1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd Patrick
Conference	2nd Campbell
1977–78 record	45–20–15
Home record	29–6–5
Road record	16–14–10
Goals for	296
Goals against	200
General Manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Fred Shero
Captain	Bobby Clarke
Arena	The Spectrum
Average attendance	17,077[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Barber (41)
Assists	Bobby Clarke (68)
Points	Bobby Clarke (89)
Penalties in minutes	Andre Dupont (225)
Plus/Minus	Bobby Clarke (+47)
Wins	Bernie Parent (29)
Goals against average	Bernie Parent (2.22)

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

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. After sweeping the Colorado Rockies in 2 games in the preliminary round, the Flyers moved on to beat Buffalo in five games. They faced Boston in the semifinals for the second consecutive season, and lost again, this time in five games. Following the season, the Flyers were stunned when head coach Fred Shero left to take the general manager and head coaching jobs with the Rangers. As compensation for The Fog, the Flyers received the Rangers' first-round draft pick which (along with their own first-round selection) the club used to select defenseman Behn Wilson and center Ken Linseman sixth and seventh overall respectively at the 1978 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal the following June.

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Patrick Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	48	17	15	334	210	111
Philadelphia Flyers	80	45	20	15	296	200	105
Atlanta Flames	80	34	27	19	274	252	87
New York Rangers	80	30	37	13	279	280	73

[edit] Game log

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

1977–78 Game Log
October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 13 Chicago 1 – 5 Philadelphia Stephenson 17,077 1–0–0 2
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts November 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts December 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts January 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts February 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts March 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts April 1 0 – 0 0–0–0

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

      Win       Loss

1978 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Preliminary Round vs. Colorado - Flyers win 2–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 11 Colorado 2 – 3 Philadelphia OT Parent 17,077 Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 13 Philadelphia 3 – 1 Colorado Parent 16,399 Flyers win 2–0 Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo - Flyers win 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 17 Buffalo 1 – 4 Philadelphia Parent 17,077 Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 19 Buffalo 2 – 3 Philadelphia Parent 17,077 Flyers lead 2–0 3 April 22 Philadelphia 1 – 4 Buffalo Parent 16,433 Flyers lead 2–1 4 April 23 Philadelphia 4 – 2 Buffalo Parent 16,433 Flyers lead 3–1 5 April 25 Buffalo 2 – 4 Philadelphia Parent 17,077 Flyers win 4–1 Semifinals vs. Boston - Bruins win 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 May 2 Philadelphia 2 – 3 Boston Parent 14,602 Bruins lead 1–0 2 May 4 Philadelphia 5 – 7 Boston Parent 14,602 Bruins lead 2–0 3 May 7 Boston 1 – 3 Philadelphia Parent 17,077 Bruins lead 2–1 4 May 9 Boston 4 – 2 Philadelphia Parent 17,077 Bruins lead 3–1 5 May 11 Philadelphia 3 – 6 Boston Parent 14,602 Bruins win 4–1

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bobby Clarke	16		71	21	68	89	83		12	4	7	11	8
Bill Barber	7		80	41	31	72	34		12	6	3	9	2
Rick MacLeish	19		76	31	39	70	33		12	7	9	16	4
Orest Kindrachuk	26		73	17	45	62	128		12	5	5	10	13
Bob Dailey	2		76	21	36	57	62		12	1	5	6	22
Reggie Leach	27		72	24	28	52	24		12	2	2	4	0
Ross Lonsberry	18		78	18	30	48	45		12	2	2	4	6
Mel Bridgman	10		76	16	32	48	203		12	1	7	8	36
Don Saleski	11		70	27	18	45	44		11	2	0	2	19
Tom Bladon	3		79	11	24	35	57		12	0	2	2	11
Paul Holmgren	17		62	16	18	34	190		12	1	4	5	26
Bob Kelly	9		74	19	13	32	95		12	3	5	8	26
Barry Dean	29		56	7	18	25	34		-	-	-	-	-
Rick Lapointe	5		47	4	16	20	91		12	0	3	3	19
Jim Watson	20		71	5	12	17	62		12	1	7	8	6
Kevin McCarthy	25		62	2	15	17	32		10	0	1	1	8
Joe Watson	14		65	5	9	14	22		1	0	0	0	0
Andre Dupont	6		69	2	12	14	225		12	2	1	3	13
Gary Dornhoefer	12		47	7	5	12	62		4	0	0	0	7
Dave Hoyda	8		41	1	3	4	119		9	0	0	0	17
Harvey Bennett‡	22		2	1	0	1	7		-	-	-	-	-
Blake Dunlop	32		3	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
Bernie Parent (G)	1		49	0	0	0	4		12	0	0	0	0
Wayne Stephenson (G)	35		26	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Rick St. Croix (G)	30		7	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Al Hill	15		80	41	31	72	34		-	-	-	-	-
Frank Bathe	21		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Jim Cunningham	21		1	0	0	0	4		-	-	-	-	-
Drew Callander	28		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Bench	X						6						2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

