1971–72 Philadelphia Flyers season

1971–72 Philadelphia Flyers
1971–72 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	5th West
1971–72 record	26–38–14
Home record	19–13–7
Road record	7–25–7
Goals for	200 (14th)
Goals against	236 (7th)
Team information
General manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Fred Shero
Captain	Ed Van Impe
Alternate captains	Larry Brown (Oct.–Jan.); Jean-Guy Gendron
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	14,379
Minor league affiliate(s)	Richmond Robins; San Diego Gulls; Jersey Devils; Salem Rebels
Team leaders
Goals	Bobby Clarke (35)
Assists	Bobby Clarke (46)
Points	Bobby Clarke (81)
Penalty minutes	Gary Dornhoefer (183)
Plus/minus	Bobby Clarke (+22)
Wins	Doug Favell (18)
Goals against average	Doug Favell (2.81)
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' fifth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers missed the playoffs for the second time in three years.

Off-season

The Flyers fired head coach Vic Stasiuk on May 27, 1971,^[2] after heavy criticism by Flyers players.^[3] On June 2, the Flyers hired Fred Shero to replace him.^[3] In the previous two seasons Shero had guided two teams to league championships, the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League and the Omaha Knights of the Central Hockey League.^[3]

Regular season

Bobby Clarke continued to progress as he led the team in goals (35), assists (46), and points (81) in 1971–72 and he became the first Flyer to win an NHL award, the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. However, in the season's final game, the Flyers needed a win or a tie against the second-year Buffalo Sabres to beat out the Pittsburgh Penguins for the final playoff spot. The score was tied late in the game, but with just four seconds on the clock, former Flyer Gerry Meehan took a shot from just inside the blue line that eluded Flyers goalie Doug Favell.^[4] With identical records, the playoff berth went to the Penguins because Philly lost the season series 2–3–1.

Season standings

West Division^[5]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	78	46	17	15	256	166	+90	107
2	Minnesota North Stars	78	37	29	12	212	191	+21	86
3	St. Louis Blues	78	28	39	11	208	247	−39	67
4	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	26	38	14	220	258	−38	66
5	Philadelphia Flyers	78	26	38	14	200	236	−36	66
6	California Golden Seals	78	21	39	18	216	288	−72	60
7	Los Angeles Kings	78	20	49	9	206	305	−99	49

Record vs. opponents

Vs. West Division

1971–72 NHL records^[6]
Team	CAL	CHI	LAK	MIN	PHI	PIT	STL	Total
California	—	1–4–1	3–2–1	1–4–1	2–4	2–2–2	0–3–3	9–19–8
Chicago	4–1–1	—	5–1	5–1	3–2–1	5–0–1	6–0	28–5–3
Los Angeles	2–3–1	1–5	—	0–6	2–3–1	1–4–1	2–4	8–25–3
Minnesota	4–1–1	1–5	6–0	—	3–1–2	4–2	4–2	22–11–3
Philadelphia	4–2	2–3–1	3–2–1	1–3–2	—	2–3–1	1–2–3	13–15–8
Pittsburgh	2–2–2	0–5–1	4–1–1	2–4	3–2–1	—	3–3	14–17–5
St. Louis	3–0–3	0–6	4–2	2–4	2–1–3	3–3	—	14–16–6

Vs. East Division

1971–72 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR	VAN	Total
California	2–4	3–0–3	2–2–2	0–3–3	1–4–1	2–3–1	2–4	12–20–10
Chicago	1–4–1	3–2–1	5–0–1	1–2–3	1–2–3	4–0–2	3–2–1	18–12–12
Los Angeles	1–4–1	3–2–1	2–3–1	0–5–1	0–6	1–4–1	5–0–1	12–24–6
Minnesota	0–5–1	2–2–2	4–2	1–4–1	3–1–2	2–2–2	3–2–1	15–18–9
Philadelphia	0–6	2–2–2	2–3–1	2–3–1	0–6	2–2–2	5–1	13–23–6
Pittsburgh	1–2–3	1–2–3	2–4	1–4–1	1–3–2	2–4	4–2	12–21–9
St. Louis	1–4–1	4–1–1	3–2–1	1–4–1	1–5	2–4	2–3–1	14–23–5

