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1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers
Division2nd Patrick
Conference2nd Campbell
1978–79 record40–25–15
Home record26–10–4
Road record14–15–11
Goals for281 (8th)
Goals against248 (3rd)
Team information
General managerKeith Allen
CoachBob McCammon (Oct.–Jan.)
Pat Quinn (Jan.–Apr.)
CaptainBobby Clarke
Alternate captainsNone[a]
ArenaSpectrum
Average attendance17,077[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Maine Mariners
Milwaukee Admirals
Jersey Aces
Team leaders
GoalsBill Barber (34)
Reggie Leach (34)
AssistsBobby Clarke (57)
PointsBill Barber (87)
Penalty minutesBehn Wilson (197)
Plus/minusBlake Dunlop (+27)
WinsWayne Stephenson (20)
Goals against averageRobbie Moore (1.77)

The 1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 12th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Off-season

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Head coach Fred Shero, who had one more year left on his contract, submitted a letter of resignation on May 22, 1978,[2] stating that the Flyers needed a change whether they realized it or not. Flyers management had previously heard rumors about Shero wanting to leave Philadelphia and re-join the New York Rangers organization, and refused to accept his letter of resignation.[3] Shero then signed a $250,000, five-year contract with the Rangers to be their new head coach and general manager, believing he no longer had a contractual agreement to the Flyers.[4] A few weeks after signing Shero, the Rangers gave the Flyers their first-round pick (7th overall) in the 1978 draft and cash as compensation, allowing the Rangers to avoid tampering charges.[3] Bob McCammon, who had just coached the Flyers' first year American Hockey League Maine Mariners farm club to a Calder Cup title, was named Shero's replacement on July 6.[5]

The Flyers acquired the 6th overall pick from the Pittsburgh Penguins for three veterans from their Stanley Cup championship teams – Tom Bladon, Orest Kindrachuk and Ross Lonsberry – on the eve of the draft. The trade gave the Flyers three first-round picks and they selected defenseman Behn Wilson and forwards Ken Linseman and Dan Lucas.

Two other longtime Flyers also left the team during the off-season. Gary Dornhoefer retired and Joe Watson was traded to the Colorado Rockies.

Regular season

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After an eight-game winless streak in January that saw the team drop to last place in the division, McCammon and assistant coach Terry Crisp were fired.[6] Replacing him was Shero's previous assistant coach Pat Quinn, who had replaced McCammon as head coach in Maine.[6] While McCammon returned to Maine and coached the Mariners to a second consecutive Calder Cup title, the Flyers rallied under Quinn and finished in 2nd place.

On February 17, 1979, Bernie Parent suffered a career-ending eye injury in a game against the New York Rangers.[7] An errant stick entered the right eye hole of his mask, causing permanent damage to his vision.[7] After hospitalization, including the complete loss of sight for two weeks, Parent recovered and eventually regained sight, although not at the level required to resume his playing career.[7]

Season standings

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Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
New York Islanders 80 51 15 14 358 214 116
Philadelphia Flyers 80 40 25 15 281 248 95
New York Rangers 80 40 29 11 316 292 91
Atlanta Flames 80 41 31 8 327 280 90

Record vs. opponents

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Patrick Division record vs. opponents


Playoffs

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Matched-up against the Vancouver Canucks in the preliminary round, the Flyers won the series in three games. The Flyers' season came to an end against Shero's Rangers in a five-game quarterfinal loss.

