1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=1977–78
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Conference=Campbell
ConferenceRank=2nd
Division=Patrick
DivisionRank=2nd
Record=45–20–15
HomeRecord=29–6–5
RoadRecord=16–14–10
GoalsFor=296
GoalsAgainst=200
GeneralManager=Keith Allen
Coach= Fred Shero
Captain=Bobby Clarke
AltCaptain=
Arena=The Spectrum
Attendance=17,077 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Bill Barber (41)
AssistsLeader=Bobby Clarke (68)
PointsLeader=Bobby Clarke (89)
PIMLeader=Andre Dupont (225)
PlusMinusLeader=Bobby Clarke (+47)
WinsLeader=Bernie Parent (29)
GAALeader=Bernie Parent (2.22)The 1977–78 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers eleventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

The Flyers lost their hold on the Patrick Division in 1977–78 and settled for second place. Tom Bladon's 8 points (4 goals and 4 assists) in a game against the Cleveland Barons on December 11 set an NHL record for a defenseman. After sweeping the Colorado Rockies in 2 games in the preliminary round, the Flyers moved on to beat Buffalo in five games. They faced Boston in the semifinals for the second consecutive season, and lost again, this time in five games. Following the season, the Flyers were stunned when head coach Fred Shero left to take the general manager and head coaching jobs with the Rangers. As compensation for "The Fog", the Flyers received the Rangers' first-round draft pick which (along with their own first-round selection) the club used to select defenseman Behn Wilson and center Ken Linseman sixth and seventh overall respectively at the 1978 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal the following June.

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

Additions and subtractions

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec. [hockeydb.com, [http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1977a.html 1977 NHL Amateur Draft] ]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL and the Philadelphia Firebirds of the NAHL. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/otheraffiliates.cgi Non-AHL Affiliates] ] [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/ml-season.cgi?1977-78 AHL Season Overview: 1977–78] ]

ee also

*1977–78 NHL season

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?1977-78 1977–78 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?1977-78 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