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Flyers Look For 11th 3-0 Start

The Flyers are aiming to start 3-0-0 for the 11th time in their history.

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Flyers Look For 11th 3-0 Start

POSTED: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 1:19 AM
Bob Vetrone Jr.

The Flyers head into their home opener Wednesday against the Vancouver Canucks with a chance to start 3-0 for the 11th time in their history.

Those starts (chronologically):

Season          W-L    GF    GA    Final Record (Pts.)
1973-74 4-0 18 3 50-16-12 (112)
1975-76 4-0 21 12 51-13-16 (118)
1977-78 4-0 31 3 45-20-15 (105)
1982-83 3-0 18 11 49-23-  8 (106)
1983-84 5-0 26 9 44-26-10   (98)
1986-87 6-0 28 11 46-26-  8 (100)
1988-89 4-0 19 11 36-36-  8   (80)
1995-96 4-0 19 3 45-24-13 (103)
1998-99 3-0 10 3 37-26-19   (93)
2009-10 3-0 13 7 41-35-  6   (88)
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:12 AM, 10/12/2011
    the 77-78 team scored 31 goals and allowed only 3 in their 4-0 start =0
    — zwarte piet
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:43 PM, 10/12/2011
    Yeah, I thought that that had to be a typo, but the scores were 5-1, 8-2, 7-0 and 11-0.

    Then lost 6-1 to the Maple Leafs...
    — joeags


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Boop – who goes by Bob Vetrone Jr. when he is undercover or paying bills – has been at the Daily News since 1982, after working for five years at the Philadelphia Bulletin up to its closing. Along with helping to build the sports scoreboards most nights, he has had great input into the papers’ special sports pullouts – March Madness, Broad Street Run, Record Breakers, Greatest Moments – as well as its day-to-day, award-winning event coverage.

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