Niagara Falls won the right to play for the Cup by defeating the Toronto Neil McNeil Maroons for the OHA championship, and the Espanola Eagles to win the George Richardson Memorial Trophy as eastern Canadian representatives.

Niagara Falls won the right to play for the Cup by defeating the defending champions Toronto Marlboros for the OHA championship.

They defeated the Oil Kings 4 games to 1 in a best-of-seven rematch series from two years previous.

The Flyers would play the Estevan Bruins on home ice, except for game two at the Montreal Forum.

Four years after buying the Black Hawks, the Emms family relocated them to Niagara Falls in 1976, taking the same name as the previous team.

Also of note, the franchise were repeat champions in different home cities, of Barrie and Niagara Falls.

The second Niagara Falls Flyers team won the western conference Emms Trophy in the 1978–79 playoffs.