1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers
Division3rd West
1970–71 record28–33–17
Home record20–10–9
Road record8–23–8
Goals for207 (12th)
Goals against225 (8th)
Team information
PresidentJoe Scott
General managerKeith Allen
CoachVic Stasiuk
CaptainEd Van Impe
Alternate captainsJean-Guy Gendron
Bill Sutherland
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance14,131[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Quebec Aces
Flint Generals
Jersey Devils
Team leaders
GoalsBobby Clarke (27)
AssistsBobby Clarke (36)
PointsBobby Clarke (63)
Penalty minutesGary Dornhoefer (93)
Plus/minusWayne Hillman (+12)
WinsDoug Favell (16)
Goals against averageDoug 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[]

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

Season standings[]

West Division[2]
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)
Game October Opponent Score Record Points
1 10 Minnesota North Stars 2–1 1–0–0 2
2 11 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 1–1–0 2
3 15 Vancouver Canucks 5–4 2–1–0 4
4 17 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 0–0 2–1–1 5
5 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 3–1–1 7
6 22 Buffalo Sabres 4–2 4–1–1 9
7 24 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–3 4–2–1 9
8 25 @ Boston Bruins 3–4 4–3–1 9
9 29 Los Angeles Kings 3–1 5–3–1 11
November: 5–6–1, 11 Points (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 1–3–0)
Game November Opponent Score Record Points
10 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 6–3–1 13
11 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–3 6–4–1 13
12 7 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 6–4–2 14
13 8 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–1 7–4–2 16
14 11 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–7 7–5–2 16
15 15 St. Louis Blues 1–2 7–6–2 16
16 19 California Golden Seals 6–2 8–6–2 18
17 21 Boston Bruins 2–5 8–7–2 18
18 22 Detroit Red Wings 2–4 8–8–2 18
19 25 New York Rangers 3–1 9–8–2 20
20 28 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 9–9–2 20
21 29 Vancouver Canucks 4–2 10–9–2 22
December: 2–8–3, 7 Points (Home: 0–2–1; Road: 0–6–2)
Game December Opponent Score Record Points
22 1 @ Vancouver Canucks 4–5 10–10–2 22
23 4 @ California Golden Seals 4–0 11–10–2 24
24 5 @ Los Angeles Kings 4–4 11–10–3 25
25 9 @ St. Louis Blues 5–2 12–10–3 27
26 10 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–3 12–11–3 27
27 12 Boston Bruins 0–1 12–12–3 27
28 13 St. Louis Blues 2–2 12–12–4 28
29 15 @ Vancouver Canucks 2–3 12–13–4 28
30 18 @ California Golden Seals 0–1 12–14–4 28
31 19 @ Los Angeles Kings 2–2 12–14–5 29
32 26 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–9 12–15–5 29
33 27 Montreal Canadiens 2–4 12–16–5 29
34 30 @ St. Louis Blues 2–5 12–17–5 29
January: 7–5–4, 18 Points (Home: 5–3–2; Road: 2–2–2)
Game January Opponent Score Record Points
35 2 Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 12–18–5 29
36 3 Boston Bruins 1–5 12–19–5 29
37 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 13–19–5 31
38 7 Los Angeles Kings 5–5 13–19–6 32
39 9 California Golden Seals 5–3 14–19–6 34
40 10 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 15–19–6 36
41 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 16–19–6 38
42 16 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 17–19–6 40
43 17 Los Angeles Kings 1–4 17–20–6 40
44 20 @ New York Rangers 3–3 17–20–7 41
45 21 Montreal Canadiens 5–5 17–20–8 42
46 23 @ Minnesota North Stars 2–2 17–20–9 43
47 24 @ Buffalo Sabres 4–6 17–21–9 43
48 28 @ Boston Bruins 2–6 17–22–9 43
49 30 New York Rangers 5–2 18–22–9 45
50 31 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 19–22–9 47
February: 5–6–1, 11 Points (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–5–1)
Game February Opponent Score Record Points
51 4 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 20–22–9 49
52 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–4 20–23–9 49
53 7 St. Louis Blues 2–6 20–24–9 49
54 10 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–5 20–25–9 49
55 13 @ Minnesota North Stars 2–2 20–25–10 50
56 14 @ Buffalo Sabres 2–3 20–26–10 50
57 17 @ Los Angeles Kings 4–0 21–26–10 52
58 19 @ Vancouver Canucks 3–2 22–26–10 54
59 20 @ California Golden Seals 3–5 22–27–10 54
60 24 @ New York Rangers 2–4 22–28–10 54
61 25 Buffalo Sabres 3–2 23–28–10 56
62 27 Vancouver Canucks 8–1 24–28–10 58
March: 3–5–5, 11 Points (Home: 2–0–4; Road: 1–5–1)
Game March Opponent Score Record Points
63 4 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 24–28–11 59
64 6 California Golden Seals 4–4 24–28–12 60
65 7 @ Minnesota North Stars 1–3 24–29–12 60
66 10 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–2 24–29–13 61
67 12 @ New York Rangers 2–7 24–30–13 61
68 13 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 25–30–13 63
69 18 New York Rangers 2–1 26–30–13 65
70 20 @ Boston Bruins 3–5 26–31–13 65
71 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 26–31–14 66
72 24 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–5 26–32–14 66
73 25 Minnesota North Stars 2–2 26–32–15 67
74 27 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 26–33–15 67
75 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 27–33–15 69
April: 1–0–2, 4 Points (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–0–1)
Game April Opponent Score Record Points
76 1 @ St. Louis Blues 1–1 27–33–16 70
77 3 Minnesota North Stars 3–2 28–33–16 72
78 4 Buffalo Sabres 3–3 28–33–17 73
Legend:

