Tag: Bobby Clarke

Flyers forward Sean Couturier is a finalist for the Selke Trophy, along with Boston’s Patrice Bergeron and St. Louis’ Ryan O’Reilly.

With the regular season officially over, the Flyers started to hand out team awards, usually reserved for the final home game of the regular season, throughout the course of the week.

One of the most prolific players in Flyers history is Eric Lindros. From his infamous arrival in 1992 to his rather unceremonious exit in 2000, Lindros’ career was always shadowed with controversy. Here is a look back at the trade saga that brought him to Philadelphia and his career.

At the start of the 1979-80 season, the Flyers opened with a win over the Islanders on Oct. 11 and a loss to the Atlanta Flames two nights later. Their third game of the season was the next night on Oct. 14, and the Flyers squeaked out a 4-3 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs. That was the start of a streak that lasted nearly three months and spanned 35 games.

It was a weekend full of festivities, starting with a New Year’s Eve Alumni Game for the ages that featured the return to the ice of many legends for both the Flyers and New York Rangers. Then came the main event on Monday, Jan. 2 where the two division rivals with a lot of history took the ice.

The Broad Street Bullies were hated across the league as the expansion-age team that would impose their will and fists on any opponent. But all bets were off during the 1976 Super Series when HC CSKA Moscow, also known as the Red Army Club, came to play the final game of the series with NHL teams at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.

The Flyers finally got the monkey off their back in Boston in Game 2 and took care of business in the Spectrum to claim their first Stanley Cup in franchise history and become the first expansion team to hoist the Cup.

After winning the Stanley Cup in 1974, the Flyers returned to the Cup Final in 1975, this time as favorites in the series against the Buffalo Sabres. Here is a look back at the 1975 Stanley Cup Final.

The Flyers have named Lindros an official team ambassador. As part of the partnership, Lindros will be in Philadelphia constantly for community events, fan appearances and corporate partner engagements, once the season is able to resume.

The first of four straight Cups for the Islanders didn’t come without a little controversy. Here is a look back at the 1980 Stanley Cup Final between the Flyers and Islanders.

On this week’s show, the guys look at the final results of the “Best Flyer of All-Time” bracket that came down to Bobby Clarke, Eric Lindros, Bernie Parent and Claude Giroux and have a lot to say on the nature of the results. The guys also look back at a few great games in Flyers franchise history as they discuss the topic for a future bracket to come in the near future. In addition, the guys also pick their three most-hated franchises or eras of a franchise.

When the dust settled from Tuesday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the scoreboard read 5-1 in favor of the Flyers. It hardly felt like a game that the Flyers had won by four goals in rather convincing fashion. 

In Saturday’s game against the red-hot Tampa Bay Lightning, the Flyers fell behind early and fell into a 3-0 hole again. Instead of erasing the deficit, the Flyers were down by two in the third and challenging to cut into the deficit further before they made the one mistake that did them in. The Flyers got two goals in short order after falling behind 4-1 with under eight minutes to play in the third, but were not able to complete the comeback in a 5-3 loss to the Lightning.

For the veteran community in Philadelphia, the opportunity to play hockey wasn’t always present. A simple phone call changed all that and allowed the Philadelphia Flyer Warriors to become a reality.

In a trying year for the franchise where production seems to be down across the board, Claude Giroux still has the numbers and is still playing at a level that puts him among the NHL’s best and is adding to a resume that ranks him among Flyers legends.

April 10, 1973: Dornhoefer's OT winner puts Flyers on cusp of 1st playoff series win With the Flyers tied in their…

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Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers rookie phenom this season may be in discussions for the Calder Trophy. He…

March 16, 2000: Bob Clarke snaps over questions regarding Eric Lindros' health Bob Clarke, the general manager of the Flyers, went…

No Philadelphia Flyers rookie has ever won the Calder Trophy. It is not that they have not had their share…

February 22, 1980: Old Time Hockey in Vancouver as Flyers rout Canucks The Flyers would take on the Vancouver Canucks…

Embed from Getty Images   It was bound to end at some point. Shayne Gostisbehere's impressive streak of points in…

50 years in the making, we’re ready for our 50th Anniversary season! pic.twitter.com/CNE1wMOaNR — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) February 10, 2016…

Photo: Kevin Durso/Flyerdelphia On the ice in the present day, the Flyers may not always be the most consistent bunch….

Photo: Kevin Durso/Flyerdelphia It was a night that centered around a celebration of Flyers hockey. With players from all decades…

Embed from Getty Images   On Friday night, four decades of Flyers past will gather at Santander Arena in Reading…

A reuniting of linemates, a legend in goal, Flyers down Rangers Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers are holding…

January 20, 2004: Flyers trade Justin Williams, acquire Danny Markov  It was a trade made out of necessity. The Flyers…

You can't say Rod Brind'Amour wasn't honest in his opening remarks as he became the 24th member of the Flyers…