1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHL hockey team season

1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	2nd West
1972–73 record	37–30–11
Home record	27–8–4
Road record	10–22–7
Goals for	296 (4th)
Goals against	256 (11th)
Team information
General manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Fred Shero
Captain	Ed Van Impe (Oct.–Jan.) Bobby Clarke (Jan.–Apr.)
Alternate captains	Bill Clement Joe Watson
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	16,063
Minor league affiliate(s)	Richmond Robins San Diego Gulls Jersey Devils
Team leaders
Goals	Rick MacLeish (50)
Assists	Bobby Clarke (67)
Points	Bobby Clarke (104)
Penalty minutes	Dave Schultz (259)
Plus/minus	Bobby Clarke (+32)
Wins	Doug Favell (20)
Goals against average	Doug Favell (2.83)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers earned the nickname "Broad Street Bullies" en route to their first winning season and first playoff series victory, beating the Minnesota North Stars, before losing in the semifinals to the Montreal Canadiens.

Regular season

It was during the 1972–73 season that the Flyers shed the mediocre expansion team label by recording their first winning season and becoming known as the intimidating "Broad Street Bullies", a nickname coined by Jack Chevalier and Pete Cafone of the Philadelphia Bulletin on January 3, 1973 after a 3–1 brawling victory over the Atlanta Flames that led Chevalier to write in his game account, "The image of the fightin' Flyers spreading gradually around the NHL, and people are dreaming up wild nicknames. They're the Mean Machine, the Bullies of Broad Street and Freddy's Philistines." Cafone wrote the accompanying headline, "Broad Street Bullies Muscle Atlanta".

That same month Bobby Clarke was the youngest player (at that time) in NHL history to be named team captain, replacing Ed Van Impe who had stepped aside in favor of Clarke. Rick MacLeish became the first Flyer to score 50 goals in a season.

After the season, Clarke was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player.

Season standings

West Division
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	78	42	27	9	284	225	+59	93
2	Philadelphia Flyers	78	37	30	11	296	256	+40	85
3	Minnesota North Stars	78	37	30	11	254	230	+24	85
4	St. Louis Blues	78	32	34	12	233	251	−18	76
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	32	37	9	257	265	−8	73
6	Los Angeles Kings	78	31	36	11	232	245	−13	73
7	Atlanta Flames	78	25	38	15	191	239	−48	65
8	California Golden Seals	78	16	46	16	213	323	−110	48

Record vs. opponents

Vs. West Division

1972–73 NHL records
Team	ATL	CAL	CHI	LAK	MIN	PHI	PIT	STL	Total
Atlanta	—	3–1–1	2–4	1–1–3	3–3	1–3–1	1–4	0–3–3	11–19–8
California	1–3–1	—	0–3–2	2–4	1–4	1–3–2	2–2–2	1–3–1	8–22–8
Chicago	4–2	3–0–2	—	2–3	3–2–1	2–2–1	2–3	3–3	19–15–4
Los Angeles	1–1–3	4–2	3–2	—	0–3–2	4–2	2–4	3–2	17–16–5
Minnesota	3–3	4–1	2–3–1	3–0–2	—	2–3	3–2	2–2–2	19–14–5
Philadelphia	3–1–1	3–1–2	2–2–1	2–4	3–2	—	4–2	3–1–1	20–13–5
Pittsburgh	4–1	2–2–2	3–2	4–2	2–3	2–4	—	3–2	20–16–2
St. Louis	3–0–3	3–1–1	3–3	2–3	2–2–2	1–3–1	2–3	—	16–15–7

Vs. East Division

1972–73 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	DET	MTL	NYI	NYR	TOR	VAN	Total
Atlanta	0–5	1–2–2	2–3	0–3–2	4–0–1	1–4	2–1–2	4–1	14–19–7
California	0–4–1	2–1–2	2–2–1	0–3–2	1–4	1–3–1	1–3–1	1–4	8–24–8
Chicago	3–2	3–2	3–2	3–2	4–0–1	2–2–1	2–1–2	3–1–1	23–12–5
Los Angeles	2–3	1–2–2	2–2–1	0–4–1	4–1	0–3–2	2–3	3–2	14–20–6
Minnesota	1–3–1	2–3	3–1–1	1–3–1	4–1	2–3	2–2–1	3–0–2	18–16–6
Philadelphia	0–4–1	3–2	1–3–1	2–2–1	4–1	0–4–1	3–1–1	4–0–1	17–17–6
Pittsburgh	1–4	0–3–2	0–2–3	0–5	4–0–1	2–3	2–2–1	3–2	12–21–7
St. Louis	3–2	1–2–2	3–2	0–3–2	3–1–1	0–5	2–3	4–1	16–19–5

