1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers season

1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers
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
General Manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Pat Quinn (Oct-Mar) Bob McCammon (Mar-Apr)
Captain	Bill Barber
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	17,044[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Barber (45)
Assists	Ken Linseman (68)
Points	Ken Linseman (92)
Penalties in minutes	Glen Cochrane (329)
Plus/minus	Bobby Clarke (+28)
Wins	Pete Peeters (23)
Goals against average	Pete Peeters (3.71)
<1980–81	1982–83>

The 1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

In 1981–82, Mel Bridgman was growing unhappy with the Flyers' organization, and was replaced as captain by Bill Barber before being traded to Calgary for defenseman Brad Marsh. With the Flyers playing listlessly and their season on the brink of disaster, head coach Pat Quinn was fired and replaced by Bob McCammon midway through the year. Darryl Sittler was acquired in January from Toronto. 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 nine years they failed to make it past the first round.

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
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

^[2]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)

1981–82 Game Log
October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 9 Detroit 2 – 2 Philadelphia St. Croix 17,077 0–0–1 1
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts November 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts December 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts January 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts February 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts March 1 0 – 0 0–0–0
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Pts April 1 0 – 0 0–0–0

Playoffs

Game log

      Win       Loss

1982 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Patrick Division Semifinals vs. NY Rangers - Rangers win 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 7 Philadelphia 4 – 1 NY Rangers Peeters 17,370 Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 8 Philadelphia 3 – 7 NY Rangers Peeters 17,370 Series tied 1–1 3 April 10 NY Rangers 4 – 3 Philadelphia Peeters 17,147 Rangers lead 2–1 4 April 11 NY Rangers 7 – 5 Philadelphia St. Croix 17,147 Rangers win 3–1

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; = Joined team via trade or waivers during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only. = Left team via trade or waivers during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

#	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	P	PIM
				Regular season						Playoffs
14, 26	Linseman, KenKen Linseman	23	C	79	24	68	92	6	275	4	1	2	3	06 !6
14, 26	Propp, BrianBrian Propp	22	LW	80	44	47	91	19	117	4	2	2	4	04 !4
07 !7	Barber, BillBill Barber	29	LW	80	45	44	89	4	85	4	1	5	6	04 !4
11	Flockhart, RonRon Flockhart	21	C	72	33	39	72	18	44	4	0	1	1	02 !2
16	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	32	C	62	17	46	63	28	154	4	4	2	6	04 !4
19	Allison, RayRay Allison	22	RW	51	17	37	54	13	104	3	2	0	2	02 !2
12	Kerr, TimTim Kerr	22	RW	61	21	30	51	6	138	4	0	2	2	02 !2
27	Leach, ReggieReggie Leach	31	RW	66	26	21	47	2	18	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
23	Sinisalo, IlkkaIlkka Sinisalo	23	LW	66	15	22	37	18	22	4	0	2	2	00 !0
03 !3	Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	23	D	59	13	23	36	6	135	4	1	4	5	10
09 !9	Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	31	C	35	14	18	32	-1	50	4	3	1	4	06 !6
17	Holmgren, PaulPaul Holmgren	26	RW	41	9	22	31	10	183	4	1	2	3	06 !6
24, 35	Hoffmeyer, BobBob Hoffmeyer	26	D	57	7	20	27	13	142	2	0	1	1	25
08 !8	Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	23	D	66	2	22	24	17	106	4	0	0	0	02 !2
15	Hill, AlAl Hill	26	LW	41	6	13	19	-4	58	3	0	0	0	00 !0
25	Adams, GregGreg Adams	21	LW	33	4	15	19	7	105	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
29, 35	Cochrane, GlenGlen Cochrane	24	D	63	6	12	18	19	329	1	0	0	0	00 !0
28	Botell, MarkMark Botell	20	D	32	4	10	14	8	31	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
22, 36	Gorence, TomTom Gorence	24	RW	66	5	8	13	-17	8	3	0	0	0	00 !0
10	Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman	26	C	9	7	5	12	0	47	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
20	Watson, JimmyJimmy Watson	29	D	76	3	9	12	12	99	4	0	1	1	02 !2
06 !6	Arthur, FredFred Arthur	20	D	74	1	7	8	-8	47	4	0	0	0	02 !2
02 !2	Dailey, BobBob Dailey	28	D	12	1	5	6	4	22	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
05 !5	Bathe, FrankFrank Bathe	27	D	28	1	3	4	11	68	4	0	0	0	02 !2
33	Peeters, PetePete Peeters	24	G	44	0	1	1	-0.1 !N/A	19	4	0	0	0	00 !0
30	St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	27	G	29	0	1	1	-0.1 !N/A	2	1	0	0	0	00 !0
18	Carson, LindsayLindsay Carson	21	C	18	0	1	1	-15	32	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
24	Smith, SteveSteve Smith	18	D	8	0	1	1	-2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
09 !9, 35, 36	Bailey, ReidReid Bailey	25	D	10	0	0	0	-5	23	2	0	0	0	00 !0
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	22	G	8	0	0	0	-0.1 !N/A	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
21	Morrison, GaryGary Morrison	26	RW	7	0	0	0	-6	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
35	Taylor, MarkMark Taylor	24	C	2	0	0	0	-1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
08 !8	Eriksson, ThomasThomas Eriksson	22	D	1	0	0	0	-1	4	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
35	Michayluk, DaveDave Michayluk	19	RW	1	0	0	0	-2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—
35	Williams, GordGord Williams	21	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—

