1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' ninth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the third consecutive year, but they lost to the Montreal Canadiens in a four-game sweep.

1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers
Campbell Conference champions
Patrick Division champions
Division	1st Patrick
Conference	1st Campbell
1975–76 record	51–13–16
Home record	36–2–2
Road record	15–11–14
Goals for	348 (1st)
Goals against	209 (3rd)
Team information
General manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Fred Shero
Captain	Bobby Clarke
Alternate captains	None[a]
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	17,077[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Richmond Robins Philadelphia Firebirds
Team leaders
Goals	Reggie Leach (61)
Assists	Bobby Clarke (89)
Points	Bobby Clarke (119)
Penalty minutes	Dave Schultz (307)
Plus/minus	Bobby Clarke (+83)
Wins	Wayne Stephenson (40)
Goals against average	Gary Inness (1.51)
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Regular season

The Flyers recorded the best record in team history (points wise) with a record of 51–13–16 in 1975–76. They also tied the record set by the 1929–30 Boston Bruins for most consecutive home ice wins, with 20.^[b] The 1975–76 Flyers continue to hold the all-time records for most regulation wins at home^[c] The LCB line, featuring Reggie Leach at right-wing, Bobby Clarke at center, and Bill Barber at left-wing, set an NHL record for goals by a single line with 141 (Leach 61, Clarke 30, Barber 50). Clarke, on his way to a third Hart Trophy, set a club record for points in one season with 119.

The highlight of the season had no bearing on the season standings. On January 11 at the Spectrum, the Flyers, as part of the Super Series '76, played a memorable exhibition game against the Soviet Union's dominant Central Red Army team. As the Bullies had put intimidation to good use the past three years, the Flyers' rugged style of play led the Soviets to leave the ice midway through the first period, protesting a hit by Ed Van Impe on Valeri Kharlamov (whom Clarke had slashed on the ankle in the famous Summit Series '72). After some delay, the Soviets returned after they were warned that they would lose their salary for the entire series. The Flyers went on to win the game rather easily, 4–1, and were the only team to defeat the Red Army outright in the series. Head coach Fred Shero would proclaim, "Yes we are world champions. If they had won, they would have been world champions. We beat the hell out of a machine."^[7]

Season standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	51	13	16	348	209	118
New York Islanders	80	42	21	17	297	190	101
Atlanta Flames	80	35	33	12	262	237	82
New York Rangers	80	29	42	9	262	333	67

^[8]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Patrick Division 1975–76 NHL records Team ATL NYI NYR PHI Total Atlanta — 1–1–4 3–2–1 1–4–1 5–7–6 N.Y. Islanders 1–1–4 — 4–2 4–2 9–5–4 N.Y. Rangers 2–3–1 2–4 — 1–5 5–12–1 Philadelphia 4–1–1 2–4 5–1 — 11–6–1 Vs. Smythe Division 1975–76 NHL records Team CHI KCS MIN STL VAN Total Atlanta 2–2–1 5–0 4–1 1–3–1 3–0–2 15–6–4 N.Y. Islanders 3–1–1 2–0–3 4–1 4–0–1 0–3–2 13–5–7 N.Y. Rangers 2–0–3 4–1 4–1 3–2 3–1–1 16–5–4 Philadelphia 2–1–2 5–0 3–0–2 3–1–1 4–0–1 17–2–6 Vs. Adams Division 1975–76 NHL records Team BOS BUF CAL TOR Total Atlanta 2–3 1–2–1 3–1 2–2 8–8–1 N.Y. Islanders 0–2–2 2–2 3–1 3–1–1 8–6–3 N.Y. Rangers 1–3 0–2–3 1–3 0–4 2–12–3 Philadelphia 1–2–1 3–0–1 4–0–1 3–0–1 11–2–4 Vs. Norris Division 1975–76 NHL records[9] Team DET LAK MTL PIT WSH Total Atlanta 1–3 1–3 0–4 1–2–1 4–0 7–12–1 N.Y. Islanders 3–1 2–1–1 1–2–1 2–1–1 4–0 12–5–3 N.Y. Rangers 3–1 0–4 0–3–1 1–3 2–2 6–13–1 Philadelphia 2–2 2–0–2 2–1–1 3–0–1 3–0–1 12–3–5

