1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers
Division3rd Patrick
Conference6th Wales
1981–82 record38–31–11
Home record25–10–5
Road record13–21–6
Goals for325 (8th)
Goals against313 (9th)
Team information
PresidentRobert Butera
General managerKeith Allen
CoachPat Quinn (fired)[a]
Bob McCammon[a]
CaptainBill Barber
Alternate captainsNone[b]
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance17,044[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)Maine Mariners
Toledo Goaldiggers
Team leaders
GoalsBill Barber (45)
AssistsKen Linseman (68)
PointsKen Linseman (92)
Penalty minutesGlen Cochrane (329)
Plus/minusBobby Clarke (+28)
WinsPete Peeters (23)
Goals against averagePete Peeters (3.72)

The 1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the Patrick Division Semi-finals to the New York Rangers in four games.

Regular season[]

The Flyers were unable to reach a long-term contract with team captain Mel Bridgman for the second consecutive off-season.[3] Prior to opening night head coach Pat Quinn replaced Bridgman as captain with Bill Barber.[4] On November 11, Bridgman was traded to the Calgary Flames for defenseman Brad Marsh.[3]

Darryl Sittler was acquired in January from Toronto.

After winning only six games in a span of 29 games, head coach Pat Quinn and assistant coach Bob Boucher were fired on March 19.[1] Bobby Clarke was also relieved of his duties as an assistant coach.[1] Replacing Quinn was Bob McCammon, who had been coaching the Maine Mariners ever since being replaced as Flyers coach by Quinn in 1979.[1]

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

[5]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 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 since 1971, they failed to make it past the first round.

Schedule and results[]

Regular season[]

