1971–72 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=1971–72
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Division=West
DivisionRank=5th
Record=26–38–14
HomeRecord=19–13–7
RoadRecord=7–25–7
GoalsFor=200
GoalsAgainst=236
GeneralManager=Keith Allen
Coach=Fred Shero
Captain=Ed Van Impe
AltCaptain=Jean-Guy Gendron
Arena=The Spectrum
Attendance=14,379 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Bobby Clarke (35)
AssistsLeader=Bobby Clarke (46)
PointsLeader=Bobby Clarke (81)
PIMLeader=Gary Dornhoefer (183)
PlusMinusLeader=Bobby Clarke (+22)
WinsLeader=Doug Favell (18)
GAALeader=Doug Favell (2.81)The 1971–72 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers fifth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Bobby Clarke continued to progress as he led the team in goals (35), assists (46), and points (81) in 1971–72 and he became the first Flyer to win an NHL award, the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. However, in the season's final game, the Flyers needed a win or a tie against the second-year Buffalo Sabres to beat out Pittsburgh for the final playoff spot. The score was tied late in the game, but with just four seconds on the clock, former Flyer Gerry Meehan took a shot from 80 feet away that somehow eluded Flyers goalie Doug Favell. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/boxscore.cgi?19710544 Philadelphia-Buffalo boxscore from April 2, 1972.] ] The Flyers lost the tiebreaker to Pittsburgh and missed out on the playoffs for the second time in three years.

Regular season

eason standings

Game log

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Playoffs

"The Flyers did not qualify for the post-season."

Player stats

katers

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

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1971–72 season.

Trades

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec. [hockeydb.com, [http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1971a.html 1971 NHL Amateur Draft] ]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL, the San Diego Gulls of the WHL, and the Jersey Devils and Salem Rebels 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?1971-72 AHL Season Overview: 1971–72] ]

ee also

*1971–72 NHL season

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?1971-72 1971–72 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?1971-72 Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log] on FlyersHistory.net