Playoffs

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 semi-finals by the Montreal Canadiens, however, losing in five games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1972–73 regular season

October: 4–4–2, 10 points (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–3–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 7	@ St. Louis Blues	4–4	0–0–1	1	Recap
2	October 12	Vancouver Canucks	7–3	1–0–1	3	Recap
3	October 14	@ Detroit Red Wings	0–5	1–1–1	3	Recap
4	October 15	California Golden Seals	1–4	1–2–1	3	Recap
5	October 18	@ Los Angeles Kings	4–3	2–2–1	5	Recap
6	October 20	@ California Golden Seals	3–3	2–2–2	6	Recap
7	October 25	@ New York Rangers	1–6	2–3–2	6	Recap
8	October 26	Detroit Red Wings	2–1	3–3–2	8	Recap
9	October 28	@ Minnesota North Stars	1–2	3–4–2	8	Recap
10	October 29	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–2	4–4–2	10	Recap

November: 6–7–1, 13 points (home: 6–1–1; road: 0–6–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
11	November 2	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–2	5–4–2	12	Recap
12	November 4	Buffalo Sabres	5–3	6–4–2	14	Recap
13	November 5	New York Rangers	2–3	6–5–2	14	Recap
14	November 8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5	6–6–2	14	Recap
15	November 9	Chicago Black Hawks	5–3	7–6–2	16	Recap
16	November 11	Buffalo Sabres	3–1	8–6–2	18	Recap
17	November 12	California Golden Seals	8–3	9–6–2	20	Recap
18	November 15	@ New York Rangers	3–7	9–7–2	20	Recap
19	November 16	@ Montreal Canadiens	5–6	9–8–2	20	Recap
20	November 19	@ Atlanta Flames	2–3	9–9–2	20	Recap
21	November 22	New York Islanders	5–3	10–9–2	22	Recap
22	November 25	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–6	10–10–2	22	Recap
23	November 26	@ Boston Bruins	4–6	10–11–2	22	Recap
24	November 30	Atlanta Flames	5–5	10–11–3	23	Recap

December: 6–6–3, 15 points (home: 5–2–0; road: 1–4–3)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
25	December 2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	2–2	10–11–4	24	Recap
26	December 3	Montreal Canadiens	5–2	11–11–4	26	Recap
27	December 7	Minnesota North Stars	6–2	12–11–4	28	Recap
28	December 9	Boston Bruins	3–4	12–12–4	28	Recap
29	December 10	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–2	13–12–4	30	Recap
30	December 13	@ Minnesota North Stars	2–7	13–13–4	30	Recap
31	December 14	St. Louis Blues	5–3	14–13–4	32	Recap
32	December 16	@ New York Islanders	2–1	15–13–4	34	Recap
33	December 17	Boston Bruins	3–5	15–14–4	34	Recap
34	December 20	@ Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	15–15–4	34	Recap
35	December 21	Los Angeles Kings	6–3	16–15–4	36	Recap
36	December 23	@ St. Louis Blues	1–6	16–16–4	36	Recap
37	December 27	@ California Golden Seals	2–2	16–16–5	37	Recap
38	December 29	@ Vancouver Canucks	4–4	16–16–6	38	Recap
39	December 30	@ Los Angeles Kings	3–5	16–17–6	38	Recap

January: 7–4–1, 15 points (home: 3–2–1; road: 4–2–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
40	January 3	@ Atlanta Flames	3–1	17–17–6	40	Recap
41	January 7	@ Buffalo Sabres	0–2	17–18–6	40	Recap
42	January 11	Los Angeles Kings	2–3	17–19–6	40	Recap
43	January 13	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	18–19–6	42	Recap
44	January 14	New York Rangers	2–5	18–20–6	42	Recap
45	January 18	Minnesota North Stars	6–1	19–20–6	44	Recap
46	January 20	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–6	19–21–6	44	Recap
47	January 21	@ Buffalo Sabres	4–3	20–21–6	46	Recap
48	January 23	Detroit Red Wings	4–4	20–21–7	47	Recap
49	January 25	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–3	21–21–7	49	Recap
50	January 27	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	5–3	22–21–7	51	Recap
51	January 28	California Golden Seals	4–3	23–21–7	53	Recap

