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1973–74 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup)

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1973–74
year	1973
Team	Philadelphia Flyers
Division	West
DivisionRank	1st
Record	50–16–12
HomeRecord	28–6–5
RoadRecord	22–10–7
GoalsFor	273 (5th)
GoalsAgainst	164 (1st)
GeneralManager	Keith Allen
Coach	Fred Shero
Captain	Bobby Clarke
AltCaptain	Terry Crisp
Gary Dornhoefer
Joe Watson
Arena	Spectrum
Attendance	17,007
MinorLeague	Richmond Robins
San Diego Gulls
GoalsLeader	Bobby Clarke (35)
AssistsLeader	Bobby Clarke (52)
PointsLeader	Bobby Clarke (87)
PIMLeader	Dave Schultz (348)
PlusMinusLeader	Barry Ashbee (+52)
WinsLeader	Bernie Parent (47)
GAALeader	Bernie Parent (1.89)
StanleyCup	yes
DivisionWin	yes

Gary Dornhoefer Joe Watson San Diego Gulls The 1973–74 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' seventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers became the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup. Prior to this season, no post-1967 expansion team had either beaten an Original Six team in a playoff round or won a Stanley Cup Finals game.

Goaltender Bernie Parent, an "Original Flyer", returned to the franchise in the off-season, and the Flyers proved that the expansion teams could challenge the Original Six in 1973–74. The Bullies continued their rough-and-tumble ways, led by Dave Schultz's 348 penalty minutes, and reached the top of the West Division with a record of 50–16–12. The return of Parent proved to be of great benefit as he established himself as one of if not the best goaltender in the league by winning 47 games, a record which stood for 33 years. Since the Flyers, along with Chicago, allowed the fewest goals in the league, Parent also shared the Vezina Trophy with Chicago's Tony Esposito.

Come playoff time, the Flyers swept the Atlanta Flames in four games in the first round. In the semifinals, the Flyers faced the New York Rangers. The series, which saw the home team win every game, went seven games. The Flyers had home-ice advantage as they advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals by winning Game 7. Their opponent, Bobby Orr and the Boston Bruins, took Game 1 in Boston, but Bobby Clarke scored an overtime goal in Game 2 to even the series. The Flyers won Games 3 and 4 at home to take a 3–1 series lead, but Boston won Game 5 to stave off elimination. That set the stage for Game 6 at the Spectrum. The Flyers picked up the lead early when Rick MacLeish scored a first-period goal. Late in the game, Orr hauled down Clarke on a breakaway, a penalty which assured the Flyers of victory. Time expired as the Flyers brought the Stanley Cup to Philadelphia for the first time. Parent, having shut out Boston in Game 6, won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Playoff MVP.

Regular season

In addition to leading the team in penalty minutes, Dave Schultz was one of five 20 goal scorers on the Flyers.

The 1973–74 season opened on October 11, 1973, against the Toronto Maple Leafs. This was the first time Kate Smith performed "God Bless America" in person at a Flyers' game. The Flyers started strong to begin the season winning their first four games and only allowing their opponents to score three goals total while they netted 18. The Flyers were 29–11–6 heading into the All Star Game, scoring 154 goals, while allowing 93. The Flyers were represented in the All Star Game by Bobby Clarke, Bernie Parent, Ed Van Impe and Joe Watson. The Flyers finished 1st in the Western Division, seven points ahead of the second place Chicago Black Hawks.

The team was led offensively by Bobby Clarke, who led the team in goals with 35, assists with 52 and points with 87. He finished fifth among scoring leader in points. Clarke was named a 2nd Team All Stars along with defenseman Barry Ashbee. Clarke was followed by Bill Barber in goals (34), and by Rick MacLeish both in assists (45) and in points (77).

In net, the Flyers were led by goaltender Bernie Parent, who went 47–13–12, posted a 1.89 goals against average (136 goals against on 2038 shots) and 12 shutouts. Parent's 47 wins was a record until Martin Brodeur won 48 games in the 2006–07 NHL season. It remains the record for most regulation wins by a goaltender in a single season as several of Brodeur's wins came in overtime and the shootout, neither of which existed in the 1970s. Parent was a co-winner of the Vezina Trophy, which was awarded at the time to any goaltenders who played 25 or more games for the team allowing the fewest goals against, with Black Hawks' goaltender Tony Esposito.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

The Flyers opened the post season against the 4th place Atlanta Flames. The Flyers swept the Atlanta Flames in four games with a combined score of 17–6. Rick MacLeish led the Flyers with four goals during the series. He scored a natural hat-trick in Game 2.

