1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' second season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the quarterfinals to the St. Louis Blues for the second consecutive season.

1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd West
1968–69 record	20–35–21
Home record	14–16–8
Road record	6–19–13
Goals for	174 (12th)
Goals against	225 (7th)
Team information
President	Bill Putnam Joe Scott
General Manager	Bud Poile
Coach	Keith Allen
Captain	Ed Van Impe[lower-alpha 1]
Alternate captains	Dick Cherry Jean-Guy Gendron[lower-alpha 1] Allan Stanley Ed Van Impe[lower-alpha 1]
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	11,196[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Quebec Aces Seattle Totems Jersey Devils
Team leaders
Goals	Andre Lacroix (24)
Assists	Jean-Guy Gendron (35)
Points	Andre Lacroix (56)
Penalty minutes	Forbes Kennedy (195)
Plus/minus	Bill Sutherland (+5)
Wins	Bernie Parent (17)
Goals against average	Bernie Parent (2.70)

Off-season

The Flyers coaxed Dick Cherry, who they selected in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft, out of retirement by agreeing to a three-year contract.[3]

Lou Angotti, the Flyers first captain, was involved in a three-team trade.[4] The Flyers traded Angotti to the St. Louis Blues for Darryl Edestrand and Gerry Melnyk and the Blues subsequently traded Angotti to the Pittsburgh Penguins.[4] Melnyk suffered a heart attack in training camp and retired to become a scout for the team.[5]

The Flyers claimed veteran defenseman Allan Stanley in the reverse draft from the Toronto Maple Leafs.[6]

Regular season

Defenseman Ed Van Impe was named Angotti's replacement as captain in November.[1]

Led by Van Impe and the team-leading 24 goals of Andre Lacroix, the Flyers struggled finishing 15 games under .500.

Season standings

West Division[7]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	St. Louis Blues	76	37	25	14	204	157	+47	88
2	Oakland Seals	76	29	36	11	219	251	−32	69
3	Philadelphia Flyers	76	20	35	21	174	225	−51	61
4	Los Angeles Kings	76	24	42	10	185	260	−75	58
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	20	45	11	189	252	−63	51
6	Minnesota North Stars	76	18	43	15	189	270	−81	51

Record vs. opponents

1968-69 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	LAK	MIN	MON	NYR	OAK	PHI	PIT	STL	TOR
Boston	—	5–2–1	3–2–3	5–1	4–0–2	4–2–2	3–3–2	3–1–2	4–2	5–1	2–2–2	4–2–2
Chicago	2–5–1	—	3–4–1	5–1	5–0–1	1–7	4–3–1	1–5	3–0–3	4–2	3–2–1	3–4–1
Detroit	2–3–3	4–3–1	—	4–2	4–2	2–5–1	4–3–1	3–2–1	3–1–2	4–2	0–4–2	3–4–1
Los Angeles	1–5	1–5	2–4	—	1–4–3	0–4–2	3–3	4–2–2	3–4–1	5–2–1	1–6–1	3–3
Minnesota	0–4–2	0–5–1	2–4	4–1–3	—	0–5–1	1–5	3–4–1	2–3–3	3–5	2–4–2	1–3–2
Montreal	2–4–2	7–1	5–2–1	4–0–2	5–0–1	—	3–4–1	2–3–1	5–1	4–1–1	5–0–1	4–3–1
New York	3–3–2	3–4–1	3–4–1	3–3	5–1	4–3–1	—	5–1	3–1–2	5–1	3–1–2	4–4
Oakland	1–3–2	5–1	2–3–1	2–4–2	4–3–1	3–2–1	1–5	—	4–2–2	4–2–2	1–7	2–4
Philadelphia	2–4	0–3–3	1–3–2	4–3–1	3–2–3	1–5	1–3–2	2–4–2	—	4–1–3	1–6–1	1–1–4
Pittsburgh	1–5	2–4	2–4	2–5–1	5–3	1–4–1	1–5	2–4–2	1–4–3	—	3–4–1	0–3–3
St. Louis	2–2–2	2–3–1	4–0–2	6–1–1	4–2–2	0–5–1	1–3–2	7–1	6–1–1	4–3–1	—	1–4–1
Toronto	2–4–2	4–3–1	4–3–1	3–3	3–1–2	3–4–1	4–4	4–2	1–1–4	3–0–3	4–1–1	—

