1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHL hockey team season

1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd West
1968–69 record	20–35–21
Home record	14–16–8
Road record	6–19–13
Goals for	174 (12th)
Goals against	225 (7th)
Team information
General manager	Bud Poile
Coach	Keith Allen
Captain	Vacant (Oct.–Nov.) Ed Van Impe (Nov.–Apr.)
Alternate captains	Dick Cherry Jean-Guy Gendron (Nov.–Apr.) Allan Stanley Ed Van Impe (Oct.–Nov.)
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	11,196
Minor league affiliate(s)	Quebec Aces Seattle Totems Jersey Devils
Team leaders
Goals	Andre Lacroix (24)
Assists	Jean-Guy Gendron (35)
Points	Andre Lacroix (56)
Penalty minutes	Forbes Kennedy (195)
Plus/minus	Bill Sutherland (+5)
Wins	Bernie Parent (17)
Goals against average	Bernie Parent (2.70)
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' second season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the quarterfinals to the St. Louis Blues for the second consecutive season.

Off-season

The Flyers coaxed Dick Cherry, who they selected in the 1967 NHL expansion draft, out of retirement by agreeing to a three-year contract.

Lou Angotti, the Flyers first captain, was involved in a three-team trade. The Flyers traded Angotti to the St. Louis Blues for Darryl Edestrand and Gerry Melnyk and the Blues subsequently traded Angotti to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Melnyk suffered a heart attack in training camp and retired to become a scout for the team.

The Flyers claimed veteran defenseman Allan Stanley in the reverse draft from the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Regular season

Defenseman Ed Van Impe was named Angotti's replacement as captain in November.

Led by Van Impe and the team-leading 24 goals of Andre Lacroix, the Flyers struggled finishing 15 games under .500.

Season standings

West Division
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	St. Louis Blues	76	37	25	14	204	157	+47	88
2	Oakland Seals	76	29	36	11	219	251	−32	69
3	Philadelphia Flyers	76	20	35	21	174	225	−51	61
4	Los Angeles Kings	76	24	42	10	185	260	−75	58
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	20	45	11	189	252	−63	51
6	Minnesota North Stars	76	18	43	15	189	270	−81	51

Record vs. opponents

Vs. West Division

1968–69 NHL records
Team	LAK	MIN	OAK	PHI	PIT	STL	Total
Los Angeles	—	1–4–3	4–2–2	3–4–1	5–2–1	1–6–1	14–18–8
Minnesota	4–1–3	—	3–4–1	2–3–3	3–5	2–4–2	14–17–9
Oakland	2–4–2	4–3–1	—	4–2–2	4–2–2	1–7	15–18–7
Philadelphia	4–3–1	3–2–3	2–4–2	—	4–1–3	1–6–1	14–16–10
Pittsburgh	2–5–1	5–3	2–4–2	1–4–3	—	3–4–1	13–20–7
St. Louis	6–1–1	4–2–2	7–1	6–1–1	4–3–1	—	27–8–5

Vs. East Division

1968–69 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR	Total
Los Angeles	1–5	1–5	2–4	0–4–2	3–3	3–3	10–24–2
Minnesota	0–4–2	0–5–1	2–4	0–5–1	1–5	1–3–2	4–26–6
Oakland	1–3–2	5–1	2–3–1	3–2–1	1–5	2–4	14–18–4
Philadelphia	2–4	0–3–3	1–3–2	1–5	1–3–2	1–1–4	6–19–11
Pittsburgh	1–5	2–4	2–4	1–4–1	1–5	0–3–3	7–25–4
St. Louis	2–2–2	2–3–1	4–0–2	0–5–1	1–3–2	1–4–1	10–17–9

Playoffs

Despite the poor regular season showing, they made the playoffs; however, they were manhandled by St. Louis in a four-game sweep. Not wanting his team to be physically outmatched again, owner Ed Snider instructed general manager Bud Poile to acquire bigger, tougher players going forward.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1968–69 regular season

