1975-76_Philadelphia_Flyers_season

1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHL hockey team season

The 1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' ninth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the third consecutive year, but they lost to the Montreal Canadiens in a four-game sweep.

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1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers
Campbell Conference champions
Patrick Division champions
Division	1st Patrick
Conference	1st Campbell
1975–76 record	51–13–16
Home record	36–2–2
Road record	15–11–14
Goals for	348 (1st)
Goals against	209 (3rd)
Team information
President	Joe Scott
General manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Fred Shero
Captain	Bobby Clarke
Alternate captains	None^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	17,077^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Richmond Robins Philadelphia Firebirds
Team leaders
Goals	Reggie Leach (61)
Assists	Bobby Clarke (89)
Points	Bobby Clarke (119)
Penalty minutes	Dave Schultz (307)
Plus/minus	Bobby Clarke (+83)
Wins	Wayne Stephenson (40)
Goals against average	Gary Inness (1.51)
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Regular season

The Flyers recorded the best record in team history (points wise) with a record of 51–13–16 in 1975–76. They also tied the record set by the 1929–30 Boston Bruins for most consecutive home ice wins, with 20.^{[lower-alpha 2]} The 1975–76 Flyers continue to hold the all-time records for most regulation wins at home^{[lower-alpha 3]} The LCB line, featuring Reggie Leach at right-wing, Bobby Clarke at center, and Bill Barber at left-wing, set an NHL record for goals by a single line with 141 (Leach 61, Clarke 30, Barber 50). Clarke, on his way to a third Hart Trophy, set a club record for points in one season with 119.

The highlight of the season had no bearing on the season standings. On January 11 at the Spectrum, the Flyers, as part of the Super Series '76, played a memorable exhibition game against the Soviet Union's dominant Central Red Army team. As the Bullies had put intimidation to good use the past three years, the Flyers' rugged style of play led the Soviets to leave the ice midway through the first period, protesting a hit by Ed Van Impe on Valeri Kharlamov (whom Clarke had slashed on the ankle in the famous Summit Series '72). After some delay, the Soviets returned after they were warned that they would lose their salary for the entire series. The Flyers went on to win the game rather easily, 4–1, and were the only team to defeat the Red Army outright in the series. Head coach Fred Shero would proclaim, "Yes we are world champions. If they had won, they would have been world champions. We beat the hell out of a machine."^[7]

Season standings

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Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	51	13	16	348	209	118
New York Islanders	80	42	21	17	297	190	101
Atlanta Flames	80	35	33	12	262	237	82
New York Rangers	80	29	42	9	262	333	67

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

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Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Patrick Division

1975–76 NHL records
Team	ATL	NYI	NYR	PHI	Total
Atlanta	—	1–1–4	3–2–1	1–4–1	5–7–6
N.Y. Islanders	1–1–4	—	4–2	4–2	9–5–4
N.Y. Rangers	2–3–1	2–4	—	1–5	5–12–1
Philadelphia	4–1–1	2–4	5–1	—	11–6–1

Vs. Smythe Division

1975–76 NHL records
Team	CHI	KCS	MIN	STL	VAN	Total
Atlanta	2–2–1	5–0	4–1	1–3–1	3–0–2	15–6–4
N.Y. Islanders	3–1–1	2–0–3	4–1	4–0–1	0–3–2	13–5–7
N.Y. Rangers	2–0–3	4–1	4–1	3–2	3–1–1	16–5–4
Philadelphia	2–1–2	5–0	3–0–2	3–1–1	4–0–1	17–2–6

Vs. Adams Division

1975–76 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	CAL	TOR	Total
Atlanta	2–3	1–2–1	3–1	2–2	8–8–1
N.Y. Islanders	0–2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1–1	8–6–3
N.Y. Rangers	1–3	0–2–3	1–3	0–4	2–12–3
Philadelphia	1–2–1	3–0–1	4–0–1	3–0–1	11–2–4

Vs. Norris Division

1975–76 NHL records^[9]
Team	DET	LAK	MTL	PIT	WSH	Total
Atlanta	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–2–1	4–0	7–12–1
N.Y. Islanders	3–1	2–1–1	1–2–1	2–1–1	4–0	12–5–3
N.Y. Rangers	3–1	0–4	0–3–1	1–3	2–2	6–13–1
Philadelphia	2–2	2–0–2	2–1–1	3–0–1	3–0–1	12–3–5

