1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers
Division2nd Patrick
Conference2nd Campbell
1978–79 record40–25–15
Home record26–10–4
Road record14–15–11
Goals for281 (8th)
Goals against248 (3rd)
Team information
PresidentJoe Scott
General managerKeith Allen
CoachBob McCammon (fired)[a]
Pat Quinn[a]
CaptainBobby Clarke
Alternate captainsNone[b]
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance17,077[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)Maine Mariners
Milwaukee Admirals
Jersey Aces
Team leaders
GoalsBill Barber (34)
Reggie Leach (34)
AssistsBobby Clarke (57)
PointsBill Barber (87)
Penalty minutesBehn Wilson (197)
Plus/minusBlake Dunlop (+27)
WinsWayne Stephenson (20)
Goals against averageRobbie Moore (1.77)

The 1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 12th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Off-season[]

Head coach Fred Shero, who had one more year left on his contract, submitted a letter of resignation on May 22, 1978,[3] stating that the Flyers needed a change whether they realized it or not. Flyers management had previously heard rumors about Shero wanting to leave Philadelphia and re-join the New York Rangers organization, and refused to accept his letter of resignation.[4] Shero then signed a $250,000, five-year contract with the Rangers to be their new head coach and general manager, believing he no longer had a contractual agreement to the Flyers.[5] A few weeks after signing Shero, the Rangers gave the Flyers their first-round pick (7th overall) in the 1978 draft and cash as compensation, allowing the Rangers to avoid tampering charges.[4] Bob McCammon, who had just coached the Flyers' first year American Hockey League Maine Mariners farm club to a Calder Cup title, was named Shero's replacement on July 6.[6]

The Flyers acquired the 6th overall pick from the Pittsburgh Penguins for three veterans from their Stanley Cup championship teams – Tom Bladon, Orest Kindrachuk and Ross Lonsberry – on the eve of the draft. The trade gave the Flyers three first-round picks and they selected defenseman Behn Wilson and forwards Ken Linseman and Dan Lucas.

Two other longtime Flyers also left the team during the off-season. Gary Dornhoefer retired and Joe Watson was traded to the Colorado Rockies.

Regular season[]

After an eight-game winless streak in January that saw the team drop to last place in the division, McCammon and assistant coach Terry Crisp were fired.[1] Replacing him was Shero's previous assistant coach Pat Quinn, who had replaced McCammon as head coach in Maine.[1] While McCammon returned to Maine and coached the Mariners to a second consecutive Calder Cup title, the Flyers rallied under Quinn and finished in 2nd place.

On February 17, 1979, Bernie Parent suffered a career-ending eye injury in a game against the New York Rangers.[7] An errant stick entered the right eye hole of his mask, causing permanent damage to his vision.[7] After hospitalization, including the complete loss of sight for two weeks, Parent recovered and eventually regained sight, although not at the level required to resume his playing career.[7]

Season standings[]

Patrick Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
New York Islanders 80 51 15 14 358 214 116
Philadelphia Flyers 80 40 25 15 281 248 95
New York Rangers 80 40 29 11 316 292 91
Atlanta Flames 80 41 31 8 327 280 90

Playoffs[]

Matched-up against the Vancouver Canucks in the preliminary round, the Flyers won the series in three games. The Flyers' season came to an end against Shero's Rangers in a five-game quarterfinal loss.

Schedule and results[]

Regular season[]