October: 1–5–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 0–4–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 13	Philadelphia	2–3	Boston	Parent	14,011	0–1–0	0	Recap
2	October 16	Philadelphia	1–3	New York	Favell	15,906	0–2–0	0	Recap
3	October 17	Pittsburgh	0–3	Philadelphia	Parent	9,862	1–2–0	2	Recap
4	October 24	Minnesota	3–3	Philadelphia	Parent	8,933	1–2–1	3	Recap
5	October 26	Philadelphia	2–6	Los Angeles	Favell	6,597	1–3–1	3	Recap
6	October 27	Philadelphia	2–2	Oakland	Favell	1,892	1–3–2	4	Recap
7	October 30	Philadelphia	1–4	St. Louis	Parent	10,754	1–4–2	4	Recap
8	October 31	New York	2–1	Philadelphia	Parent	9,429	1–5–2	4	Recap

November: 5–8–0 (home: 3–5–0; road: 2–3–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
9	November 2	Philadelphia	3–2	Toronto	Parent	16,470	2–5–2	6	Recap
10	November 3	Montreal	2–3	Philadelphia	Parent	12,431	3–5–2	8	Recap
11	November 6	Philadelphia	1–7	Boston	Parent	13,744	3–6–2	8	Recap
12	November 7	St. Louis	8–0	Philadelphia	Favell	9,164	3–7–2	8	Recap
13	November 9	Philadelphia	3–0	Pittsburgh	Favell	7,284	4–7–2	10	Recap
14	November 13	Philadelphia	3–4	Minnesota	Favell	10,918	4–8–2	10	Recap
15	November 14	Boston	2–4	Philadelphia	Parent	10,192	5–8–2	12	Recap
16	November 17	Los Angeles	1–3	Philadelphia	Parent	9,125	6–8–2	14	Recap
17	November 21	Montreal	3–0	Philadelphia	Parent	11,269	6–9–2	14	Recap
18	November 23	Oakland	2–1	Philadelphia	Favell	11,932	6–10–2	14	Recap
19	November 24	Los Angeles	3–1	Philadelphia	Parent	9,086	6–11–2	14	Recap
20	November 27	Detroit	5–2	Philadelphia	Favell	11,380	6–12–2	14	Recap
21	November 30	Philadelphia	0–1	St. Louis	Parent	15,314	6–13–2	14	Recap

December: 3–6–5 (home: 1–2–3; road: 2–4–2)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
22	December 1	Philadelphia	3–3	Detroit	Parent	13,039	6–13–3	15	Recap
23	December 4	Philadelphia	1–3	Los Angeles	Parent	5,847	6–14–3	15	Recap
24	December 6	Philadelphia	0–4	Oakland	Favell	3,166	6–15–3	15	Recap
25	December 8	St. Louis	4–4	Philadelphia	Parent	10,329	6–15–4	16	Recap
26	December 12	Toronto	1–0	Philadelphia	Parent	8,531	6–16–4	16	Recap
27	December 14	Philadelphia	0–1	Montreal	Parent	16,584	6–17–4	16	Recap
28	December 15	Philadelphia	3–1	New York	Parent	12,731	7–17–4	18	Recap
29	December 17	Pittsburgh	2–8	Philadelphia	Parent	6,986	8–17–4	20	Recap
30	December 19	Minnesota	5–5	Philadelphia	Parent	8,394	8–17–5	21	Recap
31	December 21	Philadelphia	2–1	Los Angeles	Favell	7,108	9–17–5	23	Recap
32	December 22	Philadelphia	1–2	Oakland	Favell	1,829	9–18–5	23	Recap
33	December 25	New York	2–2	Philadelphia	Favell	9,545	9–18–6	24	Recap
34	December 27	Philadelphia	3–3	Detroit	Parent	11,935	9–18–7	25	Recap
35	December 29	Oakland	2–1	Philadelphia	Parent	12,767	9–19–7	25	Recap

