1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers season
1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Division | 3rd Patrick |
Conference | 6th Wales |
1981–82 record | 38–31–11 |
Home record | 25–10–5 |
Road record | 13–21–6 |
Goals for | 325 (8th) |
Goals against | 313 (9th) |
Team information | |
President | Robert Butera |
General manager | Keith Allen |
Coach | Pat Quinn[a] Bob McCammon[a] |
Captain | Bill Barber |
Alternate captains | None[b] |
Arena | Spectrum |
Average attendance | 17,044[2] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Maine Mariners Toledo Goaldiggers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Bill Barber (45) |
Assists | Ken Linseman (68) |
Points | Ken Linseman (92) |
Penalty minutes | Glen Cochrane (329) |
Plus/minus | Bobby Clarke (+28) |
Wins | Pete Peeters (23) |
Goals against average | Pete 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 Semifinals 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
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
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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.
Record vs. opponents
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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
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October: 8–2–1, 17 points (home: 5–1–1; road: 3–1–0)
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November: 4–8–0, 8 points (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–6–0)
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December: 10–3–0, 20 points (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–0)
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January: 6–6–3, 15 points (home: 4–2–0; road: 2–4–3)
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February: 4–6–2, 10 points (home: 3–2–1; road: 1–4–1)
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March: 5–5–4, 14 points (home: 4–2–2; road: 1–3–2)
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April: 1–1–1, 3 points (home: 1–0–1; road: 0–1–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Patrick Division Semifinals vs. New York Rangers – Rangers win 3–1
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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.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
14 | Ken Linseman | C | 79 | 24 | 68 | 92 | 6 | 275 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
26 | Brian Propp | LW | 80 | 44 | 47 | 91 | 19 | 117 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
7 | Bill Barber | LW | 80 | 45 | 44 | 89 | 4 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
11 | Ron Flockhart | C | 72 | 33 | 39 | 72 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
16 | Bobby Clarke | C | 62 | 17 | 46 | 63 | 28 | 154 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
19 | Ray Allison | RW | 51 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 13 | 104 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
12 | Tim Kerr | RW | 61 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 6 | 138 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
27 | Reggie Leach | RW | 66 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 2 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Ilkka Sinisalo | LW | 66 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Behn Wilson | D | 59 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 6 | 135 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
9 | Darryl Sittler† | C | 35 | 14 | 18 | 32 | −1 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −2 | 6 |
17 | Paul Holmgren | RW | 41 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 183 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
24[c] | Bob Hoffmeyer† | D | 57 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 13 | 142 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
8 | Brad Marsh† | D | 66 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 106 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
15 | Al Hill | LW | 41 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −4 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
25 | Greg Adams | LW | 33 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Glen Cochrane | D | 63 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 329 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Mark Botell | D | 32 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Tom Gorence | RW | 66 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
10 | Mel Bridgman‡ | C | 9 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Jimmy Watson | D | 76 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
6 | Fred Arthur | D | 74 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −8 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
2 | Bob Dailey | D | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Frank Bathe | D | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
33 | Pete Peeters | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
30 | Rick St. Croix | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | Lindsay Carson | C | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −15 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Steve Smith | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35[d] | Reid Bailey | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
31 | Pelle Lindbergh | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
21 | Gary Morrison | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Mark Taylor | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Thomas Eriksson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Dave Michayluk | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Gord Williams | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | GS | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
