1982–83 Philadelphia Flyers season

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

Division1st Patrick

Conference2nd Wales

1982–83 record49–23–8

Home record29–8–3

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1982–83 Philadelphia Flyers
Patrick Division champions
Division	1st Patrick
Conference	2nd Wales
1982–83 record	49–23–8
Home record	29–8–3
Road record	20–15–5
Goals for	326 (6th)
Goals against	240 (3rd)
Team information
General manager	Keith Allen
Coach	Bob McCammon
Captain	Bill Barber (Oct.–Jan.) Bobby Clarke (Jan.–Apr.)
Alternate captains	None^[a]
Arena	Spectrum
Average attendance	16,847^[1]
Minor league affiliates	Maine Mariners Toledo Goaldiggers
Team leaders
Goals	Darryl Sittler (43)
Assists	Bobby Clarke (62)
Points	Bobby Clarke (85)
Penalty minutes	Glen Cochrane (237)
Plus/minus	Mark Howe (+47)
Wins	Pelle Lindbergh (23)
Goals against average	Bob Froese (2.52)
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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.^[2] 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

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Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	49	23	8	326	240	106
New York Islanders	80	42	26	12	302	226	96
Washington Capitals	80	39	25	16	306	283	94
New York Rangers	80	35	35	10	306	287	80
New Jersey Devils	80	17	49	14	230	338	48
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	18	53	9	250	394	45

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^[3]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

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Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Patrick Division

1982–83 NHL records^[4]
Team	NJD	NYI	NYR	PHI	PIT	WSH	Total
New Jersey	—	0−7	3−3−1	2−5	3−1−3	0−6−1	8−22−5
N.Y. Islanders	7−0	—	4−3	1−4−2	5−2	4−2−1	21−11−3
N.Y. Rangers	3−3−1	3−4	—	3−4	5−1−1	3−3−1	17−15−3
Philadelphia	5−2	4−1−2	4−3	—	5−1−1	3−4	21−11−3
Pittsburgh	1−3−3	2−5	1−5−1	1–5–1	—	1−5−1	6−23−6
Washington	6−0−1	2−4−1	3−3−1	4–3	5–1–1	—	20−11−4

Vs. Adams Division

1982–83 NHL records
Team	BOS	BUF	HFD	MTL	QUE	Total
New Jersey	0−1−2	0−2−1	1−2	1−2	1−2	3−9−3
N.Y. Islanders	0−2−1	1−2	2−1	1−0−2	1−1−1	5−6−4
N.Y. Rangers	0−3	0−2−1	2−1	1−2	1−2	4−10−1
Philadelphia	0−2−1	1−2	2−1	1−2	3−0	7−7−1
Pittsburgh	1−2	1−1−1	3−0	1−2	0−3	6−8−1
Washington	3−0	0−3	2−0−1	0−1−2	1−1−1	6−5−4

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Norris Division

1982–83 NHL records
Team	CHI	DET	MIN	STL	TOR	Total
New Jersey	0−3	1−1−1	0−3	0−2−1	1−0−2	2−9−4
N.Y. Islanders	1−1−1	0−2−1	0−2−1	2−1	2−1	5−7−3
N.Y. Rangers	0−3	2−0−1	2−1	2−0−1	3−0	9−4−2
Philadelphia	1−1−1	3−0	1−1−1	3−0	2−0−1	10−2−3
Pittsburgh	0−3	0−2−1	0−2−1	0−3	1−2	1−12−2
Washington	2−0−1	2−1	1−1−1	1−1−1	2−1	8−4−3

Vs. Smythe Division

1982–83 NHL records
Team	CGY	EDM	LAK	VAN	WIN	Total
New Jersey	1−2	0−3	1−2	1−0−2	1−2	4−9−2
N.Y. Islanders	2−0−1	3−0	3−0	2−1	1−1−1	11−2−2
N.Y. Rangers	2−0−1	0−3	1−1−1	1−1−1	1−1−1	5−6−4
Philadelphia	3−0	2−1	2−1	1−1−1	3−0	11−3−1
Pittsburgh	0−3	1−2	2−1	1−2	1−2	5−10−0
Washington	2−1	0−2−1	1−1−1	1−1−1	1−0−2	5−5−5

