1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers season

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.

1981–82 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd Patrick
Conference	6th Wales
1981–82 record	38–31–11
Home record	25–10–5
Road record	13–21–6
Goals for	325 (8th)
Goals against	313 (9th)
Team information
President	Robert Butera
General manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Pat Quinn (fired)[lower-alpha 1] Bob McCammon[lower-alpha 1]
Captain	Bill Barber
Alternate captains	None[lower-alpha 2]
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	17,044[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Maine Mariners Toledo Goaldiggers
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Barber (45)
Assists	Ken Linseman (68)
Points	Ken Linseman (92)
Penalty minutes	Glen Cochrane (329)
Plus/minus	Bobby Clarke (+28)
Wins	Pete Peeters (23)
Goals against average	Pete Peeters (3.72)

Regular season

The Flyers were unable to reach a long-term contract with team captain Mel Bridgman for the second consecutive off-season.[3] Prior to opening night head coach Pat Quinn replaced Bridgman as captain with Bill Barber.[4] On November 11, Bridgman was traded to the Calgary Flames for defenseman Brad Marsh.[3]

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.[1] Bobby Clarke was also relieved of his duties as an assistant coach.[1] Replacing Quinn was Bob McCammon, who had been coaching the Maine Mariners ever since being replaced as Flyers coach by Quinn in 1979.[1]

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	54	16	10	385	250	118
New York Rangers	80	39	27	14	316	306	92
Philadelphia Flyers	80	38	31	11	325	313	87
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	31	36	13	310	337	75
Washington Capitals	80	26	41	13	319	338	65

[5]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

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 nine years they failed to make it past the first round.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1981–82 regular season
October: 8–2–1, 17 Points (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 3–1–0)
November: 4–8–0, 8 Points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 1–6–0)
December: 10–3–0, 20 Points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–2–0)
January: 6–6–3, 15 Points (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 2–4–3)
February: 4–6–2, 10 Points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 1–4–1)
March: 5–5–4, 14 Points (Home: 4–2–2; Road: 1–3–2)
April: 1–1–1, 3 Points (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–1–0)
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1982 Stanley Cup playoffs
Patrick Division Semifinals vs. New York Rangers - Rangers win 3–1
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	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
14, 26	Ken Linseman	23	C	79	24	68	92	6	275	4	1	2	3	−1	6
14, 26	Brian Propp	22	LW	80	44	47	91	19	117	4	2	2	4	−1	4
7	Bill Barber	29	LW	80	45	44	89	4	85	4	1	5	6	1	4
11	Ron Flockhart	21	C	72	33	39	72	18	44	4	0	1	1	−2	2
16	Bobby Clarke	32	C	62	17	46	63	28	154	4	4	2	6	3	4
19	Ray Allison	22	RW	51	17	37	54	13	104	3	2	0	2	−1	2
12	Tim Kerr	22	RW	61	21	30	51	6	138	4	0	2	2	0	2
27	Reggie Leach	31	RW	66	26	21	47	2	18	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Ilkka Sinisalo	23	LW	66	15	22	37	18	22	4	0	2	2	0	0
3	Behn Wilson	23	D	59	13	23	36	6	135	4	1	4	5	1	10
9	Darryl Sittler	31	C	35	14	18	32	−1	50	4	3	1	4	−2	6
17	Paul Holmgren	26	RW	41	9	22	31	10	183	4	1	2	3	−1	6
24, 35	Bob Hoffmeyer	26	D	57	7	20	27	13	142	2	0	1	1	0	25
8	Brad Marsh	23	D	66	2	22	24	17	106	4	0	0	0	−1	2
15	Al Hill	26	LW	41	6	13	19	−4	58	3	0	0	0	−2	0
25	Greg Adams	21	LW	33	4	15	19	7	105	—	—	—	—	—	—
29, 35	Glen Cochrane	24	D	63	6	12	18	19	329	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	Mark Botell	20	D	32	4	10	14	8	31	—	—	—	—	—	—
22, 36	Tom Gorence	24	RW	66	5	8	13	−17	8	3	0	0	0	−2	0
10	Mel Bridgman	26	C	9	7	5	12	0	47	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Jimmy Watson	29	D	76	3	9	12	12	99	4	0	1	1	−1	2
6	Fred Arthur	20	D	74	1	7	8	−8	47	4	0	0	0	−2	2
2	Bob Dailey	28	D	12	1	5	6	4	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Frank Bathe	27	D	28	1	3	4	11	68	4	0	0	0	1	2
33	Pete Peeters	24	G	44	0	1	1	N/A	19	4	0	0	0	N/A	0
30	Rick St. Croix	27	G	29	0	1	1	N/A	2	1	0	0	0	N/A	0
18	Lindsay Carson	21	C	18	0	1	1	−15	32	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Steve Smith	18	D	8	0	1	1	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
9, 35, 36	Reid Bailey	25	D	10	0	0	0	−5	23	2	0	0	0	−2	0
31	Pelle Lindbergh	22	G	8	0	0	0	N/A	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Gary Morrison	26	RW	7	0	0	0	−6	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Mark Taylor	24	C	2	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Thomas Eriksson	22	D	1	0	0	0	−1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Dave Michayluk	19	RW	1	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Gord Williams	21	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

			Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
33	Pete Peeters	24	44	44	23	18	3	1242	160	3.72	.871	0	2,581:58	4	4	1	2	106	17	4.65	.840	0	219:17
30	Rick St. Croix	27	29	28	13	9	6	861	112	3.89	.870	0	1,725:37	1	0	0	1	8	1	3.11	.875	0	19:18
31	Pelle Lindbergh	22	8	8	2	4	2	290	35	4.39	.879	0	477:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bill Barber	[6]
		Brian Propp
	NHL Player of the Week	Pete Peeters (December 7)	[7]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Frank Bathe	[8]
	Class Guy Award	Bobby Clarke	[8]

Individual

Franchise player records set during the 1981–82 season

Record	Type	Total	Player	Date(s)	Opponent	Ref
Fastest two goals by one player	Game	0:08	Ron Flockhart	12/6/1981	St. Louis Blues	[9]

Team

Franchise team records set during the 1981–82 season

Record	Type	Total	Date(s)	Opponent	Player(s)	Refs
Fastest four goals	Game	1:22	10/11/1981	Pittsburgh Penguins	Bobby Clarke	[10]
					Ilkka Sinisalo
					Reggie Leach
					Ken Linseman
Most goals against	Period	6[lower-alpha 3]	10/27/1981	Montreal Canadiens	—	[10]
Most powerplay goals allowed	Season	102	—	—	—
Fewest shutouts	Season	0[lower-alpha 4]	—	—	—	[11]

Milestones

Individual career milestones[12]

Milestone	Player	Details	Date	Ref
400th goal	Darryl Sittler	Even-strength goal at 19:38 of the third period	March 18, 1982	[13]

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.[14]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 3, 1981	To Philadelphia Flyers Ray Allison Fred Arthur[lower-alpha 5] 1st-round pick in 1982 3rd-round pick in 1982	To Hartford Whalers Don Gillen Rick MacLeish Blake Wesley 1st-round pick in 1982 2nd-round pick in 1982 3rd-round pick in 1982	[15]
November 11, 1981	To Philadelphia Flyers Brad Marsh	To Calgary Flames Mel Bridgman	[16]
January 20, 1982	To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Sittler	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rich Costello Hartford's 2nd-round pick in 1982 future considerations[lower-alpha 6]	[17]

Free agency

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

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Term	Ref
June 18, 1981	Bob Froese	Saginaw Gears (IHL)		[18]
October 9, 1981	Daryl Stanley	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)		[19]
November 22, 1981	Bob Hoffmeyer	Maine Mariners (AHL)		[20]

Internal

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to contracts.

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 11, 1981	Brian Tutt (DP)
June 16, 1981	Dan Held (DP)
August 18, 1981	Tom Gorence	multi-year	[21]
August 21, 1981	Mel Bridgman	multi-year	[22]
September 29, 1981	Reggie Leach	multi-year	[23]

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions. They were involved in one selection during the 1981 NHL Waiver Draft, which was held on October 5, 1981.[24][25] The Flyers protected the following players: goaltenders Pete Peeters and Rick St. Croix, defensemen Reid Bailey, Frank Bathe, Glen Cochrane, Bob Dailey, Jimmy Watson and Behn Wilson, and forwards Ray Allison, Bill Barber, Mel Bridgman, Bobby Clarke, Tom Gorence, Al Hill, Paul Holmgren, Tim Kerr, Reggie Leach, Ken Linseman, Gary Morrison, and Brian Propp.[26] The Flyers left the following players unprotected: defensemen Mike Busniuk and Terry Murray, and forward Paul Evans.[27]

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 5, 1981	Terry Murray	to Washington Capitals[lower-alpha 7]	[25]

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
June 29, 1981	Robbie Moore	Minnesota North Stars	Free agency	[28]
August 11, 1981	Dave Logan	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency	[29]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, on June 10, 1981.[30]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	16	Steve Smith	Defense	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2	37	Rich Costello	Forward	United States	Natick High School (Mass.)
3	47	Barry Tabobondung	Defense	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	[lower-alpha 8]
3	58	Ken Strong	Forward	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4	65	Dave Michayluk	Left Wing	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)	[lower-alpha 9]
4	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	Slovakia	HC Kosice (CZE)	[lower-alpha 10]
7	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[32][33] and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.[34]

Notes

1. Quinn was fired on March 19 and replaced by McCammon. Boucher was also fired and Clarke was relieved of his coaching duties.[1]
2. The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
3. Tied mark set during 1968–69 season and subsequently tied during the 1992–93 and 2006–07 seasons.
4. Tied during 1988–89 and 2010–11 seasons.
5. The Flyers received Hartford's 1984 3rd-round pick as compensation after Arthur retired in October 1982.
6. Ken Strong was sent to Toronto on May 1, 1982, to complete the trade.
7. The Flyers received $2,500.
8. The Flyers traded Wayne Stephenson to the Washington Capitals for the Capitals' third-round pick on August 16, 1979.[31]
9. The Flyers traded Dennis Sobchuk to the Detroit Red Wings for the Red Wings' third or fourth-round pick on September 4, 1979.[31]
10. The Flyers traded Andre Dupont to the Quebec Nordiques for cash and the Nordiques' seventh-round pick on September 15, 1980.[31]

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

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