1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers season

Philadelphia Flyers
1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers
	West Division Champions
Division	1st West
1967–68 record	31–32–11
Home record	17–13–7
Road record	14–19–4
Goals for	173 (11th)
Goals against	179 (3rd)
	Team information
General Manager	Bud Poile
Coach	Keith Allen
Captain	Lou Angotti
Alternate captains	Bill Sutherland; Ed Van Impe
Arena	Spectrum (primary); Madison Square Garden; Maple Leaf Gardens; Le Colisée
Average attendance	9,625
	Team leaders
Goals	Leon Rochefort (21)
Assists	Lou Angotti (37)
Points	Lou Angotti (49)
Penalties in minutes	Ed Van Impe (141)
Plus/minus	Joe Watson (+12); Larry Zeidel (+12)
Wins	Bernie Parent (16)
Goals against average	Doug Favell (2.27)
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The 1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' inaugural season and the first National Hockey League (NHL) season in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since the Philadelphia Quakers' 1930–31 season.

Philadelphia waited almost 35 years from when the Quakers' played their last home game (a 4–0 loss to Chicago on March 17, 1931) for the NHL to return when the city was awarded an expansion franchise on February 9, 1966. Philadelphia was a bit of a surprise choice since a group from the nearby city of Baltimore were considered favorites to land a team.^[3]

The man who often receives the most credit for bringing NHL hockey back to Philadelphia is Ed Snider. While attending a basketball game in 1964 at the Boston Garden, the then vice-president of the Philadelphia Eagles observed a crowd of Boston Bruins fans lining up to purchase tickets to see a last-place team.^[4] Intrigued, he began making plans for a new arena upon hearing the NHL was looking to expand due to fears of a competing league taking hold on the West Coast and the desire for a new television contract in the United States. Snider made his proposal to the league and the Philadelphia group — including Snider, Bill Putnam, Jerome Schiff, and Eagles owner Jerry Wolman — was chosen over the Baltimore group.

On April 4, 1966, Putnam announced there would be a name-the-team contest and that orange, black and white would be the team colors.^[5] Wanting what he referred to as "hot" colors, Putnam's choice was influenced by the orange and white of his alma mater, the University of Texas, and the orange and black of Philadelphia's previous NHL team, the Quakers.^[5] Also announced on April 4 was the hiring of a Chicago firm to design the team's arena.^[5]

Details of the name-the-team contest were released on July 12, 1966.^[5] As sponsor of the contest, ballots were available at local Acme Markets grocery stores and included a top prize of a RCA 21" color television, two season tickets for both the second and third prize winners, and a pair of tickets to a game for the next 100 winners.^[5] Among the names considered behind the scenes were Quakers, Ramblers, and Liberty Bells.^[5] The first two were the names of previous Philadelphia hockey teams and given the connotations of losing (Quakers) and the minor leagues (Ramblers), were passed over. Liberty Bells, though seriously considered, was also the name of a local race track. Bashers, Blizzards, Bruisers, Huskies, Keystones, Knights, Lancers, Raiders, and Sabres were among the other names considered.^[5]

The flying P has been the Flyers' primary logo since the beginning.

It was Ed Snider's sister Phyllis who ended up naming the team when she suggested Flyers on a return trip from a Broadway play.^[5] Ed knew immediately it would be the winning name, since it captured the speed of the game and went well phonetically with Philadelphia. On August 3, 1966, the team name was announced.^[5] Of the 11,000 ballots received, more than 100 selected Flyers as the team name and were entered into a drawing to select a winner. 9-year-old boy Alec Stockard from Narberth, who had spelled it "Fliers" on his entry,^[5] won the drawing and was declared the winner.

