1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers
Division2nd West
1972–73 record37–30–11
Home record27–8–4
Road record10–22–7
Goals for296 (4th)
Goals against256 (11th)
Team information
PresidentJoe Scott
General managerKeith Allen
CoachFred Shero
CaptainEd Van Impe (Oct-Jan)[lower-alpha 1]
Bobby Clarke (Jan-Apr)[lower-alpha 1]
Alternate captainsBill Clement
Joe Watson
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance16,063[3]
Minor league affiliate(s)Richmond Robins
San Diego Gulls
Jersey Devils
Team leaders
GoalsRick MacLeish (50)
AssistsBobby Clarke (67)
PointsBobby Clarke (104)
Penalty minutesDave Schultz (259)
Plus/minusBobby Clarke (+32)
WinsDoug Favell (20)
Goals against averageDoug Favell (2.83)

The 1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers earned the nickname "Broad Street Bullies" en route to their first winning season and first playoff series victory, beating the Minnesota North Stars, before losing in the semifinals to the Montreal Canadiens.

Regular season

During the 1972–73 season, Rick MacLeish scored the first two 4-goal games in team history and became the first Flyer to score 50 goals in a season.

It was during the 1972–73 season that the Flyers shed the mediocre expansion team label by recording their first winning season and becoming known as the intimidating "Broad Street Bullies", a nickname coined by Jack Chevalier and Pete Cafone of the Philadelphia Bulletin on January 3, 1973[4] after a 3–1 brawling victory over the Atlanta Flames that led Chevalier to write in his game account, "The image of the fightin' Flyers spreading gradually around the NHL, and people are dreaming up wild nicknames. They're the Mean Machine, the Bullies of Broad Street and Freddy's Philistines." Cafone wrote the accompanying headline, "Broad Street Bullies Muscle Atlanta".[5]

That same month Bobby Clarke was the youngest player (at that time) in NHL history to be named team captain, replacing Ed Van Impe who had stepped aside in favor of Clarke.[1][2] Rick MacLeish became the first Flyer to score 50 goals in a season.

After the season, Clarke was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Most Valuable Player.

Season standings

West Division[6]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Chicago Black Hawks7842279284225+5993
2Philadelphia Flyers78373011296256+4085
3Minnesota North Stars78373011254230+2485
4St. Louis Blues78323412233251−1876
5Pittsburgh Penguins7832379257265−873
6Los Angeles Kings78313611232245−1373
7Atlanta Flames78253815191239−4865
8California Golden Seals78164616213323−11048

