1976–77 Philadelphia Flyers season
1976–77 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Campbell Conference champions | |
Patrick Division champions | |
Division | 1st Patrick |
Conference | 1st Campbell |
1976–77 record | 48–16–16 |
Home record | 33–6–1 |
Road record | 15–10–15 |
Goals for | 323 (2nd) |
Goals against | 213 (3rd) |
Team information | |
President | Joe Scott |
General manager | Keith Allen |
Coach | Fred Shero |
Captain | Bobby Clarke |
Alternate captains | None[a] |
Arena | Spectrum |
Average attendance | 17,077[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Springfield Indians Philadelphia Firebirds |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Rick MacLeish (49) |
Assists | Bobby Clarke (63) |
Points | Rick MacLeish (97) |
Penalty minutes | Paul Holmgren (201) |
Plus/minus | André Dupont (+57) |
Wins | Bernie Parent (35) |
Goals against average | Wayne Stephenson (2.31) |
The 1976–77 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' tenth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). They finished first in the Patrick Division with a record of 48 wins, 16 losses, and 16 ties for 112 points.
Regular season
[edit]Dethroned, the heyday of the Broad Street Bullies came to an end, as prior to the 1976–77 season, tough-guy Dave Schultz was traded to the Los Angeles Kings. Despite a slight drop-off in performance, the Flyers dominated the Patrick Division with what proved to be their 4th straight division title.
Season standings
[edit]GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 48 | 16 | 16 | 323 | 213 | 112 |
New York Islanders | 80 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 288 | 193 | 106 |
Atlanta Flames | 80 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 264 | 265 | 80 |
New York Rangers | 80 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 272 | 310 | 72 |
[2]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
[edit]Patrick Division record vs. opponents
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Playoffs
[edit]After disposing of Toronto—after which series Toronto coach Red Kelly claimed "I don't think I'd call [Bobby] Clarke dirty—mean is a better word"—in six games, the Flyers found themselves in the semifinals for the fifth consecutive season. Pitted against Boston, the Flyers lost Games 1 and 2 at home in overtime and would not return home as they were swept in four straight games.
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 7–3–2, 16 points (home: 7–2–0; road: 0–1–2)
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November: 5–4–2, 12 points (home: 4–0–1; road: 1–4–1)
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December: 10–0–4, 24 points (home: 6–0–0; road: 4–0–4)
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January: 7–3–4, 18 points (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–2–4)
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February: 9–3–0, 18 points (home: 6–0–0; road: 3–3–0)
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March: 9–3–3, 21 points (home: 5–3–0; road: 4–0–3)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Flyers win 4–2
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Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins – Bruins win 4–0
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- 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.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
19 | Rick MacLeish | C | 80 | 49 | 48 | 97 | 46 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Bobby Clarke | C | 80 | 27 | 63 | 90 | 39 | 71 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
12 | Gary Dornhoefer | RW | 79 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 47 | 85 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
10 | Mel Bridgman | C | 70 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 35 | 120 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
18 | Ross Lonsberry | LW | 75 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 42 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 29 |
7 | Bill Barber | LW | 73 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 32 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
3 | Tom Bladon | D | 80 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 34 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 4 |
26 | Orest Kindrachuk | C | 78 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 22 | 79 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
27 | Reggie Leach | RW | 77 | 32 | 14 | 46 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
9 | Bob Kelly | LW | 73 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 27 | 117 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 18 |
11 | Don Saleski | RW | 74 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 12 |
14 | Joe Watson | D | 77 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
6 | Andre Dupont | D | 59 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 57 | 168 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 35 |
17 | Paul Holmgren | RW | 59 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 201 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 25 |
20 | Jimmy Watson | D | 71 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 34 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
22 | Harvey Bennett† | C | 51 | 12 | 8 | 20 | −9 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Bob Dailey† | D | 32 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 15 |
5 | Larry Goodenough‡ | D | 32 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Terry Murray‡ | D | 36 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Rick Lapointe† | D | 22 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 7 |
37 | Al Hill† | LW | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Jack McIlhargey‡ | D | 40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 164 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Bill Collins‡ | RW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Drew Callander | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Gary Inness | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
4 | Mark Suzor | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Bernie Parent | G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
35 | Wayne Stephenson | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
21 | John Paddock | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Terry Crisp | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Norm Barnes | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Bob Ritchie‡ | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | |
1 | Bernie Parent | 61 | 61 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 1582 | 159 | 2.71 | .899 | 5 | 3,519:36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 8 | 3.95 | .814 | 0 | 121:39 | |
