1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' second season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the quarterfinals to the St. Louis Blues for the second consecutive season.

Off-season

The Flyers coaxed Dick Cherry, who they selected in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft, out of retirement by agreeing to a three-year contract.^[4]

Lou Angotti, the Flyers first captain, was involved in a three-team trade.^[5] The Flyers traded Angotti to the St. Louis Blues for Darryl Edestrand and Gerry Melnyk and the Blues subsequently traded Angotti to the Pittsburgh Penguins.^[5] Melnyk suffered a heart attack in training camp and retired to become a scout for the team.^[6]

The Flyers claimed veteran defenseman Allan Stanley in the reverse draft from the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[7]

Regular season

Defenseman Ed Van Impe was named Angotti's replacement as captain in November.^[8]

Led by Van Impe and the team-leading 24 goals of Andre Lacroix, the Flyers struggled finishing 15 games under .500.

Season standings

West Division^[9]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	St. Louis Blues	76	37	25	14	204	157	+47	88
2	Oakland Seals	76	29	36	11	219	251	−32	69
3	Philadelphia Flyers	76	20	35	21	174	225	−51	61
4	Los Angeles Kings	76	24	42	10	185	260	−75	58
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	20	45	11	189	252	−63	51
6	Minnesota North Stars	76	18	43	15	189	270	−81	51

Playoffs

Despite the poor regular season showing, they made the playoffs; however, they were manhandled by St. Louis in a four-game sweep. Not wanting his team to be physically outmatched again, owner Ed Snider instructed General Manager Bud Poile to acquire bigger, tougher players.^[10]

Schedule and results

Regular season

1968–69 regular season

October: 1–5–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 0–4–1)

November: 5–8–0 (Home: 3–5–0; Road: 2–3–0)

December: 3–6–5 (Home: 1–2–3; Road: 2–4–2)

January: 3–6–5 (Home: 2–4–2; Road: 1–2–3)

February: 1–8–4 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 0–4–3)

March: 7–2–5 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 1–2–4)

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

Playoffs

1969 Stanley Cup playoffs

Quarterfinals vs. St. Louis Blues – Blues 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
7	Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix	23	C	75	24	32	56	−12	4	4	0	0	0	0
11	Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron	34	LW	74	20	35	55	−8	65	4	0	0	0	6
21	Sarrazin, DickDick Sarrazin	23	RW	54	16	30	46	−7	14	4	0	0	0	0
20	Johnson, JimJim Johnson	26	C	69	17	27	44	−5	20	3	0	0	0	2
9	Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	29	RW	65	14	21	35	−7	10	3	0	0	0	0
12	Dornhoefer, GaryGary Dornhoefer	25	RW	60	8	16	24	−20	80	4	0	1	1	20
10	Selby, BritBrit Selby	23	LW	63	10	13	23	−11	23	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
2	Van Impe, EdEd Van Impe	28	D	68	7	12	19	−13	112	1	0	0	0	17
17	Hale, LarryLarry Hale	27	D	67	3	16	19	−24	28	4	0	0	0	10
6	Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley	42	D	64	4	13	17	−4	28	3	0	1	1	4
8	Blackburn, DonDon Blackburn	30	LW	48	7	9	16	−13	36	4	0	0	0	2
5	Cherry, DickDick Cherry	31	D	71	9	6	15	−11	18	4	1	0	1	4
22	Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	33	C	59	8	7	15	−25	195	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
15	Peters, GarryGarry Peters	26	C	66	8	6	14	−20	49	4	1	1	2	16
14	Nolet, SimonSimon Nolet	27	RW	35	4	10	14	−10	8	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
4	Miszuk, JohnJohn Miszuk	28	D	66	1	13	14	−6	70	4	0	0	0	0
10	Sutherland, BillBill Sutherland	34	LW	12	7	3	10	5	4	4	1	1	2	0
3	Watson, JoeJoe Watson	25	D	60	2	8	10	−21	14	4	0	0	0	0
19	Heiskala, EarlEarl Heiskala	26	LW	21	3	3	6	−4	51	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
19	Paiement, RosaireRosaire Paiement	23	RW	27	2	4	6	−14	52	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
23	Stankiewicz, MyronMyron Stankiewicz	33	LW	19	0	5	5	−11	25	1	0	0	0	0
24	MacSweyn, RalphRalph MacSweyn	26	D	24	0	4	4	4	6	4	0	0	0	4
23	Meehan, GerryGerry Meehan	22	C	12	0	3	3	−1	4	4	0	0	0	0
22	Byers, MikeMike Byers	22	RW	5	0	2	2	−1	0	4	0	1	1	0
14	Hannigan, PatPat Hannigan	32	LW	7	0	1	1	−4	22	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
30	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	23	G	58	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	4	3	0	0	0	0
1	Favell, DougDoug Favell	23	G	21	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	4	1	0	0	0	0
24	Zeidel, LarryLarry Zeidel	40	D	9	0	0	0	−3	6	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
16	LaForge, ClaudeClaude LaForge	32	LW	2	0	0	0	−2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
19	Bernier, SergeSerge Bernier	21	C	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
30	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	23	58	17	23	16	1	151	.923	2.69	3365	3	0	3	0	12	.872	4.00	180
1	Favell, DougDoug Favell	23	21	3	12	5	1	71	.902	3.56	1195	1	0	1	0	5	.861	5.00	60