1978–79 regular season
October: 3–4–2, 8 Points (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 1–1–2)
Game October Opponent Score Record Points
1 12 @ New York Rangers 3–3 0–0–1 1
2 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 1–0–1 3
3 15 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 1–1–1 3
4 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 2–1–1 5
5 21 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 0–2 2–2–1 5
6 22 Atlanta Flames 2–5 2–3–1 5
7 24 @ New York Islanders 4–4 2–3–2 6
8 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–0 3–3–2 8
9 29 Vancouver Canucks 2–5 3–4–2 8
November: 9–4–2, 20 Points (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 5–3–1)
Game November Opponent Score Record Points
10 1 @ Atlanta Flames 0–3 3–5–2 8
11 2 Buffalo Sabres 3–3 3–5–3 9
12 4 @ Boston Bruins 7–3 4–5–3 11
13 5 Colorado Rockies 6–4 5–5–3 13
14 8 @ Los Angeles Kings 5–3 6–5–3 15
15 10 @ Colorado Rockies 2–2 6–5–4 16
16 12 @ Vancouver Canucks 4–0 7–5–4 18
17 16 Chicago Black Hawks 3–4 7–6–4 18
18 18 @ New York Islanders 2–8 7–7–4 18
19 19 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 8–7–4 20
20 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–2 9–7–4 22
21 24 Minnesota North Stars 4–3 10–7–4 24
22 25 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 11–7–4 26
23 28 @ Montreal Canadiens 0–3 11–8–4 26
24 30 St. Louis Blues 3–0 12–8–4 28
December: 7–5–2, 16 Points (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 1–4–2)
Game December Opponent Score Record Points
25 2 @ Boston Bruins 3–5 12–9–4 28
26 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 13–9–4 30
27 7 New York Rangers 2–5 13–10–4 30
28 9 Boston Bruins 9–2 14–10–4 32
29 10 @ New York Rangers 4–0 15–10–4 34
30 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 16–10–4 36
31 16 @ Atlanta Flames 2–7 16–11–4 36
32 17 St. Louis Blues 4–1 17–11–4 38
33 19 @ Washington Capitals 4–4 17–11–5 39
34 21 Washington Capitals 5–2 18–11–5 41
35 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–5 18–12–5 41
36 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 18–12–6 42
37 28 New York Rangers 6–5 19–12–6 44
38 30 @ St. Louis Blues 3–6 19–13–6 44
January: 3–4–5, 11 Points (Home: 2–1–3; Road: 1–3–2)
Game January Opponent Score Record Points
39 4 New York Islanders 3–2 20–13–6 46
40 6 @ New York Islanders 1–5 20–14–6 46
41 7 Los Angeles Kings 3–0 21–14–6 48
42 9 @ Washington Capitals 5–2 22–14–6 50
43 11 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 22–14–7 51
44 14 New York Islanders 1–1 22–14–8 52
45 16 @ Atlanta Flames 0–5 22–15–8 52
46 18 Buffalo Sabres 4–4 22–15–9 53
47 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–5 22–15–10 54
48 21 @ New York Rangers 5–5 22–15–11 55
49 27 @ Minnesota North Stars 1–3 22–16–11 55
50 29 Montreal Canadiens 3–7 22–17–11 55
February: 5–2–2, 12 Points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 2–0–2)
Game February Opponent Score Record Points
51 1 New York Islanders 1–4 22–18–11 55
52 4 Atlanta Flames 7–4 23–18–11 57
53 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 23–18–12 58
54 15 Boston Bruins 5–3 24–18–12 60
55 17 New York Rangers 2–4 24–19–12 60
56 18 Minnesota North Stars 3–2 25–19–12 62
57 20 @ Vancouver Canucks 3–3 25–19–13 63
58 23 @ Colorado Rockies 5–3 26–19–13 65
59 24 @ Los Angeles Kings 4–3 27–19–13 67
March: 11–4–2, 24 Points (Home: 7–1–0; Road: 4–3–2)
Game March Opponent Score Record Points
60 1 @ Boston Bruins 4–4 27–19–14 68
61 3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 27–20–14 68
62 4 @ Buffalo Sabres 6–1 28–20–14 70
63 6 Colorado Rockies 5–0 29–20–14 72
64 8 Chicago Black Hawks 1–5 29–21–14 72
65 10 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 29–22–14 72
66 11 Los Angeles Kings 6–3 30–22–14 74
67 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 31–22–14 76
68 15 Atlanta Flames 5–4 32–22–14 78
69 17 Buffalo Sabres 5–3 33–22–14 80
70 18 St. Louis Blues 5–3 34–22–14 82
71 21 @ Minnesota North Stars 3–7 34–23–14 82
72 23 @ Atlanta Flames 4–1 35–23–14 84
73 25 Washington Capitals 7–4 36–23–14 86
74 27 @ New York Rangers 4–4 36–23–15 87
75 29 Vancouver Canucks 5–0 37–23–15 89
76 31 @ St. Louis Blues 4–2 38–23–15 91
April: 2–2–0, 4 Points (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–1–0)
Game April Opponent Score Record Points
77 1 New York Rangers 7–3 39–23–15 93
78 5 New York Islanders 1–3 39–24–15 93
79 7 @ New York Islanders 2–9 39–25–15 93
80 8 Atlanta Flames 4–2 40–25–15 95
Legend:

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

Playoffs[]

1979 Stanley Cup playoffs
Preliminary Round vs. Vancouver Canucks – Flyers win 2–1
Game Date Opponent Score Series
1 April 10 Vancouver Canucks 2–3 Canucks lead 1–0
2 April 12 @ Vancouver Canucks 6–4 Series tied 1–1
3 April 14 Vancouver Canucks 7–2 Flyers win 2–1
Quarter-finals vs. New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–1
Game Date Opponent Score Series
1 April 16 New York Rangers 3–2 OT Flyers lead 1–0
2 April 18 New York Rangers 1–7 Series tied 1–1
3 April 20 @ New York Rangers 1–5 Rangers lead 2–1
4 April 22 @ New York Rangers 0–6 Rangers lead 3–1
5 April 24 New York Rangers 3–8 Rangers win 4–1
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
7 Bill Barber 26 LW 79 34 46 80 19 22 8 3 4 7 −1 10
16 Bobby Clarke 29 C 80 16 57 73 12 68 8 2 4 6 −8 8
10 Mel Bridgman 23 C 76 24 35 59 14 184 8 1 2 3 −7 17
19 Rick MacLeish 29 LW 71 26 32 58 4 47 7 0 1 1 −5 0
27 Reggie Leach 28 RW 76 34 20 54 −3 20 8 5 1 6 −9 0
3 Behn Wilson 20 D 80 13 36 49 13 197 5 1 0 1 −6 8
32 Blake Dunlop 25 C 66 20 28 48 27 16 8 1 1 2 −5 4
2 Bob Dailey 25 D 70 9 30 39 21 63 8 1 2 3 0 14
9 Bob Kelly 28 LW 77 7 31 38 15 132 8 1 1 2 −5 10
17 Paul Holmgren 23 RW 57 19 10 29 2 168 8 1 5 6 6 22
26 Ken Linseman 20 C 30 5 20 25 16 23 8 2 6 8 1 22
20 Jimmy Watson 26 D 77 9 13 22 11 52 8 0 2 2 −5 2
5 Rick Lapointe 23 D 77 3 18 21 15 53 7 0 1 1 −4 14
22 Tom Gorence 21 RW 42 13 6 19 16 10 7 3 1 4 −5 0
29 Barry Dean 23 LW 30 4 13 17 −1 20 — — — — — —
11 Don Saleskidouble-dagger 29 RW 35 11 5 16 3 14 — — — — — —
28, 43 Dennis Ververgaertdagger 25 RW 37 9 7 16 −4 6 3 0 2 2 −1 2
15, 37 Al Hill 23 LW 31 5 11 16 5 28 7 1 0 1 −2 2
8 Dave Hoyda 21 LW 67 3 13 16 2 138 3 0 0 0 0 0
6 Andre Dupont 29 D 77 3 9 12 21 135 8 0 0 0 −6 17
23 Paul Evans 24 C 44 6 5 11 −3 12 — — — — — —
18 Yves Preston 22 LW 9 3 1 4 −2 0 — — — — — —
31, 38 Frank Bathe 24 D 21 1 3 4 9 76 6 1 0 1 4 12
28 Drew Callanderdouble-dagger 22 C 15 2 1 3 −1 5 — — — — — —
25 Kevin McCarthydouble-dagger 21 D 22 1 2 3 2 21 — — — — — —
1 Bernie Parent 33 G 36 0 2 2 N/A 8 — — — — — —
15 Danny Lucas 20 LW 6 1 0 1 −2 0 — — — — — —
35 Wayne Stephenson 34 G 40 0 1 1 N/A 2 4 0 0 0 N/A 5
39 Robbie Mooredagger 24 G 5 0 1 1 N/A 0 5 0 1 1 N/A 2
24 Terry Murray 28 D 5 0 0 0 0 5 — — — — — —
33 Pete Peeters 21 G 5 0 0 0 N/A 6 — — — — — —
30 Rick St. Croix 24 G 2 0 0 0 N/A 0 — — — — — —
44 Glen Cochrane 21 D 1 0 0 0 −2 0 — — — — — —
25 Norm Barnes 25 D — — — — — — 2 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltending[]

