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1978-79 Philadelphia Flyers Roster and Statistics

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Record: 40-25-15 (95 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bob McCammon (22-17-11), Pat Quinn (18-8-4)

Goals For: 281 (7th of 17), Goals Against: 248 (3rd of 17)
SRS: 0.52 (5th of 17), SOS: 0.11 (1st of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus New York Rangers
Won Preliminary Round (2-1) versus Vancouver Canucks

Team Statistics

Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Philadelphia Flyers 80 40 25 15 95 .594 281 248 0.52 0.11 6.61 59 232 25.43 73 344 78.78 16 2
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
7 Bill Barber LW 26 6-0 195 L/- 6 July 11, 1952 34 G, 46 A, 80 P
31-38 Frank Bathe D 24 6-1 185 L/- 3 September 27, 1954 1 G, 3 A, 4 P
10 Mel Bridgman C 23 6-0 190 L/- 3 April 28, 1955 24 G, 35 A, 59 P
28 Drew Callander C 22 6-2 185 R/- 2 August 17, 1956 2 G, 1 A, 3 P
16 Bobby Clarke C 29 5-10 185 L/- 9 August 13, 1949 16 G, 57 A, 73 P
44 Glen Cochrane D 21 6-2 205 L/- R January 29, 1958 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
2 Bob Dailey D 25 6-5 220 R/- 5 May 3, 1953 9 G, 30 A, 39 P
29 Barry Dean LW 23 6-1 195 L/- 2 February 26, 1955 4 G, 13 A, 17 P
32 Blake Dunlop C 25 5-10 170 R/- 5 April 4, 1953 20 G, 28 A, 48 P
6 Andre Dupont D 29 6-0 200 L/- 8 July 27, 1949 3 G, 9 A, 12 P
23 Paul Evans C 24 5-9 185 L/- R May 2, 1954 6 G, 5 A, 11 P
22 Tom Gorence RW 21 6-0 190 R/- R March 11, 1957 13 G, 6 A, 19 P
15-37 Al Hill LW 23 6-1 175 L/- 2 April 22, 1955 5 G, 11 A, 16 P
17 Paul Holmgren RW 23 6-3 210 R/- 3 December 2, 1955 19 G, 10 A, 29 P
8 Dave Hoyda LW 21 6-1 205 L/- 1 May 20, 1957 3 G, 13 A, 16 P
9 Bob Kelly LW 28 5-10 200 L/- 8 November 25, 1950 7 G, 31 A, 38 P
5 Rick Lapointe D 23 6-2 200 L/- 3 August 2, 1955 3 G, 18 A, 21 P
27 Reggie Leach RW 28 6-0 180 R/- 8 April 23, 1950 34 G, 20 A, 54 P
26 Ken Linseman C 20 5-11 180 L/- R August 11, 1958 5 G, 20 A, 25 P
15 Danny Lucas LW 20 6-1 197 L/- R February 28, 1958 1 G, 0 A, 1 P
19 Rick MacLeish LW 29 5-11 185 L/- 8 January 3, 1950 26 G, 32 A, 58 P
25 Kevin McCarthy D 21 5-11 195 R/- 1 July 14, 1957 1 G, 2 A, 3 P
39 Robbie Moore G 24 5-5 155 -/R R May 3, 1954 3-0-1, 1.77 GAA
24 Terry Murray D 28 6-2 190 R/- 5 July 20, 1950 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
1 Bernie Parent G 33 5-10 180 -/L 12 April 3, 1945 16-12-7, 2.70 GAA
33 Pete Peeters G 21 6-1 195 -/L R August 17, 1957 1-2-1, 3.43 GAA
18 Yves Preston LW 22 5-11 180 L/- R June 14, 1956 3 G, 1 A, 4 P
11 Don Saleski RW 29 6-3 205 R/- 7 November 10, 1949 11 G, 5 A, 16 P
30 Rick St. Croix G 24 5-10 160 -/L 1 January 3, 1955 0-1-1, 3.08 GAA
35 Wayne Stephenson G 34 5-9 175 -/L 7 January 29, 1945 20-10-5, 3.35 GAA
28-43 Dennis Ververgaert RW 25 6-0 185 R/- 5 March 30, 1953 9 G, 7 A, 16 P
20 Jimmy Watson D 26 6-0 195 L/- 6 August 19, 1952 9 G, 13 A, 22 P
3 Behn Wilson D 20 6-3 210 L/- R December 19, 1958 13 G, 36 A, 49 P

