1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers season

1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers
West Division champions
Division	1st West
1967–68 record	31–32–11
Home record	17–13–7
Road record	14–19–4
Goals for	173 (11th)
Goals against	179 (3rd)
Team information
President	Bill Putnam
General Manager	Bud Poile
Coach	Keith Allen
Captain	Lou Angotti
Alternate captains	Bill Sutherland Ed Van Impe
Arena	Spectrum[lower-alpha 1]
Average attendance	9,625[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Quebec Aces Seattle Totems Phoenix Roadrunners Knoxville Knights
Team leaders
Goals	Leon Rochefort (21)
Assists	Lou Angotti (37)
Points	Lou Angotti (49)
Penalties in minutes	Ed Van Impe (141)
Plus/minus	Joe Watson (+12) Larry Zeidel (+12)
Wins	Bernie Parent (16)
Goals against average	Doug Favell (2.27)

The 1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' inaugural season and the first National Hockey League (NHL) season in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since the Philadelphia Quakers' 1930–31 season. The Flyers won the West Division, but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the St. Louis Blues in seven games.

NHL expansion

Philadelphia waited almost 35 years from when the Quakers' played their last home game (a 4–0 loss to Chicago on March 17, 1931) for the NHL to return when the city was awarded an expansion franchise on February 9, 1966. Philadelphia was a bit of a surprise choice since a group from the nearby city of Baltimore were considered favorites to land a team.^[3]

The man who often receives the most credit for bringing NHL hockey back to Philadelphia is Ed Snider. While attending a basketball game in 1964 at the Boston Garden, the then vice-president of the Philadelphia Eagles observed a crowd of Boston Bruins fans lining up to purchase tickets to see a last-place team.^[4] Intrigued, he began making plans for a new arena upon hearing the NHL was looking to expand due to fears of a competing league taking hold on the West Coast and the desire for a new television contract in the United States. Snider made his proposal to the league and the Philadelphia group — including Snider, Bill Putnam, Jerome Schiff, and Eagles owner Jerry Wolman — was chosen over the Baltimore group.

On April 4, 1966, Putnam announced there would be a name-the-team contest and that orange, black and white would be the team colors.^[5] Wanting what he referred to as "hot" colors, Putnam's choice was influenced by the orange and white of his alma mater, the University of Texas, and the orange and black of Philadelphia's previous NHL team, the Quakers.^[5] Also announced on April 4 was the hiring of a Chicago firm to design the team's arena.^[5]

Details of the name-the-team contest were released on July 12, 1966.^[5] As sponsor of the contest, ballots were available at local Acme Markets grocery stores and included a top prize of a RCA 21" color television, two season tickets for both the second and third prize winners, and a pair of tickets to a game for the next 100 winners.^[5] Among the names considered behind the scenes were Quakers, Ramblers, and Liberty Bells.^[5] The first two were the names of previous Philadelphia hockey teams and given the connotations of losing (Quakers) and the minor leagues (Ramblers), were passed over. Liberty Bells, though seriously considered, was also the name of a local race track. Bashers, Blizzards, Bruisers, Huskies, Keystones, Knights, Lancers, Raiders, and Sabres were among the other names considered.^[5]

It was Ed Snider's sister Phyllis who ended up naming the team when she suggested Flyers on a return trip from a Broadway play.^[5] Ed knew immediately it would be the winning name, since it captured the speed of the game and went well phonetically with Philadelphia. On August 3, 1966, the team name was announced.^[5] Of the 11,000 ballots received, more than 100 selected Flyers as the team name and were entered into a drawing to select a winner. 9-year-old boy Alec Stockard from Narberth, who had spelled it "Fliers" on his entry,^[5] won the drawing and was declared the winner.

