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Apr 10, 2017. Flyers. very franchise has a first. And for the Flyers, Bill "Sudsy" Sutherland held a very special distinction: scoring the franchise's first goal in 1967. Sutherland, 82, died on Sunday. The cause of death was not disclosed.
Apr 11, 2017 · By Legacy Staff April 11, 2017. 0. Bill Sutherland, a former professional hockey player who scored the first goal in the history of the Philadelphia Flyers, died Sunday, April 9, 2017. He was...
Apr 10, 2017 · Bill Sutherland, who played 124 games over parts of the Flyers' first four seasons as an organization and scored the franchise's first-ever goal in 1967, died on Sunday. He was 82 years old.
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He scored the first goal in Flyers history on October 11, 1967. He became the first player in NHL history to score the first NHL goal in two arenas in the same season. He scored the first goal at the Long Beach Sports Arena in a 4–2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
- 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
- 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
3 - PHI : Bill Sutherland 5 (Wayne Hicks) (EV) Gerry Cheevers : 18-Nov-67 Philadelphia Flyers 2 @ Minnesota North Stars 2: Period 2 - 2:55 2 - PHI : Bill Sutherland 6 (Lou Angotti, Ed Van Impe) (EV) Gary Bauman : 22-Nov-67 Detroit Red Wings 2 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4: Period 2 - 9:28 3 - PHI : Bill Sutherland 7 (Larry Zeidel, Lou Angotti) (EV ...
Philadelphia (AP) - A third period goal by Bill Sutherland carried Philadelphia Flyers to a 1-0 vitory over Pittsburgh Penguins last night in the first National Hockey League game played here in 36 years.
Among the Flyers' 20 selections were Bernie Parent, Doug Favell, Bill Sutherland, Ed Van Impe, Joe Watson, Lou Angotti, Leon Rochefort and Gary Dornhoefer. Having purchased the minor-league Quebec Aces , the team had a distinctly francophone flavor in its early years, with Parent, Rochefort, Andre Lacroix , Serge Bernier , Jean-Guy Gendron ...
