1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season

1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd West
1970–71 record	28–33–17
Home record	20–10–9
Road record	8–23–8
Goals for	207 (12th)
Goals against	225 (8th)
Team information
General Manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Vic Stasiuk
Captain	Ed Van Impe
Alternate captains	Jean-Guy Gendron Bill Sutherland
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	14,131[1]
Minor league affiliations	Quebec Aces (AHL)[2] Flint Generals (IHL)[3] Jersey Devils (EHL)[3]
Team leaders
Goals	Bobby Clarke (27)
Assists	Bobby Clarke (36)
Points	Bobby Clarke (63)
Penalties in minutes	Gary Dornhoefer (93)
Plus/minus	Wayne Hillman (+12)
Wins	Doug Favell (16)
Goals against average	Doug Favell (2.66)
<1969–70 1971–72>

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^[4]

		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 −18	73
4	Minnesota North Stars	78	28	34	16	191	223	-32 −32	72
5	Los Angeles Kings	78	25	40	13	239	303	-64 −64	63
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	21	37	20	221	240	-19 −19	62
7	California Golden Seals	78	20	53	5	199	320	-121 −121	45

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

Playoffs

1971 Stanley Cup playoffs
Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks - Black Hawks win 4–0 Game Date Opponent Score Series 1 April 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–5 Black Hawks lead 1–0 2 April 8 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–6 Black Hawks lead 2–0 3 April 10 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 Black Hawks lead 3–0 4 April 11 Chicago Black Hawks 2–6 Black Hawks win 4–0
Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

• 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
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
16	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	21	C	77	27	36	63	9	78	4	0	0	0	2
21	Bernier, SergeSerge Bernier	23	RW	77	23	28	51	-7 −7	77	4	1	1	2	0
20	Johnson, JimJim Johnson	28	C	66	16	29	45	-10 −10	16	4	0	2	2	0
7	Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix	25	C	78	20	22	42	-9 −9	12	4	0	2	2	0
12	Dornhoefer, GaryGary Dornhoefer	27	RW	57	20	20	40	3	93	2	0	0	0	4
11	Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron	36	LW	76	20	16	36	-9 −9	46	4	0	1	1	0
18	Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk	24	LW	78	17	19	36	-5 −5	81	4	1	0	1	8
9	Kelly, BobBob Kelly	20	LW	76	14	18	32	7	70	4	1	0	1	2
17	Nolet, SimonSimon Nolet	29	RW	74	9	19	28	-1 −1	42	4	2	1	3	0
4	Ashbee, BarryBarry Ashbee	31	D	64	4	23	27	3	44	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
10	Schmautz, CliffCliff Schmautz	31	RW	30	8	12	20	3	23	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
3	Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	33	D	73	3	13	16	9	39	4	0	2	2	2
15	Peters, GarryGarry Peters	28	C	73	6	7	13	-14 −14	69	4	1	1	2	15
8	Morrison, LewLew Morrison	22	RW	78	5	7	12	-12 −12	25	4	0	0	0	2
6	Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman	32	D	69	5	7	12	12	47	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
23	Hale, LarryLarry Hale	29	D	70	1	11	12	-18 −18	34	4	0	0	0	2
5	Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	27	D	30	1	10	11	-6 −6	21	4	0	0	0	6
2	Van Impe, EdEd Van Impe	30	D	77	0	11	11	-13 −13	80	4	0	1	1	8
14	Watson, JoeJoe Watson	27	D	57	3	7	10	9	50	1	0	0	0	0
19	MacLeish, RickRick MacLeish	21	LW	26	2	4	6	-4 −4	19	4	1	0	1	0
19	Heiskala, EarlEarl Heiskala	28	LW	41	2	1	3	-9 −9	72	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
22	Schock, DannyDanny Schock	22	LW	14	1	2	3	1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
30	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	25	G	30	0	2	2	-98 !N/A	5	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
1	Favell, DougDoug Favell	25	G	44	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	9	2	0	0	0	0
30	Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	32	G	11	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0	2	0	0	0	0
25	Mair, JimJim Mair	24	D	2	0	0	0	-1 −1	0	3	1	2	3	4
22	Swarbrick, GeorgeGeorge Swarbrick	28	RW	2	0	0	0	-2 −2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
25	Brossart, WillieWillie Brossart	21	D	1	0	0	0	-2 −2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
10	Sutherland, BillBill Sutherland	36	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
4	MacSweyn, RalphRalph MacSweyn	28	D	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—	4	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

