1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers season

1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers
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 (4th)
Goals against	200 (2nd)
Team information
President	Joe Scott
General manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Fred Shero
Captain	Bobby Clarke
Alternate captains	None[lower-alpha 1]
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	17,077[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Maine Mariners; Philadelphia Firebirds
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Barber (41)
Assists	Bobby Clarke (68)
Points	Bobby Clarke (89)
Penalty 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' 11th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

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.[2]

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

[3]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.

Playoffs

After sweeping the Colorado Rockies in 2 games in the preliminary round, the Flyers moved on and beat Buffalo in five games. They faced Boston in the semi-finals for the second consecutive season, and lost again, this time in five games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1977–78 regular season

October: 5–2–1, 11 Points (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–1–1)

Game	October	Opponent	Score	Record	Points
1	13	Chicago Black Hawks	5–1	1–0–0	2
2	15	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	8–2	2–0–0	4
3	16	St. Louis Blues	7–0	3–0–0	6
4	20	Pittsburgh Penguins	11–0	4–0–0	8
5	22	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	1–6	4–1–0	8
6	23	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–6	4–2–0	8
7	26	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	4–2–1	9
8	29	@ St. Louis Blues	7–3	5–2–1	11

November: 9–2–2, 20 Points (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 3–1–1)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record	Points
9	3	Washington Capitals	4–1	6–2–1	13
10	5	@ Washington Capitals	3–1	7–2–1	15
11	6	Vancouver Canucks	3–2	8–2–1	17
12	10	Buffalo Sabres	2–3	8–3–1	17
13	12	@ New York Islanders	2–2	8–3–2	18
14	13	Detroit Red Wings	3–0	9–3–2	20
15	17	New York Islanders	4–4	9–3–3	21
16	19	@ Minnesota North Stars	7–2	10–3–3	23
17	20	Atlanta Flames	4–0	11–3–3	25
18	23	@ Detroit Red Wings	1–4	11–4–3	25
19	25	Cleveland Barons	7–2	12–4–3	27
20	27	Los Angeles Kings	2–0	13–4–3	29
21	29	@ Vancouver Canucks	3–0	14–4–3	31

December: 10–3–1, 21 Points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–2–1)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record	Points
22	1	@ Los Angeles Kings	4–2	15–4–3	33
23	3	@ Colorado Rockies	6–3	16–4–3	35
24	7	@ New York Rangers	3–3	16–4–4	36
25	8	New York Rangers	7–4	17–4–4	38
26	10	Chicago Black Hawks	4–2	18–4–4	40
27	11	Cleveland Barons	11–1	19–4–4	42
28	15	Boston Bruins	6–4	20–4–4	44
29	17	@ Atlanta Flames	4–3	21–4–4	46
30	18	Montreal Canadiens	0–2	21–5–4	46
31	21	@ Cleveland Barons	4–0	22–5–4	48
32	23	@ Boston Bruins	1–6	22–6–4	48
33	28	@ New York Rangers	4–3	23–6–4	50
34	29	Minnesota North Stars	5–2	24–6–4	52
35	31	@ St. Louis Blues	2–3	24–7–4	52

January: 4–4–5, 13 Points (Home: 3–0–3; Road: 1–4–2)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record	Points
36	3	Cleveland Barons	5–4	25–7–4	54
37	5	Los Angeles Kings	4–4	25–7–5	55
38	6	@ Atlanta Flames	3–5	25–8–5	55
39	9	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–3	25–8–6	56
40	11	@ Chicago Black Hawks	4–5	25–9–6	56
41	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–4	25–9–7	57
42	14	New York Rangers	4–1	26–9–7	59
43	16	Atlanta Flames	5–3	27–9–7	61
44	19	Montreal Canadiens	1–1	27–9–8	62
45	21	@ New York Islanders	1–6	27–10–8	62
46	26	@ Vancouver Canucks	6–2	28–10–8	64
47	28	@ Colorado Rockies	4–6	28–11–8	64
48	29	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–3	28–11–9	65