1981–82 regular season
October: 8–2–1, 17 Points (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 3–1–0)
Game October Opponent Score Record Points
1 9 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 0–0–1 1
2 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 8–2 1–0–1 3
3 14 @ Washington Capitals 5–4 2–0–1 5
4 15 Washington Capitals 5–2 3–0–1 7
5 18 Minnesota North Stars 3–2 4–0–1 9
6 22 Quebec Nordiques 3–2 5–0–1 11
7 24 @ St. Louis Blues 6–3 6–0–1 13
8 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 7–0–1 15
9 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–11 7–1–1 15
10 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 8–1–1 17
11 31 Vancouver Canucks 4–8 8–2–1 17
November: 4–8–0, 8 Points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 1–6–0)
Game November Opponent Score Record Points
12 1 @ Buffalo Sabres 2–6 8–3–1 17
13 5 New York Rangers 2–6 8–4–1 17
14 7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–7 8–5–1 17
15 12 Hartford Whalers 5–3 9–5–1 19
16 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 0–4 9–6–1 19
17 15 New York Islanders 5–4 10–6–1 21
18 18 @ New York Rangers 2–5 10–7–1 21
19 21 @ Washington Capitals 4–10 10–8–1 21
20 22 Washington Capitals 2–3 10–9–1 21
21 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 11–9–1 23
22 26 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 12–9–1 25
23 28 @ Minnesota North Stars 3–5 12–10–1 25
December: 10–3–0, 20 Points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–2–0)
Game December Opponent Score Record Points
24 1 Winnipeg Jets 2–1 13–10–1 27
25 3 Calgary Flames 6–1 14–10–1 29
26 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 15–10–1 31
27 6 St. Louis Blues 8–2 16–10–1 33
28 9 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 17–10–1 35
29 12 New York Rangers 3–5 17–11–1 35
30 16 @ New York Rangers 7–3 18–11–1 37
31 17 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 19–11–1 39
32 20 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 20–11–1 41
33 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 7–6 21–11–1 43
34 26 @ New York Islanders 2–4 21–12–1 43
35 28 @ Calgary Flames 7–4 22–12–1 45
36 30 @ Edmonton Oilers 5–7 22–13–1 45
January: 6–6–3, 15 Points (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 2–4–3)
Game January Opponent Score Record Points
37 2 @ St. Louis Blues 5–3 23–13–1 47
38 5 Los Angeles Kings 5–3 24–13–1 49
39 7 New York Islanders 4–5 24–14–1 49
40 9 @ New York Islanders 1–3 24–15–1 49
41 10 Colorado Rockies 5–4 25–15–1 51
42 14 Edmonton Oilers 8–2 26–15–1 53
43 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 27–15–1 55
44 17 Boston Bruins 7–3 28–15–1 57
45 19 @ Quebec Nordiques 2–2 28–15–2 58
46 21 Montreal Canadiens 2–4 28–16–2 58
47 23 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–5 28–16–3 59
48 26 @ Colorado Rockies 4–7 28–17–3 59
49 27 @ Los Angeles Kings 4–4 28–17–4 60
50 30 @ Vancouver Canucks 2–4 28–18–4 60
51 31 @ Edmonton Oilers 4–7 28–19–4 60
February: 4–6–2, 10 Points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 1–4–1)
Game February Opponent Score Record Points
52 4 Minnesota North Stars 3–3 28–19–5 61
53 6 @ Quebec Nordiques 3–4 28–20–5 61
54 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 29–20–5 63
55 11 Buffalo Sabres 6–4 30–20–5 65
56 13 @ New York Islanders 2–8 30–21–5 65
57 14 Los Angeles Kings 6–4 31–21–5 67
58 18 New York Islanders 4–7 31–22–5 67
59 20 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–6 31–23–5 67
60 21 Boston Bruins 0–1 31–24–5 67
61 24 @ Winnipeg Jets 2–6 31–25–5 67
62 27 @ Calgary Flames 9–8 32–25–5 69
63 28 @ Vancouver Canucks 3–3 32–25–6 70
March: 5–5–4, 14 Points (Home: 4–2–2; Road: 1–3–2)
Game March Opponent Score Record Points
64 2 Winnipeg Jets 6–7 32–26–6 70
65 4 New York Rangers 4–4 32–26–7 71
66 6 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–4 32–27–7 71
67 7 Washington Capitals 7–1 33–27–7 73
68 10 @ New York Rangers 5–5 33–27–8 74
69 11 Colorado Rockies 5–1 34–27–8 76
70 13 @ Washington Capitals 3–6 34–28–8 76
71 17 @ New York Rangers 2–5 34–29–8 76
72 18 Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 34–29–9 77
73 20 @ Hartford Whalers 5–2 35–29–9 79
74 21 Hartford Whalers 5–3 36–29–9 81
75 25 Washington Capitals 3–4 36–30–9 81
76 27 @ Washington Capitals 4–4 36–30–10 82
77 28 New York Rangers 3–1 37–30–10 84
April: 1–1–1, 3 Points (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–1–0)
Game April Opponent Score Record Points
78 1 New York Islanders 3–3 37–30–11 85
79 3 @ New York Islanders 3–6 37–31–11 85
80 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–1 38–31–11 87
Legend:

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

Playoffs[]