  • dagger = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) 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
35 Wayne Stephenson 34 40 36 20 10 5 946 122 3.36 .871 2 2,181:40 4 3 0 3 90 16 4.63 .822 0 207:33
1 Bernie Parent 33 36 36 16 12 7 834 89 2.71 .893 4 1,970:45 – – – – – – – – – —
33 Pete Peeters 21 5 4 1 2 1 109 16 3.47 .853 0 276:41 – – – – – – – – – —
39 Robbie Mooredagger 24 5 3 3 0 1 96 7 1.77 .927 2 237:18 5 5 3 2 123 18 4.06 .854 0 266:12
30 Rick St. Croix 24 2 1 0 1 1 53 6 3.08 .887 0 117:00 – – – – – – – – – —

Awards and records[]

Awards[]

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League (annual) NHL Second All-Star Team Bill Barber (Left Wing) [8]
League (in-season) Challenge Cup selection Bill Barber [9]
Bobby Clarke
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Bob Dailey [10]
Class Guy Award Bernie Parent [10]

Records[]

Individual[]

Franchise player records set during the 1978–79 season
Record Type Total Player Date(s) Opponent Ref
Penalties in minutes Game 55 Frank Bathe 3/11/1979 Los Angeles Kings [11]
Points by a rookie defenseman Season 49 Behn Wilson — — [12]

Team[]

Franchise team records set during the 1978–79 season
Record Type Total Date(s) Opponent Player(s) Refs
Fastest three goals Game 0:35 3/1/1979 Boston Bruins Behn Wilson [13]
Blake Dunlop
Al Hill
Goals against Period 6[c] 4/24/1979 New York Rangers — [14]

Transactions[]

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 26, 1978, the day after the deciding game of the 1978 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 21, 1979, the day of the deciding game of the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals.[15]

Trades[]

Date Details Ref
June 2, 1978[d] To Philadelphia Flyers
1st-round pick in 1978
cash 		To New York Rangers
Fred Shero 		[16]
June 14, 1978 To Philadelphia Flyers
1st-round pick in 1978
future considerations[e] 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Tom Bladon
Orest Kindrachuk
Ross Lonsberry 		[17]
June 15, 1978 To Philadelphia Flyers
2nd-round pick in 1979 		To Colorado Rockies
2nd-round pick in 1978
June 15, 1978 To Philadelphia Flyers
10th-round pick in 1978
11th-round pick in 1978 		To Buffalo Sabres
cash
June 15, 1978 To Philadelphia Flyers
12th-round pick in 1978 		To Chicago Black Hawks
cash
August 31, 1978 To Philadelphia Flyers
cash 		To Colorado Rockies
Joe Watson 		[18]
December 29, 1978 To Philadelphia Flyers
Dennis Ververgaert 		To Vancouver Canucks
Drew Callander
Kevin McCarthy 		[19]
March 3, 1979 To Philadelphia Flyers
future considerations 		To Colorado Rockies
Don Saleski 		[20]

Signings[]

Free agency[]

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

Date Player Previous team (league) Term Ref
September 1978 M. F. Schurman Spokane Flyers (WIHL) [21]
October 9, 1978 Yves Preston Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) [22]
November 7, 1978 Robbie Moore University of Western Ontario (OUAA) [23]
November 20, 1978 Reid Bailey Port Huron Flags (IHL) [24]

Waivers[]

