1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers season

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
Average attendance	9,625
Minor league affiliate(s)	Quebec Aces Seattle Totems Phoenix Roadrunners Knoxville Knights
Team leaders
Goals	Leon Rochefort (21)
Assists	Lou Angotti (37)
Points	Lou Angotti (49)
Penalty minutes	Ed Van Impe (141)
Plus/minus	Joe Watson (+12) Larry Zeidel (+12)
Wins	Doug Favell (16)
Goals against average	Doug Favell (2.27)

The 1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' inaugural season and the first National Hockey League (NHL) season in Philadelphia, since the Philadelphia Quakers' 1930–31 season. The Flyers won the West Division, but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the St. Louis Blues in seven games.

NHL expansion

See also: 1967 NHL expansion

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.

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. 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. 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. Also announced on April 4 was the hiring of a Chicago firm to design the team's arena.

Details of the name-the-team contest were released on July 12, 1966. 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. Among the names considered behind the scenes were Quakers, Ramblers, and Liberty Bells. 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.

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. 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. 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, 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. With Tom Paul as head of the project, artist Sam Ciccone designed both the logo and jerseys with the concept to represent speed. 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. Ciccone's jersey design, a stripe down each shoulder and down the arms, represented wings.

Off-season

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 sixteen professional players and the rights to sixteen amateur players. 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 was 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 fifth overall from the Sorel Eperviers.

Regular season

The Flyers made their debut on October 11, 1967, losing 5–1 on the road to the California Seals. 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. 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. 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 Colisee in Quebec City, the home of their AHL affiliate) due to a March 1 storm blowing parts of the Spectrum's roof off.

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.

Season standings

West Division

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	74	31	32	11	173	179	−6	73
2	Los Angeles Kings	74	31	33	10	200	224	−24	72
3	St. Louis Blues	74	27	31	16	177	191	−14	70
4	Minnesota North Stars	74	27	32	15	191	226	−35	69
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	74	27	34	13	195	216	−21	67
6	Oakland Seals	74	15	42	17	153	219	−66	47

Record vs. opponents

Vs. West Division

1967–68 NHL records
Team	LAK	MIN	OAK	PHI	PIT	STL	Total
Los Angeles	—	2–6–2	4–4–2	5–4–1	6–4	4–3–3	21–21–8
Minnesota	6–2–2	—	5–2–3	3–6–1	3–4–3	3–5–2	20–19–11
Oakland	4–4–2	2–5–3	—	4–3–3	1–5–4	0–7–3	11–24–15
Philadelphia	4–5–1	6–3–1	3–4–3	—	3–4–3	7–1–2	23–17–10
Pittsburgh	4–6	4–3–3	5–1–4	4–3–3	—	4–6	21–19–10
St. Louis	3–4–3	5–3–2	7–0–3	1–7–2	6–4	—	22–18–10

Vs. East Division

1967–68 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR	Total
Los Angeles	1–3	1–2–1	2–1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	10–12–2
Minnesota	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–2–1	0–2–2	1–2–1	7–13–4
Oakland	2–2	0–3–1	0–3–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	4–18–2
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–2–1	1–3	3–1	8–15–1
Pittsburgh	2–2	1–2–1	1–3	0–4	0–3–1	2–1–1	6–15–3
St. Louis	1–2–1	0–2–2	1–2–1	0–3–1	1–3	2–1–1	5–13–6

Playoffs

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.

Schedule and results

Preseason

1967 preseason
Preseason: 5–3–2 Game Date Opponent Score Record Ref 1 September 17 @ Quebec Aces (AHL) 1–6 0–1–0 2 September 19 @ Quebec Aces (AHL) 2–2 0–1–1 3[a] September 21 Springfield Kings (AHL) 5–4 1–1–1 4[b] September 22 Los Angeles Kings 1–3 1–2–1 5[c] September 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–7 1–3–1 6 September 30 @ Hershey Bears (AHL) 5–1 2–3–1 7[d] October 3 Minnesota North Stars 4–4 2–3–2 8[e] October 4 Quebec Aces (AHL) 5–3 3–3–2 9 October 6 @ Quebec Aces (AHL) 3–1 4–3–2 10 October 8 @ Providence Reds (AHL) 4–3 5–3–2 Notes: a Game played in Hamilton, Ontario. b Game played in Guelph, Ontario. c Game played in Brantford, Ontario. d Game played in Kingston, Ontario. e Game played in Sorel, Quebec.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Tie