February: 7–4–2, 16 points (home: 3–1–1; road: 4–3–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
52	February 1	Vancouver Canucks	5–4	24–21–7	55	Recap
53	February 3	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	24–21–8	56	Recap
54	February 4	@ Boston Bruins	2–2	24–21–9	57	Recap
55	February 7	@ Los Angeles Kings	1–2	24–22–9	57	Recap
56	February 9	@ Vancouver Canucks	10–5	25–22–9	59	Recap
57	February 11	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–7	25–23–9	59	Recap
58	February 13	New York Islanders	8–2	26–23–9	61	Recap
59	February 15	Boston Bruins	1–3	26–24–9	61	Recap
60	February 17	@ Montreal Canadiens	7–6	27–24–9	63	Recap
61	February 18	Minnesota North Stars	5–1	28–24–9	65	Recap
62	February 20	@ St. Louis Blues	5–3	29–24–9	67	Recap
63	February 25	@ California Golden Seals	7–0	30–24–9	69	Recap
64	February 28	@ Detroit Red Wings	5–6	30–25–9	69	Recap

March: 7–4–2, 16 points (home: 7–1–1; road: 0–3–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
65	March 1	Los Angeles Kings	0–2	30–26–9	69	Recap
66	March 4	Toronto Maple Leafs	10–0	31–26–9	71	Recap
67	March 7	@ New York Rangers	2–2	31–26–10	72	Recap
68	March 10	Atlanta Flames	2–1	32–26–10	74	Recap
69	March 11	Pittsburgh Penguins	3–2	33–26–10	76	Recap
70	March 14	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	1–5	33–27–10	76	Recap
71	March 18	Montreal Canadiens	4–4	33–27–11	77	Recap
72	March 22	Vancouver Canucks	9–0	34–27–11	79	Recap
73	March 24	@ New York Islanders	2–3	34–28–11	79	Recap
74	March 25	St. Louis Blues	5–2	35–28–11	81	Recap
75	March 28	@ Buffalo Sabres	3–6	35–29–11	81	Recap
76	March 29	Atlanta Flames	4–2	36–29–11	83	Recap
77	March 31	New York Islanders	10–2	37–29–11	85	Recap

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

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Points	Recap
78	April 1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4–5	37–30–11	85	Recap

Legend:

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

Playoffs

1973 Stanley Cup playoffs

Quarterfinals vs. Minnesota North Stars – Flyers win 4–2

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Series	Recap
1	April 4	Minnesota North Stars	0–3	North Stars lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 5	Minnesota North Stars	4–1	Series tied 1–1	Recap
3	April 7	@ Minnesota North Stars	0–5	North Stars lead 2–1	Recap
4	April 8	@ Minnesota North Stars	3–0	Series tied 2–2	Recap
5	April 10	Minnesota North Stars	3–2 OT	Flyers lead 3–2	Recap
6	April 12	@ Minnesota North Stars	4–1	Flyers win 4–2	Recap