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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

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1982–83 regular season^[5]

October: 8–5–0, 16 points (home: 5–1–0; road: 3–4–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 7	9–5	Quebec Nordiques	St. Croix	1–0–0	2	W
2	October 9	3–2	@ Washington Capitals	St. Croix	2–0–0	4	W
3	October 10	6–4	Washington Capitals	St. Croix	3–0–0	6	W
4	October 13	2–5	@ New York Rangers	St. Croix	3–1–0	6	L
5	October 14	4–2	Buffalo Sabres	St. Croix	4–1–0	8	W
6	October 16	4–3	@ Quebec Nordiques	St. Croix	5–1–0	10	W
7	October 18	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils	St. Croix	5–2–0	10	L
8	October 21	1–2	Montreal Canadiens	St. Croix	5–3–0	10	L
9	October 23	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	St. Croix	5–4–0	10	L
10	October 24	7–4	Detroit Red Wings	St. Croix	6–4–0	12	W
11	October 28	9–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	Lindbergh	7–4–0	14	W
12	October 30	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars	Lindbergh	7–5–0	14	L
13	October 31	3–2	@ Winnipeg Jets	St. Croix	8–5–0	16	W

November: 5–4–3, 13 points (home: 3–2–2; road: 2–2–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
14	November 4	3–4	Vancouver Canucks	Lindbergh	8–6–0	16	L
15	November 6	6–3	@ New York Islanders	St. Croix	9–6–0	18	W
16	November 7	2–2	New York Islanders	St. Croix	9–6–1	19	T
17	November 10	2–7	@ Buffalo Sabres	St. Croix	9–7–1	19	L
18	November 11	7–3	New York Rangers	Lindbergh	10–7–1	21	W
19	November 13	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	Lindbergh	10–8–1	21	L
20	November 18	3–2	Calgary Flames	Lindbergh	11–8–1	23	W
21	November 20	4–6	@ Montreal Canadiens	Lindbergh	11–9–1	23	L
22	November 21	3–1	St. Louis Blues	Lindbergh	12–9–1	25	W
23	November 24	4–4	Boston Bruins	Lindbergh	12–9–2	26	T
24	November 27	4–0	@ Los Angeles Kings	Lindbergh	13–9–2	28	W
25	November 28	5–5	@ Vancouver Canucks	Lindbergh	13–9–3	29	T

December: 8–3–2, 18 points (home: 3–1–0; road: 5–2–2)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
26	December 1	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers	Lindbergh	14–9–3	31	W
27	December 4	0–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	Lindbergh	14–9–4	32	T
28	December 5	4–6	@ Boston Bruins	Lindbergh	14–10–4	32	L
29	December 9	4–1	Quebec Nordiques	Lindbergh	15–10–4	34	W
30	December 11	4–7	@ Hartford Whalers	Lindbergh	15–11–4	34	L
31	December 12	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Lindbergh	16–11–4	36	W
32	December 16	7–2	Detroit Red Wings	Lindbergh	17–11–4	38	W
33	December 18	4–4	@ New York Islanders	Lindbergh	17–11–5	39	T
34	December 19	1–3	Washington Capitals	Lindbergh	17–12–5	39	L
35	December 22	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils	Lindbergh	18–12–5	41	W
36	December 26	6–3	@ Washington Capitals	Lindbergh	19–12–5	43	W
37	December 27	8–4	@ Detroit Red Wings	Lindbergh	20–12–5	45	W
38	December 30	6–3	@ Calgary Flames	Lindbergh	21–12–5	47	W