Regular season

1967–68 regular season
October: 3–3–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 11 Philadelphia 1–5 California Parent 6,886 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 14 Philadelphia 2–4 Los Angeles Favell 7,035 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 18 Philadelphia 2–1 St. Louis Favell 5,234 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 19 Pittsburgh 0–1 Philadelphia Favell 7,812 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 22 California 2–5 Philadelphia Favell 5,783 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 28 Detroit 3–1 Philadelphia Favell 10,859 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 29 California 2–2 Philadelphia Favell 4,708 3–3–1 7 Recap
November: 7–4–3 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–2–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 8 November 2 Minnesota 3–1 Philadelphia Favell 4,203 3–4–1 7 Recap 9 November 4 Philadelphia 4–1 Montreal Parent 14,822 4–4–1 9 Recap 10 November 5 Montreal 1–1 Philadelphia Parent 9,188 4–4–2 10 Recap 11 November 8 Philadelphia 1–1 Pittsburgh Parent 4,719 4–4–3 11 Recap 12 November 12 Philadelphia 4–2 Boston Parent 13,909 5–4–3 13 Recap 13 November 15 Philadelphia 0–5 Pittsburgh Parent 6,876 5–5–3 13 Recap 14 November 16 New York 2–3 Philadelphia Favell 11,276 6–5–3 15 Recap 15 November 18 Philadelphia 2–2 Minnesota Favell 10,466 6–5–4 16 Recap 16 November 19 St. Louis 2–3 Philadelphia Parent 7,102 7–5–4 18 Recap 17 November 22 Detroit 2–4 Philadelphia Parent 12,086 8–5–4 20 Recap 18 November 25 Philadelphia 2–1 St. Louis Parent 8,570 9–5–4 22 Recap 19 November 26 Los Angeles 2–7 Philadelphia Parent 11,420 10–5–4 24 Recap 20 November 29 Philadelphia 1–3 Chicago Parent 17,200 10–6–4 24 Recap 21 November 30 California 3–1 Philadelphia Parent 3,167 10–7–4 24 Recap
December: 7–5–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 22 December 3 St. Louis 2–4 Philadelphia Parent 8,727 11–7–4 26 Recap 23 December 6 Philadelphia 2–4 California Favell 2,426 11–8–4 26 Recap 24 December 8 Philadelphia 3–0 Los Angeles Favell 4,624 12–8–4 28 Recap 25 December 10 Chicago 3–0 Philadelphia Favell 14,646 12–9–4 28 Recap 26 December 14 St. Louis 2–2 Philadelphia Parent 8,005 12–9–5 29 Recap 27 December 16 Philadelphia 1–0 St. Louis Parent 7,570 13–9–5 31 Recap 28 December 17 Pittsburgh 1–2 Philadelphia Parent 7,522 14–9–5 33 Recap 29 December 21 Minnesota 0–6 Philadelphia Parent 7,638 15–9–5 35 Recap 30 December 23 Philadelphia 2–3 Chicago Parent 17,500 15–10–5 35 Recap 31 December 25 New York 3–1 Philadelphia Parent 9,456 15–11–5 35 Recap 32 December 28 Philadelphia 3–5 Detroit Favell 13,568 15–12–5 35 Recap 33 December 30 Philadelphia 2–0 Los Angeles Favell 14,000 16–12–5 37 Recap 34 December 31 Los Angeles 1–9 Philadelphia Favell 5,643 17–12–5 39 Recap