The Flyers headed into a grueling semifinals match up against the New York Rangers, who had won the regular season series 2–1–2. The series opened up in Philadelphia at the Spectrum with the Flyers shutting out the Rangers 4–0 in Game 1 and taking Game 2 5–2. The series switched back to New York and the Rangers would take Game 3 5–3 and Game 4 in overtime 2–1. The Flyers won Game 5 at home 4–1. With the Rangers on the verge of defeat in Game 6 the Rangers won 4–1. In Game 7 Gary Dornhoefer scored the game-winning goal with 10:59 left in the third. Rick MacLeish again led the Flyers in scoring in this series with seven goals. The home team was the winner of every game in the series.

This set up a Stanley Cup Finals matchup against the Boston Bruins, who won the season series 3–1–1. The series opened in Boston at the Boston Garden with Boston winning Game 1, 3–2 and the Flyers winning Game 2, 3–2 in overtime on a Bobby Clarke goal. The series moved to Philadelphia where the Flyers won Game 3, 4–1 and Game 4, 4–2. The series returned to Boston and Bruins won Game 5, 5–1. The series returned to Philadelphia for Game 6. Kate Smith performed "God Bless America" to a sell out crowd of 17,007 prior to the game. The Flyers won their first Stanley Cup on the lone goal of the game by Rick MacLeish in the first period. With seconds left on the Clock Gene Hart, the Flyers play-by-play announcer, made his famous call "Ladies and gentlemen, the Flyers are going to win the Stanley Cup. The Flyers win the Stanley Cup. The Flyers win the Stanley Cup. The Flyers have won the Stanley Cup!". Bernie Parent was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- | 1 || October 11 || 2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Parent || 17,007 || 1–0–0 || 2 || |- | 2 || October 13 || 6–0 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders || Parent || 13,057 || 2–0–0 || 4 || |- | 3 || October 14 || 5–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || Parent || 17,007 || 3–0–0 || 6 || |- | 4 || October 17 || 5–1 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals || Parent || 4,679 || 4–0–0 || 8 || |- | 5 || October 19 || 1–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks || Parent || 15,570 || 4–1–0 || 8 || |- | 6 || October 20 || 0–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings || Parent || 11,734 || 4–2–0 || 8 || |- | 7 || October 25 || 0–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens || Parent || 17,007 || 4–3–0 || 8 || |- | 8 || October 27 || 6–0 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Parent || 11,217 || 5–3–0 || 10 || |- | 9 || October 28 || 2–1 || align="left"| California Golden Seals || Parent || 17,007 || 6–3–0 || 12 ||

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|- | 1 || April 9 || 4–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames || Parent || 17,007 || Flyers lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 11 || 5–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames || Parent || 17,007 || Flyers lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 12 || 4–1 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames || Parent || 15,141 || Flyers lead 3–0 || |- | 4 || April 14 || 4–3 OT || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames || Parent || 15,141 || Flyers win 4–0 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
16	C	77	35	52	87	35	113	17	5	11	16	1	42
19	C	78	32	45	77	21	42	17	13	9	22	0	20
7	LW	75	34	35	69	34	54	17	3	6	9	2	18
18	LW	75	32	19	51	16	48	17	4	9	11	0	18
12	RW	57	11	39	50	13	125	14	5	6	11	5	43
21	RW	67	17	27	44	20	51	17	0	6	6	3	21
26	C	71	11	30	41	19	85	17	5	4	9	8	17
11	RW	77	15	25	40	21	131	17	2	7	9	9	24
8	LW	73	20	16	36	26	348	17	2	4	6	4	139
17	RW	52	19	17	36	28	13	15	1	1	2	0	4
3	D	70	12	22	34	24	37	16	4	6	10	3	25
15	C	71	10	21	31	12	28	17	2	2	4	3	4
6	D	75	3	20	23	34	216	16	4	3	7	5	67
20	D	74	2	18	20	33	44	17	1	2	3	1	41
2	D	77	2	16	18	31	119	17	1	2	3	2	41
14	D	74	1	17	18	28	34	17	1	4	5	8	24
10	C	39	9	8	17	15	34	4	1	0	1	2	4
4	D	69	4	13	17	52	52	6	0	0	0	5	2
9	LW	65	4	10	14	10	130	5	0	0	0	0	11
1	G	73	0	3	3		24	17	0	0	0		4
5	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	RW	5	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	0	−1	0
30	G	7	0	0	0		12
27	LW							8	0	0	0	−1	9

