1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers season

1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers
Stanley Cup Champions
Campbell Conference Champions
Patrick Division Champions
Division 1st Patrick
Conference 1st Campbell
1974–75 record 51–18–11
Home record 32–6–2
Road record 19–12–9
Goals for 293 (6th)
Goals against 181 (1st)
Team information
General Manager Keith Allen
Coach Fred Shero
Captain Bobby Clarke
Alternate captains Terry Crisp
Gary Dornhoefer
Arena Spectrum
Average attendance 17,077[1]
Team leaders
Goals Reggie Leach (45)
Assists Bobby Clarke (89)
Points Bobby Clarke (116)
Penalties in minutes Dave Schultz (472)
Plus/minus Bobby Clarke (+79)
Wins Bernie Parent (44)
Goals against average Bernie Parent (2.03)
<1973–74 1975–76>

The 1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers repeated as Stanley Cup champions.

In 1974–75, Dave Schultz topped his mark from the previous season by setting an NHL record for penalty minutes (472 in all). Bobby Clarke's efforts earned him his second Hart Trophy and Bernie Parent was the lone recipient of the Vezina Trophy. The Flyers as a team improved their record slightly with a mark of 51–18–11, the best record in the league. After a first-round bye, the Flyers easily swept the Toronto Maple Leafs and were presented with another New York-area team in the semifinals. The Flyers looked to be headed toward another sweep against the New York Islanders after winning the first three games. The Islanders, however, fought back by winning the next three games, setting up a deciding seventh game. The Flyers were finally able to shut the door on the Islanders, winning Game 7, 4–1.

Facing the Buffalo Sabres in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Flyers won the first two games at home. Game 3, played in Buffalo, would go down in hockey lore as "The Fog Game" due to an unusual May heat wave in Buffalo which forced parts of the game to be played in heavy fog, as Buffalo's arena lacked air conditioning. The Flyers lost Games 3 and 4, but won Game 5 at home in dominating fashion, 5–1. On the road for Game 6, Bob Kelly scored the decisive goal and Parent posted another shutout (his fourth of the playoffs) as the Flyers repeated as Stanley Cup champions. Parent also repeated as the playoff MVP, winning his second consecutive Conn Smythe Trophy. The 1974–75 Flyers were the last Stanley Cup champion to be composed entirely of Canadian-born players.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Philadelphia Flyers 80 51 18 11 293 181 113
New York Rangers 80 37 29 14 319 276 88
New York Islanders 80 33 25 22 264 221 88
Atlanta Flames 80 34 31 15 243 233 83

[3]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.

Game log

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

1974–75 Game Log

Playoffs

Game log

      Win       Loss

1975 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position (C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing); GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus (playoff plus-minus not available); PIM = Penalties in minutes; Bold denotes franchise record

# Player Age Pos GP G A P +/- PIM GP G A P PIM
Regular season Playoffs
16 Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke 25 C 80 27 89 116 79 125 17 4 12 16 16
19 MacLeish, RickRick MacLeish 25 C 80 38 41 79 29 50 17 11 9 20 8
5, 27 Leach, ReggieReggie Leach 24 RW 80 45 33 78 53 63 17 8 2 10 6
7 Barber, BillBill Barber 22 LW 79 34 37 71 46 66 17 6 9 15 8
18 Lonsberry, RossRoss Lonsberry 27 LW 80 24 25 49 28 99 17 4 3 7 10
12 Dornhoefer, GaryGary Dornhoefer 31 RW 69 17 27 44 23 102 17 5 5 10 33
10 Clement, BillBill Clement 24 C 68 21 16 37 21 42 12 1 0 1 8
6 Dupont, AndreAndre Dupont 25 D 80 11 21 32 41 276 17 3 2 5 49
26 Kindrachuk, OrestOrest Kindrachuk 24 C 60 10 21 31 8 72 14 0 2 2 12
9 Kelly, BobBob Kelly 24 LW 67 11 18 29 21 99 16 3 3 6 15
3, 4 Bladon, TomTom Bladon 22 D 76 9 20 29 42 54 13 1 3 4 12
11 Saleski, DonDon Saleski 25 RW 63 10 18 28 7 107 17 2 3 5 25
15 Crisp, TerryTerry Crisp 31 C 71 8 19 27 11 20 9 2 4 6 0
8 Schultz, DaveDave Schultz 25 LW 76 9 17 26 16 472 17 2 3 5 83
20 Watson, JimmyJimmy Watson 22 D 68 7 18 25 41 72 17 1 8 9 10
14 Watson, JoeJoe Watson 31 D 80 6 17 23 42 42 17 0 4 4 6
2 Van Impe, EdEd Van Impe 34 D 78 1 17 18 39 109 17 0 4 4 28
4, 5, 23, 29 Goodenough, LarryLarry Goodenough 22 D 20 3 9 12 12 0 5 0 4 4 2
25 Harris, TedTed Harris 38 D 70 1 6 7 27 48 16 0 4 4 4
21 Sirois, BobBob Sirois 20 RW 3 1 0 1 1 4
1 Parent, BernieBernie Parent 29 G 68 0 0 0 N/A 16 15 0 0 0 0
35 Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson 30 G 12 0 0 0 N/A 0 2 0 1 1 0
5 Lajeunesse, SergeSerge Lajeunesse 24 D 5 0 0 0 1 2
30 Taylor, BobbyBobby Taylor 30 G 3 0 0 0 N/A 2
5, 17 Boland, MikeMike Boland 25 RW 2 0 0 0 0 0
29 McIlhargey, JackJack McIlhargey 22 D 2 0 0 0 -1 11
17 Osburn, RandyRandy Osburn 22 LW 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals against; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; MIN = Minutes played; Bold denotes franchise record