			Regular season										Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Bernie Parent	1		49	2923	29	6	13	108	7	.912	2.22		12	722	7	5	33	0	.891	2.74
Wayne Stephenson	35		26	1482	14	10	1	68	3	.892	2.75		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick St. Croix	30		7	395	2	4	1	20	0	.894	3.04		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Bill Barber Tom Bladon Bobby Clarke Bob Dailey Fred Shero (Coach) Wayne Stephenson Jim Watson
Team
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Jim Watson
Class Guy Award	Joe Watson

[edit] Records

NHL player
Player	Record	Mark
Tom Bladon	Best Plus-Minus, one game	+10 [2]
Tom Bladon	Most points by a defenseman, one game	8 [3]

[edit] Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached
Bernie Parent	500 Games	December 8, 1977

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

June 17, 1977	To Philadelphia Flyers futures	To Los Angeles Kings Steve Short
August 5, 1977	To Philadelphia Flyers Barry Dean	To Colorado Rockies Mark Suzor
October 28, 1977	To Philadelphia Flyers Blake Dunlop 3rd round pick in 1978	To Minnesota North Stars Harvey Bennett
November 1, 1977	To Philadelphia Flyers Terry Murray	To Detroit Red Wings cash
November 3, 1977	To Philadelphia Flyers Paul Evans	To Los Angeles Kings [4]

[edit] Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Guy Delparte Oklahoma City (CHL) free agency (8/15) Brian Burke Providence College (HE) free agency (8/17) Jim Cunningham Michigan State (CCHA) free agency (9/1) Wayne Schaab — free agency (9/7) Larry Romanchych Atlanta free agency (9/15) Bernie Johnston Syracuse (NAHL) free agency (9/28) Frank Bathe Port Huron (IHL) free agency (10/7) Mike Busniuk Nova Scotia (AHL) free agency (10/23)

Subtractions Player New team Via — — —

[edit] Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec.^[5]

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

[edit] Farm teams

The Flyers were affliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL and the Philadelphia Firebirds of the NAHL.^[6][7]

[edit] See also

• 1977–78 NHL season

[edit] References

v • d • e 1977–78 NHL season by team Patrick Atlanta • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia Adams Boston • Buffalo • Cleveland • Toronto Norris Detroit • Los Angeles • Montreal • Pittsburgh • Washington Smythe Chicago • Colorado • Minnesota • St. Louis • Vancouver See also 1977 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1978 Stanley Cup Finals • Transactions

v • d • e Philadelphia Flyers Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Franchise History • Seasons • Records • General Managers • Head Coaches • Players • Award Winners • Draft Picks • Broadcasters Arenas The Spectrum • Wachovia Center Culture Broad Street Bullies • Flyers versus Red Army • Curse of Billy Penn • Legion of Doom • Treehouse of Horror IV Rivalries Flyers-Rangers • Battle of the Jersey Turnpike • Battle of Pennsylvania • Others Important Figures Keith Allen • Barry Ashbee • Bill Barber • Daniel Briere • Rod Brind'Amour • Bobby Clarke • Eric Desjardins • Gary Dornhoefer • Peter Forsberg • Simon Gagne • Gene Hart • Ron Hextall • Mark Howe • Tim Kerr • Reggie Leach • John LeClair • Pelle Lindbergh • Eric Lindros • Rick MacLeish • Bernie Parent • Dave Poulin • Keith Primeau • Brian Propp • Mark Recchi • Mike Richards • Jeremy Roenick • Dave Schultz • Joe Scott • Fred Shero • Kate Smith • Ed Snider • Kimmo Timonen • Rick Tocchet • Ed Van Impe • Joe Watson Retired Numbers 1 • 4 • 7 • 16 • 31 (unofficial) • 99 (league-wide) Team Awards Barry Ashbee Trophy • Bobby Clarke Trophy • Flyers Hall of Fame • Gene Hart Memorial Award • Pelle Lindbergh Memorial • Toyota Cup • Yanick Dupre Memorial Key Personnel Owner: Comcast-Spectacor • Chairman and Governor: Ed Snider • President and COO: Peter Luukko • General Manager: Paul Holmgren • Head Coach: John Stevens • Team Captain: Jason Smith Stanley Cup Finals (7) Wins: 1974 • 1975 • Losses: 1976 • 1980 • 1985 • 1987 • 1997 Seasons (41) 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70 • 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 Minor League Affiliates Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) • Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)

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