Flyers History - Season Overview : 1979-80

1979-80

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Campbell Conference Champions

Patrick Division Champions

Key Personnel

Coach

Pat Quinn

G.M.

Keith Allen

Captain

Mel Bridgman

W-L-T Record

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	Win%	GF	GA	Division
Overall	80	48	12	20	116	0.725	327	254	1st
Home		27	5	8	62	0.775	166	119
Road		21	7	12	54	0.675	161	135

Standings

Patrick
Team	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Philadelphia Flyers	48	12	20	116	327	254
New York Islanders	39	28	13	91	281	247
New York Rangers	38	32	10	86	308	284
Atlanta Flames	35	32	13	83	282	269
Washington Capitals	27	40	13	67	261	293

Playoff Games

Won Preliminary Round 3-0
8-Apr-80	Edmonton Oilers	3	at	Flyers	4	OT	W	Boxscore
9-Apr-80	Edmonton Oilers	1	at	Flyers	5		W	Boxscore
11-Apr-80	Flyers	3	at	Edmonton Oilers	2	OT	W	Boxscore
Won Quarterfinals 4-1
16-Apr-80	New York Rangers	1	at	Flyers	2		W	Boxscore
17-Apr-80	New York Rangers	1	at	Flyers	4		W	Boxscore
19-Apr-80	Flyers	3	at	New York Rangers	0		W	Boxscore
20-Apr-80	Flyers	2	at	New York Rangers	4		L	Boxscore
22-Apr-80	New York Rangers	1	at	Flyers	3		W	Boxscore
Won Semifinals 4-1
29-Apr-80	Minnesota North Stars	6	at	Flyers	5		L	Boxscore
1-May-80	Minnesota North Stars	0	at	Flyers	7		W	Boxscore
4-May-80	Flyers	5	at	Minnesota North Stars	3		W	Boxscore
6-May-80	Flyers	3	at	Minnesota North Stars	2		W	Boxscore
8-May-80	Minnesota North Stars	3	at	Flyers	7		W	Boxscore
Lost Finals 2-4
13-May-80	New York Islanders	4	at	Flyers	3	OT	L	Boxscore
15-May-80	New York Islanders	3	at	Flyers	8		W	Boxscore
17-May-80	Flyers	2	at	New York Islanders	6		L	Boxscore
19-May-80	Flyers	2	at	New York Islanders	5		L	Boxscore
22-May-80	New York Islanders	3	at	Flyers	6		W	Boxscore
24-May-80	Flyers	4	at	New York Islanders	5	OT	L	Boxscore