With the name and colors already known, Philadelphia advertising firm Mel Richmann Inc. was hired to design a logo and jersey.^[5] With Tom Paul as head of the project, artist Sam Ciccone designed both the logo and jerseys with the concept to represent speed.^[5] Ciccone's winged P design, four stylized wings attached to a slanted P with an orange dot to represent a puck, was considered the "obvious choice" over his other designs which included a winged skate.^[5] Ciccone's jersey design, a stripe down each shoulder and down the arms, represented wings.^[5]

Off-season

The men hired to build the expansion Flyers were Bud Poile as general manager and Keith Allen as head coach.^[6][7] Both were former NHL players and were Western Hockey League coaches in the years preceding expansion, Poile with the San Francisco Seals and Allen with the Seattle Totems.^[6][7] On May 8, 1967, the Flyers purchased the American Hockey League's Quebec Aces and with them acquired sixteen professional players and the rights to sixteen amateur players.^[8] The NHL Expansion Draft was held a month later on June 6.^[9] The six expansion franchises selected 20 players from the Original Six teams, though most of the players available were either aging veterans or career minor-leaguers before expansion occurred.^[9] Among the Flyers' 20 selections were Bernie Parent, Doug Favell, Ed Van Impe, Joe Watson, Lou Angotti (who was named the Flyers' first captain),^[10] Leon Rochefort, and Gary Dornhoefer.^[9] The following day, the Flyers made two selections in the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft, notably Serge Bernier 5th overall from the Sorel Éperviers.

Regular season

The Flyers made their debut on October 11, 1967, losing 5–1 on the road to the California Seals.^[11] Bill Sutherland scored the first goal in franchise history. They won their first game a week later, defeating the St. Louis Blues on the road, 2–1.^[12] The Flyers made their home debut in front of a crowd of 7,812, shutting out their trans-Pennsylvania rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins, 1–0 on October 19.^[13] With all six expansion teams grouped into the same division, the Flyers were able to win the division with a below .500 record and after being forced to play their last seven home games on the road (five of them at Le Colisée in Quebec City, the home of their AHL affiliate) due to a March 1 storm blowing parts of the Spectrum's roof off.^[1]

The team was led offensively by Leon Rochefort in goals (21) and Lou Angotti in assists (37) and points (49). Bill Sutherland was the only other player on the team with at least 20 goals and Gary Dornhoefer was the only other player with at least 30 assists. Rochefort was the only Flyer to take part in the NHL All-Star Game. Despite the lack of offensive firepower, the Flyers were strong enough defensively to be a respectable 8–15–1 against Original Six teams, winning at least one game against all six and winning three of their four games against the defending Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs. 22-year-old goaltenders Doug Favell and Bernie Parent split time in net and put up similar numbers. Favell finished 3rd in Calder Memorial Trophy voting.^[14]

Season standings

West Division^[15]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	74	31	32	11	173	179	−6	73
2	Los Angeles Kings	74	31	33	10	200	224	−24	72
3	St. Louis Blues	74	27	31	16	177	191	−14	70
4	Minnesota North Stars	74	27	32	15	191	226	−35	69
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	74	27	34	13	195	216	−21	67
6	Oakland Seals	74	15	42	17	153	219	−66	47

Record vs. opponents

1967-68 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	LAK	MIN	MON	NYR	OAK	PHI	PIT	STL	TOR
Boston	—	5–3–2	5–3–2	3–1	2–2	5–5	6–2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–1–1	2–5–3
Chicago	3–5–2	—	4–3–3	2–1–1	3–1	2–6–2	3–4–3	3–0–1	3–1	2–1–1	2–0–2	5–4–1
Detroit	3–5–2	3–4–3	—	1–2–1	2–2	3–6–1	3–5–2	3–0–1	3–1	3–1	2–1–1	1–8–1
Los Angeles	1–3	1–2–1	2–1–1	—	2–6–2	2–2	2–2	4–4–2	5–4–1	6–4	4–3–3	2–2
Minnesota	2–2	1–3	2–2	6–2–2	—	1–2–1	0–2–2	5–2–3	3–6–1	3–4–3	3–5–2	1–2–1
Montreal	5–5	6–2–2	6–3–1	2–2	2–1–1	—	4–4–2	3–1	2–1–1	4–0	3–0–1	5–3–2
New York	2–6–2	4–3–3	5–3–2	2–2	2–0–2	4–4–2	—	4–0	3–1	3–0–1	3–1	7–3
Oakland	2–2	0–3–1	0–3–1	4–4–2	2–5–3	1–3	0–4	—	4–3–3	1–5–4	0–7–3	1–3
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	1–3	4–5–1	6–3–1	1–2–1	1–3	3–4–3	—	3–4–3	7–1–2	3–1
Pittsburgh	2–2	1–2–1	1–3	4–6	4–3–3	0–4	0–3–1	5–1–4	4–3–3	—	4–6	2–1–1
St. Louis	1–2–1	0–2–2	1–2–1	3–4–3	5–3–2	0–3–1	1–3	7–0–3	1–7–2	6–4	—	2–1–1
Toronto	5–2–3	4–5–1	8–1–1	2–2	2–1–1	3–5–2	3–7	3–1	1–3	1–2–1	1–2–1	—