Playoffs

Despite the poor regular season showing, they made the playoffs; however, they were manhandled by St. Louis in a four-game sweep. Not wanting his team to be physically outmatched again, owner Ed Snider instructed General Manager Bud Poile to acquire bigger, tougher players.[8]

Schedule and results

Regular season

1968–69 regular season
October: 1–5–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 0–4–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 1 October 13 Philadelphia 2–3 Boston Parent 14,011 0–1–0 0 2 October 16 Philadelphia 1–3 New York Favell 15,906 0–2–0 0 3 October 17 Pittsburgh 0–3 Philadelphia Parent 9,862 1–2–0 2 4 October 24 Minnesota 3–3 Philadelphia Parent 8,933 1–2–1 3 5 October 26 Philadelphia 2–6 Los Angeles Favell 6,597 1–3–1 3 6 October 27 Philadelphia 2–2 Oakland Favell 1,892 1–3–2 4 7 October 30 Philadelphia 1–4 St. Louis Parent 10,754 1–4–2 4 8 October 31 New York 2–1 Philadelphia Parent 9,429 1–5–2 4
November: 5–8–0 (Home: 3–5–0; Road: 2–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 9 November 2 Philadelphia 3–2 Toronto Parent 16,470 2–5–2 6 10 November 3 Montreal 2–3 Philadelphia Parent 12,431 3–5–2 8 11 November 6 Philadelphia 1–7 Boston Parent 13,744 3–6–2 8 12 November 7 St. Louis 8–0 Philadelphia Favell 9,164 3–7–2 8 13 November 9 Philadelphia 3–0 Pittsburgh Favell 7,284 4–7–2 10 14 November 13 Philadelphia 3–4 Minnesota Favell 10,918 4–8–2 10 15 November 14 Boston 2–4 Philadelphia Parent 10,192 5–8–2 12 16 November 17 Los Angeles 1–3 Philadelphia Parent 9,125 6–8–2 14 17 November 21 Montreal 3–0 Philadelphia Parent 11,269 6–9–2 14 18 November 23 Oakland 2–1 Philadelphia Favell 11,932 6–10–2 14 19 November 24 Los Angeles 3–1 Philadelphia Parent 9,086 6–11–2 14 20 November 27 Detroit 5–2 Philadelphia Favell 11,380 6–12–2 14 21 November 30 Philadelphia 0–1 St. Louis Parent 15,314 6–13–2 14
December: 3–6–5 (Home: 1–2–3; Road: 2–4–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 22 December 1 Philadelphia 3–3 Detroit Parent 13,039 6–13–3 15 23 December 4 Philadelphia 1–3 Los Angeles Parent 5,847 6–14–3 15 24 December 6 Philadelphia 0–4 Oakland Favell 3,166 6–15–3 15 25 December 8 St. Louis 4–4 Philadelphia Parent 10,329 6–15–4 16 26 December 12 Toronto 1–0 Philadelphia Parent 8,531 6–16–4 16 27 December 14 Philadelphia 0–1 Montreal Parent 16,584 6–17–4 16 28 December 15 Philadelphia 3–1 New York Parent 12,731 7–17–4 18 29 December 17 Pittsburgh 2–8 Philadelphia Parent 6,986 8–17–4 20 30 December 19 Minnesota 5–5 Philadelphia Parent 8,394 8–17–5 21 31 December 21 Philadelphia 2–1 Los Angeles Favell 7,108 9–17–5 23 32 December 22 Philadelphia 1–2 Oakland Favell 1,829 9–18–5 23 33 December 25 New York 2–2 Philadelphia Favell 9,545 9–18–6 24 34 December 27 Philadelphia 3–3 Detroit Parent 11,935 9–18–7 25 35 December 29 Oakland 2–1 Philadelphia Parent 12,767 9–19–7 25
