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Dick Cherry's 1968-1969 season

Points
15
NHL#162
Goals
9
NHL#110
Assists
6
NHL#192
Plus/minus
-12
NHL#229
Games
71
93%
93% of 76

Defenceman Dick Cherry was 31 years old when the 1968-1969 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played 71 of a possible 76 games and scored 9 goals and 6 assists for 15 points, 0.21 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 1 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1968-1969Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Dick Cherry makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠0 win against Pittsburgh Penguins

    Dick was 31 years old · Spectrum, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    • The game
      PIT0–3PHI
      W
      game 3/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–3PHI
      game 4/76
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–6LAK
      L
      game 5/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2OAK
      game 6/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–4STL
      L
      game 7/76
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      L
      game 8/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • November 1968
    • The game
      PHI3–2TOR
      W
      game 9/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3PHI
      W
      game 10/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Dick Cherry records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Montréal Canadiens · November 3

    • The game
      PHI1–7BOS
      L
      game 11/76
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL8–0PHI
      L
      game 12/76
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–0PIT
      W
      game 13/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–4MNS
      L
      game 14/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4PHI
      W
      game 15/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK1–3PHI
      W
      game 16/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–0PHI
      L
      game 17/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      OAK2–1PHI
      L
      game 18/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–1PHI
      L
      game 19/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 19 of 7617 of 19 played
      3
      points
      NHL#150
      0
      goals
      NHL#164
      3
      assists
      NHL#113
      -12
      +/-
      NHL#77
      PHI
      6-11-0W-L-OT14Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET5–2PHI
      L
      game 20/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI0–1STL
      L
      game 21/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • December 1968
    • The game
      PHI3–3DET
      game 22/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–3LAK
      L
      game 23/76
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI0–4OAK
      L
      game 24/76
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL4–4PHI
      game 25/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI0–1MTL
      L
      game 27/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–1NYR
      W
      game 28/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–8PHI
      W
      game 29/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS5–5PHI
      game 30/76
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–1LAK
      W
      game 31/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–2OAK
      L
      game 32/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2PHI
      game 33/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3DET
      game 34/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      OAK2–1PHI
      L
      game 35/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–2PHI
      game 36/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–1PIT
      game 37/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–2PHI
      game 38/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 38 of 7635 of 38 played
      3
      points
      NHL#189
      0
      goals
      NHL#192
      3
      assists
      NHL#173
      -18
      +/-
      NHL#83
      PHI
      9-19-0W-L-OT28Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI4–4TOR
      game 39/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–1PHI
      L
      game 40/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–2MNS
      W
      game 41/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–4STL
      L
      game 42/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–0PHI
      L
      game 43/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3PHI
      L
      game 44/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3PHI
      W
      game 45/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Dick Cherry scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · January 19

    • The game
      PHI2–2CHI
      game 46/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–6MTL
      L
      game 47/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–5PHI
      W
      game 48/76
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG1SHP
      +2 goals
    • February 1969
    • The game
      PHI2–2PIT
      game 50/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–2PHI
      L
      game 51/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–6BOS
      L
      game 53/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–3NYR
      game 54/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3CHI
      game 55/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL2–1PHI
      L
      game 56/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–0PHI
      L
      game 57/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 57 of 7652 of 57 played
      8
      points
      NHL#178
      4
      goals
      NHL#132
      4
      assists
      NHL#184
      -16
      +/-
      NHL#76
      PHI
      12-30-0W-L-OT39Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      OAK2–3PHI
      W
      game 58/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–3STL
      L
      game 59/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–4MTL
      L
      game 60/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–9DET
      L
      game 61/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–1PHI
      game 62/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • March 1969
    • The game
      PHI2–2LAK
      game 63/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–4OAK
      game 64/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–5PHI
      W
      game 65/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI2–2TOR
      game 66/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OAK3–5PHI
      W
      game 67/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS1–2PHI
      W
      game 68/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–2MNS
      game 69/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI2–6CHI
      L
      game 70/76
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS2–5PHI
      W
      game 71/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–1MNS
      W
      game 72/76
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–4PHI
      W
      game 73/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–4PHI
      W
      game 74/76
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3PHI
      game 75/76
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–2PIT
      L
      game 76/76
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    The season in numbers

    Dick Cherry closes the 1968-1969 season with 15 points

    Points
    15
    NHL#162
    Games
    71of 76
    93%
    Goals
    9
    NHL#110
    Assists
    6
    NHL#192
    P/GP
    0.21
    NHL#182
    +/-
    -12
    NHL#229
    Events
    15
    career best in points
    9
    career best in goals
    6
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Philadelphia Flyers are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Philadelphia Flyers meet St. Louis Blues

    PHIvsSTL
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      PHI2–5STL
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • St. Louis Blueslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      PHI0–5STL
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • St. Louis Blueslead2–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      STL3–0PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • St. Louis Blueslead3–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      STL4–1PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    Quarterfinal

    St. Louis Blues knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–0

    PHI0–4STL
    Eliminated
    4Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Dick Cherry ends the 1968-1969 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#80
    Games
    4
    Goals
    1
    NHL#47
    Assists
    0
    NHL#92
    P/GP
    0.25
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#90
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff goal
    STL0–4