1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd West
1968–69 record	20–35–21
Home record	14–16–8
Road record	6–19–13
Goals for	174
Goals against	225
General Manager	Bud Poile
Coach	Keith Allen
Captain	Ed Van Impe
Alternate captains	Dick Cherry Jean-Guy Gendron Allan Stanley
Arena	The Spectrum
Average attendance	11,196^[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Andre Lacroix (24)
Assists	Jean-Guy Gendron (35)
Points	Andre Lacroix (56)
Penalties in minutes	Forbes Kennedy (195)
Plus/Minus	Bill Sutherland (+5)
Wins	Bernie Parent (17)
Goals against average	Bernie Parent (2.69)

The 1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers second season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Lou Angotti, who was the first captain of the club, left the team and was replaced by defenseman Ed Van Impe in that role. Led by Van Impe and the team-leading 24 goals of Andre Lacroix, the Flyers struggled finishing 15 games under .500. Despite the poor regular season showing, they made the playoffs; however, they were manhandled by St. Louis in a four-game sweep. Not wanting his team to be physically outmatched again, owner Ed Snider instructed General Manager Bud Poile to acquire bigger, tougher players.^[2]

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

West Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	76	37	25	14	204	157	88
Oakland Seals	76	29	36	11	219	251	69
Philadelphia Flyers	76	20	35	21	174	225	61
Los Angeles Kings	76	24	42	10	185	260	58
Pittsburgh Penguins	76	20	45	11	189	252	51
Minnesota North Stars	76	18	43	15	189	270	51

[edit] Game log

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

1968–69 Game Log

October: 1–5–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 0–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 13	Philadelphia	2 – 3	Boston	Parent	14,011	0–1–0	0
2	October 16	Philadelphia	1 – 3	New York	Favell	15,906	0–2–0	0
3	October 17	Pittsburgh	0 – 3	Philadelphia	Parent	9,862	1–2–0	2
4	October 24	Minnesota	3 – 3	Philadelphia	Parent	8,933	1–2–1	3
5	October 26	Philadelphia	2 – 6	Los Angeles	Favell	6,597	1–3–1	3
6	October 27	Philadelphia	2 – 2	Oakland	Favell	1,892	1–3–2	4
7	October 30	Philadelphia	1 – 4	St. Louis	Parent	10,754	1–4–2	4
8	October 31	New York	2 – 1	Philadelphia	Parent	9,429	1–5–2	4

November: 5–8–0 (Home: 3–5–0; Road: 2–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
9	November 2	Philadelphia	3 – 2	Toronto	Parent	16,470	2–5–2	6
10	November 3	Montreal	2 – 3	Philadelphia	Parent	12,431	3–5–2	8
11	November 6	Philadelphia	1 – 7	Boston	Parent	13,744	3–6–2	8
12	November 7	St. Louis	8 – 0	Philadelphia	Favell	9,164	3–7–2	8
13	November 9	Philadelphia	3 – 0	Pittsburgh	Favell	7,284	4–7–2	10
14	November 13	Philadelphia	3 – 4	Minnesota	Favell	10,918	4–8–2	10
15	November 14	Boston	2 – 4	Philadelphia	Parent	10,192	5–8–2	12
16	November 17	Los Angeles	1 – 3	Philadelphia	Parent	9,125	6–8–2	14
17	November 21	Montreal	3 – 0	Philadelphia	Parent	11,269	6–9–2	14
18	November 23	Oakland	2 – 1	Philadelphia	Favell	11,932	6–10–2	14
19	November 24	Los Angeles	3 – 1	Philadelphia	Parent	9,086	6–11–2	14
20	November 27	Detroit	5 – 2	Philadelphia	Favell	11,380	6–12–2	14
21	November 30	Philadelphia	0 – 1	St. Louis	Parent	15,314	6–13–2	14