January: 4–7–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 3–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 35 January 4 Boston 3–2 Philadelphia Parent 10,097 17–13–5 39 Recap 36 January 6 Philadelphia 2–2 Pittsburgh Favell 7,351 17–13–6 40 Recap 37 January 7 Pittsburgh 1–3 Philadelphia Favell 7,935 18–13–6 42 Recap 38 January 10 Philadelphia 4–6 Minnesota Favell 9,768 18–14–6 42 Recap 39 January 11 Montreal 4–2 Philadelphia Parent 14,126 18–15–6 42 Recap 40 January 14 Philadelphia 6–3 Oakland[a] Parent 2,878 19–15–6 44 Recap 41 January 18 Philadelphia 4–2 Minnesota Favell 9,098 20–15–6 46 Recap 42 January 20 Philadelphia 2–4 Boston Parent 13,527 20–16–6 46 Recap 43 January 21 St. Louis 2–2 Philadelphia Parent 10,834 20–16–7 47 Recap 44 January 24 Philadelphia 2–1 Toronto Favell 15,834 21–16–7 49 Recap 45 January 25 Minnesota 3–0 Philadelphia Parent 9,334 21–17–7 49 Recap 46 January 27 Philadelphia 2–3 Detroit Parent 12,820 21–18–7 49 Recap 47 January 28 Los Angeles 2–0 Philadelphia Favell 13,577 21–19–7 49 Recap Notes: a The California Seals changed their name to the Oakland Seals on December 8, 1967.
February: 5–6–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 2–4–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 48 February 1 Oakland 3–3 Philadelphia Favell 6,386 21–19–8 50 Recap 49 February 3 Chicago 3–5 Philadelphia Parent 14,646 22–19–8 52 Recap 50 February 4 Toronto 1–4 Philadelphia Favell 14,646 23–19–8 54 Recap 51 February 7 Philadelphia 1–4 Montreal Parent 14,026 23–20–8 54 Recap 52 February 10 Philadelphia 2–1 St. Louis Favell 13,112 24–20–8 56 Recap 53 February 11 Philadelphia 3–2 Minnesota Favell 15,154 25–20–8 58 Recap 54 February 14 Philadelphia 0–4 Oakland Parent 3,069 25–21–8 58 Recap 55 February 16 Philadelphia 1–7 Los Angeles Parent 9,867 25–22–8 58 Recap 56 February 18 Philadelphia 1–3 New York Favell 17,250 25–23–8 58 Recap 57 February 21 Philadelphia 1–1 Pittsburgh Favell 9,198 25–23–9 59 Recap 58 February 22 Minnesota 3–7 Philadelphia Favell 14,392 26–23–9 61 Recap 59 February 25 Pittsburgh 2–1 Philadelphia Favell 14,418 26–24–9 61 Recap 60 February 29 Los Angeles 3–1 Philadelphia Favell 9,115 26–25–9 61 Recap
March: 5–7–2 (home: 3–2–2; road: 2–5–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 61 March 2 Philadelphia 0–4 New York Parent 17,235 26–26–9 61 Recap 62 March 3 Oakland 1–1 Philadelphia[b] Favell 12,127 26–26–10 62 Recap 63 March 6 Philadelphia 2–7 Toronto Favell 15,831 26–27–10 62 Recap 64 March 7 Boston 2–1 Philadelphia[c] Parent 10,452 26–28–10 62 Recap 65 March 10 Minnesota 0–2 Philadelphia[d] Parent 10,171 27–28–10 64 Recap 66 March 13 Philadelphia 4–2 Minnesota Favell 13,387 28–28–10 66 Recap 67 March 14 Los Angeles 0–0 Philadelphia[d] Parent 4,116 28–28–11 67 Recap 68 March 17 Toronto 4–7 Philadelphia[d] Parent 13,650 29–28–11 69 Recap 69 March 20 Philadelphia 5–1 Oakland Parent 3,918 30–28–11 71 Recap 70 March 23 Philadelphia 2–4 Los Angeles Parent 14,003 30–29–11 71 Recap 71 March 27 Philadelphia 0–3 St. Louis Favell 9,315 30–30–11 71 Recap 72 March 28 St. Louis 0–2 Philadelphia[d] Favell 5,382 31–30–11 73 Recap 73 March 30 Pittsburgh 2–0 Philadelphia[d] Favell 5,569 31–31–11 73 Recap 74 March 31 Philadelphia 1–5 Pittsburgh Favell 6,756 31–32–11 73 Recap Notes: b Game played at Madison Square Garden due to the roof blowing off the Spectrum during a March 1 storm. c Game played at Maple Leaf Gardens due to the roof blowing off the Spectrum during a March 1 storm. d Game played at Le Colisée due to the roof blowing off the Spectrum during a March 1 storm.