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

Playoffs[]

1971 Stanley Cup playoffs
Quarter-finals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Black Hawks win 4–0
Game Date Opponent Score Series
1 April 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–5 Black Hawks lead 1–0
2 April 8 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–6 Black Hawks lead 2–0
3 April 10 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 Black Hawks lead 3–0
4 April 11 Chicago Black Hawks 2–6 Black Hawks win 4–0
Legend:

  Win   Loss

Player statistics[]

Scoring[]

  • 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 −3 2
21 Serge Bernier 23 RW 77 23 28 51 −7 77 4 1 1 2 −4 0
20 Jim Johnson 28 C 66 16 29 45 −10 16 4 0 2 2 −2 0
7 Andre Lacroix 25 C 78 20 22 42 −9 12 4 0 2 2 −1 0
12 Gary Dornhoefer 27 RW 57 20 20 40 3 93 2 0 0 0 −1 4
11 Jean-Guy Gendron 36 LW 76 20 16 36 −9 46 4 0 1 1 −3 0
18 Bill Lesuk 24 LW 78 17 19 36 −5 81 4 1 0 1 −3 8
9 Bob Kelly 20 LW 76 14 18 32 7 70 4 1 0 1 0 2
17 Simon Nolet 29 RW 74 9 19 28 −1 42 4 2 1 3 −4 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 2
15 Garry Peters 28 C 73 6 7 13 −14 69 4 1 1 2 −1 15
8 Lew Morrison 22 RW 78 5 7 12 −12 25 4 0 0 0 −2 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 −4 2
5 Brent Hughes 27 D 30 1 10 11 −6 21 4 0 0 0 −3 6
2 Ed Van Impe 30 D 77 0 11 11 −13 80 4 0 1 1 −4 8
14 Joe Watson 27 D 57 3 7 10 9 50 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Rick MacLeishdagger 21 LW 26 2 4 6 −4 19 4 1 0 1 −2 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 N/A 0
30 Bruce Gambledagger 32 G 11 0 0 0 N/A 0 2 0 0 0 N/A 0
25 Jim Mair 24 D 2 0 0 0 −1 0 3 1 2 3 −2 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 2

Goaltending[]

  • 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 GS W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP GS W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
1 Doug Favell 25 44 41 16 15 9 1275 108 2.67 .915 2 2,427:55 2 2 0 2 60 8 4.02 .867 0 119:23
30 Bernie Parentdouble-dagger 25 30 26 9 12 6 825 73 2.77 .912 2 1,580:59 – – – – – – – – – —
30 Bruce Gambledagger 32 11 11 3 6 2 373 37 3.37 .901 0 658:18 2 2 0 2 67 12 6.00 .821 0 119:54