With the name and colors already known, Philadelphia advertising firm Mel Richmann Inc. was hired to design a logo and jersey.^[5] With Tom Paul as head of the project, artist Sam Ciccone designed both the logo and jerseys with the concept to represent speed.^[5] Ciccone's winged P design, four stylized wings attached to a slanted P with an orange dot to represent a puck, was considered the "obvious choice" over his other designs which included a winged skate.^[5] Ciccone's jersey design, a stripe down each shoulder and down the arms, represented wings.^[5]

The men hired to build the expansion Flyers were Bud Poile as General Manager and Keith Allen as Head Coach. Both were former NHL players and were Western Hockey League coaches in the years preceding expansion, Poile with the San Francisco Seals and Allen with the Seattle Totems. On May 8, 1967, the Flyers purchased the American Hockey League's Quebec Aces and with them acquired the NHL rights to eleven players, including Bill Sutherland and Ed Hoekstra. The NHL Expansion Draft was held a month later on June 6. The six expansion franchises selected 20 players from the Original Six teams, though most of the players available were either aging veterans or career minor-leaguers before expansion occurred. Among the Flyers' 20 selections were Bernie Parent, Doug Favell, Ed Van Impe, Joe Watson, Lou Angotti (who would be named the Flyers' first captain), Leon Rochefort, and Gary Dornhoefer. The following day, the Flyers made two selections in the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft, notably Serge Bernier 5th overall from the Sorel Éperviers.

The Flyers made their debut on October 11, 1967, losing 5–1 on the road to the California Seals.^[6] Bill Sutherland scored the first goal in franchise history. They won their first game a week later, defeating the St. Louis Blues on the road, 2–1.^[7] The Flyers made their home debut in front of a crowd of 7,812, shutting out their trans-Pennsylvania rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins, 1–0 on October 19.^[8] With all six expansion teams grouped into the same division, the Flyers were able to win the division with a below .500 record and after being forced to play their last seven home games on the road (five of them at Le Colisée in Quebec City, the home of their AHL affiliate) due to a March 1 storm blowing parts of the Spectrum's roof off.^[1]

The team was led offensively by Leon Rochefort in goals (21) and Lou Angotti in assists (37) and points (49). Bill Sutherland was the only other player on the team with at least 20 goals and Gary Dornhoefer was the only other player with at least 30 assists. Rochefort was the only Flyer to take part in the NHL All-Star Game. Despite the lack of offensive firepower, the Flyers were strong enough defensively to be a respectable 8–15–1 against Original Six teams, winning at least one game against all six and winning three of their four games against the defending Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs. 22-year-old goaltenders Doug Favell and Bernie Parent split time in net and put up similar numbers. Favell finished 3rd in Calder Memorial Trophy voting.^[9]

The Flyers returned to the Spectrum in time to open up their first playoff series on April 4, 1968 against the St. Louis Blues. The Blues came into the series as underdogs, but they took Game 1 1–0. Pat Hannigan scored the Flyers first ever playoff goal 1:32 into the first period of Game 2. Tied going into the third period, Leon Rochefort's goal with 13:09 left proved to be the game winner in a 4–3 result. The series shifted to St. Louis and the Flyers lost both Games 3 and 4. With the Flyers on the verge of elimination, Rosaire Paiement scored a hat trick in Game 5 and the Flyers won 6–1. Returning to St. Louis for Game 6, Don Blackburn’s goal with 8:42 left in the 2nd overtime forced a Game 7. However, the Flyers lost Game 7 by a score of 3–1.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

West Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	74	31	32	11	173	179	73
Los Angeles Kings	74	31	33	10	200	224	72
St. Louis Blues	74	27	31	16	177	191	70
Minnesota North Stars	74	27	32	15	191	226	69
Pittsburgh Penguins	74	27	34	13	195	216	67
Oakland Seals	74	15	42	17	153	219	47