Playoffs

Heading into the playoffs, the Flyers squeaked past Toronto in seven games and defeated Boston in five games, Game 5 featuring a five-goal outburst by Leach, the Riverton Rifle, to head to a third straight appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals. However, the Flyers didn't come close to a third straight championship, as they ran into an up-and-coming dynasty in Montreal, and were swept in four straight games. Despite the loss, Leach was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy for scoring 19 goals in 16 playoff games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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1975–76 regular season^[10]

October: 7–1–2, 16 points (home: 5–0–0; road: 2–1–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 9	Washington Capitals	5–4	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 11	@ Minnesota North Stars	9–5	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 12	California Golden Seals	4–1	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	October 16	St. Louis Blues	3–2	4–0–0	8	Recap
5	October 18	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–2	4–0–1	9	Recap
6	October 19	Detroit Red Wings	5–1	5–0–1	11	Recap
7	October 23	@ New York Islanders	0–3	5–1–1	11	Recap
8	October 25	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4–4	5–1–2	12	Recap
9	October 26	@ New York Rangers	7–2	6–1–2	14	Recap
10	October 30	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–2	7–1–2	16	Recap

November: 9–2–4, 22 points (home: 8–1–2; road: 1–1–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
11	November 1	Boston Bruins	8–1	8–1–2	18	Recap
12	November 2	Kansas City Scouts	10–0	9–1–2	20	Recap
13	November 5	@ Chicago Black Hawks	4–4	9–1–3	21	Recap
14	November 6	Los Angeles Kings	1–1	9–1–4	22	Recap
15	November 8	New York Islanders	3–4	9–2–4	22	Recap
16	November 9	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–4	10–2–4	24	Recap
17	November 12	@ Buffalo Sabres	3–1	11–2–4	26	Recap
18	November 13	Chicago Black Hawks	5–5	11–2–5	27	Recap
19	November 15	@ Detroit Red Wings	1–3	11–3–5	27	Recap
20	November 16	Montreal Canadiens	3–1	12–3–5	29	Recap
21	November 20	California Golden Seals	3–2	13–3–5	31	Recap
22	November 22	New York Rangers	4–2	14–3–5	33	Recap
23	November 26	Atlanta Flames	7–3	15–3–5	35	Recap
24	November 29	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1	15–3–6	36	Recap
25	November 30	Vancouver Canucks	5–3	16–3–6	38	Recap

December: 6–3–2, 14 points (home: 3–1–0; road: 3–2–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
26	December 4	Chicago Black Hawks	5–2	17–3–6	40	Recap
27	December 6	@ St. Louis Blues	2–7	17–4–6	40	Recap
28	December 7	Minnesota North Stars	6–1	18–4–6	42	Recap
29	December 10	@ California Golden Seals	1–1	18–4–7	43	Recap
30	December 13	@ Los Angeles Kings	6–4	19–4–7	45	Recap
31	December 17	@ Chicago Black Hawks	4–2	20–4–7	47	Recap
32	December 19	@ Washington Capitals	7–5	21–4–7	49	Recap
33	December 21	St. Louis Blues	8–3	22–4–7	51	Recap
34	December 23	@ Atlanta Flames	2–2	22–4–8	52	Recap
35	December 28	Boston Bruins	2–4	22–5–8	52	Recap
36	December 30	@ New York Islanders	2–6	22–6–8	52	Recap

January: 8–4–2, 18 points (home: 4–0–0; road: 4–4–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
37	January 1	@ Kansas City Scouts	4–2	23–6–8	54	Recap
38	January 3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	8–4	24–6–8	56	Recap
39	January 4	New York Islanders	5–3	25–6–8	58	Recap
40	January 7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	7–3	26–6–8	60	Recap
41	January 8	Los Angeles Kings	6–4	27–6–8	62	Recap
42	January 15	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–1	28–6–8	64	Recap
43	January 17	@ Kansas City Scouts	7–1	29–6–8	66	Recap
44	January 18	@ Chicago Black Hawks	0–2	29–7–8	66	Recap
45	January 22	Atlanta Flames	7–2	30–7–8	68	Recap
46	January 24	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–5	30–8–8	68	Recap
47	January 25	@ Boston Bruins	3–5	30–9–8	68	Recap
48	January 27	@ Atlanta Flames	4–8	30–10–8	68	Recap
49	January 29	@ Buffalo Sabres	1–1	30–10–9	69	Recap
50	January 31	@ Minnesota North Stars	3–3	30–10–10	70	Recap