Awards and records[]

Awards[]

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League (in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Bobby Clarke [3]

Records[]

Team[]

Franchise team records set during the 1970–71 season
Record Type Total Refs
Fewest wins, playoffs Season 0[a] [4]

Milestones[]

Franchise firsts[5]
Milestone Player Date Ref
Natural hat-trick Gary Dornhoefer March 6, 1971[b] [6]

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.[7]

Trades[]

Date Details Ref
May 20, 1970 To Philadelphia Flyers
Brent Hughes 		To Los Angeles Kings
Mike Byers 		[8]
May 29, 1970 To Philadelphia Flyers
Barry Ashbee 		To Hershey Bears (AHL)
Larry McKillop
player to be named later[c] 		[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]

Signings[]

Free agency[]

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

Date Player Previous team (league) Term Ref
June 1970 Hugh Harvey Kingston Aces (OHA) [14]

Internal[]

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

Date Player Term Ref
August 13, 1970 Bill Lesuk [15]
September 7, 1970 Earl Heiskala [16]
September 7, 1970 Jim Johnson [16]
September 7, 1970 Lew Morrison [16]
September 9, 1970 Larry Hale [17]
September 9, 1970 Joe Watson [17]
October 5, 1970 Doug Favell [18]
October 5, 1970 Larry Hillman [18]
October 5, 1970 Wayne Hillman [18]

Drafts[]

Intra-League[]

The 1970 NHL Intra-League Draft was held on June 9, 1970.[19][20] It cost $30,000 to make a claim.[21]

Date Player Team Ref
June 9, 1970 Bill Lesuk[d] from Boston Bruins [21]
June 9, 1970 Dick Cherry[e] to Boston Bruins [21]

Expansion[]

The 1970 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 10, 1970.[22][23] It featured two expansion teams, the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks, selecting players from the 12 existing NHL teams.[22] Each NHL team placed 15 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the two expansion teams could not select.[22]

Philadelphia Flyers protection lists at the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft
Status Players
Protected[22] Barry Ashbee, Serge Bernier, Gary Dornhoefer, Doug Favell (G), Jean-Guy Gendron, Larry Hale, Earl Heiskala, Larry Hillman, Wayne Hillman, Brent Hughes (added after Fleming selection), Jim Johnson, Andre Lacroix, Bill Lesuk, Lew Morrison, Simon Nolet, Bernie Parent (G), Garry Peters (added after Paiement selection), Ed Van Impe, Joe Watson
Selections[24] Vancouver Canucks selected Rosaire Paiement 10th overall
Buffalo Sabres selected Reg Fleming 15th overall
Buffalo Sabres selected Gerry Meehan 29th overall
Vancouver Canucks selected Dunc Wilson 37th overall

Reverse[]

The 1970 NHL Reverse Draft was held on June 11, 1970.[25] The Reverse Draft featured American Hockey League (AHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) teams selecting unprotected players from NHL teams.

Date Player Team Ref
June 11, 1970 Alain Caron from Montreal Canadiens[f] [26]
June 11, 1970 Hugh Harvey to Hershey Bears (AHL) [27]

Waivers[]

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date Player Team Ref
October 19, 1970 Bill Sutherland to Buffalo Sabres [28]
December 28, 1970 Cliff Schmautz from Buffalo Sabres [29]

Draft picks[]

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers 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.[30] The Flyers were without a first-round draft pick due to having traded it three years previously to the Boston Bruins for Rosaire Paiement.[31] 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)
2 18 Bill Clement Center  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA)
3 32 Bob Kelly Left Wing  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA)
4 46 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[]

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL,[32][33] the Flint Generals of the IHL,[34] and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.[34]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Tied total from the 1968–69 season and subsequently tied during the 1982–83 and 1983–84 seasons.
  2. ^ Dornhoefer scored even-strength goals at 10:07 of the second period and 0:26 and 1:11 of the third period against Golden Seals goalie Chris Worthy.
  3. ^ The player to be named later was Darryl Edestrand.[9]
  4. ^ The Flyers removed Dick Cherry from their protected list after selecting Lesuk.
  5. ^ The Bruins claimed Cherry in lieu of cash.
  6. ^ Claimed by the San Diego Gulls.

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