Playoffs

The Flyers returned to the Spectrum in time to open up their first playoff series on April 4, 1968, against the St. Louis Blues. The Blues came into the series as underdogs, but they took Game 1 1–0. Pat Hannigan scored the Flyers first ever playoff goal 1:32 into the first period of Game 2. Tied going into the third period, Leon Rochefort's goal with 13:09 left proved to be the game winner in a 4–3 result. The series shifted to St. Louis and the Flyers lost both Games 3 and 4. With the Flyers on the verge of elimination, Rosaire Paiement scored a hat trick in Game 5 and the Flyers won 6–1. Returning to St. Louis for Game 6, Don Blackburn’s goal with 8:42 left in the 2nd overtime forced a Game 7. However, the Flyers lost Game 7 by a score of 3–1.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1967–68 regular season
October: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 1–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 1 October 11 Philadelphia 1–5 California Parent 6,886 0–1–0 0 2 October 14 Philadelphia 2–4 Los Angeles Favell 7,035 0–2–0 0 3 October 18 Philadelphia 2–1 St. Louis Favell 5,234 1–2–0 2 4 October 19 Pittsburgh 0–1 Philadelphia Favell 7,812 2–2–0 4 5 October 22 California 2–5 Philadelphia Favell 5,783 3–2–0 6 6 October 28 Detroit 3–1 Philadelphia Favell 10,859 3–3–0 6 7 October 29 California 2–2 Philadelphia Favell 4,708 3–3–1 7
November: 7–4–3 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 3–2–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 8 November 2 Minnesota 3–1 Philadelphia Favell 4,203 3–4–1 7 9 November 4 Philadelphia 4–1 Montreal Parent 14,822 4–4–1 9 10 November 5 Montreal 1–1 Philadelphia Parent 9,188 4–4–2 10 11 November 8 Philadelphia 1–1 Pittsburgh Parent 4,719 4–4–3 11 12 November 12 Philadelphia 4–2 Boston Parent 13,909 5–4–3 13 13 November 15 Philadelphia 0–5 Pittsburgh Parent 6,876 5–5–3 13 14 November 16 New York 2–3 Philadelphia Favell 11,276 6–5–3 15 15 November 18 Philadelphia 2–2 Minnesota Favell 10,466 6–5–4 16 16 November 19 St. Louis 2–3 Philadelphia Parent 7,102 7–5–4 18 17 November 22 Detroit 2–4 Philadelphia Parent 12,086 8–5–4 20 18 November 25 Philadelphia 2–1 St. Louis Parent 8,570 9–5–4 22 19 November 26 Los Angeles 2–7 Philadelphia Parent 11,420 10–5–4 24 20 November 29 Philadelphia 1–3 Chicago Parent 17,200 10–6–4 24 21 November 30 California 3–1 Philadelphia Parent 3,167 10–7–4 24
December: 7–5–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 3–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 22 December 3 St. Louis 2–4 Philadelphia Parent 8,727 11–7–4 26 23 December 6 Philadelphia 2–4 California Favell 2,426 11–8–4 26 24 December 8 Philadelphia 3–0 Los Angeles Favell 4,624 12–8–4 28 25 December 10 Chicago 3–0 Philadelphia Favell 14,646 12–9–4 28 26 December 14 St. Louis 2–2 Philadelphia Parent 8,005 12–9–5 29 27 December 16 Philadelphia 1–0 St. Louis Parent 7,570 13–9–5 31 28 December 17 Pittsburgh 1–2 Philadelphia Parent 7,522 14–9–5 33 29 December 21 Minnesota 0–6 Philadelphia Parent 7,638 15–9–5 35 30 December 23 Philadelphia 2–3 Chicago Parent 17,500 15–10–5 35 31 December 25 New York 3–1 Philadelphia Parent 9,456 15–11–5 35 32 December 28 Philadelphia 3–5 Detroit Favell 13,568 15–12–5 35 33 December 30 Philadelphia 2–0 Los Angeles Favell 14,000 16–12–5 37 34 December 31 Los Angeles 1–9 Philadelphia Favell 5,643 17–12–5 39