January: 12–1–2, 26 points (home: 7–0–1; road: 5–1–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
39	January 1	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues	Lindbergh	22–12–5	49	W
40	January 2	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks	Lindbergh	23–12–5	51	W
41	January 4	4–1	Vancouver Canucks	Lindbergh	24–12–5	53	W
42	January 8	7–4	@ Hartford Whalers	Froese	25–12–5	55	W
43	January 9	8–4	Hartford Whalers	St. Croix	26–12–5	57	W
44	January 13	8–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Froese	27–12–5	59	W
45	January 15	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks	Larocque	27–12–6	60	T
46	January 16	4–0	@ New York Rangers	Froese	28–12–6	62	W
47	January 18	1–4	@ Washington Capitals	Larocque	28–13–6	62	L
48	January 20	5–2	Calgary Flames	Froese	29–13–6	64	W
49	January 22	1–0	@ New York Islanders	Froese	30–13–6	66	W
50	January 23	3–1	New York Rangers	Froese	31–13–6	68	W
51	January 25	5–1	New Jersey Devils	Froese	32–13–6	70	W
52	January 27	5–2	Winnipeg Jets	Froese	33–13–6	72	W
53	January 29	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars	Froese	33–13–7	73	T

February: 8–2–0, 16 points (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–1–0)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
54	February 2	6–3	@ Winnipeg Jets	Froese	34–13–7	75	W
55	February 5	2–0	@ Los Angeles Kings	Lindbergh	35–13–7	77	W
56	February 10	5–2	St. Louis Blues	Lindbergh	36–13–7	79	W
57	February 13	4–5	Los Angeles Kings	Lindbergh	36–14–7	79	L
58	February 17	7–3	Edmonton Oilers	Froese	37–14–7	81	W
59	February 19	8–5	New York Rangers	Froese	38–14–7	83	W
60	February 20	3–0	New Jersey Devils	Froese	39–14–7	85	W
61	February 23	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres	Froese	39–15–7	85	L
62	February 24	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	Froese	40–15–7	87	W
63	February 27	2–0	New York Islanders	Froese	41–15–7	89	W

March: 6–8–1, 13 points (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–5–1)

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
64	March 2	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	Froese	41–15–8	90	T
65	March 3	4–1	@ New Jersey Devils	Lindbergh	42–15–8	92	W
66	March 5	3–4	@ Washington Capitals	Lindbergh	42–16–8	92	L
67	March 6	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	Lindbergh	43–16–8	94	W
68	March 8	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks	Lindbergh	43–17–8	94	L
69	March 10	6–3	Minnesota North Stars	Froese	44–17–8	96	W
70	March 12	2–5	@ Boston Bruins	Froese	44–18–8	96	L
71	March 14	2–8	@ New York Rangers	Lindbergh	44–19–8	96	L
72	March 17	6–4	Montreal Canadiens	Froese	45–19–8	98	W
73	March 19	2–9	@ New York Islanders	Froese	45–20–8	98	L
74	March 20	2–3	Washington Capitals	Lindbergh	45–21–8	98	L
75	March 24	7–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	Lindbergh	46–21–8	100	W
76	March 25	5–6	@ New Jersey Devils	Lindbergh	46–22–8	100	L
77	March 27	4–1	New Jersey Devils	Froese	47–22–8	102	W
78	March 31	2–4	New York Rangers	Froese	47–23–8	102	L

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

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
79	April 2	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	Lindbergh	48–23–8	104	W
80	April 3	4–2	New York Islanders	Lindbergh	49–23–8	106	W

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

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Playoffs

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1983 Stanley Cup playoffs^[5]

