1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season

The 1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' fourth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost in the quarterfinals to the Chicago Black Hawks in a four-game sweep.

Division3rd West

1970–71 record28–33–17

Home record20–10–9

Road record8–23–8

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1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers
Division	3rd West
1970–71 record	28–33–17
Home record	20–10–9
Road record	8–23–8
Goals for	207 (12th)
Goals against	225 (8th)
Team information
General manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Vic Stasiuk
Captain	Ed Van Impe
Alternate captains	Jean-Guy Gendron Bill Sutherland
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	14,131^[1]
Minor league affiliates	Quebec Aces Flint Generals Jersey Devils
Team leaders
Goals	Bobby Clarke (27)
Assists	Bobby Clarke (36)
Points	Bobby Clarke (63)
Penalty minutes	Gary Dornhoefer (93)
Plus/minus	Wayne Hillman (+12)
Wins	Doug Favell (16)
Goals against average	Doug Favell (2.67)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

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Regular season

Bobby Clarke led the team in goals (27), assists (36), and points (63) in his second season.

Season standings

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West Division^[2]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	78	49	20	9	277	184	+93	107
2	St. Louis Blues	78	34	25	19	223	208	+15	87
3	Philadelphia Flyers	78	28	33	17	207	225	−18	73
4	Minnesota North Stars	78	28	34	16	191	223	−32	72
5	Los Angeles Kings	78	25	40	13	239	303	−64	63
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	21	37	20	221	240	−19	62
7	California Golden Seals	78	20	53	5	199	320	−121	45

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Record vs. opponents

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Vs. West Division

1970–71 NHL records^[3]
Team	CAL	CHI	LAK	MIN	PHI	PIT	STL	Total
California	—	1–5	1–5	2–4	2–3–1	1–4–1	1–4–1	8–25–3
Chicago	5–1	—	4–2	3–2–1	4–1–1	4–2	2–1–3	22–9–5
Los Angeles	5–1	2–4	—	0–5–1	1–2–3	4–2	2–4	14–18–4
Minnesota	4–2	2–3–1	5–0–1	—	1–2–3	3–1–2	3–1–2	18–9–9
Philadelphia	3–2–1	1–4–1	2–1–3	2–1–3	—	3–1–2	1–3–2	12–12–12
Pittsburgh	4–1–1	2–4	2–4	1–3–2	1–3–2	—	0–3–3	10–18–8
St. Louis	4–1–1	1–2–3	4–2	1–3–2	3–1–2	3–0–3	—	16–9–11

Vs. East Division

1970–71 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR	VAN	Total
California	1–5	3–3	2–4	1–5	2–3–1	2–3–1	1–5	12–28–2
Chicago	3–2–1	5–0–1	6–0	3–3	3–3	2–3–1	5–0–1	27–11–4
Los Angeles	1–5	1–2–3	2–1–3	2–4	0–4–2	3–3	2–3–1	11–22–9
Minnesota	0–5–1	1–5	3–2–1	1–3–2	0–6	2–2–2	3–2–1	10–25–7
Philadelphia	0–6	3–2–1	2–3–1	1–4–1	3–2–1	3–2–1	4–2	16–21–5
Pittsburgh	1–4–1	0–2–4	3–1–2	1–3–2	0–5–1	2–3–1	4–1–1	11–19–12
St. Louis	1–4–1	4–2	5–0–1	1–3–2	2–3–1	2–3–1	3–1–2	18–16–8

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Playoffs

The Flyers were swept in four games by the Chicago Black Hawks in the first round. Even though the team had improved their record in his second season behind the bench, head coach Vic Stasiuk was replaced by Fred Shero in the off-season.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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1970–71 regular season^[4]

October: 5–3–1, 11 points (home: 5–1–0; road: 0–2–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 10	2–1	Minnesota North Stars	Favell	1–0–0	2	W
2	October 11	1–2	Montreal Canadiens	Parent	1–1–0	2	L
3	October 15	5–4	Vancouver Canucks	Favell	2–1–0	4	W
4	October 17	0–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	Parent	2–1–1	5	T
5	October 18	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	Favell	3–1–1	7	W
6	October 22	4–2	Buffalo Sabres	Parent	4–1–1	9	W
7	October 24	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens	Favell	4–2–1	9	L
8	October 25	3–4	@ Boston Bruins	Parent	4–3–1	9	L
9	October 29	3–1	Los Angeles Kings	Favell	5–3–1	11	W

