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1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1977–78
year	1977
Team	Philadelphia Flyers
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	2nd
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	2nd
Record	45–20–15
HomeRecord	29–6–5
RoadRecord	16–14–10
GoalsFor	296 (4th)
GoalsAgainst	200 (2nd)
GeneralManager	Keith Allen
Coach	Fred Shero
Captain	Bobby Clarke
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Spectrum
Attendance	17,077
MinorLeague	Maine Mariners
Philadelphia Firebirds
GoalsLeader	Bill Barber (41)
AssistsLeader	Bobby Clarke (68)
PointsLeader	Bobby Clarke (89)
PIMLeader	André Dupont (225)
PlusMinusLeader	Bobby Clarke (+47)
WinsLeader	Bernie Parent (29)
GAALeader	Bernie Parent (2.22)

Philadelphia Firebirds

The 1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 11th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

The Flyers lost their hold on the Patrick Division in 1977–78 and settled for second place.

Tom Bladon's 8 points (4 goals and 4 assists) in a game against the Cleveland Barons on December 11 set an NHL record for a defenseman.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

After sweeping the Colorado Rockies in 2 games in the preliminary round, the Flyers moved on and beat Buffalo in five games. They faced Boston in the semifinals for the second consecutive season, and lost again, this time in five games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- | 1 || October 13 || 5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks || Stephenson || 1–0–0 || 2 || |- | 2 || October 15 || 8–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Parent || 2–0–0 || 4 || |- | 3 || October 16 || 7–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues || Stephenson || 3–0–0 || 6 || |- | 4 || October 20 || 11–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Parent || 4–0–0 || 8 || |- | 5 || October 22 || 1–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs || Stephenson || 4–1–0 || 8 || |- | 6 || October 23 || 3–6 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs || Parent || 4–2–0 || 8 || |- | 7 || October 26 || 2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks || Parent || 4–2–1 || 9 || |- | 8 || October 29 || 7–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Parent || 5–2–1 || 11 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 11 || 3–2 OT || align="left"| Colorado Rockies || Parent || Flyers lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 13 || 3–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies || Parent || Flyers win 2–0 ||

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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.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
16	C	71	21	68	89	47	83	12	4	7	11	−5	8
7	LW	80	41	31	72	31	34	12	6	3	9	−2	2
19	LW	76	31	39	70	24	33	12	7	9	16	1	4
26	C	73	17	45	62	35	128	12	5	5	10	3	13
2	D	76	21	36	57	45	62	12	1	5	6	−2	22
27	RW	72	24	28	52	20	24	12	2	2	4	−3	0
18	LW	78	18	30	48	41	45	12	2	2	4	−3	6
10	C	76	16	32	48	26	203	12	1	7	8	0	36
11	RW	70	27	18	45	34	44	11	2	0	2	2	19
3	D	79	11	24	35	32	57	12	0	2	2	−4	11
17	RW	62	16	18	34	23	190	12	1	4	5	−7	26
9	LW	74	19	13	32	15	95	12	3	5	8	8	26
29	LW	56	7	18	25	12	34
5	D	47	4	16	20	35	91	12	0	3	3	−3	19
20	D	71	5	12	17	33	62	12	1	7	8	4	6
25	D	62	2	15	17	29	32	10	0	1	1	2	8
14	D	65	5	9	14	23	22	1	0	0	0	−1	0
6	D	69	2	12	14	31	225	12	2	1	3	4	13
12	RW	47	7	5	12	−3	62	4	0	0	0	0	7
8	LW	41	1	3	4	−5	119	9	0	0	0	1	17
22	C	2	1	0	1	1	7
32	C	3	0	1	1	1	0
21	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	LW	1	0	0	0	1	4
15	LW	3	0	0	0	0	2
1	G	49	0	0	0		4	12	0	0	0		0
30	G	7	0	0	0		0
35	G	26	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
1	Bernie Parent	49	48	29	6	13	1223	108	2.22	.912	7	2,919	12	12	7	5	306	33	2.75	.892	0	719
35	Wayne Stephenson	26	25	14	10	1	648	68	2.76	.895	3	1,480	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Rick St. Croix	7	7	2	4	1	165	20	3.05	.879	0	394	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](31st-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Bill Barber
Tom Bladon
Bobby Clarke
Bob Dailey
Fred Shero (Coach)
Wayne Stephenson
Jim Watson
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Jim Watson	url=http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/taward.cgi	title=Flyers History – Team Awards	work=P.Anson	access-date=August 6, 2015}}
Class Guy Award	Joe Watson