[edit] Game log

1967–68 Game Log

October: 3–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 11	Philadelphia	1 – 5	California	Parent	6,886	0–1–0	0
2	October 14	Philadelphia	2 – 4	Los Angeles	Favell	7,035	0–2–0	0
3	October 18	Philadelphia	2 – 1	St. Louis	Favell	5,234	1–2–0	2
4	October 19	Pittsburgh	0 – 1	Philadelphia	Favell	7,812	2–2–0	4
5	October 22	California	2 – 5	Philadelphia	Favell	5,783	3–2–0	6
6	October 28	Detroit	3 – 1	Philadelphia	Favell	10,859	3–3–0	6
7	October 29	California	2 – 2	Philadelphia	Favell	4,708	3–3–1	7

November: 7–4–3 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 3–2–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
8	November 2	Minnesota	3 – 1	Philadelphia	Favell	4,203	3–4–1	7
9	November 4	Philadelphia	4 – 1	Montreal	Parent	14,822	4–4–1	9
10	November 5	Montreal	1 – 1	Philadelphia	Parent	9,188	4–4–2	10
11	November 8	Philadelphia	1 – 1	Pittsburgh	Parent	4,719	4–4–3	11
12	November 12	Philadelphia	4 – 2	Boston	Parent	13,909	5–4–3	13
13	November 15	Philadelphia	0 – 5	Pittsburgh	Parent	6,876	5–5–3	13
14	November 16	New York	2 – 3	Philadelphia	Favell	11,276	6–5–3	15
15	November 18	Philadelphia	2 – 2	Minnesota	Favell	10,466	6–5–4	16
16	November 19	St. Louis	2 – 3	Philadelphia	Parent	7,102	7–5–4	18
17	November 22	Detroit	2 – 4	Philadelphia	Parent	12,086	8–5–4	20
18	November 25	Philadelphia	2 – 1	St. Louis	Parent	8,570	9–5–4	22
19	November 26	Los Angeles	2 – 7	Philadelphia	Parent	11,420	10–5–4	24
20	November 29	Philadelphia	1 – 3	Chicago	Parent	17,200	10–6–4	24
21	November 30	California	3 – 1	Philadelphia	Parent	3,167	10–7–4	24

December: 7–5–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 3–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
22	December 3	St. Louis	2 – 4	Philadelphia	Parent	8,727	11–7–4	26
23	December 6	Philadelphia	2 – 4	California	Favell	2,426	11–8–4	26
24	December 8	Philadelphia	3 – 0	Los Angeles	Favell	4,624	12–8–4	28
25	December 10	Chicago	3 – 0	Philadelphia	Favell	14,646	12–9–4	28
26	December 14	St. Louis	2 – 2	Philadelphia	Parent	8,005	12–9–5	29
27	December 16	Philadelphia	1 – 0	St. Louis	Parent	7,570	13–9–5	31
28	December 17	Pittsburgh	1 – 2	Philadelphia	Parent	7,522	14–9–5	33
29	December 21	Minnesota	0 – 6	Philadelphia	Parent	7,638	15–9–5	35
30	December 23	Philadelphia	2 – 3	Chicago	Parent	17,500	15–10–5	35
31	December 25	New York	3 – 1	Philadelphia	Parent	9,456	15–11–5	35
32	December 28	Philadelphia	3 – 5	Detroit	Favell	13,568	15–12–5	35
33	December 30	Philadelphia	2 – 0	Los Angeles	Favell	14,000	16–12–5	37
34	December 31	Los Angeles	1 – 9	Philadelphia	Favell	5,643	17–12–5	39