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

An overtime goal by Gary Dornhoefer in Game 5 turned the tide of their first round series with the Minnesota North Stars in the Flyers' favor, as the Flyers got their first playoff series win in six games. The goal was later immortalized as a bronze statue on the south side of the Spectrum. They were outmatched in the semi-finals by the Montreal Canadiens, however, losing in five games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1972–73 regular season[8]
October: 4–4–2, 10 points (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–3–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
1October 7@ St. Louis Blues4–40–0–11Recap
2October 12Vancouver Canucks7–31–0–13Recap
3October 14@ Detroit Red Wings0–51–1–13Recap
4October 15California Golden Seals1–41–2–13Recap
5October 18@ Los Angeles Kings4–32–2–15Recap
6October 20@ California Golden Seals3–32–2–26Recap
7October 25@ New York Rangers1–62–3–26Recap
8October 26Detroit Red Wings2–13–3–28Recap
9October 28@ Minnesota North Stars1–23–4–28Recap
10October 29Toronto Maple Leafs5–24–4–210Recap
November: 6–7–1, 13 points (home: 6–1–1; road: 0–6–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
11November 2Pittsburgh Penguins4–25–4–212Recap
12November 4Buffalo Sabres5–36–4–214Recap
13November 5New York Rangers2–36–5–214Recap
14November 8@ Pittsburgh Penguins2–56–6–214Recap
15November 9Chicago Black Hawks5–37–6–216Recap
16November 11Buffalo Sabres3–18–6–218Recap
17November 12California Golden Seals8–39–6–220Recap
18November 15@ New York Rangers3–79–7–220Recap
19November 16@ Montreal Canadiens5–69–8–220Recap
20November 19@ Atlanta Flames2–39–9–220Recap
21November 22New York Islanders5–310–9–222Recap
22November 25@ Detroit Red Wings4–610–10–222Recap
23November 26@ Boston Bruins4–610–11–222Recap
24November 30Atlanta Flames5–510–11–323Recap
December: 6–6–3, 15 points (home: 5–2–0; road: 1–4–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
25December 2@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–210–11–424Recap
26December 3Montreal Canadiens5–211–11–426Recap
27December 7Minnesota North Stars6–212–11–428Recap
28December 9Boston Bruins3–412–12–428Recap
29December 10Toronto Maple Leafs5–213–12–430Recap
30December 13@ Minnesota North Stars2–713–13–430Recap
31December 14St. Louis Blues5–314–13–432Recap
32December 16@ New York Islanders2–115–13–434Recap
33December 17Boston Bruins3–515–14–434Recap
34December 20@ Chicago Black Hawks1–415–15–434Recap
35December 21Los Angeles Kings6–316–15–436Recap
36December 23@ St. Louis Blues1–616–16–436Recap
37December 27@ California Golden Seals2–216–16–537Recap
38December 29@ Vancouver Canucks4–416–16–638Recap
39December 30@ Los Angeles Kings3–516–17–638Recap
January: 7–4–1, 15 points (home: 3–2–1; road: 4–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
40January 3@ Atlanta Flames3–117–17–640Recap
41January 7@ Buffalo Sabres0–217–18–640Recap
42January 11Los Angeles Kings2–317–19–640Recap
43January 13@ Chicago Black Hawks3–218–19–642Recap
44January 14New York Rangers2–518–20–642Recap
45January 18Minnesota North Stars6–119–20–644Recap
46January 20@ Montreal Canadiens3–619–21–644Recap
47January 21@ Buffalo Sabres4–320–21–646Recap
48January 23Detroit Red Wings4–420–21–747Recap
49January 25Pittsburgh Penguins6–321–21–749Recap
50January 27@ Pittsburgh Penguins5–322–21–751Recap
51January 28California Golden Seals4–323–21–753Recap
February: 7–4–2, 16 points (home: 3–1–1; road: 4–3–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
52February 1Vancouver Canucks5–424–21–755Recap
53February 3Chicago Black Hawks2–224–21–856Recap
54February 4@ Boston Bruins2–224–21–957Recap
55February 7@ Los Angeles Kings1–224–22–957Recap
56February 9@ Vancouver Canucks10–525–22–959Recap
57February 11@ Chicago Black Hawks2–725–23–959Recap
58February 13New York Islanders8–226–23–961Recap
59February 15Boston Bruins1–326–24–961Recap
60February 17@ Montreal Canadiens7–627–24–963Recap
61February 18Minnesota North Stars5–128–24–965Recap
62February 20@ St. Louis Blues5–329–24–967Recap
63February 25@ California Golden Seals7–030–24–969Recap
64February 28@ Detroit Red Wings5–630–25–969Recap
March: 7–4–2, 16 points (home: 7–1–1; road: 0–3–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
65March 1Los Angeles Kings0–230–26–969Recap
66March 4Toronto Maple Leafs10–031–26–971Recap
67March 7@ New York Rangers2–231–26–1072Recap
68March 10Atlanta Flames2–132–26–1074Recap
69March 11Pittsburgh Penguins3–233–26–1076Recap
70March 14@ Toronto Maple Leafs1–533–27–1076Recap
71March 18Montreal Canadiens4–433–27–1177Recap
72March 22Vancouver Canucks9–034–27–1179Recap
73March 24@ New York Islanders2–334–28–1179Recap
74March 25St. Louis Blues5–235–28–1181Recap
75March 28@ Buffalo Sabres3–635–29–1181Recap
76March 29Atlanta Flames4–236–29–1183Recap
77March 31New York Islanders10–237–29–1185Recap
April: 0–1–0, 0 points (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordPointsRecap
78April 1@ Pittsburgh Penguins4–537–30–1185Recap
Legend:

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

Playoffs

1973 Stanley Cup playoffs[8]
Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota North Stars – Flyers win 4–2
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1April 4Minnesota North Stars0–3North Stars lead 1–0Recap
2April 5Minnesota North Stars4–1Series tied 1–1Recap
3April 7@ Minnesota North Stars0–5North Stars lead 2–1Recap
4April 8@ Minnesota North Stars3–0Series tied 2–2Recap
5April 10Minnesota North Stars3–2 OTFlyers lead 3–2Recap
6April 12@ Minnesota North Stars4–1Flyers win 4–2Recap
Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Canadiens win 4–1
GameDateOpponentScoreSeriesRecap
1April 14@ Montreal Canadiens5–4 OTFlyers lead 1–0Recap
2April 16@ Montreal Canadiens3–4 OTSeries tied 1–1Recap
3April 19Montreal Canadiens1–2Canadiens lead 2–1Recap
4April 22Montreal Canadiens1–4Canadiens lead 3–1Recap
5April 24@ Montreal Canadiens3–5Canadiens win 4–1Recap
Legend:

  Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

  • 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 Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
16Bobby ClarkeC783767104328011268−16
19Rick MacLeishC785050100156910347−22
12[lower-alpha 2]Gary DornhoeferRW773049791716811336016
21Bill FlettRW69433174315311347−20
7Bill BarberLW69303464104611325−222
18Ross LonsberryLW7721295065911437−19
23Tom BladonD7811314292611044−32
17[lower-alpha 3]Simon NoletRW70162036−361131414
10Bill ClementC73141428−1151200000
14Joe WatsonD6322426304611022212
28Andre Dupont†D4632023816411123−429
11Don SaleskiRW7812921−202051112314
9Bob KellyLW7710112112381101108
8Dave SchultzLW7691221425911101−251
4Barry AshbeeD6411718−210611044320
5Brent Hughes‡D2921113−832——————
25Jean Potvin‡D353912−110——————
2Ed Van ImpeD7211112227611000−316
6Wayne HillmanD74010101633800010
29Terry Crisp†C121564211325−12
20Pierre Plante‡RW203330——————
1Doug FavellG440224110002
35[lower-alpha 4]Michel BelhumeurG23011210000
30Bobby TaylorG230110——————
15[lower-alpha 5]Larry WrightC9011−34——————
3Willie BrossartD4011−50——————
20Jimmy WatsonD4011−15200000
26Orest KindrachukC200000——————

Goaltending

Regular season Playoffs
No. Player GP GS W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP GS W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
1Doug Favell44392015413651142.83.91632,413:02111156359292.61.9191665:47
30Bobby Taylor2320884697784.10.88801,141:22——————————
35[lower-alpha 4]Michel Belhumeur2319973617603.22.90301,115:171000915.94.889010:06

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)		 Hart Memorial Trophy Bobby Clarke [9]
NHL second All-Star team Bobby Clarke (Center) [10]
League
(in-season)		 NHL All-Star Game selection Bobby Clarke [11]
Gary Dornhoefer

Records

Among the team records set during the 1972–73 season was a road losing streak of eight games from October 25 to November 26, which was later matched during the 1987–88 season.[12] On February 13, Rick MacLeish became the first Flyer to score four goals in a game, a team record that has been tied but not surpassed in regular season play several times since.[13] MacLeish's three goals in the second period of that game also tied the team record and the 19 minutes and 47 seconds it took him to score all four goals is the fastest four-goal game in team history.[14][15] A few weeks later on March 4, MacLeish scored four goals in a game again, this time also tying the team record for points in a single period (4).[16] On March 31, the Flyers scored a team record eight goals during the second period of a game against the New York Islanders.[17] During a 4–1 win over the Minnesota North Stars on April 5, Barry Ashbee became the first Flyer to record three assists in a period during a playoff game.[18] The victory was the Flyers first playoff win since game six of their 1968 series against the St. Louis Blues, snapping a franchise record ten game playoff losing streak.[19]

Milestones

Franchise firsts[20]
Milestone Player Date Ref
4-goal game Rick MacLeish February 13, 1973[lower-alpha 6] [21]
40-goal season Rick MacLeish March 4, 1973[lower-alpha 7] [22]
100-point season Bobby Clarke March 29, 1973[lower-alpha 8] [23]
50-goal season Rick MacLeish April 1, 1973[lower-alpha 9] [22]
Shutout, playoffs Doug Favell April 8, 1973[lower-alpha 10] [24]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 12, 1972, the day after the deciding game of the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 10, 1973, the day of the deciding game of the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals.[25]

Trades

Date Details Refs
June 8, 1972 To Philadelphia Flyers
Cash		 To Minnesota North Stars
10th-round pick in 1972
August 10, 1972 To Philadelphia Flyers
John McKenzie		 To Boston Bruins
Cash		 [26]
December 14, 1972 To Philadelphia Flyers
André Dupont
3rd-round pick in 1973		 To St. Louis Blues
Brent Hughes
Pierre Plante		 [27]
March 5, 1973 To Philadelphia Flyers
Terry Crisp		 To New York Islanders
Jean Potvin
Player to be named later[lower-alpha 11]		 [29]
May 1973 To Philadelphia Flyers
Jim Stanfield		 To Portland Buckaroos (WHL)
Cash		 [30]

