1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers repeated as Stanley Cup champions. The 1974–75 Flyers were the last Stanley Cup champion to be composed entirely of Canadian-born players.[2]

1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers
Stanley Cup champions
Campbell Conference champions
Patrick Division champions
Division1st Patrick
Conference1st Campbell
1974–75 record51–18–11
Home record32–6–2
Road record19–12–9
Goals for293 (6th)
Goals against181 (1st)
Team information
PresidentJoe Scott
General managerKeith Allen
CoachFred Shero
CaptainBobby Clarke
Alternate captainsTerry Crisp
Gary Dornhoefer
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance17,077[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Richmond Robins
Philadelphia Firebirds
Team leaders
GoalsReggie Leach (45)
AssistsBobby Clarke (89)
PointsBobby Clarke (116)
Penalty minutesDave Schultz (472)
Plus/minusBobby Clarke (+79)
WinsBernie Parent (44)
Goals against averageBernie Parent (2.04)

Regular season

In 1974–75, Dave Schultz topped his mark from the previous season by setting an NHL record for penalty minutes (472 in all). Bobby Clarke's efforts earned him his second Hart Trophy and Bernie Parent was the lone recipient of the Vezina Trophy. The Flyers as a team improved their record slightly with a mark of 51–18–11, the best record in the league.

Season standings
Patrick Division[3]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Philadelphia Flyers80511811293181+112113
2New York Rangers80372914319276+4388
3New York Islanders80332522264221+4388
4Atlanta Flames80343115243233+1083

Playoffs

After a first-round bye, the Flyers easily swept the Toronto Maple Leafs and were presented with another New York-area team in the semifinals. The Flyers looked to be headed toward another sweep against the New York Islanders after winning the first three games. The Islanders, however, fought back by winning the next three games, setting up a deciding seventh game. The Flyers were finally able to shut the door on the Islanders, winning Game 7, 4–1.

Facing the Buffalo Sabres in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Flyers won the first two games at home. Game 3, played in Buffalo, would go down in hockey lore as "The Fog Game" due to an unusual May heat wave in Buffalo which forced parts of the game to be played in heavy fog, as Buffalo's arena lacked air conditioning. The Flyers lost Games 3 and 4, but won Game 5 at home in dominating fashion, 5–1. On the road for Game 6, Bob Kelly scored the decisive goal and Parent posted another shutout (his fourth of the playoffs) as the Flyers repeated as Stanley Cup champions. Parent also repeated as the playoff MVP, winning his second consecutive Conn Smythe Trophy.

Philadelphia Flyers 1975 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Chairman/Owner: Ed Snider
  • President: Joe Scott
  • Vice Chairman: F. Eugene Dixon Jr.
  • Head Coach: Fred Shero
  • Vice President/General Manager: Keith Allen
  • Vice President: Lou Scheinfield
  • Assistant Coach: Mike Nykoluk
  • Director of Player Development: Marcel Pelletier
  • Assistant Coach: Barry Ashbee,
  • Trainer: Frank Lewis
  • Assistant Trainer: Jim McKenzie
  • Director of Public Relations: Joe Kadlec (left off Cup)
  • Director of Public Relations John Brogan (left off Cup)

Stanley Cup engraving
  • Edward "Ted" Harris won 5 Stanley Cups. He was engraved on the Stanley Cup with Montreal Canadiens as Edward Harris in 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969. Harris was engraved as Ted Harris with Philadelphia Flyers in 1975.
  • Joe Kadlec, John Brogan (Directors of Public Relations) were included on Philadelphia's Stanley Cup winning pictures in 1974, 1975, but their names do not appear on the Stanley Cup.
  • Bobby Taylor only played 3 regular season games after coming out of retirement. His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup.
  • Philadelphia Flyers was the last Stanley Cup winning team to have every player born in Canada.