Scoring Leaders

Goals

Reggie Leach -50

Assists

Bobby Clarke -57

Assists

Ken Linseman -57

Points

Ken Linseman -79

Scoring Statistics

Name	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PP	SH	GW	GT	Sht	Sh%	TGF	TPGF	TGA	TPGA
Ken Linseman	C	80	22	57	79	107	26	2	0	4	2	168	13.1	100	20	56	2
Reggie Leach	R	76	50	26	76	28	40	5	4	7	2	328	15.24	99	14	69	24
Brian Propp	L	80	34	41	75	54	45	4	0	3	1	209	16.27	118	23	51	1
Bill Barber	L	79	40	32	72	17	39	7	2	7	3	265	15.09	119	30	85	35
Bobby Clarke	C	76	12	57	69	65	42	1	2	2	1	139	8.63	104	18	77	33
Rick MacLeish	C	78	31	35	66	28	23	6	3	4	4	234	13.25	91	18	74	24
Paul Holmgren	R	74	30	35	65	267	35	9	0	3	2	153	19.61	99	26	44	6
Mel Bridgman	C	74	16	31	47	136	13	2	2	2	2	145	11.03	60	9	61	23
Bob Dailey	D	61	13	26	39	71	30	2	1	4	0	185	7.03	100	18	74	22
Bob Kelly	L	75	15	20	35	122	19	2	0	2	0	112	13.39	57	5	33	0
Behn Wilson	D	61	9	25	34	212	21	4	0	1	2	119	7.56	92	20	69	18
Dennis Ververgaert	R	58	14	17	31	24	9	0	0	2	0	96	14.58	50	3	38	0
Al Hill	L	61	16	10	26	53	14	0	0	2	0	79	20.25	50	3	39	6
Norm Barnes	D	59	4	21	25	59	23	0	1	1	0	73	5.48	84	8	70	17
Jim Watson	D	71	5	18	23	51	53	0	1	1	0	99	5.05	97	0	81	37
Tom Gorence	R	51	8	13	21	15	7	0	0	2	1	89	8.99	32	2	24	1
Mike Busniuk	D	71	2	18	20	93	39	0	0	0	0	56	3.57	83	0	66	22
John Paddock	R	32	3	7	10	36	-4	0	0	0	0	29	10.34	16	1	19	0
Andre Dupont	D	58	1	7	8	107	37	0	0	0	0	67	1.49	75	0	49	11
Frank Bathe	D	47	0	7	7	111	7	0	0	0	0	34	0	45	0	47	9
Jack McIlhargey	D	26	0	4	4	95	7	0	0	0	0	15	0	22	0	26	11
Dave Gardner	C	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100	3	0	2	0
Gary Morrison	R	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	0
Don Gillen	R	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50	1	0	0	0
Dennis Patterson	D	3	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
Blake Wesley	D	2	0	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	5	0
Phil Myre	G	41	0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Peeters	G	40	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick St Croix	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bench	X					26
* = did not finish season with Flyers click on games played column for game by game stats for that player click on goals, assists or penalty minutes for complete list for that player

Goaltending Statistics

Name	GP	Mins	GA	Avg	W	L	T	OTL	EN	SO	Shts	Pct	SO-GA	SO-Sht
Rick St.Croix	1	60	2	2.00	1	0	0		0	0	25	0.920
Pete Peeters	40	2373	108	2.73	29	5	5		1	1	1061	0.898
Phil Myre	41	2367	141	3.57	18	7	15		2	0	1127	0.875

Playoff Statistics

Name	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PP	SH	GW	OT	Sht	Sh%
Ken Linseman	C	17	4	18	22	40		0	0	1	1
Bill Barber	L	19	12	9	21	23		1	3	4	0
Paul Holmgren	R	18	10	10	20	47		8	0	1	0
Bobby Clarke	C	19	8	12	20	16		8	0	2	1
Bob Dailey	D	19	4	13	17	22		1	1	2	0
Reggie Leach	R	19	9	7	16	6		2	1	0	0
Rick MacLeish	C	19	9	6	15	2		1	0	1	0
Brian Propp	L	19	5	10	15	29		8	0	0	0
Behn Wilson	D	19	4	9	13	66		0	0	2	0
Mel Bridgman	C	19	2	9	11	70		0	0	0	0
Al Hill	L	19	3	5	8	19		1	0	0	0
Tom Gorence	R	15	3	3	6	18		1	0	0	0
Mike Busniuk	D	19	2	4	6	23		0	0	0	0
Andre Dupont	D	19	0	4	4	50		0	0	0	0
Jim Watson	D	15	0	4	4	20		0	0	0	0
John Paddock	R	3	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0
Bob Kelly	L	19	1	1	2	38		0	0	0	0
Gary Morrison	R	5	0	1	1	2		0	0	0	0
Pete Peeters	G	13	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0
Norm Barnes	D	10	0	0	0	8		0	0	0	0
Jack McIlhargey	D	9	0	0	0	25		0	0	0	0
Phil Myre	G	6	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Dennis Ververgaert	R	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Frank Bathe	D	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

click on goals, assists or penalty minutes for complete list for that player

Name	GP	Mins	GA	GAA	W	L	EN	SO	Shts	Pct
Phil Myre	6	384	16	2.50	5	1	0	1	201	0.920
Pete Peeters	13	799	37	2.78	8	5	0	1	378	0.902

click on games played for indiviual list of games played by goalie

All-Star Game Representatives

Bill Barber, Norm Barnes, Reggie Leach, Rick MacLeish, Pete Peeters, Brian Propp, Jim Watson