Schedule and results

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Regular season

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1978–79 regular season[9]
October: 3–4–2, 8 points (home: 2–3–0; road: 1–1–2)
Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap
1 October 12 @ New York Rangers 3–3 0–0–1 1 Recap
2 October 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 1–0–1 3 Recap
3 October 15 Montreal Canadiens 2–3 1–1–1 3 Recap
4 October 19 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 2–1–1 5 Recap
5 October 21 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 0–2 2–2–1 5 Recap
6 October 22 Atlanta Flames 2–5 2–3–1 5 Recap
7 October 24 @ New York Islanders 4–4 2–3–2 6 Recap
8 October 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–0 3–3–2 8 Recap
9 October 29 Vancouver Canucks 2–5 3–4–2 8 Recap
November: 9–4–2, 20 points (home: 4–1–1; road: 5–3–1)
Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap
10 November 1 @ Atlanta Flames 0–3 3–5–2 8 Recap
11 November 2 Buffalo Sabres 3–3 3–5–3 9 Recap
12 November 4 @ Boston Bruins 7–3 4–5–3 11 Recap
13 November 5 Colorado Rockies 6–4 5–5–3 13 Recap
14 November 8 @ Los Angeles Kings 5–3 6–5–3 15 Recap
15 November 10 @ Colorado Rockies 2–2 6–5–4 16 Recap
16 November 12 @ Vancouver Canucks 4–0 7–5–4 18 Recap
17 November 16 Chicago Black Hawks 3–4 7–6–4 18 Recap
18 November 18 @ New York Islanders 2–8 7–7–4 18 Recap
19 November 19 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 8–7–4 20 Recap
20 November 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–2 9–7–4 22 Recap
21 November 24 Minnesota North Stars 4–3 10–7–4 24 Recap
22 November 25 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 11–7–4 26 Recap
23 November 28 @ Montreal Canadiens 0–3 11–8–4 26 Recap
24 November 30 St. Louis Blues 3–0 12–8–4 28 Recap
December: 7–5–2, 16 points (home: 6–1–0; road: 1–4–2)
Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap
25 December 2 @ Boston Bruins 3–5 12–9–4 28 Recap
26 December 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 13–9–4 30 Recap
27 December 7 New York Rangers 2–5 13–10–4 30 Recap
28 December 9 Boston Bruins 9–2 14–10–4 32 Recap
29 December 10 @ New York Rangers 4–0 15–10–4 34 Recap
30 December 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 16–10–4 36 Recap
31 December 16 @ Atlanta Flames 2–7 16–11–4 36 Recap
32 December 17 St. Louis Blues 4–1 17–11–4 38 Recap
33 December 19 @ Washington Capitals 4–4 17–11–5 39 Recap
34 December 21 Washington Capitals 5–2 18–11–5 41 Recap
35 December 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–5 18–12–5 41 Recap
36 December 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 18–12–6 42 Recap
37 December 28 New York Rangers 6–5 19–12–6 44 Recap
38 December 30 @ St. Louis Blues 3–6 19–13–6 44 Recap
January: 3–4–5, 11 points (home: 2–1–3; road: 1–3–2)
Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap
39 January 4 New York Islanders 3–2 20–13–6 46 Recap
40 January 6 @ New York Islanders 1–5 20–14–6 46 Recap
41 January 7 Los Angeles Kings 3–0 21–14–6 48 Recap
42 January 9 @ Washington Capitals 5–2 22–14–6 50 Recap
43 January 11 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 22–14–7 51 Recap
44 January 14 New York Islanders 1–1 22–14–8 52 Recap
45 January 16 @ Atlanta Flames 0–5 22–15–8 52 Recap
46 January 18 Buffalo Sabres 4–4 22–15–9 53 Recap
47 January 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–5 22–15–10 54 Recap
48 January 21 @ New York Rangers 5–5 22–15–11 55 Recap
49 January 27 @ Minnesota North Stars 1–3 22–16–11 55 Recap
50 January 29 Montreal Canadiens 3–7 22–17–11 55 Recap
February: 5–2–2, 12 points (home: 3–2–0; road: 2–0–2)
Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap
51 February 1 New York Islanders 1–4 22–18–11 55 Recap
52 February 4 Atlanta Flames 7–4 23–18–11 57 Recap
53 February 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 23–18–12 58 Recap
54 February 15 Boston Bruins 5–3 24–18–12 60 Recap
55 February 17 New York Rangers 2–4 24–19–12 60 Recap
56 February 18 Minnesota North Stars 3–2 25–19–12 62 Recap
57 February 20 @ Vancouver Canucks 3–3 25–19–13 63 Recap
58 February 23 @ Colorado Rockies 5–3 26–19–13 65 Recap
59 February 24 @ Los Angeles Kings 4–3 27–19–13 67 Recap
March: 11–4–2, 24 points (home: 7–1–0; road: 4–3–2)
Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap
60 March 1 @ Boston Bruins 4–4 27–19–14 68 Recap
61 March 3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 27–20–14 68 Recap
62 March 4 @ Buffalo Sabres 6–1 28–20–14 70 Recap
63 March 6 Colorado Rockies 5–0 29–20–14 72 Recap
64 March 8 Chicago Black Hawks 1–5 29–21–14 72 Recap
65 March 10 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 29–22–14 72 Recap
66 March 11 Los Angeles Kings 6–3 30–22–14 74 Recap
67 March 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 31–22–14 76 Recap
68 March 15 Atlanta Flames 5–4 32–22–14 78 Recap
69 March 17 Buffalo Sabres 5–3 33–22–14 80 Recap
70 March 18 St. Louis Blues 5–3 34–22–14 82 Recap
71 March 21 @ Minnesota North Stars 3–7 34–23–14 82 Recap
72 March 23 @ Atlanta Flames 4–1 35–23–14 84 Recap
73 March 25 Washington Capitals 7–4 36–23–14 86 Recap
74 March 27 @ New York Rangers 4–4 36–23–15 87 Recap
75 March 29 Vancouver Canucks 5–0 37–23–15 89 Recap
76 March 31 @ St. Louis Blues 4–2 38–23–15 91 Recap
April: 2–2–0, 4 points (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–1–0)
Game Date Opponent Score Record Points Recap
77 April 1 New York Rangers 7–3 39–23–15 93 Recap
78 April 5 New York Islanders 1–3 39–24–15 93 Recap
79 April 7 @ New York Islanders 2–9 39–25–15 93 Recap
80 April 8 Atlanta Flames 4–2 40–25–15 95 Recap
Legend:

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

Playoffs

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1979 Stanley Cup playoffs[9]
Preliminary Round vs. Vancouver Canucks – Flyers win 2–1
Game Date Opponent Score Series Recap
1 April 10 Vancouver Canucks 2–3 Canucks lead 1–0 Recap
2 April 12 @ Vancouver Canucks 6–4 Series tied 1–1 Recap
3 April 14 Vancouver Canucks 7–2 Flyers win 2–1 Recap
Quarterfinals vs. New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–1
Game Date Opponent Score Series Recap
1 April 16 New York Rangers 3–2 OT Flyers lead 1–0 Recap
2 April 18 New York Rangers 1–7 Series tied 1–1 Recap
3 April 20 @ New York Rangers 1–5 Rangers lead 2–1 Recap
4 April 22 @ New York Rangers 0–6 Rangers lead 3–1 Recap
5 April 24 New York Rangers 3–8 Rangers win 4–1 Recap
Legend:

  Win   Loss

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • 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 Bill Barber LW 79 34 46 80 19 22 8 3 4 7 −1 10
16 Bobby Clarke C 80 16 57 73 12 68 8 2 4 6 −8 8
10 Mel Bridgman C 76 24 35 59 14 184 8 1 2 3 −7 17
19 Rick MacLeish LW 71 26 32 58 4 47 7 0 1 1 −5 0
27 Reggie Leach RW 76 34 20 54 −3 20 8 5 1 6 −9 0
3 Behn Wilson D 80 13 36 49 13 197 5 1 0 1 −6 8
32 Blake Dunlop C 66 20 28 48 27 16 8 1 1 2 −5 4
2 Bob Dailey D 70 9 30 39 21 63 8 1 2 3 0 14
9 Bob Kelly LW 77 7 31 38 15 132 8 1 1 2 −5 10
17 Paul Holmgren RW 57 19 10 29 2 168 8 1 5 6 6 22
26 Ken Linseman C 30 5 20 25 16 23 8 2 6 8 1 22
20 Jimmy Watson D 77 9 13 22 11 52 8 0 2 2 −5 2
5 Rick Lapointe D 77 3 18 21 15 53 7 0 1 1 −4 14
22 Tom Gorence RW 42 13 6 19 16 10 7 3 1 4 −5 0
29 Barry Dean LW 30 4 13 17 −1 20 — — — — — —
11 Don Saleski‡ RW 35 11 5 16 3 14 — — — — — —
28[b] Dennis Ververgaert† RW 37 9 7 16 −4 6 3 0 2 2 −1 2
37 Al Hill LW 31 5 11 16 5 28 7 1 0 1 −2 2
8 Dave Hoyda LW 67 3 13 16 2 138 3 0 0 0 0 0
6 Andre Dupont D 77 3 9 12 21 135 8 0 0 0 −6 17
23 Paul Evans C 44 6 5 11 −3 12 — — — — — —
18 Yves Preston LW 9 3 1 4 −2 0 — — — — — —
31[c] Frank Bathe D 21 1 3 4 9 76 6 1 0 1 4 12
28 Drew Callander‡ C 15 2 1 3 −1 5 — — — — — —
25 Kevin McCarthy‡ D 22 1 2 3 2 21 — — — — — —
1 Bernie Parent G 36 0 2 2 8 — — — — — —
15 Danny Lucas LW 6 1 0 1 −2 0 — — — — — —
39 Robbie Moore† G 5 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 1 2
35 Wayne Stephenson G 40 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 5
44 Glen Cochrane D 1 0 0 0 −2 0 — — — — — —
24 Terry Murray D 5 0 0 0 0 5 — — — — — —
33 Pete Peeters G 5 0 0 0 6 — — — — — —
30 Rick St. Croix G 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — —
25 Norm Barnes D — — — — — — 2 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltending

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  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
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
35 Wayne Stephenson 40 36 20 10 5 946 122 3.36 .871 2 2,182 4 3 0 3 90 16 4.63 .822 0 208
1 Bernie Parent 36 36 16 12 7 834 89 2.71 .893 4 1,971 — — — — — — — — — —
39 Robbie Moore† 5 3 3 0 1 96 7 1.77 .927 2 237 5 5 3 2 123 18 4.06 .854 0 266
33 Pete Peeters 5 4 1 2 1 109 16 3.47 .853 0 277 — — — — — — — — — —
30 Rick St. Croix 2 1 0 1 1 53 6 3.08 .887 0 117 — — — — — — — — — —

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		NHL second All-Star team Bill Barber (Left wing) [10]
League
(in-season) 		Challenge Cup selection Bill Barber [11]
Bobby Clarke
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Bob Dailey [12]
Class Guy Award Bernie Parent [12]

Records

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See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

Among the team records set during the 1978–79 season was Behn Wilson scoring 49 points, the most for a rookie defenseman in club history.[13] Wilson, along with Blake Dunlop and Al Hill, combined to score three goals in 35 seconds during the second period of a March 1 game against the Boston Bruins, tied for the fastest three goals in team history.[14] On March 11, Frank Bathe received a club record 55 penalty minutes during a March 11 game against the Los Angeles Kings.[15] During the fifth and final game of their quarterfinal playoff series loss to the New York Rangers, the Flyers six goals against during the third period is a team record.[16] The five shorthanded goals they allowed during the series is also a single playoff series high.[17]

The 1978–79 season was the final season of Bernie Parent's career, who hold several career records for the team. Parent holds the regular season marks for most ties (102), shutouts (50), and minutes played (28,215).[18][19][20] He also holds the playoff marks for seasons played (7, tied with Ron Hextall), shutouts (6), and save percentage (.916).[21][22][23]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Paul Evans October 12, 1978 [24]
Ken Linseman
Danny Lucas
Behn Wilson
Glen Cochrane November 24, 1978
Yves Preston December 14, 1978
Pete Peeters December 17, 1978
Tom Gorence January 4, 1979
Robbie Moore March 6, 1979

Transactions

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The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 26, 1978, the day after the deciding game of the 1978 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 21, 1979, the day of the deciding game of the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals.[25]

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 2, 1978 (1978-06-02)[d] To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 1st-round pick in 1978
  • cash
 To New York Rangers
[26]
June 14, 1978 (1978-06-14) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 1st-round pick in 1978
  • Future considerations[e]
 To Pittsburgh Penguins
[27]
June 15, 1978 (1978-06-15) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 2nd-round pick in 1979
 To Colorado Rockies
  • 2nd-round pick in 1978
To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 10th-round pick in 1978
  • 11th-round pick in 1978
 To Buffalo Sabres
  • cash
To Philadelphia Flyers
  • 12th-round pick in 1978
 To Chicago Black Hawks
  • cash
August 31, 1978 (1978-08-31) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • cash
 To Colorado Rockies
 [28]
December 29, 1978 (1978-12-29) To Philadelphia Flyers
To Vancouver Canucks
[29]
March 3, 1979 (1979-03-03) To Philadelphia Flyers
  • Future considerations
 To Colorado Rockies
 [30]