November: 5–6–1, 11 points (home: 4–3–1; road: 1–3–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
10	November 1	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Parent	6–3–1	13	W
11	November 5	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	Favell	6–4–1	13	L
12	November 7	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks	Parent	6–4–2	14	T
13	November 8	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres	Favell	7–4–2	16	W
14	November 11	1–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks	Parent	7–5–2	16	L
15	November 15	1–2	St. Louis Blues	Favell	7–6–2	16	L
16	November 19	6–2	California Golden Seals	Parent	8–6–2	18	W
17	November 21	2–5	Boston Bruins	Parent	8–7–2	18	L
18	November 22	2–4	Detroit Red Wings	Parent	8–8–2	18	L
19	November 25	3–1	New York Rangers	Parent	9–8–2	20	W
20	November 28	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks	Parent	9–9–2	20	L
21	November 29	4–2	Vancouver Canucks	Parent	10–9–2	22	W

December: 2–8–3, 7 points (home: 0–2–1; road: 0–6–2)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
22	December 1	4–5	@ Vancouver Canucks	Parent	10–10–2	22	L
23	December 4	4–0	@ California Golden Seals	Parent	11–10–2	24	W
24	December 5	4–4	@ Los Angeles Kings	Parent	11–10–3	25	T
25	December 9	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues	Favell	12–10–3	27	W
26	December 10	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	Parent	12–11–3	27	L
27	December 12	0–1	Boston Bruins	Favell	12–12–3	27	L
28	December 13	2–2	St. Louis Blues	Parent	12–12–4	28	T
29	December 15	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks	Favell	12–13–4	28	L
30	December 18	0–1	@ California Golden Seals	Parent	12–14–4	28	L
31	December 19	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings	Favell	12–14–5	29	T
32	December 26	1–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	Parent	12–15–5	29	L
33	December 27	2–4	Montreal Canadiens	Favell	12–16–5	29	L
34	December 30	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues	Favell	12–17–5	29	L

January: 7–5–4, 18 points (home: 5–3–2; road: 2–2–2)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
35	January 2	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks	Parent	12–18–5	29	L
36	January 3	1–5	Boston Bruins	Favell	12–19–5	29	L
37	January 6	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Parent	13–19–5	31	W
38	January 7	5–5	Los Angeles Kings	Favell	13–19–6	32	T
39	January 9	5–3	California Golden Seals	Parent	14–19–6	34	W
40	January 10	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens	Favell	15–19–6	36	W
41	January 14	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs	Favell	16–19–6	38	W
42	January 16	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings	Parent	17–19–6	40	W
43	January 17	1–4	Los Angeles Kings	Favell	17–20–6	40	L
44	January 20	3–3	@ New York Rangers	Parent	17–20–7	41	T
45	January 21	5–5	Montreal Canadiens	Favell	17–20–8	42	T
46	January 23	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars	Parent	17–20–9	43	T
47	January 24	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres	Favell	17–21–9	43	L
48	January 28	2–6	@ Boston Bruins	Parent	17–22–9	43	L
49	January 30	5–2	New York Rangers	Favell	18–22–9	45	W
50	January 31	3–1	Detroit Red Wings	Favell	19–22–9	47	W

February: 5–6–1, 11 points (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–5–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
51	February 4	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks	Favell	20–22–9	49	W
52	February 6	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	Gamble	20–23–9	49	L
53	February 7	2–6	St. Louis Blues	Favell	20–24–9	49	L
54	February 10	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	Gamble	20–25–9	49	L
55	February 13	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars	Favell	20–25–10	50	T
56	February 14	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres	Favell	20–26–10	50	L
57	February 17	4–0	@ Los Angeles Kings	Favell	21–26–10	52	W
58	February 19	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks	Favell	22–26–10	54	W
59	February 20	3–5	@ California Golden Seals	Gamble	22–27–10	54	L
60	February 24	2–4	@ New York Rangers	Favell	22–28–10	54	L
61	February 25	3–2	Buffalo Sabres	Favell	23–28–10	56	W
62	February 27	8–1	Vancouver Canucks	Favell	24–28–10	58	W

March: 3–5–5, 11 points (home: 2–0–4; road: 1–5–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
63	March 4	2–2	Detroit Red Wings	Favell	24–28–11	59	T
64	March 6	4–4	California Golden Seals	Favell	24–28–12	60	T
65	March 7	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars	Favell	24–29–12	60	L
66	March 10	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	Favell	24–29–13	61	T
67	March 12	2–7	@ New York Rangers	Gamble	24–30–13	61	L
68	March 13	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	Favell	25–30–13	63	W
69	March 18	2–1	New York Rangers	Gamble	26–30–13	65	W
70	March 20	3–5	@ Boston Bruins	Gamble	26–31–13	65	L
71	March 21	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	Gamble	26–31–14	66	T
72	March 24	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens	Gamble	26–32–14	66	L
73	March 25	2–2	Minnesota North Stars	Gamble	26–32–15	67	T
74	March 27	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks	Favell	26–33–15	67	L
75	March 28	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Gamble	27–33–15	69	W