Playoffs

Heading into the playoffs, the Flyers squeaked past Toronto in seven games and defeated Boston in five games, Game 5 featuring a five-goal outburst by Leach, the Riverton Rifle, to head to a third straight appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals. However, the Flyers didn't come close to a third straight championship, as they ran into an up-and-coming dynasty in Montreal, and were swept in four straight games. Despite the loss, Leach was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy for scoring 19 goals in 16 playoff games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1975–76 regular season[10]
October: 7–1–2, 16 points (home: 5–0–0; road: 2–1–2) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 1 October 9 5–4 Washington Capitals Stephenson 1–0–0 2 W 2 October 11 9–5 @ Minnesota North Stars Stephenson 2–0–0 4 W 3 October 12 4–1 California Golden Seals Stephenson 3–0–0 6 W 4 October 16 3–2 St. Louis Blues Stephenson 4–0–0 8 W 5 October 18 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens Stephenson 4–0–1 9 T 6 October 19 5–1 Detroit Red Wings Stephenson 5–0–1 11 W 7 October 23 0–3 @ New York Islanders Stephenson 5–1–1 11 L 8 October 25 4–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Stephenson 5–1–2 12 T 9 October 26 7–2 @ New York Rangers Stephenson 6–1–2 14 W 10 October 30 6–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Stephenson 7–1–2 16 W
November: 9–2–4, 22 points (home: 8–1–2; road: 1–1–2) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 11 November 1 8–1 Boston Bruins Stephenson 8–1–2 18 W 12 November 2 10–0 Kansas City Scouts Stephenson 9–1–2 20 W 13 November 5 4–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks Stephenson 9–1–3 21 T 14 November 6 1–1 Los Angeles Kings Stephenson 9–1–4 22 T 15 November 8 3–4 New York Islanders Stephenson 9–2–4 22 L 16 November 9 6–4 Pittsburgh Penguins Stephenson 10–2–4 24 W 17 November 12 3–1 @ Buffalo Sabres Stephenson 11–2–4 26 W 18 November 13 5–5 Chicago Black Hawks Stephenson 11–2–5 27 T 19 November 15 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings Stephenson 11–3–5 27 L 20 November 16 3–1 Montreal Canadiens Stephenson 12–3–5 29 W 21 November 20 3–2 California Golden Seals Stephenson 13–3–5 31 W 22 November 22 4–2 New York Rangers Stephenson 14–3–5 33 W 23 November 26 7–3 Atlanta Flames Stephenson 15–3–5 35 W 24 November 29 1–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Stephenson 15–3–6 36 T 25 November 30 5–3 Vancouver Canucks Stephenson 16–3–6 38 W
December: 6–3–2, 14 points (home: 3–1–0; road: 3–2–2) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 26 December 4 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks Stephenson 17–3–6 40 W 27 December 6 2–7 @ St. Louis Blues Stephenson 17–4–6 40 L 28 December 7 6–1 Minnesota North Stars Stephenson 18–4–6 42 W 29 December 10 1–1 @ California Golden Seals Stephenson 18–4–7 43 T 30 December 13 6–4 @ Los Angeles Kings Stephenson 19–4–7 45 W 31 December 17 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks Stephenson 20–4–7 47 W 32 December 19 7–5 @ Washington Capitals Stephenson 21–4–7 49 W 33 December 21 8–3 St. Louis Blues Stephenson 22–4–7 51 W 34 December 23 2–2 @ Atlanta Flames Stephenson 22–4–8 52 T 35 December 28 2–4 Boston Bruins Stephenson 22–5–8 52 L 36 December 30 2–6 @ New York Islanders Stephenson 22–6–8 52 L