Players acquired

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Date Player Former team Via Ref
September 1978 (1978-09) M. F. Schurman Spokane Flyers (WIHL) Free agency [31]
October 9, 1978 (1978-10-09) Yves Preston Milwaukee Admirals (IHL) Free agency [32]
November 7, 1978 (1978-11-07) Robbie Moore University of Western Ontario (OUAA) Free agency [33]
November 20, 1978 (1978-11-20) Reid Bailey Port Huron Flags (IHL) Free agency [34]

Players lost

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Date Player New team Via Ref
July 19, 1978 (1978-07-19) Brian Burke Retirement [35]
July 22, 1978 (1978-07-22) Mike Korney St. Louis Blues Free agency [36]

Draft picks

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See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1978 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, on June 15, 1978.[37]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
1 6 Behn Wilson Defense  Canada Kingston Canadians (OHA) [f]
1 7 Ken Linseman Forward  Canada Birmingham Bulls (WHA) [g]
1 14 Dan Lucas Wing  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
2 33 Mike Simurda Right wing  Canada Kingston Canadians (OHA)
3 37 Gord Salt Right wing  Canada Michigan Tech University (WCHA) [h]
3 50 Glen Cochrane Defense  Canada Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
4 67 Russ Wilderman Center  Canada Seattle Breakers (WCHL)
5 83 Brad Tamblyn Defense  Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
6 100 Mark Taylor Forward  Canada University of North Dakota (WCHA)
7 117 Mike Ewanouski Right wing  United States Boston College (HE)
8 126 Jerry Price Goaltender  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL) [f]
8 134 Darre Switzer Left wing  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
9 151 Greg Francis Defense  Canada St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
10 167 Rick Berard Defense  Canada Saint Mary's University (CIAU) [i]
10 168 Don Lucia Defense  United States University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
11 182 Mike Berge Forward  United States University of North Dakota (WCHA) [i]
11 183 Ken Moore Goaltender  United States Clarkson University (ECAC)
12 195 Jim Olson Right wing  United States St. Paul Vulcans (USHL) [j]
12 198 Anton Šťastný Forward  Czechoslovakia Slovan ChZJD Bratislava (CFIHL) [k]

Farm teams

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The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL,[40][41] the Milwaukee Admirals of the IHL,[42] and the Jersey Aces of the NEHL.[42]

Notes

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  1. ^ The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
  2. ^ Ververgaert wore number 43 in his first game after being acquired.
  3. ^ Bathe wore number 38 in his first game.
  4. ^ The Flyers received the draft pick and cash as compensation for the Rangers hiring Shero as general manager and head coach.[26]
  5. ^ The Flyers later received the Penguins' 1978 8th-round pick.
  6. ^ a b The Flyers acquired the 6th overall pick from the Pittsburgh Penguins along with future considerations (Penguins' eighth-round pick, 126th overall) for Tom Bladon, Ross Lonsberry and Orest Kindrachuk on June 14, 1978.[38]
  7. ^ The Flyers received the 7th overall pick from the New York Rangers in exchange for the right to hire head coach Fred Shero on June 2, 1978.[38]
  8. ^ The Flyers traded Harvey Bennett to the Minnesota North Stars for Blake Dunlop and the North Stars' third-round pick, 37th overall, on October 28, 1977.[38]
  9. ^ a b The Flyers traded cash to the Buffalo Sabres for the Sabres' tenth and eleventh-round picks on June 15, 1978.[38]
  10. ^ The Flyers traded cash to the Chicago Black Hawks for the Black Hawks' twelfth-round pick, 195th overall, on June 15, 1978.[38]
  11. ^ Draft pick was ruled invalid after it was determined Stastny was too young to be drafted.[39]

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  42. ^ a b "Non-AHL Affiliates". P. Anson. Flyers History. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
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