February: 10–0–4, 24 points (home: 7–0–1; road: 3–0–3)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
51	February 5	Vancouver Canucks	6–1	31–10–10	72	Recap
52	February 7	St. Louis Blues	8–2	32–10–10	74	Recap
53	February 8	New York Islanders	4–2	33–10–10	76	Recap
54	February 12	New York Rangers	6–1	34–10–10	78	Recap
55	February 13	@ New York Rangers	5–3	35–10–10	80	Recap
56	February 15	Montreal Canadiens	2–1	36–10–10	82	Recap
57	February 17	Vancouver Canucks	2–2	36–10–11	83	Recap
58	February 18	@ Vancouver Canucks	6–4	37–10–11	85	Recap
59	February 20	@ California Golden Seals	5–4	38–10–11	87	Recap
60	February 21	@ Los Angeles Kings	3–3	38–10–12	88	Recap
61	February 24	@ Washington Capitals	5–5	38–10–13	89	Recap
62	February 26	Minnesota North Stars	3–2	39–10–13	91	Recap
63	February 28	@ St. Louis Blues	2–2	39–10–14	92	Recap
64	February 29	California Golden Seals	6–1	40–10–14	94	Recap

March: 9–2–2, 20 points (home: 7–0–0; road: 2–2–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
65	March 4	@ Kansas City Scouts	6–1	41–10–14	96	Recap
66	March 6	Detroit Red Wings	6–1	42–10–14	98	Recap
67	March 7	Kansas City Scouts	4–1	43–10–14	100	Recap
68	March 11	Buffalo Sabres	6–1	44–10–14	102	Recap
69	March 14	Atlanta Flames	6–1	45–10–14	104	Recap
70	March 16	@ Atlanta Flames	4–2	46–10–14	106	Recap
71	March 18	Vancouver Canucks	3–2	47–10–14	108	Recap
72	March 20	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–4	47–11–14	108	Recap
73	March 21	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	48–11–14	110	Recap
74	March 23	@ Minnesota North Stars	3–3	48–11–15	111	Recap
75	March 25	New York Rangers	4–1	49–11–15	113	Recap
76	March 27	@ Boston Bruins	4–4	49–11–16	114	Recap
77	March 29	@ New York Islanders	1–5	49–12–16	114	Recap

April: 2–1–0, 4 points (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
78	April 1	Washington Capitals	11–2	50–12–16	116	Recap
79	April 3	Buffalo Sabres	5–2	51–12–16	118	Recap
80	April 4	@ New York Rangers	0–2	51–13–16	118	Recap

Legend:

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

Playoffs

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1976 Stanley Cup playoffs^[10]

Quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Flyers win 4–3

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Series	Recap
1	April 12	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	Flyers lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 13	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	Flyers lead 2–0	Recap
3	April 15	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–5	Flyers lead 2–1	Recap
4	April 17	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	2–4	Series tied 2–2	Recap
5	April 20	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–1	Flyers lead 3–2	Recap
6	April 22	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	5–8	Series tied 3–3	Recap
7	April 25	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–3	Flyers win 4–3	Recap

Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins – Flyers win 4–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Series	Recap
1	April 27	Boston Bruins	2–4	Bruins lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 29	Boston Bruins	2–1 OT	Series tied 1–1	Recap
3	May 2	@ Boston Bruins	5–2	Flyers lead 2–1	Recap
4	May 4	@ Boston Bruins	4–2	Flyers lead 3–1	Recap
5	May 6	Boston Bruins	6–3	Flyers win 4–1	Recap

Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Canadiens win 4–0

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Series	Recap
1	May 9	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–4	Canadiens lead 1–0	Recap
2	May 11	@ Montreal Canadiens	1–2	Canadiens lead 2–0	Recap
3	May 13	Montreal Canadiens	2–3	Canadiens lead 3–0	Recap
4	May 16	Montreal Canadiens	3–5	Canadiens win 4–0	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.