February: 7–4–2, 16 Points (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 2–2–2)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record	Points
49	1	@ Chicago Black Hawks	1–3	28–12–9	65
50	2	Colorado Rockies	3–0	29–12–9	67
51	4	@ Cleveland Barons	2–2	29–12–10	68
52	6	St. Louis Blues	2–0	30–12–10	70
53	9	Vancouver Canucks	5–2	31–12–10	72
54	12	Washington Capitals	4–1	32–12–10	74
55	16	Minnesota North Stars	2–4	32–13–10	74
56	18	Detroit Red Wings	4–2	33–13–10	76
57	19	New York Islanders	1–4	33–14–10	76
58	23	@ Buffalo Sabres	0–4	33–15–10	76
59	25	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	3–1	34–15–10	78
60	26	@ Washington Capitals	6–1	35–15–10	80
61	28	@ Boston Bruins	4–4	35–15–11	81

March: 8–4–2, 18 Points (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 2–4–1)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record	Points
62	1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	2–3	35–16–11	81
63	4	@ Montreal Canadiens	1–7	35–17–11	81
64	5	St. Louis Blues	7–1	36–17–11	83
65	7	Atlanta Flames	5–3	37–17–11	85
66	11	Boston Bruins	6–2	38–17–11	87
67	12	Colorado Rockies	6–2	39–17–11	89
68	15	@ New York Rangers	2–2	39–17–12	90
69	16	@ Buffalo Sabres	1–3	39–18–12	90
70	18	Buffalo Sabres	2–2	39–18–13	91
71	20	New York Islanders	4–2	40–18–13	93
72	23	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	41–18–13	95
73	25	@ Minnesota North Stars	4–3	42–18–13	97
74	28	@ Colorado Rockies	3–4	42–19–13	97
75	31	@ Vancouver Canucks	3–2	43–19–13	99

April: 2–1–2, 6 Points (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–0–2)

Game	April	Opponent	Score	Record	Points
76	1	@ Los Angeles Kings	4–2	44–19–13	101
77	4	@ New York Islanders	3–3	44–19–14	102
78	6	New York Rangers	3–0	45–19–14	104
79	8	@ Atlanta Flames	1–1	45–19–15	105
80	9	Minnesota North Stars	1–3	45–20–15	105

Legend:

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

Playoffs

1978 Stanley Cup playoffs

Preliminary Round vs. Colorado Rockies – Flyers win 2–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Series
1	April 11	Colorado Rockies	3–2 OT	Flyers lead 1–0
2	April 13	@ Colorado Rockies	3–1	Flyers win 2–0

Quarter-finals vs. Buffalo Sabres – Flyers win 4–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Series
1	April 17	Buffalo Sabres	2–4	Bruins lead 1–0
2	April 19	Buffalo Sabres	2–1 OT	Series tied 1–1
3	April 22	@ Buffalo Sabres	5–2	Flyers lead 2–1
4	April 23	@ Buffalo Sabres	4–2	Flyers lead 3–1
5	April 25	Buffalo Sabres	6–3	Flyers win 4–1

Semi-finals vs. Boston Bruins – Bruins win 4–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Series
1	May 2	@ Boston Bruins	2–3	Bruins lead 1–0
2	May 4	@ Boston Bruins	5–7	Bruins lead 2–0
3	May 7	Boston Bruins	3–1	Bruins lead 2–1
4	May 9	Boston Bruins	2–4	Bruins lead 3–1
5	May 11	@ Boston Bruins	3–6	Bruins win 4–1

Legend:

Win Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

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
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
16	Bobby Clarke	28	C	71	21	68	89	47	83	12	4	7	11	−5	8
7	Bill Barber	25	LW	80	41	31	72	31	34	12	6	3	9	−2	2
19	Rick MacLeish	28	LW	76	31	39	70	24	33	12	7	9	16	1	4
26	Orest Kindrachuk	27	C	73	17	45	62	35	128	12	5	5	10	3	13
2	Bob Dailey	24	D	76	21	36	57	45	62	12	1	5	6	−2	22
27	Reggie Leach	27	RW	72	24	28	52	20	24	12	2	2	4	−3	0
18	Ross Lonsberry	30	LW	78	18	30	48	41	45	12	2	2	4	−3	6
10	Mel Bridgman	22	C	76	16	32	48	26	203	12	1	7	8	0	36
11	Don Saleski	28	RW	70	27	18	45	34	44	11	2	0	2	2	19
3	Tom Bladon	25	D	79	11	24	35	32	57	12	0	2	2	−4	11
17	Paul Holmgren	22	RW	62	16	18	34	23	190	12	1	4	5	−7	26
9	Bob Kelly	27	LW	74	19	13	32	15	95	12	3	5	8	8	26
29	Barry Dean	22	LW	56	7	18	25	12	34	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Rick Lapointe	22	D	47	4	16	20	35	91	12	0	3	3	−3	19
20	Jimmy Watson	25	D	71	5	12	17	33	62	12	1	7	8	4	6
25	Kevin McCarthy	20	D	62	2	15	17	29	32	10	0	1	1	2	8
14	Joe Watson	34	D	65	5	9	14	23	22	1	0	0	0	−1	0
6	Andre Dupont	28	D	69	2	12	14	31	225	12	2	1	3	4	13
12	Gary Dornhoefer	34	RW	47	7	5	12	−3	62	4	0	0	0	0	7
8	Dave Hoyda	20	LW	41	1	3	4	−5	119	9	0	0	0	1	17
22	Harvey Bennett	25	C	2	1	0	1	1	7	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Blake Dunlop	24	C	3	0	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Bernie Parent	32	G	49	0	0	0	N/A	4	12	0	0	0	N/A	0
35	Wayne Stephenson	33	G	26	0	0	0	N/A	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Rick St. Croix	23	G	7	0	0	0	N/A	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Al Hill	22	LW	3	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Frank Bathe	23	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Jim Cunningham	21	LW	1	0	0	0	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Drew Callander	21	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

			Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Bernie Parent	32	49	48	29	6	13	1223	108	2.22	.912	7	2,918:34	12	12	7	5	306	33	2.75	.892	0	719:16
35	Wayne Stephenson	33	26	25	14	10	1	648	68	2.76	.895	3	1,480:03	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	—
30	Rick St. Croix	23	7	7	2	4	1	165	20	3.05	.879	0	393:53	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bill Barber	[4]
		Tom Bladon
		Bobby Clarke
		Bob Dailey
		Fred Shero (Coach)
		Wayne Stephenson
		Jim Watson
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Jim Watson	[5]
Team	Class Guy Award	Joe Watson	[5]

Records

NHL record
Tied for NHL record

Individual

Franchise player records set during the 1977–78 season
Record	Type	Total	Player	Date(s)	Opponent	Ref
Most goals scored	Game	4[lower-alpha 2]	Tom Bladon	12/11/1977	Cleveland Barons	[6]
Most points	Game	8	Tom Bladon	12/11/1977	Cleveland Barons	[6]
Most points by a defenseman	Game	8	Tom Bladon	12/11/1977	Cleveland Barons	[7]
Best plus-minus	Game	+10	Tom Bladon	12/11/1977	Cleveland Barons	[8]
Games with an assist	Streak	12[lower-alpha 3]	Bobby Clarke	2/1/1978 – 3/16/1978	—	[6]

Team

Franchise team records set during the 1977–78 season
Record	Type	Total	Date(s)	Opponent	Player(s)	Refs
Fastest overtime goal, playoffs	Game	0:23	4/11/1978	Colorado Rockies	Mel Bridgman	[9]

Milestones

Individual career milestones[10]
Milestone	Player	Date
500th game played	Bernie Parent	December 8, 1977

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 15, 1977, the day after the deciding game of the 1977 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 25, 1978, the day of the deciding game of the 1978 Stanley Cup Finals.[11]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 14, 1977	To Philadelphia Flyers 8th-round pick in 1977 9th-round pick in 1977 10th-round pick in 1977 11th-round pick in 1977	To Buffalo Sabres cash
June 17, 1977	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations[lower-alpha 4]	To Los Angeles Kings Steve Short	[12]
August 5, 1977	To Philadelphia Flyers Barry Dean	To Colorado Rockies Mark Suzor	[13]
October 28, 1977	To Philadelphia Flyers Blake Dunlop 3rd-round pick in 1978	To Minnesota North Stars Harvey Bennett	[14]
November 1, 1977	To Philadelphia Flyers Terry Murray	To Detroit Red Wings cash	[15]

