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 (to Mar 19) Bob McCammon (from Mar 19)
Captain	Bill Barber
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	17,044[1]
Minor league affiliations	Maine Mariners (AHL)[2] Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL)[3]
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). The Flyers lost in the Patrick Division Semifinals to the New York Rangers in four games.

Regular season

The Flyers were unable to reach a long-term contract with team captain Mel Bridgman for the second consecutive off-season.^[4] Prior to opening night head coach Pat Quinn replaced Bridgman as captain with Bill Barber.^[5] On November 11, Bridgman was traded to the Calgary Flames for defenseman Brad Marsh.^[4]

Darryl Sittler was acquired in January from Toronto.

After winning only six games in a span of 29 games, head coach Pat Quinn and assistant coach Bob Boucher were fired on March 19.^[6] Bobby Clarke was also relieved of his duties as an assistant coach.^[6] Replacing Quinn was Bob McCammon, who had been coaching the Maine Mariners ever since being replaced as Flyers coach by Quinn in 1979.^[6]

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

^[7]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.

Playoffs

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.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1981–82 regular season
October: 8–2–1, 17 Points (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 3–1–0) Game October Opponent Score Record Points 1 9 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 0–0–1 1 2 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 8–2 1–0–1 3 3 14 @ Washington Capitals 5–4 2–0–1 5 4 15 Washington Capitals 5–2 3–0–1 7 5 18 Minnesota North Stars 3–2 4–0–1 9 6 22 Quebec Nordiques 3–2 5–0–1 11 7 24 @ St. Louis Blues 6–3 6–0–1 13 8 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 7–0–1 15 9 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–11 7–1–1 15 10 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 8–1–1 17 11 31 Vancouver Canucks 4–8 8–2–1 17
November: 4–8–0, 8 Points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 1–6–0) Game November Opponent Score Record Points 12 1 @ Buffalo Sabres 2–6 8–3–1 17 13 5 New York Rangers 2–6 8–4–1 17 14 7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–7 8–5–1 17 15 12 Hartford Whalers 5–3 9–5–1 19 16 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 0–4 9–6–1 19 17 15 New York Islanders 5–4 10–6–1 21 18 18 @ New York Rangers 2–5 10–7–1 21 19 21 @ Washington Capitals 4–10 10–8–1 21 20 22 Washington Capitals 2–3 10–9–1 21 21 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 11–9–1 23 22 26 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 12–9–1 25 23 28 @ Minnesota North Stars 3–5 12–10–1 25
December: 10–3–0, 20 Points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–2–0) Game December Opponent Score Record Points 24 1 Winnipeg Jets 2–1 13–10–1 27 25 3 Calgary Flames 6–1 14–10–1 29 26 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 15–10–1 31 27 6 St. Louis Blues 8–2 16–10–1 33 28 9 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 17–10–1 35 29 12 New York Rangers 3–5 17–11–1 35 30 16 @ New York Rangers 7–3 18–11–1 37 31 17 Buffalo Sabres 2–1 19–11–1 39 32 20 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 20–11–1 41 33 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 7–6 21–11–1 43 34 26 @ New York Islanders 2–4 21–12–1 43 35 28 @ Calgary Flames 7–4 22–12–1 45 36 30 @ Edmonton Oilers 5–7 22–13–1 45
January: 6–6–3, 15 Points (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 2–4–3) Game January Opponent Score Record Points 37 2 @ St. Louis Blues 5–3 23–13–1 47 38 5 Los Angeles Kings 5–3 24–13–1 49 39 7 New York Islanders 4–5 24–14–1 49 40 9 @ New York Islanders 1–3 24–15–1 49 41 10 Colorado Rockies 5–4 25–15–1 51 42 14 Edmonton Oilers 8–2 26–15–1 53 43 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 27–15–1 55 44 17 Boston Bruins 7–3 28–15–1 57 45 19 @ Quebec Nordiques 2–2 28–15–2 58 46 21 Montreal Canadiens 2–4 28–16–2 58 47 23 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–5 28–16–3 59 48 26 @ Colorado Rockies 4–7 28–17–3 59 49 27 @ Los Angeles Kings 4–4 28–17–4 60 50 30 @ Vancouver Canucks 2–4 28–18–4 60 51 31 @ Edmonton Oilers 4–7 28–19–4 60
February: 4–6–2, 10 Points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 1–4–1) Game February Opponent Score Record Points 52 4 Minnesota North Stars 3–3 28–19–5 61 53 6 @ Quebec Nordiques 3–4 28–20–5 61 54 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 29–20–5 63 55 11 Buffalo Sabres 6–4 30–20–5 65 56 13 @ New York Islanders 2–8 30–21–5 65 57 14 Los Angeles Kings 6–4 31–21–5 67 58 18 New York Islanders 4–7 31–22–5 67 59 20 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–6 31–23–5 67 60 21 Boston Bruins 0–1 31–24–5 67 61 24 @ Winnipeg Jets 2–6 31–25–5 67 62 27 @ Calgary Flames 9–8 32–25–5 69 63 28 @ Vancouver Canucks 3–3 32–25–6 70