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			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
16	Bobby Clarke	C	76	30	89	119	83	136	16	2	14	16	11	28
7	Bill Barber	LW	80	50	62	112	74	104	16	6	7	13	9	18
27	Reggie Leach	RW	80	61	30	91	73	41	16	19	5	24	14	8
26	Orest Kindrachuk	C	76	26	49	75	32	101	16	4	7	11	3	4
12	Gary Dornhoefer	RW	74	28	35	63	14	128	16	3	4	7	0	43
10	Mel Bridgman	C	80	23	27	50	22	86	16	6	8	14	1	31
11	Don Saleski	RW	78	21	26	47	33	68	16	6	5	11	8	47
18	Ross Lonsberry	LW	80	19	28	47	29	87	16	4	3	7	−3	2
19	Rick MacLeish	C	51	22	23	45	6	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Larry Goodenough	D	77	8	34	42	45	83	16	3	11	14	8	6
3	Tom Bladon	D	80	14	23	37	45	68	16	2	6	8	2	14
6	Andre Dupont	D	75	9	27	36	40	214	15	2	2	4	14	46
20	Jimmy Watson	D	79	2	34	36	65	66	16	1	8	9	11	6
8	Dave Schultz	LW	71	13	19	32	24	307	16	2	2	4	7	90
14	Joe Watson	D	78	2	22	24	56	28	16	1	1	2	−1	10
9	Bob Kelly	LW	79	12	8	20	3	125	16	0	2	2	1	44
15	Terry Crisp	C	38	6	9	15	6	28	10	0	5	5	4	2
2	Ed Van Impe‡	D	40	0	8	8	16	60	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Jack McIlhargey	D	57	1	2	3	11	205	15	0	3	3	5	41
21	Larry Wright	C	2	1	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Wayne Stephenson	G	66	0	0	0		11	8	0	0	0		0
1	Bernie Parent	G	11	0	0	0		2	8	0	0	0		0
30	Bobby Taylor‡	G	4	0	0	0		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Terry Murray	D	3	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	1	2	0
30	Gary Inness†	G	2	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Jerome Mrazek	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Bob Sirois‡	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Paul Holmgren	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

† = 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.

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		Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Wayne Stephenson	66	64	40	10	14	1774	164	2.58	.908	1	3,810:32	8	8	4	4	228	22	2.69	.904	0	490:52
1	Bernie Parent	11	10	6	2	2	259	24	2.35	.907	0	613:38	8	8	4	4	250	27	3.40	.892	0	476:33
30	Bobby Taylor‡	4	4	3	1	0	125	15	3.75	.880	0	240:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Gary Inness†	2	2	2	0	0	60	3	1.51	.950	0	119:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Jerome Mrazek	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	9.55	.500	0	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Conn Smythe Trophy	Reggie Leach	^[11]
	Hart Memorial Trophy	Bobby Clarke	^[12]
	NHL first All-Star team	Bill Barber (Left wing)	^[13]
	NHL first All-Star team	Bobby Clarke (Center)	^[13]
	NHL second All-Star team	Reggie Leach (Right wing)	^[13]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bill Barber	^[14]^[15]
		Bobby Clarke^{[lower-alpha 4]}
		André Dupont
		Reggie Leach
		Rick MacLeish^{[lower-alpha 4]}
		Fred Shero (Coach)
		Wayne Stephenson
		Jim Watson
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Jim Watson	^[16]
Miscellaneous	Lionel Conacher Award	Bobby Clarke	^[17]
Miscellaneous	Lou Marsh Trophy	Bobby Clarke	^[18]

Records

The LCB line of Reggie Leach, Bobby Clarke, and Bill Barber set a number of franchise records during the 1975–76 season. The trios combined totals of 141 goals and 322 points is the most by one Flyers line.^[19] Leach became the first Flyer to score 60 goals in a season, setting the high mark of 61.^[20] Clarke's 89 assists on the season tied his franchise record from the previous season and his 1.17 assists per game average is a franchise high.^[21]^[22] Clarke was one of two Flyers to set a record franchise streak, going twelve consecutive games with an assist from March 11 to April 3.^[23] The other was goaltender Wayne Stephenson's 14-game home winning streak from January 4 to March 18.^[24] Barber's 380 shots on goal set a franchise single season high.^[22] The team as a whole set the single season franchise records for most home wins (36, tied for the NHL record), fewest home losses (2), most points (118), and best points percentage (.738).^[25]^[26]^[27] Their 20 consecutive home wins from January 4 to April 3 is also a franchise record.^[28] During their April 1 game against the Washington Capitals, the Flyers recorded a franchise single game high 62 shots on goal.^[29]

The Flyers set a number of franchise records during their quarterfinal series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. During game three on April 15, the team recorded 30 penalties and 107 penalty minutes, including 17 penalties during the second period, all franchise playoffs highs.^[30]^[31]^[32] In game six on April 22, enforcer Dave Schultz set an NHL record with 42 penalty minutes in a single playoff game.^[33] Tom Bladon and Leach also combined to score the two fastest goals in only eight seconds during the second period.^[34] During the second period of game seven three days later, the Flyers scored five goals and set the team playoff records for the fastest three goals (1:21) and four goals (3:16), as well as the fastest two goals from the start of any period for one player (Mel Bridgman in 6:04).^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38] The Flyers recorded a franchise single series high 33 goals scored and 295 penalty minutes while Schultz set the NHL record with 116 penalty minutes during the series.^[39]^[40]^[41]