January: 4–7–2 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 3–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 35 January 4 Boston 3–2 Philadelphia Parent 10,097 17–13–5 39 36 January 6 Philadelphia 2–2 Pittsburgh Favell 7,351 17–13–6 40 37 January 7 Pittsburgh 1–3 Philadelphia Favell 7,935 18–13–6 42 38 January 10 Philadelphia 4–6 Minnesota Favell 9,768 18–14–6 42 39 January 11 Montreal 4–2 Philadelphia Parent 14,126 18–15–6 42 40 January 14 Philadelphia 6–3 California Parent 2,878 19–15–6 44 41 January 18 Philadelphia 4–2 Minnesota Favell 9,098 20–15–6 46 42 January 20 Philadelphia 2–4 Boston Parent 13,527 20–16–6 46 43 January 21 St. Louis 2–2 Philadelphia Parent 10,834 20–16–7 47 44 January 24 Philadelphia 2–1 Toronto Favell 15,834 21–16–7 49 45 January 25 Minnesota 3–0 Philadelphia Parent 9,334 21–17–7 49 46 January 27 Philadelphia 2–3 Detroit Parent 12,820 21–18–7 49 47 January 28 Los Angeles 2–0 Philadelphia Favell 13,577 21–19–7 49
February: 5–6–2 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 2–4–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 48 February 1 California 3–3 Philadelphia Favell 6,386 21–19–8 50 49 February 3 Chicago 3–5 Philadelphia Parent 14,646 22–19–8 52 50 February 4 Toronto 1–4 Philadelphia Favell 14,646 23–19–8 54 51 February 7 Philadelphia 1–4 Montreal Parent 14,026 23–20–8 54 52 February 10 Philadelphia 2–1 St. Louis Favell 13,112 24–20–8 56 53 February 11 Philadelphia 3–2 Minnesota Favell 15,154 25–20–8 58 54 February 14 Philadelphia 0–4 California Parent 3,069 25–21–8 58 55 February 16 Philadelphia 1–7 Los Angeles Parent 9,867 25–22–8 58 56 February 18 Philadelphia 1–3 New York Favell 17,250 25–23–8 58 57 February 21 Philadelphia 1–1 Pittsburgh Favell 9,198 25–23–9 59 58 February 22 Minnesota 3–7 Philadelphia Favell 14,392 26–23–9 61 59 February 25 Pittsburgh 2–1 Philadelphia Favell 14,418 26–24–9 61 60 February 29 Los Angeles 3–1 Philadelphia Favell 9,115 26–25–9 61
March: 5–7–2 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 2–5–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 61 March 2 Philadelphia 0–4 New York Parent 17,235 26–26–9 61 62 March 3 California 1–1 Philadelphia1 Favell 12,127 26–26–10 62 63 March 6 Philadelphia 2–7 Toronto Favell 15,831 26–27–10 62 64 March 7 Boston 2–1 Philadelphia2 Parent 10,452 26–28–10 62 65 March 10 Minnesota 0–2 Philadelphia3 Parent 10,171 27–28–10 64 66 March 13 Philadelphia 4–2 Minnesota Favell 13,387 28–28–10 66 67 March 14 Los Angeles 0–0 Philadelphia3 Parent 4,116 28–28–11 67 68 March 17 Toronto 4–7 Philadelphia3 Parent 13,650 29–28–11 69 69 March 20 Philadelphia 5–1 California Parent 3,918 30–28–11 71 70 March 23 Philadelphia 2–4 Los Angeles Parent 14,003 30–29–11 71 71 March 27 Philadelphia 0–3 St. Louis Favell 9,315 30–30–11 71 72 March 28 St. Louis 0–2 Philadelphia3 Favell 5,382 31–30–11 73 73 March 30 Pittsburgh 2–0 Philadelphia3 Favell 5,569 31–31–11 73 74 March 31 Philadelphia 1–5 Pittsburgh Favell 6,756 31–32–11 73 ^ Game played at Madison Square Garden.[1] ^ Game played at Maple Leaf Gardens.[1] ^ Game played at Le Colisée.[1]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1968 Stanley Cup playoffs
