1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=1978–79
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Conference=Campbell
ConferenceRank=2nd
Division=Patrick
DivisionRank=2nd
Record=40–25–15
HomeRecord=26–10–4
RoadRecord=14–15–11
GoalsFor=281
GoalsAgainst=248
GeneralManager=Keith Allen
Coach= Bob McCammon (Oct-Jan)
Pat Quinn
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 (34)
Reggie Leach (34)
AssistsLeader=Bobby Clarke (57)
PointsLeader=Bill Barber (87)
PIMLeader=Behn Wilson (197)
PlusMinusLeader=Blake Dunlop (+27)
WinsLeader=Wayne Stephenson (20)
GAALeader=Robbie Moore (1.77)The 1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers twelfth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Bob McCammon, who had just coached the Flyers' first year AHL Maine Mariners farm club to a Calder Cup title, replaced Fred Shero behind the bench, but after a slow start the Flyers brought up Shero's previous assistant coach, Pat Quinn, who was then guiding the Mariners to replace McCammon who then returned and coached the AHL club to a second consecutive Calder Cup title. The Flyers rallied under Quinn and finished in 2nd place. However, it was during the 1978–79 season that Bernie Parent suffered a career-ending eye injury. Matched-up against the Vancouver Canucks in the preliminary round, the Flyers won the series in three games. The Flyers' season came to an end against Shero's Rangers in a five-game quarterfinal loss.

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"

Transactions

Trades

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec. [hockeydb.com, [http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1978a.html 1978 NHL Amateur Draft] ]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL, the Milwaukee Admirals of the IHL, and the Jersey Aces of the NEHL. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/otheraffiliates.cgi Non-AHL Affiliates] ] [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/ml-season.cgi?1978-79 AHL Season Overview: 1978–79] ]

ee also

*1978–79 NHL season

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?1978-79 1978–79 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?1978-79 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