Players acquired

DatePlayerFormer teamViaRef
September 1972Jack McIlhargeyFlin Flon Bombers (WCHL)Free agency[31]

Players lost

DatePlayerNew teamViaRef
May 25, 1972Dick SarrazinNew England Whalers (WHA)Free agency[32]
May 30, 1972Earl HeiskalaLos Angeles Sharks (WHA)Free agency[33]
June 6, 1972Larry HaleAtlanta FlamesExpansion draft[34][35][36]
Eddie JoyalAlberta Oilers (WHA)Free agency[37]
Jim MairNew York IslandersExpansion draft[34][35][36]
Lew MorrisonAtlanta FlamesExpansion draft[34][35][36]
June 8, 1972Andre GaudetteRichmond Robins (AHL)Reverse draft[38]
Hank NowakHershey Bears (AHL)Reverse draft[38][39]
June 28, 1972Michel ParizeauQuebec Nordiques (WHA)Free agency[lower-alpha 12][40]
July 19, 1972Ralph MacSweynLos Angeles Sharks (WHA)Free agency[41]
August 8, 1972Don McLeodHouston Aeros (WHA)Free agency[42]
August 29, 1972Jean-Guy GendronQuebec Nordiques (WHA)Free agency[43]

Signings

DatePlayerTermRef
May 21, 1972Dave Schultz2-year[44]
May 22, 1972Rick Foley3-year[45]
Bob Kelly2-year[45]
Simon Noletmulti-year[45]
May 24, 1972Rick MacLeish3-year[46]
May 26, 1972Bill Clement2-year[47]
Joe Watson2-year[47]
May 31, 1972Don Saleski2-year[48]
June 2, 1972Michel Belhumeur3-year[49]
Gary Dornhoefer3-year[49]
Ross Lonsberrymulti-year[49]
Lew Morrison2-year[49]
Jean Potvinmulti-year[49]
Ed Van Impemulti-year[49]
June 5, 1972Doug Favell3-year[50]
June 19, 1972Bill Flett3-year[51]
June 20, 1972Bill Barber3-year[52]
Tom Bladon3-year[52]
Al MacAdam2-year[52]
Jimmy Watson2-year[52]
August 15, 1972Barry Ashbee3-year[53]
Yvon Bilodeau[53]
Willie Brossart[53]
Bob Currier2-year[53]
Rene Drolet[53]
Andre Gaudette[53]
Wayne Hillman[53]
Orest Kindrachuk[53]
Roger Kosar[53]
Danny Schock[53]
Tom Trevelyan[53]
September 12, 1972Brent Hughes[54]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, on June 8, 1972.[55] The Flyers traded their tenth round pick, 148th overall, to the Minnesota North Stars for cash during the draft.[56]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league)
1 7 Bill Barber Left wing  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2 23 Tom Bladon Defense  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
3 39 Jimmy Watson Defense  Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4 55 Al MacAdam Right wing  Canada Charlottetown Islanders (MJHL)
5 71 Daryl Fedorak Goaltender  Canada Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
6 87 Dave Hasting Goaltender  Canada Charlottetown Islanders (MJHL)
7 103 Serge Beaudoin Defense  Canada Trois-Rivières Ducs (QMJHL)
8 119 Pat Russell Right wing  Canada Vancouver Nats (WCHL)
9 135 Ray Boutin Goaltender  Canada Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL,[57][58] the San Diego Gulls of the WHL,[59] and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.[59]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Clarke replaced Van Impe as team captain on January 17.[1][2]
  2. ↑ Dornhoefer also wore number 24 in a number of road games.
  3. ↑ Nolet also wore number 7 in one game and number 22 in a number of road games.
  4. 1 2 Belhumeur wore number 30 in his first four games.
  5. ↑ Wright wore number 20 in his sixth game.
  6. ↑ MacLeish scored powerplay goals at 6:30 and 6:57 of the second period and even-strength goals at 13:25 of the second period and 6:17 of the third period, all against Islanders goalie Billy Smith.
  7. ↑ Even-strength goal at 8:37 of the second period
  8. ↑ Power play goal at 14:43 of the third period against Phil Myre
  9. ↑ Even-strength goal at 2:02 of the second period against Cam Newton
  10. ↑ Stopped all 31 shots against the Minnesota North Stars
  11. ↑ The Flyers sent Glen Irwin to New York on May 18, 1973, to complete trade.[28]
  12. ↑ Flyers retained NHL rights

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  44. ↑ "Flyers Ink Schultz". Kokomo Tribune. Associated Press. May 21, 1972. Retrieved December 18, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
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