1969–70 Philadelphia Flyers season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=1969–70
Team=Philadelphia Flyers
Division=West
DivisionRank=5th
Record=17–35–24
HomeRecord=11–14–13
RoadRecord=6–21–11
GoalsFor=197
GoalsAgainst=225
GeneralManager=Bud Poile (Oct-Dec)
Keith Allen
Coach=Vic Stasiuk
Captain=Ed Van Impe
AltCaptain=Dick Cherry
Arena=The Spectrum
Attendance=13,372 [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/attend.cgi All Time Team Attendance] ]
GoalsLeader=Gary Dornhoefer (26)
AssistsLeader=Andre Lacroix (36)
PointsLeader=Andre Lacroix (58)
PIMLeader=Earl Heiskala (171)
PlusMinusLeader=Simon Nolet (+12)
WinsLeader=Bernie Parent (13)
GAALeader=Bernie Parent (2.79)The 1969–70 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers third season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

The Flyers took a chance when they selected a 19-year-old diabetic from Flin Flon, Manitoba named Bobby Clarke with their second draft pick, 17th overall, in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft. By the time training camp came around it was clear that Clarke was the best player on the team, and he quickly became a fan favorite. His 15 goals and 31 assists earned him a trip to the NHL All-Star Game. Despite his arrival, the team struggled in 1969–70 recording a franchise worst (as of completion of the 2006–07 season) in wins (17). Even with such a bad output, the Flyers had a seven-point lead on the Oakland Seals with six games to play. However, the Flyers lost their last six games and Oakland made up the deficit. They lost the tiebreaker for the final playoff spot to Oakland, missing the playoffs for the first time.

Regular season

eason standings

Game log

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Playoffs

"The Flyers did not qualify for the post-season."

Player stats

katers

"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes"

Records

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Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec. [hockeydb.com, [http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1969a.html 1969 NHL Amateur Draft] ]

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL, the Flint Generals of the IHL, and the Jersey Devils of the EHL. [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/otheraffiliates.cgi Non-AHL Affiliates] ] [FlyersHistory.net, [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/ml-season.cgi?1969-70 AHL Season Overview: 1969–70] ]

ee also

*1969–70 NHL season

References

*General: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/season.cgi?1969-70 1969–70 Flyers season] on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/games.cgi?1969-70 Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log] on FlyersHistory.net