Schedule and results

Regular season
1974–75 regular season
October: 6–3–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–1–0)
November: 8–3–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–1–2)
December: 10–1–2 (home: 7–0–0; road: 3–1–2)
January: 7–3–2 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–2–2)
February: 5–7–2 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–6–2)
March: 13–1–1 (home: 8–0–0; road: 5–1–1)
April: 2–0–1 (home: 1–0–1; road: 1–0–0)

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

Playoffs
1975 Stanley Cup playoffs
Quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Flyers win 4–0
Semifinals vs. New York Islanders – Flyers win 4–3
Stanley Cup Finals vs. Buffalo Sabres – Flyers win 4–2

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Age Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
16Bobby Clarke25C802789116791251741216616
19Rick MacLeish25C8038417929501711920178
5, 27Reggie Leach24RW80453378536317821056
7Bill Barber22LW79343771466617691568
18Ross Lonsberry27LW80242549289917437210
12Gary Dornhoefer31RW69172744231021755101133
10Bill Clement24C6821163721421210108
6Andre Dupont25D801121324127617325349
26Orest Kindrachuk24C6010213187214022−312
9Bob Kelly24LW67111829219916336815
3, 4Tom Bladon22D7692029425413134412
11Don Saleski25RW63101828710717235325
15Terry Crisp31C71819271120924630
8Dave Schultz25LW76917261647217235383
20Jimmy Watson22D68718254172171891610
14Joe Watson31D806172342421704426
2Ed Van Impe34D781171839109170441628
4, 5, 23, 29Larry Goodenough22D203912120504402
25Ted Harris38D7016727481604444
21Bob Sirois20RW310114——————
1Bernie Parent29G68000N/A1615000N/A0
35Wayne Stephenson30G12000N/A02011N/A0
5Serge Lajeunesse24D500012——————
30Bobby Taylor30G3000N/A2——————
5, 17Mike Boland25RW200000——————
29Jack McIlhargey22D2000−111——————
17Randy Osburn22LW100000——————

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
1Bernie Parent2968684414916741372.04.918124,034:371515105381291.89.9244920:09
35Wayne Stephenson301210721274292.73.8941637:4822205141.95.9221122:56
30Bobby Taylor303202170136.52.8140119:39——————————

Awards and records

Awards
Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League (annual) Conn Smythe Trophy Bernie Parent [4]
Hart Memorial Trophy Bobby Clarke [5]
NHL First All-Star Team Bobby Clarke (Center) [6]
Bernie Parent (Goaltender)
Vezina Trophy Bernie Parent [7]
League (in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection Bill Barber [8]
Bobby Clarke
Bernie Parent
Fred Shero (Coach)
Ed Van Impe
Jim Watson
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Joe Watson [9]

Records
  •    NHL record

Individual
Franchise player records set during the 1974–75 season
Record Type Total Player Date(s) Ref
Games with a point Streak 18[lower-alpha 1] Bobby Clarke 2/26/1975 – 4/3/1975 [10]
Most assists Season 89[lower-alpha 2] Bobby Clarke — [11]
Most penalties in minutes Season 472 Dave Schultz — [10]
Most shutouts Season 12[lower-alpha 3] Bernie Parent — [12]
Hat tricks, playoffs Season 2 Rick MacLeish — [13]
Most shutouts, playoffs Season 4 Bernie Parent — [14]

Team
Franchise team records set during the 1974–75 season
Record Type Total Refs
Most shutouts, playoffs Season 5[lower-alpha 4] [15]

Milestones
Franchise firsts[16]
Milestone Player Details Date Ref
Penalty shot goal Orest Kindrachuk Scored at 10:41 of the second period against Michel Belhumeur November 9, 1974 [17]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 20, 1974, the day after the deciding game of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 27, 1975, the day of the deciding game of the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals.[18]

Trades
Date Details Ref
May 24, 1974 To Philadelphia Flyers
Reggie Leach		 To California Golden Seals
Al MacAdam
Larry Wright
1st-round pick in 1974		 [19]
May 27, 1974 To Philadelphia Flyers
Dave Fortier
Randy Osburn		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bill Flett		 [20]
August 20, 1974 To Philadelphia Flyers
cash		 To Syracuse Eagles (AHL)
Larry Keenan		 [21]
September 13, 1974 To Philadelphia Flyers
Wayne Stephenson		 To St. Louis Blues
rights to Randy Andreachuk
2nd-round pick in 1975		 [22]
September 15, 1974 To Philadelphia Flyers
Ted Harris		 To St. Louis Blues
future considerations		 [23]
December 11, 1974 To Philadelphia Flyers
rights to Ron Chipperfield		 To California Golden Seals
George Pesut		 [24][25]