Conn Smythe Trophy winner Reggie Leach set or tied three NHL playoff records. His 19 goals scored during the playoffs is tied for the NHL record with Jari Kurri.^[42] He scored the first and only five-goal game in team history during the fifth and final game against the Boston Bruins on May 6, which is also tied for the NHL record with four other players.^[43] Leach's 10-game goal scoring streak from April 17 to May 9 is an NHL record and his 11-game point streak from April 15 to May 9 is a franchise record.^[44]^[45]

Milestones

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Franchise firsts
Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
60-goal season	Reggie Leach	April 1, 1976^{[lower-alpha 5]}	^[46]
5-goal game, playoffs	Reggie Leach	May 6, 1976^{[lower-alpha 6]}	^[47]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 28, 1975, the day after the deciding game of the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 16, 1976, the day of the deciding game of the 1976 Stanley Cup Finals.^[48]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 3, 1975	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 1975	To Washington Capitals Bill Clement Don McLean 1st-round pick in 1975	^[49]
December 15, 1975	To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations^{[lower-alpha 7]}	To Washington Capitals Bob Sirois	^[50]
March 9, 1976	To Philadelphia Flyers Gary Inness Future considerations^{[lower-alpha 8]}	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bobby Taylor Ed Van Impe	^[51]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
August 6, 1975 (1975-08-06)	Dave Kelly	Providence College (HE)	Free agency	^[52]
September 10, 1975 (1975-09-10)	Larry Wright	California Golden Seals	Free agency	^[53]
September 10, 1975 (1975-09-10)	Wayne Schaab	Omaha Knights (CHL)	Free agency	^[53]
September 23, 1975 (1975-09-23)	Terry Murray	California Golden Seals	Free agency	^[54]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via	Ref
June 2, 1975 (1975-06-02)	Ted Harris		Retirement	^[55]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 6, 1975 (1975-06-06)	Mel Bridgman	5-year	^[56]
August 6, 1975 (1975-08-06)	Bob Ritchie		^[52]
September 5, 1975 (1975-09-05)	Dave Schultz	5-year	^[57]
September 16, 1975 (1975-09-16)	Orest Kindrachuk	multi-year
March 7, 1976 (1976-03-07)	Paul Holmgren	multi-year	^[58]

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the NHL's office in Montreal, on June 3, 1975.^[59] The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 36th overall, along with the rights to Randy Andreachuk to the St. Louis Blues for Wayne Stephenson on September 16, 1974.^[60]

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	1	Mel Bridgman	Center	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)	^{[lower-alpha 9]}
3	54	Bob Ritchie	Left wing	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
4	72	Rick St. Croix	Goaltender	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5	90	Gary Morrison	Forward	United States	University of Michigan (CCHA)
6	108	Paul Holmgren	Forward	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
7	126	Dana Decker	Left wing	United States	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
9	160	Viktor Khatulev	Defense	Soviet Union	Dynamo Riga (USSR)
10	175	Duffy Smith	Defense	Canada	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL^[61]^[62] and the Philadelphia Firebirds of the NAHL.^[63]

Cultural References

In The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror IV segment, The Devil and Homer Simpson, the starting lineup of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers, are included as members of the Devil's Jury of the Damned.

Notes

The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
Whereas the 1975–76 Flyers won all 20 at home in regulation, in the early days, teams have to win in regulation or overtime for it to count in the winning streak. Notably, 1929–30 Boston Bruins won 20 at home (18 in regulation). Now, current rules state a winning streak is wins in any manner. Most notably, the 2011–12 Detroit Red Wings, who are the current NHL record holders with 23 consecutive home wins, won only 19 in regulation (one in overtime and three in shootouts).^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Prior to the 2011–12 Red Wings, one other team won at least 20 home games, this being the 1929–30 Boston Bruins (20 home wins, 18 in regulation).
Clarke did not play and was replaced by MacLeish.
Even-strength goal at 10:06 of the second period against Ron Low
All five goals were scored at even-strength against Bruins goalie Gilles Gilbert as follows: at 5:45 of the first period, at 2:02, 8:51, and 17:09 of the second period, and 8:07 of the third period.
The Capitals sent John Paddock to the Flyers on September 1, 1976, to complete trade.^[50]
The Flyers later received the Penguins' 1977 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th-round picks to complete the trade.
The Flyers acquired the 1st overall pick from the Washington Capitals for Bill Clement, Don McLean and the Flyers' first-round pick, 18th overall, on June 3, 1975.^[60]

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External links

Mulvoy, Mark (January 19, 1976). "This Was Détente, Philly Style". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 8, 2014.

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