1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=1979–80
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Conference=Campbell
ConferenceRank=1st
Division=Patrick
DivisionRank=1st
Record=48–12–20
HomeRecord=27–5–8
RoadRecord=21–7–12
GoalsFor=327
GoalsAgainst=254
GeneralManager=Keith Allen
Coach=Pat Quinn
Captain=Mel Bridgman
AltCaptain=
Arena=The Spectrum
Attendance=17,077 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Reggie Leach (50)
AssistsLeader=Bobby Clarke (57)
Ken Linseman (57)
PointsLeader=Ken Linseman (79)
PIMLeader=Behn Wilson (212)
PlusMinusLeader=Jim Watson (+53)
WinsLeader=Pete Peeters (29)
GAALeader=Rick St. Croix (2.00)
DivisionWin=yes
ConferenceWin=yesThe 1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 13th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers went undefeated a record 35 games and reached the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals.

The Flyers began the 1979–80 season with a somewhat controversial move by naming Clarke a playing assistant coach and giving the captaincy to Mel Bridgman. While Clarke was against this initially, he accepted his new role. The Flyers would go undefeated for a North American professional sports record 35 straight games (25–0–10), a record that still stands to this day. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/streak.htm Some Facts & Figures About the Streak.] ] In doing so, the Flyers wrapped up the Patrick Division title with 14 games to spare and the No.1 overall seed in the playoffs. Their regular-season success continued into the playoffs, as the Flyers swept a young Wayne Gretzky and his Edmonton Oilers in the first round, then went on to get revenge against Fred Shero and his Rangers by beating them in five before disposing of Minnesota in five to lock up a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals. Facing the Islanders for the Cup, the Flyers would ultimately lose in six games on Bob Nystrom's overtime Cup-winning goal. The end result of the series was marred by controversy, as the Islanders' fourth goal in that game was clearly offside, but no whistle was forthcoming. Linesman Leon Stickle admitted after the game that he had blown the call. [CNNSI.com, [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/flashbacks/heroes/nystrom/ SI Flashback: Putting the Hammer to the Old Bugaboo - June 2, 1980] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Game log

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Playoffs

Game log

Awards and records

Awards

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1979–80 season.

Trades

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. [hockeydb.com, [http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1979e.html 1979 NHL Entry Draft] ]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL, the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL, and the Hampton Aces of the EHL. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/otheraffiliates.cgi Non-AHL Affiliates] ] [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/ml-season.cgi?1979-80 AHL Season Overview: 1979–80] ]

ee also

*1979–80 NHL season
*1980 Stanley Cup Finals

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?1979-80 1979–80 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?1979-80 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