1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers
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 affiliations Quebec Aces (AHL)[2]
Flint Generals (IHL)[3]
Jersey Devils (EHL)[3]
Team leaders
Goals Bobby Clarke (27)
Assists Bobby Clarke (36)
Points Bobby Clarke (63)
Penalties in minutes Gary Dornhoefer (93)
Plus/minus Wayne Hillman (+12)
Wins Doug Favell (16)
Goals against average Doug Favell (2.66)
<1969–70 1971–72>

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

Bobby Clarke led the team in goals (27), assists (36), and points (63) in his second season.

Season standings

West Division[4]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
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


Playoffs

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

Regular season

1970–71 regular season
October: 5–3–1, 11 Points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 0–2–1)
November: 5–6–1, 11 Points (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 1–3–0)
December: 2–8–3, 7 Points (Home: 0–2–1; Road: 0–6–2)
January: 7–5–4, 18 Points (Home: 5–3–2; Road: 2–2–2)
February: 5–6–1, 11 Points (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–5–1)
March: 3–5–5, 11 Points (Home: 2–0–4; Road: 1–5–1)
April: 1–0–2, 4 Points (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–0–1)

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

Playoffs

1971 Stanley Cup playoffs
Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks - Black Hawks win 4–0

Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
  • dagger = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
  • double-dagger = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Age Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts PIM
16 Bobby Clarke 21 C 77 27 36 63 9 78 4 0 0 0 2
21 Serge Bernier 23 RW 77 23 28 51 −7 77 4 1 1 2 0
20 Jim Johnson 28 C 66 16 29 45 −10 16 4 0 2 2 0
7 Andre Lacroix 25 C 78 20 22 42 −9 12 4 0 2 2 0
12 Gary Dornhoefer 27 RW 57 20 20 40 3 93 2 0 0 0 4
11 Jean-Guy Gendron 36 LW 76 20 16 36 −9 46 4 0 1 1 0
18 Bill Lesuk 24 LW 78 17 19 36 −5 81 4 1 0 1 8
9 Bob Kelly 20 LW 76 14 18 32 7 70 4 1 0 1 2
17 Simon Nolet 29 RW 74 9 19 28 −1 42 4 2 1 3 0
4 Barry Ashbee 31 D 64 4 23 27 3 44 — — — — —
10 Cliff Schmautzdagger 31 RW 30 8 12 20 3 23 — — — — —
3 Larry Hillman 33 D 73 3 13 16 9 39 4 0 2 2 2
15 Garry Peters 28 C 73 6 7 13 −14 69 4 1 1 2 15
8 Lew Morrison 22 RW 78 5 7 12 −12 25 4 0 0 0 2
6 Wayne Hillman 32 D 69 5 7 12 12 47 — — — — —
23 Larry Hale 29 D 70 1 11 12 −18 34 4 0 0 0 2
5 Brent Hughes 27 D 30 1 10 11 −6 21 4 0 0 0 6
2 Ed Van Impe 30 D 77 0 11 11 −13 80 4 0 1 1 8
14 Joe Watson 27 D 57 3 7 10 9 50 1 0 0 0 0
19 Rick MacLeishdagger 21 LW 26 2 4 6 −4 19 4 1 0 1 0
19 Earl Heiskala 28 LW 41 2 1 3 −9 72 — — — — —
22 Danny Schockdagger 22 LW 14 1 2 3 1 0 — — — — —
30 Bernie Parentdouble-dagger 25 G 30 0 2 2 N/A 5 — — — — —
1 Doug Favell 25 G 44 0 1 1 N/A 9 2 0 0 0 0
30 Bruce Gambledagger 32 G 11 0 0 0 N/A 0 2 0 0 0 0
25 Jim Mair 24 D 2 0 0 0 −1 0 3 1 2 3 4
22 George Swarbrick 28 RW 2 0 0 0 −2 0 — — — — —
25 Willie Brossart 21 D 1 0 0 0 −2 0 — — — — —
10 Bill Sutherlanddouble-dagger 36 LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
4 Ralph MacSweyn 28 D — — — — — — 4 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

  • dagger = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
  • double-dagger = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Age GP W L T SO GA SV% GAA MIN GP W L SO GA SV% GAA MIN
1 Doug Favell 25 44 16 15 9 2 108 .915 2.66 2434 2 0 2 0 8 .867 4.00 120
30 Bernie Parentdouble-dagger 25 30 9 12 6 2 73 .912 2.76 1586 — — — — — — — —
30 Bruce Gambledagger 32 11 3 6 2 0 37 .901 3.36 660 2 0 2 0 12 .821 6.00 120

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor Recipient Ref
Selected to NHL All-Star Game Bobby Clarke [5]

Records

Team single season records
Record Total
Fewest playoff wins 0
(tied in 1968–69, 1982–83, 1983–84)