January: 3–6–5 (Home: 2–4–2; Road: 1–2–3) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 36 January 2 Chicago 2–2 Philadelphia Favell 13,290 9–19–8 26 37 January 4 Philadelphia 1–1 Pittsburgh Favell 6,329 9–19–9 27 38 January 5 Toronto 2–2 Philadelphia Parent 11,274 9–19–10 28 39 January 8 Philadelphia 4–4 Toronto Favell 16,331 9–19–11 29 40 January 9 New York 3–1 Philadelphia Parent 10,147 9–20–11 29 41 January 11 Philadelphia 4–2 Minnesota Parent 12,462 10–20–11 31 42 January 15 Philadelphia 3–4 St. Louis Favell 13,184 10–21–11 31 43 January 16 Montreal 4–0 Philadelphia Parent 12,728 10–22–11 31 44 January 18 Boston 5–3 Philadelphia Favell 14,558 10–23–11 31 45 January 19 Detroit 1–3 Philadelphia Parent 13,949 11–23–11 33 46 January 23 Philadelphia 2–2 Chicago Parent 18,500 11–23–12 34 47 January 25 Philadelphia 3–6 Montreal Parent 16,884 11–24–12 34 48 January 26 Pittsburgh 3–5 Philadelphia Favell 10,987 12–24–12 36 49 January 30 Chicago 12–0 Philadelphia Favell 13,005 12–25–12 36
February: 1–8–4 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 0–4–3) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 50 February 1 Philadelphia 2–2 Pittsburgh Parent 5,866 12–25–13 37 51 February 2 Minnesota 3–2 Philadelphia Parent 13,294 12–26–13 37 52 February 4 Detroit 2–0 Philadelphia Parent 8,375 12–27–13 37 53 February 8 Philadelphia 5–6 Boston Parent 14,659 12–28–13 37 54 February 9 Philadelphia 3–3 New York Parent 5,723 12–28–14 38 55 February 12 Philadelphia 3–3 Chicago Parent 17,800 12–28–15 39 56 February 13 St. Louis 2–1 Philadelphia Parent 9,362 12–29–15 39 57 February 15 Chicago 3–0 Philadelphia Parent 14,558 12–30–15 39 58 February 16 Oakland 2–3 Philadelphia Parent 11,104 13–30–15 41 59 February 19 Philadelphia 1–3 St. Louis Parent 15,072 13–31–15 41 60 February 22 Philadelphia 1–4 Montreal Parent 17,304 13–32–15 41 61 February 23 Philadelphia 1–9 Detroit Parent 14,361 13–33–15 41 62 February 27 Toronto 1–1 Philadelphia Parent 11,935 13–33–16 42
March: 7–2–5 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 1–2–4) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points 63 March 1 Philadelphia 2–2 Los Angeles Parent 9,534 13–33–17 43 64 March 2 Philadelphia 4–4 Oakland Parent 4,484 13–33–18 44 65 March 6 Los Angeles 1–5 Philadelphia Parent 9,428 14–33–18 46 66 March 8 Philadelphia 2–2 Toronto Parent 16,485 14–33–19 47 67 March 9 Oakland 3–5 Philadelphia Parent 13,885 15–33–19 49 68 March 13 Boston 1–2 Philadelphia Parent 14,558 16–33–19 51 69 March 15 Philadelphia 2–2 Minnesota Parent 14,662 16–33–20 52 70 March 16 Philadelphia 2–6 Chicago Parent 17,000 16–34–20 52 71 March 20 Minnesota 2–5 Philadelphia Parent 12,582 17–34–20 54 72 March 22 Philadelphia 5–1 Minnesota Parent 14,664 18–34–20 56 73 March 23 St. Louis 3–4 Philadelphia Parent 14,558 19–34–20 58 74 March 27 Los Angeles 2–4 Philadelphia Parent 11,669 20–34–20 60 75 March 29 Pittsburgh 3–3 Philadelphia Parent 11,039 20–34–21 61 76 March 30 Philadelphia 1–2 Pittsburgh Favell 5,738 20–35–21 61
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1969 Stanley Cup playoffs
Quarterfinals vs. St. Louis Blues – Blues win 4–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series 1 April 2 Philadelphia 2–5 St. Louis Parent 15,156 Blues lead 1–0 2 April 3 Philadelphia 0–5 St. Louis Favell 15,261 Blues lead 2–0 3 April 5 St. Louis 3–0 Philadelphia Parent 14,558 Blues lead 3–0 4 April 6 St. Louis 4–1 Philadelphia Parent 10,995 Blues win 4–0
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
• = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
• = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.

				Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
7	Andre Lacroix	23	C	75	24	32	56	−12	4	4	0	0	0	−5	0
11	Jean-Guy Gendron	34	LW	74	20	35	55	−8	65	4	0	0	0	−5	6
21	Dick Sarrazin	23	RW	54	16	30	46	−7	14	4	0	0	0	−5	0
20	Jim Johnson	26	C	69	17	27	44	−5	20	3	0	0	0	−4	2
9	Leon Rochefort	29	RW	65	14	21	35	−7	10	3	0	0	0	−2	0
12	Gary Dornhoefer	25	RW	60	8	16	24	−20	80	4	0	1	1	0	20
10	Brit Selby	23	LW	63	10	13	23	−11	23	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Ed Van Impe	28	D	68	7	12	19	−13	112	1	0	0	0	−1	17
17	Larry Hale	27	D	67	3	16	19	−24	28	4	0	0	0	−8	10
6	Allan Stanley	42	D	64	4	13	17	−4	28	3	0	1	1	0	4
8	Don Blackburn	30	LW	48	7	9	16	−13	36	4	0	0	0	−4	2
5	Dick Cherry	31	D	71	9	6	15	−11	18	4	1	0	1	−2	4
22	Forbes Kennedy	33	C	59	8	7	15	−25	195	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Garry Peters	26	C	66	8	6	14	−20	49	4	1	1	2	0	16
14	Simon Nolet	27	RW	35	4	10	14	−10	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	John Miszuk	28	D	66	1	13	14	−6	70	4	0	0	0	−5	0
10	Bill Sutherland	34	LW	12	7	3	10	5	4	4	1	1	2	−4	0
3	Joe Watson	25	D	60	2	8	10	−21	14	4	0	0	0	−5	0
19	Earl Heiskala	26	LW	21	3	3	6	−4	51	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Rosaire Paiement	23	RW	27	2	4	6	−14	52	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Myron Stankiewicz	33	LW	19	0	5	5	−11	25	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	Ralph MacSweyn	26	D	24	0	4	4	4	6	4	0	0	0	−4	4
23	Gerry Meehan	22	C	12	0	3	3	−1	4	4	0	0	0	−2	0
22	Mike Byers	22	RW	5	0	2	2	−1	0	4	0	1	1	−2	0
14	Pat Hannigan	32	LW	7	0	1	1	−4	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Bernie Parent	23	G	58	0	0	0	N/A	8	3	0	0	0	N/A	0
1	Doug Favell	23	G	21	0	0	0	N/A	4	1	0	0	0	N/A	0
24	Larry Zeidel	40	D	9	0	0	0	−3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Claude LaForge	32	LW	2	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Serge Bernier	21	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

			Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Bernie Parent	23	58	56	17	23	16	2009	151	2.70	.925	1	3,357:13	3	3	0	3	94	12	4.01	.872	0	179:45
1	Doug Favell	23	21	20	3	12	5	731	71	3.58	.903	1	1,191:20	1	1	0	1	36	5	5.00	.861	0	60:00

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bernie Parent	[9]
		Ed Van Impe

Records

Team

Franchise team records set during the 1968–69 season

Record	Type	Total	Date(s)	Opponent	Refs
Games tied	Streak	4[lower-alpha 2]	1/2/1969 – 1/8/1969	—	[10]
Most goals against	Period	6	1/30/1969	Chicago Black Hawks	[11]
Most goals against	Game	12	1/30/1969	Chicago Black Hawks	[12]
Games tied on the road	Streak	4	3/1/1969 – 3/15/1969	—	[10]
Fewest wins on road	Season	6[lower-alpha 3]	—	—	[13]
Fewest wins, playoffs	Season	0[lower-alpha 4]	—	—	[14]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 12, 1968, the day after the deciding game of the 1968 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 4, 1969, the day of the deciding game of the 1969 Stanley Cup Finals.[15]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
May 20, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers Earl Heiskala	To Seattle Totems (WHL) loan of Bob Courcy loan of Ray LaRose future considerations[lower-alpha 5]	[17]
June 11, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Edestrand Gerry Melnyk	To St. Louis Blues Lou Angotti Ian Campbell	[4]
August 21, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers loan of Bobby Rivard	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash	[18]
October 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Al Millar	[19]
December 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Quebec Aces (AHL) Keith Wright	[20]
December 2, 1968	To Philadelphia Flyers Bob Sneddon	To Chicago Black Hawks Brian Bradley	[21]
March 2, 1969	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Pat Hannigan	[22]
March 2, 1969	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Byers Gerry Meehan Bill Sutherland	To Toronto Maple Leafs Forbes Kennedy Brit Selby	[22]

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency.