Shutouts

Date	Opponent	Score	Goalie	#
2-Feb-80	at Pittsburgh Penguins	4-0	Pete Peeters	2
19-Apr-80	at New York Rangers	3-0	Pete Peeters	P 3
1-May-80	vs Minnesota North Stars	7-0	Phil Myre	P 1
# = career number as a Flyer P = playoffs

Hattricks

Date	Player	#	Score	Goalie(s)
11-Nov-79	Rick MacLeish	14	Vancouver Canucks 4 - FLYERS 5	C.Ridley
6-Dec-79	Reggie Leach	6	Los Angeles Kings 4 - FLYERS 9	R.Grahame(2) M.Lessard(1)
16-Mar-80	Bill Barber	4	Colorado Rockies 4 - FLYERS 4	H.Astrom
3-Apr-80	Reggie Leach	7	Washington Capitals 2 - FLYERS 4	W.Stephenson(2) ENG(1)
4-May-80	Bill Barber	5 (po,4)	FLYERS 5 - Minnesota North Stars 3	G.Meloche
15-May-80	Paul Holmgren	1 (po)	New York Islanders 3 - FLYERS 8	B.Smith(2) G.Resch (1)
po = playoffs, n=natural, 4=4goals, 5=5goals #=career number as a Flyer

Opening Games

Season	NY Islanders 2 - Flyers 5 (W)
Home	NY Islanders 2 - Flyers 5 (W)
Road	Flyers 2 - Atlanta F 9 (L)

NHL Awards

Campbell Bowl	Winner

Campbell/West Champs	Philadelphia Flyers

Jack Adams	Winner

Best Coach	Pat Quinn

Lester Patrick	Winner

Service to US Hockey	Keith Allen

Lester Patrick	Winner

Service to US Hockey	Ed Snider

Lester Patrick	Winner

Service to US Hockey	Bobby Clarke

Team Awards

Barry Ashbee Trophy	Yanick Dupre Memorial
Best Defenseman	Class Guy Award

Norm Barnes	Andre Dupont

Trades

Date	To Flyers	Other Team	From Flyers
7-Jun-79	Phil Myre	St.Louis Blues	Blake Dunlop & Rick Lapointe
16-Aug-79	1981 3rd Rounder (Barry Tabobondung)	Washington Capitals	Wayne Stephenson
4-Sep-79	1981 4th Rounder (Dave Michayluk)	Detroit Red Wings	Dennis Sobchuk
2-Jan-80	Jack McIlhargey	Vancouver Canucks	cash