Goaltending

	= Indicates league leader

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Bernie Parent	73	73	47	13	12	2006	136	1.89	.932	12	4,307	17	17	12	5	524	35	2.02	.933	2	1,039
30	Bobby Taylor	7	5	3	3	0	203	26	4.26	.872	0	366	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
Conn Smythe Trophy	Bernie Parent
Jack Adams Award	Fred Shero
Lester B. Pearson Award	Bobby Clarke
NHL first All-Star team	Bernie Parent (Goaltender)
NHL second All-Star team	Barry Ashbee (Defense)
Bobby Clarke (Center)
Vezina Trophy	Bernie Parent
NHL All-Star Game selection	Bobby Clarke
Bernie Parent
Ed Van Impe
Joe Watson

Records

Goaltender Bernie Parent set a number of still-standing franchise records in his first season after being re-acquired. Parent set the high marks for games played by a goaltender (73), wins (47, which stood as the NHL record for 33 years), shutouts (12), minutes played (4,307), and save percentage (.932). Likewise, the team as a whole set franchise marks for fewest goals allowed (164) and shutouts (13). Parent also set two streak records. From October 11 through January 10, Parent started 37 consecutive games. During that time, he won 23 games. He also won six consecutive playoff games from April 9 to April 23.

Among other players, Bobby Clarke became the first Flyer to score two shorthanded goals in a single game on March 28, a mark which has been tied but not exceeded five times since. Dave Schultz's 139 penalty minutes during the playoffs is a franchise high. Other playoff single year highs include Tom Bladon's three powerplay goals by a defenseman and Rick MacLeish's four game-winning goals, both of which have been subsequently tied twice. The team's nine wins at home during the playoffs is tied for the franchise high.

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	25th shutout
Al MacAdam	October 11, 1973
Bruce Cowick	May 2, 1974
Bernie Parent	March 3, 1974

Franchise firsts

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	30-win season, goaltender	40-win season, goaltender
Bernie Parent	February 10, 1974	url=http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/firsts.cgi	title=Flyers History – All-Time Firsts	publisher=P.Anson	access-date=August 12, 2015}}
Bernie Parent	March 16, 1974

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 11, 1973, the day after the deciding game of the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 19, 1974, the day of the deciding game of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To Philadelphia Flyers	To Detroit Red Wings
To Philadelphia Flyers	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Philadelphia Flyers	To Portland Buckaroos (WHL)
To Philadelphia Flyers	To San Diego Gulls (WHL)
To Philadelphia Flyers	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To Philadelphia Flyers	To Detroit Red Wings
To Philadelphia Flyers	To St. Louis Blues

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Via		Ref
Steve Coates
Mark Bousquet
Mike Boland

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Wayne Hillman
George Swarbrick

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
Mike Clarke
Dale Cook
Bruce Cowick	multi-year	url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/60697686/	url-access=subscription	title = Flyers Sign Six	newspaper=The Bridgeport Post	agency=Associated Press	via=Newspapers.com	date = June 6, 1973	access-date = December 18, 2014}}
Larry Goodenough
Michel Latreille
Brent Levins
Bob Stumpf
Orest Kindrachuk	multi-year
Bernie Parent	multi-year
Tom Young
Don O'Donahue
Doug Ferguson	3-year

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1973 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal on May 15, 1973.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
2	20	Larry Goodenough	Defense	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
26	Brent Leavins	Left wing	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
3	40	Bob Stumpf	Right wing	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
42	Mike Clarke	Center	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4	58	Dale Cook	Left wing	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
5	74	Michel Latreille	Defense	Canada	Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
6	90	Doug Ferguson	Defense	Canada	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
7	106	Tom Young	Forward	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
8	122	Norm Barnes	Defense	Canada	Michigan State University (CCHA)
9	137	Dan O'Donohue	Defense	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
10	153	Brian Dick	Right wing	Canada	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL and the San Diego Gulls of the WHL. Rene Drolet led the Robins with 73 points and Richmond finished 4th in their division and lost in five games to the Baltimore Clippers in the first round of the playoffs. San Diego finished 3rd in the 6-team WHL's final season in existence. The Gulls also ceased operations once the Jersey Knights of the WHA moved to San Diego and became the San Diego Mariners.

Notes

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