March: 5–5–4, 14 Points (Home: 4–2–2; Road: 1–3–2) Game March Opponent Score Record Points 64 2 Winnipeg Jets 6–7 32–26–6 70 65 4 New York Rangers 4–4 32–26–7 71 66 6 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–4 32–27–7 71 67 7 Washington Capitals 7–1 33–27–7 73 68 10 @ New York Rangers 5–5 33–27–8 74 69 11 Colorado Rockies 5–1 34–27–8 76 70 13 @ Washington Capitals 3–6 34–28–8 76 71 17 @ New York Rangers 2–5 34–29–8 76 72 18 Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 34–29–9 77 73 20 @ Hartford Whalers 5–2 35–29–9 79 74 21 Hartford Whalers 5–3 36–29–9 81 75 25 Washington Capitals 3–4 36–30–9 81 76 27 @ Washington Capitals 4–4 36–30–10 82 77 28 New York Rangers 3–1 37–30–10 84
April: 1–1–1, 3 Points (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record Points 78 1 New York Islanders 3–3 37–30–11 85 79 3 @ New York Islanders 3–6 37–31–11 85 80 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–1 38–31–11 87
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1982 Stanley Cup playoffs
Patrick Division Semifinals vs. New York Rangers - Rangers win 3–1 Game Date Opponent Score Series 1 April 7 @ New York Rangers 4–1 Flyers lead 1–0 2 April 8 @ New York Rangers 3–7 Series tied 1–1 3 April 10 New York Rangers 3–4 Rangers lead 2–1 4 April 11 New York Rangers 5–7 Rangers win 3–1
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
14 !14, 26	Linseman, KenKen Linseman	23	C	79	24	68	92	6	275	4	1	2	3	6
14 !14, 26	Propp, BrianBrian Propp	22	LW	80	44	47	91	19	117	4	2	2	4	4
7	Barber, BillBill Barber	29	LW	80	45	44	89	4	85	4	1	5	6	4
11	Flockhart, RonRon Flockhart	21	C	72	33	39	72	18	44	4	0	1	1	2
16	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	32	C	62	17	46	63	28	154	4	4	2	6	4
19	Allison, RayRay Allison	22	RW	51	17	37	54	13	104	3	2	0	2	2
12	Kerr, TimTim Kerr	22	RW	61	21	30	51	6	138	4	0	2	2	2
27	Leach, ReggieReggie Leach	31	RW	66	26	21	47	2	18	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
23	Sinisalo, IlkkaIlkka Sinisalo	23	LW	66	15	22	37	18	22	4	0	2	2	0
3	Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	23	D	59	13	23	36	6	135	4	1	4	5	10
9	Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	31	C	35	14	18	32	-1 −1	50	4	3	1	4	6
17	Holmgren, PaulPaul Holmgren	26	RW	41	9	22	31	10	183	4	1	2	3	6
24 !24, 35	Hoffmeyer, BobBob Hoffmeyer	26	D	57	7	20	27	13	142	2	0	1	1	25
8	Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	23	D	66	2	22	24	17	106	4	0	0	0	2
15	Hill, AlAl Hill	26	LW	41	6	13	19	-4 −4	58	3	0	0	0	0
25	Adams, GregGreg Adams	21	LW	33	4	15	19	7	105	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
29 !29, 35	Cochrane, GlenGlen Cochrane	24	D	63	6	12	18	19	329	1	0	0	0	0
28	Botell, MarkMark Botell	20	D	32	4	10	14	8	31	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
22 !22, 36	Gorence, TomTom Gorence	24	RW	66	5	8	13	-17 −17	8	3	0	0	0	0
10	Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman	26	C	9	7	5	12	0	47	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
20	Watson, JimmyJimmy Watson	29	D	76	3	9	12	12	99	4	0	1	1	2
6	Arthur, FredFred Arthur	20	D	74	1	7	8	-8 −8	47	4	0	0	0	2
2	Dailey, BobBob Dailey	28	D	12	1	5	6	4	22	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
5	Bathe, FrankFrank Bathe	27	D	28	1	3	4	11	68	4	0	0	0	2
33	Peeters, PetePete Peeters	24	G	44	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	19	4	0	0	0	0
30	St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	27	G	29	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	2	1	0	0	0	0
18	Carson, LindsayLindsay Carson	21	C	18	0	1	1	-15 −15	32	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
24	Smith, SteveSteve Smith	18	D	8	0	1	1	-2 −2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
9 !9, 35, 36	Bailey, ReidReid Bailey	25	D	10	0	0	0	-5 −5	23	2	0	0	0	0
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	22	G	8	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
21	Morrison, GaryGary Morrison	26	RW	7	0	0	0	-6 −6	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
35	Taylor, MarkMark Taylor	24	C	2	0	0	0	-1 −1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
8	Eriksson, ThomasThomas Eriksson	22	D	1	0	0	0	-1 −1	4	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
35	Michayluk, DaveDave Michayluk	19	RW	1	0	0	0	-2 −2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
35	Williams, GordGord Williams	21	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2	-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
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	1	.875	3.00	20
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	22	8	2	4	2	0	35	.881	4.38	480	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Bill Barber Brian Propp
NHL Player of the Week	Pete Peeters (December 7)