January: 3–6–5 (home: 2–4–2; road: 1–2–3)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
36	January 2	Chicago	2–2	Philadelphia	Favell	13,290	9–19–8	26	Recap
37	January 4	Philadelphia	1–1	Pittsburgh	Favell	6,329	9–19–9	27	Recap
38	January 5	Toronto	2–2	Philadelphia	Parent	11,274	9–19–10	28	Recap
39	January 8	Philadelphia	4–4	Toronto	Favell	16,331	9–19–11	29	Recap
40	January 9	New York	3–1	Philadelphia	Parent	10,147	9–20–11	29	Recap
41	January 11	Philadelphia	4–2	Minnesota	Parent	12,462	10–20–11	31	Recap
42	January 15	Philadelphia	3–4	St. Louis	Favell	13,184	10–21–11	31	Recap
43	January 16	Montreal	4–0	Philadelphia	Parent	12,728	10–22–11	31	Recap
44	January 18	Boston	5–3	Philadelphia	Favell	14,558	10–23–11	31	Recap
45	January 19	Detroit	1–3	Philadelphia	Parent	13,949	11–23–11	33	Recap
46	January 23	Philadelphia	2–2	Chicago	Parent	18,500	11–23–12	34	Recap
47	January 25	Philadelphia	3–6	Montreal	Parent	16,884	11–24–12	34	Recap
48	January 26	Pittsburgh	3–5	Philadelphia	Favell	10,987	12–24–12	36	Recap
49	January 30	Chicago	12–0	Philadelphia	Favell	13,005	12–25–12	36	Recap

February: 1–8–4 (home: 1–4–1; road: 0–4–3)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
50	February 1	Philadelphia	2–2	Pittsburgh	Parent	5,866	12–25–13	37	Recap
51	February 2	Minnesota	3–2	Philadelphia	Parent	13,294	12–26–13	37	Recap
52	February 4	Detroit	2–0	Philadelphia	Parent	8,375	12–27–13	37	Recap
53	February 8	Philadelphia	5–6	Boston	Parent	14,659	12–28–13	37	Recap
54	February 9	Philadelphia	3–3	New York	Parent	5,723	12–28–14	38	Recap
55	February 12	Philadelphia	3–3	Chicago	Parent	17,800	12–28–15	39	Recap
56	February 13	St. Louis	2–1	Philadelphia	Parent	9,362	12–29–15	39	Recap
57	February 15	Chicago	3–0	Philadelphia	Parent	14,558	12–30–15	39	Recap
58	February 16	Oakland	2–3	Philadelphia	Parent	11,104	13–30–15	41	Recap
59	February 19	Philadelphia	1–3	St. Louis	Parent	15,072	13–31–15	41	Recap
60	February 22	Philadelphia	1–4	Montreal	Parent	17,304	13–32–15	41	Recap
61	February 23	Philadelphia	1–9	Detroit	Parent	14,361	13–33–15	41	Recap
62	February 27	Toronto	1–1	Philadelphia	Parent	11,935	13–33–16	42	Recap

March: 7–2–5 (home: 6–0–1; road: 1–2–4)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
63	March 1	Philadelphia	2–2	Los Angeles	Parent	9,534	13–33–17	43	Recap
64	March 2	Philadelphia	4–4	Oakland	Parent	4,484	13–33–18	44	Recap
65	March 6	Los Angeles	1–5	Philadelphia	Parent	9,428	14–33–18	46	Recap
66	March 8	Philadelphia	2–2	Toronto	Parent	16,485	14–33–19	47	Recap
67	March 9	Oakland	3–5	Philadelphia	Parent	13,885	15–33–19	49	Recap
68	March 13	Boston	1–2	Philadelphia	Parent	14,558	16–33–19	51	Recap
69	March 15	Philadelphia	2–2	Minnesota	Parent	14,662	16–33–20	52	Recap
70	March 16	Philadelphia	2–6	Chicago	Parent	17,000	16–34–20	52	Recap
71	March 20	Minnesota	2–5	Philadelphia	Parent	12,582	17–34–20	54	Recap
72	March 22	Philadelphia	5–1	Minnesota	Parent	14,664	18–34–20	56	Recap
73	March 23	St. Louis	3–4	Philadelphia	Parent	14,558	19–34–20	58	Recap
74	March 27	Los Angeles	2–4	Philadelphia	Parent	11,669	20–34–20	60	Recap
75	March 29	Pittsburgh	3–3	Philadelphia	Parent	11,039	20–34–21	61	Recap
76	March 30	Philadelphia	1–2	Pittsburgh	Favell	5,738	20–35–21	61	Recap