December: 3–6–5 (Home: 1–2–3; Road: 2–4–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
22	December 1	Philadelphia	3 – 3	Detroit	Parent	13,039	6–13–3	15
23	December 4	Philadelphia	1 – 3	Los Angeles	Parent	5,847	6–14–3	15
24	December 6	Philadelphia	0 – 4	Oakland	Favell	3,166	6–15–3	15
25	December 8	St. Louis	4 – 4	Philadelphia	Parent	10,329	6–15–4	16
26	December 12	Toronto	1 – 0	Philadelphia	Parent	8,531	6–16–4	16
27	December 14	Philadelphia	0 – 1	Montreal	Parent	16,584	6–17–4	16
28	December 15	Philadelphia	3 – 1	New York	Parent	12,731	7–17–4	18
29	December 17	Pittsburgh	2 – 8	Philadelphia	Parent	6,986	8–17–4	20
30	December 19	Minnesota	5 – 5	Philadelphia	Parent	8,394	8–17–5	21
31	December 21	Philadelphia	2 – 1	Los Angeles	Favell	7,108	9–17–5	23
32	December 22	Philadelphia	1 – 2	Oakland	Favell	1,829	9–18–5	23
33	December 25	New York	2 – 2	Philadelphia	Favell	9,545	9–18–6	24
34	December 27	Philadelphia	3 – 3	Detroit	Parent	11,935	9–18–7	25
35	December 29	Oakland	2 – 1	Philadelphia	Parent	12,767	9–19–7	25

January: 3–6–5 (Home: 2–4–2; Road: 1–2–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
36	January 2	Chicago	2 – 2	Philadelphia	Favell	13,290	9–19–8	26
37	January 4	Philadelphia	1 – 1	Pittsburgh	Favell	6,329	9–19–9	27
38	January 5	Toronto	2 – 2	Philadelphia	Parent	11,274	9–19–10	28
39	January 8	Philadelphia	4 – 4	Toronto	Favell	16,331	9–19–11	29
40	January 9	New York	3 – 1	Philadelphia	Parent	10,147	9–20–11	29
41	January 11	Philadelphia	4 – 2	Minnesota	Parent	12,462	10–20–11	31
42	January 15	Philadelphia	3 – 4	St. Louis	Favell	13,184	10–21–11	31
43	January 16	Montreal	4 – 0	Philadelphia	Parent	12,728	10–22–11	31
44	January 18	Boston	5 – 3	Philadelphia	Favell	14,558	10–23–11	31
45	January 19	Detroit	1 – 3	Philadelphia	Parent	13,949	11–23–11	33
46	January 23	Philadelphia	2 – 2	Chicago	Parent	18,500	11–23–12	34
47	January 25	Philadelphia	3 – 6	Montreal	Parent	16,884	11–24–12	34
48	January 26	Pittsburgh	3 – 5	Philadelphia	Favell	10,987	12–24–12	36
49	January 30	Chicago	12 – 0	Philadelphia	Favell	13,005	12–25–12	36

February: 1–8–4 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 0–4–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
50	February 1	Philadelphia	2 – 2	Pittsburgh	Parent	5,866	12–25–13	37
51	February 2	Minnesota	3 – 2	Philadelphia	Parent	13,294	12–26–13	37
52	February 4	Detroit	2 – 0	Philadelphia	Parent	8,375	12–27–13	37
53	February 8	Philadelphia	5 – 6	Boston	Parent	14,659	12–28–13	37
54	February 9	Philadelphia	3 – 3	New York	Parent	5,723	12–28–14	38
55	February 12	Philadelphia	3 – 3	Chicago	Parent	17,800	12–28–15	39
56	February 13	St. Louis	2 – 1	Philadelphia	Parent	9,362	12–29–15	39
57	February 15	Chicago	3 – 0	Philadelphia	Parent	14,558	12–30–15	39
58	February 16	Oakland	2 – 3	Philadelphia	Parent	11,104	13–30–15	41
59	February 19	Philadelphia	1 – 3	St. Louis	Parent	15,072	13–31–15	41
60	February 22	Philadelphia	1 – 4	Montreal	Parent	17,304	13–32–15	41
61	February 23	Philadelphia	1 – 9	Detroit	Parent	14,361	13–33–15	41
62	February 27	Toronto	1 – 1	Philadelphia	Parent	11,935	13–33–16	42

