 A year later he was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers 108th overall in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.He began his professional career with the Fighting Saints in 1975–76, but left the team on February 28, 1976, three days before it folded because of financial problems.He signed with the Flyers shortly after and made his NHL debut a month later where he got a chance to play with his childhood role model Gary Dornhoefer.