January: 8–4–2, 18 points (home: 4–0–0; road: 4–4–2) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 37 January 1 4–2 @ Kansas City Scouts Taylor 23–6–8 54 W 38 January 3 8–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins Taylor 24–6–8 56 W 39 January 4 5–3 New York Islanders Stephenson 25–6–8 58 W 40 January 7 7–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Stephenson 26–6–8 60 W 41 January 8 6–4 Los Angeles Kings Stephenson 27–6–8 62 W —[a] January 11 4–1 HC CSKA Moscow Stephenson W[11] 42 January 15 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Stephenson 28–6–8 64 W 43 January 17 7–1 @ Kansas City Scouts Taylor 29–6–8 66 W 44 January 18 0–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks Stephenson 29–7–8 66 L 45 January 22 7–2 Atlanta Flames Stephenson 30–7–8 68 W 46 January 24 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens Stephenson 30–8–8 68 L 47 January 25 3–5 @ Boston Bruins Stephenson 30–9–8 68 L 48 January 27 4–8 @ Atlanta Flames Taylor 30–10–8 68 L 49 January 29 1–1 @ Buffalo Sabres Stephenson 30–10–9 69 T 50 January 31 3–3 @ Minnesota North Stars Stephenson 30–10–10 70 T Notes: a The final game of the Super Series '76 exhibitions between eight NHL teams and two teams from the Soviet Championship League.
February: 10–0–4, 24 points (home: 7–0–1; road: 3–0–3) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 51 February 5 6–1 Vancouver Canucks Stephenson 31–10–10 72 W 52 February 7 8–2 St. Louis Blues Stephenson 32–10–10 74 W 53 February 8 4–2 New York Islanders Stephenson 33–10–10 76 W 54 February 12 6–1 New York Rangers Stephenson 34–10–10 78 W 55 February 13 5–3 @ New York Rangers Stephenson 35–10–10 80 W 56 February 15 2–1 Montreal Canadiens Stephenson 36–10–10 82 W 57 February 17 2–2 Vancouver Canucks Stephenson 36–10–11 83 T 58 February 18 6–4 @ Vancouver Canucks Stephenson 37–10–11 85 W 59 February 20 5–4 @ California Golden Seals Stephenson 38–10–11 87 W 60 February 21 3–3 @ Los Angeles Kings Stephenson 38–10–12 88 T 61 February 24 5–5 @ Washington Capitals Parent 38–10–13 89 T 62 February 26 3–2 Minnesota North Stars Stephenson 39–10–13 91 W 63 February 28 2–2 @ St. Louis Blues Stephenson 39–10–14 92 T 64 February 29 6–1 California Golden Seals Stephenson 40–10–14 94 W
March: 9–2–2, 20 points (home: 7–0–0; road: 2–2–2) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 65 March 4 6–1 @ Kansas City Scouts Parent 41–10–14 96 W 66 March 6 6–1 Detroit Red Wings Stephenson 42–10–14 98 W 67 March 7 4–1 Kansas City Scouts Parent 43–10–14 100 W 68 March 11 6–1 Buffalo Sabres Stephenson 44–10–14 102 W 69 March 14 6–1 Atlanta Flames Parent 45–10–14 104 W 70 March 16 4–2 @ Atlanta Flames Parent 46–10–14 106 W 71 March 18 3–2 Vancouver Canucks Stephenson 47–10–14 108 W 72 March 20 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings Parent 47–11–14 108 L 73 March 21 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Parent 48–11–14 110 W 74 March 23 3–3 @ Minnesota North Stars Stephenson 48–11–15 111 T 75 March 25 4–1 New York Rangers Inness 49–11–15 113 W 76 March 27 4–4 @ Boston Bruins Parent 49–11–16 114 T 77 March 29 1–5 @ New York Islanders Stephenson 49–12–16 114 L
April: 2–1–0, 4 points (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Decision Record Points Recap 78 April 1 11–2 Washington Capitals Inness 50–12–16 116 W 79 April 3 5–2 Buffalo Sabres Parent 51–12–16 118 W 80 April 4 0–2 @ New York Rangers Parent 51–13–16 118 L
