1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers season

1967–68 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
Goals against	179
Team information
General manager	Bud Poile
Coach	Keith Allen
Captain	Lou Angotti
Alternate captains	Bill Sutherland; Ed Van Impe
Arena	The Spectrum; 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)
Penalty 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 1930–31 NHL season.

The Flyers made their debut on October 11, 1967, losing 5–1 on the road to the California Seals.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] The Flyers' top goal scorer that first season, Leon Rochefort, scored only 21 times. With all six expansion teams grouped into the same division, the Flyers were able to win the division with a sub-.500 record despite being forced to play their last seven home games on the road due to a storm blowing parts of the Spectrum's roof off.^[1] Playoff success did not come so quickly, as the Flyers were upset by St. Louis in a first round, seven-game series.

Background

The Philadelphia Flyers’ 1967-68 season was the Flyers inagural season and the first National Hockey League season in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since the 1930-31 season of the Philadelphia Quakers. In February of 1966, Ed Snider and the city of Philadelphia was awarded an Expansion Franchise. A contest was held in the city of Philadelphia to name the new hockey team. “After 25,000 entries, a committee chose Flyers, although the winning entry by a kid was spelled Fliers, because it went phonetically with Philadelphia.”^[6] However, new owner Ed Snider chose the name "Flyers" as it conveyed the motion and excitement that was to be consistent with both hockey in general, as well as the new Philadelphia club. It was also felt that "Quakers" was associated with losing.^[7]Bud Poile was named General Manager of the Philadelphia Flyers onMay 31,1966. Keith Allen was named Head Coach onJune 5,1966. On May 8, 1967, the Flyers would purchase the Quebec Aces and acquire the rights of Bill Sutherland and ten(10) other players. The Philadelphia Flyers would play their homes games at The Spectrum.

Amateur Draft & Expansion Draft

The Philadelphia Flyers held the fifth overall pick(1st Round) and the fourteenth overall pick(2nd Round) of the Amateur Draft. With the 5th overall pick, The Flyers drafted Right Winger Serge Bernier & with the 14th overall pick of the Flyers was Defenseman Al Sarault.

In the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft the Flyers would acquire 20 players. The Flyers first two selections of the draft were Goaltenders Bernie Parent(1st) and Doug Favell. The Flyers would also acquire Joe Watson, Ed Van Impe, Team Captain Lou Angotti, and Gary Dornhoefer. The Flyers would draft seven(7) players from Boston, four(4) from Montreal, three(3) from Chicago, three(3) fromToronto, two(2) from New York, and one(1) fromDetroit.

Season

Regular Season

The Flyers would open the season on a three game road trip. The Flyers first game was against the California Golden Sealson October 11th, 1967. They would lose the game to a score of 5-1. Bill Sutherland scored the Flyers first team goal in franchise history. The Flyers would have to wait a week later on October 18th to win their first game. The Flyers went to St. Louis to play fellow expansion team. The Flyers would win this game 2-1. Ed Hoekstra would score the game winning goal for the Flyers. The very next day the Flyers would play their first home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Doug Favell would get the Flyers their first Franchise shutout to a tune of 1-0. On November 4th, 1967, Leon Rochefort scored the Flyers first Hat Trick against the Montreal Canadiens. The Flyers won the game with a score of 4-1. On February 29th 1968, Leon Rochefort became the first Flyer to score 20 goals in a season. He scored the Flyers lone against in a 3-1 defeat to the Los Angeles Kings. On March 1st, 1968, a violent storm blew the roof of The Spectrum forcing the Flyers play their final seven home games at neutral sites. The Flyers played one game at Madison Square Garden, another at Maple Leaf Gardens, and the Flyers would play their final five games in Colisée Pepsi. The Flyers posted a 3-2-2 record. The Flyers would finish with a 31-32-11 (.492) record. The Flyers were 7-12-1 against the Original Six. The Flyers would still finish in first in the Western Division.

The team was led offensively by Leon Rochefort in goals (21), Lou Angotti in assists (37), and Lou Angotti in points (49). Gary Dornhoefer was second place on the in assists (30) and in points(43). Leon Rochefort is the only Flyer in the 1967-68 NHL ALL Star Game.