Internal

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

Date Player Term Ref
June 11, 1974Bob Sirois (DP)multi-year[26]
June 20, 1974Norm Barnes (DP)multi-year[27]
June 20, 1974Bill Barbermulti-year[27]
June 20, 1974Tom Bladonmulti-year[27]
June 20, 1974Reggie Leachmulti-year[27]
June 20, 1974Don McLean (DP)multi-year[27]
June 20, 1974Randy Osburnmulti-year[27]
June 20, 1974Graham Parsonsmulti-year[27]
August 27, 1974Steve Short (DP)multi-year[28]

Intra-League

The 1974 NHL Intra-League Draft was held on June 10, 1974.[29][30] It cost $40,000 to make a claim.[29]

Date Player Team Ref
June 10, 1974Dave Fortierto New York Islanders[31]

Expansion

The 1974 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 12, 1974.[32][33] It featured two expansion teams, the Kansas City Scouts and Washington Capitals, selecting players from the 16 existing NHL teams.[32] Each NHL team placed 15 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the two expansion teams could not select.[32]

Philadelphia Flyers protection lists at the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft
Status Players
Protected[32] Bill Barber, Tom Bladon, Bobby Clarke, Bill Clement, Terry Crisp (added after Nolet selection), Gary Dornhoefer, Andre Dupont, Bob Kelly, Orest Kindrachuk, Reggie Leach, Ross Lonsberry, Rick MacLeish, Bernie Parent (G), Don Saleski, Dave Schultz, Bobby Taylor (G), Ed Van Impe, Jimmy Watson, Joe Watson (added after Belhumeur selection)
Selections[34] Washington Capitals selected Michel Belhumeur 4th overall
Kansas City Scouts selected Simon Nolet 5th overall
Washington Capitals selected Bruce Cowick 18th overall

Reverse

The 1974 NHL Reverse Draft was held on June 13, 1974.[35][36] The Reverse Draft featured American Hockey League (AHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) teams selecting unprotected players from NHL teams.[35] It cost $15,000 to make a claim.[35]

Date Player Team Ref
June 13, 1974Rene Droletto Tidewater Wings (AHL)[35]
June 13, 1974Graham Parsonsfrom Minnesota North Stars[lower-alpha 5][35]

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
June 4, 1974Barry Ashbee—Retirement[37]

Draft picks
See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1974 NHL amateur draft, which was held via conference call at the NHL's office in Montreal, Quebec, on May 28, 1974.[38] The Flyers first-round pick, 17th overall, was traded to the California Golden Seals along with Al MacAdam and Larry Wright for Reggie Leach on May 24, 1974.[39]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league)
2 35 Don McLean Defense  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
3 53 Bob Sirois Right Wing  Canada Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
4 71 Randy Andreachuk Center  Canada Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
5 89 Dennis Sobchuk Center  Canada Regina Pats (WCHL)
6 107 Willie Friesen Left Wing  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)
7 125 Rejean Lemelin Goaltender  Canada Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
8 142 Steve Short Left Wing  United States Minnesota Junior Stars (MJHL)
9 159 Peter McKenzie Defense  Canada St. Francis Xavier University (CIAU)
10 174 Marcel Labrosse Center  Canada Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
11 189 Scott Jessee Right Wing  United States Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
12 201 Richard Guay Goaltender  Canada Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
13 211 Brad Morrow Defense  United States University of Minnesota (WCHA)
14 219 Craig Arvidson Left Wing  United States University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL[40] and the Philadelphia Firebirds of the NAHL.[41] The Flyers and the expansion Washington Capitals had a joint affiliation agreement with Richmond and both teams sent players there.[40] Richmond finished 2nd in their division and lost in seven games to the Hershey Bears in the first round of the playoffs.[42] Playing in the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the first-year Firebirds finished 2nd in the league but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Long Island Cougars.

Notes
  1. Tied by Eric Lindros during the 1998–99 season.
  2. Tied by Clarke in 1975–76.
  3. Tied Parent's mark from 1973–74 season.
  4. Tied in 2009–10.
  5. Selected by the Richmond Robins, the Flyers' AHL affiliate.

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