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

#	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
			Regular season									Playoffs
33	Peeters, PetePete Peeters	24	44	23	18	3	0	160	.871	3.71	2591	4	1	2	0	17	.837	4.64	220
30	St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	27	29	13	9	6	0	112	.870	3.89	1729	1	0	1	0	01 !1	.875	3.00	020 !20
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	22	8	2	4	2	0	35	.881	4.38	480	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-01 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-001 !—

Awards and records

Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Bill Barber Brian Propp
NHL Player of the Week	Pete Peeters (December 7)
Team
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Frank Bathe
Class Guy Award	Bobby Clarke

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached
Darryl Sittler	400 Goals	March 18, 1982

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1981–82 season.

Trades

Date	Details
July 3, 1981	To Philadelphia Flyers Ray Allison Fred Arthur 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
November 11, 1981	To Philadelphia Flyers Brad Marsh	To Calgary Flames Mel Bridgman
January 20, 1982	To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Sittler	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rich Costello Hartford's 2nd-round pick in 1982 futures[3]

Additions and subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Bob Froese Saginaw (IHL) free agency (6/18) Daryl Stanley Saskatoon (WHL) free agency (10/9) Bob Hoffmeyer Maine (AHL) free agency (11/22)

Subtractions Player New team Via Terry Murray Washington waiver draft (10/5) Reggie Leach — released (3/24)

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.^[4]

Rnd	#	Player	Position	Nationality	Drafted From
1	16	Steve Smith	Defenseman	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2	37	Rich Costello	Forward	United States	Natick High School (Mass.)
3	47	Barry Tabobondung	Defenseman	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
3	58	Ken Strong	Forward	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4	65	Dave Michayluk	Left wing	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
4	79	Ken Latta	Right wing	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5	100	Justin Hanley	Center	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHL)
6	121	Andre Villeneuve	Defenseman	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
7	137	Vladimir Svitek	Forward	Slovakia	HC Kosice (CZE)
7	142	Gil Hudon	Goaltender	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)
8	163	Steve Taylor	Left wing	United States	Providence College (HE)
9	184	Len Hachborn	Center	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
10	205	Steve Tsujiura	Center	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.^[5][6]

See also

• 1981–82 NHL season

References

General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

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