Semifinals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Canadiens win 4–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Series	Recap
1	April 14	@ Montreal Canadiens	5–4 OT	Flyers lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 16	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–4 OT	Series tied 1–1	Recap
3	April 19	Montreal Canadiens	1–2	Canadiens lead 2–1	Recap
4	April 22	Montreal Canadiens	1–4	Canadiens lead 3–1	Recap
5	April 24	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–5	Canadiens 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.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
16	Bobby Clarke	C	78	37	67	104	32	80	11	2	6	8	−1	6
19	Rick MacLeish	C	78	50	50	100	15	69	10	3	4	7	−2	2
12	Gary Dornhoefer	RW	77	30	49	79	17	168	11	3	3	6	0	16
21	Bill Flett	RW	69	43	31	74	31	53	11	3	4	7	−2	0
7	Bill Barber	LW	69	30	34	64	10	46	11	3	2	5	−2	22
18	Ross Lonsberry	LW	77	21	29	50	6	59	11	4	3	7	−1	9
23	Tom Bladon	D	78	11	31	42	9	26	11	0	4	4	−3	2
17	Simon Nolet	RW	70	16	20	36	−3	6	11	3	1	4	1	4
10	Bill Clement	C	73	14	14	28	−11	51	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	Joe Watson	D	63	2	24	26	30	46	11	0	2	2	2	12
28	Andre Dupont†	D	46	3	20	23	8	164	11	1	2	3	−4	29
11	Don Saleski	RW	78	12	9	21	−20	205	11	1	2	3	1	4
9	Bob Kelly	LW	77	10	11	21	1	238	11	0	1	1	0	8
8	Dave Schultz	LW	76	9	12	21	4	259	11	1	0	1	−2	51
4	Barry Ashbee	D	64	1	17	18	−2	106	11	0	4	4	3	20
5	Brent Hughes‡	D	29	2	11	13	−8	32	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Jean Potvin‡	D	35	3	9	12	−1	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Ed Van Impe	D	72	1	11	12	22	76	11	0	0	0	−3	16
6	Wayne Hillman	D	74	0	10	10	16	33	8	0	0	0	1	0
29	Terry Crisp†	C	12	1	5	6	4	2	11	3	2	5	−1	2
20	Pierre Plante‡	RW	2	0	3	3	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Doug Favell	G	44	0	2	2		4	11	0	0	0		2
35	Michel Belhumeur	G	23	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0		0
30	Bobby Taylor	G	23	0	1	1		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Larry Wright	C	9	0	1	1	−3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Willie Brossart	D	4	0	1	1	−5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Orest Kindrachuk	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Jimmy Watson	D	4	0	1	1	−1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0

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
1	Doug Favell	44	39	20	15	4	1365	114	2.83	.916	3	2,413	11	11	5	6	359	29	2.61	.919	1	666
35	Michel Belhumeur	23	19	9	7	3	617	60	3.23	.903	0	1,115	1	0	0	0	9	1	5.94	.889	0	10
30	Bobby Taylor	23	20	8	8	4	697	78	4.10	.888	0	1,141	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient
League (annual)	Hart Memorial Trophy	Bobby Clarke
League (annual)	NHL second All-Star team	Bobby Clarke (Center)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bobby Clarke
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Gary Dornhoefer

Records

Among the team records set during the 1972–73 season was a road losing streak of eight games from October 25 to November 26, which was later matched during the 1987–88 season. On February 13, Rick MacLeish became the first Flyer to score four goals in a game, a team record that has been tied but not surpassed in regular season play several times since. MacLeish's three goals in the second period of that game also tied the team record and the 19 minutes and 47 seconds it took him to score all four goals is the fastest four-goal game in team history. A few weeks later on March 4, MacLeish scored four goals in a game again, this time also tying the team record for points in a single period (4). On March 31, the Flyers scored a team record eight goals during the second period of a game against the New York Islanders. During a 4–1 win over the Minnesota North Stars on April 5, Barry Ashbee became the first Flyer to record three assists in a period during a playoff game. The victory was the Flyers first playoff win since game six of their 1968 series against the St. Louis Blues, snapping a franchise record ten game playoff losing streak.

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date
First game	Tom Bladon	October 7, 1972
	Bill Barber	October 29, 1972
	Orest Kindrachuk	November 9, 1972
	Michel Belhumeur	November 15, 1972
	Jimmy Watson	February 20, 1973

Franchise firsts

Milestone	Player	Date
4-goal game	Rick MacLeish	February 13, 1973
40-goal season	Rick MacLeish	March 4, 1973
100-point season	Bobby Clarke	March 29, 1973
50-goal season	Rick MacLeish	April 1, 1973
Shutout, playoffs	Doug Favell	April 8, 1973

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 12, 1972, the day after the deciding game of the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 10, 1973, the day of the deciding game of the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details
June 8, 1972 (1972-06-08)	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Minnesota North Stars 10th-round pick in 1972
August 10, 1972 (1972-08-10)	To Philadelphia Flyers John McKenzie	To Boston Bruins cash
December 14, 1972 (1972-12-14)	To Philadelphia Flyers Andre Dupont 3rd-round pick in 1973	To St. Louis Blues Brent Hughes Pierre Plante
March 5, 1973 (1973-03-05)	To Philadelphia Flyers Terry Crisp	To New York Islanders Jean Potvin Player to be named later
May 1973 (1973-05)	To Philadelphia Flyers Jim Stanfield	To Portland Buckaroos (WHL) cash