Milestones

Franchise firsts[6]
Milestone Player Details Date Ref
Natural hat-trick Gary Dornhoefer 1: Even-strength goal at 10:07 of the second period against Chris Worthy March 6, 1971 [7]
2: Even-strength goal at 0:26 of the third period against Worthy
3: Even-strength goal at 1:11 of the third period against Worthy

Transactions

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.[8]

Trades

Date Details Ref
May 20, 1970 To Philadelphia Flyers
Brent Hughes		 To Los Angeles Kings
Mike Byers		 [9]
May 29, 1970 To Philadelphia Flyers
Barry Ashbee		 To Hershey Bears (AHL)
Larry McKillop
player to be named later[a]		 [10]
June 12, 1970 To Philadelphia Flyers
George Swarbrick		 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Terry Ball		 [11]
August 1970 To Philadelphia Flyers
cash		 To Denver Spurs (WHL)
Claude LaForge		 [12]
August 10, 1970 To Philadelphia Flyers
loan for season		 To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)
Guy Dufour
January 31, 1971 To Philadelphia Flyers
Bruce Gamble
Mike Walton
1st-round pick in 1971		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bernie Parent
2nd-round pick in 1971		 [13]
January 31, 1971 To Philadelphia Flyers
Rick MacLeish
Danny Schock		 To Boston Bruins
Mike Walton		 [13]
Trade notes

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency.

Date Player Previous team (league) Contract details Ref
June 1970 Hugh Harvey Kingston Aces (OHA) [15]

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date Player Contract details Ref
August 13, 1970 Bill Lesuk [16]
September 7, 1970 Earl Heiskala [17]
September 7, 1970 Jim Johnson [17]
September 7, 1970 Lew Morrison [17]
September 9, 1970 Larry Hale [18]
September 9, 1970 Joe Watson [18]
October 5, 1970 Doug Favell [19]
October 5, 1970 Larry Hillman [19]
October 5, 1970 Wayne Hillman [19]

NHL Intra-League Draft

The 1970 NHL Intra-League Draft was held on June 9, 1970.[20][21] It cost $30,000 to make a claim.[21]

Selections involving the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1970 NHL Intra-League Draft[20][22]
Round Pick Player Selected by Selected from Notes
1 3 Bill Lesuk Philadelphia Flyers Boston Bruins Flyers removed Dick Cherry from protected list
Bruins claimed Cherry in lieu of cash

NHL Expansion Draft

The 1970 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 10, 1970.[23][24] It featured two expansion teams, the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks, selecting players from the 12 existing NHL teams.[23] Each NHL team placed 15 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the two expansion teams could not select.[23]

The Flyers protected the following players:[23] goaltenders Doug Favell and Bernie Parent, and skaters Barry Ashbee, Serge Bernier, Gary Dornhoefer, Jean-Guy Gendron, Larry Hale, Earl Heiskala, Larry Hillman, Wayne Hillman, Jim Johnson, Andre Lacroix, Bill Lesuk, Lew Morrison, Simon Nolet, Ed Van Impe, and Joe Watson.

Players selected from the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft[23][25]
Pick Player Selected by Notes
10 Rosaire Paiement Vancouver Canucks Flyers added Garry Peters to protected list
15 Reg Fleming Buffalo Sabres Flyers added Brent Hughes to protected list
29 Gerry Meehan Buffalo Sabres
37 Dunc Wilson Vancouver Canucks

NHL Reverse Draft

The 1970 NHL Reverse Draft was held on June 11, 1970.[26] The Reverse Draft featured American Hockey League (AHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) teams selecting unprotected players from NHL teams.

Selections involving the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1970 NHL Reverse Draft[15][26]
Player Selected by Selected from Notes
Alain Caron San Diego Gulls (WHL) Montreal Canadiens Played entire 1970–71 season with San Diego
Hugh Harvey Hershey Bears (AHL) Philadelphia Flyers Played entire 1970–71 season with Oklahoma City (CHL)

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date Player Claimed by Claimed from Ref
October 19, 1970 Bill Sutherland Buffalo Sabres Philadelphia Flyers [27]
December 28, 1970 Cliff Schmautz Philadelphia Flyers Buffalo Sabres [28]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec on June 11, 1970.[29]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1970 and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) GP G A Pts PIM W L T GAA
2 18 Bill Clement Center  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA) 719 148 208 356 383 &
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3 32 Bob Kelly Left Wing  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA) 837 154 208 362 1454 &
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4 46 Jacques Lapierre Defense  Canada Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL) &
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5 60 Doug Kerslake Right Wing  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) &
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6 74 Dennis Giannini Left Wing  Canada London Knights (OHA) &
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7 87 Hank Nowak Left Wing  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA) 180 26 29 55 161 &
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8 99 Gary Cunningham Defense  Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA) &
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9 109 Jean Daigle Left Wing  Canada Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL) &
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Draft notes[30]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL,[2][31] the Flint Generals of the IHL,[3] and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.[3]

References

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