1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1972–73
Year:	1972
Team:	Philadelphia Flyers
Divisionrank:	2nd
Record:	37–30–11
Homerecord:	27–8–4
Roadrecord:	10–22–7
Goalsfor:	296 (4th)
Goalsagainst:	256 (11th)
Captain:	Ed Van Impe (Oct-Jan) Bobby Clarke (Jan-Apr)
Attendance:	16,063^[1]
Goalsleader:	Rick MacLeish (50)
Assistsleader:	Bobby Clarke (67)
Pointsleader:	Bobby Clarke (104)
Pimleader:	Dave Schultz (259)
Plusminusleader:	Bobby Clarke (+32)
Winsleader:	Doug Favell (20)
Gaaleader:	Doug Favell (2.83)

The 1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers earned the nickname "Broad Street Bullies" en route to their first winning season and first playoff series victory, beating the Minnesota North Stars, before losing in the semifinals to the Montreal Canadiens.

Regular season

It was during the 1972–73 season that the Flyers shed the mediocre expansion team label by recording their first winning season and becoming known as the intimidating "Broad Street Bullies", a nickname coined by Jack Chevalier and Pete Cafone of the Philadelphia Bulletin on January 3, 1973^[2] after a 3–1 brawling victory over the Atlanta Flames that led Chevalier to write in his game account, "The image of the fightin' Flyers spreading gradually around the NHL, and people are dreaming up wild nicknames. They're the Mean Machine, the Bullies of Broad Street and Freddy's Philistines." Cafone wrote the accompanying headline, "Broad Street Bullies Muscle Atlanta".^[3]

That same month Bobby Clarke was the youngest player (at that time) in NHL history to be named team captain, replacing Ed Van Impe who had stepped aside in favor of Clarke. Rick MacLeish became the first Flyer to score 50 goals in a season.

After the season, Clarke was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Most Valuable Player.