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
September 1972 (1972-09)	Jack McIlhargey	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)	Free agency

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via
May 25, 1972 (1972-05-25)	Dick Sarrazin	New England Whalers (WHA)	Free agency
May 30, 1972 (1972-05-30)	Earl Heiskala	Los Angeles Sharks (WHA)	Free agency
June 6, 1972 (1972-06-06)	Larry Hale	Atlanta Flames	Expansion draft
	Eddie Joyal	Alberta Oilers (WHA)	Free agency
	Jim Mair	New York Islanders	Expansion draft
	Lew Morrison	Atlanta Flames	Expansion draft
June 8, 1972 (1972-06-08)	Andre Gaudette	Richmond Robins (AHL)	Reverse draft
June 8, 1972 (1972-06-08)	Hank Nowak	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Reverse draft
June 28, 1972 (1972-06-28)	Michel Parizeau	Quebec Nordiques (WHA)	Free agency
July 19, 1972 (1972-07-19)	Ralph MacSweyn	Los Angeles Sharks (WHA)	Free agency
August 8, 1972 (1972-08-08)	Don McLeod	Houston Aeros (WHA)	Free agency
August 29, 1972 (1972-08-29)	Jean-Guy Gendron	Quebec Nordiques (WHA)	Free agency

Signings

Date	Player	Term
May 21, 1972 (1972-05-21)	Dave Schultz	2-year
May 22, 1972 (1972-05-22)	Rick Foley	3-year
	Bob Kelly	2-year
	Simon Nolet	multi-year
May 24, 1972 (1972-05-24)	Rick MacLeish	3-year
May 26, 1972 (1972-05-26)	Bill Clement	2-year
May 26, 1972 (1972-05-26)	Joe Watson	2-year
May 31, 1972 (1972-05-31)	Don Saleski	2-year
June 2, 1972 (1972-06-02)	Michel Belhumeur	3-year
	Gary Dornhoefer	3-year
	Ross Lonsberry	multi-year
	Lew Morrison	2-year
	Jean Potvin	multi-year
	Ed Van Impe	multi-year
June 5, 1972 (1972-06-05)	Doug Favell	3-year
June 19, 1972 (1972-06-19)	Bill Flett	3-year
June 20, 1972 (1972-06-20)	Bill Barber	3-year
	Tom Bladon	3-year
	Al MacAdam	2-year
	Jimmy Watson	2-year
August 15, 1972 (1972-08-15)	Barry Ashbee	3-year
	Yvon Bilodeau
	Willie Brossart
	Bob Currier	2-year
	Rene Drolet
	Andre Gaudette
	Wayne Hillman
	Orest Kindrachuk
	Roger Kosar
	Danny Schock
	Tom Trevelyan
September 12, 1972 (1972-09-12)	Brent Hughes

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1972 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, on June 8, 1972. The Flyers traded their tenth round pick, 148th overall, to the Minnesota North Stars for cash during the draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	7	Bill Barber	Left wing	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2	23	Tom Bladon	Defense	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
3	39	Jimmy Watson	Defense	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4	55	Al MacAdam	Right wing	Canada	Charlottetown Islanders (MJHL)
5	71	Daryl Fedorak	Goaltender	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
6	87	Dave Hasting	Goaltender	Canada	Charlottetown Islanders (MJHL)
7	103	Serge Beaudoin	Defense	Canada	Trois-Rivières Ducs (QMJHL)
8	119	Pat Russell	Right wing	Canada	Vancouver Nats (WCHL)
9	135	Ray Boutin	Goaltender	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)

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.

Notes

Dornhoefer also wore number 24 in a number of road games.
Nolet also wore number 7 in one game and number 22 in a number of road games.
^ Belhumeur wore number 30 in his first four games.
Wright wore number 20 in his sixth game.
The Flyers sent Glen Irwin to New York on May 18, 1973, to complete trade.
Flyers retained NHL rights

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See also	Amateur draft Expansion draft Intra-league draft Summit Series All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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