April: 1–0–2, 4 points (home: 1–0–1; road: 0–0–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
76	April 1	1–1	@ St. Louis Blues	Favell	27–33–16	70	T
77	April 3	3–2	Minnesota North Stars	Gamble	28–33–16	72	W
78	April 4	3–3	Buffalo Sabres	Favell	28–33–17	73	T

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point)

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Playoffs

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1971 Stanley Cup playoffs^[4]

Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Black Hawks win 4–0

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Series	Recap
1	April 7	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks	Favell	Black Hawks lead 1–0	L
2	April 8	2–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks	Gamble	Black Hawks lead 2–0	L
3	April 10	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	Favell	Black Hawks lead 3–0	L
4	April 11	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks	Gamble	Black Hawks win 4–0	L

Legend: W Win L Loss

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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.

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No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
16	Bobby Clarke	C	77	27	36	63	9	78	4	0	0	0	−3	2
21	Serge Bernier	RW	77	23	28	51	−7	77	4	1	1	2	−4	0
20	Jim Johnson	C	66	16	29	45	−10	16	4	0	2	2	−2	0
7	Andre Lacroix	C	78	20	22	42	−9	12	4	0	2	2	−1	0
12	Gary Dornhoefer	RW	57	20	20	40	3	93	2	0	0	0	−1	4
11	Jean-Guy Gendron	LW	76	20	16	36	−9	46	4	0	1	1	−3	0
18	Bill Lesuk	LW	78	17	19	36	−5	81	4	1	0	1	−3	8
9	Bob Kelly	LW	76	14	18	32	7	70	4	1	0	1	0	2
17	Simon Nolet	RW	74	9	19	28	−1	42	4	2	1	3	−4	0
4	Barry Ashbee	D	64	4	23	27	3	44	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Cliff Schmautz†	RW	30	8	12	20	3	23	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Larry Hillman	D	73	3	13	16	9	39	4	0	2	2	−2	2
15	Garry Peters	C	73	6	7	13	−14	69	4	1	1	2	−1	15
6	Wayne Hillman	D	69	5	7	12	12	47	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Lew Morrison	RW	78	5	7	12	−12	25	4	0	0	0	−2	2
23	Larry Hale	D	70	1	11	12	−18	34	4	0	0	0	−4	2
5	Brent Hughes	D	30	1	10	11	−6	21	4	0	0	0	−3	6
2	Ed Van Impe	D	77	0	11	11	−13	80	4	0	1	1	−4	8
14	Joe Watson	D	57	3	7	10	9	50	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	Rick MacLeish†	LW	26	2	4	6	−4	19	4	1	0	1	−2	0
19	Earl Heiskala	LW	41	2	1	3	−9	72	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Danny Schock†	LW	14	1	2	3	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Bernie Parent‡	G	30	0	2	2		5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Doug Favell	G	44	0	1	1		9	2	0	0	0		0
25	Willie Brossart	D	1	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Bruce Gamble†	G	11	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		0
25	Jim Mair	D	2	0	0	0	−1	0	3	1	2	3	−2	4
10	Bill Sutherland‡	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	George Swarbrick	RW	2	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Ralph MacSweyn	D	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	0	0	0	−2	2

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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.

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No.	Player	Regular season											Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	GS	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	GS	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Doug Favell	44	41	16	15	9	1275	108	2.67	.915	2	2,428	2	2	0	2	60	8	4.02	.867	0	119
30	Bernie Parent‡	30	26	9	12	6	825	73	2.77	.912	2	1,581	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Bruce Gamble†	11	11	3	6	2	373	37	3.37	.901	0	658	2	2	0	2	67	12	6.01	.821	0	120

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Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bobby Clarke	^[5]

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Records

The Flyers were swept in their first round series with the Chicago Black Hawks, going winless in the playoffs for the second time, which matched the 1968–69 season and was later matched during the 1982–83 and 1983–84 seasons.^[6]

Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Bob Kelly	October 10, 1970	^[7]
	Rick MacLeish	February 4, 1971
	Willie Brossart	March 12, 1971
	Jim Mair	March 21, 1971

