the Bruins. Playoffs The Blazers improved as the season went on. Andre Lacroix led the league in scoring, and Danny Lawson scored 61 goals; they would prove to be two of the WHA's brightest stars, and Lacroix became the league's all-time leading career scorer. Coupled with Bernie Parent's goaltending, the team made the playoffs with a record of 38 wins and 40 losses. However, Parent left the team after the first game of the playoffs (a 3-2 loss to the Cleveland Crusaders), leaving netminding duties in the hands of backup Marcel Paille, who had not played in the NHL for almost eight years and was then over 40 years old, and 20 year old Yves Archambault whose total experience above juniors was 30 games in the Eastern Hockey League. The Blazers were quickly swept, lasting only the minimum four games. Parent's agent, Howard J. Casper, claimed that money deposited into an escrow account to guarantee his full multi-year contract had been withdrawn by the team and that Parent would not return until the money was repaid; he also alleged that Parent was having trouble getting his regular salary and that the team was not paying medical expenses for him. Parent never rejoined the Blazers but returned to the Philadelphia Flyers the following season. Relocation Despite making a decent account of themselves on the ice, the Blazers were no match at the box office for the Philadelphia Flyers of the established National Hockey League, who played at the then-state-of-the-art Spectrum. While competing with an NHL team would likely have been difficult in the best of circumstances, for the Blazers matters were made worse since their debut coincided with the Flyers becoming competitive on the ice, posting their first winning record before ultimately winning consecutive Stanley Cups in the two following seasons. With no reasonable hope of the Blazers overcoming poor attendance at the Civic Center, which averaged less than 50% of capacity, Brown and Cooper sold the Blazers to Jim Pattison after only one season. Pattison moved the team to Vancouver. The last active Philadelphia Blazer player in major professional hockey was Dave Hutchinson who retired in 1983-84 NHL season. The last active Philadelphia Blazer was Ron Plumb who played in England until 1986. Season-by-season record See 1972–73 Philadelphia Blazers season Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals