1982–83 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1982–83 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Flyers' 16th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the Patrick Division Semifinals to the New York Rangers in three games.

Off-season

Mark Howe, son of hockey legend Gordie Howe and a star defenseman in his own right, was acquired via a trade with the Hartford Whalers prior to the season.

Regular season

Howe immediately became the team's best defenseman garnering 67 points and a +47 in 76 games. Midway through the season, Bob McCammon replaced Barber as captain with Bobby Clarke.^[4] Clarke led the team in points and Brian Propp and Sittler scored 40 goals each as the Flyers won a Patrick Division title with 106 points.

Season standings

^[5]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.

Playoffs

For the second consecutive year, the Flyers were eliminated by the Rangers in the first round, this time in a three-game sweep. They allowed a total of 18 goals in the three games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

• 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.

				Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
16	Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	33	C	80	23	62	85	37	115	3	1	0	1	2
27	Sittler, DarrylDarryl Sittler	32	C	80	43	40	83	17	60	3	1	0	1	4
26	Propp, BrianBrian Propp	23	LW	80	40	42	82	35	72	3	1	2	3	8
2	Howe, MarkMark Howe	27	D	76	20	47	67	47	18	3	0	2	2	4
11	Flockhart, RonRon Flockhart	22	RW	73	29	31	60	3	49	2	1	1	2	2
7	Barber, BillBill Barber	30	LW	66	27	33	60	17	28	3	1	1	2	2
19	Allison, RayRay Allison	23	RW	67	21	30	51	30	57	3	0	1	1	12
23	Sinisalo, IlkkaIlkka Sinisalo	24	LW	61	21	29	50	18	16	3	1	1	2	0
17	Holmgren, PaulPaul Holmgren	27	RW	77	19	24	43	18	178	3	0	0	0	6
18	Carson, LindsayLindsay Carson	22	C	78	18	19	37	20	68	1	0	0	0	0
9	Dvorak, MiroslavMiroslav Dvorak	31	D	80	4	33	37	27	20	3	0	1	1	0
15	Taylor, MarkMark Taylor	25	LW	61	8	25	33	25	25	3	0	0	0	0
3	Wilson, BehnBehn Wilson	24	D	62	8	24	32	3	92	3	0	1	1	2
25	Evans, PaulPaul Evans	28	C	58	8	20	28	16	20	1	0	0	0	0
10	McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	23	D	79	4	21	25	24	61	3	0	0	0	4
29	Cochrane, GlenGlen Cochrane	25	D	77	2	22	24	42	237	3	0	0	0	4
12	Kerr, TimTim Kerr	23	RW	24	11	8	19	4	6	2	2	0	2	0
22 !22, 36	Gorence, TomTom Gorence	25	RW	53	7	7	14	4	10	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
8	Marsh, BradBrad Marsh	24	D	68	2	11	13	20	52	2	0	1	1	0
24 !24, 34, 35	Hoffmeyer, BobBob Hoffmeyer	27	D	35	2	11	13	7	40	1	0	0	0	0
5	Bathe, FrankFrank Bathe	28	D	57	1	8	9	4	72	3	0	0	0	12
13	Michayluk, DaveDave Michayluk	20	RW	13	2	6	8	1	8	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	23	G	40	0	4	4	-98 !N/A	0	3	0	0	0	4
21 !21, 32	Paddock, JohnJohn Paddock	28	RW	10	2	1	3	−6	4	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
34	Poulin, DaveDave Poulin	24	C	2	2	0	2	1	2	3	1	3	4	9
14	Sutter, RonRon Sutter	19	C	10	1	1	2	0	9	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
34	Brickley, AndyAndy Brickley	21	LW	3	1	1	2	−1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	24	G	25	0	2	2	-98 !N/A	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
6	Arthur, FredFred Arthur	21	D	3	0	1	1	−1	2	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
30	St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	28	G	16	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
33	Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	30	G	2	0	0	0	-98 !N/A	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
32	Brown, DaveDave Brown	20	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	5	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
32	Fitzpatrick, RossRoss Fitzpatrick	22	C	1	0	0	0	−1	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
34	Williams, GordGord Williams	22	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—

Goaltenders

• = 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.

			Regular season									Playoffs
No.	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN	GP	W	L	SO	GA	SV%	GAA	MIN
31	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	23	40	23	13	3	3	116	.891	2.98	2334	3	0	3	0	18	.788	6.00	180
35	Froese, BobBob Froese	24	25	17	4	2	4	59	.896	2.52	1407	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
30	St. Croix, RickRick St. Croix	28	16	9	5	2	0	54	.875	3.45	940	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—
33	Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque	30	2	0	1	1	0	8	.857	4.00	120	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—	-1 !—

Awards and records

Awards

Bobby Clarke won the Frank J. Selke Trophy, awarded annually to the "forward who demonstrates the most skill in the defensive component of the game", for the 1982–83 season.

Records

Milestones

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 17, 1982, the day after the deciding game of the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 17, 1983, the day of the deciding game of the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals.^[16]

Trades

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency.

Draft picks

The Flyers signed the following of their draft picks.

NHL Waiver Draft

The 1982 NHL Waiver Draft was held on October 4, 1982.^[27][28] Each NHL team placed 17 skaters and 2 goaltenders on a protected list from which the other teams could not select.^[27] First-year professional players were exempt.^[27]

The Flyers left the following players unprotected:^[29] defensemen Bob Dailey, Peter Dineen, Bob Hoffmeyer, Marc Marchand, and Jimmy Watson, and forwards Tom Gorence, Bob O'Brien, and Gord Williams.

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec on June 9, 1982.^[38]

Players drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1982 and their NHL career regular season statistics

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	W	L	T	GAA	Notes
1	4	Sutter, RonRon Sutter	Center	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)	1093	205	329	534	1352	& —	& —	& —	& —	[a]
3	46	Dvorak, MiroslavMiroslav Dvorak	Defense	Czech Republic	HC České Budějovice (CZE)	193	11	74	85	51	& —	& —	& —	& —	[a]
3	47	Campbell, BillBill Campbell	Defense	Canada	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	[b]
4	77	Hjalm, MichaelMichael Hjalm	Wing	Sweden	Modo Hockey (Elitserien)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
5	98	Bergen, ToddTodd Bergen	Forward	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)	14	11	5	16	4	& —	& —	& —	& —
6	119	Hextall, RonRon Hextall	Goaltender	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)	608	1	32	33	584	296	214	69	2.97
7	140	Brown, DaveDave Brown	Forward	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)	729	45	52	97	1789	& —	& —	& —	& —
8	161	Lavigne, AlainAlain Lavigne	Right Wing	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
9	182	Roupe, MagnusMagnus Roupe	Left Wing	Sweden	Färjestad BK (Elitserien)	40	3	5	8	42	& —	& —	& —	& —
10	203	Allen, TomTom Allen	Goaltender	United States	Michigan Tech Huskies (WCHA)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
11	224	Gal, RickRick Gal	Forward	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —
12	245	Vichorek, MarkMark Vichorek	Defense	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —	& —

Draft notes^[39]

• ^a The Flyers acquired the 4th overall pick from the Hartford Whalers along with Ray Allison, Fred Arthur, and the Whalers' third-round pick, 46th overall, for Don Gillen, Rick MacLeish, Blake Wesley, and the Flyers first, second, and third-round picks on July 3, 1981.
• The Flyers traded the second-round pick, 25th overall, acquired from the Hartford Whalers for Norm Barnes and Jack McIlhargey on November 21, 1980, to the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Rich Costello and future considerations (Ken Strong) for Darryl Sittler on January 20, 1982.
• ^b The Flyers traded Bob Kelly to the Washington Capitals for the Capitals' third-round pick, 47th overall, on August 21, 1980.

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL^[2][40] and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.^[3]

References

General

• hockeyDB.com: Roster and player statistics · Results and Schedule
• hockey-reference.com: Roster and Statistics · Schedule and Results
• Flyers History: Season Overview · Game Scores & Results · Playoff Results

Specific