1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=1972–73
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Division=West
DivisionRank=2nd
Record=37–30–11
HomeRecord=27–8–4
RoadRecord=10–22–7
GoalsFor=296
GoalsAgainst=256
GeneralManager=Keith Allen
Coach=Fred Shero
Captain=Ed Van Impe (Oct-Jan)
Bobby Clarke
AltCaptain=Bill Clement
Joe Watson
Arena=The Spectrum
Attendance=16,063 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Rick MacLeish (50)
AssistsLeader=Bobby Clarke (67)
PointsLeader=Bobby Clarke (104)
PIMLeader=Dave Schultz (259)
PlusMinusLeader=Bobby Clarke (+32)
WinsLeader=Doug Favell (20)
GAALeader=Doug Favell (2.83)The 1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

It was during the 1972–73 season that the Flyers shed the mediocre expansion team label and became the intimidating "Broad Street Bullies", a nickname coined by Jack Chevalier and Pete Cafone of the Philadelphia Bulletin on January 3, 1973. [Jim Jackson, "Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now", Sports Publishing L.L.C., pp. 1–3] That same month, Bobby Clarke was the youngest player (at that time) in NHL history to be named team captain, replacing Ed Van Impe. Rick MacLeish became the first Flyer to score 50 goals in a season and the Flyers recorded their first winning season. An overtime goal by Gary Dornhoefer in Game 5 turned the tide of their first round series with the Minnesota North Stars in the Flyers' favor, as the Flyers got their first playoff series win in six games. The goal was later immortalized as a bronze statue on the south side of the Spectrum. They were outmatched in the semifinals by the Montreal Canadiens, however, losing in five games. After the season, Clarke was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Most Valuable Player.

Regular season

eason standings

Game log

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Playoffs

Game log

Player stats

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

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1972–73 season.

Trades

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec. [hockeydb.com, [http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1972a.html 1972 NHL Amateur Draft] ]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL, the San Diego Gulls of the WHL, and the Jersey Devils of the EHL. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/otheraffiliates.cgi Non-AHL Affiliates] ] [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/ml-season.cgi?1972-73 AHL Season Overview: 1972–73] ]

ee also

*1972–73 NHL season

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?1972-73 1972–73 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?1972-73 Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log] on FlyersHistory.net
*Playoffs game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/poffs.cgi Philadelphia Flyers playoffs game log] on FlyersHistory.net