Patrick Division Semifinals vs. New York Rangers – Rangers win 3–0

Game	Date	Score	Opponent	Decision	Series	Recap
1	April 5	3–5	New York Rangers	Lindbergh	Rangers lead 1–0	L
2	April 7	3–4	New York Rangers	Lindbergh	Rangers lead 2–0	L
3	April 9	3–9	@ New York Rangers	Lindbergh	Rangers win 3–0	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	80	23	62	85	37	115	3	1	0	1	1	2
27	Darryl Sittler	C	80	43	40	83	17	60	3	1	0	1	−4	4
26	Brian Propp	LW	80	40	42	82	35	72	3	1	2	3	−4	8
2	Mark Howe	D	76	20	47	67	47	18	3	0	2	2	−3	4
11	Ron Flockhart	RW	73	29	31	60	3	49	2	1	1	2	−1	2
7	Bill Barber	LW	66	27	33	60	17	28	3	1	1	2	−4	2
19	Ray Allison	RW	67	21	30	51	30	57	3	0	1	1	−2	12
23	Ilkka Sinisalo	LW	61	21	29	50	18	16	3	1	1	2	−1	0
17	Paul Holmgren	RW	77	19	24	43	18	178	3	0	0	0	−2	6
18	Lindsay Carson	C	78	18	19	37	20	68	1	0	0	0	−1	0
9	Miroslav Dvorak	D	80	4	33	37	27	20	3	0	1	1	−5	0
15	Mark Taylor	LW	61	8	25	33	25	25	3	0	0	0	−3	0
3	Behn Wilson	D	62	8	24	32	3	92	3	0	1	1	−1	2
25	Paul Evans	C	58	8	20	28	16	20	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	Brad McCrimmon	D	79	4	21	25	24	61	3	0	0	0	1	4
29	Glen Cochrane	D	77	2	22	24	42	237	3	0	0	0	−4	4
12	Tim Kerr	RW	24	11	8	19	4	6	2	2	0	2	0	0
22	Tom Gorence	RW	53	7	7	14	4	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
24^[b]	Bob Hoffmeyer†	D	35	2	11	13	7	40	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Brad Marsh	D	68	2	11	13	20	52	2	0	1	1	−4	0
5	Frank Bathe	D	57	1	8	9	4	72	3	0	0	0	−3	12
13	Dave Michayluk	RW	13	2	6	8	1	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Pelle Lindbergh	G	40	0	4	4		0	3	0	0	0		4
21^[c]	John Paddock	RW	10	2	1	3	−6	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
20^[d]	Dave Poulin	C	2	2	0	2	1	2	3	1	3	4	1	9
34	Andy Brickley	LW	3	1	1	2	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Ron Sutter	C	10	1	1	2	0	9	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Bob Froese	G	25	0	2	2		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Fred Arthur‡	D	3	0	1	1	−1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Dave Brown	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Ross Fitzpatrick	C	1	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Michel Larocque†	G	2	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Rick St. Croix‡	G	16	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Gord Williams	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

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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
31	Pelle Lindbergh	40	39	23	13	3	1053	116	2.99	.890	3	2,329	3	3	0	3	85	18	6.10	.788	0	177
35	Bob Froese	25	23	17	4	2	569	59	2.52	.896	4	1,405	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Rick St. Croix‡	16	16	9	5	2	431	54	3.45	.875	0	938	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Michel Larocque†	2	2	0	1	1	56	8	4.00	.857	0	120	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Frank J. Selke Trophy	Bobby Clarke	^[6]
	NHL All-Rookie Team	Pelle Lindbergh (Goaltender)	^[7]
	NHL first All-Star team	Mark Howe (Defense)	^[8]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mark Howe	^[9]
		Pelle Lindbergh
		Darryl Sittler
	NHL Player of the Month	Bob Froese (January)^[e]	^[10]
	NHL Player of the Week	Bobby Clarke (January 3)	^[11]
	NHL Player of the Week	Bob Froese (February 21)	^[12]
Team	Barry Ashbee Trophy	Mark Howe	^[13]
Team	Class Guy Award	Mark Howe	^[13]
Miscellaneous	Viking Award	Pelle Lindbergh	^[14]

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Records

Among the team records set during the 1982–83 season was the 31 seconds it took to score the fastest two goals from the start of a period on October 28, which is tied for the team record.^[15] Goaltender Pelle Lindbergh set three consecutive wins records. From December 22 to February 10, Lindbergh won nine consecutive games, which is tied for the team record among all goalies and the record for rookie goaltenders.^[16]^[17] His eight consecutive road wins from December 22 to March 3 is also the team record.^[18] The team's eight consecutive road wins from December 22 to January 16 is the longest in team history.^[19] Brian Propp's twelve game-winning goals on the season is tied for the team record.^[20]

Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Miroslav Dvorak	October 7, 1982	^[21]
	Ron Sutter	November 28, 1982
	Ross Fitzpatrick	December 5, 1982
	Bob Froese	January 8, 1983
	Andy Brickley	March 10, 1983
	Dave Brown	March 12, 1983
	Dave Poulin	April 2, 1983
1000th game played	Bobby Clarke	October 23, 1982	^[22]
1000th point	Darryl Sittler	January 20, 1983	^[22]