January: 4–7–2 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 3–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
35	January 4	Boston	3 – 2	Philadelphia	Parent	10,097	17–13–5	39
36	January 6	Philadelphia	2 – 2	Pittsburgh	Favell	7,351	17–13–6	40
37	January 7	Pittsburgh	1 – 3	Philadelphia	Favell	7,935	18–13–6	42
38	January 10	Philadelphia	4 – 6	Minnesota	Favell	9,768	18–14–6	42
39	January 11	Montreal	4 – 2	Philadelphia	Parent	14,126	18–15–6	42
40	January 14	Philadelphia	6 – 3	California	Parent	2,878	19–15–6	44
41	January 18	Philadelphia	4 – 2	Minnesota	Favell	9,098	20–15–6	46
42	January 20	Philadelphia	2 – 4	Boston	Parent	13,527	20–16–6	46
43	January 21	St. Louis	2 – 2	Philadelphia	Parent	10,834	20–16–7	47
44	January 24	Philadelphia	2 – 1	Toronto	Favell	15,834	21–16–7	49
45	January 25	Minnesota	3 – 0	Philadelphia	Parent	9,334	21–17–7	49
46	January 27	Philadelphia	2 – 3	Detroit	Parent	12,820	21–18–7	49
47	January 28	Los Angeles	2 – 0	Philadelphia	Favell	13,577	21–19–7	49

February: 5–6–2 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 2–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
48	February 1	California	3 – 3	Philadelphia	Favell	6,386	21–19–8	50
49	February 3	Chicago	3 – 5	Philadelphia	Parent	14,646	22–19–8	52
50	February 4	Toronto	1 – 4	Philadelphia	Favell	14,646	23–19–8	54
51	February 7	Philadelphia	1 – 4	Montreal	Parent	14,026	23–20–8	54
52	February 10	Philadelphia	2 – 1	St. Louis	Favell	13,112	24–20–8	56
53	February 11	Philadelphia	3 – 2	Minnesota	Favell	15,154	25–20–8	58
54	February 14	Philadelphia	0 – 4	California	Parent	3,069	25–21–8	58
55	February 16	Philadelphia	1 – 7	Los Angeles	Parent	9,867	25–22–8	58
56	February 18	Philadelphia	1 – 3	New York	Favell	17,250	25–23–8	58
57	February 21	Philadelphia	1 – 1	Pittsburgh	Favell	9,198	25–23–9	59
58	February 22	Minnesota	3 – 7	Philadelphia	Favell	14,392	26–23–9	61
59	February 25	Pittsburgh	2 – 1	Philadelphia	Favell	14,418	26–24–9	61
60	February 29	Los Angeles	3 – 1	Philadelphia	Favell	9,115	26–25–9	61

March: 5–7–2 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 2–5–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
61	March 2	Philadelphia	0 – 4	New York	Parent	17,235	26–26–9	61
62	March 3	California	1 – 1	Philadelphia^[1]	Favell	12,127	26–26–10	62
63	March 6	Philadelphia	2 – 7	Toronto	Favell	15,831	26–27–10	62
64	March 7	Boston	2 – 1	Philadelphia^[1]	Parent	10,452	26–28–10	62
65	March 10	Minnesota	0 – 2	Philadelphia^[1]	Parent	10,171	27–28–10	64
66	March 13	Philadelphia	4 – 2	Minnesota	Favell	13,387	28–28–10	66
67	March 14	Los Angeles	0 – 0	Philadelphia^[1]	Parent	4,116	28–28–11	67
68	March 17	Toronto	4 – 7	Philadelphia^[1]	Parent	13,650	29–28–11	69
69	March 20	Philadelphia	5 – 1	California	Parent	3,918	30–28–11	71
70	March 23	Philadelphia	2 – 4	Los Angeles	Parent	14,003	30–29–11	71
71	March 27	Philadelphia	0 – 3	St. Louis	Favell	9,315	30–30–11	71
72	March 28	St. Louis	0 – 2	Philadelphia^[1]	Favell	5,382	31–30–11	73
73	March 30	Pittsburgh	2 – 0	Philadelphia^[1]	Favell	5,569	31–31–11	73
74	March 31	Philadelphia	1 – 5	Pittsburgh	Favell	6,756	31–32–11	73