1982 Stanley Cup playoffs
Patrick Division Semi-finals vs. New York Rangers - Rangers win 3–1
Game Date Opponent Score Series
1 April 7 @ New York Rangers 4–1 Flyers lead 1–0
2 April 8 @ New York Rangers 3–7 Series tied 1–1
3 April 10 New York Rangers 3–4 Rangers lead 2–1
4 April 11 New York Rangers 5–7 Rangers win 3–1
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
14, 26 Ken Linseman 23 C 79 24 68 92 6 275 4 1 2 3 −1 6
14, 26 Brian Propp 22 LW 80 44 47 91 19 117 4 2 2 4 −1 4
7 Bill Barber 29 LW 80 45 44 89 4 85 4 1 5 6 1 4
11 Ron Flockhart 21 C 72 33 39 72 18 44 4 0 1 1 −2 2
16 Bobby Clarke 32 C 62 17 46 63 28 154 4 4 2 6 3 4
19 Ray Allison 22 RW 51 17 37 54 13 104 3 2 0 2 −1 2
12 Tim Kerr 22 RW 61 21 30 51 6 138 4 0 2 2 0 2
27 Reggie Leach 31 RW 66 26 21 47 2 18 — — — — — —
23 Ilkka Sinisalo 23 LW 66 15 22 37 18 22 4 0 2 2 0 0
3 Behn Wilson 23 D 59 13 23 36 6 135 4 1 4 5 1 10
9 Darryl Sittlerdagger 31 C 35 14 18 32 −1 50 4 3 1 4 −2 6
17 Paul Holmgren 26 RW 41 9 22 31 10 183 4 1 2 3 −1 6
24, 35 Bob Hoffmeyerdagger 26 D 57 7 20 27 13 142 2 0 1 1 0 25
8 Brad Marshdagger 23 D 66 2 22 24 17 106 4 0 0 0 −1 2
15 Al Hill 26 LW 41 6 13 19 −4 58 3 0 0 0 −2 0
25 Greg Adams 21 LW 33 4 15 19 7 105 — — — — — —
29, 35 Glen Cochrane 24 D 63 6 12 18 19 329 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Mark Botell 20 D 32 4 10 14 8 31 — — — — — —
22, 36 Tom Gorence 24 RW 66 5 8 13 −17 8 3 0 0 0 −2 0
10 Mel Bridgmandouble-dagger 26 C 9 7 5 12 0 47 — — — — — —
20 Jimmy Watson 29 D 76 3 9 12 12 99 4 0 1 1 −1 2
6 Fred Arthur 20 D 74 1 7 8 −8 47 4 0 0 0 −2 2
2 Bob Dailey 28 D 12 1 5 6 4 22 — — — — — —
5 Frank Bathe 27 D 28 1 3 4 11 68 4 0 0 0 1 2
33 Pete Peeters 24 G 44 0 1 1 N/A 19 4 0 0 0 N/A 0
30 Rick St. Croix 27 G 29 0 1 1 N/A 2 1 0 0 0 N/A 0
18 Lindsay Carson 21 C 18 0 1 1 −15 32 — — — — — —
24 Steve Smith 18 D 8 0 1 1 −2 0 — — — — — —
9, 35, 36 Reid Bailey 25 D 10 0 0 0 −5 23 2 0 0 0 −2 0
31 Pelle Lindbergh 22 G 8 0 0 0 N/A 0 — — — — — —
21 Gary Morrison 26 RW 7 0 0 0 −6 2 — — — — — —
35 Mark Taylor 24 C 2 0 0 0 −1 0 — — — — — —
8 Thomas Eriksson 22 D 1 0 0 0 −1 4 — — — — — —
35 Dave Michayluk 19 RW 1 0 0 0 −2 0 — — — — — —
35 Gord Williams 21 RW 1 0 0 0 0 2 — — — — — —

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
33 Pete Peeters 24 44 44 23 18 3 1242 160 3.72 .871 0 2,581:58 4 4 1 2 106 17 4.65 .840 0 219:17
30 Rick St. Croix 27 29 28 13 9 6 861 112 3.89 .870 0 1,725:37 1 0 0 1 8 1 3.11 .875 0 19:18
31 Pelle Lindbergh 22 8 8 2 4 2 290 35 4.39 .879 0 477:57 – – – – – – – – – —

Awards and records[]

Awards[]

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League (in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Bill Barber [6]
Brian Propp
NHL Player of the Week Pete Peeters (December 7) [7]
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Frank Bathe [8]
Class Guy Award Bobby Clarke [8]

Records[]

Individual[]

Franchise player records set during the 1981–82 season
Record Type Total Player Date(s) Opponent Ref
Fastest two goals by one player Game 0:08 Ron Flockhart 12/6/1981 St. Louis Blues [9]

Team[]

Franchise team records set during the 1981–82 season
Record Type Total Date(s) Opponent Player(s) Refs
Fastest four goals Game 1:22 10/11/1981 Pittsburgh Penguins Bobby Clarke [10]
Ilkka Sinisalo
Reggie Leach
Ken Linseman
Most powerplay goals allowed Season 102 — — —
Fewest shutouts Season 0[c] — — — [11]

Milestones[]

