1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season

1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd West
1972–73 record	37–30–11
Home record	27–8–4
Road record	10–22–7
Goals for	296 (4th)
Goals against	256 (11th)
Team information
General Manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Fred Shero
Captain	Ed Van Impe (to Jan 17) Bobby Clarke (from Jan 17)
Alternate captains	Bill Clement Joe Watson
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	16,063[1]
Minor league affiliations	Richmond Robins (AHL)[2] San Diego Gulls (WHL)[3] Jersey Devils (EHL)[3]
Team leaders
Goals	Rick MacLeish (50)
Assists	Bobby Clarke (67)
Points	Bobby Clarke (104)
Penalties in minutes	Dave Schultz (259)
Plus/minus	Bobby Clarke (+32)
Wins	Doug Favell (20)
Goals against average	Doug Favell (2.83)
<1971–72 1973–74>

The 1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers earned the nickname "Broad Street Bullies" en route to their first winning season and first playoff series victory, beating the Minnesota North Stars, before losing in the semifinals to the Montreal Canadiens.

Regular season

It was during the 1972–73 season that the Flyers shed the mediocre expansion team label by recording their first winning season and becoming known as the intimidating "Broad Street Bullies", a nickname coined by Jack Chevalier and Pete Cafone of the Philadelphia Bulletin on January 3, 1973^[4] after a 3–1 brawling victory over the Atlanta Flames that led Chevalier to write in his game account, "The image of the fightin' Flyers spreading gradually around the NHL, and people are dreaming up wild nicknames. They're the Mean Machine, the Bullies of Broad Street and Freddy's Philistines." Cafone wrote the accompanying headline, "Broad Street Bullies Muscle Atlanta".^[5]

That same month Bobby Clarke was the youngest player (at that time) in NHL history to be named team captain, replacing Ed Van Impe who had stepped aside in favor of Clarke.^[6][7] Rick MacLeish became the first Flyer to score 50 goals in a season.

After the season, Clarke was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Most Valuable Player.

Season standings

West Division^[8]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	78	42	27	9	284	225	+59	93
2	Philadelphia Flyers	78	37	30	11	296	256	+40	85
3	Minnesota North Stars	78	37	30	11	254	230	+24	85
4	St. Louis Blues	78	32	34	12	233	251	-18 −18	76
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	32	37	9	257	265	-8 −8	73
6	Los Angeles Kings	78	31	36	11	232	245	-13 −13	73
7	Atlanta Flames	78	25	38	15	191	239	-106 −106	65
8	California Golden Seals	78	16	46	16	213	323	-177 −177	48

