1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics
Team Record: 48-12-20 - 116 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Pat Quinn (48-12-20)
The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 48 wins and 12 losses and 20 ties for 116 points in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The team netted 327 goals and surrendered 254. Reggie Leach scored 50 goals for the team, while Bill Barber, Rick MacLeish, Brian Propp and Paul Holmgren each tallied 30 or more also. Bobby Clarke and Ken Linseman each recorded 57 assists. Pete Peeters earned 29 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Phil Myre added 15 or more victories as well. Pete Peeters recorded a 2.73 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Pat Quinn coached the team. The 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Linseman | C | 80 | 22 | 57 | 79 | 107 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 168 | 13.1 |
| Reggie Leach | R | 76 | 50 | 26 | 76 | 28 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 328 | 15.2 |
| Brian Propp | L | 80 | 34 | 41 | 75 | 54 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 209 | 16.3 |
| Bill Barber | L | 79 | 40 | 32 | 72 | 17 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 265 | 15.1 |
| Bobby Clarke | C | 76 | 12 | 57 | 69 | 65 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 139 | 8.6 |
| Rick MacLeish | L | 78 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 234 | 13.2 |
| Paul Holmgren | R | 74 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 267 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 153 | 19.6 |
| Mel Bridgman | C | 74 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 136 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 145 | 11.0 |
| Bob Dailey | D | 61 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 71 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 185 | 7.0 |
| Bob Kelly | L | 75 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 122 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 13.4 |
| Behn Wilson | D | 61 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 212 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 119 | 7.6 |
| Dennis Ververgaert | R | 58 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 14.6 |
| Al Hill | L | 61 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 20.3 |
| Norm Barnes | D | 59 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 59 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 5.5 |
| Jimmy Watson | D | 71 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 51 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 5.1 |
| Tom Gorence | R | 51 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 9.0 |
| Mike Busniuk | F | 71 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 93 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 3.6 |
| John Paddock | R | 32 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 36 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Andre Dupont | D | 58 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 107 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1.5 |
| Frank Bathe | D | 47 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 111 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Jack McIlhargey | D | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Dave Gardner | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Gary Morrison | R | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Don Gillen | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Dennis Patterson | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Blake Wesley | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Pete Peeters | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick St. Croix | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Myre | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1441 | 327 | 512 | 839 | 1818 | 523 | 44 | 15 | 48 | 20 | 2705 | 12.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Peeters | 40 | 2373 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 2.73 | |||
| Phil Myre | 41 | 2367 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 3.57 | |||
| Rick St. Croix | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 4800 | 48 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 251 | 3.14 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Linseman | C | 17 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Leach | R | 19 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Propp | L | 19 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Barber | L | 19 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Clarke | C | 19 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rick MacLeish | L | 19 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Holmgren | R | 18 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mel Bridgman | C | 19 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dailey | D | 19 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kelly | L | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Behn Wilson | D | 19 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Ververgaert | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Hill | L | 19 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Barnes | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Watson | D | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Gorence | R | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Busniuk | F | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Paddock | R | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Dupont | D | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Bathe | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack McIlhargey | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Morrison | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Peeters | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Myre | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 342 | 78 | 125 | 203 | 526 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Peeters | 13 | 799 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 2.78 | 414 | 377 | .911 |
| Phil Myre | 6 | 384 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2.50 | 217 | 201 | .926 |
| Totals | 19 | 1183 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 2.69 | 631 | 578 | .916 |