Schedule and results

Regular season

1971–72 regular season^[7]

October: 5–4–1, 11 points (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–3–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 9	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2–3	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 12	@ Vancouver Canucks	2–3	0–2–0	0	Recap
3	October 13	@ California Golden Seals	5–4	1–2–0	2	Recap
4	October 16	@ Los Angeles Kings	1–0	2–2–0	4	Recap
5	October 21	Los Angeles Kings	0–7	2–3–0	4	Recap
6	October 23	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–5	2–4–0	4	Recap
7	October 24	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	3–4–0	6	Recap
8	October 28	Vancouver Canucks	3–2	4–4–0	8	Recap
9	October 30	@ St. Louis Blues	4–4	4–4–1	9	Recap
10	October 31	Montreal Canadiens	5–3	5–4–1	11	Recap

November: 2–7–3, 7 points (home: 2–4–2; road: 0–3–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
11	November 3	@ Chicago Black Hawks	0–3	5–5–1	11	Recap
12	November 5	@ Buffalo Sabres	2–5	5–6–1	11	Recap
13	November 7	Minnesota North Stars	0–3	5–7–1	11	Recap
14	November 11	Vancouver Canucks	4–3	6–7–1	13	Recap
15	November 13	Detroit Red Wings	3–6	6–8–1	13	Recap
16	November 14	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3	6–8–2	14	Recap
17	November 18	Los Angeles Kings	2–0	7–8–2	16	Recap
18	November 20	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–2	7–8–3	17	Recap
19	November 21	Minnesota North Stars	1–1	7–8–4	18	Recap
20	November 24	Boston Bruins	1–2	7–9–4	18	Recap
21	November 25	@ Boston Bruins	2–4	7–10–4	18	Recap
22	November 28	New York Rangers	2–4	7–11–4	18	Recap

December: 4–7–1, 9 points (home: 4–2–1; road: 0–5–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
23	December 2	Detroit Red Wings	1–1	7–11–5	19	Recap
24	December 4	@ Minnesota North Stars	1–3	7–12–5	19	Recap
25	December 5	California Golden Seals	3–0	8–12–5	21	Recap
26	December 9	New York Rangers	0–5	8–13–5	21	Recap
27	December 11	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–6	8–14–5	21	Recap
28	December 12	Montreal Canadiens	4–1	9–14–5	23	Recap
29	December 15	@ New York Rangers	2–6	9–15–5	23	Recap
30	December 16	Buffalo Sabres	5–0	10–15–5	25	Recap
31	December 19	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–4	10–16–5	25	Recap
32	December 25	@ Boston Bruins	1–5	10–17–5	25	Recap
33	December 26	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–1	11–17–5	27	Recap
34	December 29	@ New York Rangers	1–5	11–18–5	27	Recap

January: 3–8–3, 9 points (home: 3–2–1; road: 0–6–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
35	January 1	@ St. Louis Blues	4–4	11–18–6	28	Recap
36	January 2	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–6	11–19–6	28	Recap
37	January 6	St. Louis Blues	2–3	11–20–6	28	Recap
38	January 8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	2–2	11–20–7	29	Recap
39	January 9	California Golden Seals	10–3	12–20–7	31	Recap
40	January 11	@ Detroit Red Wings	0–5	12–21–7	31	Recap
41	January 15	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2–4	12–22–7	31	Recap
42	January 16	Los Angeles Kings	3–3	12–22–8	32	Recap
43	January 20	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	13–22–8	34	Recap
44	January 22	@ Los Angeles Kings	2–4	13–23–8	34	Recap
45	January 23	@ California Golden Seals	1–3	13–24–8	34	Recap
46	January 27	@ Boston Bruins	2–4	13–25–8	34	Recap
47	January 29	Boston Bruins	2–4	13–26–8	34	Recap
48	January 30	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–0	14–26–8	36	Recap