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

An overtime goal by Gary Dornhoefer in Game 5 turned the tide of their first round series with the Minnesota North Stars in the Flyers' favor, as the Flyers got their first playoff series win in six games. The goal was later immortalized as a bronze statue on the south side of the Spectrum. They were outmatched in the semi-finals by the Montreal Canadiens, however, losing in five games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- style="background:#ffc;"| 1 || October 7 || @ St. Louis Blues || 4–4 || 0–0–1 || 1 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || October 12 || Vancouver Canucks || 7–3 || 1–0–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || October 14 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 0–5 || 1–1–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 4 || October 15 || California Golden Seals || 1–4 || 1–2–1 || 3 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 5 || October 18 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 4–3 || 2–2–1 || 5 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 6 || October 20 || @ California Golden Seals || 3–3 || 2–2–2 || 6 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 7 || October 25 || @ New York Rangers || 1–6 || 2–3–2 || 6 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 8 || October 26 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–1 || 3–3–2 || 8 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 9 || October 28 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 1–2 || 3–4–2 || 8 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 10 || October 29 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 4–4–2 || 10 || |-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 11 || November 2 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–2 || 5–4–2 || 12 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 12 || November 4 || Buffalo Sabres || 5–3 || 6–4–2 || 14 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 13 || November 5 || New York Rangers || 2–3 || 6–5–2 || 14 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 14 || November 8 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–5 || 6–6–2 || 14 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 15 || November 9 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–3 || 7–6–2 || 16 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 16 || November 11 || Buffalo Sabres || 3–1 || 8–6–2 || 18 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 17 || November 12 || California Golden Seals || 8–3 || 9–6–2 || 20 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 18 || November 15 || @ New York Rangers || 3–7 || 9–7–2 || 20 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 19 || November 16 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–6 || 9–8–2 || 20 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 20 || November 19 || @ Atlanta Flames || 2–3 || 9–9–2 || 20 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 21 || November 22 || New York Islanders || 5–3 || 10–9–2 || 22 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 22 || November 25 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–6 || 10–10–2 || 22 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 23 || November 26 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–6 || 10–11–2 || 22 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 24 || November 30 || Atlanta Flames || 5–5 || 10–11–3 || 23 || |-|- style="background:#ffc;"| 25 || December 2 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–2 || 10–11–4 || 24 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 26 || December 3 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–2 || 11–11–4 || 26 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 27 || December 7 || Minnesota North Stars || 6–2 || 12–11–4 || 28 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 28 || December 9 || Boston Bruins || 3–4 || 12–12–4 || 28 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 29 || December 10 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 13–12–4 || 30 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 30 || December 13 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 2–7 || 13–13–4 || 30 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 31 || December 14 || St. Louis Blues || 5–3 || 14–13–4 || 32 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 32 || December 16 || @ New York Islanders || 2–1 || 15–13–4 || 34 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 33 || December 17 || Boston Bruins || 3–5 || 15–14–4 || 34 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 34 || December 20 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 1–4 || 15–15–4 || 34 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 35 || December 21 || Los Angeles Kings || 6–3 || 16–15–4 || 36 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 36 || December 23 || @ St. Louis Blues || 1–6 || 16–16–4 || 36 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 37 || December 27 || @ California Golden Seals || 2–2 || 16–16–5 || 37 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 38 || December 29 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 4–4 || 16–16–6 || 38 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 39 || December 30 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 3–5 || 16–17–6 || 38 || |-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 40 || January 3 || @ Atlanta Flames || 3–1 || 17–17–6 || 40 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 41 || January 7 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 0–2 || 17–18–6 || 40 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 42 || January 11 || Los Angeles Kings || 2–3 || 17–19–6 || 40 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 43 || January 13 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 18–19–6 || 42 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 44 || January 14 || New York Rangers || 2–5 || 18–20–6 || 42 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 45 || January 18 || Minnesota North Stars || 6–1 || 19–20–6 || 44 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 46 || January 20 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–6 || 19–21–6 || 44 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 47 || January 21 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 4–3 || 20–21–6 || 46 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 48 || January 23 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–4 || 20–21–7 || 47 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 49 || January 25 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6–3 || 21–21–7 || 49 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 50 || January 27 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–3 || 22–21–7 || 51 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 51 || January 28 || California Golden Seals || 4–3 || 23–21–7 || 53 || |-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 52 || February 1 || Vancouver Canucks || 5–4 || 24–21–7 || 55 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 53 || February 3 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–2 || 24–21–8 || 56 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 54 || February 4 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 24–21–9 || 57 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 55 || February 7 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 1–2 || 24–22–9 || 57 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 56 || February 9 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 10–5 || 25–22–9 || 59 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 57 || February 11 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–7 || 25–23–9 || 59 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 58 || February 13 || New York Islanders || 8–2 || 26–23–9 || 61 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 59 || February 15 || Boston Bruins || 1–3 || 26–24–9 || 61 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 60 || February 17 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7–6 || 27–24–9 || 63 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 61 || February 18 || Minnesota North Stars || 5–1 || 28–24–9 || 65 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 62 || February 20 || @ St. Louis Blues || 5–3 || 29–24–9 || 67 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 63 || February 25 || @ California Golden Seals || 7–0 || 30–24–9 || 69 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 64 || February 28 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–6 || 30–25–9 || 69 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 65 || March 1 || Los Angeles Kings || 0–2 || 30–26–9 || 69 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 66 || March 4 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 10–0 || 31–26–9 || 71 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 67 || March 7 || @ New York Rangers || 2–2 || 31–26–10 || 72 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 68 || March 10 || Atlanta Flames || 2–1 || 32–26–10 || 74 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 69 || March 11 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 || 33–26–10 || 76 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 70 || March 14 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–5 || 33–27–10 || 76 || |- style="background:#ffc;"| 71 || March 18 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–4 || 33–27–11 || 77 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 72 || March 22 || Vancouver Canucks || 9–0 || 34–27–11 || 79 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 73 || March 24 || @ New York Islanders || 2–3 || 34–28–11 || 79 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 74 || March 25 || St. Louis Blues || 5–2 || 35–28–11 || 81 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 75 || March 28 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 3–6 || 35–29–11 || 81 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 76 || March 29 || Atlanta Flames || 4–2 || 36–29–11 || 83 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 77 || March 31 || New York Islanders || 10–2 || 37–29–11 || 85 || |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 78 || April 1 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–5 || 37–30–11 || 85 || |-|-| Legend:

Playoffs

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1 || April 4 || Minnesota North Stars || 0–3 || North Stars lead 1–0 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || April 5 || Minnesota North Stars || 4–1 || Series tied 1–1 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || April 7 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 0–5 || North Stars lead 2–1 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 4 || April 8 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 3–0 || Series tied 2–2 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 5 || April 10 || Minnesota North Stars || 3–2 OT || Flyers lead 3–2 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 6 || April 12 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 4–1 || Flyers win 4–2 || |-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1 || April 14 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–4 OT || Flyers lead 1–0 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 2 || April 16 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–4 OT || Series tied 1–1 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || April 19 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–2 || Canadiens lead 2–1 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 4 || April 22 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–4 || Canadiens lead 3–1 || |- style="background:#fcc;"| 5 || April 24 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–5 || Canadiens win 4–1 || |-|-| Legend:

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.

	Regular season						Playoffs
	Player
16		C	78	37	67	104	32	80	11	2	6	8	−1	6
19		C	78	50	50	100	15	69	10	3	4	7	−2	2
12		RW	77	30	49	79	17	168	11	3	3	6	0	16
21		RW	69	43	31	74	31	53	11	3	4	7	−2	0
7		LW	69	30	34	64	10	46	11	3	2	5	−2	22
18		LW	77	21	29	50	6	59	11	4	3	7	−1	9
23		D	78	11	31	42	9	26	11	0	4	4	−3	2
17		RW	70	16	20	36	−3	6	11	3	1	4	1	4
10		C	73	14	14	28	−11	51	2	0	0	0	0	0
14		D	63	2	24	26	30	46	11	0	2	2	2	12
28		D	46	3	20	23	8	164	11	1	2	3	−4	29
11		RW	78	12	9	21	−20	205	11	1	2	3	1	4
9		LW	77	10	11	21	1	238	11	0	1	1	0	8
8		LW	76	9	12	21	4	259	11	1	0	1	−2	51
4		D	64	1	17	18	−2	106	11	0	4	4	3	20
5		D	29	2	11	13	−8	32
25		D	35	3	9	12	−1	10
2		D	72	1	11	12	22	76	11	0	0	0	−3	16
6		D	74	0	10	10	16	33	8	0	0	0	1	0
29		C	12	1	5	6	4	2	11	3	2	5	−1	2
20		RW	2	0	3	3	3	0
1		G	44	0	2	2		4	11	0	0	0		2
35		G	23	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0		0
30		G	23	0	1	1		0
15		C	9	0	1	1	−3	4
3		D	4	0	1	1	−5	0
26		C	2	0	0	0	0	0
20		D	4	0	1	1	−1	5	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

	Regular season											Playoffs
	Player
1		44	39	20	15	4	1365	114	2.83	.916	3	2,413	11	11	5	6	359	29	2.61	.919	1	666
35		23	19	9	7	3	617	60	3.23	.903	0	1,115	1	0	0	0	9	1	5.94	.889	0	10
30		23	20	8	8	4		697	78	4.10	.888	0	1,141	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Hart Memorial Trophy	Bobby Clarke	^[4]
	NHL second All-Star team	Bobby Clarke (Center)	^[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Bobby Clarke	^[6]
		Gary Dornhoefer

Records

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers records.

Among the team records set during the 1972–73 season was a road losing streak of eight games from October 25 to November 26, which was later matched during the 1987–88 season.^[7] On February 13, Rick MacLeish became the first Flyer to score four goals in a game, a team record that has been tied but not surpassed in regular season play several times since.^[8] MacLeish's three goals in the second period of that game also tied the team record and the 19 minutes and 47 seconds it took him to score all four goals is the fastest four-goal game in team history.^{[9] [10]} A few weeks later on March 4, MacLeish scored four goals in a game again, this time also tying the team record for points in a single period (4).^[11] On March 31, the Flyers scored a team record eight goals during the second period of a game against the New York Islanders.^[12] During a 4–1 win over the Minnesota North Stars on April 5, Barry Ashbee became the first Flyer to record three assists in a period during a playoff game.^[13] The victory was the Flyers first playoff win since game six of their 1968 series against the St. Louis Blues, snapping a franchise record ten game playoff losing streak.^[14]

Milestones

Franchise firsts^[15]

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
4-goal game	Rick MacLeish	February 13, 1973	^[16]
40-goal season	Rick MacLeish	March 4, 1973	^[17]
100-point season	Bobby Clarke	March 29, 1973	^[18]
50-goal season	Rick MacLeish	April 1, 1973
Shutout, playoffs	Doug Favell	April 8, 1973	^[19]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 12, 1972, the day after the deciding game of the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 10, 1973, the day of the deciding game of the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals.^[20]