Playoffs

An overtime goal by Gary Dornhoefer in Game 5 turned the tide of their first round series with the Minnesota North Stars in the Flyers' favor, as the Flyers got their first playoff series win in six games. The goal was later immortalized as a bronze statue on the south side of the Spectrum. They were outmatched in the semifinals by the Montreal Canadiens, however, losing in five games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1972–73 regular season
October: 4–4–2, 10 Points (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–3–2) Game October Opponent Score Record Points 1 7 @ St. Louis Blues 4–4 0–0–1 1 2 12 Vancouver Canucks 7–3 1–0–1 3 3 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 0–5 1–1–1 3 4 15 California Golden Seals 1–4 1–2–1 3 5 18 @ Los Angeles Kings 4–3 2–2–1 5 6 20 @ California Golden Seals 3–3 2–2–2 6 7 25 @ New York Rangers 1–6 2–3–2 6 8 26 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 3–3–2 8 9 28 @ Minnesota North Stars 1–2 3–4–2 8 10 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 4–4–2 10
November: 6–7–1, 13 Points (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 0–6–0) Game November Opponent Score Record Points 11 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 5–4–2 12 12 4 Buffalo Sabres 5–3 6–4–2 14 13 5 New York Rangers 2–3 6–5–2 14 14 8 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 6–6–2 14 15 9 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 7–6–2 16 16 11 Buffalo Sabres 3–1 8–6–2 18 17 12 California Golden Seals 8–3 9–6–2 20 18 15 @ New York Rangers 3–7 9–7–2 20 19 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–6 9–8–2 20 20 19 @ Atlanta Flames 2–3 9–9–2 20 21 22 New York Islanders 5–3 10–9–2 22 22 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–6 10–10–2 22 23 26 @ Boston Bruins 4–6 10–11–2 22 24 30 Atlanta Flames 5–5 10–11–3 23
December: 6–6–3, 15 Points (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 1–4–3) Game December Opponent Score Record Points 25 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 10–11–4 24 26 3 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 11–11–4 26 27 7 Minnesota North Stars 6–2 12–11–4 28 28 9 Boston Bruins 3–4 12–12–4 28 29 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 13–12–4 30 30 13 @ Minnesota North Stars 2–7 13–13–4 30 31 14 St. Louis Blues 5–3 14–13–4 32 32 16 @ New York Islanders 2–1 15–13–4 34 33 17 Boston Bruins 3–5 15–14–4 34 34 20 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–4 15–15–4 34 35 21 Los Angeles Kings 6–3 16–15–4 36 36 23 @ St. Louis Blues 1–6 16–16–4 36 37 27 @ California Golden Seals 2–2 16–16–5 37 38 29 @ Vancouver Canucks 4–4 16–16–6 38 39 30 @ Los Angeles Kings 3–5 16–17–6 38
January: 7–4–1, 15 Points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 4–2–0) Game January Opponent Score Record Points 40 3 @ Atlanta Flames 3–1 17–17–6 40 41 7 @ Buffalo Sabres 0–2 17–18–6 40 42 11 Los Angeles Kings 2–3 17–19–6 40 43 13 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 18–19–6 42 44 14 New York Rangers 2–5 18–20–6 42 45 18 Minnesota North Stars 6–1 19–20–6 44 46 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–6 19–21–6 44 47 21 @ Buffalo Sabres 4–3 20–21–6 46 48 23 Detroit Red Wings 4–4 20–21–7 47 49 25 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 21–21–7 49 50 27 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 22–21–7 51 51 28 California Golden Seals 4–3 23–21–7 53
February: 7–4–2, 16 Points (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 4–3–1) Game February Opponent Score Record Points 52 1 Vancouver Canucks 5–4 24–21–7 55 53 3 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 24–21–8 56 54 4 @ Boston Bruins 2–2 24–21–9 57 55 7 @ Los Angeles Kings 1–2 24–22–9 57 56 9 @ Vancouver Canucks 10–5 25–22–9 59 57 11 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–7 25–23–9 59 58 13 New York Islanders 8–2 26–23–9 61 59 15 Boston Bruins 1–3 26–24–9 61 60 17 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–6 27–24–9 63 61 18 Minnesota North Stars 5–1 28–24–9 65 62 20 @ St. Louis Blues 5–3 29–24–9 67 63 25 @ California Golden Seals 7–0 30–24–9 69 64 28 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–6 30–25–9 69
March: 7–4–2, 16 Points (Home: 7–1–1; Road: 0–3–2) Game March Opponent Score Record Points 65 1 Los Angeles Kings 0–2 30–26–9 69 66 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 10–0 31–26–9 71 67 7 @ New York Rangers 2–2 31–26–10 72 68 10 Atlanta Flames 2–1 32–26–10 74 69 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 33–26–10 76 70 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–5 33–27–10 76 71 18 Montreal Canadiens 4–4 33–27–11 77 72 22 Vancouver Canucks 9–0 34–27–11 79 73 24 @ New York Islanders 2–3 34–28–11 79 74 25 St. Louis Blues 5–2 35–28–11 81 75 28 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–6 35–29–11 81 76 29 Atlanta Flames 4–2 36–29–11 83 77 31 New York Islanders 10–2 37–29–11 85
April: 0–1–0, 0 Points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record Points 78 1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–5 37–30–11 85
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1973 Stanley Cup playoffs
Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota North Stars - Flyers win 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score Series 1 April 4 Minnesota North Stars 0–3 North Stars lead 1–0 2 April 5 Minnesota North Stars 4–1 Series tied 1–1 3 April 7 @ Minnesota North Stars 0–5 North Stars lead 2–1 4 April 8 @ Minnesota North Stars 3–0 Series tied 2–2 5 April 10 Minnesota North Stars 3–2 OT Flyers lead 3–2 6 April 12 @ Minnesota North Stars 4–1 Flyers win 4–2
Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens - Canadiens win 4–1 Game Date Opponent Score Series 1 April 14 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–4 OT Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–4 OT Series tied 1–1 3 April 19 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 Canadiens lead 2–1 4 April 22 Montreal Canadiens 1–4 Canadiens lead 3–1 5 April 24 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–5 Canadiens win 4–1
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	23	C	78	37	67	104	32	80	11	2	6	8	6
19	MacLeish, RickRick MacLeish	23	C	78	50	50	100	15	69	10	3	4	7	2
12 !12, 24	Dornhoefer, GaryGary Dornhoefer	29	RW	77	30	49	79	17	168	11	3	3	6	16
21	Flett, BillBill Flett	29	RW	69	43	31	74	31	53	11	3	4	7	0
7	Barber, BillBill Barber	20	LW	69	30	34	64	10	46	11	3	2	5	22
18	Lonsberry, RossRoss Lonsberry	25	LW	77	21	29	50	6	59	11	4	3	7	9
23	Bladon, TomTom Bladon	20	D	78	11	31	42	9	26	11	0	4	4	2
17 !17, 22	Nolet, SimonSimon Nolet	31	RW	70	16	20	36	-3 −3	6	11	3	1	4	4
10	Clement, BillBill Clement	22	C	73	14	14	28	-11 −11	51	2	0	0	0	0
14	Watson, JoeJoe Watson	29	D	63	2	24	26	30	46	11	0	2	2	12
28	Dupont, AndreAndre Dupont	23	D	46	3	20	23	8	164	11	1	2	3	29
11	Saleski, DonDon Saleski	23	RW	78	12	9	21	-20 −20	205	11	1	2	3	4
9	Kelly, BobBob Kelly	22	LW	77	10	11	21	1	238	11	0	1	1	8
8	Schultz, DaveDave Schultz	23	LW	76	9	12	21	4	259	11	1	0	1	51
4	Ashbee, BarryBarry Ashbee	33	D	64	1	17	18	-2 −2	106	11	0	4	4	20
5	Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	29	D	29	2	11	13	-8 −8	32	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
25	Potvin, JeanJean Potvin	23	D	35	3	9	12	-1 −1	10	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2	Van Impe, EdEd Van Impe	32	D	72	1	11	12	22	76	11	0	0	0	16
6	Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman	34	D	74	0	10	10	16	33	8	0	0	0	0
29	Crisp, TerryTerry Crisp	29	C	12	1	5	6	4	2	11	3	2	5	2
20	Plante, PierrePierre Plante	21	RW	2	0	3	3	3	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
1	Favell, DougDoug Favell	27	G	44	0	2	2	-98 !N/A	4	11	0	0	0	2
30 !30, 35	Belhumeur, MichelMichel Belhumeur	23	G	23	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	0	1	0	0	0	0
30	Taylor, BobbyBobby Taylor	28	G	23	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
15 !15, 20	Wright, LarryLarry Wright	21	C	9	0	1	1	-3 −3	4	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
3	Brossart, WillieWillie Brossart	23	D	4	0	1	1	-5 −5	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
20	Watson, JimmyJimmy Watson	20	D	4	0	1	1	-1 −1	5	2	0	0	0	0
26	Kindrachuk, OrestOrest Kindrachuk	22	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—