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1976 Stanley Cup playoffs[10]
Quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Flyers win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Decision Series Recap 1 April 12 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Parent Flyers lead 1–0 W 2 April 13 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Parent Flyers lead 2–0 W 3 April 15 4–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Parent Flyers lead 2–1 L 4 April 17 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Parent Series tied 2–2 L 5 April 20 7–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Parent Flyers lead 3–2 W 6 April 22 5–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs Parent Series tied 3–3 L 7 April 25 7–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Parent Flyers win 4–3 W
Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins – Flyers win 4–1 Game Date Score Opponent Decision Series Recap 1 April 27 2–4 Boston Bruins Parent Bruins lead 1–0 L 2 April 29 2–1 OT Boston Bruins Stephenson Series tied 1–1 W 3 May 2 5–2 @ Boston Bruins Stephenson Flyers lead 2–1 W 4 May 4 4–2 @ Boston Bruins Stephenson Flyers lead 3–1 W 5 May 6 6–3 Boston Bruins Stephenson Flyers win 4–1 W
Stanley Cup Finals vs. Montreal Canadiens – Canadiens win 4–0 Game Date Score Opponent Decision Series Recap 1 May 9 3–4 @ Montreal Canadiens Stephenson Canadiens lead 1–0 L 2 May 11 1–2 @ Montreal Canadiens Stephenson Canadiens lead 2–0 L 3 May 13 2–3 Montreal Canadiens Stephenson Canadiens lead 3–0 L 4 May 16 3–5 Montreal Canadiens Stephenson Canadiens win 4–0 L
Legend: W Win L 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
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
16	Bobby Clarke	C	76	30	89	119	83	136	16	2	14	16	11	28
7	Bill Barber	LW	80	50	62	112	74	104	16	6	7	13	9	18
27	Reggie Leach	RW	80	61	30	91	73	41	16	19	5	24	14	8
26	Orest Kindrachuk	C	76	26	49	75	32	101	16	4	7	11	3	4
12	Gary Dornhoefer	RW	74	28	35	63	14	128	16	3	4	7	0	43
10	Mel Bridgman	C	80	23	27	50	22	86	16	6	8	14	1	31
11	Don Saleski	RW	78	21	26	47	33	68	16	6	5	11	8	47
18	Ross Lonsberry	LW	80	19	28	47	29	87	16	4	3	7	−3	2
19	Rick MacLeish	C	51	22	23	45	6	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Larry Goodenough	D	77	8	34	42	45	83	16	3	11	14	8	6
3	Tom Bladon	D	80	14	23	37	45	68	16	2	6	8	2	14
6	Andre Dupont	D	75	9	27	36	40	214	15	2	2	4	14	46
20	Jimmy Watson	D	79	2	34	36	65	66	16	1	8	9	11	6
8	Dave Schultz	LW	71	13	19	32	24	307	16	2	2	4	7	90
14	Joe Watson	D	78	2	22	24	56	28	16	1	1	2	−1	10
9	Bob Kelly	LW	79	12	8	20	3	125	16	0	2	2	1	44
15	Terry Crisp	C	38	6	9	15	6	28	10	0	5	5	4	2
2	Ed Van Impe‡	D	40	0	8	8	16	60	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Jack McIlhargey	D	57	1	2	3	11	205	15	0	3	3	5	41
21	Larry Wright	C	2	1	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Paul Holmgren	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Gary Inness†	G	2	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Jerome Mrazek	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Terry Murray	D	3	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	1	2	0
1	Bernie Parent	G	11	0	0	0		2	8	0	0	0		0
21	Bob Sirois‡	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Wayne Stephenson	G	66	0	0	0		11	8	0	0	0		0
30	Bobby Taylor‡	G	4	0	0	0		2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

