1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 13th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). This team owns the longest unbeaten streak in North American sports history in 35 consecutive games without a loss, from October 14 to January 6.^[4]^[5]^[6] The Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals but lost in six games to the New York Islanders.

Off-season

On August 10, 1979, Bobby Clarke was named a player-assistant coach.^[7] In order to become an assistant coach Clarke had to give up the captaincy due to NHL rules.^[8] Mel Bridgman was named Clarke's replacement as team captain on October 11.^[9]

Regular season

The Flyers would go undefeated for a North American professional sports record 35 straight games (25–0–10), a record that still stands to this day.^[4] In doing so, the Flyers wrapped up the Patrick Division title with 14 games to spare and the No.1 overall seed in the playoffs.

Season standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	48	12	20	327	254	116
New York Islanders	80	39	28	13	281	247	91
New York Rangers	80	38	32	10	308	284	86
Atlanta Flames	80	35	32	13	282	269	83
Washington Capitals	80	27	40	13	261	293	67

^[10]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

The Flyers' regular-season success continued into the playoffs, as the Flyers swept a young Wayne Gretzky and his Edmonton Oilers in the first round, then went on to get revenge against Fred Shero and his Rangers by beating them in five before disposing of Minnesota in five to lock up a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals. Facing the Islanders for the Cup, the Flyers would ultimately lose in six games on Bob Nystrom's overtime Cup-winning goal. The end result of the series was marred by controversy, as the Islanders were offside on the play that resulted in their second goal in Game 6, but the call was not made. Linesman Leon Stickle admitted after the game that he had blown the call.^[11]

Schedule and results

Regular season

1979–80 regular season

October: 6–1–1 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 1–1–0)

November: 11–0–2 (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 5–0–2)

December: 7–0–7 (Home: 4–0–4; Road: 3–0–3)

January: 10–2–2 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 6–2–1)

February: 7–2–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 4–1–1)

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

April: 1–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–0–1)

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

Playoffs

1980 Stanley Cup playoffs

Preliminary Round vs. Edmonton Oilers - Flyers win 3–0

Quarterfinals vs. New York Rangers - Flyers win 4–1

Semifinals vs. Minnesota North Stars - Flyers win 4–1

Stanley Cup Finals vs. New York Islanders - Islanders win 4–2

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	21	C	80	22	57	79	26	107	17	4	18	22	40
27	Leach, ReggieReggie Leach	29	RW	76	50	26	76	40	28	19	9	7	16	6
14 !14, 26	Propp, BrianBrian Propp	20	LW	80	34	41	75	45	54	19	5	10	15	29
7	Barber, BillBill Barber	27	LW	79	40	32	72	39	17	19	12	9	21	23
16	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	30	C	76	12	57	69	42	65	19	8	12	20	16
19	MacLeish, RickRick MacLeish	30	LW	78	31	35	66	23	28	19	9	6	15	2
17	Holmgren, PaulPaul Holmgren	24	RW	74	30	35	65	35	267	18	10	10	20	47
10	Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman	24	C	74	16	31	47	13	136	19	2	9	11	70
2	Dailey, BobBob Dailey	26	D	61	13	26	39	30	71	19	4	13	17	22
9	Kelly, BobBob Kelly	29	LW	75	15	20	35	19	122	19	1	1	2	38
3	Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	21	D	61	9	25	34	21	212	19	4	9	13	66
11	Ververgaert, DennisDennis Ververgaert	26	RW	58	14	17	31	9	24	2	0	0	0	0
15	Hill, AlAl Hill	24	LW	61	16	10	26	14	53	19	3	5	8	19
25	Barnes, NormNorm Barnes	26	D	59	4	21	25	23	59	10	0	0	0	8
20	Watson, JimmyJimmy Watson	27	D	71	5	18	23	53	51	15	0	4	4	20
22	Gorence, TomTom Gorence	22	RW	51	8	13	21	7	15	15	3	3	6	18
21 !21, 28	Busniuk, MikeMike Busniuk	28	D	71	2	18	20	39	93	19	2	4	6	23
12	Paddock, JohnJohn Paddock	25	LW	32	3	7	10	−4	36	3	2	0	2	0
6	Dupont, AndreAndre Dupont	30	D	58	1	7	8	37	107	19	0	4	4	50
5	Bathe, FrankFrank Bathe	25	D	47	0	7	7	7	111	1	0	0	0	0
29	McIlhargey, JackJack McIlhargey	27	D	26	0	4	4	7	95	9	0	0	0	25
23	Gardner, DaveDave Gardner	27	C	2	1	1	2	1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
21	Morrison, GaryGary Morrison	24	RW	3	0	2	2	0	0	5	0	1	1	2
21	Gillen, DonDon Gillen	19	RW	1	1	0	1	1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
34	Patterson, DennisDennis Patterson	30	D	3	0	1	1	−1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
8	Wesley, BlakeBlake Wesley	20	D	2	0	1	1	−3	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
31	Myre, PhilPhil Myre	31	G	41	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	37	6	0	0	0	0
33	Peeters, PetePete Peeters	22	G	40	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	28	13	0	0	0	2
30	St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	25	G	1	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	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
31	Myre, PhilPhil Myre	31	41	18	7	15	0	141	.875	3.57	2367	6	5	1	1	16	.920	2.50	384
33	Peeters, PetePete Peeters	22	40	29	5	5	1	108	.898	2.73	2373	13	8	5	1	37	.902	2.78	799
30	St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	25	1	1	0	0	0	2	.920	2.00	60	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—