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Franchise firsts

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
Natural hat-trick	Gary Dornhoefer	March 6, 1971	^[8]

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Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 11, 1970, the day after the deciding game of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 18, 1971, the day of the deciding game of the 1971 Stanley Cup Finals.^[9]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
May 20, 1970 (1970-05-20)	To Philadelphia Flyers Brent Hughes	To Los Angeles Kings Mike Byers	^[10]
May 29, 1970 (1970-05-29)	To Philadelphia Flyers Barry Ashbee	To Hershey Bears (AHL) Larry McKillop Player to be named later^[a]	^[12]
June 12, 1970 (1970-06-12)	To Philadelphia Flyers George Swarbrick	To Pittsburgh Penguins Terry Ball	^[13]
July 2, 1970 (1970-07-02)	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To San Diego Gulls (WHL) Bob Courcy	^[14]
August 1970 (1970-08)	To Philadelphia Flyers cash	To Denver Spurs (WHL) Claude LaForge	^[15]
August 10, 1970 (1970-08-10)	To Philadelphia Flyers	To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) Loan of Guy Dufour
January 31, 1971 (1971-01-31)	To Philadelphia Flyers Bruce Gamble Mike Walton 1st-round pick in 1971	To Toronto Maple Leafs Bernie Parent 2nd-round pick in 1971	^[16]
January 31, 1971 (1971-01-31)	To Philadelphia Flyers Rick MacLeish Danny Schock	To Boston Bruins Mike Walton	^[16]

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Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
June 1970 (1970-06)	Hugh Harvey	Kingston Aces (OHA)	Free agency	^[17]
June 9, 1970 (1970-06-09)	Bill Lesuk	Boston Bruins	Intra-league draft	^[18]^[19]^[20]
June 11, 1970 (1970-06-11)	Alain Caron	Montreal Canadiens	Reverse draft^[b]	^[21]^[22]
December 28, 1970 (1970-12-28)	Cliff Schmautz	Buffalo Sabres	Waivers	^[23]

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Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via	Ref
June 9, 1970 (1970-06-09)	Dick Cherry	Boston Bruins	Intra-league draft	^[20]
June 10, 1970 (1970-06-10)	Reg Fleming	Buffalo Sabres	Expansion draft	^[24]^[25]^[26]
	Gerry Meehan	Buffalo Sabres	Expansion draft	^[24]^[25]^[26]
	Rosaire Paiement	Vancouver Canucks	Expansion draft	^[24]^[25]^[26]
	Dunc Wilson	Vancouver Canucks	Expansion draft	^[24]^[25]^[26]
June 11, 1970 (1970-06-11)	Hugh Harvey	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Reverse draft	^[17]
September 14, 1970 (1970-09-14)	Myron Stankiewicz		Retirement	^[27]
October 19, 1970 (1970-10-19)	Bill Sutherland	Buffalo Sabres	Waivers	^[28]

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Signings

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Date	Player	Ref
August 13, 1970 (1970-08-13)	Bill Lesuk	^[29]
September 7, 1970 (1970-09-07)	Earl Heiskala	^[30]
	Jim Johnson	^[30]
	Lew Morrison	^[30]
September 9, 1970 (1970-09-09)	Larry Hale	^[31]
September 9, 1970 (1970-09-09)	Joe Watson	^[31]
October 5, 1970 (1970-10-05)	Doug Favell	^[32]
	Larry Hillman	^[32]
	Wayne Hillman	^[32]

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Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1970 NHL amateur draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal on June 11, 1970.^[33] The Flyers were without a first-round draft pick due to having traded it three years previously to the Boston Bruins for Rosaire Paiement.^[34] The Bruins used the pick, fourth overall, to select Rick MacLeish, who the Flyers would acquire seven months later in a trade with the Bruins.

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
2	18	Bill Clement	Center	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
3	32	Bob Kelly	Left wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
4	46	Jacques Lapierre	Defense	Canada	Shawinigan Bruins (QMJHL)
5	60	Doug Kerslake	Right wing	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
6	74	Dennis Giannini	Left wing	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
7	87	Hank Nowak	Left wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
8	99	Gary Cunningham	Defense	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
9	109	Jean Daigle	Left wing	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)

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Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Quebec Aces of the AHL,^[35]^[36] the Flint Generals of the IHL,^[37] and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.^[37]

Notes

[a]
Darryl Edestrand on June 15.^[11]
[b]
Caron was claimed by the San Diego Gulls.

1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. West Division

Vs. East Division

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

Franchise firsts

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Farm teams

Notes

References

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