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor	Recipient	Ref
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Bernie Parent	^[11]
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Ed Van Impe	^[11]

Records

Team single season records
Record	Total
Fewest wins on road	6 (tied in 1969–70)
Fewest playoff wins	0 (tied in 1970–71, 1982–83, 1983–84)

Team regular season single game records
Record	Total	Date and opponent
Most goals against	12	January 30, 1969 vs. Chicago Black Hawks

Team regular season streaks records
Record	Games	Date(s)
Longest tie streak	4	January 2, 1969 through January 8, 1969 (tied December 8, 1991 through December 15, 1991)
Longest road tie streak	4	March 1, 1969 through March 15, 1969

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 12, 1968, the day after the deciding game of the 1968 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 4, 1969, the day of the deciding game of the 1969 Stanley Cup Finals.^[12]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
May 20, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers Earl Heiskala	To Seattle Totems (WHL) loan of Bob Courcy loan of Ray LaRose future considerations^[a]	^[13]
June 11, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Edestrand Gerry Melnyk	To St. Louis Blues Lou Angotti Ian Campbell	^[5]
August 21, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers Loan of Bobby Rivard	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash	^[14]
October 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Al Millar	^[15]
December 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Quebec Aces (AHL) Keith Wright	^[16]
December 2, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers Bob Sneddon	To Chicago Black Hawks Brian Bradley	^[17]
March 2, 1969	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Pat Hannigan	^[18]
March 2, 1969	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Byers Gerry Meehan Bill Sutherland	To Toronto Maple Leafs Forbes Kennedy Brit Selby	^[18]

Trade notes

^a The Flyers sent John Hanna and Art Stratton to Seattle during June 1968 to complete trade.^[19]

Signings

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Ref
September 1968	Bobby Taylor	Calgary Spurs (AJHL)	^[20]
September 18, 1968	Jean Lapointe	Laval Saints (QMJHL)	^[21]
September 18, 1968	Bill McEwan		^[21]

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date	Player	Contract details	Ref
May 27, 1968	Dick Cherry	3 years	^[4]
September 21, 1968	Brit Selby	2 years
October 5, 1968	Ralph MacSweyn
October 5, 1968	Bobby Rivard
October 8, 1968	Forbes Kennedy		^[22]
October 8, 1968	Garry Peters		^[22]
October 9, 1968	Gary Dornhoefer
October 9, 1968	Jim Johnson
October 9, 1968	Rosaire Paiement
October 12, 1968	Larry Hale	1 year

Draft picks

The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details	Ref
September 18, 1968	Dunc Wilson	Oshawa Generals (OHA)	Special Internal Amateur Draft		^[21]^[23]

NHL Intra-League Draft

The 1968 NHL Intra-League Draft was held on June 12, 1968.^[24]^[25] Each NHL team placed 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select.^[24] It cost $30,000 to make a claim.^[24]

The Flyers protected the following players:^[24] goaltenders Doug Favell and Bernie Parent, and skaters Dick Cherry, Gary Dornhoefer, Jean Gauthier, Earl Heiskala, Jim Johnson, Forbes Kennedy, Andre Lacroix, John Miszuk, Simon Nolet, Leon Rochefort, Brit Selby, Bill Sutherland, Ed Van Impe, and Joe Watson.

