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
General Manager Bud Poile
Coach Keith Allen
Captain Lou Angotti
Alternate captains Bill Sutherland
Ed Van Impe
Arena Spectrum
Le Colisée[1]
(Mar 10 through Mar 30)
Average attendance 9,625[2]
Minor league affiliations Quebec Aces (AHL)[3]
Seattle Totems (WHL)[4]
Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)[5]
Knoxville Knights (EHL)[4]
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)
1968–69>

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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[8] Also announced on April 4 was the hiring of a Chicago firm to design the team's arena.[8]

Details of the name-the-team contest were released on July 12, 1966.[8] 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.[8] Among the names considered behind the scenes were Quakers, Ramblers, and Liberty Bells.[8] 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.[8]

The flying P has been the Flyers' primary logo since the beginning.

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.[8] 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.[8] 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,[8] 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.[8] With Tom Paul as head of the project, artist Sam Ciccone designed both the logo and jerseys with the concept to represent speed.[8] 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.[8] Ciccone's jersey design, a stripe down each shoulder and down the arms, represented wings.[8]

Off-season

The men hired to build the expansion Flyers were Bud Poile as general manager and Keith Allen as head coach.[9][10] 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.[9][10] 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.[11] The NHL Expansion Draft was held a month later on June 6.[12] 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.[12] Among the Flyers' 20 selections were Bernie Parent, Doug Favell, Ed Van Impe, Joe Watson, Lou Angotti (who was named the Flyers' first captain),[13] Leon Rochefort, and Gary Dornhoefer.[12] 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.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17]

Season standings

West Division[18]
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

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

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1968 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

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, 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
5 Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier 30 D 65 5 7 12 0 74 7 1 3 4 6
24 Zeidel, LarryLarry Zeideldagger 39 D 57 1 10 11 12 68 7 0 1 1 12
17 Hicks, WayneWayne Hicksdouble-dagger 30 RW 32 2 7 9 −5 6
19 Stratton, ArtArt Strattondagger 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
20 Paiement, RosaireRosaire Paiementdagger 22 RW 7 1 0 1 1 11 3 3 0 3 0
30 Parent, BernieBernie Parent 22 G 38 0 1 1 N/A 2 5 0 0 0 0
20 Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron 33 LW 1 0 1 1 1 2
1 Favell, DougDoug Favell 22 G 37 0 0 0 N/A 37 2 0 0 0 5
6 Hanna, JohnJohn Hanna 32 D 15 0 0 0 1 0
12 MacSweyn, RalphRalph MacSweyn 25 D 4 0 0 0 0 0
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
24 Ball, TerryTerry Ball 23 D 1 0 0 0 −1 0
21 Carruthers, DwightDwight Carruthers 23 D 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Pelletier, RogerRoger Pelletier 22 D 1 0 0 0 0 0

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 [19]

Records

Team single season records
Record Total
Fewest goals scored 173
Fewest powerplay goals scored 33

Milestones

Franchise firsts[20]
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 [21]
Goal Bill Sutherland Even-strength goal at 10:07 of the second period against Charlie Hodge October 11, 1967 [21]
Assists Leon Rochefort Primary assist on Sutherland's goal at 10:07 of the second period October 11, 1967 [21]
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 [22]
Shutout Doug Favell Stopped all 21 shots against the Pittsburgh Penguins October 19, 1967 [23]
Powerplay goal Ed Hoekstra Scored at 13:17 of the first period against Charlie Hodge October 22, 1967 [24]
Shorthanded goal Forbes Kennedy Scored at 4:19 of the first period against Charlie Hodge October 29, 1967 [25]
Hat-trick Leon Rochefort 1: Powerplay goal at 4:23 of the first period against Rogie Vachon November 4, 1967 [26]
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 [27]
Penalty, playoffs John Miszuk 2 minutes for high-sticking at 1:00 of the first period April 4, 1968 [28]
Goal, playoffs Pat Hannigan Even-strength goal at 1:32 of the first period against Glenn Hall April 6, 1968 [29]
Assists, playoffs Claude LaForge Primary assist on Hannigan's goal at 1:32 of the first period April 6, 1968 [29]
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 [29]
Game-winning goal, playoffs Leon Rochefort Even-strength goal at 6:51 of the third period against Glenn Hall April 6, 1968 [29]
Shorthanded goal, playoffs Forbes Kennedy Scored at 15:52 of the first period against Glenn Hall April 13, 1968 [30]
Hat-trick, playoffs Rosaire Paiement 1: Even-strength goal at 13:18 of the first period against Glenn Hall April 13, 1968 [30]
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 [31]

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.[32]