February: 5–6–3, 13 points (home: 2–1–1; road: 3–5–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
49	February 3	Detroit Red Wings	5–4	15–26–8	38	Recap
50	February 5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	16–26–8	40	Recap
51	February 6	St. Louis Blues	2–2	16–26–9	41	Recap
52	February 8	@ Vancouver Canucks	3–1	17–26–9	43	Recap
53	February 9	@ California Golden Seals	2–3	17–27–9	43	Recap
54	February 12	@ Minnesota North Stars	1–5	17–28–9	43	Recap
55	February 13	@ Buffalo Sabres	4–4	17–28–10	44	Recap
56	February 16	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–3	17–28–11	45	Recap
57	February 17	Boston Bruins	1–4	17–29–11	45	Recap
58	February 19	@ Montreal Canadiens	1–3	17–30–11	45	Recap
59	February 20	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	18–30–11	47	Recap
60	February 23	@ New York Rangers	3–4	18–31–11	47	Recap
61	February 26	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5	18–32–11	47	Recap
62	February 27	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–1	19–32–11	49	Recap

March: 7–5–2, 16 points (home: 5–3–1; road: 2–2–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
63	March 2	Minnesota North Stars	3–0	20–32–11	51	Recap
64	March 4	St. Louis Blues	6–2	21–32–11	53	Recap
65	March 5	Montreal Canadiens	0–4	21–33–11	53	Recap
66	March 8	@ Vancouver Canucks	6–5	22–33–11	55	Recap
67	March 9	@ Los Angeles Kings	5–3	23–33–11	57	Recap
68	March 11	@ St. Louis Blues	2–4	23–34–11	57	Recap
69	March 13	@ Montreal Canadiens	1–2	23–35–11	57	Recap
70	March 16	Buffalo Sabres	3–3	23–35–12	58	Recap
71	March 18	New York Rangers	3–5	23–36–12	58	Recap
72	March 23	Chicago Black Hawks	2–4	23–37–12	58	Recap
73	March 25	California Golden Seals	3–0	24–37–12	60	Recap
74	March 26	Vancouver Canucks	4–1	25–37–12	62	Recap
75	March 28	@ Minnesota North Stars	2–2	25–37–13	63	Recap
76	March 30	Buffalo Sabres	3–1	26–37–13	65	Recap

April: 0–1–1, 1 points (home: 0–0–1; road: 0–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
77	April 1	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–4	26–37–14	66	Recap
78	April 2	@ Buffalo Sabres	2–3	26–38–14	66	Recap

Legend:

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

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.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
16	Bobby Clarke	C	78	35	46	81	22	87
12	Gary Dornhoefer	RW	75	17	32	49	−15	183
17	Simon Nolet	RW	67	23	20	43	6	22
22	Rick Foley†	D	58	11	25	36	−16	168
9	Bob Kelly	LW	78	14	15	29	16	157
20	Jim Johnson‡	C	46	13	15	28	−21	12
21	Serge Bernier‡	C	44	12	11	23	−20	51
10^[a]	Bill Clement	C	49	9	14	23	−14	39
5	Brent Hughes	D	63	2	20	22	6	35
21	Bill Flett†	RW	31	11	10	21	5	26
4	Barry Ashbee	D	73	6	14	20	2	75
11	Jean-Guy Gendron	LW	56	6	13	19	−2	36
25	Jean Potvin†	D	29	3	12	15	−6	6
18	Ross Lonsberry†	LW	32	7	7	14	−9	22
7	Michel Parizeau†	LW	37	2	12	14	−6	10
18	Bill Lesuk‡	LW	45	7	6	13	−14	31
2	Ed Van Impe	D	73	4	9	13	−8	78
8	Lew Morrison	LW	58	5	5	10	−18	26
14	Joe Watson	D	65	3	7	10	−17	38
20	Eddie Joyal†	C	26	3	4	7	−13	8
24	Dick Sarrazin	RW	28	3	4	7	0	4
3	Willie Brossart	D	42	0	4	4	−7	12
19	Rick MacLeish	C	17	1	2	3	−9	9
15	Larry Mickey‡	RW	14	1	2	3	−5	8
6	Wayne Hillman	D	47	0	3	3	−16	21
23	Larry Keenan†	LW	14	1	1	2	−4	2
25	Pierre Plante	RW	24	1	0	1	−11	15
1	Doug Favell	G	54	0	1	1		32
19^[b]	Larry Hale	D	6	0	1	1	−5	0
19	Ralph MacSweyn	D	2	0	1	1	0	0
10	Larry Wright	C	27	0	1	1	−6	2
3	Larry Brown‡	D	12	0	0	0	−3	2
23	Rene Drolet	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	Bruce Gamble‡	G	24	0	0	0		2
3	Jim Mair	D	2	0	0	0	−2	0
24^[c]	Don McLeod	G	4	0	0	0		0
25	Don Saleski	RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0
25	Dave Schultz	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	Bobby Taylor	G	6	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Doug Favell	54	52	18	25	9	1655	140	2.81	.915	5	2,985
30	Bruce Gamble‡	24	18	7	8	2	659	58	2.94	.912	2	1,184
30	Bobby Taylor	6	5	1	2	2	193	16	3.00	.917	0	320
24^[c]	Don McLeod	4	3	0	3	1	109	14	4.65	.872	0	181

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Bobby Clarke	^[8]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bobby Clarke	^[9]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Simon Nolet	^[9]

Records

Among the team records set during the 1971–72 season was a 19-game winless streak on the road (15 losses and 4 ties) from October 23 to January 27.^[10] On October 31, Simon Nolet became the first Flyer to score three goals in a single period and four points in a single period, both franchise regular season records that have been matched but not exceeded several times, the earliest instance occurring on March 9, 1972, by Bill Flett for the goals record and Flett and Bobby Clarke for the points record.^[11]^[12] On January 9, the Flyers scored six power play goals during a game against the California Golden Seals, a mark which was later matched during the 1988–89 season.^[13]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Pierre Plante	October 9, 1971	^[14]
	Larry Wright	October 9, 1971
	Bill Clement	December 11, 1971
	Don Saleski	January 11, 1972
	Dave Schultz	January 20, 1972
	Bobby Taylor	February 16, 1972
	Rene Drolet	April 2, 1972