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

1968 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarterfinals vs. St. Louis - Blues win 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 4	St. Louis	1 – 0	Philadelphia		Parent	10,649	Blues lead 1–0
2	April 6	St. Louis	3 – 4	Philadelphia		Favell	11,111	Series tied 1–1
3	April 10	Philadelphia	2 – 3	St. Louis	2OT	Parent	10,867	Blues lead 2–1
4	April 11	Philadelphia	2 – 5	St. Louis		Favell	11,070	Blues lead 3–1
5	April 13	St. Louis	1 – 6	Philadelphia		Parent	10,587	Blues lead 3–2
6	April 16	Philadelphia	2 – 1	St. Louis	2OT	Parent	13,738	Series tied 3–3
7	April 18	St. Louis	3 – 1	Philadelphia		Parent	14,646	Blues win 4–3

Legend: Win Loss

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

Note: Pos = Position (C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing); GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus (playoff plus-minus not available); PIM = Penalties in minutes; = Joined team via trade or waivers during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only. = Left team via trade or waivers during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

#	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	P	PIM
#	Player	Age	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
07 !7	Angotti, LouLou Angotti	30	C	70	12	37	49	4	35	7	0	0	0	02 !2
12 !12, 24	Dornhoefer, GaryGary Dornhoefer	24	RW	65	13	30	43	6	134	3	0	0	0	15
09 !9	Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	28	RW	74	21	21	42	-1	16	7	2	0	2	02 !2
18	Hoekstra, EdEd Hoekstra	30	C	70	15	21	36	6	6	7	0	1	1	00 !0
10	Selby, BritBrit Selby	22	LW	56	15	15	30	-3	24	7	1	1	2	04 !4
11	Sutherland, BillBill Sutherland	33	LW	60	20	9	29	1	6	7	1	3	4	00 !0
08 !8	Blackburn, DonDon Blackburn	29	LW	67	9	20	29	-2	23	7	3	0	3	08 !8
22	Kennedy, ForbesForbes Kennedy	32	C	73	10	18	28	4	130	7	1	4	5	14
14	Hannigan, PatPat Hannigan	31	RW	65	11	15	26	6	36	7	1	2	3	09 !9
16	LaForge, ClaudeClaude LaForge	31	LW	63	9	16	25	8	36	5	1	2	3	15
04 !4	Miszuk, JohnJohn Miszuk	27	D	74	5	17	22	1	79	7	0	3	3	11
03 !3	Watson, JoeJoe Watson	24	D	73	5	14	19	12	56	7	1	1	2	28
02 !2	Van Impe, EdEd Van Impe	27	D	67	4	13	17	-5	141	7	0	4	4	11
15	Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix	22	C	18	6	8	14	0	6	7	2	3	5	00 !0
15	Peters, GarryGarry Peters	25	C	31	7	5	12	-2	22	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
05 !5	Gauthier, JeanJean Gauthier	30	D	65	5	7	12	0	74	7	1	3	4	06 !6
24	Zeidel, LarryLarry Zeidel	39	D	57	1	10	11	12	68	7	0	1	1	12
17	Hicks, WayneWayne Hicks	30	RW	32	2	7	9	-5	6	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
19	Stratton, ArtArt Stratton	32	C	12	0	4	4	-4	4	5	0	0	0	00 !0
21	Johnson, JimJim Johnson	25	C	13	2	1	3	-1	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
20	Paiement, RosaireRosaire Paiement	22	RW	7	1	0	1	1	11	3	3	0	3	00 !0
30	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	22	G	38	0	1	1	-0.1 !N/A	2	5	0	0	0	00 !0
20	Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron	33	LW	1	0	1	1	1	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
01 !1	Favell, DougDoug Favell	22	G	37	0	0	0	-0.1 !N/A	37	2	0	0	0	05 !5
06 !6	Hanna, JohnJohn Hanna	32	D	15	0	0	0	1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
12	MacSweyn, RalphRalph MacSweyn	25	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
21 !21, 22	Nolet, SimonSimon Nolet	26	RW	4	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	00 !0
20	Wright, KeithKeith Wright	23	LW	1	0	0	0	1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
24	Ball, TerryTerry Ball	23	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
21	Carruthers, DwightDwight Carruthers	23	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
19	Pelletier, RogerRoger Pelletier	22	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GA = Goals against; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; MIN = Minutes played

