1977-78 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 45-20-15 - 105 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 7-5
Lost NHL semi-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Colorado Rockies 2-0
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Buffalo Sabres 4-1
Semi-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-1
Coach: Fred Shero (45-20-15)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1977-78 Philadelphia Flyers Roster
1977-78 Philadelphia Flyers Results

The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 45 wins and 20 losses and 15 ties for 105 points, finishing second in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-5.

The Flyers netted 296 goals and allowed 200. Bill Barber scored 41 goals for Philadelphia, while Rick MacLeish tallied 30 or more, too. Bobby Clarke contributed 68 assists. Bernie Parent earned 29 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.22 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Fred Shero coached the team. The 1977-78 Philadelphia Flyers lost in the NHL semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Bobby Clarke	C	71	21	68	89	83	47	5	2	1	1	131	16.0
Bill Barber	L	80	41	31	72	34	31	8	4	9	5	262	15.6
Rick MacLeish	L	76	31	39	70	33	24	7	2	7	4	253	12.3
Orest Kindrachuk	C	73	17	45	62	128	35	1	1	4	1	170	10.0
Bob Dailey	D	76	21	36	57	62	45	5	2	2	2	211	10.0
Reggie Leach	R	72	24	28	52	24	20	9	0	4	0	195	12.3
Ross Lonsberry	L	78	18	30	48	45	41	2	1	5	0	172	10.5
Mel Bridgman	C	76	16	32	48	203	26	3	1	2	0	154	10.4
Don Saleski	R	70	27	18	45	44	34	5	4	1	0	163	16.6
Tom Bladon	D	79	11	24	35	57	32	1	1	1	0	153	7.2
Paul Holmgren	R	62	16	18	34	190	23	2	0	1	1	91	17.6
Bob Kelly	L	74	19	13	32	95	15	0	0	5	0	96	19.8
Barry Dean	L	56	7	18	25	34	12	0	0	2	0	76	9.2
Rick Lapointe	D	47	4	16	20	91	35	1	0	0	0	56	7.1
Jimmy Watson	D	71	5	12	17	62	33	0	0	0	0	112	4.5
Kevin McCarthy	D	62	2	15	17	32	29	0	0	0	0	91	2.2
Joe Watson	D	65	5	9	14	22	23	0	0	1	0	68	7.4
Andre Dupont	D	69	2	12	14	225	31	0	0	0	0	108	1.9
Gary Dornhoefer	R	47	7	5	12	62	-3	2	0	0	1	61	11.5
Dave Hoyda	L	41	1	3	4	119	-5	0	0	0	0	8	12.5
Harvey Bennett	C	2	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Blake Dunlop	C	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rick St. Croix	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Stephenson	G	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Callander	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Cunningham	L	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Bathe	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Parent	G	49	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hill	L	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Totals		1438	296	473	769	1662	531	51	18	45	15	2637	11.2

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Bernie Parent	49	2923	29	6	13	1	7	108	2.22	0
Wayne Stephenson	26	1482	14	10	1	2	3	68	2.75	0
Rick St. Croix	7	395	2	4	1	1	0	20	3.04	0
Totals	82	4800	45	20	15	4	10	196	2.45		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Bobby Clarke	C	12	4	7	11	8	1	0
Bill Barber	L	12	6	3	9	2	1	0
Rick MacLeish	L	12	7	9	16	4	3	3
Orest Kindrachuk	C	12	5	5	10	13	2	1
Bob Dailey	D	12	1	5	6	22	0	0
Reggie Leach	R	12	2	2	4	0	1	0
Ross Lonsberry	L	12	2	2	4	6	1	1
Mel Bridgman	C	12	1	7	8	36	0	1
Don Saleski	R	11	2	0	2	19	0	1
Tom Bladon	D	12	0	2	2	11	0	0
Paul Holmgren	R	12	1	4	5	26	0	0
Bob Kelly	L	12	3	5	8	26	0	0
Rick Lapointe	D	12	0	3	3	19	0	0
Jimmy Watson	D	12	1	7	8	6	0	0
Kevin McCarthy	D	10	0	1	1	8	0	0
Joe Watson	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Dupont	D	12	2	1	3	13	0	0
Gary Dornhoefer	R	4	0	0	0	7	0	0
Dave Hoyda	L	9	0	0	0	17	0	0
Bernie Parent	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		215	37	63	100	243	9	7

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Bernie Parent	12	722	7	5	0	2	0	33	2.74	0
Totals	12	722	7	5	0	2	0	33	2.74		0