Career
Ron Flockhart scored over 300 National Hockey League points in the 1980s playing mostly with the Philadelphia Flyers and Saint Louis Blues. After an impressive season with the Regina Pats during the 1979-1980 Western Hockey League season, he was signed as a free agent by the Philadelphia Flyers. While he played most of the "80–81 season with the Flyers" AHL affiliate Maine Mariners, he appeared in 14 regular season and three playoff games for the parent team
His best National Hockey League season came the following year, as Flockhart averaged a point a game, scoring 33 goals and assisting on another 39 for 72 points.
Though he enjoyed another solid year in 1982-1983 with 29 goals and 60 points in 73 games, the Flyers as a team continued to have trouble advancing in the playoffs. After a slow start at the beginning of the "83–84 season, Flockhart was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins as part of the trade that brought Rich Sutter to Philadelphia.
Flockhart spent the next two seasons playing for the Penguins and Montreal Canadiens, and in 1985-1986 joined the Saint Louis Blues where he tallied 22 goals and added 45 assists. lieutenant was his highest point total since his first season with the Flyers.
Over the next few years, Flockhart"s playing time fell with the Blues, and he ended his National Hockey League career with a four-game stint on the Boston Bruins.
Although Flockhart"s National Hockey League career was at an end, his professional career continued for a few more years with SG Cortina and Bolzano The Human Context in Italy. Flockhart"s style was often called "Flocky (or Flockey or Flockie) Hockey", for his tendency to rag the puck rather than move it quickly up ice. Holds Philadelphia Flyers record for fastest two goals (8 seconds) during a game against the Saint Louis Blues on December 6, 1981.