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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.^[23]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 9, 1982 (1982-06-09)	To Philadelphia Flyers Brad McCrimmon	To Boston Bruins Pete Peeters	^[24]
August 20, 1982 (1982-08-20)	To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Howe 3rd-round pick in 1983	To Hartford Whalers Greg Adams Ken Linseman 1st-round pick in 1983 3rd-round pick in 1983	^[25]
October 22, 1982 (1982-10-22)	To Philadelphia Flyers Bob Hoffmeyer	To Edmonton Oilers Peter Dineen	^[26]
January 10, 1983 (1983-01-10)	To Philadelphia Flyers Michel Larocque	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rick St. Croix	^[27]

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Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
January 4, 1983 (1983-01-04)	John Paddock	Maine Mariners (AHL)	Free agency	^[28]
March 8, 1983 (1983-03-08)	Dave Poulin	University of Notre Dame (CCHA)	Free agency	^[29]

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Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via	Ref
August 24, 1982 (1982-08-24)	Bob Dailey		Retirement	^[30]
August 25, 1982 (1982-08-25)	Reggie Leach	Detroit Red Wings	Free agency	^[31]
September 9, 1982 (1982-09-09)	Reid Bailey	Edmonton Oilers^[f]	Release	^[32]
	Al Hill	Edmonton Oilers^[g]	Release	^[33]
	Gary Morrison^[h]		Release	^[34]
N/A	Mike Busniuk	SG Brunico (Serie A)	Free agency	^[35]
October 4, 1982 (1982-10-04)	Bob Hoffmeyer	Edmonton Oilers	Waiver draft	^[36]^[37]
October 6, 1982 (1982-10-06)	Jimmy Watson		Retirement	^[38]
October 25, 1982 (1982-10-25)	Fred Arthur		Retirement	^[39]

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Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Ref
May 24, 1982 (1982-05-24)	Andre Villeneuve	multi-year	^[40]
May 24, 1982 (1982-05-24)	Taras Zytynsky	multi-year	^[40]
June 4, 1982 (1982-06-04)	Len Hachborn	3-year	^[41]
August 4, 1982 (1982-08-04)	Miroslav Dvorak	multi-year^[i]	^[42]
September 10, 1982 (1982-09-10)	Ron Sutter	multi-year	^[43]

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Draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1982 NHL entry draft, which was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, on June 9, 1982.^[44]

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)	Notes
1	4	Ron Sutter	Center	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)	^[j]
3	46	Miroslav Dvorak	Defense	Czechoslovakia	HC České Budějovice (CZE)	^[j]
3	47	Bill Campbell	Defense	Canada	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)	^[k]
4	77	Michael Hjalm	Wing	Sweden	Modo Hockey (Elitserien)
5	98	Todd Bergen	Forward	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL)
6	119	Ron Hextall	Goaltender	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
7	140	Dave Brown	Forward	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
8	161	Alain Lavigne	Right wing	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
9	182	Magnus Roupe	Left wing	Sweden	Färjestad BK (Elitserien)
10	203	Tom Allen	Goaltender	United States	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
11	224	Rick Gal	Forward	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
12	245	Mark Vichorek	Defense	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)

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Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Maine Mariners of the AHL^[46]^[47] and the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL.^[48]

Notes

[a]
The alternate captain position was abolished from the 1975–76 season through the 1984–85 season.
[b]
Hoffmeyer wore number 34 in his first eight games after being acquired.
[c]
Paddock wore number 32 in his first seven games.
[d]
Poulin wore number 34 during the regular season.
[e]
Co-winner with Boston Bruins' Pete Peeters
[f]
Bailey signed with Edmonton on October 27.
[g]
Hill signed with Edmonton on November 10.
[h]
Morrison retired.
[i]
Dvorak signed "a series of one-year contracts."
[j]
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.^[45]
[k]
The Flyers traded Bob Kelly to the Washington Capitals for the Capitals' third-round pick, 47th overall, on August 21, 1980.^[45]

1982–83 Philadelphia Flyers season

Off-season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Farm teams

Notes

References

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