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1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1981–82
year	1981
Team	Philadelphia Flyers
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	6th
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	3rd
Record	38–31–11
HomeRecord	25–10–5
RoadRecord	13–21–6
GoalsFor	325 (8th)
GoalsAgainst	313 (9th)
GeneralManager	Keith Allen
Coach	Pat Quinn (Oct.–Mar.)
Bob McCammon (Mar.–Apr.)
Captain	Bill Barber
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Spectrum
Attendance	17,044
MinorLeague	Maine Mariners
Toledo Goaldiggers
GoalsLeader	Bill Barber (45)
AssistsLeader	Ken Linseman (68)
PointsLeader	Ken Linseman (92)
PIMLeader	Glen Cochrane (329)
PlusMinusLeader	Bobby Clarke (+28)
WinsLeader	Pete Peeters (23)
GAALeader	Pete Peeters (3.72)

Bob McCammon (Mar.–Apr.) Toledo Goaldiggers The 1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the Patrick Division Semifinals to the New York Rangers in four games.

Regular season

The Flyers were unable to reach a long-term contract with team captain Mel Bridgman for the second consecutive off-season. Prior to opening night head coach Pat Quinn replaced Bridgman as captain with Bill Barber. On November 11, Bridgman was traded to the Calgary Flames for defenseman Brad Marsh.

Darryl Sittler was acquired in January from Toronto.

After winning only six games in a span of 29 games, head coach Pat Quinn and assistant coach Bob Boucher were fired on March 19. Bobby Clarke was also relieved of his duties as an assistant coach. Replacing Quinn was Bob McCammon, who had been coaching the Maine Mariners ever since being replaced as Flyers coach by Quinn in 1979.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

After a third-place finish the Flyers lost in four games to the Rangers in the first round of the playoffs. For the first time in since 1971, they failed to make it past the first round.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- | 1 || October 9 || 2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings || St. Croix || 0–0–1 || 1 || |- | 2 || October 11 || 8–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Peeters || 1–0–1 || 3 || |- | 3 || October 14 || 5–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals || Peeters || 2–0–1 || 5 || |- | 4 || October 15 || 5–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals || St. Croix || 3–0–1 || 7 || |- | 5 || October 18 || 3–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars || Peeters || 4–0–1 || 9 || |- | 6 || October 22 || 3–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques || St. Croix || 5–0–1 || 11 || |- | 7 || October 24 || 6–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues || Peeters || 6–0–1 || 13 || |- | 8 || October 25 || 4–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings || St. Croix || 7–0–1 || 15 || |- | 9 || October 27 || 2–11 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens || Peeters || 7–1–1 || 15 || |- | 10 || October 29 || 6–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || St. Croix || 8–1–1 || 17 || |- | 11 || October 31 || 4–8 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks || Peeters || 8–2–1 || 17 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 7 || 4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers || Peeters || Flyers lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 8 || 3–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers || Peeters || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 10 || 3–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers || Peeters || Rangers lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 11 || 5–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers || St. Croix || Rangers win 3–1 ||