Purchase of Quebec Aces

On May 8, 1967, the Flyers purchased the Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League (AHL).[11] 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 [33]
Jean-Guy Gendron Left Wing Boston Bruins [34]
John Hanna Defense Montreal Canadiens [35]
Wayne Hicks Right Wing Montreal Canadiens [36]
Ed Hoekstra Center New York Rangers [37]
Andre Lacroix Center [38]
Claude LaForge Left Wing Detroit Red Wings [39]
Ralph MacSweyn Defense [40]
Jim Morrison Defense New York Rangers [41]
Simon Nolet Right Wing [42]
Roger Pelletier Defense [43]
Fern Rivard Goaltender [44]
Bill Sutherland Left Wing Montreal Canadiens [45]

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.[46]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the Expansion Draft and their Flyers career regular season statistics[47][48]
Round Pick Player Position Team GP G A Pts PIM W L T GAA
1 2 Parent, BernieBernie Parent Goaltender Boston Bruins 486 0 11 11 100 232 141 104 2.42
2 9 Favell, DougDoug Favell Goaltender Boston Bruins 215 0 4 4 88 76 87 37 2.78
3 16 Van Impe, EdEd Van Impe Defense Chicago Black Hawks 617 19 107 126 892 &
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4 21 Watson, JoeJoe Watson Defense Boston Bruins 746 36 162 198 397 &
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5 27 Selby, BritBrit Selby Left Wing Toronto Maple Leafs 119 25 28 53 47 &
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6 33 Angotti, LouLou Angotti Right Wing Chicago Black Hawks 70 12 37 49 35 &
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7 39 Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort Right Wing Montreal Canadiens 139 35 42 77 26 &
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8 45 Blackburn, DonDon Blackburn Left Wing Toronto Maple Leafs 115 16 29 45 59 &
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9 51 Miszuk, JohnJohn Miszuk Defense Chicago Black Hawks 140 6 30 36 149 &
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10 57 Peters, GarryGarry Peters Center Montreal Canadiens 229 27 28 55 209 &
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11 63 Cherry, DickDick Cherry Defense Boston Bruins 139 12 10 22 41 &
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12 69 Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier Defense Montreal Canadiens 65 5 7 12 74 &
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13 75 Johnson, JimJim Johnson Center New York Rangers 266 66 102 168 67 &
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14 81 Dornhoefer, GaryGary Dornhoefer Right Wing Boston Bruins 725 202 316 518 1256 &
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15 87 Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy Center Boston Bruins 132 18 25 43 325 &
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16 93 Hannigan, PatPat Hannigan Left Wing Toronto Maple Leafs 72 11 16 27 58 &
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17 99 Carruthers, DwightDwight Carruthers Defense Detroit Red Wings 1 0 0 0 0 &
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18 105 Courcy, BobBob Courcy Center Montreal Canadiens &
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19 111 Wright, KeithKeith Wright Right Wing Boston Bruins 1 0 0 0 0 &
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20 117 Ball, TerryTerry Ball Defense New York Rangers 62 7 18 25 20 &
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Trades

Date Details Ref
September 12, 1967 To Philadelphia Flyers
Al Millar
To Toronto Maple Leafs
cash
[49]
September 14, 1967 To Philadelphia Flyers
Dick Sarrazin
To Detroit Red Wings
cash
[50]
October 18, 1967 To Philadelphia Flyers
Rosaire Paiement
To Boston Bruins
1st-round pick in 1970
[51]
October 20, 1967 To Philadelphia Flyers
Larry Zeidel
To Cleveland Barons (AHL)
cash
[52]
February 27, 1968 To Philadelphia Flyers
future considerations[a]
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Wayne Hicks
[53]
Trade notes

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) [54]
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 [54]
September 13, 1967 Gary Dornhoefer Expansion Draft selection [55]
September 13, 1967 Forbes Kennedy Expansion Draft selection [55]
September 13, 1967 Jim Johnson Expansion Draft selection [55]
September 13, 1967 Keith Wright Expansion Draft selection [55]
September 14, 1967 Andre Lacroix Acquired in Quebec Aces purchase [50]
September 30, 1967 Ed Van Impe 2 years, $45,000 Expansion Draft selection [56][57]
October 3, 1967 Joe Watson 2 years, $38,500 Expansion Draft selection [57]
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 [50]
N/A John Marshall Markham Seal-a-Wax (MJBHL) Special Internal Amateur Draft [58]
N/A Al Sarault Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJAHL) 1967 2nd-round pick
N/A Ken Schutz London Nationals (OHA) Special Internal Amateur Draft [59]

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.[60]

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.[59] Sponsored players aged 20 before May 31, 1967, who played as amateurs during the 1966–67 season were eligible for selection.[59] Only four selections were made in this draft.[59]

Special Internal Amateur Draft selections and their NHL career regular season statistics[58][61][62]
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,[3] whom they purchased on May 8, 1967, the Seattle Totems and Phoenix Roadrunners[5] of the WHL, and the Knoxville Knights of the EHL.[4] 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.[63] 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.

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