1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=1974–75
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Conference=Campbell
ConferenceRank=1st
Division=Patrick
DivisionRank=1st
Record=51–18–11
HomeRecord=32–6–2
RoadRecord=19–12–9
GoalsFor=293
GoalsAgainst=181
GeneralManager=Keith Allen
Coach= Fred Shero
Captain=Bobby Clarke
AltCaptain=Terry Crisp
Gary Dornhoefer
Arena=The Spectrum
Attendance=17,077 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Reggie Leach (45)
AssistsLeader=Bobby Clarke (89)
PointsLeader=Bobby Clarke (116)
PIMLeader= Dave Schultz (472)
PlusMinusLeader=Bobby Clarke (+79)
WinsLeader=Bernie Parent (44)
GAALeader=Bernie Parent (2.03)
StanleyCup=yes
DivisionWin=yes
ConferenceWin=yesThe 1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers repeated as Stanley Cup champions.

In 1974–75, Dave Schultz topped his mark from the previous season by setting an NHL record for penalty minutes (472 in all). Bobby Clarke's efforts earned him his second Hart Trophy and Bernie Parent was the lone recipient of the Vezina Trophy. The Flyers as a team improved their record slightly with a mark of 51–18–11, the best record in the league. After a first-round bye, the Flyers easily swept the Toronto Maple Leafs and were presented with another New York-area team in the semifinals. The Flyers looked to be headed toward another sweep against the New York Islanders after winning the first three games. The Islanders, however, fought back by winning the next three games, setting up a deciding seventh game. The Flyers were finally able to shut the door on the Islanders, winning Game 7, 4–1.

Facing the Buffalo Sabres in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Flyers won the first two games at home. Game 3, played in Buffalo, would go down in hockey lore as "The Fog Game" due to an unusual May heat wave in Buffalo which forced parts of the game to be played in heavy fog, as Buffalo's arena lacked air conditioning. The Flyers lost Games 3 and 4, but won Game 5 at home in dominating fashion, 5–1. On the road for Game 6, Bob Kelly scored the decisive goal and Parent posted another shutout (his fourth of the playoffs) as the Flyers repeated as Stanley Cup Champions. Parent also repeated as the playoff MVP, winning his second consecutive Conn Smythe Trophy. The 1974–75 Flyers were the last Stanley Cup champion to be comprised entirely of Canadian born players. [citation |title=The Big Book of Hockey Trivia |publisher=Greystone Books |author=Weekes, Don |pages=558]

Regular season

eason standings

Game log

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Playoffs

Game log

Player stats

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"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes"

Records

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Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec. [hockeydb.com, [http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1974a.html 1974 NHL Amateur Draft] ]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL and the Philadelphia Firebirds of the NAHL. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/otheraffiliates.cgi Non-AHL Affiliates] ] The Flyers and the expansion Washington Capitals had a joint affiliation agreement with Richmond and both teams sent players there. Richmond finished 2nd in their division and lost in seven games to the Hershey Bears in the first round of the playoffs. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/ml-season.cgi?1974-75 AHL Season Overview: 1974–75] ] Playing in the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the first-year Firebirds finished 2nd in the league but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Long Island Cougars.

ee also

*1974–75 NHL season
*1975 Stanley Cup Finals

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?1974-75 1974–75 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?1974-75 Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log] on FlyersHistory.net
*Playoffs game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/poffs.cgi Philadelphia Flyers playoffs game log] on FlyersHistory.net