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ALL-TIME FLYERS HISTORIC MOMENTS<br />
JUNE 5, 1967: The National Hockey League announced that<br />
the league awarded expansion franchises to California, Los<br />
Angeles, Minnesota, <strong>Philadelphia</strong>, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.<br />
JUNE 6, 1967: The <strong>Flyers</strong> selected 20 players in the National<br />
Hockey League Expansion Draft.<br />
OCTOBER 11, 1967: <strong>Flyers</strong> meet the California Seals at<br />
Oakland in their first game ever, dropping a 5-1 decision.<br />
FEBRUARY 8, 1972: Goaltender Bruce Gamble suffers what<br />
later was diagnosed as a heart attack in the first period of<br />
the <strong>Flyers</strong> game at Vancouver. He continued to play and<br />
recorded a 3-1 win.<br />
APRIL 1, 1972: <strong>Flyers</strong> honor retiring goaltender Bruce<br />
Gamble at the Spectrum.<br />
OCTOBER 18, 1967: <strong>Flyers</strong> win their first game ever, 2-1, at<br />
St. Louis.<br />
OCTOBER 19, 1967: <strong>Flyers</strong> play their first game ever at the<br />
Spectrum, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins, 1-0, on a<br />
goal by Bill Sutherland. Goaltender Doug Favell recorded<br />
the shutout.<br />
NOVEMBER 4, 1967: Leon Rochefort records the <strong>Flyers</strong>’ first<br />
ever hat trick, leading <strong>Philadelphia</strong> to a 4-1 win at Montreal.<br />
JANUARY 16, 1968: Leon Rochefort becomes the first Flyer<br />
to participate in a mid-season NHL All-Star Game.<br />
MARCH 1, 1968: Roof of the Spectrum blows off, forcing the<br />
<strong>Flyers</strong> to play the final month of the season “on the road.”<br />
MARCH 30, 1968: <strong>Flyers</strong> win West Division Championship<br />
with a record of 31-32-11 in their first year of existence.<br />
APRIL 4, 1968: <strong>Flyers</strong> play their first ever playoff game,<br />
dropping a 1-0 decision to the St. Louis Blues at the<br />
Spectrum.<br />
NOVEMBER 7, 1968: Red Berenson scores six goals as<br />
the visiting St. Louis Blues defeat the <strong>Flyers</strong>, 8-0, at the<br />
Spectrum.<br />
JANUARY 30, 1969: <strong>Flyers</strong> suffer worst defeat ever, a 12-0<br />
loss to the Chicago Blackhawks at the Spectrum.<br />
JUNE 12, 1969: <strong>Flyers</strong> draft Bobby Clarke from the Flin Flon<br />
Bombers in the 2nd round (17th overall) of the 1969 NHL<br />
Amateur Draft.<br />
OCTOBER 11, 1969: Bobby Clarke plays in his first NHL game.<br />
APRIL 4, 1970: Needing a win or a tie in any of their final six<br />
games of the season to make the playoffs, the <strong>Flyers</strong> lost<br />
their 6th consecutive game, 1-0, on a goal by Minnesota’s<br />
Barry Gibbs on a dump-in play from his own blue line at<br />
7:48 of the third period. <strong>Flyers</strong> goaltender Bernie Parent lost<br />
sight of the puck in the afternoon sun shining through one<br />
of the Spectrum’s exits.<br />
JANUARY 31, 1971: <strong>Flyers</strong> trade goaltender Bernie Parent<br />
to Toronto along with their 2nd choice in the 1971 NHL Draft<br />
for Bruce Gamble, Mike Walton and Toronto’s 1st choice<br />
(Pierre Plante) in 1971 draft. In addition, the <strong>Flyers</strong> trade<br />
Mike Walton to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Rick<br />
MacLeish and Danny Schock.<br />
APRIL 2, 1972: At Buffalo, the Sabres’ Gerry Meehan scores<br />
the game-winning goal with four seconds to play in the<br />
final game of the regular season to eliminate the <strong>Flyers</strong><br />
from the playoffs. The <strong>Flyers</strong> needed a win or a tie to earn<br />
a playoff berth.<br />
JUNE 7, 1972: Bobby Clarke receives the Bill Masterton<br />
Memorial Trophy for perseverance, dedication and<br />
sportsmanship, becoming the first Flyer to receive an<br />
individual NHL award.<br />
JANUARY 17, 1973: Bobby Clarke is named the team’s third<br />
captain, becoming the youngest captain in NHL history (at<br />
age 23).<br />
MARCH 29, 1973: Bobby Clarke becomes the first Flyer, and<br />
9th player in NHL history, to record 100 points in a season<br />
with a third-period goal in the <strong>Flyers</strong>’ 4-2 win over the<br />
Atlanta Flames at the Spectrum.<br />
APRIL 1, 1973: Rick MacLeish becomes the first Flyer, and<br />
8th player in NHL history, to record 50 goals in one season<br />
in a 5-4 loss at Pittsburgh. The goal also was MacLeish’s<br />
100th point of the season.<br />
APRIL 10, 1973: Gary Dornhoefer scores the game-winning<br />
goal at 8:35 of the first overtime period to give the <strong>Flyers</strong> a<br />
3-2 win over the visiting Minnesota North Stars, and a 3-2<br />
edge in their best of seven Quarterfinal series. <strong>Flyers</strong> go<br />
on to win series in six games-their first ever playoff series<br />
victory.<br />
MAY 15, 1973: <strong>Flyers</strong> acquire Bernie Parent’s NHL rights<br />
and Toronto Maple Leafs’ 2nd round draft choice (Larry<br />
Goodenough) in 1973 in exchange for Doug Favell and<br />
<strong>Flyers</strong>’ first round draft choice (Bob Neely) in 1973.<br />
OCTOBER 28, 1971: <strong>Flyers</strong> record their 100th regular season<br />
win, 3-2, over the Vancouver Canucks at the Spectrum.<br />
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