• = 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
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
1	Favell, DougDoug Favell	25	44	16	15	9	2	108	.915	2.66	2434	2	0	2	0	8	.867	4.00	120
30	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	25	30	9	12	6	2	73	.912	2.76	1586	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
30	Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	32	11	3	6	2	0	37	.901	3.36	660	2	0	2	0	12	.821	6.00	120

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Bobby Clarke

Records

Team single season records

Record	Total
Fewest playoff wins	0 (tied in 1968–69, 1982–83, 1983–84)

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.^[5]

Trades

Date	Details
May 20, 1970[6]	To Philadelphia Flyers Brent Hughes	To Los Angeles Kings Mike Byers
May 29, 1970[7]	To Philadelphia Flyers Barry Ashbee	To Hershey Bears (AHL) Larry McKillop player to be named later[a]
June 12, 1970[8]	To Philadelphia Flyers George Swarbrick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Terry Ball
August 1970[9]	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Denver Spurs (WHL) Claude LaForge
August 10, 1970	To Philadelphia Flyers loan for season	To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) Guy Dufour
January 31, 1971[10]	To Philadelphia Flyers Bruce Gamble Mike Walton 1st-round pick in 1971	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bernie Parent 2nd-round pick in 1971
January 31, 1971[10]	To Philadelphia Flyers Rick MacLeish Danny Schock	To Boston Bruins Mike Walton

Trade notes

• ^a The player to be named later was Darryl Edestrand.^[11]

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Contract details
June 1970[12]	Hugh Harvey	Kingston Aces (OHA)

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date	Player	Contract details
August 13, 1970[13]	Bill Lesuk
September 7, 1970[14]	Earl Heiskala
September 7, 1970[14]	Jim Johnson
September 7, 1970[14]	Lew Morrison
September 9, 1970[15]	Larry Hale
September 9, 1970[15]	Joe Watson
October 5, 1970[16]	Doug Favell
October 5, 1970[16]	Larry Hillman
October 5, 1970[16]	Wayne Hillman

Intraleague and reverse drafts

The Flyers were involved in the following claims during the intraleague and reverse drafts.

Date	Player	Draft	Claimed by	Claimed from
June 9, 1970[17][18]	Bill Lesuk	Intraleague	Philadelphia Flyers	Boston Bruins
June 9, 1970[17][18]	Dick Cherry	Intraleague	Boston Bruins	Philadelphia Flyers
June 11, 1970[19]	Alain Caron	Reverse	Philadelphia Flyers	Montreal Canadiens
June 11, 1970[20]	Hugh Harvey	Reverse	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Philadelphia Flyers

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from
October 19, 1970[21]	Bill Sutherland	Buffalo Sabres	Philadelphia Flyers
December 28, 1970[22]	Cliff Schmautz	Philadelphia Flyers	Buffalo Sabres

Departures

The following players — excluding those who were traded or claimed on waivers — left the team during the off-season. Players who were under contract during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via
June 10, 1970[23][24]	Rosaire Paiement	Vancouver Canucks	Expansion Draft
June 10, 1970[23][24]	Reg Fleming	Buffalo Sabres	Expansion Draft
June 10, 1970[23][24]	Gerry Meehan	Buffalo Sabres	Expansion Draft
June 10, 1970[23][24]	Dunc Wilson	Vancouver Canucks	Expansion Draft

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec on June 11, 1970.^[25]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1970 and their NHL career regular season statistics

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA
2	18	Clement, BillBill Clement	Center	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)	719	148	208	356	383	& —	& —	& —	& —
3	32	Kelly, BobBob Kelly	Left Wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)	837	154	208	362	1454	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	46	Lapierre, JacquesJacques Lapierre	Defense	Canada	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	60	Kerslake, DougDoug Kerslake	Right Wing	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	74	Giannini, DennisDennis Giannini	Left Wing	Canada	London Knights (OHA)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	87	Nowak, HankHank Nowak	Left Wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)	180	26	29	55	161	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	99	Cunningham, GaryGary Cunningham	Defense	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	109	Daigle, JeanJean Daigle	Left Wing	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[26]

• The Flyers first-round pick, 4th overall, was traded to the Boston Bruins for Rosaire Paiement on October 18, 1967.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL,^[2][27] the Flint Generals of the IHL,^[3] and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.^[3]

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

Specific

Philadelphia Flyers seasons 1960s 1960–61 . 1961–62 . 1962–63 . 1963–64 . 1964–66 . 1965–66 . 1966–67 . 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970s 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980s 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990s 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000s 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010s 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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