• † = 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	Regular season											Playoffs
		GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Wayne Stephenson	66	64	40	10	14	1774	164	2.58	.908	1	3,811	8	8	4	4	228	22	2.69	.904	0	491
1	Bernie Parent	11	10	6	2	2	259	24	2.35	.907	0	614	8	8	4	4	250	27	3.40	.892	0	477
30	Bobby Taylor‡	4	4	3	1	0	125	15	3.75	.880	0	240	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Gary Inness†	2	2	2	0	0	60	3	1.51	.950	0	120	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Jerome Mrazek	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	9.55	.500	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Conn Smythe Trophy	Reggie Leach	[12]
	Hart Memorial Trophy	Bobby Clarke	[13]
	NHL first All-Star team	Bill Barber (Left wing)	[14]
		Bobby Clarke (Center)
	NHL second All-Star team	Reggie Leach (Right wing)	[14]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bill Barber	[15][16]
		Bobby Clarke[d]
		André Dupont
		Reggie Leach
		Rick MacLeish[d]
		Fred Shero (coach)
		Wayne Stephenson
		Jim Watson
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Jim Watson	[17]
Miscellaneous	Lionel Conacher Award	Bobby Clarke	[18]
	Lou Marsh Trophy	Bobby Clarke	[19]

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records

The LCB line of Reggie Leach, Bobby Clarke, and Bill Barber set a number of franchise records during the 1975–76 season. The trios combined totals of 141 goals and 322 points is the most by one Flyers line.^[20] Leach became the first Flyer to score 60 goals in a season, setting the high mark of 61.^[21] Clarke's 89 assists on the season tied his franchise record from the previous season and his 1.17 assists per game average is a franchise high.^[22][23] Clarke was one of two Flyers to set a record franchise streak, going twelve consecutive games with an assist from March 11 to April 3.^[24] The other was goaltender Wayne Stephenson's 14-game home winning streak from January 4 to March 18.^[25] Barber's 380 shots on goal set a franchise single season high.^[23] The team as a whole set the single season franchise records for most home wins (36, tied for the NHL record), fewest home losses (2), most points (118), and best points percentage (.738).^[26][27][28] Their 20 consecutive home wins from January 4 to April 3 is also a franchise record.^[29] During their April 1 game against the Washington Capitals, the Flyers recorded a franchise single game high 62 shots on goal.^[30]

The Flyers set a number of franchise records during their quarterfinal series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. During game three on April 15, the team recorded 30 penalties and 107 penalty minutes, including 17 penalties during the second period, all franchise playoffs highs.^[31][32][33] In game six on April 22, enforcer Dave Schultz set an NHL record with 42 penalty minutes in a single playoff game.^[34] Tom Bladon and Leach also combined to score the two fastest goals in only eight seconds during the second period.^[35] During the second period of game seven three days later, the Flyers scored five goals and set the team playoff records for the fastest three goals (1:21) and four goals (3:16), as well as the fastest two goals from the start of any period for one player (Mel Bridgman in 6:04).^{[36][37][38][39]} The Flyers recorded a franchise single series high 33 goals scored and 295 penalty minutes while Schultz set the NHL record with 116 penalty minutes during the series.^[40][41][42]

Conn Smythe Trophy winner Reggie Leach set or tied three NHL playoff records. His 19 goals scored during the playoffs is tied for the NHL record with Jari Kurri.^[43] He scored the first and only five-goal game in team history during the fifth and final game against the Boston Bruins on May 6, which is also tied for the NHL record with four other players.^[44] Leach's 10-game goal scoring streak from April 17 to May 9 is an NHL record and his 11-game point streak from April 15 to May 9 is a franchise record.^[45][46]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Mel Bridgman	October 9, 1975	[47]
	Jerome Mrazek	February 7, 1976

