1978–79_Philadelphia_Flyers_season

1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHL hockey team season

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

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1978–79 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd Patrick
Conference	2nd Campbell
1978–79 record	40–25–15
Home record	26–10–4
Road record	14–15–11
Goals for	281 (8th)
Goals against	248 (3rd)
Team information
President	Joe Scott
General manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Bob McCammon^{[lower-alpha 1]} Pat Quinn^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Captain	Bobby Clarke
Alternate captains	None^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	17,077^[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Maine Mariners Milwaukee Admirals Jersey Aces
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Barber (34) Reggie Leach (34)
Assists	Bobby Clarke (57)
Points	Bill Barber (87)
Penalty minutes	Behn Wilson (197)
Plus/minus	Blake Dunlop (+27)
Wins	Wayne Stephenson (20)
Goals against average	Robbie Moore (1.77)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Off-season

Head coach Fred Shero, who had one more year left on his contract, submitted a letter of resignation on May 22, 1978,^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[4] 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.^[6]

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

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.^[1] Replacing him was Shero's previous assistant coach Pat Quinn, who had replaced McCammon as head coach in Maine.^[1] 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

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Patrick Division

1978–79 NHL records
Team	ATL	NYI	NYR	PHI	Total
Atlanta	—	2–6	4–3–1	4–4	10–13–1
N.Y. Islanders	6–2	—	5–3	5–1–2	16–6–2
N.Y. Rangers	3–4–1	3–5	—	2–3–3	8–12–4
Philadelphia	4–4	1–5–2	3–2–3	—	8–11–5

Vs. Smythe Division

1978–79 NHL records
Team	CHI	COL	STL	VAN	Total
Atlanta	2–1–2	4–0	4–1	2–2	12–4–2
N.Y. Islanders	3–2	4–0–1	3–0–2	4–0	14–2–3
N.Y. Rangers	4–0	4–1	3–2	4–0	15–3–0
Philadelphia	1–3	3–0–1	4–1	2–1–1	10–5–2

Vs. Adams Division

1978–79 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	MIN	TOR	Total
Atlanta	1–3	2–2–1	1–2–1	4–1	8–8–2
N.Y. Islanders	2–1–2	1–2–1	3–1	3–1	9–5–3
N.Y. Rangers	2–3	2–1–1	1–2–1	2–2–1	7–8–3
Philadelphia	3–1–1	3–0–2	2–2	2–2–1	10–5–4

Vs. Norris Division

1978–79 NHL records^[8]
Team	DET	LAK	MTL	PIT	WSH	Total
Atlanta	3–0–1	2–2	1–3	3–0–1	2–1–1	11–6–3
N.Y. Islanders	3–0–1	2–0–2	3–1	1–0–3	3–1	12–2–6
N.Y. Rangers	1–1–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–1–2	10–6–4
Philadelphia	2–0–2	4–0	0–3–1	3–1	3–0–1	12–4–4

Playoffs

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

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

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
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^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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^{[lower-alpha 4]}	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	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Wayne Stephenson	G	40	0	1	1		2	4	0	0	0		5
39	Robbie Moore†	G	5	0	1	1		0	5	0	1	1		2
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	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Glen Cochrane	D	1	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Norm Barnes	D	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	0	0	0	−2	0

Goaltending

† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) 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	40	36	20	10	5	946	122	3.36	.871	2	2,181:40	4	3	0	3	90	16	4.63	.822	0	207:33
1	Bernie Parent	36	36	16	12	7	834	89	2.71	.893	4	1,970:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Pete Peeters	5	4	1	2	1	109	16	3.47	.853	0	276:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Robbie Moore†	5	3	3	0	1	96	7	1.77	.927	2	237:18	5	5	3	2	123	18	4.06	.854	0	266:12
30	Rick St. Croix	2	1	0	1	1	53	6	3.08	.887	0	117:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

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]
League (in-season)	Challenge Cup selection	Bobby Clarke	^[11]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Bob Dailey	^[12]
Team	Class Guy Award	Bernie Parent	^[12]

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]

Transactions

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.^[24]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 2, 1978^{[lower-alpha 5]}	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 1978 Cash	To New York Rangers Fred Shero	^[25]
June 14, 1978	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 1978 Future considerations^{[lower-alpha 6]}	To Pittsburgh Penguins Tom Bladon Orest Kindrachuk Ross Lonsberry	^[26]
June 15, 1978	To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 1979	To Colorado Rockies 2nd-round pick in 1978
June 15, 1978	To Philadelphia Flyers 10th-round pick in 1978 11th-round pick in 1978	To Buffalo Sabres Cash
June 15, 1978	To Philadelphia Flyers 12th-round pick in 1978	To Chicago Black Hawks Cash
August 31, 1978	To Philadelphia Flyers Cash	To Colorado Rockies Joe Watson	^[27]
December 29, 1978	To Philadelphia Flyers Dennis Ververgaert	To Vancouver Canucks Drew Callander Kevin McCarthy	^[28]
March 3, 1979	To Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations	To Colorado Rockies Don Saleski	^[29]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
September 1978 (1978-09)	M. F. Schurman	Spokane Flyers (WIHL)	Free agency	^[30]
October 9, 1978 (1978-10-09)	Yves Preston	Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)	Free agency	^[31]
November 7, 1978 (1978-11-07)	Robbie Moore	University of Western Ontario (OUAA)	Free agency	^[32]
November 20, 1978 (1978-11-20)	Reid Bailey	Port Huron Flags (IHL)	Free agency	^[33]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via	Ref
July 19, 1978 (1978-07-19)	Brian Burke		Retirement
July 22, 1978 (1978-07-22)	Mike Korney	St. Louis Blues	Free agency	^[34]

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.^[35]

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	6	Behn Wilson	Defense	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)	^{[lower-alpha 7]}
1	7	Ken Linseman	Forward	Canada	Birmingham Bulls (WHA)	^{[lower-alpha 8]}
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)	^{[lower-alpha 9]}
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)	^{[lower-alpha 7]}
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)	^{[lower-alpha 10]}
10	168	Don Lucia	Defense	United States	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
11	182	Mike Berge	Forward	United States	University of North Dakota (WCHA)	^{[lower-alpha 10]}
11	183	Ken Moore	Goaltender	United States	Clarkson University (ECAC)
12	195	Jim Olson	Right wing	United States	St. Paul Vulcans (USHL)	^{[lower-alpha 11]}
12	198	Anton Šťastný	Forward	Czechoslovakia	Slovan ChZJD Bratislava (CFIHL)	^{[lower-alpha 12]}

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL,^[38]^[39] the Milwaukee Admirals of the IHL,^[40] and the Jersey Aces of the NEHL.^[40]

Notes

McCammon was fired on January 30 and replaced by Quinn. Crisp was also fired.^[1]
The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
Ververgaert wore number 43 in his first game after being acquired.
Bathe wore number 38 in his first game.
The Flyers received the draft pick and cash as compensation for the Rangers hiring Shero as general manager and head coach.^[25]
The Flyers later received the Penguins' 1978 8th-round pick.
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.^[36]
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.^[36]
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.^[36]
The Flyers traded cash to the Buffalo Sabres for the Sabres' tenth and eleventh-round picks on June 15, 1978.^[36]
The Flyers traded cash to the Chicago Black Hawks for the Black Hawks' twelfth-round pick, 195th overall, on June 15, 1978.^[36]
Draft pick was ruled invalid after it was determined Stastny was too young to be drafted.^[37]

References

General

"Philadelphia Flyers 1978–79 roster and statistics". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
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