1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the quarterfinals to the Chicago Black Hawks in a four-game sweep.

Regular season

Bobby Clarke led the team in goals (27), assists (36), and points (63) in his second season.

Season standings

West Division^[4]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	78	49	20	9	277	184	+93	107
2	St. Louis Blues	78	34	25	19	223	208	+15	87
3	Philadelphia Flyers	78	28	33	17	207	225	−18	73
4	Minnesota North Stars	78	28	34	16	191	223	−32	72
5	Los Angeles Kings	78	25	40	13	239	303	−64	63
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	21	37	20	221	240	−19	62
7	California Golden Seals	78	20	53	5	199	320	−121	45

Playoffs

The Flyers were swept in four games by the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round. Even though the team had improved their record in his second season behind the bench, head coach Vic Stasiuk was replaced by Fred Shero in the off-season.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1970–71 regular season

October: 5–3–1, 11 Points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 0–2–1)

November: 5–6–1, 11 Points (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 1–3–0)

December: 2–8–3, 7 Points (Home: 0–2–1; Road: 0–6–2)

January: 7–5–4, 18 Points (Home: 5–3–2; Road: 2–2–2)

February: 5–6–1, 11 Points (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–5–1)

March: 3–5–5, 11 Points (Home: 2–0–4; Road: 1–5–1)

April: 1–0–2, 4 Points (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–0–1)

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

Playoffs

1971 Stanley Cup playoffs

Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks - Black Hawks 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
16	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	21	C	77	27	36	63	9	78	4	0	0	0	2
21	Bernier, SergeSerge Bernier	23	RW	77	23	28	51	−7	77	4	1	1	2	0
20	Johnson, JimJim Johnson	28	C	66	16	29	45	−10	16	4	0	2	2	0
7	Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix	25	C	78	20	22	42	−9	12	4	0	2	2	0
12	Dornhoefer, GaryGary Dornhoefer	27	RW	57	20	20	40	3	93	2	0	0	0	4
11	Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron	36	LW	76	20	16	36	−9	46	4	0	1	1	0
18	Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk	24	LW	78	17	19	36	−5	81	4	1	0	1	8
9	Kelly, BobBob Kelly	20	LW	76	14	18	32	7	70	4	1	0	1	2
17	Nolet, SimonSimon Nolet	29	RW	74	9	19	28	−1	42	4	2	1	3	0
4	Ashbee, BarryBarry Ashbee	31	D	64	4	23	27	3	44	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
10	Schmautz, CliffCliff Schmautz	31	RW	30	8	12	20	3	23	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
3	Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	33	D	73	3	13	16	9	39	4	0	2	2	2
15	Peters, GarryGarry Peters	28	C	73	6	7	13	−14	69	4	1	1	2	15
8	Morrison, LewLew Morrison	22	RW	78	5	7	12	−12	25	4	0	0	0	2
6	Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman	32	D	69	5	7	12	12	47	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
23	Hale, LarryLarry Hale	29	D	70	1	11	12	−18	34	4	0	0	0	2
5	Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	27	D	30	1	10	11	−6	21	4	0	0	0	6
2	Van Impe, EdEd Van Impe	30	D	77	0	11	11	−13	80	4	0	1	1	8
14	Watson, JoeJoe Watson	27	D	57	3	7	10	9	50	1	0	0	0	0
19	MacLeish, RickRick MacLeish	21	LW	26	2	4	6	−4	19	4	1	0	1	0
19	Heiskala, EarlEarl Heiskala	28	LW	41	2	1	3	−9	72	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
22	Schock, DannyDanny Schock	22	LW	14	1	2	3	1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
30	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	25	G	30	0	2	2	-98 !N/A	5	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
1	Favell, DougDoug Favell	25	G	44	0	1	1	-98 !N/A	9	2	0	0	0	0
30	Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	32	G	11	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0	2	0	0	0	0
25	Mair, JimJim Mair	24	D	2	0	0	0	−1	0	3	1	2	3	4
22	Swarbrick, GeorgeGeorge Swarbrick	28	RW	2	0	0	0	−2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
25	Brossart, WillieWillie Brossart	21	D	1	0	0	0	−2	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
10	Sutherland, BillBill Sutherland	36	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
4	MacSweyn, RalphRalph MacSweyn	28	D	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-99 !—	-1 !—	4	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

= 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	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
1	Favell, DougDoug Favell	25	44	16	15	9	2	108	.915	2.66	2434	2	0	2	0	8	.867	4.00	120
30	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	25	30	9	12	6	2	73	.912	2.76	1586	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
30	Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	32	11	3	6	2	0	37	.901	3.36	660	2	0	2	0	12	.821	6.00	120

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor	Recipient	Ref
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Bobby Clarke	^[5]

Records

Team single season records
Record	Total
Fewest playoff wins	0 (tied in 1968–69, 1982–83, 1983–84)

Milestones

Franchise firsts^[6]
Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
Natural hat-trick	Gary Dornhoefer	1: Even-strength goal at 10:07 of the second period against Chris Worthy	March 6, 1971	^[7]
		2: Even-strength goal at 0:26 of the third period against Worthy
		3: Even-strength goal at 1:11 of the third period against Worthy

