1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season
1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Division | 3rd West |
1970–71 record | 28–33–17 |
Home record | 20–10–9 |
Road record | 8–23–8 |
Goals for | 207 (12th) |
Goals against | 225 (8th) |
Team information | |
General manager | Keith Allen |
Coach | Vic Stasiuk |
Captain | Ed Van Impe |
Alternate captains | Jean-Guy Gendron Bill Sutherland |
Arena | Spectrum |
Average attendance | 14,131[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Quebec Aces Flint Generals Jersey Devils |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Bobby Clarke (27) |
Assists | Bobby Clarke (36) |
Points | Bobby Clarke (63) |
Penalty minutes | Gary Dornhoefer (93) |
Plus/minus | Wayne Hillman (+12) |
Wins | Doug Favell (16) |
Goals against average | Doug Favell (2.67) |
The 1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the quarterfinals to the Chicago Black Hawks in a four-game sweep.
Regular season
[edit]Bobby Clarke led the team in goals (27), assists (36), and points (63) in his second season.
Season standings
[edit]GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 78 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 277 | 184 | +93 | 107 |
2 | St. Louis Blues | 78 | 34 | 25 | 19 | 223 | 208 | +15 | 87 |
3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 78 | 28 | 33 | 17 | 207 | 225 | −18 | 73 |
4 | Minnesota North Stars | 78 | 28 | 34 | 16 | 191 | 223 | −32 | 72 |
5 | Los Angeles Kings | 78 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 239 | 303 | −64 | 63 |
6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 78 | 21 | 37 | 20 | 221 | 240 | −19 | 62 |
7 | California Golden Seals | 78 | 20 | 53 | 5 | 199 | 320 | −121 | 45 |
Record vs. opponents
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Vs. West Division[edit]
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Vs. East Division[edit]
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Playoffs
[edit]The Flyers were swept in four games by the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round. Even though the team had improved their record in his second season behind the bench, head coach Vic Stasiuk was replaced by Fred Shero in the off-season.
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 5–3–1, 11 points (home: 5–1–0; road: 0–2–1)
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November: 5–6–1, 11 points (home: 4–3–1; road: 1–3–0)
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December: 2–8–3, 7 points (home: 0–2–1; road: 0–6–2)
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January: 7–5–4, 18 points (home: 5–3–2; road: 2–2–2)
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February: 5–6–1, 11 points (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–5–1)
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March: 3–5–5, 11 points (home: 2–0–4; road: 1–5–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
[edit]1971 Stanley Cup playoffs[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Black Hawks 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.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
16 | Bobby Clarke | C | 77 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 9 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
21 | Serge Bernier | RW | 77 | 23 | 28 | 51 | −7 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 0 |
20 | Jim Johnson | C | 66 | 16 | 29 | 45 | −10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
7 | Andre Lacroix | C | 78 | 20 | 22 | 42 | −9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
12 | Gary Dornhoefer | RW | 57 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
11 | Jean-Guy Gendron | LW | 76 | 20 | 16 | 36 | −9 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
18 | Bill Lesuk | LW | 78 | 17 | 19 | 36 | −5 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 8 |
9 | Bob Kelly | LW | 76 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Simon Nolet | RW | 74 | 9 | 19 | 28 | −1 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
4 | Barry Ashbee | D | 64 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 3 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Cliff Schmautz† | RW | 30 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Larry Hillman | D | 73 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
15 | Garry Peters | C | 73 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −14 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 15 |
6 | Wayne Hillman | D | 69 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Lew Morrison | RW | 78 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −12 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
23 | Larry Hale | D | 70 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −18 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
5 | Brent Hughes | D | 30 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −6 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
2 | Ed Van Impe | D | 77 | 0 | 11 | 11 | −13 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 8 |
14 | Joe Watson | D | 57 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Rick MacLeish† | LW | 26 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
19 | Earl Heiskala | LW | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −9 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Danny Schock† | LW | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Bernie Parent‡ | G | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1 | Doug Favell | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | Willie Brossart | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Bruce Gamble† | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | Jim Mair | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
10 | Bill Sutherland‡ | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | George Swarbrick | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Ralph MacSweyn | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
Goaltending
[edit]- † = 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.