Trades

Date	Details		Refs
June 8, 1972	To Philadelphia Flyers Cash	To Minnesota North Stars 10th-round pick in 1972
August 10, 1972	To Philadelphia Flyers John McKenzie	To Boston Bruins Cash	^[21]
December 14, 1972	To Philadelphia Flyers André Dupont 3rd-round pick in 1973	To St. Louis Blues Brent Hughes Pierre Plante	^[22]
March 5, 1973	To Philadelphia Flyers Terry Crisp	To New York Islanders Jean Potvin Player to be named later	^[23]
May 1973	To Philadelphia Flyers Jim Stanfield	To Portland Buckaroos (WHL) Cash	^[24]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
		Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)	Free agency	^[25]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via	Ref
		New England Whalers (WHA)	Free agency	^[26]
		Los Angeles Sharks (WHA)	Free agency	^[27]
				^[28] ^[29] ^[30]
		Alberta Oilers (WHA)	Free agency	^[31]
			Expansion draft
		Atlanta Flames	Expansion draft
		Richmond Robins (AHL)	Reverse draft	^[32]
		Hershey Bears (AHL)	Reverse draft	^[33]
		Quebec Nordiques (WHA)	Free agency	^[34]
		Los Angeles Sharks (WHA)	Free agency	^[35]
		Houston Aeros (WHA)	Free agency	^[36]
		Quebec Nordiques (WHA)	Free agency	^[37]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
		2-year	^[38]
		3-year	^[39]
		2-year
		multi-year
		3-year	^[40]
		2-year	^[41]
		2-year
		2-year	^[42]
		3-year	^[43]
		3-year
		multi-year
		2-year
		multi-year
		multi-year
		3-year	^[44]
		3-year	^[45]
		3-year	^[46]
		3-year
		2-year
		2-year
		3-year	^[47]
		2-year
	Roger Kosar
			^[48]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks.

Philadelphia's picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft, which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, on June 8, 1972.^[49] The Flyers traded their tenth round pick, 148th overall, to the Minnesota North Stars for cash during the draft.^[50]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team (league)
1	7	Bill Barber	Left wing		Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2	23	Tom Bladon	Defense		Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
3	39	Jimmy Watson	Defense		Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4	55	Al MacAdam	Right wing		Charlottetown Islanders (MJHL)
5	71	Daryl Fedorak	Goaltender		Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
6	87	Dave Hasting	Goaltender		Charlottetown Islanders (MJHL)
7	103	Serge Beaudoin	Defense		Trois-Rivières Ducs (QMJHL)
8	119	Pat Russell	Right wing		Vancouver Nats (WCHL)
9	135	Ray Boutin	Goaltender		Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Richmond Robins of the AHL,^{[51] [52]} the San Diego Gulls of the WHL,^[53] and the Jersey Devils of the EHL.^[53]

References

• Web site: Philadelphia Flyers 1972–73 roster and statistics . The Internet Hockey Database . February 10, 2022.
• Web site: 1972–73 Philadelphia Flyers Roster and Statistics . Sports Reference LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . February 10, 2022.
• Web site: Flyers History - Season Overview : 1972–73 . FlyersAlumni.net . Flyers History . February 10, 2022.