Quarterfinals vs. St. Louis Blues – Blues win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 4 St. Louis 1–0 Philadelphia Parent 10,649 Blues lead 1–0 2 April 6 St. Louis 3–4 Philadelphia Favell 11,111 Series tied 1–1 3 April 10 Philadelphia 2–3 St. Louis 2OT Parent 10,867 Blues lead 2–1 4 April 11 Philadelphia 2–5 St. Louis Favell 11,070 Blues lead 3–1 5 April 13 St. Louis 1–6 Philadelphia Parent 10,587 Blues lead 3–2 6 April 16 Philadelphia 2–1 St. Louis 2OT Parent 13,738 Series tied 3–3 7 April 18 St. Louis 3–1 Philadelphia Parent 14,646 Blues win 4–3
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
7	Angotti, LouLou Angotti	30	C	70	12	37	49	4	35	7	0	0	0	2
12 !12, 24	Dornhoefer, GaryGary Dornhoefer	24	RW	65	13	30	43	6	134	3	0	0	0	15
9	Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	28	RW	74	21	21	42	−1	16	7	2	0	2	2
18	Hoekstra, EdEd Hoekstra	30	C	70	15	21	36	6	6	7	0	1	1	0
10	Selby, BritBrit Selby	22	LW	56	15	15	30	−3	24	7	1	1	2	4
11	Sutherland, BillBill Sutherland	33	LW	60	20	9	29	1	6	7	1	3	4	0
8	Blackburn, DonDon Blackburn	29	LW	67	9	20	29	−2	23	7	3	0	3	8
22	Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	32	C	73	10	18	28	4	130	7	1	4	5	14
14	Hannigan, PatPat Hannigan	31	RW	65	11	15	26	6	36	7	1	2	3	9
16	LaForge, ClaudeClaude LaForge	31	LW	63	9	16	25	8	36	5	1	2	3	15
4	Miszuk, JohnJohn Miszuk	27	D	74	5	17	22	1	79	7	0	3	3	11
3	Watson, JoeJoe Watson	24	D	73	5	14	19	12	56	7	1	1	2	28
2	Van Impe, EdEd Van Impe	27	D	67	4	13	17	−5	141	7	0	4	4	11
15	Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix	22	C	18	6	8	14	0	6	7	2	3	5	0
15	Peters, GarryGarry Peters	25	C	31	7	5	12	−2	22	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
5	Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	30	D	65	5	7	12	0	74	7	1	3	4	6
24	Zeidel, LarryLarry Zeidel	39	D	57	1	10	11	12	68	7	0	1	1	12
17	Hicks, WayneWayne Hicks	30	RW	32	2	7	9	−5	6	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
19	Stratton, ArtArt Stratton	32	C	12	0	4	4	−4	4	5	0	0	0	0
21	Johnson, JimJim Johnson	25	C	13	2	1	3	−1	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
20	Paiement, RosaireRosaire Paiement	22	RW	7	1	0	1	1	11	3	3	0	3	0
30	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	22	G	38	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	2	5	0	0	0	0
20	Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron	33	LW	1	0	1	1	1	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
1	Favell, DougDoug Favell	22	G	37	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	37	2	0	0	0	5
6	Hanna, JohnJohn Hanna	32	D	15	0	0	0	1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
12	MacSweyn, RalphRalph MacSweyn	25	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
21 !21, 22	Nolet, SimonSimon Nolet	26	RW	4	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	0	0
20	Wright, KeithKeith Wright	23	LW	1	0	0	0	1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
24	Ball, TerryTerry Ball	23	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
21	Carruthers, DwightDwight Carruthers	23	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
19	Pelletier, RogerRoger Pelletier	22	D	1	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
30	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	22	38	16	17	5	4	93	.926	2.48	2248	5	2	3	0	8	.963	1.35	355
1	Favell, DougDoug Favell	22	37	15	15	6	4	83	.931	2.27	2192	2	1	1	0	8	.871	4.00	120

