1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season

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
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


Record vs. opponents


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

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

Playoffs

1971 Stanley Cup playoffs[4]
Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Black Hawks win 4–0
Game Date Opponent Score Series Recap
1 April 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–5 Black Hawks lead 1–0 Recap
2 April 8 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–6 Black Hawks lead 2–0 Recap
3 April 10 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 Black Hawks lead 3–0 Recap
4 April 11 Chicago Black Hawks 2–6 Black Hawks win 4–0 Recap
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.
No. Player Pos Regular season Playoffs
GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
16 Bobby Clarke C 77 27 36 63 9 78 4 0 0 0 −3 2
21 Serge Bernier RW 77 23 28 51 −7 77 4 1 1 2 −4 0
20 Jim Johnson C 66 16 29 45 −10 16 4 0 2 2 −2 0
7 Andre Lacroix C 78 20 22 42 −9 12 4 0 2 2 −1 0
12 Gary Dornhoefer RW 57 20 20 40 3 93 2 0 0 0 −1 4
11 Jean-Guy Gendron LW 76 20 16 36 −9 46 4 0 1 1 −3 0
18 Bill Lesuk LW 78 17 19 36 −5 81 4 1 0 1 −3 8
9 Bob Kelly LW 76 14 18 32 7 70 4 1 0 1 0 2
17 Simon Nolet RW 74 9 19 28 −1 42 4 2 1 3 −4 0
4 Barry Ashbee D 64 4 23 27 3 44 — — — — — —
10 Cliff Schmautz† RW 30 8 12 20 3 23 — — — — — —
3 Larry Hillman D 73 3 13 16 9 39 4 0 2 2 −2 2
15 Garry Peters C 73 6 7 13 −14 69 4 1 1 2 −1 15
6 Wayne Hillman D 69 5 7 12 12 47 — — — — — —
8 Lew Morrison RW 78 5 7 12 −12 25 4 0 0 0 −2 2
23 Larry Hale D 70 1 11 12 −18 34 4 0 0 0 −4 2
5 Brent Hughes D 30 1 10 11 −6 21 4 0 0 0 −3 6
2 Ed Van Impe D 77 0 11 11 −13 80 4 0 1 1 −4 8
14 Joe Watson D 57 3 7 10 9 50 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Rick MacLeish† LW 26 2 4 6 −4 19 4 1 0 1 −2 0
19 Earl Heiskala LW 41 2 1 3 −9 72 — — — — — —
22 Danny Schock† LW 14 1 2 3 1 0 — — — — — —
30 Bernie Parent‡ G 30 0 2 2 5 — — — — — —
1 Doug Favell G 44 0 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0
25 Willie Brossart D 1 0 0 0 −2 0 — — — — — —
30 Bruce Gamble† G 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
25 Jim Mair D 2 0 0 0 −1 0 3 1 2 3 −2 4
10 Bill Sutherland‡ LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —
22 George Swarbrick RW 2 0 0 0 −2 0 — — — — — —
4 Ralph MacSweyn D — — — — — — 4 0 0 0 −2 2

Goaltending

  • † = 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 Regular season Playoffs
GP GS W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP GS W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
1 Doug Favell 44 41 16 15 9 1275 108 2.67 .915 2 2,428 2 2 0 2 60 8 4.02 .867 0 119
30 Bernie Parent‡ 30 26 9 12 6 825 73 2.77 .912 2 1,581 — — — — — — — — — —
30 Bruce Gamble† 11 11 3 6 2 373 37 3.37 .901 0 658 2 2 0 2 67 12 6.01 .821 0 120

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Bobby Clarke [5]

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

The Flyers were swept in their first round series with the Chicago Black Hawks, going winless in the playoffs for the second time, which matched the 1968–69 season and was later matched during the 1982–83 and 1983–84 seasons.[6]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Bob Kelly October 10, 1970 [7]
Rick MacLeish February 4, 1971
Willie Brossart March 12, 1971
Jim Mair March 21, 1971

Franchise firsts

Milestone Player Date Ref
Natural hat-trick Gary Dornhoefer March 6, 1971 [8]

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.[9]

Trades

Date Details Ref
May 20, 1970 (1970-05-20) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Los Angeles Kings
[10]
May 29, 1970 (1970-05-29) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Hershey Bears (AHL)
  • Larry McKillop
  • Player to be named later[a]
 [12]
June 12, 1970 (1970-06-12) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Pittsburgh Penguins
[13]
July 2, 1970 (1970-07-02) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • cash
 To San Diego Gulls (WHL)
[14]
August 1970 (1970-08) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • cash
 To Denver Spurs (WHL)
[15]
August 10, 1970 (1970-08-10) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)
January 31, 1971 (1971-01-31) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Toronto Maple Leafs
[16]
To Philadelphia Flyers
To Boston Bruins
[16]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Via Ref
June 1970 (1970-06) Hugh Harvey Kingston Aces (OHA) Free agency [17]
June 9, 1970 (1970-06-09) Bill Lesuk Boston Bruins Intra-league draft [18][19][20]
June 11, 1970 (1970-06-11) Alain Caron Montreal Canadiens Reverse draft[b] [21][22]
December 28, 1970 (1970-12-28) Cliff Schmautz Buffalo Sabres Waivers [23]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via Ref
June 9, 1970 (1970-06-09) Dick Cherry Boston Bruins Intra-league draft [20]
June 10, 1970 (1970-06-10) Reg Fleming Buffalo Sabres Expansion draft [24][25][26]
Gerry Meehan Buffalo Sabres Expansion draft [24][25][26]
Rosaire Paiement Vancouver Canucks Expansion draft [24][25][26]
Dunc Wilson Vancouver Canucks Expansion draft [24][25][26]
June 11, 1970 (1970-06-11) Hugh Harvey Hershey Bears (AHL) Reverse draft [17]
October 19, 1970 (1970-10-19) Bill Sutherland Buffalo Sabres Waivers [27]

Signings

Date Player Ref
August 13, 1970 (1970-08-13) Bill Lesuk [28]
September 7, 1970 (1970-09-07) Earl Heiskala [29]
Jim Johnson [29]
Lew Morrison [29]
September 9, 1970 (1970-09-09) Larry Hale [30]
Joe Watson [30]
October 5, 1970 (1970-10-05) Doug Favell [31]
Larry Hillman [31]
Wayne Hillman [31]

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 on June 11, 1970.[32] The Flyers were without a first-round draft pick due to having traded it three years previously to the Boston Bruins for Rosaire Paiement.[33] 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 Jacques Lapierre 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,[34][35] the Flint Generals of the IHL,[36] and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.[36]

Notes

  1. ^ The player to be named later was Darryl Edestrand.[11]
  2. ^ Caron was claimed by the San Diego Gulls.

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