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 11, 1970, the day after the deciding game of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 18, 1971, the day of the deciding game of the 1971 Stanley Cup Finals.^[8]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
May 20, 1970	To Philadelphia Flyers Brent Hughes	To Los Angeles Kings Mike Byers	^[9]
May 29, 1970	To Philadelphia Flyers Barry Ashbee	To Hershey Bears (AHL) Larry McKillop player to be named later^[a]	^[10]
June 12, 1970	To Philadelphia Flyers George Swarbrick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Terry Ball	^[11]
August 1970	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Denver Spurs (WHL) Claude LaForge	^[12]
August 10, 1970	To Philadelphia Flyers loan for season	To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) Guy Dufour
January 31, 1971	To Philadelphia Flyers Bruce Gamble Mike Walton 1st-round pick in 1971	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bernie Parent 2nd-round pick in 1971	^[13]
January 31, 1971	To Philadelphia Flyers Rick MacLeish Danny Schock	To Boston Bruins Mike Walton	^[13]

Trade notes

^a The player to be named later was Darryl Edestrand.^[14]

Signings

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Contract details	Ref
June 1970	Hugh Harvey	Kingston Aces (OHA)		^[15]

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date	Player	Ref
August 13, 1970	Bill Lesuk	^[16]
September 7, 1970	Earl Heiskala	^[17]
September 7, 1970	Jim Johnson	^[17]
September 7, 1970	Lew Morrison	^[17]
September 9, 1970	Larry Hale	^[18]
September 9, 1970	Joe Watson	^[18]
October 5, 1970	Doug Favell	^[19]
October 5, 1970	Larry Hillman	^[19]
October 5, 1970	Wayne Hillman	^[19]

NHL Intra-League Draft

The 1970 NHL Intra-League Draft was held on June 9, 1970.^[20]^[21] It cost $30,000 to make a claim.^[21]

Selections involving the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1970 NHL Intra-League Draft^[20]^[22]
Round	Pick	Player	Selected by	Selected from	Notes
1	3	Bill Lesuk	Philadelphia Flyers	Boston Bruins	Flyers removed Dick Cherry from protected list Bruins claimed Cherry in lieu of cash

NHL Expansion Draft

The 1970 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 10, 1970.^[23]^[24] It featured two expansion teams, the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks, selecting players from the 12 existing NHL teams.^[23] Each NHL team placed 15 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the two expansion teams could not select.^[23]

The Flyers protected the following players:^[23] goaltenders Doug Favell and Bernie Parent, and skaters Barry Ashbee, Serge Bernier, Gary Dornhoefer, Jean-Guy Gendron, Larry Hale, Earl Heiskala, Larry Hillman, Wayne Hillman, Jim Johnson, Andre Lacroix, Bill Lesuk, Lew Morrison, Simon Nolet, Ed Van Impe, and Joe Watson.

Players selected from the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft^[23]^[25]
Pick	Player	Selected by	Notes
10	Rosaire Paiement	Vancouver Canucks	Flyers added Garry Peters to protected list
15	Reg Fleming	Buffalo Sabres	Flyers added Brent Hughes to protected list
29	Gerry Meehan	Buffalo Sabres
37	Dunc Wilson	Vancouver Canucks

NHL Reverse Draft

The 1970 NHL Reverse Draft was held on June 11, 1970.^[26] The Reverse Draft featured American Hockey League (AHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) teams selecting unprotected players from NHL teams.

Selections involving the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1970 NHL Reverse Draft^[15]^[26]
Player	Selected by	Selected from	Notes
Alain Caron	San Diego Gulls (WHL)	Montreal Canadiens	Played entire 1970–71 season with San Diego
Hugh Harvey	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Philadelphia Flyers	Played entire 1970–71 season with Oklahoma City (CHL)

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Claimed by	Claimed from	Ref
October 19, 1970	Bill Sutherland	Buffalo Sabres	Philadelphia Flyers	^[27]
December 28, 1970	Cliff Schmautz	Philadelphia Flyers	Buffalo Sabres	^[28]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec on June 11, 1970.^[29]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1970 and their NHL career regular season statistics
Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA
2	18	Clement, BillBill Clement	Center	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)	719	148	208	356	383	& —	& —	& —	& —
3	32	Kelly, BobBob Kelly	Left Wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)	837	154	208	362	1454	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	46	Lapierre, JacquesJacques Lapierre	Defense	Canada	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	60	Kerslake, DougDoug Kerslake	Right Wing	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	74	Giannini, DennisDennis Giannini	Left Wing	Canada	London Knights (OHA)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
7	87	Nowak, HankHank Nowak	Left Wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)	180	26	29	55	161	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	99	Cunningham, GaryGary Cunningham	Defense	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	109	Daigle, JeanJean Daigle	Left Wing	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[30]

The Flyers first-round pick, 4th overall, was traded to the Boston Bruins for Rosaire Paiement on October 18, 1967.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL,^[2]^[31] the Flint Generals of the IHL,^[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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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

1970–71 NHL season

East	Boston Buffalo Detroit Montreal New York Toronto Vancouver

West	California Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Amateur Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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