The Flyers were not involved in any waivers transactions. The 1978 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 9, 1978.[25] The Flyers protected the following players: goaltenders Bernie Parent and Wayne Stephenson, defensemen Bob Dailey, Andre Dupont, Rick Lapointe, Kevin McCarthy, Terry Murray, and Jimmy Watson, and forwards Bill Barber, Mel Bridgman, Drew Callander, Bobby Clarke, Barry Dean, Blake Dunlop, Paul Holmgren, Dave Hoyda, Bob Kelly, Reggie Leach, Rick MacLeish, and Don Saleski.[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
N/A Gary Dornhoefer – Retirement [27]
July 19, 1978 Brian Burke – Retirement
July 22, 1978 Mike Korney St. Louis Blues Free agency [28]

Draft picks[]

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 15, 1978.[29]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 6 Behn Wilson Defense  Canada Kingston Canadians (OHA) [f]
1 7 Ken Linseman Forward  Canada Birmingham Bulls (WHA) [g]
1 14 Dan Lucas Wing  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
2 33 Mike Simurda Right Wing  Canada Kingston Canadians (OHA)
3 37 Gord Salt Right Wing  Canada Michigan Tech University (WCHA) [h]
3 50 Glen Cochrane Defense  Canada Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
4 67 Russ Wilderman Center  Canada Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
5 83 Brad Tamblyn Defense  Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
6 100 Mark Taylor Forward  Canada University of North Dakota (WCHA)
7 117 Mike Ewanouski Right Wing  United States Boston College (HE)
8 126 Jerry Price Goaltender  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL) [f]
8 134 Darre Switzer Left Wing  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
9 151 Greg Francis Defense  Canada St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
10 167 Rick Berard Defense  Canada Saint Mary's University (CIAU) [i]
10 168 Don Lucia Defense  United States University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
11 182 Mike Berge Forward  United States University of North Dakota (WCHA) [i]
11 183 Ken Moore Goaltender  United States Clarkson University (ECAC)
12 195 Jim Olson Right Wing  United States St. Paul Vulcans (USHL) [j]
12 198 Anton Stastny Forward  Slovakia Slovan ChZJD Bratislava (CFIHL) [k]

Farm teams[]

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL,[32][33] the Milwaukee Admirals of the IHL,[34] and the Jersey Aces of the NEHL.[34]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b McCammon was fired on January 30 and replaced by Quinn. Crisp was also fired.[1]
  2. ^ The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
  3. ^ Tied during 1988–89 season.
  4. ^ The Flyers received the draft pick and cash as compensation for the Rangers hiring Shero as general manager and head coach.[16]
  5. ^ The Flyers later received the Penguins' 1978 8th-round pick.
  6. ^ a b The Flyers acquired the 6th overall pick from the Pittsburgh Penguins along with future considerations (Penguins' eighth-round pick, 126th overall) for Tom Bladon, Ross Lonsberry and Orest Kindrachuk on June 14, 1978.[30]
  7. ^ The Flyers received the 7th overall pick from the New York Rangers in exchange for the right to hire head coach Fred Shero on June 2, 1978.[30]
  8. ^ The Flyers traded Harvey Bennett to the Minnesota North Stars for Blake Dunlop and the North Stars' third-round pick, 37th overall, on October 28, 1977.[30]
  9. ^ a b The Flyers traded cash to the Buffalo Sabres for the Sabres' tenth and eleventh-round picks on June 15, 1978.[30]
  10. ^ The Flyers traded cash to the Chicago Black Hawks for the Black Hawks' twelfth-round pick, 195th overall, on June 15, 1978.[30]
  11. ^ Draft pick was ruled invalid after it was determined Stastny was too young to be drafted.[31]

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  7. ^ a b c "Parent's eye injury forces his retirement". AP. Lakeland Ledger. June 1, 1979. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  8. ^ 2014–15 NHL Official Guide & Record Book, p. 230–32
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  11. ^ 2016–2017 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 264
  12. ^ 2016–2017 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 263
  13. ^ 2016–2017 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 262
  14. ^ 2016–2017 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 349
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