Legend:

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

Playoffs

1969 Stanley Cup playoffs

Quarterfinals vs. St. Louis Blues – Blues win 4–0

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 2	Philadelphia	2–5	St. Louis	Parent	15,156	Blues lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 3	Philadelphia	0–5	St. Louis	Favell	15,261	Blues lead 2–0	Recap
3	April 5	St. Louis	3–0	Philadelphia	Parent	14,558	Blues lead 3–0	Recap
4	April 6	St. Louis	4–1	Philadelphia	Parent	10,995	Blues 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.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
7	Andre Lacroix	C	75	24	32	56	−12	4	4	0	0	0	−5	0
11	Jean-Guy Gendron	LW	74	20	35	55	−8	65	4	0	0	0	−5	6
21	Dick Sarrazin	RW	54	16	30	46	−7	14	4	0	0	0	−5	0
20	Jim Johnson	C	69	17	27	44	−5	20	3	0	0	0	−4	2
9	Leon Rochefort	RW	65	14	21	35	−7	10	3	0	0	0	−2	0
12	Gary Dornhoefer	RW	60	8	16	24	−20	80	4	0	1	1	0	20
10	Brit Selby‡	LW	63	10	13	23	−11	23	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Ed Van Impe	D	68	7	12	19	−13	112	1	0	0	0	−1	17
17	Larry Hale	D	67	3	16	19	−24	28	4	0	0	0	−8	10
6	Allan Stanley	D	64	4	13	17	−4	28	3	0	1	1	0	4
8	Don Blackburn	LW	48	7	9	16	−13	36	4	0	0	0	−4	2
5	Dick Cherry	D	71	9	6	15	−11	18	4	1	0	1	−2	4
22	Forbes Kennedy‡	C	59	8	7	15	−25	195	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Garry Peters	C	66	8	6	14	−20	49	4	1	1	2	0	16
14	Simon Nolet	RW	35	4	10	14	−10	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	John Miszuk	D	66	1	13	14	−6	70	4	0	0	0	−5	0
10	Bill Sutherland†	LW	12	7	3	10	5	4	4	1	1	2	−4	0
3	Joe Watson	D	60	2	8	10	−21	14	4	0	0	0	−5	0
19	Earl Heiskala	LW	21	3	3	6	−4	51	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Rosaire Paiement	RW	27	2	4	6	−14	52	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Myron Stankiewicz†	LW	19	0	5	5	−11	25	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	Ralph MacSweyn	D	24	0	4	4	4	6	4	0	0	0	−4	4
23	Gerry Meehan†	C	12	0	3	3	−1	4	4	0	0	0	−2	0
22	Mike Byers†	RW	5	0	2	2	−1	0	4	0	1	1	−2	0
14	Pat Hannigan‡	LW	7	0	1	1	−4	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Serge Bernier	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Doug Favell	G	21	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0		0
16	Claude LaForge	LW	2	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Bernie Parent	G	58	0	0	0		8	3	0	0	0		0
24	Larry Zeidel‡	D	9	0	0	0	−3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	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
30	Bernie Parent	58	56	17	23	16	2009	151	2.70	.925	1	3,357	3	3	0	3	94	12	4.01	.872	0	180
1	Doug Favell	21	20	3	12	5	731	71	3.58	.903	1	1,191	1	1	0	1	36	5	5.00	.861	0	60

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bernie Parent
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Ed Van Impe

Records

Among the franchise records set during the 1968–69 season, the Flyers had two tie-related streaks. They tied four games in a row from January 2 to January 8, which was matched during the 1991–92 season, and they tied four road games in a row from March 1 to March 15. On January 30, they allowed 12 goals against to the Chicago Black Hawks, a single game franchise high. Their six road wins on the season is tied for the fewest in franchise history with the 1969–70 team.