Scoring Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Bill Barber LW 26 79 34 46 80 31 19 22 18 10 6 4 25 2 19 258 13.2 5.8 1.5 7.3
2 Bobby Clarke C 29 80 16 57 73 25 12 68 10 5 1 1 32 5 20 143 11.2 3.7 1.3 5.1
3 Mel Bridgman C 23 76 24 35 59 23 14 184 24 0 0 3 29 2 4 157 15.3 3.4 1.3 4.8
4 Rick MacLeish LW 29 71 26 32 58 23 4 47 14 7 5 4 23 0 9 211 12.3 3.7 1.0 4.7
5 Reggie Leach RW 28 76 34 20 54 24 -3 20 21 13 0 6 14 0 6 279 12.2 3.8 0.8 4.7
6 Behn Wilson D 20 80 13 36 49 17 13 197 7 6 0 2 22 1 13 174 7.5 3.2 4.9 8.0
7 Blake Dunlop C 25 66 20 28 48 19 27 16 15 5 0 5 21 4 3 122 16.4 2.7 1.6 4.2
8 Bob Dailey D 25 70 9 30 39 13 21 63 8 1 0 1 16 1 13 164 5.5 2.3 4.8 7.1
9 Bob Kelly LW 28 77 7 31 38 12 15 132 6 1 0 0 30 0 1 85 8.2 0.4 1.4 1.8
10 Paul Holmgren RW 23 57 19 10 29 13 2 168 15 4 0 3 7 0 3 122 15.6 1.4 0.8 2.2
11 Ken Linseman C 20 30 5 20 25 8 16 23 4 1 0 1 14 1 5 57 8.8 1.1 0.8 2.0
12 Jimmy Watson D 26 77 9 13 22 9 11 52 7 0 2 0 12 0 1 112 8.0 0.8 4.6 5.4
13 Rick Lapointe D 23 77 3 18 21 7 15 53 1 1 1 0 15 1 2 75 4.0 0.2 4.8 5.1
14 Tom Gorence RW 21 42 13 6 19 9 16 10 12 1 0 3 5 1 0 85 15.3 0.8 1.0 1.8
15 Barry Dean LW 23 30 4 13 17 6 -1 20 4 0 0 1 9 0 4 52 7.7 0.4 0.3 0.8
16 Don Saleski RW 29 35 11 5 16 7 3 14 9 1 1 2 4 0 1 75 14.7 0.7 0.5 1.2
17 Dennis Ververgaert RW 25 37 9 7 16 7 -4 6 7 2 0 1 6 0 1 54 16.7 0.5 0.3 0.8
18 Al Hill LW 23 31 5 11 16 6 5 28 4 1 0 1 11 0 0 44 11.4 0.4 0.5 0.9
19 Dave Hoyda LW 21 67 3 13 16 5 2 138 3 0 0 0 13 0 0 37 8.1 -1.3 0.9 -0.4
20 Andre Dupont D 29 77 3 9 12 4 21 135 3 0 0 0 7 1 1 128 2.3 -0.5 5.2 4.7
21 Paul Evans C 24 44 6 5 11 5 -3 12 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 39 15.4 -0.5 0.4 0.0
22 Yves Preston LW 22 9 3 1 4 2 -2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 42.9 0.2 0.1 0.2
23 Frank Bathe D 24 21 1 3 4 1 9 76 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 10.0 -0.1 1.6 1.5
24 Drew Callander C 22 15 2 1 3 1 -1 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 9.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.1
25 Kevin McCarthy D 21 22 1 2 3 1 2 21 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 6.3 -0.2 1.2 1.1
26 Bernie Parent G 33 36 0 2 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7.4
27 Danny Lucas LW 20 6 1 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
28 Robbie Moore G 24 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.2
29 Wayne Stephenson G 34 40 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6.3
30 Glen Cochrane D 21 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
31 Terry Murray D 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 -0.1 0.3 0.1
32 Pete Peeters G 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.8
33 Rick St. Croix G 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.4
Team Total 80 281 456 737 209 1526 206 59 16 40 2539 11.1 32.6 42.1 90.8

Goalies Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN GPS
1 Wayne Stephenson G 34 40 20 10 5 122 3.35 2 2187 6.3
2 Bernie Parent G 33 36 16 12 7 89 2.70 4 1979 7.4
3 Robbie Moore G 24 5 3 0 1 7 1.77 2 237 1.2
4 Pete Peeters G 21 5 1 2 1 16 3.43 0 280 0.8
5 Rick St. Croix G 24 2 0 1 1 6 3.08 0 117 0.4
Team Total 80 40 25 15 240 3.00 8 4800 16.0

Scoring Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI
1 Ken Linseman C 20 8 2 6 8 3 22 2 0 0 1
2 Bill Barber LW 26 8 3 4 7 3 10 3 0 0 0
3 Reggie Leach RW 28 8 5 1 6 3 0 2 3 0 2
4 Bobby Clarke C 29 8 2 4 6 2 8 1 1 0 0
5 Paul Holmgren RW 23 8 1 5 6 2 22 1 0 0 0
6 Tom Gorence RW 21 7 3 1 4 2 0 2 1 0 0
7 Mel Bridgman C 23 8 1 2 3 1 17 1 0 0 0
8 Bob Dailey D 25 8 1 2 3 1 14 1 0 0 0
9 Blake Dunlop C 25 8 1 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 0
10 Bob Kelly LW 28 8 1 1 2 1 10 0 1 0 0
11 Dennis Ververgaert RW 25 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
12 Jimmy Watson D 26 8 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
13 Frank Bathe D 24 6 1 0 1 1 12 1 0 0 0
14 Al Hill LW 23 7 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
15 Behn Wilson D 20 5 1 0 1 1 8 1 0 0 0
16 Rick Lapointe D 23 7 0 1 1 0 14 0 0 0 0
17 Rick MacLeish LW 29 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Robbie Moore G 24 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
19 Norm Barnes D 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Andre Dupont D 29 8 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
21 Dave Hoyda LW 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Wayne Stephenson G 34 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Team Total 8 23 34 57 171 17 6 0 3

Goalies Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN
1 Robbie Moore G 24 5 3 2 18 4.03 0 268
2 Wayne Stephenson G 34 4 0 3 16 4.51 0 213
Team Total 8 3 5 34 4.24 0 481