Franchise firsts

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
30-goal season	Bobby Clarke	March 13, 1972	^[15]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 19, 1971, the day after the deciding game of the 1971 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 11, 1972, the day of the deciding game of the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals.^[16]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 13, 1971 (1971-06-13)	To Philadelphia Flyers Larry Mickey	To Los Angeles Kings Larry Hillman	^[17]
September 8, 1971 (1971-09-08)	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Portland Buckaroos (WHL) Cliff Schmautz	^[18]
October 15, 1971 (1971-10-15)	To Philadelphia Flyers Rick Foley	To Chicago Black Hawks Andre Lacroix	^[19]
November 16, 1971 (1971-11-16)	To Philadelphia Flyers Larry Keenan	To Buffalo Sabres Larry Mickey	^[20]
January 28, 1972 (1972-01-28)	To Philadelphia Flyers Bill Flett Eddie Joyal Ross Lonsberry Jean Potvin	To Los Angeles Kings Serge Bernier Larry Brown Jim Johnson Bill Lesuk	^[21]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
June 8, 1971 (1971-06-08)	Larry Brown	New York Rangers	Intra-league draft	^[22]^[23]^[24]
June 8, 1971 (1971-06-08)	Frank Spring	Boston Bruins	Intra-league draft	^[22]^[24]^[23]^[25]
June 9, 1971 (1971-06-09)	Don McLeod	Detroit Red Wings	Reverse draft^[d]	^[26]^[27]
July 1971 (1971-07)	Orest Kindrachuk	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)	Free agency	^[28]
September 11, 1971 (1971-09-11)	Bob Hurlburt	Quebec Aces (AHL)	Free agency
December 8, 1971 (1971-12-08)	Michel Parizeau	St. Louis Blues	Waivers	^[29]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via	Ref
June 8, 1971 (1971-06-08)	Garry Peters	Boston Bruins	Intra-league draft	^[22]^[23]^[30]
September 20, 1971 (1971-09-20)	Keith Wright		Release
February 9, 1972 (1972-02-09)	Bruce Gamble		Retirement^[e]	^[31]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
August 7, 1971 (1971-08-07)	Pierre Plante	2-year	^[32]
August 16, 1971 (1971-08-16)	Bruce Gamble		^[33]
September 2, 1971 (1971-09-02)	Larry Brown		^[34]
	Bob Kelly		^[34]
	Rick MacLeish		^[34]
September 5, 1971 (1971-09-05)	Jim Johnson		^[35]
	Lew Morrison		^[35]
	Joe Watson		^[35]
September 7, 1971 (1971-09-07)	Gary Dornhoefer		^[36]
	Wayne Hillman		^[36]
	Danny Schock		^[36]
	Frank Spring		^[36]
	Ed Van Impe		^[36]
September 8, 1971 (1971-09-08)	Serge Bernier		^[18]
	Jean-Guy Gendron		^[18]
	Bill Lesuk		^[18]
	Larry Mickey		^[18]
September 10, 1971 (1971-09-10)	Andre Lacroix
October 7, 1971 (1971-10-07)	Doug Favell
March 20, 1972 (1972-03-20)	Bobby Clarke	5-year extension	^[32]
N/A	Glen Irwin	2-year	^[32]
	Don McCulloch	2-year	^[32]
	Larry Wright	2-year	^[32]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1971 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, on June 10, 1971.^[37]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	8	Larry Wright	Center	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
1	9	Pierre Plante	Right wing	Canada	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)	^[f]
3	36	Glen Irwin	Defense	Canada	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
4	50	Ted Scharf	Right wing	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
5	64	Don McCulloch	Defense	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
6	78	Yvon Bilodeau	Defense	Canada	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
7	92	Bobby Gerrard	Right wing	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
8	106	Jerome Mrazek	Goaltender	Canada	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL,^[39]^[40] the San Diego Gulls of the WHL,^[41] and the Jersey Devils and Salem Rebels of the EHL.^[41]

Notes

^ Clement wore number 15 through January 16.
^ Hale wore number 23 in his first four games.
^ ^a ^b McLeod wore number 30 in his first two games.
^ McLeod was claimed by the Quebec Aces, the Flyers' AHL affiliate.
^ Gamble suffered a career-ending heart attack during a game played on February 8, 1972.
^ The Flyers acquired the 9th overall pick from the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Bruce Gamble and Mike Walton for Bernie Parent and the Flyers' second-round pick, 22nd overall, on January 31, 1971.^[38]

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[8] Clement wore number 15 through January 16.

[9] Hale wore number 23 in his first four games.

[fn1-10] McLeod wore number 30 in his first two games.

[29] McLeod was claimed by the Quebec Aces, the Flyers' AHL affiliate.

[35] Gamble suffered a career-ending heart attack during a game played on February 8, 1972.

[44] The Flyers acquired the 9th overall pick from the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Bruce Gamble and Mike Walton for Bernie Parent and the Flyers' second-round pick, 22nd overall, on January 31, 1971.^[38]

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1971–72 Philadelphia Flyers season

Off-season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. West Division

Vs. East Division

Schedule and results

Regular season

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

Franchise firsts

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Farm teams

Notes

References

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