# Player Age GP W L T SO GA SV% GAA MIN GP W L SO GA SV% GAA MIN
Regular season Playoffs
1 Parent, BernieBernie Parent 29 68 44 14 9 12 137 .919 2.03 4041 15 10 5 4 29 .922 1.89 922
35 Stephenson, WayneWayne Stephenson 30 12 7 2 1 1 29 .895 2.72 639 2 2 0 1 4 .922 1.95 123
30 Taylor, BobbyBobby Taylor 30 3 0 2 1 0 13 .812 6.50 120

Awards and records

Awards

NHL
Award Recipient
All-Star Game representative Bill Barber
Bobby Clarke
Bernie Parent
Fred Shero (Coach)
Ed Van Impe
Jim Watson
Conn Smythe Trophy Bernie Parent
Hart Memorial Trophy Bobby Clarke
NHL First All-Star Team Bobby Clarke (C)
Bernie Parent (G)
Vezina Trophy Bernie Parent
Team
Award Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy Joe Watson

Records

NHL player
Player Record Mark
Dave Schultz Penalty minutes, one season 472
Flyers player
Player Record Mark
Bobby Clarke Assists, one season 89
Dave Schultz Penalty minutes, one season 472
Bernie Parent Shutouts, one season 12
Bernie Parent Shutouts, one playoff season 4

Transactions

Trades

Date
Details
May 24, 1974
To Philadelphia Flyers
Reggie Leach
To California Golden Seals
Al MacAdam
Larry Wright
1st-round pick in the 1974
May 27, 1974
To Philadelphia Flyers
Dave Fortier
Randy Osburn
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bill Flett
August 20, 1974
To Philadelphia Flyers
cash
To Syracuse Eagles (AHL)
Larry Keenan
September 16, 1974
To Philadelphia Flyers
Ted Harris
To St. Louis Blues
cash
September 16, 1974
To Philadelphia Flyers
Wayne Stephenson
To St. Louis Blues
2nd-round pick in the 1975
rights to Randy Andreachuk
December 11, 1974
To Philadelphia Flyers
Ron Chipperfield
To California Golden Seals
George Pesut

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player Former team Via
Graham Parsons Minnesota reverse draft (6/13)
Subtractions
Player New team Via
Barry Ashbee retirement (6/4)
Dave Fortier NY Islanders intra-league draft (6/10)
Simon Nolet Kansas City Expansion Draft (6/12)
Michel Belhumeur Washington Expansion Draft (6/12)
Bruce Cowick Washington Expansion Draft (6/12)
Rene Drolet Detroit reverse draft (6/13)

Philadelphia Flyers 1975 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders


  Non-players
  • Chairman/Owner: Ed Snider
  • President: Joe Scott
  • Vice Chairman: F. Eugene Dixon, Jr.
  • Head Coach: Fred Shero
  • Vice President/General Manager: Keith Allen
  • Vice President: Lou Scheinfield
  • Assistant Coach: Mike Nykoluk
  • Director of Player Development: Marcel Pelletier
  • Assistant Coach: Barry Ashbee,
  • Trainer: Frank Lewis
  • Assistant Trainer: Jim McKenzie
  • Director of Public Relations: Joe Kadlec (left off Cup)
  • Director of Public Relations John Blogan (left off Cup)

Stanley Cup engraving

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec.[4]

Rnd # Player Position Nationality Drafted from
2 35 Don McLean Defenseman  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
3 53 Bob Sirois Right wing  Canada Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
4 71 Randy Andreachuk Center  Canada Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
5 89 Dennis Sobchuk Center  Canada Regina Pats (WCHL)
6 107 Willie Friesen Left wing  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
7 125 Reggie Lemelin Goaltender  Canada Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
8 142 Steve Short Left wing  United States Minnesota Junior Stars (MJHL)
9 159 Peter McKenzie Defenseman  Canada St. Francis Xavier University (CIAU)
10 174 Marcel Labrosse Center  Canada Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
11 189 Scott Jessee Right wing  United States Michigan Tech (WCHA)
12 201 Richard Guay Goaltender  Canada Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
13 211 Brad Morrow Defenseman  United States U. of Minnesota (WCHA)
14 219 Craig Arvidson Left wing  United States U. of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL and the Philadelphia Firebirds of the NAHL.[5] The Flyers and the expansion Washington Capitals had a joint affiliation agreement with Richmond and both teams sent players there. Richmond finished 2nd in their division and lost in seven games to the Hershey Bears in the first round of the playoffs.[6] Playing in the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the first-year Firebirds finished 2nd in the league but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Long Island Cougars.

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ FlyersHistory.net, All Time Team Attendance
  2. ^ Weekes, Don, The Big Book of Hockey Trivia, Greystone Books, pp. 558 
  3. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225. 
  4. ^ hockeydb.com, 1974 NHL Amateur Draft
  5. ^ FlyersHistory.net, Non-AHL Affiliates
  6. ^ FlyersHistory.net, AHL Season Overview: 1974–75