Transactions

Date	Aquisition
12-Jun-79	Frank Bathe signed (multi-year)
13-Jun-79	Bernie Johnston claimed by Hartford Whalers in expansion draft
13-Jun-79	Dave Hoyda claimed by Winnipeg Jets in expansion draft
8-Aug-79	Dennis Patterson signed as a free agent
30-Aug-79	Brian Propp signed (multi-year)
4-Sep-79	Blake Wesley signed
4-Sep-79	Lindsay Carson signed
4-Sep-79	Don Gillen signed
4-Sep-79	Gordie Williams signed
4-Sep-79	Bernie Parent signed (Goaltending coach)
4-Sep-79	Fred Williams signed as a free agent
24-Sep-79	Yves Guillemette demoted
24-Sep-79	Gordy Garbutt demoted
24-Sep-79	Sam St. Laurent demoted
24-Sep-79	Fred Williams demoted
24-Sep-79	Dave Faulkkner demoted
24-Sep-79	Darre Switzer demoted
24-Sep-79	Terry McDougall demoted
24-Sep-79	Guy Delparte demoted
24-Sep-79	Randy Ruff demoted
28-Sep-79	Greg Adams signed as a free agent
29-Sep-79	Gordie Clark demoted
29-Sep-79	Wayne Schaab demoted
29-Sep-79	Danny Lucas demoted
29-Sep-79	Barry Dean demoted
1-Oct-79	Marc Andre Marchand signed as a free agent
5-Oct-79	Robbie Moore demoted
5-Oct-79	Rick St.Croix demoted
5-Oct-79	Mike Greeder demoted
5-Oct-79	Yves Preston demoted
5-Oct-79	Paul Evans demoted
5-Oct-79	Gary Morrison demoted
10-Oct-79	Sam St.Laurent signed as a free agent
25-Oct-79	Tim Kerr signed as a free agent
31-Oct-79	Dan Barber signed as a free agent
12-Nov-79	Dennis Patterson demoted
4-Jan-80	Gordie Williams signed
4-Jan-80	Simon Learmouth signed
21-Jan-80	Dave Gardner signed as a free agent
31-Jan-80	Rick St.Croix called up
17-Feb-80	Blake Wesley demoted
17-Feb-80	Gary Morrison demoted
15-Apr-80	Gary Morrison called up
4-Mar-80	Dave Gardner called up
4-Mar-80	Gary Morrison called up
9-May-80	Rick St.Croix called up
9-May-80	Terry Murray called up
9-May-80	Reid Bailey called up
9-May-80	Paul Evans called up

Draft Picks

Rd	#	Player	Pos
1	14	Brian Propp	LW
2	22	Blake Wesley	D
2	35	Pelle Lindbergh	G
3	56	Lindsay Carson	C/LW
4	77	Don Gillen	RW
5	98	Thomas Eriksson	D
6	119	Gordie Williams	RW

Record vs. Other Teams

	Overall						Home						Road
Team	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA
Atlanta Flames	2	2	0	0	15	17	2	0	0		10	4	0	2	0		5	13
Boston Bruins	1	1	2	0	12	14	0	0	2		5	5	1	1	0		7	9
Buffalo Sabres	3	0	1	0	11	6	2	0	0		6	3	1	0	1		5	3
Chicago Blackhawks	2	0	2	0	19	12	1	0	1		9	5	1	0	1		10	7
Colorado Rockies	2	1	1	0	17	15	1	0	1		8	5	1	1	0		9	10
Detroit Red Wings	3	0	1	0	22	16	1	0	1		9	8	2	0	0		13	8
Edmonton Oilers	3	0	1	0	17	11	2	0	0		10	6	1	0	1		7	5
Hartford Whalers	2	0	2	0	19	13	2	0	0		10	4	0	0	2		9	9
Los Angeles Kings	4	0	0	0	25	11	2	0	0		14	6	2	0	0		11	5
Minnesota North Stars	3	1	0	0	17	15	2	0	0		10	6	1	1	0		7	9
Montreal Canadiens	1	2	1	0	15	18	0	1	1		7	11	1	1	0		8	7
New York Islanders	2	2	0	0	14	14	1	1	0		7	7	1	1	0		7	7
New York Rangers	2	1	1	0	14	14	1	1	0		8	10	1	0	1		6	4
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	0	1	0	15	9	1	0	1		7	6	2	0	0		8	3
Quebec Nordiques	3	0	1	0	18	12	2	0	0		11	6	1	0	1		7	6
St.Louis Blues	2	0	2	0	10	6	1	0	1		4	2	1	0	1		6	4
Toronto Maple Leafs	1	1	2	0	11	13	1	1	0		4	6	0	0	2		7	7
Vancouver Canucks	3	1	0	0	18	13	1	1	0		6	8	2	0	0		12	5
Washington Capitals	2	0	2	0	18	13	2	0	0		11	6	0	0	2		7	7
Winnipeg Jets	4	0	0	0	20	12	2	0	0		10	5	2	0	0		10	7