March: 7–2–5 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 1–2–4)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
63	March 1	Philadelphia	2 – 2	Los Angeles	Parent	9,534	13–33–17	43
64	March 2	Philadelphia	4 – 4	Oakland	Parent	4,484	13–33–18	44
65	March 6	Los Angeles	1 – 5	Philadelphia	Parent	9,428	14–33–18	46
66	March 8	Philadelphia	2 – 2	Toronto	Parent	16,485	14–33–19	47
67	March 9	Oakland	3 – 5	Philadelphia	Parent	13,885	15–33–19	49
68	March 13	Boston	1 – 2	Philadelphia	Parent	14,558	16–33–19	51
69	March 15	Philadelphia	2 – 2	Minnesota	Parent	14,662	16–33–20	52
70	March 16	Philadelphia	2 – 6	Chicago	Parent	17,000	16–34–20	52
71	March 20	Minnesota	2 – 5	Philadelphia	Parent	12,582	17–34–20	54
72	March 22	Philadelphia	5 – 1	Minnesota	Parent	14,664	18–34–20	56
73	March 23	St. Louis	3 – 4	Philadelphia	Parent	14,558	19–34–20	58
74	March 27	Los Angeles	2 – 4	Philadelphia	Parent	11,669	20–34–20	60
75	March 29	Pittsburgh	3 – 3	Philadelphia	Parent	11,039	20–34–21	61
76	March 30	Philadelphia	1 – 2	Pittsburgh	Favell	5,738	20–35–21	61

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

Win Loss

1969 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarterfinals vs. St. Louis - Blues win 4–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 2	Philadelphia	2 – 5	St. Louis		Parent	15,156	Blues lead 1–0
2	April 3	Philadelphia	0 – 5	St. Louis		Favell	15,261	Blues lead 2–0
3	April 5	St. Louis	3 – 0	Philadelphia		Parent	14,558	Blues lead 3–0
4	April 6	St. Louis	4 – 1	Philadelphia		Parent	10,995	Blues win 4–0

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Andre Lacroix	7	75	24	32	56	4	4	0	0	0	0
Jean-Guy Gendron	11	74	20	35	55	65	4	0	0	0	6
Dick Sarrazin	21	54	16	30	46	14	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Johnson	20	69	17	27	44	20	3	0	0	0	2
Leon Rochefort	9	65	14	21	35	10	3	0	0	0	0
Gary Dornhoefer	12	60	8	16	24	80	4	0	1	1	20
Brit Selby^‡	10	63	10	13	23	23	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Van Impe	2	68	7	12	19	112	1	0	0	0	17
Larry Hale	17	67	3	16	19	28	4	0	0	0	10
Allan Stanley	6	64	4	13	17	28	3	0	1	1	4
Don Blackburn	8	48	7	9	16	36	4	0	0	0	2
Dick Cherry	5	71	9	6	15	18	4	1	0	1	4
Forbes Kennedy^‡	22	59	8	7	15	195	-	-	-	-	-
Garry Peters	15	66	8	6	14	49	4	1	1	2	16
Simon Nolet	14	35	4	10	14	8	-	-	-	-	-
John Miszuk	4	66	1	13	14	70	4	0	0	0	0
Bill Sutherland^†	10	12	7	3	10	4	4	1	1	2	0
Joe Watson	3	60	2	8	10	14	4	0	0	0	0
Earl Heiskala	19	21	3	3	6	51	-	-	-	-	-
Rosaire Paiement	18	27	2	4	6	52	-	-	-	-	-
Myron Stankiewicz	23	19	0	5	5	25	1	0	0	0	0
Ralph MacSweyn	24	24	0	4	4	6	4	0	0	0	4
Gerry Meehan^†	23	12	0	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0
Mike Byers^†	22	5	0	2	2	0	4	0	1	1	0
Pat Hannigan	14	7	0	1	1	22	-	-	-	-	-
Bernie Parent (G)	30	58	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0
Doug Favell (G)	1	21	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
Larry Zeidel	24	9	0	0	0	6	-	-	-	-	-
Claude LaForge	16	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Serge Bernier	19	1	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
Bench	X					10

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Bernie Parent	30	58	3365	17	23	16	151	1	.923	2.69	3	180	0	3	12	0	.872	4.00
Doug Favell	1	21	1195	3	12	5	71	1	.902	3.56	1	60	0	1	5	0	.861	5.00

[edit] Awards and records

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Bernie Parent Ed Van Impe

[edit] Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1968–69 season.