In Net, Doug Favell and Bernie Parent split time almost even with Parent playing only one more game than Favell. Favell posted a 2.27 GAA(83 Goals Against on 1211 Shots) and 4 shutouts. Parent post a 2.48(93 Goals Against on 1255 Shots) and 4 shutouts.

Post Season

The Flyers opened up their first Post Season against the St. Louis Blues. On April 4th 1968, the series began in the confines of The Spectrum. The Blues came into the series being the underdog, but they proved everyone wrong and took the Game 1 (1-0). Pat Hannigan would score the Flyers first Playoff Goal in Game 2. He scored at 1:32 into the first period. The game was tied going into the third period. It reminded tie until Leon Rochefort would score the Flyers First Playoff Game Winning Goal(GWG) with 13:09 left. Doug Favell would be the first Flyers Goaltender to win a Playoff Game. The series would shift two St. Louis. The Flyers would lose both games in St. Lous Game 3 (3-2) in a Overtime Lose and Game 4 (5-2). With the Flyers season on the verge of defeat, the series shifted back to Philadelphia for Game 5. In desperation to win, The Flyers scored 6 times to win 6-1. Rosaire Paiement scored a hat trick in this game. The Flyers went back to St. Louis for Game 6. They came out victorious on a Don Blackburn’s 2nd overtime goal with 8:42 left in the 2nd overtime. The Flyers would lose game 7 to a score of 3-1. The Flyers leading Goal scorer during the Playoffs was shared between Don Blackburn and Rosaire Paiement both with 3 goals.

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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.

Regular season Breakdown

Season standings

West Division^[10]
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		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

Game log

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

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

Playoffs Breakdown

Game log

Win Loss

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	OT	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	OT	Parent	13,738	Series tied 3–3
7	April 18	St. Louis	3 – 1	Philadelphia		Parent	14,646	Blues win 4–3

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lou Angotti	7	70	12	37	49	35	7	0	0	0	2
Gary Dornhoefer	12	65	13	30	43	134	3	0	0	0	15
Leon Rochefort	9	74	21	21	42	16	7	2	0	2	2
Ed Hoekstra	18	70	15	21	36	6	7	0	1	1	0
Brit Selby	10	56	15	15	30	24	7	1	1	2	4
Bill Sutherland	11	60	20	9	29	6	7	1	3	4	0
Don Blackburn	8	67	9	20	29	23	7	3	0	3	8
Forbes Kennedy	22	73	10	18	28	130	7	1	4	5	14
Pat Hannigan	14	65	11	15	26	36	7	1	2	3	9
Claude LaForge	16	63	9	16	25	36	5	1	2	3	15
John Miszuk	4	74	5	17	22	79	7	0	3	3	11
Joe Watson	3	73	5	14	19	56	7	1	1	2	28
Ed Van Impe	2	67	4	13	17	141	7	0	4	4	11
Andre Lacroix	15	18	6	8	14	6	7	2	3	5	0
Garry Peters	15	31	7	5	12	22	-	-	-	-	-
Jean Gauthier	5	65	5	7	12	74	7	1	3	4	6
Larry Zeidel	24	57	1	10	11	68	7	0	1	1	12
Wayne Hicks^‡	17	32	2	7	9	6	-	-	-	-	-
Art Stratton^†	19	12	0	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	0
Jim Johnson	21	13	2	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-
Rosaire Paiement	20	7	1	0	1	11	3	3	0	3	0
Bernie Parent (G)	30	38	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	0
Jean-Guy Gendron	20	1	0	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Favell (G)	1	37	0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	5
John Hanna	6	15	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph MacSweyn	19	4	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Simon Nolet	21	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Keith Wright	20	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Terry Ball	24	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Carruthers	21	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Roger Pelletier	19	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Bench	X					8

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Bernie Parent	30	38	2248	16	17	5	93	4	.926	2.48	5	355	2	3	8	0	.963	1.35
Doug Favell	1	37	2192	15	15	6	83	4	.931	2.27	2	120	1	1	8	0	.871	4.00

Awards and records

Awards

NHL
Award	Recipient
All-Star Game representative	Leon Rochefort

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached
Lou Angotti Jean Gauthier Wayne Hicks John Miszuk Bernie Parent Brit Selby	First Flyers Players^[11]	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 Hatrick	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