#	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
#	Player	Age	Regular season									Playoffs
30	Parent, BernieBernie Parent	22	38	16	17	5	4	93	.926	2.48	2248	5	2	3	0	8	.963	1.35	355
01 !1	Favell, DougDoug Favell	22	37	15	15	6	4	83	.931	2.27	2192	2	1	1	0	8	.871	4.00	120

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Leon Rochefort

[edit] Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached
Lou Angotti Jean Gauthier Wayne Hicks John Miszuk Bernie Parent Brit Selby	First Flyers players (on ice for opening faceoff)	October 11, 1967
Lou Angotti Jean Gauthier	First Flyers penalty	October 11, 1967
Bill Sutherland	First Flyers goal	October 11, 1967
Leon Rochefort John Miszuk	First Flyers assists	October 11, 1967
Ed Hoekstra	First Flyers game winning goal	October 18, 1967
Doug Favell	First Flyers shutout	October 19, 1967
Leon Rochefort	First Flyers hat trick	November 4, 1967
Leon Rochefort	First Flyers 20 goal season	February 29, 1968
Pat Hannigan	First Flyers playoff goal	April 6, 1968
Leon Rochefort	First Flyers playoff game winning goal	April 6, 1968

[edit] Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1967–68 season.

[edit] Trades

Date	Details
September 1, 1967	To Philadelphia Flyers Al Millar	To Toronto Maple Leafs cash
October 1, 1967	To Philadelphia Flyers Dick Sarrazin	To Detroit Red Wings cash
October 18, 1967	To Philadelphia Flyers Rosaire Paiement	To Boston Bruins 1st-round pick in 1970
October 23, 1967	To Philadelphia Flyers Larry Zeidel	To Cleveland Barons (AHL) cash
February 27, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers Art Stratton	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wayne Hicks

[edit] Other transactions

Date	Player	Team (League)
Acquired via purchase of Quebec Aces
May 8, 1967	Rene Drolet	Quebec (AHL)
May 8, 1967	Jean-Guy Gendron	Quebec (AHL)
May 8, 1967	John Hanna	Quebec (AHL)
May 8, 1967	Wayne Hicks	Quebec (AHL)
May 8, 1967	Ed Hoekstra	Quebec (AHL)
May 8, 1967	Andre Lacroix	Quebec (AHL)
May 8, 1967	Claude LaForge	Quebec (AHL)
May 8, 1967	Ralph MacSweyn	Quebec (AHL)
May 8, 1967	Jim Morrison	Quebec (AHL)
May 8, 1967	Simon Nolet	Quebec (AHL)
May 8, 1967	Roger Pelletier	Quebec (AHL)
May 8, 1967	Bill Sutherland	Quebec (AHL)
Selected in Expansion Draft
June 6, 1967	Bernie Parent	Boston (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Doug Favell	Boston (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Ed Van Impe	Chicago (NHL)
June 6, 1967	John Miszuk	Chicago (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Joe Watson	Boston (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Dick Cherry	Boston (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Jean Gauthier	Montreal (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Terry Ball	New York (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Brit Selby	Toronto (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Lou Angotti	Chicago (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Leon Rochefort	Montreal (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Don Blackburn	Toronto (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Gary Dornhoefer	Boston (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Forbes Kennedy	Boston (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Pat Hannigan	Toronto (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Dwight Carruthers	Detroit (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Bob Courcy	Montreal (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Keith Wright	Boston (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Garry Peters	Montreal (NHL)
June 6, 1967	Jim Johnson	New York (NHL)

[edit] Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec.^[10]

Rnd	#	Player	Position	Nationality	Drafted from
1	5	Serge Bernier	Center	Canada	Sorel Éperviers (QJHL)
2	14	Al Sarault	Defenseman	Canada	Pembroke (Ontario Jr. A)