Goaltenders

			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	27	44	20	15	4	3	114	.913	2.83	2419	11	5	6	1	29	.920	2.60	669
30 !30, 35	Belhumeur, MichelMichel Belhumeur	23	23	9	7	3	0	60	.903	3.22	1117	1	0	0	0	1	.889	6.00	10
30	Taylor, BobbyBobby Taylor	28	23	8	8	4	0	78	.888	4.09	1144	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Bobby Clarke Gary Dornhoefer
Hart Memorial Trophy	Bobby Clarke
NHL Second All-Star Team	Bobby Clarke (C)

Records

•    *  NHL record
•   **  Tied for NHL record

Individual regular season single game records

Record	Player	Total	Date and opponent
Most goals scored	Rick MacLeish	4	February 13, 1973 vs. New York Islanders March 4, 1973 vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (tied 14 times by eight different players)

Individual post season single game records

Record	Player	Total	Date and opponent
Most assist, one period	Barry Ashbee	3**	April 5, 1973 vs. Minnesota North Stars (tied five times by five different players)

Team regular season single game records

Record	Total	Date and opponent
Most goals, one period	8	March 31, 1973 vs. New York Islanders

Team regular season streaks records

Record	Games	Dates
Longest road losing streak	8	October 25, 1972 through November 26, 1972 (tied March 3, 1988 through March 29, 1988)

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 12, 1972, the day after the deciding game of the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 10, 1973, the day of the deciding game of the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals.^[9]

Trades

Date	Details
June 8, 1972	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Minnesota North Stars 10th-round pick in 1972
August 10, 1972[10]	To Philadelphia Flyers John McKenzie	To Boston Bruins cash
December 14, 1972[11]	To Philadelphia Flyers Andre Dupont 3rd-round pick in 1973	To St. Louis Blues Brent Hughes Pierre Plante
March 5, 1973[12]	To Philadelphia Flyers Terry Crisp	To New York Islanders Jean Potvin player to be named later[a]
May 1973[13]	To Philadelphia Flyers Jim Stanfield	To Portland Buckaroos (WHL) cash