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1968 Stanley Cup playoffs
Quarterfinals vs. St. Louis Blues – Blues win 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 4 St. Louis 1–0 Philadelphia Parent 10,649 Blues lead 1–0 Recap 2 April 6 St. Louis 3–4 Philadelphia Favell 11,111 Series tied 1–1 Recap 3 April 10 Philadelphia 2–3 St. Louis 2OT Parent 10,867 Blues lead 2–1 Recap 4 April 11 Philadelphia 2–5 St. Louis Favell 11,070 Blues lead 3–1 Recap 5 April 13 St. Louis 1–6 Philadelphia Parent 10,587 Blues lead 3–2 Recap 6 April 16 Philadelphia 2–1 St. Louis 2OT Parent 13,738 Series tied 3–3 Recap 7 April 18 St. Louis 3–1 Philadelphia Parent 14,646 Blues win 4–3 Recap
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.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
7	Lou Angotti	C	70	12	37	49	4	35	7	0	0	0	1	2
12	Gary Dornhoefer	RW	65	13	30	43	6	134	3	0	0	0	−3	15
9	Leon Rochefort	RW	74	21	21	42	−1	16	7	2	0	2	−2	2
18	Ed Hoekstra	C	70	15	21	36	6	6	7	0	1	1	−3	0
10	Brit Selby	LW	56	15	15	30	−3	24	7	1	1	2	0	4
11	Bill Sutherland	LW	60	20	9	29	1	6	7	1	3	4	−1	0
8	Don Blackburn	LW	67	9	20	29	−2	23	7	3	0	3	1	8
22	Forbes Kennedy	C	73	10	18	28	4	130	7	1	4	5	0	14
14	Pat Hannigan	RW	65	11	15	26	6	36	7	1	2	3	−2	9
16	Claude LaForge	LW	63	9	16	25	8	36	5	1	2	3	0	15
4	John Miszuk	D	74	5	17	22	1	79	7	0	3	3	1	11
3	Joe Watson	D	73	5	14	19	12	56	7	1	1	2	0	28
2	Ed Van Impe	D	67	4	13	17	−5	141	7	0	4	4	−1	11
15	Andre Lacroix	C	18	6	8	14	0	6	7	2	3	5	−2	0
15	Garry Peters	C	31	7	5	12	−2	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Jean Gauthier	D	65	5	7	12	0	74	7	1	3	4	−2	6
24	Larry Zeidel†	D	57	1	10	11	12	68	7	0	1	1	0	12
17	Wayne Hicks‡	RW	32	2	7	9	−5	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Art Stratton†	C	12	0	4	4	−4	4	5	0	0	0	−1	0
21	Jim Johnson	C	13	2	1	3	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Rosaire Paiement†	RW	7	1	0	1	1	11	3	3	0	3	2	0
20	Jean-Guy Gendron	LW	1	0	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Bernie Parent	G	38	0	1	1		23	5	0	0	0		0
21	Terry Ball	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Dwight Carruthers	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Doug Favell	G	37	0	0	0		37	2	0	0	0		5
6	John Hanna	D	15	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Ralph MacSweyn	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Simon Nolet	RW	4	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	Roger Pelletier	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Keith Wright	LW	1	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season											Playoffs
		GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Doug Favell	37	37	16	15	6	1204	83	2.27	.931	4	2,191	2	2	1	1	62	8	4.01	.871	0	120
30	Bernie Parent	38	37	15	17	5	1249	93	2.49	.926	4	2,244	5	5	2	3	215	8	1.36	.963	0	354

