1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	6th Wales
1981–82 record	38–31–11
Home record	25–10–5
Road record	13–21–6
Goals for	325
Goals against	313
General Manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Pat Quinn (Oct-Mar) Bob McCammon
Captain	Bill Barber
Arena	The Spectrum
Average attendance	17,044[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Barber (45)
Assists	Ken Linseman (68)
Points	Ken Linseman (92)
Penalties in minutes	Glen Cochrane (329)
Plus/Minus	Bobby Clarke (+28)
Wins	Pete Peeters (23)
Goals against average	Pete Peeters (3.71)

The 1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

In 1981–82, Mel Bridgman was growing unhappy with the Flyers' organization, and was replaced as captain by Bill Barber before being traded to Calgary for defenseman Brad Marsh. With the Flyers playing listlessly and their season on the brink of disaster, head coach Pat Quinn was fired and re-replaced by Bob McCammon midway through the year. Darryl Sittler was acquired in January from Toronto. After a third-place finish the Flyers lost in four games to the Rangers in the first round of the playoffs. For the first time in nine years they failed to make it past the first round.

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Roster - 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	54	16	10	385	250	118
New York Rangers	80	39	27	14	316	306	92
Philadelphia Flyers	80	38	31	11	325	313	87
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	31	36	13	310	337	75
Washington Capitals	80	26	41	13	319	338	65

[edit] Game log

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

1981–82 Game Log
October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 9 Detroit 2 – 2 Philadelphia St. Croix 17,077 0–0–1 1
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

1982 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals vs. NY Rangers - Rangers win 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 7 Philadelphia 4 – 1 NY Rangers Peeters 17,370 Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 8 Philadelphia 3 – 7 NY Rangers Peeters 17,370 Series tied 1–1 3 April 10 NY Rangers 4 – 3 Philadelphia Peeters 17,147 Rangers lead 2–1 4 April 11 NY Rangers 7 – 5 Philadelphia St. Croix 17,147 Rangers win 3–1

[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
Ken Linseman	14		79	24	68	92	275		4	1	2	3	6
Brian Propp	26		80	44	47	91	117		4	2	2	4	4
Bill Barber	7		80	45	44	89	85		4	1	5	6	4
Ron Flockhart	11		72	33	39	72	44		4	0	1	1	2
Bobby Clarke	16		62	17	46	63	154		4	4	2	6	4
Ray Allison	19		51	17	37	54	104		3	2	0	2	2
Tim Kerr	12		61	21	30	51	138		4	0	2	2	2
Reggie Leach	27		66	26	21	47	18		-	-	-	-	-
Ilkka Sinisalo	23		66	15	22	37	22		4	0	2	2	0
Behn Wilson	3		59	13	23	36	135		4	1	4	5	10
Darryl Sittler†	9		35	14	18	32	50		4	3	1	4	6
Paul Holmgren	17		41	9	22	31	183		4	1	2	3	6
Bob Hoffmeyer	35		57	7	20	27	142		2	0	1	1	25
Brad Marsh†	8		66	2	22	24	106		4	0	0	0	2
Al Hill	15		41	6	13	19	58		3	0	0	0	0
Greg Adams	25		33	4	15	19	105		-	-	-	-	-
Glen Cochrane	29		63	6	12	18	329		1	0	0	0	0
Mark Botell	28		32	4	10	14	31		-	-	-	-	-
Tom Gorence	22		66	5	8	13	8		3	0	0	0	0
Mel Bridgman‡	10		9	7	5	12	47		-	-	-	-	-
Jim Watson	20		76	3	9	12	99		4	0	1	1	2
Fred Arthur	6		74	1	7	8	47		4	0	0	0	2
Bob Dailey	2		12	1	5	6	22		-	-	-	-	-
Frank Bathe	5		28	1	3	4	68		4	0	0	0	2
Pete Peeters (G)	33		44	0	1	1	19		4	0	0	0	0
Rick St. Croix (G)	30		29	0	1	1	2		1	0	0	0	0
Lindsay Carson	18		18	0	1	1	32		-	-	-	-	-
Steve Smith	24		8	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
Reid Bailey	9		10	0	0	0	23		2	0	0	0	0
Pelle Lindbergh (G)	31		8	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Gary Morrison	21		7	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Mark Taylor	35		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Eriksson	8		1	0	0	0	4		-	-	-	-	-
Dave Michayluk	35		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Gordie Williams	35		1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Bench	X						22

^†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
Pete Peeters	33		44	2591	23	18	3	160	0	.871	3.71		4	220	1	2	17	0	.837	4.64
Rick St. Croix	30		29	1729	13	9	6	112	0	.870	3.89		1	20	0	1	1	0	.875	3.00
Pelle Lindbergh	31		8	480	2	4	2	35	0	.881	4.38		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Bill Barber Brian Propp
NHL Player of the Week	Pete Peeters (December 7)
Team
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Frank Bathe
Class Guy Award	Bobby Clarke

[edit] Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached
Darryl Sittler	400 Goals	March 18, 1982

[edit] Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1981–82 season.

[edit] Trades

July 3, 1981	To Philadelphia Flyers Ray Allison Fred Arthur 1st round pick in 1982 3rd round pick in 1982	To Hartford Whalers Rick MacLeish Blake Wesley Don Gillen 1st round pick in 1982 2nd round pick in 1982 3rd round pick in 1982
November 11, 1981	To Philadelphia Flyers Brad Marsh	To Calgary Flames Mel Bridgman
January 20, 1982	To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Sittler	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rich Costello Hartford's 2nd round pick in 1982 futures[2]

[edit] Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Bob Froese Saginaw (IHL) free agency (6/18) Daryl Stanley Saskatoon (WHL) free agency (10/9) Bob Hoffmeyer Maine (AHL) free agency (11/22)

Subtractions Player New team Via Terry Murray Washington waiver draft (10/5) Reggie Leach — released (3/24)

[edit] Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.^[3]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	16	Steve Smith	Defenseman	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2	37	Rich Costello	Forward	United States	Natick High School (Mass.)
3	47	Barry Tabobondung	Defenseman	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3	58	Ken Strong	Forward	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4	65	Dave Michayluk	Left Wing	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
4	79	Ken Latta	Right Wing	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5	100	Justin Hanley	Center	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHL)
6	121	Andre Villeneuve	Defenseman	Canada	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
7	137	Vladimir Svitek	Forward	Slovakia	HC Kosice (CZE)
7	142	Gil Hudon	Goaltender	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)
8	163	Steve Taylor	Left Wing	United States	Providence College (HE)
9	184	Len Hachborn	Center	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
10	205	Steve Tsujiura	Center	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

[edit] Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.^[4][5]

[edit] See also

• 1981–82 NHL season

[edit] References

v • d • e 1981–82 NHL season by team Patrick NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington Adams Boston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Québec Norris Chicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto • Winnipeg Smythe Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • Los Angeles • Vancouver See also 1981 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1982 Stanley Cup Finals • Transactions

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