Team awards

Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Frank Bathe
Class Guy Award	Bobby Clarke

Records

Team single season records

Record	Total
Most powerplay goals allowed	102
Fewest shutouts	0 (tied in 1988–89 and 2010–11)

Team regular season single game records

Record	Total	Date and opponent
Fastest four goals	1:22 apart	October 11, 1981 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (goals scored by Bobby Clarke, Ilkka Sinisalo, Reggie Leach, Ken Linseman)

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached
Darryl Sittler	400 Goals	March 18, 1982

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 22, 1981, the day after the deciding game of the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 16, 1982, the day of the deciding game of the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals.^[8]

Trades

Date	Details
July 3, 1981[9]	To Philadelphia Flyers Ray Allison Fred Arthur[a] 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[10]	To Philadelphia Flyers Brad Marsh	To Calgary Flames Mel Bridgman
January 20, 1982[11]	To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Sittler	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rich Costello Hartford's 2nd-round pick in 1982 future considerations[b]

Trade notes

• ^a The Flyers received Hartford's 1984 3rd-round pick as compensation after Arthur retired in October 1982.

• ^b Ken Strong was sent to Toronto on May 1, 1982 to complete the trade.

Signings

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Contract details
June 18, 1981[12]	Bob Froese	Saginaw Gears (IHL)
October 9, 1981[13]	Daryl Stanley	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
November 22, 1981[14]	Bob Hoffmeyer	Maine Mariners (AHL)

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date	Player	Contract details
August 18, 1981[15]	Tom Gorence	multi-year
August 21, 1981[16]	Mel Bridgman	multi-year

Draft picks

The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details
June 11, 1981	Brian Tutt	Calgary Wranglers (WHL)	1980 6th-round pick
June 16, 1981	Dan Held	Billings Bighorns (WHL)	1980 5th-round pick

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions. Claims made during the NHL Waiver Draft are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from
October 5, 1981[17]	Terry Murray*	Washington Capitals	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
July 27, 1981[18]	Robbie Moore	Minnesota North Stars	Free agency
August 11, 1981[19]	Dave Logan	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec on June 10, 1981.^[20]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1981 and their NHL career regular season statistics

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA	Notes
1	16	Smith, SteveSteve Smith	Defense	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	18	0.1 !0	1	1	15	& —	& —	& —	& —
2	37	Costello, RichRich Costello	Forward	United States	Natick High School (Mass.)	12	2	2	4	2	& —	& —	& —	& —
3	47	Tabobondung, BarryBarry Tabobondung	Defense	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	[a]
3	58	Strong, KenKen Strong	Forward	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)	15	2	2	4	6	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	65	Michayluk, DaveDave Michayluk	Left Wing	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)	14	2	6	8	8	& —	& —	& —	& —	[b]
4	79	Latta, KenKen Latta	Right Wing	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	100	Hanley, JustinJustin Hanley	Center	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	121	Villeneuve, AndreAndre Villeneuve	Defense	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	137	Svitek, VladimirVladimir Svitek	Forward	Slovakia	HC Kosice (CZE)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	[c]
7	142	Hudon, GilGil Hudon	Goaltender	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	163	Taylor, SteveSteve Taylor	Left Wing	United States	Providence Friars (HE)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	184	Hachborn, LenLen Hachborn	Center	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)	102	20	39	59	29	& —	& —	& —	& —
10	205	Tsujiura, SteveSteve Tsujiura	Center	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[21]

• ^a The Flyers traded Wayne Stephenson to the Washington Capitals for the Capitals' third-round pick on August 16, 1979.
• ^b The Flyers traded Dennis Sobchuk to the Detroit Red Wings for the Red Wings' third or fourth-round pick on September 4, 1979.
• ^c The Flyers traded Andre Dupont to the Quebec Nordiques for cash and the Nordiques' seventh-round pick on September 15, 1980.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL^[2][22] and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.^[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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