Awards and records

Awards

League awards and honors
Award or honor	Recipient	Notes	Ref
Jack Adams Award	Pat Quinn		^[12]
Lester Patrick Trophy	Bobby Clarke	Former Flyers coach Fred Shero also given award	^[13]
Lester Patrick Trophy	Ed Snider	Former Flyers coach Fred Shero also given award	^[13]
Selected to NHL All-Star Game	Bill Barber		^[14]^[15]
	Norm Barnes
	Reggie Leach	Named All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
	Rick MacLeish
	Pete Peeters
	Brian Propp
	Jimmy Watson

Team awards^[16]
Award	Recipient
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Norm Barnes
Class Guy Award	Andre Dupont

Records

* NHL record
** Tied for NHL record

Individual single season records
Record	Total	Player
Shorthanded goals, playoffs	3**	Bill Barber
Game-winning goals, playoffs	4	Bill Barber (tied by Rick MacLeish in 1973–74 and Danny Briere in 2009–10)

Team single season records
Record	Total
Fewest losses	12
Fewest losses on road	7

Individual post season single game records
Record	Player	Total	Date and opponent	Final Score
Assists	Bob Dailey	4	May 1, 1980 vs. Minnesota North Stars (tied five times by five different players)	Flyers 7, North Stars 0

Team regular season single game records
Record	Total	Date and opponent	Final Score
Powerplay goals against	6	February 19, 1980 vs. Colorado Rockies	Rockies 8, Flyers 6

Team regular season streaks records
Record	Games	Dates
Longest undefeated streak	35* (25 wins, 10 ties)	October 14, 1979 through January 6, 1980
Longest home undefeated streak	26 (19 wins, 7 ties)	October 11, 1979 through February 3, 1980
Longest road undefeated streak	16 (11 wins, 5 ties)	October 20, 1979 through January 6, 1980

Milestones

Individual career milestones^[17]
Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
600th assist	Bobby Clarke	Primary assist on Reggie Leach's even-strength goal at 11:38 of the first period	October 14, 1979	^[18]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 22, 1979, the day after the deciding game of the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 24, 1980, the day of the deciding game of the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals.^[19]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 7, 1979	To Philadelphia Flyers Phil Myre	To St. Louis Blues Blake Dunlop Rick Lapointe	^[20]
August 16, 1979	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 1981	To Washington Capitals Wayne Stephenson	^[21]
September 4, 1979	To Philadelphia Flyers conditional 3rd or 4th-round pick in 1981^[a]	To Detroit Red Wings Dennis Sobchuk	^[22]
January 2, 1980	To Philadelphia Flyers Jack McIlhargey	To Vancouver Canucks cash	^[23]

Trade notes

^a Received 4th-round pick.

Signings

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Contract details	Ref
August 8, 1979	Dennis Patterson	Maine Mariners (AHL)		^[24]
September 4, 1979	Fred Williams	Philadelphia Firebirds (AHL)		^[25]
September 28, 1979	Greg Adams	Victoria Cougars (WHL)		^[26]
October 10, 1979	Sam St. Laurent	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)		^[27]
October 25, 1979	Tim Kerr	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)		^[28]
October 28, 1979	Marc-Andre Marchand	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)	3 years, $210,000	^[29]
October 31, 1979	Dan Barber	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
January 21, 1980	Dave Gardner	Binghamton Dusters (AHL)		^[30]

Re-signed

The following players were re-signed by the Flyers.