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Ref
August 17, 1977	Brian Burke	Providence College (HE)	[16]
September 1977	Jim Cunningham	Michigan State University (CCHA)	[17]
September 1977	Guy Delparte	Oklahoma City Blazers (CHL)	[18]
September 7, 1977	Wayne Schaab	VEU Feldkirch (Austria)
September 15, 1977	Larry Romanchych	Atlanta Flames	[19]
September 28, 1977	Bernie Johnston	Syracuse Blazers (NAHL)	[20]
October 7, 1977	Frank Bathe	Port Huron Flags (IHL)	[21]
October 23, 1977	Mike Busniuk	Nova Scotia Voyageurs (AHL)	[22]
October 27, 1977	Grant Cole	Springfield Indians (AHL)
November 6, 1977	Rudolf Tajcnar	HC Slovan Bratislava (TCH)	[23]

Internal

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to contracts.

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 30, 1977	Kevin McCarthy (DP)	3-year	[24]
August 2, 1977	Tom Gorence (DP)		[25]
August 2, 1977	Dave Hoyda (DP)		[25]

Waivers

The Flyers were not involved in any waivers transactions. The 1977 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 10, 1977.[26] The Flyers protected the following players: goaltenders Bernie Parent and Wayne Stephenson, and skaters Bill Barber, Tom Bladon, Mel Bridgman, Bobby Clarke, Bob Dailey, Barry Dean, Gary Dornhoefer, Paul Holmgren, Bob Kelly, Orest Kindrachuk, Rick Lapointe, Reggie Leach, Ross Lonsberry, Rick MacLeish, Don Saleski, Jimmy Watson, and Joe Watson.[26]

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Ref
September 14, 1977	Gary Inness	Indianapolis Racers (WHA)	Free agency	[27]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1977 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the NHL's office in Montreal, Quebec, on June 14, 1977.[28]

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

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL[30][31] and the Philadelphia Firebirds of the NAHL.[32]

Notes

The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
Tied fifteen times by eight different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records.
Clarke tied his mark set during the 1975–76 season.
The Kings sent Paul Evans to the Flyers on November 3, 1977, to complete trade.[12]
The Flyers traded Dave Schultz to the Los Angeles Kings for the Kings' fourth-round pick, 67th overall, and the Kings' 1978 second-round pick on September 29, 1976.[29]
The Flyers traded Bobby Taylor and Ed Van Impe to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Gary Inness and future considerations (the Penguins' eighth through twelfth-round picks) on March 9, 1976.[29]
The Flyers traded cash to the Buffalo Sabres for the Sabres' eighth through eleventh-round picks on June 14, 1977.[29]

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[1] The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.

[7] Tied fifteen times by eight different players. See List of Philadelphia Flyers records.

[11] Clarke tied his mark set during the 1975–76 season.

[16] The Kings sent Paul Evans to the Flyers on November 3, 1977, to complete trade.[12]

[34] The Flyers traded Dave Schultz to the Los Angeles Kings for the Kings' fourth-round pick, 67th overall, and the Kings' 1978 second-round pick on September 29, 1976.[29]

[fn1-35] The Flyers traded Bobby Taylor and Ed Van Impe to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Gary Inness and future considerations (the Penguins' eighth through twelfth-round picks) on March 9, 1976.[29]

[fn2-36] The Flyers traded cash to the Buffalo Sabres for the Sabres' eighth through eleventh-round picks on June 14, 1977.[29]

[2] "All Time Team Attendance". P. Anson. Flyers History. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

[3] Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.27, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9

[nhl-gd-standings-4] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.

[5] "31st NHL All-Star Game". NHL.com. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

[teamawards-6] "Flyers History – Team Awards". P.Anson. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

[p263-8] 2016–2017 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 263

[9] National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2017, p. 168

[10] "Flyers History - NHL Records Held/Shared By Flyers". P.Anson. Retrieved October 4, 2015.

[12] 2016–2017 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 351

[13] "Flyers History – All-Time Milestone Award Winners". P.Anson. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

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