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors

Award or honor	Recipient	Ref
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Leon Rochefort	[16]

Records

Individual

Franchise player records set during the 1967–68 season

Record	Type	Total	Player	Ref
Goals against average, playoffs	Season	1.35	Bernie Parent	[17]
Save percentage, playoffs	Season	.963	Bernie Parent	[18]

Team

Franchise team records set during the 1967–68 season

Record	Type	Total	Refs
Fewest goals scored	Season	173	[19]
Fewest powerplay goals scored	Season	33	[20]

Milestones

Franchise firsts^[21]

Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
Players on ice for opening faceoff	Lou Angotti	Forward	October 11, 1967
	Jean Gauthier	Defense
	Wayne Hicks	Forward
	John Miszuk	Defense
	Bernie Parent	Goaltender
	Brit Selby	Forward
Penalty	Lou Angotti	2 minutes for interference at 0:21 of the first period	October 11, 1967	[22]
Goal	Bill Sutherland	Even-strength goal at 10:07 of the second period against Charlie Hodge	October 11, 1967	[22]
Assists	Leon Rochefort	Primary assist on Sutherland's goal at 10:07 of the second period	October 11, 1967	[22]
	John Miszuk	Secondary assist on Sutherland's goal at 10:07 of the second period
Game-winning goal	Ed Hoekstra	Even-strength goal at 12:40 of the third period against Glenn Hall	October 18, 1967	[23]
Shutout	Doug Favell	Stopped all 21 shots against the Pittsburgh Penguins	October 19, 1967	[24]
Powerplay goal	Ed Hoekstra	Scored at 13:17 of the first period against Charlie Hodge	October 22, 1967	[25]
Shorthanded goal	Forbes Kennedy	Scored at 4:19 of the first period against Charlie Hodge	October 29, 1967	[26]
Hat-trick	Leon Rochefort	1: Powerplay goal at 4:23 of the first period against Rogie Vachon	November 4, 1967	[27]
		2: Even-strength goal at 10:18 of the third period against Vachon
		3: Even-strength goal at 13:31 of the third period against Vachon
20-goal season	Leon Rochefort	Powerplay goal at 14:58 of the first period against Wayne Rutledge	February 29, 1968	[28]
Penalty, playoffs	John Miszuk	2 minutes for high-sticking at 1:00 of the first period	April 4, 1968	[29]
Goal, playoffs	Pat Hannigan	Even-strength goal at 1:32 of the first period against Glenn Hall	April 6, 1968	[30]
Assists, playoffs	Claude LaForge	Primary assist on Hannigan's goal at 1:32 of the first period	April 6, 1968	[30]
	Jean Gauthier	Secondary assist on Hannigan's goal at 1:32 of the first period
Powerplay goal, playoffs	Don Blackburn	Scored at 18:37 of the first period against Glenn Hall	April 6, 1968	[30]
Game-winning goal, playoffs	Leon Rochefort	Even-strength goal at 6:51 of the third period against Glenn Hall	April 6, 1968	[30]
Shorthanded goal, playoffs	Forbes Kennedy	Scored at 15:52 of the first period against Glenn Hall	April 13, 1968	[31]
Hat-trick, playoffs	Rosaire Paiement	1: Even-strength goal at 13:18 of the first period against Glenn Hall	April 13, 1968	[31]
		2: Powerplay goal at 10:27 of the third period against Hall
		3: Powerplay goal at 13:25 of the third period against Hall
Overtime goal, playoffs	Don Blackburn	Even-strength goal at 11:18 of the second overtime period against Glenn Hall	April 16, 1968	[32]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 3, 1967, the day after the deciding game of the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 11, 1968, the day of the deciding game of the 1968 Stanley Cup Finals.^[33]

Purchase of Quebec Aces

On May 8, 1967, the Flyers purchased the Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League (AHL).^[8] Here is a partial list of players acquired in the transaction.