Notes and References

1. Web site: All Time Team Attendance. October 26, 2013. Flyers History. P. Anson.
2. Book: Jackson, Jim. Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now . Jim Jackson (sportscaster) . Sports Publishing L.L.C. . 1–3 .
3. News: Broad Street Bullies Muscle Atlanta . Jack Chevalier . Philadelphia Bulletin . 1973-01-03.
4. Web site: Hart Memorial Trophy. National Hockey League. August 6, 2015.
5. 2014–15 NHL Official Guide & Record Book, p. 230–32
6. Web site: 26th NHL All-Star Game . . August 6, 2015.
7. Web site: Team Records: Longest Road Losing Streaks, Season . records.nhl.com . September 14, 2022.
8. Web site: Skater Records: Most Goals, Game . records.nhl.com . September 6, 2022.
9. Web site: Skater Records: Most Goals, Period . records.nhl.com . September 6, 2022.
10. 2016–2017 Philadelphia Flyers Media Guide, p. 264
11. Web site: Skater Records: Most Points, Period . records.nhl.com . September 10, 2022.
12. Web site: Team Records: Most Goals, One Team, Period . records.nhl.com . September 14, 2022.
13. Web site: Playoff Skater Records: Most Assists, Playoff Period . records.nhl.com . September 6, 2022.
14. Web site: Playoff Team Records: Longest Losing Streaks, Multiple Playoff Years . records.nhl.com . September 14, 2022.
15. Web site: Flyers History – All-Time Firsts . P.Anson . August 12, 2015.
16. Web site: Flyers History – Philadelphia Flyer Game Summary . P.Anson . August 14, 2015 . 13-Feb-73 New York Islanders 2 @ Philadelphia Flyers 8.
17. Web site: Flyers History – Philadelphia Flyer Goal Season List . P.Anson . August 12, 2015 . Goal List for Rick MacLeish 1972–73 Season.
18. Web site: Flyers History – Philadelphia Flyer Game Summary . P.Anson . August 12, 2015 . 29-Mar-73 Atlanta Flames 2 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4.
19. Web site: Flyers History – Philadelphia Flyer Game Summary . P.Anson . August 14, 2015 . 8-Apr-73 Philadelphia Flyers 3 @ Minnesota North Stars 0.
20. Web site: Hockey Transactions Search Results. Pro Sports Transactions. April 12, 2014.
21. Web site: Flyers Acquire Contract of John McKenzie . . Associated Press. . August 11, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
22. News: Sports Briefs . . . December 15, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
23. Web site: Flyers trade Potvin for Terry Crisp . . Associated Press. . March 5, 1973 . December 18, 2014.
24. Web site: Jim Stanfield – Notes . . December 18, 2014.
25. Web site: John McIlhargey – Notes . . December 18, 2014.
26. Web site: New England Whalers Sign Dick Sarrazin . The Evening Standard . Associated Press. . May 26, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
27. Web site: Tigers, Texas Make Swap; WHA on Signing Spree . . . May 31, 1972 . November 27, 2021.
28. Web site: The 1972 NHL Expansion and Inter-League Drafts . Historical Hockey Stats & Trivia . Mark . Parsons . June 17, 2012 . July 28, 2015 .
29. Web site: Flyers Lose 3 Players to 2 Expansion Teams . . Associated Press. . June 7, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
30. News: 1972 NHL Expansion Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . hockeyDB.com . December 23, 2013.
31. Web site: WHA Club Signs Seven . . Associated Press. . June 7, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
32. Web site: 1972 Reverse Draft . Historical Hockey Stats & Trivia . Mark . Parsons . June 3, 2012 . July 29, 2015 .
33. Web site: Bears Add Two in Hockey's Reverse Draft . . . June 9, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
34. Web site: Parizeau signs with Quebec . . . June 29, 1972 . November 27, 2021.
35. Web site: July 20, 1972 . Legal action looms over WHA signings . December 18, 2014 . . Newspapers.com.
36. Web site: Dineen expecting strong WHA club . . Associated Press. . August 9, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
37. Web site: Gendron signs with WHA . . . August 30, 1972 . November 27, 2021.
38. Web site: Flyers Ink Schultz . . Associated Press. . May 21, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
39. Web site: Sports shorts . . . May 23, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
40. Web site: May 25, 1972 . Signs With Flyers . December 18, 2014 . . . Associated Press.
41. Web site: briefly . . . May 27, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
42. Web site: Flyers Ink Don Saleski . . Associated Press. . June 1, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
43. Web site: Sports Shorts . . . June 3, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
44. Web site: Sport Shorts . . Associated Press. . June 6, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
45. Web site: Flett returns to NHL Flyers . . Associated Press. . June 20, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
46. Web site: Flyers Sign Four Picks To Contracts . The Times Record . Associated Press. . June 21, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
47. Web site: Philadelphia Flyers Sign 11 Players . . Associated Press. . August 16, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
48. Web site: Hughes signs . . . . September 13, 1972 . December 18, 2014.
49. News: 1972 NHL Amateur Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . hockeyDB.com . November 12, 2013.
50. Web site: 1972 NHL Amateur Draft Pick Transactions. Pro Sports Transactions. November 7, 2013.
51. Web site: AHL Franchise Statistics. October 26, 2013. Flyers History. P. Anson.
52. Web site: AHL Season Overview: 1972–73. October 26, 2013. Flyers History. P. Anson.
53. Web site: Non-AHL Affiliates. October 26, 2013. Flyers History. P. Anson.