Records

On December 11, 1977, defenseman Tom Bladon had a record-breaking game against the Cleveland Barons. He scored four goals, tying a team record, and picked up four assists for a total of eight points, a team record and tied for the NHL record among defenseman. His plus/minus of +10 in the game is an NHL single game record. Goaltender Bernie Parent won a team record ten consecutive games from November 20 to December 28. On April 1, Bill Barber tied a team record by scoring two shorthanded goals in a single game.

During the playoffs, Mel Bridgman scored the fastest playoff overtime goal in team history (23 seconds) to end game one of the team's preliminary round series against the Colorado Rockies. The three goals they allowed to Colorado in two games is the fewest goals the Flyers have allowed in any playoff series. On May 11, Orest Kindrachuk scored the two fastest goals by a single player in team playoff history, scoring eleven seconds apart.

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	500th game played
Kevin McCarthy	October 13, 1977
Dave Hoyda	October 15, 1977
Rick St. Croix	February 16, 1978
Jim Cunningham	February 28, 1978
Bernie Parent	December 8, 1977

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 15, 1977, the day after the deciding game of the 1977 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 25, 1978, the day of the deciding game of the 1978 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To Philadelphia Flyers	To [Buffalo Sabres](1977-78-buffalo-sabres-season)
To Philadelphia Flyers	To [Los Angeles Kings](1977-78-los-angeles-kings-season)
To Philadelphia Flyers	To [Colorado Rockies](1977-78-colorado-rockies-season)
To Philadelphia Flyers	To [Minnesota North Stars](1977-78-minnesota-north-stars-season)
To Philadelphia Flyers	To [Detroit Red Wings](1977-78-detroit-red-wings-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Via		Ref
Guy Delparte
Brian Burke
Jim Cunningham
Larry Romanchych
Bernie Johnston
Frank Bathe
Mike Busniuk
Rudolf Tajcnar

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Terry Crisp
Gary Inness
Gary Dornhoefer

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
Kevin McCarthy	3-year
Tom Gorence		url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/15687600/	title = Sports Moves	work=Indiana Gazette	via=Newspapers.com	date = August 3, 1977	access-date = December 17, 2014}}
Dave Hoyda

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1977 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the NHL's office in Montreal, on June 14, 1977.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	17	Kevin McCarthy	Defense	Canada	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
2	35	Tom Gorence	Right wing	United States	University of Minnesota (CCHA)
3	53	Dave Hoyda	Left wing	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
4	67	Yves Guillemette	Goaltender	Canada	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
71	Rene Hamelin	Right wing	Canada	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
5	89	Dan Clark	Defense	Canada	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
6	107	Alain Chaput	Center	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
7	123	Richard Dalpe	Center	Canada	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
8	135	Pete Peeters	Goaltender	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
136	Clint Eccles	Center	Canada	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
139	Mike Greeder	Defense	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (MJHL)
9	150	Tom Bauer	Wing	United States	Providence College (HE)
151	Michael Bauman	Defense	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
153	Bruce Crowder	Forward	Canada	University of New Hampshire (HE)
10	158	Rob Nicholson	Defense	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (MJHL)
159	Dave Isherwood	Center	Canada	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
161	Steve Jones	Goaltender	Canada	Ohio State University (CCHA)
11	165	Jim Trainor	Defense	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)
166	Barry Duench	Center	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
168	Rod McNair	Defense	Canada	Ohio State University (CCHA)
12	172	Mike Laycock	Goaltender	Canada	Brown University (ECAC)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL and the Philadelphia Firebirds of the NAHL.

Notes

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