35 | Wayne Stephenson | 21 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 472 | 41 | 2.31 | .916 | 3 | 1,063:55 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 238 | 23 | 2.61 | .903 | 1 | 529:36 | |
30 | Gary Inness | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 9 | 2.57 | .899 | 0 | 210:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Tom Bladon | [5] |
Bobby Clarke | |||
Gary Dornhoefer | |||
Rick MacLeish | |||
Bernie Parent | |||
Fred Shero (Coach) | |||
Jim Watson | |||
Joe Watson | |||
Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | André Dupont | [6] |
Class Guy Award | Gary Dornhoefer | [6] |
Records
[edit]Among the records set during the 1976–77 season was rookie Al Hill setting the league record for most points by a player in his NHL debut, scoring two goals and three assists on February 14 against the St. Louis Blues.[7] The Flyers set a league record for most road ties in a season (15) and a team record for fewest home ties (1).[8][9] During the playoffs, Rick MacLeish tied a team record for most assists during a single period (3) on April 24.[10] Two days later the Flyers played the longest home game in team history (90 minutes and 7 seconds), losing 5–4 to the Boston Bruins midway through the second overtime period.[11]
Transactions
[edit]The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 17, 1976, the day after the deciding game of the 1976 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 14, 1977, the day of the deciding game of the 1977 Stanley Cup Finals.[12]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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September 29, 1976 | To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations[b] |
To Los Angeles Kings Dave Schultz |
[13] |
November 24, 1976 | To Philadelphia Flyers Harvey Bennett |
To Washington Capitals Cash |
[14] |
December 4, 1976 | To Philadelphia Flyers Cash |
To Washington Capitals Bill Collins |
[15] |
January 20, 1977 | To Philadelphia Flyers Bob Dailey |
To Vancouver Canucks Larry Goodenough Jack McIlhargey |
[16] |
February 17, 1977 | To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Korney Rick Lapointe |
To Detroit Red Wings Steve Coates Dave Kelly Terry Murray Bob Ritchie |
[17] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Via | Ref |
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October 20, 1976 | Bill Collins | New York Rangers | Free agency | [18] |
October 22, 1976 | Al Hill | Victoria Cougars (WCHL) | Free agency | [19] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref |
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N/A | Serge Lajeunesse | Retirement | [20] | |
Larry Wright | Düsseldorfer EG (Bundesliga) | Free agency | [21] | |
October 1976 | Terry Crisp | Retirement[c] | [22] | |
November 16, 1976 | Wayne Stephenson | Retirement[d] | [24] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Term | Ref |
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June 16, 1976 | Drew Callander | multi-year | [25] |
Craig Hanmer | multi-year | [25] | |
Dave Hynek | multi-year | [25] | |
Mark Suzor | multi-year | [25] |
Draft picks
[edit]Philadelphia's picks at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the NHL's office in Montreal, on June 1, 1976.[26]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
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1 | 17 | Mark Suzor | Defense | ![]() |
Kingston Canadians (OHA) |
2 | 35 | Drew Callander | Center | ![]() |
Regina Pats (WCHL) |
3 | 53 | Craig Hanmer | Defense | ![]() |
Mohawk Valley Comets (NAHL) |
4 | 71 | Dave Hynek | Defense | ![]() |
Kingston Canadians (OHA) |
5 | 89 | Robin Lang | Defense | ![]() |
Cornell University (ECAC) |
6 | 107 | Paul Klasinski | Left wing | ![]() |
St. Paul Vulcans (MJHL) |
7 | 117 | Ray Kurpis | Right wing | ![]() |
Austin Mavericks (MJHL) |
Farm teams
[edit]The Flyers were affiliated with the Springfield Indians of the AHL[27][28] and the Philadelphia Firebirds of the NAHL.[29]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
- ^ The Flyers later received a 1977 4th-round pick and a 1978 2nd-round pick.
- ^ Crisp played two games during the 1976–77 season.
- ^ Stephenson un-retired and returned to the team on December 7, 1976.[23]
References
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- ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ a b "1976-77 Philadelphia Flyers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ "30th NHL All-Star Game". NHL.com. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ a b "Flyers History – Team Awards". P.Anson. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ Meltzer, Bill (February 18, 2018). "Great Moments: Al Hill Makes Record-Breaking Debut". NHL.com. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ "Team Records: Most Road Ties, Season". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "Philadelphia Flyers: Year-by-year record". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "Playoff Skater Records: Most Assists, Playoff Period". records.nhl.com. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ 2016–2017 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 348
- ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ Dunn, Art (September 30, 1976). "Schultz traded". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "Harvey Bennett – Notes". NHL.com. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "Bill Collins – Notes". NHL.com. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ Burrows, Walt (April 22, 1977). "'The Count' adds some believers". Courier-Post. p. 59.
- ^ "Richard Lapointe – Notes". NHL.com. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "Flyers sign winger Bill Collins". Chicago Tribune. UPI. October 21, 1976. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "Alan Hill – Notes". NHL.com. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "Serge Lajeunesse career profile at HockeyDraftCentral.com". HockeyDraftCentral. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ "Larry Wright career profile at HockeyDraftCentral.com". HockeyDraftCentral. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ "Terry Crisp – Notes". NHL.com. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "Wayne Stephenson rejoins Flyers". Ottawa Journal. Associated Press. December 8, 1976. Retrieved December 17, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Flyer goalie retires". The Lowell Sun. UPI. November 17, 1976. Retrieved December 17, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "TRANSACTIONS". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. June 17, 1976. Retrieved December 17, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1976 NHL Amateur Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ "AHL Franchise Statistics". P. Anson. Flyers History. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ^ "AHL Season Overview: 1976–77". P. Anson. Flyers History. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ^ "Non-AHL Affiliates". P. Anson. Flyers History. Retrieved October 26, 2013.