Those weren't among the more penalized teams of the era. Boston "only" had 1,222 PIMs that season, Montreal 803 . . . check out this group (the Flyers); they had over 2,600 minutes in 1980-81, coached by none other than Pat Quinn . . .
--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
# Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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Bill Barber................................... 80 43 42 85 69 12 11 5 16 0
19 Rick MacLeish................................. 78 38 36 74 25 12 5 5 10 0
27 Reggie Leach.................................. 79 34 36 70 59 9 0 0 0 2
Brian Propp................................... 79 26 40 66 110 12 6 6 12 32
16 Bobby Clarke.................................. 80 19 46 65 140 12 3 3 6 6
3 Behn Wilson................................... 77 16 47 63 237 12 2 10 12 36
Paul Holmgren................................. 77 22 37 59 306 12 5 9 14 49
12 Mel Bridgman.................................. 77 14 37 51 195 12 2 4 6 39
Ken Linseman.................................. 51 17 30 47 150 12 4 16 20 67
38 Tim Kerr...................................... 68 22 23 45 84 10 1 3 4 2
22 Tom Gorence................................... 79 24 18 42 46 12 3 2 5 29
Bob Dailey.................................... 53 7 27 34 141 7 0 1 1 18
15 Al Hill....................................... 57 10 15 25 45 12 2 4 6 18
Terry Murray.................................. 71 1 17 18 53 12 2 1 3 10
21 Gary Morrison................................. 33 1 13 14 68 -- -- -- -- --
Thomas Eriksson............................... 24 1 10 11 14 7 0 2 2 6
Ron Flockhart................................. 14 3 7 10 11 3 1 0 1 2
Blake Wesley.................................. 50 3 7 10 107 -- -- -- -- --
43 Glen Cochrane................................. 31 1 8 9 219 6 1 1 2 18
Yves Preston.................................. 19 4 2 6 4 -- -- -- -- --
28 Mike Busniuk.................................. 72 1 5 6 204 6 0 1 1 11
20 Jim Watson.................................... 18 2 2 4 6 -- -- -- -- --
39 Reid Bailey................................... 17 1 3 4 55 12 0 2 2 23
Greg Adams.................................... 6 3 0 3 8 -- -- -- -- --
*25 Norm Barnes................................... 22 0 3 3 18 -- -- -- -- --
5 Frank Bathe................................... 44 0 3 3 175 12 0 3 3 16
Rick St. Croix (G)............................ 27 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 2
33 Pete Peeters (G).............................. 40 0 1 1 8 3 0 0 0 19
23 Paul Evans.................................... 1 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- --
*29 Jack McIlhargey............................... 3 0 0 0 22 -- -- -- -- --
* Phil Myre (G)................................. 16 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
Bench 80 40
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Totals 313 516 829 2621
Player GP Min GA GAA W L T Svs Pct EN SO
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Rick St. Croix 27.00 1567 65 2.49 13 7 6 0 0.000 2 2
Pete Peeters 40.00 2333 115 2.96 22 12 5 0 0.000 5 2
Phil Myre 16.00 900 61 4.07 6 5 4 0 0.000 1 0
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