[edit] Trades

May 20, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers Earl Heiskala	To Seattle Totems (WHL) loan of Bob Courcy loan of Ray Larose futures
June 11, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Edestrand Gerry Melnyk	To St. Louis Blues Lou Angotti Ian Campbell
August 21, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers loan of Bobby Rivard	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash
October 1, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Al Millar
December 1, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Quebec Aces (AHL) Keith Wright
December 2, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers Bob Sneddon	To Chicago Black Hawks Brian Bradley
December 23, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers ^[3]	To Seattle Totems (WHL) Art Stratton John Hanna
March 2, 1969	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Pat Hannigan
March 2, 1969	To Philadelphia Flyers Gerry Meehan Mike Byers Bill Sutherland	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brit Selby Forbes Kennedy

[edit] Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Dunc Wilson	Boston	waiver draft (6/1)
Ron Buchanan	Boston	intra-league draft (6/12)
Larry Hale	Minnesota	intra-league draft (6/12)
Allan Stanley	Toronto	intra-league draft (6/13)
Bobby Taylor	Calgary (AJHL)	free agency (9/1)
Myron Stankiewicz	St. Louis	waivers (1/16)

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
Bill Sutherland	Minnesota	intra-league draft (6/12)
Ed Hoekstra	Denver (WHL)	intra-league draft (6/12)
Fern Rivard	Minnesota	intra-league draft (6/12)
Jean Gauthier	Boston	intra-league draft (6/12)
Jim Morrison	Baltimore (AHL)	intra-league draft (6/13)
Gerry Melnyk	—	retirement (10/7)

[edit] Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec.^[4]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8	Lew Morrison	Right Wing	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)

[edit] Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL, the Seattle Totems of the WHL, and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.^[5]^[6]

[edit] See also

1968–69 NHL season

[edit] References

General: 1968–69 Flyers season on FlyersHistory.net
Regular season game log: Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log on FlyersHistory.net
Playoffs game log: Philadelphia Flyers playoffs game log on FlyersHistory.net

^ FlyersHistory.net, All Time Team Attendance
^ PhiladelphiaFlyers.com, Ed Snider's Flyers Hall of Fame bio.
^ Completed May 20th trade.
^ hockeydb.com, 1968 NHL Amateur Draft
^ FlyersHistory.net, Non-AHL Affiliates
^ FlyersHistory.net, AHL Season Overview: 1968–69

v • d • e 1968–69 NHL season by team

East	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • NY Rangers • Toronto

West	Los Angeles • Minnesota • Oakland • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

See also	1968 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1969 Stanley Cup Finals

v • d • e Philadelphia Flyers

Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Franchise	History • Seasons • Records • General Managers • Head Coaches • Players • Award Winners • Draft Picks • Broadcasters

Arenas	The Spectrum • Wachovia Center

Culture	Broad Street Bullies • Flyers versus Red Army • Curse of Billy Penn • Legion of Doom • Treehouse of Horror IV

Rivalries	Flyers-Rangers • Battle of the Jersey Turnpike • Battle of Pennsylvania • Others

Important Figures	Keith Allen • Barry Ashbee • Bill Barber • Daniel Briere • Rod Brind'Amour • Bobby Clarke • Eric Desjardins • Gary Dornhoefer • Peter Forsberg • Simon Gagne • Gene Hart • Ron Hextall • Mark Howe • Tim Kerr • Reggie Leach • John LeClair • Pelle Lindbergh • Eric Lindros • Rick MacLeish • Bernie Parent • Dave Poulin • Keith Primeau • Brian Propp • Mark Recchi • Mike Richards • Jeremy Roenick • Dave Schultz • Joe Scott • Fred Shero • Kate Smith • Ed Snider • Kimmo Timonen • Rick Tocchet • Ed Van Impe • Joe Watson

Retired Numbers	1 • 4 • 7 • 16 • 31 (unofficial) • 99 (league-wide)

Team Awards	Barry Ashbee Trophy • Bobby Clarke Trophy • Flyers Hall of Fame • Gene Hart Memorial Award • Pelle Lindbergh Memorial • Toyota Cup • Yanick Dupre Memorial

Key Personnel	Owner: Comcast-Spectacor • Chairman and Governor: Ed Snider • President and COO: Peter Luukko • General Manager: Paul Holmgren • Head Coach: John Stevens • Team Captain: Jason Smith

Stanley Cup Finals (7)	Wins: 1974 • 1975 • Losses: 1976 • 1980 • 1985 • 1987 • 1997

Seasons (41)	1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70 • 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09

Minor League Affiliates	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) • Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)

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1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers season

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[edit] Season standings

[edit] Game log

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

[edit] Goaltenders

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

[edit] Additions and subtractions

[edit] Draft picks

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[edit] See also

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