger Pelletier at Hockey-Reference.com, retrieved February 13, 2016
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