Franchise firsts

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
60-goal season	Reggie Leach	April 1, 1976	[48]
5-goal game, playoffs	Reggie Leach	May 6, 1976	[49]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 28, 1975, the day after the deciding game of the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 16, 1976, the day of the deciding game of the 1976 Stanley Cup Finals.^[50]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 3, 1975 (1975-06-03)	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 1975	To Washington Capitals Bill Clement Don McLean 1st-round pick in 1975	[51]
December 15, 1975 (1975-12-15)	To Philadelphia Flyers Player to be named later[e]	To Washington Capitals Bob Sirois	[53]
March 9, 1976 (1976-03-09)	To Philadelphia Flyers Gary Inness Future considerations[f]	To Pittsburgh Penguins Bobby Taylor Ed Van Impe	[54]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
August 6, 1975 (1975-08-06)	Dave Kelly	Providence College (HE)	Free agency	[55]
September 10, 1975 (1975-09-10)	Larry Wright	California Golden Seals	Free agency	[56]
	Wayne Schaab	Omaha Knights (CHL)	Free agency	[56]
September 12, 1975 (1975-09-12)	Terry Murray	California Golden Seals	Free agency	[57]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via	Ref
June 2, 1975 (1975-06-02)	Ted Harris		Retirement	[58]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 6, 1975 (1975-06-06)	Mel Bridgman	5-year	[59]
August 6, 1975 (1975-08-06)	Bob Ritchie		[55]
September 5, 1975 (1975-09-05)	Dave Schultz	5-year	[60]
September 16, 1975 (1975-09-16)	Orest Kindrachuk	multi-year	[61]
March 7, 1976 (1976-03-07)	Paul Holmgren	multi-year	[62]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1975 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the NHL's office in Montreal, on June 3, 1975.^[63] The Flyers traded their second-round pick, 36th overall, along with the rights to Randy Andreachuk to the St. Louis Blues for Wayne Stephenson on September 16, 1974.^[64]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	1	Mel Bridgman	Center	Canada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)	[g]
3	54	Bob Ritchie	Left wing	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
4	72	Rick St. Croix	Goaltender	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
5	90	Gary Morrison	Forward	United States	University of Michigan (CCHA)
6	108	Paul Holmgren	Forward	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
7	126	Dana Decker	Left wing	United States	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
9	160	Viktor Khatulev	Defense	Soviet Union	Dynamo Riga (USSR)
10	175	Duffy Smith	Defense	Canada	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL^[65][66] and the Philadelphia Firebirds of the NAHL.^[67]

Cultural references

In The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror IV segment, The Devil and Homer Simpson, the starting lineup of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers are included as members of the Devil's Jury of the Damned.^[68]

Notes

1. The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
2. Whereas the 1975–76 Flyers won all 20 at home in regulation, in the early days, teams have to win in regulation or overtime for it to count in the winning streak. Notably, 1929–30 Boston Bruins won 20 at home (18 in regulation). Now, current rules state a winning streak is wins in any manner. Most notably, the 2011–12 Detroit Red Wings, who are the current NHL record holders with 23 consecutive home wins, won only 19 in regulation (one in overtime and three in shootouts).^{[2][3][4][5][6]}
3. Prior to the 2011–12 Red Wings, one other team won at least 20 home games, this being the 1929–30 Boston Bruins (20 home wins, 18 in regulation).
4. Clarke did not play and was replaced by MacLeish.
5. The Capitals sent John Paddock to the Flyers on September 1, 1976, to complete trade.^[52]
6. The Flyers later received the Penguins' 1977 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th-round picks to complete the trade.
7. The Flyers acquired the 1st overall pick from the Washington Capitals for Bill Clement, Don McLean and the Flyers' first-round pick, 18th overall, on June 3, 1975.^[64]