1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' 6th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers finished 2nd in the West Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 1.
==Regular Season==
It was during the 1972–73 season that the Flyers shed the mediocre expansion team label and became 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 to 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. Rick MacLeish became the first Flyer to score 50 goals in a season and the Flyers recorded their first winning season. After the season, Clarke was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Most Valuable Player.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts
1 	October 7 	Philadelphia 	4 – 4 	St. Louis 	Favell 	19,031 	0–0–1 	1
==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.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	
1 	April 4 	Minnesota 	3 – 0 	Philadelphia 	 	Favell 	16,600 	North Stars lead 1–0 	
2 	April 5 	Minnesota 	1 – 4 	Philadelphia 	 	Favell 	16,600 	Series tied 1–1 	
3 	April 7 	Philadelphia 	0 – 5 	Minnesota 	 	Favell 	15,647 	North Stars lead 2–1 	
4 	April 8 	Philadelphia 	3 – 0 	Minnesota 	 	Favell 	15,449 	Series tied 2–2 	
5 	April 10 	Minnesota 	2 – 3 	Philadelphia 	OT 	Favell 	16,600 	Flyers lead 3–2 	
6 	April 12 	Philadelphia 	4 – 1 	Minnesota 	 	Favell 	15,450 	Flyers win 4–2 	
==Player Stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
  	 	 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Player 	# 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
Bobby Clarke 	16 	 	78 	37 	67 	104 	80 	 	11 	2 	6 	8 	6
Rick MacLeish 	19 	 	78 	50 	50 	100 	69 	 	10 	3 	4 	7 	2
Gary Dornhoefer 	12 	 	77 	30 	49 	79 	168 	 	11 	3 	3 	6 	16
Bill Flett 	21 	 	69 	43 	31 	74 	53 	 	11 	3 	4 	7 	0
Bill Barber 	7 	 	69 	30 	34 	64 	46 	 	11 	3 	2 	5 	22
Ross Lonsberry 	18 	 	77 	21 	29 	50 	59 	 	11 	4 	3 	7 	9
Tom Bladon 	23 	 	78 	11 	31 	42 	26 	 	11 	0 	4 	4 	2
Simon Nolet 	17 	 	70 	16 	20 	36 	6 	 	11 	3 	1 	4 	4
Bill Clement 	10 	 	73 	14 	14 	28 	51 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Joe Watson 	14 	 	63 	2 	24 	26 	46 	 	11 	0 	2 	2 	12
Andre Dupont† 	28 	 	46 	3 	20 	23 	164 	 	11 	1 	2 	3 	29
Don Saleski 	11 	 	78 	12 	9 	21 	205 	 	11 	1 	2 	3 	4
Bob Kelly 	9 	 	77 	10 	11 	21 	238 	 	11 	0 	1 	1 	8
Dave Schultz 	8 	 	76 	9 	12 	21 	259 	 	11 	1 	0 	1 	51
Barry Ashbee 	4 	 	64 	1 	17 	18 	106 	 	11 	0 	4 	4 	20
Brent Hughes 	5 	 	29 	2 	11 	13 	32 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Jean Potvin‡ 	25 	 	35 	3 	9 	12 	10 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Ed Van Impe 	2 	 	72 	1 	11 	12 	76 	 	11 	0 	0 	0 	16
Wayne Hillman 	6 	 	74 	0 	10 	10 	33 	 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
Terry Crisp† 	29 	 	12 	1 	5 	6 	2 	 	11 	3 	2 	5 	2
Pierre Plante‡ 	20 	 	2 	0 	3 	3 	0 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Doug Favell (G) 	1 	 	44 	0 	2 	2 	4 	 	11 	0 	0 	0 	2
Michel Belhumeur (G)	35 	 	23 	0 	1 	1 	0 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Bobby Taylor (G) 	30 	 	23 	0 	1 	1 	0 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Larry Wright 	15 	 	9 	0 	1 	1 	4 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Willie Brossart 	3 	 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
Jimmy Watson 	20 	 	4 	0 	1 	1 	5 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Orest Kindrachuk 	26 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
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†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Flyers. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
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Player 	# 	 	GP 	TOI 	W 	L 	T 	GA 	SO 	SV% 	GAA 	 	GP 	TOI 	W 	L 	GA 	SO 	SV% 	GAA
Doug Favell 	1 	 	44 	2419 	20 	15 	4 	114 	3 	.913 	2.83 	 	11 	669 	5 	6 	29 	1 	.920 	2.60
Michel Belhumeur	35 	 	23 	1117 	9 	7 	3 	60 	0 	.903 	3.22 	 	1 	10 	0 	0 	1 	0 	.889 	6.00
Bobby Taylor 	30 	 	23 	1144 	8 	8 	4 	78 	0 	.888 	4.09 	 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Awards and Records==
NHL 	NHL 	NHL	NHL	NHL	NHL	NHL	NHL	NHL	NHL
Award 	Recipient 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
All-Star Game representative	Bobby ClarkeGary Dornhoefer	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Hart Memorial Trophy 	Bobby Clarke 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
NHL Second All-Star Team 	Bobby Clarke (C) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Transactions==
The Flyers were involved in the following transactions before/during the 1972–73 season.
===Trades===
December 14, 1972	To Philadelphia FlyersAndre Dupont3rd round pick in 1973	To St. Louis Blues Brent HughesPierre Plante
March 5, 1973 	To Philadelphia FlyersTerry Crisp 	To New York IslandersJean PotvinGlen Irwin
===Additions and Subtractions===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"	Additions 	Additions 	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions	Additions
Player 	Former team 	Via 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jack McIlhargey	Flin Flon (WCHL)	free agency (9/1)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Draft Picks==
Philadelphia's picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec.hockeydb.com, 1972 NHL Amateur Draft
Rnd	# 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	Drafted From
1 	7 	Bill Barber 	Left wing 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2 	23 	Tom Bladon 	Defenceman	 	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
3 	39 	Jim Watson 	Defenceman	 	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4 	55 	Al MacAdam 	Right wing	 	Charlottetown Islanders (MJHL)
5 	71 	Darryl Fedorak	Goaltender	 	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
6 	87 	Dave Hastings 	Goaltender	 	Charlottetown Islanders (MJHL)
7 	103	Serge Beaudoin	Defenceman	 	Trois-Rivières Ducs (QMJHL)
8 	119	Pat Russell 	Right wing	 	Vancouver Nats (WCHL)
9 	135	Ray Boutin 	Goaltender	 	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.FlyersHistory.net, Non-AHL AffiliatesFlyersHistory.net, AHL Season Overview: 1972–73
==Gallery==
Orr_goal-15Feb1973.gif|Bobby Orr from Phil Esposito, February 15, 1973.
==See Also==
*1972–73 NHL season
==Notes==
==References==
*General: 1972–73 Flyers season on FlyersHistory.net
*Regular season game log: Philadelphia Flyers regular season game log on FlyersHistory.net
*Playoffs game log: Philadelphia Flyers playoffs game log on FlyersHistory.net
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