No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
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GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
1 | Doug Favell | 44 | 41 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1275 | 108 | 2.67 | .915 | 2 | 2,428 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 8 | 4.02 | .867 | 0 | 119 |
30 | Bernie Parent‡ | 30 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 825 | 73 | 2.77 | .912 | 2 | 1,581 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Bruce Gamble† | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 373 | 37 | 3.37 | .901 | 0 | 658 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 12 | 6.01 | .821 | 0 | 120 |
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 | [5] |
Records
[edit]The Flyers were swept in their first round series with the Chicago Black Hawks, going winless in the playoffs for the second time, which matched the 1968–69 season and was later matched during the 1982–83 and 1983–84 seasons.[6]
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Bob Kelly | October 10, 1970 | [7] |
Rick MacLeish | February 4, 1971 | ||
Willie Brossart | March 12, 1971 | ||
Jim Mair | March 21, 1971 |
Franchise firsts
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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Natural hat-trick | Gary Dornhoefer | March 6, 1971 | [8] |
Transactions
[edit]The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 11, 1970, the day after the deciding game of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 18, 1971, the day of the deciding game of the 1971 Stanley Cup Finals.[9]
Trades
[edit]Date | Details | Ref | |
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May 20, 1970 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Los Angeles Kings |
[10] |
May 29, 1970 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Hershey Bears (AHL)
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[12] |
June 12, 1970 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Pittsburgh Penguins |
[13] |
July 2, 1970 | To Philadelphia Flyers
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To San Diego Gulls (WHL) |
[14] |
August 1970 | To Philadelphia Flyers
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To Denver Spurs (WHL) |
[15] |
August 10, 1970 | To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)
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January 31, 1971 | To Philadelphia Flyers
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To Toronto Maple Leafs
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[16] |
To Philadelphia Flyers |
To Boston Bruins |
[16] |
Players acquired
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Via | Ref |
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June 1970 | Hugh Harvey | Kingston Aces (OHA) | Free agency | [17] |
June 9, 1970 | Bill Lesuk | Boston Bruins | Intra-league draft | [18][19][20] |
June 11, 1970 | Alain Caron | Montreal Canadiens | Reverse draft[b] | [21][22] |
December 28, 1970 | Cliff Schmautz | Buffalo Sabres | Waivers | [23] |
Players lost
[edit]Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref |
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June 9, 1970 | Dick Cherry | Boston Bruins | Intra-league draft | [20] |
June 10, 1970 | Reg Fleming | Buffalo Sabres | Expansion draft | [24][25][26] |
Gerry Meehan | Buffalo Sabres | Expansion draft | [24][25][26] | |
Rosaire Paiement | Vancouver Canucks | Expansion draft | [24][25][26] | |
Dunc Wilson | Vancouver Canucks | Expansion draft | [24][25][26] | |
June 11, 1970 | Hugh Harvey | Hershey Bears (AHL) | Reverse draft | [17] |
October 19, 1970 | Bill Sutherland | Buffalo Sabres | Waivers | [27] |
Signings
[edit]Date | Player | Ref |
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August 13, 1970 | Bill Lesuk | [28] |
September 7, 1970 | Earl Heiskala | [29] |
Jim Johnson | [29] | |
Lew Morrison | [29] | |
September 9, 1970 | Larry Hale | [30] |
Joe Watson | [30] | |
October 5, 1970 | Doug Favell | [31] |
Larry Hillman | [31] | |
Wayne Hillman | [31] |
Draft picks
[edit]Philadelphia's picks at the 1970 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal on June 11, 1970.[32] The Flyers were without a first-round draft pick due to having traded it three years previously to the Boston Bruins for Rosaire Paiement.[33] The Bruins used the pick, fourth overall, to select Rick MacLeish, who the Flyers would acquire seven months later in a trade with the Bruins.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
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2 | 18 | Bill Clement | Center | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHA) |
3 | 32 | Bob Kelly | Left wing | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHA) |
4 | 46 | Jacques Lapierre | Defense | Canada | Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL) |
5 | 60 | Doug Kerslake | Right wing | Canada | Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) |
6 | 74 | Dennis Giannini | Left wing | Canada | London Knights (OHA) |
7 | 87 | Hank Nowak | Left wing | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHA) |
8 | 99 | Gary Cunningham | Defense | Canada | St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA) |
9 | 109 | Jean Daigle | Left wing | Canada | Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL) |
Farm teams
[edit]The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL,[34][35] the Flint Generals of the IHL,[36] and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.[36]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The player to be named later was Darryl Edestrand.[11]
- ^ Caron was claimed by the San Diego Gulls.
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- ^ "Former Clipper Swarbrick Traded". The News. June 13, 1970. Retrieved December 19, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
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