1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 48-12-20 - 116 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 13-6
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Preliminary - Defeated Edmonton Oilers 3-0
Quarter-Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-1
Semi-Finals - Defeated Minnesota North Stars 4-1
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 4-2
Coach: Pat Quinn (48-12-20)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers Roster
1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers Results

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, finishing first in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 13-6.

The Flyers netted 327 goals and surrendered 254. Reggie Leach scored 50 goals for Philadelphia, while Paul Holmgren, Rick MacLeish, Bill Barber and Brian Propp each tallied 30 or more also. Ken Linseman and Bobby Clarke 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 Stanley Cup finals.

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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
Pete Peeters	40	2373	29	5	5	1	1	108	2.73	0
Phil Myre	41	2367	18	7	15	2	0	141	3.57	0
Rick St. Croix	1	60	1	0	0	0	0	2	2.00	0
Totals	82	4800	48	12	20	3	1	251	3.14		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ken Linseman	C	17	4	18	22	40	0	0	1
Reggie Leach	R	19	9	7	16	6	2	1	0
Brian Propp	L	19	5	10	15	29	3	0	0
Bill Barber	L	19	12	9	21	23	1	3	4
Bobby Clarke	C	19	8	12	20	16	3	0	2
Rick MacLeish	L	19	9	6	15	2	1	0	1
Paul Holmgren	R	18	10	10	20	47	3	0	1
Mel Bridgman	C	19	2	9	11	70	0	0	0
Bob Dailey	D	19	4	13	17	22	1	1	2
Bob Kelly	L	19	1	1	2	38	0	0	0
Behn Wilson	D	19	4	9	13	66	0	0	2
Dennis Ververgaert	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hill	L	19	3	5	8	19	1	0	0
Norm Barnes	D	10	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Jimmy Watson	D	15	0	4	4	20	0	0	0
Tom Gorence	R	15	3	3	6	18	1	0	0
Mike Busniuk	F	19	2	4	6	23	0	0	0
John Paddock	R	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Andre Dupont	D	19	0	4	4	50	0	0	0
Frank Bathe	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack McIlhargey	D	9	0	0	0	25	0	0	0
Gary Morrison	R	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Pete Peeters	G	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Phil Myre	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		342	78	125	203	526	16	5	13

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Pete Peeters	13	799	8	5	1	37	2.78	0
Phil Myre	6	384	5	1	1	16	2.50	0
Totals	19	1183	13	6	2	53	2.69		0