Player	Position	Previous holder of NHL rights	Ref
Rene Drolet	Right Wing	Montreal Canadiens	[34]
Jean-Guy Gendron	Left Wing	Boston Bruins	[35]
John Hanna	Defense	Montreal Canadiens	[36]
Wayne Hicks	Right Wing	Montreal Canadiens	[37]
Ed Hoekstra	Center	New York Rangers	[38]
Andre Lacroix	Center		[39]
Claude LaForge	Left Wing	Detroit Red Wings	[40]
Ralph MacSweyn	Defense		[41]
Jim Morrison	Defense	New York Rangers	[42]
Simon Nolet	Right Wing		[43]
Roger Pelletier	Defense		[44]
Fern Rivard	Goaltender		[45]
Bill Sutherland	Left Wing	Montreal Canadiens	[46]

NHL Expansion Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 6, 1967.^[47]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the Expansion Draft and their Flyers career regular season statistics^[48][49]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA
1	2	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	Goaltender	Boston Bruins	486	000 !0	011 !11	011 !11	0100 !100	232	141	104	0242 !2.42
2	9	Favell, DougDoug Favell	Goaltender	Boston Bruins	215	000 !0	004 !4	004 !4	0088 !88	076 !76	087 !87	037 !37	0278 !2.78
3	16	Van Impe, EdEd Van Impe	Defense	Chicago Black Hawks	617	019 !19	107	126	0892 !892	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	21	Watson, JoeJoe Watson	Defense	Boston Bruins	746	036 !36	162	198	0397 !397	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	27	Selby, BritBrit Selby	Left Wing	Toronto Maple Leafs	119	025 !25	028 !28	053 !53	0047 !47	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	33	Angotti, LouLou Angotti	Right Wing	Chicago Black Hawks	070 !70	012 !12	037 !37	049 !49	0035 !35	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	39	Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	Right Wing	Montreal Canadiens	139	035 !35	042 !42	077 !77	0026 !26	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	45	Blackburn, DonDon Blackburn	Left Wing	Toronto Maple Leafs	115	016 !16	029 !29	045 !45	0059 !59	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	51	Miszuk, JohnJohn Miszuk	Defense	Chicago Black Hawks	140	006 !6	030 !30	036 !36	0149 !149	& —	& —	& —	& —
10	57	Peters, GarryGarry Peters	Center	Montreal Canadiens	229	027 !27	028 !28	055 !55	0209 !209	& —	& —	& —	& —
11	63	Cherry, DickDick Cherry	Defense	Boston Bruins	139	012 !12	010 !10	022 !22	0041 !41	& —	& —	& —	& —
12	69	Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	Defense	Montreal Canadiens	065 !65	005 !5	007 !7	012 !12	0074 !74	& —	& —	& —	& —
13	75	Johnson, JimJim Johnson	Center	New York Rangers	266	066 !66	102	168	0067 !67	& —	& —	& —	& —
14	81	Dornhoefer, GaryGary Dornhoefer	Right Wing	Boston Bruins	725	202	316	518	1256	& —	& —	& —	& —
15	87	Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	Center	Boston Bruins	132	018 !18	025 !25	043 !43	0325 !325	& —	& —	& —	& —
16	93	Hannigan, PatPat Hannigan	Left Wing	Toronto Maple Leafs	072 !72	011 !11	016 !16	027 !27	0058 !58	& —	& —	& —	& —
17	99	Carruthers, DwightDwight Carruthers	Defense	Detroit Red Wings	001 !1	000 !0	000 !0	000 !0	0000 !0	& —	& —	& —	& —
18	105	Courcy, BobBob Courcy	Center	Montreal Canadiens	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
19	111	Wright, KeithKeith Wright	Right Wing	Boston Bruins	001 !1	000 !0	000 !0	000 !0	0000 !0	& —	& —	& —	& —
20	117	Ball, TerryTerry Ball	Defense	New York Rangers	062 !62	007 !7	018 !18	025 !25	0020 !20	& —	& —	& —	& —