[edit] Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL, whom they purchased on May 8, 1967, the Seattle Totems of the WHL, and the Knoxville Knights of the EHL.^[11] Quebec finished second in their division and made it to the Calder Cup Finals before losing to the Rochester Americans in six games. Head coach Vic Stasiuk was awarded the Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award as coach of the year and Simon Nolet won the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the league's leading scorer.^[12] Seattle finished 2nd in the 5-team WHL and won the Lester Patrick Cup as league champions. Knoxville finished 9th in the 12-team EHL and missed the playoffs in what proved to be their final season in existence.

[edit] See also

1967–68 NHL season

[edit] References

General

hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "News: This Date In Flyers History... March 1, 1968... Roof Blows Off Of Spectrum". PhiladelphiaFlyers.com. 2005. http://flyers.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=NewsPage&bcid=1891. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
^ FlyersHistory.net, All Time Team Attendance
^ FlyersHistory.net, Philadelphia Gets NHL Expansion Team.
^ FlyersHistory.net, Ed Snider's Flyers Hall of Fame Profile.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Flyers History - Flyers Jersey History Gallery". FlyersHistory.net. http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/jerseyhistory.cgi. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
^ FlyersHistory.net, Flyers First Ever Game.
^ FlyersHistory.net, Flyers First Ever Win.
^ FlyersHistory.net, Flyers First Home Game.
^ FlyersHistory.net, Flyers History - NHL Award Votes
^ hockeydb.com, 1967 NHL Amateur Draft
^ FlyersHistory.net, Non-AHL Affiliates
^ FlyersHistory.net, AHL Season Overview: 1967–68

[edit] External links

Mark Mulvoy (1968–02–19). "Expansion's Bright New Heroes". Sports Illustrated. http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1080867/index.htm. Retrieved 2011–06–18.

[SpectrumRoof-0] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "News: This Date In Flyers History... March 1, 1968... Roof Blows Off Of Spectrum". PhiladelphiaFlyers.com. 2005. http://flyers.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=NewsPage&bcid=1891. Retrieved 2007-10-27.

[1] FlyersHistory.net, All Time Team Attendance

[2] FlyersHistory.net, Philadelphia Gets NHL Expansion Team.

[3] FlyersHistory.net, Ed Snider's Flyers Hall of Fame Profile.

[colornamelogo-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Flyers History - Flyers Jersey History Gallery". FlyersHistory.net. http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/jerseyhistory.cgi. Retrieved 2008-09-09.

[5] FlyersHistory.net, Flyers First Ever Game.

[6] FlyersHistory.net, Flyers First Ever Win.

[7] FlyersHistory.net, Flyers First Home Game.

[8] FlyersHistory.net, Flyers History - NHL Award Votes

[9] ydb.com, 1967 NHL Amateur Draft

[10] FlyersHistory.net, Non-AHL Affiliates

[11] FlyersHistory.net, AHL Season Overview: 1967–68

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1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers season

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1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers
West Division Champions
Division	1st West
1967–68 record	31–32–11
Home record	17–13–7
Road record	14–19–4
Goals for	173 (11th)
Goals against	179 (3rd)
Team information
General Manager	Bud Poile
Coach	Keith Allen
Captain	Lou Angotti
Alternate captains	Bill Sutherland Ed Van Impe
Arena	Spectrum (primary) Madison Square Garden^[1] Maple Leaf Gardens^[1] Le Colisée^[1]
Average attendance	9,625^[2]
Team leaders
Goals	Leon Rochefort (21)
Assists	Lou Angotti (37)
Points	Lou Angotti (49)
Penalties in minutes	Ed Van Impe (141)
Plus/minus	Joe Watson (+12) Larry Zeidel (+12)
Wins	Bernie Parent (16)
Goals against average	Doug Favell (2.27)

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