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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
14	C	79	24	68	92	6	275	4	1	2	3	−1	6
26	LW	80	44	47	91	19	117	4	2	2	4	−1	4
7	LW	80	45	44	89	4	85	4	1	5	6	1	4
11	C	72	33	39	72	18	44	4	0	1	1	−2	2
16	C	62	17	46	63	28	154	4	4	2	6	3	4
19	RW	51	17	37	54	13	104	3	2	0	2	−1	2
12	RW	61	21	30	51	6	138	4	0	2	2	0	2
27	RW	66	26	21	47	2	18
23	LW	66	15	22	37	18	22	4	0	2	2	0	0
3	D	59	13	23	36	6	135	4	1	4	5	1	10
9	C	35	14	18	32	−1	50	4	3	1	4	−2	6
17	RW	41	9	22	31	10	183	4	1	2	3	−1	6
24	D	57	7	20	27	13	142	2	0	1	1	0	25
8	D	66	2	22	24	17	106	4	0	0	0	−1	2
15	LW	41	6	13	19	−4	58	3	0	0	0	−2	0
25	LW	33	4	15	19	7	105
29	D	63	6	12	18	19	329	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	D	32	4	10	14	8	31
22	RW	66	5	8	13	−17	8	3	0	0	0	−2	0
10	C	9	7	5	12	0	47
20	D	76	3	9	12	12	99	4	0	1	1	−1	2
6	D	74	1	7	8	−8	47	4	0	0	0	−2	2
2	D	12	1	5	6	4	22
5	D	28	1	3	4	11	68	4	0	0	0	1	2
18	C	18	0	1	1	−15	32
33	G	44	0	1	1		19	4	0	0	0		0
24	D	8	0	1	1	−2	0
30	G	29	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0		0
35	D	10	0	0	0	−5	23	2	0	0	0	−2	0
8	D	1	0	0	0	−1	4
31	G	8	0	0	0		0
35	RW	1	0	0	0	−2	0
21	RW	7	0	0	0	−6	2
35	C	2	0	0	0	−1	0
35	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
33	Pete Peeters	44	44	23	18	3	1242	160	3.72	.871	2,582	4	4	1	2	106	17	4.65	.840	0	219
30	Rick St. Croix	29	28	13	9	6	861	112	3.89	.870	1,726	1	0	0	1	8	1	3.11	.875	0	19
31	Pelle Lindbergh	8	8	2	4	2	290	35	4.39	.879	478	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](34th-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Bill Barber
Brian Propp
NHL Player of the Week	Pete Peeters (December 7)
Barry Ashbee Trophy	Frank Bathe	url=http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/taward.cgi	title=Flyers History – Team Awards	work=P.Anson	accessdate=August 7, 2015}}
Class Guy Award	Bobby Clarke

Records

Among the team records set during the 1981–82 season was the one minute and twenty-two seconds it took to score the fastest four goals in team history on October 11. Ron Flockhart set two records during the season. On December 6, Flockhart scored two goals eight seconds apart, the fastest two goals by one player in team history. From February 4 to February 20, Flockhart went eight consecutive games with a goal, the longest such streak for a rookie in team history. The Flyers set the franchise season marks for most powerplay goals allowed (102) and tied the mark for fewest shutouts (0).

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	400th goal
Ilkka Sinisalo	October 9, 1981
Lindsay Carson
Pelle Lindbergh	November 1, 1981
Steve Smith	November 5, 1981
Mark Botell	November 24, 1981
Mark Taylor	December 20, 1981
Dave Michayluk	December 28, 1981
Gord Williams	February 24, 1982
Darryl Sittler	March 18, 1982

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 22, 1981, the day after the deciding game of the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 16, 1982, the day of the deciding game of the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To Philadelphia Flyers	To [Hartford Whalers](1981-82-hartford-whalers-season)
To Philadelphia Flyers	To [Calgary Flames](1981-82-calgary-flames-season)
To Philadelphia Flyers	To [Toronto Maple Leafs](1981-82-toronto-maple-leafs-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Via		Ref
Bob Froese
Daryl Stanley
Bob Hoffmeyer

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Robbie Moore	Minnesota North Stars
Dave Logan	Toronto Maple Leafs
Yves Preston	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
Terry Murray	Washington Capitals

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
Brian Tutt
Dan Held
Tom Gorence	multi-year
Mel Bridgman	multi-year
Reggie Leach	multi-year

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1981 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, on June 10, 1981.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	16	Steve Smith	Defense	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2	37	Rich Costello	Forward	United States	Natick High School (Massachusetts)
3	47	Barry Tabobondung	Defense	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
58	Ken Strong	Forward	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4	65	Dave Michayluk	Left wing	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
79	Ken Latta	Right wing	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
5	100	Justin Hanley	Center	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHL)
6	121	Andre Villeneuve	Defense	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
7	137	Vladimir Svitek	Forward	Czechoslovakia	HC Košice (CZE)
142	Gil Hudon	Goaltender	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)
8	163	Steve Taylor	Left wing	United States	Providence College (HE)
9	184	Len Hachborn	Center	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
10	205	Steve Tsujiura	Center	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.

Notes

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