Selections involving the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1968 NHL Intra-League Draft^[24]^[26]
Round	Pick	Player	Selected by	Selected from	Notes
1	7	Ron Buchanan	Philadelphia Flyers	Boston Bruins	Flyers removed Jean Gauthier from protected list Bruins claimed Gauthier in lieu of cash
2	8	Fern Rivard	Minnesota North Stars	Philadelphia Flyers	Flyers placed Don Blackburn on protected list
3	10	Larry Hale	Philadelphia Flyers	Minnesota North Stars	Flyers removed Bill Sutherland from protected list North Stars claimed Sutherland in lieu of cash

NHL Reverse Draft

The 1968 NHL Reverse Draft was held on June 13, 1968.^[7]^[27] The Reverse Draft featured American Hockey League (AHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) teams selecting unprotected players from NHL teams.^[7] It cost $15,000 to make a claim.^[27]

Selections involving the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1968 NHL Reverse Draft^[7]^[27]
Round	Pick	Player	Selected by	Selected from	Notes
1	1	Jim Morrison	Baltimore Clippers (AHL)	Philadelphia Flyers	Played entire 1967–68 season with Quebec Aces
1	2	Ed Hoekstra	Denver Spurs (WHL)	Philadelphia Flyers
1	13	Allan Stanley	Quebec Aces (AHL)	Toronto Maple Leafs	Played entire 1968–69 season with Flyers

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
January 16, 1969	Myron Stankiewicz	Philadelphia Flyers	St. Louis Blues	^[28]

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Notes	Ref
October 7, 1968	Gerry Melnyk	—	Retirement	Acquired in June 11 trade	^[6]

Draft picks

NHL Amateur Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec on June 13, 1968.^[29]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1968 and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA
1	8	Lew Morrison	Right Wing	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)	564	39	52	91	107	—	—	—	—

NHL Special Internal Amateur Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1968 NHL Special Internal Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec on June 13, 1968.^[30] Sponsored players aged 20 before May 31, 1968, who played as amateurs during the 1967–68 season were eligible for selection.^[31]

Special Internal Amateur Draft selections and their NHL career regular season statistics^[23]^[32]
Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	NHL rights	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA
Dunc Wilson	Goaltender	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)	Boston Bruins	287	0	4	4	83	80	150	33	3.74

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL,^[2]^[33] the Seattle Totems 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

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Philadelphia Flyers seasons

1960s	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 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Philadelphia Flyers

Founded in 1967 Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1967 NHL expansion 1967 NHL Expansion Draft Eric Lindros trade Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Comcast Spectacor (Ed Snider, chairman) President Paul Holmgren General manager Ron Hextall Head coach Dave Hakstol Team captain Claude Giroux Current roster

Arenas	Spectrum Wells Fargo Center

Rivalries	Pittsburgh Penguins New York Rangers New Jersey Devils

Affiliates	AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms ECHL Reading Royals USPHL Premier Philadelphia Flyers-USPHL Affiliate history

Media	CSN Philadelphia Comcast Network Philadelphia 97.5 The Fanatic Broadcasters

Culture/Lore	1976 Flyers–Red Army game 2010 NHL Winter Classic 2012 NHL Winter Classic Broad Street Bullies Curse of Billy Penn Ed Snider Flyers–Senators brawl Gene Hart "God Bless America" Kate Smith Lauren Hart Legion of Doom Lou Nolan Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

1968–69 NHL season

East	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

West	Los Angeles Minnesota Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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