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
September 12, 1967	To Philadelphia Flyers Al Millar	To Toronto Maple Leafs cash	[50]
September 14, 1967	To Philadelphia Flyers Dick Sarrazin	To Detroit Red Wings cash	[51]
October 18, 1967	To Philadelphia Flyers Rosaire Paiement	To Boston Bruins 1st-round pick in 1970	[52]
October 20, 1967	To Philadelphia Flyers Larry Zeidel	To Cleveland Barons (AHL) cash	[53]
February 27, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations[lower-alpha 2]	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wayne Hicks	[54]

Signings

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Contract details	Ref
August 12, 1967	Claude Cyr	Drummondville Eagles (QSHL)		[55]
April 30, 1968	Andre Gaudette	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date	Player	Contract details	Notes	Ref
August 12, 1967	Bernie Parent		Expansion Draft selection	[55]
September 13, 1967	Gary Dornhoefer		Expansion Draft selection	[56]
September 13, 1967	Forbes Kennedy		Expansion Draft selection	[56]
September 13, 1967	Jim Johnson		Expansion Draft selection	[56]
September 13, 1967	Keith Wright		Expansion Draft selection	[56]
September 14, 1967	Andre Lacroix		Acquired in Quebec Aces purchase	[51]
September 30, 1967	Ed Van Impe	2 years, $45,000	Expansion Draft selection	[57][58]
October 3, 1967	Joe Watson	2 years, $38,500	Expansion Draft selection	[58]
October 11, 1967	Don Blackburn		Expansion Draft selection
October 11, 1967	Leon Rochefort		Expansion Draft selection
October 24, 1967	Jim Morrison		Acquired in Quebec Aces purchase
February 22, 1968	Simon Nolet		Acquired in Quebec Aces purchase

Draft picks

The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details	Ref
September 14, 1967	Serge Bernier	Sorel Éperviers (QJHL)	1967 1st-round pick		[51]
N/A	John Marshall	Markham Seal-a-Wax (MJBHL)	Special Internal Amateur Draft		[59]
N/A	Al Sarault	Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJAHL)	1967 2nd-round pick
N/A	Ken Schutz	London Nationals (OHA)	Special Internal Amateur Draft		[60]

Draft picks

NHL Amateur Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 7, 1967.^[61]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1967 and their NHL career regular season statistics

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA
1	5	Serge Bernier	Center	Canada	Sorel Éperviers (QJHL)	302	78	119	197	234	—	—	—	—
2	14	Al Sarault	Defense	Canada	Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJAHL)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

NHL Special Internal Amateur Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1967 NHL Special Internal Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 7, 1967.^[60] Sponsored players aged 20 before May 31, 1967, who played as amateurs during the 1966–67 season were eligible for selection.^[60] Only four selections were made in this draft.^[60]

Special Internal Amateur Draft selections and their NHL career regular season statistics^[59][62][63]

Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	NHL rights	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA
John Marshall	Right Wing	Canada	Markham Seal-a-Wax (MJBHL)	Toronto Maple Leafs	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ken Schutz	Right Wing	Canada	London Nationals (OHA)	Toronto Maple Leafs	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL,^[64] whom they purchased on May 8, 1967, the Seattle Totems and Phoenix Roadrunners^[65] of the WHL, and the Knoxville Knights of the EHL.^[66] Quebec finished second in their division and made it to the Calder Cup Finals before losing to the Rochester Americans in six games. Head coach Vic Stasiuk was awarded the Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award as coach of the year and Simon Nolet won the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the league's leading scorer.^[67] Seattle finished 2nd in the 5-team WHL and won the Lester Patrick Cup as league champions. Knoxville finished 9th in the 12-team EHL and missed the playoffs in what proved to be their final season in existence.

Notes

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

External links

• "Flyers Media Guide: 1967–1968". Philadelphia Flyers. Retrieved December 23, 2014. 
• Mulvoy, Mark (February 19, 1968). "Expansion's Bright New Heroes". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 8, 2014.