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Leon Rochefort

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

Excluding the shortened 1994–95, 2012–13, and 2020–21 seasons, the 173 goals scored during the regular season is the lowest total in franchise history. During game six of the team’s playoff series against St. Louis that the Flyers won 2–1 in the second overtime period, goaltender Bernie Parent made 63 saves on 64 shots against, both team records. His playoff year totals for goals against average (1.36) is also a team record and his save percentage (.963) is a league record.

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Ed Hoekstra	October 11, 1967
	Doug Favell	October 14, 1967
	Rosaire Paiement	October 18, 1967
	Roger Pelletier	December 31, 1967
	Keith Wright	February 7, 1968
	Simon Nolet	February 10, 1968
	Andre Lacroix	February 21, 1968
	Terry Ball	March 6, 1968
	Ralph MacSweyn	March 10, 1968

Franchise firsts

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
Players on ice for opening faceoff	Lou Angotti (F)	October 11, 1967
	Jean Gauthier (D)
	Wayne Hicks (F)
	John Miszuk (D)
	Bernie Parent (G)
	Brit Selby (F)
Penalty	Lou Angotti	October 11, 1967
Goal	Bill Sutherland	October 11, 1967
Assists	Leon Rochefort	October 11, 1967
	John Miszuk
Game-winning goal	Ed Hoekstra	October 18, 1967
Shutout	Doug Favell	October 19, 1967
Powerplay goal	Ed Hoekstra	October 22, 1967
Shorthanded goal	Forbes Kennedy	October 29, 1967
Hat-trick	Leon Rochefort	November 4, 1967
20-goal season	Leon Rochefort	February 29, 1968
Penalty, playoffs	John Miszuk	April 4, 1968
Goal, playoffs	Pat Hannigan	April 6, 1968
Assists, playoffs	Claude LaForge	April 6, 1968
	Jean Gauthier
Powerplay goal, playoffs	Don Blackburn	April 6, 1968
Game-winning goal, playoffs	Leon Rochefort	April 6, 1968
Shorthanded goal, playoffs	Forbes Kennedy	April 13, 1968
Hat-trick, playoffs	Rosaire Paiement	April 13, 1968
Overtime goal, playoffs	Don Blackburn	April 16, 1968

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 3, 1967, the day after the deciding game of the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 11, 1968, the day of the deciding game of the 1968 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
September 12, 1967 (1967-09-12)	To Philadelphia Flyers Al Millar	To Toronto Maple Leafs cash
September 14, 1967 (1967-09-14)	To Philadelphia Flyers Dick Sarrazin	To Detroit Red Wings cash
October 18, 1967 (1967-10-18)	To Philadelphia Flyers Rosaire Paiement	To Boston Bruins 1st-round pick in 1970
October 20, 1967 (1967-10-20)	To Philadelphia Flyers Larry Zeidel	To Cleveland Barons (AHL) cash
February 27, 1968 (1968-02-27)	To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wayne Hicks

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
May 8, 1967 (1967-05-08)	Gil Banville	Quebec Aces (AHL)	Purchase of AHL team
	Rene Drolet
	Jean-Guy Gendron
	John Hanna
	Wayne Hicks
	Ed Hoekstra
	Yvon Lacoste
	Andre Lacroix
	Claude LaForge
	Ray LaRose
	Ralph MacSweyn
	Jim Morrison
	Keke Mortson
	Simon Nolet
	Roger Pelletier
	Fern Rivard
	Rino Robazza
	Bill Sutherland
June 6, 1967 (1967-06-06)	Dick Cherry	Boston Bruins	Expansion draft
	Gary Dornhoefer
	Doug Favell
	Forbes Kennedy
	Bernie Parent
	Joe Watson
	Keith Wright
	Lou Angotti	Chicago Black Hawks
	Pat Hannigan
	John Miszuk
	Ed Van Impe
	Dwight Carruthers	Detroit Red Wings
	Bob Courcy	Montreal Canadiens
	Jean Gauthier
	Garry Peters
	Leon Rochefort
	Terry Ball	New York Rangers
	Jim Johnson
	Don Blackburn	Toronto Maple Leafs
	Brit Selby
August 12, 1967 (1967-08-12)	Claude Cyr	Drummondville Eagles (QSHL)	Free agency
September 20, 1967 (1967-09-20)	Ian Campbell	Florida Rockets (EHL)	Free agency
	Larry McKillop	Charlotte Checkers (EHL)	Free agency
April 30, 1968 (1968-04-30)	Andre Gaudette	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)	Free agency