33 | Pete Peeters | 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 | 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 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 290 | 35 | 4.39 | .879 | 0 | 477:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Bill Barber | [8] |
Brian Propp | |||
NHL Player of the Week | Pete Peeters (December 7) | [9] | |
Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Frank Bathe | [10] |
Class Guy Award | Bobby Clarke | [10] |
Records
Among the team records set during the 1981–82 season was the one minute and twenty-two seconds it took to score the fastest four goals in team history on October 11.[11] Ron Flockhart set two records during the season. On December 6, Flockhart scored two goals eight seconds apart, the fastest two goals by one player in team history.[12] From February 4 to February 20, Flockhart went eight consecutive games with a goal, the longest such streak for a rookie in team history.[13] The Flyers set the franchise season marks for most powerplay goals allowed (102) and tied the mark for fewest shutouts (0).[14][15]
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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400th goal | Darryl Sittler | March 18, 1982[e] | [17] |
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.[18]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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July 3, 1981 | To Philadelphia Flyers Ray Allison Fred Arthur[f] 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 | [19] |
November 11, 1981 | To Philadelphia Flyers Brad Marsh | To Calgary Flames Mel Bridgman | [20] |
January 20, 1982 | To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Sittler | To Toronto Maple Leafs Rich Costello Hartford's 2nd-round pick in 1982 Future considerations[g] | [21] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Via | Ref |
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June 18, 1981 (1981-06-18) | Bob Froese | Saginaw Gears (IHL) | Free agency | [22] |
October 9, 1981 (1981-10-09) | Daryl Stanley | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) | Free agency | [23] |
November 22, 1981 (1981-11-22) | Bob Hoffmeyer | Maine Mariners (AHL) | Free agency | [24] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via | Ref |
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June 29, 1981 (1981-06-29) | Robbie Moore | Minnesota North Stars | Free agency | [25] |
August 11, 1981 (1981-08-11) | Dave Logan | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency | [26] |
N/A | Yves Preston | Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) | Free agency | [27] |
October 5, 1981 (1981-10-05) | Terry Murray | Washington Capitals | Waiver draft | [28][29] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Ref |
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June 11, 1981 (1981-06-11) | Brian Tutt | ||
June 16, 1981 (1981-06-16) | Dan Held | ||
August 18, 1981 (1981-08-18) | Tom Gorence | multi-year | [30] |
August 21, 1981 (1981-08-21) | Mel Bridgman | multi-year | [31] |
September 29, 1981 (1981-09-29) | Reggie Leach | multi-year | [32] |
Draft picks
Philadelphia's picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, on June 10, 1981.[33]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) | Notes |
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1 | 16 | Steve Smith | Defense | ![]() | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) | |
2 | 37 | Rich Costello | Forward | ![]() | Natick High School (Massachusetts) | |
3 | 47 | Barry Tabobondung | Defense | ![]() | Oshawa Generals (OHL) | [h] |
3 | 58 | Ken Strong | Forward | ![]() | Peterborough Petes (OHL) | |
4 | 65 | Dave Michayluk | Left wing | ![]() | Regina Pats (WHL) | [i] |
4 | 79 | Ken Latta | Right wing | ![]() | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) | |
5 | 100 | Justin Hanley | Center | ![]() | Kingston Canadians (OHL) | |
6 | 121 | Andre Villeneuve | Defense | ![]() | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) | |
7 | 137 | Vladimir Svitek | Forward | ![]() | HC Košice (CZE) | [j] |
7 | 142 | Gil Hudon | Goaltender | ![]() | Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) | |
8 | 163 | Steve Taylor | Left wing | ![]() | Providence College (HE) | |
9 | 184 | Len Hachborn | Center | ![]() | Brantford Alexanders (OHL) | |
10 | 205 | Steve Tsujiura | Center | ![]() | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
Farm teams
The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL[35][36] and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.[37]
Notes
- ^ 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]
- ^ The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
- ^ Hoffmeyer wore number 35 in his first eleven games after being re-acquired.
- ^ Bailey wore number 9 during the regular season.
- ^ Even-strength goal at 19:38 of the third period
- ^ The Flyers received Hartford's 1984 3rd-round pick as compensation after Arthur retired in October 1982.
- ^ Ken Strong was sent to Toronto on May 1, 1982, to complete the trade.
- ^ The Flyers traded Wayne Stephenson to the Washington Capitals for the Capitals' third-round pick on August 16, 1979.[34]
- ^ The Flyers traded Dennis Sobchuk to the Detroit Red Wings for the Red Wings' third or fourth-round pick on September 4, 1979.[34]
- ^ The Flyers traded Andre Dupont to the Quebec Nordiques for cash and the Nordiques' seventh-round pick on September 15, 1980.[34]
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