Date	Player	Previous team (league)	Term	Ref
September 1968	Bobby Taylor	Calgary Spurs (AJHL)		[23]
September 18, 1968	Jean Lapointe	Laval Saints (QMJHL)		[24]
September 18, 1968	Bill McEwan			[24]

Internal

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Amateur Draft, signed to contracts.

Date	Player	Term	Ref
May 27, 1968	Dick Cherry	3-year	[3]
September 18, 1968	Dunc Wilson (DP)		[24][25]
September 21, 1968	Brit Selby	2-year
October 5, 1968	Ralph MacSweyn
October 5, 1968	Bobby Rivard
October 8, 1968	Forbes Kennedy		[26]
October 8, 1968	Garry Peters		[26]
October 9, 1968	Gary Dornhoefer
October 9, 1968	Jim Johnson
October 9, 1968	Rosaire Paiement
October 12, 1968	Larry Hale	1-year

Drafts

Intra-League

The 1968 NHL Intra-League Draft was held on June 12, 1968.[27][28] Each NHL team placed 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select.[27] It cost $30,000 to make a claim.[27] The Flyers protected the following players: goaltenders Doug Favell and Bernie Parent, and skaters Dick Cherry, Gary Dornhoefer, Jean Gauthier, Earl Heiskala, Jim Johnson, Forbes Kennedy, Andre Lacroix, John Miszuk, Simon Nolet, Leon Rochefort, Brit Selby, Bill Sutherland, Ed Van Impe, and Joe Watson.[27]

Date	Player	Team	Ref
June 12, 1968	Ron Buchanan[lower-alpha 6]	from Boston Bruins	[27][29]
June 12, 1968	Jean Gauthier[lower-alpha 7]	to Boston Bruins	[27][29]
June 12, 1968	Fern Rivard[lower-alpha 8]	to Minnesota North Stars	[27][29]
June 12, 1968	Larry Hale[lower-alpha 9]	from Minnesota North Stars	[27][29]
June 12, 1968	Bill Sutherland[lower-alpha 10]	to Minnesota North Stars	[27][29]

Reverse

The 1968 NHL Reverse Draft was held on June 13, 1968.[6][30] The Reverse Draft featured American Hockey League (AHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) teams selecting unprotected players from NHL teams.[6] It cost $15,000 to make a claim.[30]

Date	Player	Team	Ref
June 13, 1968	Jim Morrison	to Baltimore Clippers (AHL)	[6][30]
June 13, 1968	Ed Hoekstra	to Denver Spurs (WHL)	[6][30]
June 13, 1968	Allan Stanley	from Toronto Maple Leafs[lower-alpha 11]	[6][30]

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions.

Date	Player	Team	Ref
January 16, 1969	Myron Stankiewicz	from St. Louis Blues	[31]

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date	Player	New team (league)	Via	Ref
October 7, 1968	Gerry Melnyk	—	Retirement	[5]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

NHL Amateur Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 13, 1968.[32]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	8	Lew Morrison	Right Wing	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)

NHL Special Internal Amateur Draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1968 NHL Special Internal Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 13, 1968.[33] Sponsored players aged 20 before May 31, 1968, who played as amateurs during the 1967–68 season were eligible for selection.[25][34]

Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	NHL rights
Dunc Wilson	Goaltender	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)	Boston Bruins

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL,[35][36] the Seattle Totems of the WHL,[37] and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.[37]

Notes

1. Van Impe was named captain on November 5. Gendron replaced him as an alternate captain.[1]
2. Tied during the 1991–92 season.
3. Tied during the 1969–70 season.
4. Tied during the 1970–71, 1982–83, and 1983–84 seasons.
5. The Flyers sent John Hanna and Art Stratton to Seattle during June 1968 to complete trade.[16]
6. The Flyers removed Jean Gauthier from their protected list after selecting Buchanan.
7. The Bruins claimed Gauthier in lieu of cash.
8. The Flyers placed Don Blackburn on their protected list after Rivard was selected.
9. The Flyers removed Bill Sutherland from their protected list after selecting Hale.
10. The North Stars claimed Sutherland in lieu of cash.
11. Selected by the Flyers' AHL affiliate, the Quebec Aces.

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

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