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)

Captain: Bobby Clarke

Primary Arena: The Spectrum

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) to New York Rangers
Won Preliminary Round (2-1) over Vancouver Canucks

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Philadelphia Flyers	80	40	25	15	95	.594	281	248	0.52	0.11	3.51	3.10	59	232	25.43	73	344	78.78	16	2	2538	11.1	2046	.879		8
League Average	80	33	33	13	80	.500	280	280					61	271	22.70	61	271	77.30	7	7	2351	11.9	2351	.881		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Philadelphia Flyers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

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

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Bill Barber*	26	LW	79	34	46	80	20	22	18	10	6	4	24	20	2	258	13.2			5.8	1.5	7.3
2	Bobby Clarke*	29	C	80	16	57	73	12	68	10	5	1	1	32	20	5	143	11.2			3.7	1.3	5.1
3	Mel Bridgman	23	C	76	24	35	59	14	184	24	0	0	3	29	4	2	157	15.3			3.4	1.3	4.8
4	Rick MacLeish	29	LW	71	26	32	58	4	47	14	7	5	4	23	9	0	211	12.3			3.7	1.0	4.7
5	Reggie Leach	28	RW	76	34	20	54	-3	20	21	13	0	6	14	6	0	279	12.2			3.8	0.8	4.7
6	Behn Wilson	20	D	80	13	36	49	14	197	7	6	0	2	21	14	1	174	7.5			3.2	4.9	8.1
7	Blake Dunlop	25	C	66	20	28	48	26	16	15	5	0	5	21	3	4	122	16.4			2.7	1.6	4.2
8	Bob Dailey	25	D	70	9	30	39	20	63	8	1	0	1	16	13	1	164	5.5			2.3	4.8	7.0
9	Bob Kelly	28	LW	77	7	31	38	15	132	6	1	0	0	30	1	0	85	8.2			0.4	1.4	1.8
10	Paul Holmgren	23	RW	57	19	10	29	2	168	15	4	0	3	7	3	0	122	15.6			1.4	0.8	2.2
11	Ken Linseman	20	C	30	5	20	25	16	23	4	1	0	1	14	5	1	57	8.8			1.1	0.8	2.0
12	Jimmy Watson	26	D	77	9	13	22	11	52	7	0	2	0	12	1	0	112	8.0			0.8	4.6	5.4
13	Rick Lapointe	23	D	77	3	18	21	15	53	1	1	1	0	15	2	1	75	4.0			0.2	4.8	5.1
14	Tom Gorence	21	RW	42	13	6	19	16	10	12	1	0	3	5	0	1	85	15.3			0.8	1.0	1.8
15	Barry Dean	23	LW	30	4	13	17	-1	20	4	0	0	1	9	4	0	52	7.7			0.4	0.3	0.8
16	Don Saleski	29	RW	35	11	5	16	3	14	9	1	1	2	4	1	0	75	14.7			0.7	0.5	1.2
17	Dennis Ververgaert	25	RW	37	9	7	16	-4	6	7	2	0	1	6	1	0	54	16.7			0.5	0.3	0.8
18	Al Hill	23	LW	31	5	11	16	5	28	4	1	0	1	11	0	0	43	11.6			0.4	0.5	0.9
19	Dave Hoyda	21	LW	67	3	13	16	2	138	3	0	0	0	13	0	0	37	8.1			-1.3	0.9	-0.4
20	André Dupont	29	D	77	3	9	12	21	135	3	0	0	0	7	1	1	128	2.3			-0.5	5.2	4.7
21	Paul Evans	24	C	44	6	5	11	-3	12	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	39	15.4			-0.5	0.4	0.0
22	Yves Preston	22	LW	9	3	1	4	-2	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	42.9			0.2	0.1	0.2
23	Frank Bathe	24	D	21	1	3	4	9	76	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	10	10.0			-0.1	1.6	1.5
24	Drew Callander	22	C	15	2	1	3	-1	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	9.1			-0.2	0.2	-0.1
25	Kevin McCarthy	21	D	22	1	2	3	2	21	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	6.3			-0.2	1.2	1.1
26	Bernie Parent*	33	G	36	0	2	2	0	8				0	2			0		1971	54:45	0.0	0.0	7.4
27	Danny Lucas	20	LW	6	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
28	Robbie Moore	24	G	5	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		237	47:28	0.0	0.0	1.2
29	Wayne Stephenson	34	G	40	0	1	1	0	2				0	1			0		2182	54:33	0.0	0.0	6.3
30	Glen Cochrane	21	D	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.1	-0.1
31	Terry Murray	28	D	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.1	0.3	0.1
32	Pete Peeters	21	G	5	0	0	0	0	6				0	0			0		277	55:20	0.0	0.0	0.8
33	Rick St. Croix	24	G	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		117	58:30	0.0	0.0	0.4
	Team Total			80	281	456	737	209	1526	206	59	16	40	328	109	19	2538	11.1			32.6	42.1	90.7

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Wayne Stephenson	34	40		20	10	5	122	946	824	.871	3.36	2	2182				110	-10.9	2.92	6.3
2	Bernie Parent*	33	36		16	12	7	89	834	745	.893	2.71	4	1971				91	8.9	2.34	7.4
3	Robbie Moore	24	5		3	0	1	7	96	89	.927	1.77	2	237						1.52	1.2
4	Pete Peeters	21	5		1	2	1	16	109	93	.853	3.47	0	277						3.04	0.8
5	Rick St. Croix	24	2		0	1	1	6	53	47	.887	3.08	0	117						2.56	0.4
	Team Total				40	25	15	240	2038	1798	.882	3.01	8	4784				100	-0.7	2.61	16.0