Trade notes

• ^a The Flyers sent Glen Irwin to New York on May 18, 1973 to complete trade.^[14]

Signings

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Contract details
September 1972[15]	Jack McIlhargey	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date	Player	Contract details
May 21, 1972[16]	Dave Schultz	2 years
May 22, 1972[17]	Rick Foley	3 years
May 22, 1972[17]	Bob Kelly	2 years
May 22, 1972[17]	Simon Nolet	multi-year
May 24, 1972[18][19]	Rick MacLeish	3 years, $125,000
May 26, 1972[20]	Bill Clement	2 years
May 26, 1972[20]	Joe Watson	2 years
May 31, 1972[21]	Don Saleski	2 years
June 2, 1972[22]	Michel Belhumeur	3 years
June 2, 1972[22]	Gary Dornhoefer	3 years
June 2, 1972[22]	Ross Lonsberry	multi-year
June 2, 1972[22]	Lew Morrison	2 years
June 2, 1972[22]	Jean Potvin	multi-year
June 2, 1972[22]	Ed Van Impe	multi-year
June 5, 1972[23]	Doug Favell	3 years
June 19, 1972[24]	Bill Flett	3 years, $165,000
August 15, 1972[25]	Barry Ashbee	3 years
August 15, 1972[25]	Yvon Bilodeau
August 15, 1972[25]	Willie Brossart
August 15, 1972[25]	Bob Currier	2 years
August 15, 1972[25]	Rene Drolet
August 15, 1972[25]	Andre Gaudette
August 15, 1972[25]	Wayne Hillman
August 15, 1972[25]	Orest Kindrachuk
August 15, 1972[25]	Roger Kosar
August 15, 1972[25]	Danny Schock
August 15, 1972[25]	Tom Trevelyan
September 12, 1972[26]	Brent Hughes

Draft picks

The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details
June 20, 1972[27]	Bill Barber	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)	1972 1st-round pick	3 years
June 20, 1972[27]	Tom Bladon	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)	1972 2nd-round pick	3 years
June 20, 1972[27]	Al MacAdam	Charlottetown Islanders (MJHL)	1972 4th-round pick	2 years
June 20, 1972[27]	Jimmy Watson	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)	1972 3rd-round pick	2 years

Reverse draft

The Flyers were involved in the following claims during the reverse draft.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from
June 8, 1972[28]	Hank Nowak	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Philadelphia Flyers

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	Notes
May 25, 1972[29]	Dick Sarrazin	New England Whalers (WHA)	Free agency
June 6, 1972[30]	Eddie Joyal	Alberta Oilers (WHA)	Free agency
June 6, 1972[31][32]	Lew Morrison	Atlanta Flames	Expansion Draft
June 6, 1972[31][32]	Larry Hale	Atlanta Flames	Expansion Draft
June 6, 1972[31][32]	Jim Mair	New York Islanders	Expansion Draft
June 1972[33]	Jean-Guy Gendron	Quebec Nordiques (WHA)	Free agency
July 19, 1972[34]	Ralph MacSweyn	Los Angeles Sharks (WHA)	Free agency
July 1972[35]	Michel Parizeau	Quebec Nordiques (WHA)	Free agency	Flyers retained NHL rights
August 8, 1972[36]	Don McLeod	Houston Aeros (WHA)	Free agency

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec on June 8, 1972.^[37]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1972 and their NHL career regular season statistics

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA
1	7	Barber, BillBill Barber	Left Wing	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)	903	420	463	883	623	& —	& —	& —	& —
2	23	Bladon, TomTom Bladon	Defense	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)	610	73	197	270	392	& —	& —	& —	& —
3	39	Watson, JimmyJimmy Watson	Defense	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)	613	38	148	186	492	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	55	MacAdam, AlAl MacAdam	Right Wing	Canada	Charlottetown Islanders (MJHL)	864	240	351	591	509	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	71	Fedorak, DarylDaryl Fedorak	Goaltender	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	87	Hasting, DaveDave Hasting	Goaltender	Canada	Charlottetown Islanders (MJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	103	Beaudoin, SergeSerge Beaudoin	Defense	Canada	Trois-Rivières Ducs (QMJHL)	3	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	119	Russell, PatPat Russell	Right Wing	Canada	Vancouver Nats (WCHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	135	Boutin, RayRay Boutin	Goaltender	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[38]

• The Flyers traded their tenth round pick, 148th overall, to the Minnesota North Stars for cash on June 8, 1972.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL,^[2][39] the San Diego Gulls of the WHL,^[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

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