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date
First game	Larry Hale	October 13, 1968
	Earl Heiskala	October 13, 1968
	Dick Sarrazin	November 27, 1968
	Serge Bernier	February 27, 1969

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 12, 1968, the day after the deciding game of the 1968 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 4, 1969, the day of the deciding game of the 1969 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details
May 20, 1968 (1968-05-20)	To Philadelphia Flyers Earl Heiskala	To Seattle Totems (WHL) Loan of Bob Courcy Loan of Ray LaRose Future considerations
June 11, 1968 (1968-06-11)	To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Edestrand Gerry Melnyk	To St. Louis Blues Lou Angotti Ian Campbell
June 13, 1968 (1968-06-13)	To Philadelphia Flyers Brian Bradley	To Seattle Totems (WHL) cash
August 21, 1968 (1968-08-21)	To Philadelphia Flyers Loan of Bobby Rivard	To Pittsburgh Penguins cash
October 1968 (1968-10)	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Al Millar
December 1968 (1968-12)	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Quebec Aces (AHL) Keith Wright
December 2, 1968 (1968-12-02)	To Philadelphia Flyers Bob Sneddon	To Chicago Black Hawks Brian Bradley
March 2, 1968 (1968-03-02)	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Vancouver Canucks (WHL) Pat Hannigan
March 2, 1968 (1968-03-02)	To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Byers Gerry Meehan Bill Sutherland	To Toronto Maple Leafs Forbes Kennedy Brit Selby

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Via
June 12, 1968 (1968-06-12)	Ron Buchanan	Boston Bruins	Intra-league draft
June 12, 1968 (1968-06-12)	Larry Hale	Minnesota North Stars	Intra-league draft
June 13, 1968 (1968-06-13)	Allan Stanley	Toronto Maple Leafs	Reverse draft
September 1968 (1968-09)	Bobby Taylor	Calgary Spurs (AJHL)	Free agency
September 18, 1968 (1968-09-18)	Jean Lapointe	Laval Saints (QMJHL)	Free agency
September 18, 1968 (1968-09-18)	Bill McEwan		Free agency
January 16, 1969 (1969-01-16)	Myron Stankiewicz	St. Louis Blues	Waivers

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via
June 12, 1968 (1968-06-12)	Jean Gauthier	Boston Bruins	Intra-league draft
	Fern Rivard	Minnesota North Stars	Intra-league draft
	Bill Sutherland	Minnesota North Stars	Intra-league draft
June 13, 1968 (1968-06-13)	Jim Morrison	Baltimore Clippers (AHL)	Reverse draft
June 13, 1968 (1968-06-13)	Ed Hoekstra	Denver Spurs (WHL)	Reverse draft
October 7, 1968 (1968-10-07)	Gerry Melnyk		Retirement
December 13, 1968 (1968-12-13)	Larry Zeidel		Release

Signings

Date	Player	Term
May 27, 1968 (1968-05-27)	Dick Cherry	3-year
September 18, 1968 (1968-09-18)	Dunc Wilson
September 21, 1968 (1968-09-21)	Brit Selby	2-year
October 5, 1968 (1968-10-05)	Ralph MacSweyn
October 5, 1968 (1968-10-05)	Bobby Rivard
October 8, 1968 (1968-10-08)	Forbes Kennedy
October 8, 1968 (1968-10-08)	Garry Peters
October 9, 1968 (1968-10-09)	Gary Dornhoefer
	Jim Johnson
	Rosaire Paiement
October 12, 1968 (1968-10-12)	Larry Hale	1-year

Draft picks

NHL amateur draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1968 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, on June 13, 1968.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	8	Lew Morrison	Right wing	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)

NHL special internal amateur draft

Philadelphia's picks at the 1968 NHL special internal amateur draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 13, 1968. Sponsored players aged 20 before May 31, 1968, who played as amateurs during the 1967–68 season were eligible for selection.

Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	NHL rights
Dunc Wilson	Goaltender	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)	Boston Bruins

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL, the Seattle Totems of the WHL, and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.

Notes

The Flyers sent John Hanna and Art Stratton to Seattle on June 13 to complete trade.
Stanley was selected by the Flyers' AHL affiliate, the Quebec Aces.
Zeidel refused an assignment to the Quebec Aces and retired.

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1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
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v t e 1968–69 NHL season
East	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto
West	Los Angeles Minnesota Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
See also	Amateur draft Intra-league draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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