Individual career milestones[12]
Milestone Player Date Ref
400th goal Darryl Sittler March 18, 1982[d] [13]

Transactions[]

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 22, 1981, the day after the deciding game of the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 16, 1982, the day of the deciding game of the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals.[14]

Trades[]

Date Details Ref
July 3, 1981 To Philadelphia Flyers
Ray Allison
Fred Arthur[e]
1st-round pick in 1982
3rd-round pick in 1982 		To Hartford Whalers
Don Gillen
Rick MacLeish
Blake Wesley
1st-round pick in 1982
2nd-round pick in 1982
3rd-round pick in 1982 		[15]
November 11, 1981 To Philadelphia Flyers
Brad Marsh 		To Calgary Flames
Mel Bridgman 		[16]
January 20, 1982 To Philadelphia Flyers
Darryl Sittler 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rich Costello
Hartford's 2nd-round pick in 1982
future considerations[f] 		[17]

Signings[]

Free agency[]

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

Date Player Previous team (league) Term Ref
June 18, 1981 Bob Froese Saginaw Gears (IHL) [18]
October 9, 1981 Daryl Stanley Saskatoon Blades (WHL) [19]
November 22, 1981 Bob Hoffmeyer Maine Mariners (AHL) [20]

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 11, 1981 Brian Tutt (DP)
June 16, 1981 Dan Held (DP)
August 18, 1981 Tom Gorence multi-year [21]
August 21, 1981 Mel Bridgman multi-year [22]
September 29, 1981 Reggie Leach multi-year [23]

Waivers[]

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions. They were involved in one selection during the 1981 NHL Waiver Draft, which was held on October 5, 1981.[24][25] The Flyers protected the following players: goaltenders Pete Peeters and Rick St. Croix, defensemen Reid Bailey, Frank Bathe, Glen Cochrane, Bob Dailey, Jimmy Watson and Behn Wilson, and forwards Ray Allison, Bill Barber, Mel Bridgman, Bobby Clarke, Tom Gorence, Al Hill, Paul Holmgren, Tim Kerr, Reggie Leach, Ken Linseman, Gary Morrison, and Brian Propp.[26] The Flyers left the following players unprotected: defensemen Mike Busniuk and Terry Murray, and forward Paul Evans.[27]

Date Player Team Ref
October 5, 1981 Terry Murray to Washington Capitals[g] [25]

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
June 29, 1981 Robbie Moore Minnesota North Stars Free agency [28]
August 11, 1981 Dave Logan Toronto Maple Leafs Free agency [29]
N/A Yves Preston Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) Free agency [30]

Draft picks[]

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, on June 10, 1981.[31]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 16 Steve Smith Defense  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2 37 Rich Costello Forward  United States Natick High School (Mass.)
3 47 Barry Tabobondung Defense  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL) [h]
3 58 Ken Strong Forward  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4 65 Dave Michayluk Left Wing  Canada Regina Pats (WHL) [i]
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 Defense  Canada Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
7 137 Vladimir Svitek Forward  Slovakia HC Kosice (CZE) [j]
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)

Farm teams[]

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL[33][34] and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.[35]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Quinn was fired on March 19 and replaced by McCammon. Boucher was also fired and Clarke was relieved of his coaching duties.[1]
  2. ^ The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
  3. ^ Tied during 1988–89 and 2010–11 seasons.
  4. ^ Even-strength goal at 19:38 of the third period
  5. ^ The Flyers received Hartford's 1984 3rd-round pick as compensation after Arthur retired in October 1982.
  6. ^ Ken Strong was sent to Toronto on May 1, 1982, to complete the trade.
  7. ^ The Flyers received $2,500.
  8. ^ The Flyers traded Wayne Stephenson to the Washington Capitals for the Capitals' third-round pick on August 16, 1979.[32]
  9. ^ The Flyers traded Dennis Sobchuk to the Detroit Red Wings for the Red Wings' third or fourth-round pick on September 4, 1979.[32]
  10. ^ The Flyers traded Andre Dupont to the Quebec Nordiques for cash and the Nordiques' seventh-round pick on September 15, 1980.[32]

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