Date	Player	Contract details	Ref
June 12, 1979	Frank Bathe	multi-year

Draft picks

The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Draft	Contract details	Ref
September 4, 1979	Brian Propp	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	1979 1st-round pick	multi-year	^[25]
September 4, 1979	Blake Wesley	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)	1979 2nd-round pick		^[25]
September 4, 1979	Lindsay Carson	Billings Bighorns (WHL)	1979 3rd-round pick		^[25]
September 4, 1979	Don Gillen	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	1979 4th-round pick		^[25]
September 4, 1979	Gord Williams	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)	1979 6th-round pick		^[25]

NHL Reclamation

The Flyers held the NHL rights to the following five players who had played the previous season in the World Hockey Association (WHA).^[31] They reclaimed one player on June 9, 1979.^[31]

Philadelphia Flyers held NHL rights to the following WHA players^[31]
Player	WHA team	Status	How Flyers originally acquired NHL rights	Ref
Serge Beaudoin	Birmingham Bulls	Not reclaimed	1972 7th-round pick	^[32]
Ron Chipperfield	Edmonton Oilers	Not reclaimed	December 11, 1974 trade	^[33]
John McKenzie	Hartford Whalers	Not reclaimed	August 3, 1972 trade	^[34]
Michel Parizeau	Edmonton Oilers	Not reclaimed	Claimed off waivers on December 8, 1971	^[35]
Dennis Sobchuk	Edmonton Oilers	Reclaimed	1974 5th-round pick	^[22]

NHL Expansion Draft

The 1979 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 13, 1979.^[31]^[36] It featured four World Hockey Association (WHA) teams entering the NHL as expansion teams, the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques, and Winnipeg Jets, selecting players from the 17 existing NHL teams.^[31] Each NHL team placed 15 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the four expansion teams could not select.^[31]

The Flyers protected the following players:^[31] goaltenders Phil Myre and Rick St. Croix, and skaters Bill Barber, Mel Bridgman, Bobby Clarke, Bob Dailey, Andre Dupont, Paul Evans, Tom Gorence, Al Hill, Paul Holmgren, Bob Kelly, Reggie Leach, Rick MacLeish, Terry Murray, Dennis Ververgaert, and Jimmy Watson.

Players selected from the Philadelphia Flyers at the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft^[31]
Round	Pick	Player	Selected by	Notes
5	17	Dave Hoyda	Winnipeg Jets	Flyers added Barry Dean to protected list
10	38	Bernie Johnston	Hartford Whalers	Flyers added Dennis Sobchuk to protected list
13	49	Jim Cunningham	Winnipeg Jets	Flyers added Gord Garbutt to protected list
13	51	M. F. Schurman	Hartford Whalers

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	Ref
May 31, 1979	Bernie Parent	—	Retirement	^[37]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec on August 9, 1979.^[38]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1979 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	14	Propp, BrianBrian Propp	Left Wing	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	1016	425	579	1004	830	& —	& —	& —	& —
2	22	Wesley, BlakeBlake Wesley	Defense	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)	298	18	46	64	486	& —	& —	& —	& —	^[a]
2	35	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	Goaltender	Sweden	AIK (Elitserien)	157	0.1 !0	5	5	10	87	49	15	3.30
3	56	Carson, LindsayLindsay Carson	Center	Canada	Billings Bighorns (WHL)	373	66	80	146	524	& —	& —	& —	& —
4	77	Gillen, DonDon Gillen	Right Wing	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	35	2	4	6	22	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	98	Eriksson, ThomasThomas Eriksson	Defense	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Elitserien)	208	22	76	98	107	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	119	Williams, GordGord Williams	Forward	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)	2	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	0.1 !0	2	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[39]

^a The Flyers traded their 1978 second-round pick to the Colorado Rockies for the Rockies' second-round pick, 22nd overall, on June 15, 1978.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL,^[2]^[40] the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL,^[3] and the Hampton Aces of the Eastern Hockey League.^[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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External links

Blumenstock, Kathy (November 26, 1979). "The Broad St. Bullies Clean Up Their Act". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 8, 2014.

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

1979–80 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Quebec Toronto

Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	NHL–WHA merger Expansion Draft Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup Final

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