Transactions

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

Trades

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

Additions and subtractions

Additions
Player	Former team	Via
Bud Poile	San Francisco (WHL)	signed as GM (5/31/66)
Keith Allen	Seattle (WHL)	signed as Coach (6/5/66)
Rene Drolet	Quebec (AHL)	purchase of Quebec Aces (5/8)
Jean-Guy Gendron	Quebec (AHL)	purchase of Quebec Aces (5/8)
John Hanna	Quebec (AHL)	purchase of Quebec Aces (5/8)
Wayne Hicks	Quebec (AHL)	purchase of Quebec Aces (5/8)
Ed Hoekstra	Quebec (AHL)	purchase of Quebec Aces (5/8)
Andre Lacroix	Quebec (AHL)	purchase of Quebec Aces (5/8)
Claude LaForge	Quebec (AHL)	purchase of Quebec Aces (5/8)
Ralph MacSweyn	Quebec (AHL)	purchase of Quebec Aces (5/8)
Simon Nolet	Quebec (AHL)	purchase of Quebec Aces (5/8)
Roger Pelletier	Quebec (AHL)	purchase of Quebec Aces (5/8)
Bill Sutherland	Quebec (AHL)	purchase of Quebec Aces (5/8)
Bernie Parent	Boston	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Doug Favell	Boston	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Ed Van Impe	Chicago	Expansion Draft (6/6)
John Miszuk	Chicago	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Joe Watson	Boston	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Dick Cherry	Boston	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Jean Gauthier	Montreal	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Terry Ball	New York	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Brit Selby	Toronto	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Lou Angotti	Chicago	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Leon Rochefort	Montreal	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Don Blackburn	Toronto	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Gary Dornhoefer	Boston	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Forbes Kennedy	Boston	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Pat Hannigan	Toronto	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Dwight Carruthers	Detroit	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Bob Courcy	Montreal	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Keith Wright	Boston	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Garry Peters	Montreal	Expansion Draft (6/6)
Jim Johnson	New York	Expansion Draft (6/6)

Subtractions
Player	New team	Via
—	—	—

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec.^[12]

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

References

General: 1967–68 Flyers season on FlyersHistory.net
Regular season game log: Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log on FlyersHistory.net
Playoffs game log: Philadelphia Flyers playoffs game log on FlyersHistory.net
Expansion's Bright New Heroes - Sports Illustrated - 2/19/68

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East	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto
West	Los Angeles Minnesota California/Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
See also	NHL expansion Draft Expansion draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

v t e Philadelphia Flyers
Founded in 1967 Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks expansion draft Seasons Current season
History	1967 expansion Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Comcast Spectacor General manager Daniel Briere Head coach John Tortorella Team captain Sean Couturier Current roster
Arenas	Spectrum Wells Fargo Center
Rivalries	Boston Bruins New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals
Affiliates	AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms ECHL Reading Royals Affiliate history
Media	TV NBC Sports Philadelphia NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus Radio 97.5 The Fanatic
Culture and lore	Abbott Elementary Blues–Flyers brawl Broad Street Bullies Curse of Billy Penn Ed Snider The Eric Lindros Trade Flyers–Senators brawl Gene Hart "God Bless America" The Goldbergs "For a case of Tastykake!" "I Like It Loud" Kate Smith Lauren Hart Legion of Doom Lou Nolan "Mac's Big Break" (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode) Mike "Doc" Emrick The Leon Stickle Game The Night the Spectrum Shook Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Pattison station South Philadelphia Sports Complex This Is 40 "Treehouse of Horror IV" Gritty 1976 Flyers–Red Army game 2010 Winter Classic 2012 Winter Classic 2017 Stadium Series 2019 Stadium Series Outdoors at Lake Tahoe 2024 Stadium Series
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v t e Philadelphia Flyers seasons
1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Background

Amateur Draft & Expansion Draft

Season

Regular Season

Post Season

Farm teams

Regular season Breakdown

Season standings

Game log

Playoffs Breakdown

Game log

Player stats

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Additions and subtractions

Draft picks

See also

References