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
August 12, 1967 (1967-08-12)	Bernie Parent	3-year
September 13, 1967 (1967-09-13)	Gary Dornhoefer
	Forbes Kennedy
	Jim Johnson
	Keith Wright
September 14, 1967 (1967-09-14)	Serge Bernier
	Andre Lacroix
September 15, 1967 (1967-09-15)	Lou Angotti
	Gil Banville	1-year
September 18, 1967 (1967-09-18)	John Miszuk
	Garry Peters
September 22, 1967 (1967-09-22)	Ralph MacSweyn
September 25, 1967 (1967-09-25)	Dwight Carruthers
	Brit Selby
September 28, 1967 (1967-09-28)	Doug Favell
	Jean Gauthier
September 30, 1967 (1967-09-30)	Ed Van Impe	2-year
October 3, 1967 (1967-10-03)	Joe Watson	2-year
October 5, 1967 (1967-10-05)	John Hanna
	Ed Hoekstra
	Al Millar
October 9, 1967 (1967-10-09)	Don Blackburn	1-year
	Pat Hannigan	1-year
	Bill Sutherland	2-year
October 11, 1967 (1967-10-11)	Wayne Hicks
	Leon Rochefort
October 24, 1967 (1967-10-24)	Jim Morrison
February 22, 1968 (1968-02-22)	Simon Nolet

Draft picks

NHL expansion draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1967 NHL expansion draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, on June 6, 1967.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Team
1	2	Bernie Parent	Goaltender	Boston Bruins
2	9	Doug Favell	Goaltender	Boston Bruins
3	16	Ed Van Impe	Defense	Chicago Black Hawks
4	21	Joe Watson	Defense	Boston Bruins
5	27	Brit Selby	Left wing	Toronto Maple Leafs
6	33	Lou Angotti	Right wing	Chicago Black Hawks
7	39	Leon Rochefort	Right wing	Montreal Canadiens
8	45	Don Blackburn	Left wing	Toronto Maple Leafs
9	51	John Miszuk	Defense	Chicago Black Hawks
10	57	Garry Peters	Center	Montreal Canadiens
11	63	Dick Cherry	Defense	Boston Bruins
12	69	Jean Gauthier	Defense	Montreal Canadiens
13	75	Jim Johnson	Center	New York Rangers
14	81	Gary Dornhoefer	Right wing	Boston Bruins
15	87	Forbes Kennedy	Center	Boston Bruins
16	93	Pat Hannigan	Left wing	Toronto Maple Leafs
17	99	Dwight Carruthers	Defense	Detroit Red Wings
18	105	Bob Courcy	Center	Montreal Canadiens
19	111	Keith Wright	Right wing	Boston Bruins
20	117	Terry Ball	Defense	New York Rangers

NHL amateur draft

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1967 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 7, 1967.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	5	Serge Bernier	Center	Canada	Sorel Éperviers (QJHL)
2	14	Al Sarault	Defense	Canada	Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJAHL)

NHL special internal amateur draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1967 NHL special internal amateur draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 7, 1967. Sponsored players aged 20 before May 31, 1967, who played as amateurs during the 1966–67 season were eligible for selection. There were only four selections total in this draft, two of which were made by the Flyers.

Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	NHL rights
John Marshall	Right wing	Canada	Markham Seal-a-Wax (MJBHL)	Toronto Maple Leafs
Ken Schutz	Right wing	Canada	London Nationals (OHA)	Toronto Maple Leafs

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL, whom they purchased on May 8, 1967, the Seattle Totems and Phoenix Roadrunners of the WHL, and the Knoxville Knights of the EHL. 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. 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.

References

• "Philadelphia Flyers 1967–68 roster and statistics". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
• "1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
• "Flyers History - Season Overview : 1967–68". Flyers History. FlyersAlumni.net. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

External links

• "Flyers Media Guide: 1967–1968". Philadelphia Flyers. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
• Meltzer, Bill (October 9, 2016). "How the Original Flyers Roster Was Built". Philadelphia Flyers. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
• Mulvoy, Mark (February 19, 1968). "Expansion's Bright New Heroes". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 27, 2021.