Just thought we needed a post in the LR. After 25 years with nothing to show we get a Philies World Series Championship, followed by winning the pennant again, and now the freakin’ Flyers are in the Stanley Cup!
If they can pull this off it will be unbelievable for the city…and that much less likely that I’ll score cheap Phillies tickets this summer = ^ (
Their game 7 win was epic. Down 3-0 in the series, come back to win four straight, the last from a 3-0 deficit. That’s huge.
Fuck yeah!!!
Don’t worry, Barry, your Phillies tickets will be nice and cheep, especially since the Blackhawks are going to win their first Cup in my liftime after scalping your Flyers.
Not sure how one scalps a flyer. Hell…I don’t even know what flyer is! A black P with lines coming out???
Suck it Flyers! The Hawks in 4, ok I’ll give you one, the Hawks in 5!!! Lord Stanley back to Chi-town!
After the Flyers drink from the cup next week, I’ll be sure to take a moment and reflect on how much it sucks to be a Cubs fan.
Hell…I don’t even know what flyer is! A black P with lines coming out??
I didn’t know either (despite being a PA native) so I looked it up. Kinda a boring story.
On April 4, 1966, Bill Putnam announced there would be a name-the-team contest and that orange, black and white would be the team colors. Wanting what he referred to as “hot” colors, Putnam’s choice was influenced by the orange and white of his alma mater, the University of Texas, and the orange and black of Philadelphia’s previous NHL team, the Quakers.
Details of the name-the-team contest were released on July 12, 1966. As sponsor of the contest, ballots were available at local Acme Markets grocery stores and included a top prize of a RCA 21" color television, two season tickets for both the second and third prize winners, and a pair of tickets to a game for the next 100 winners. Among the names considered behind the scenes were Quakers, Ramblers and Liberty Bells. The first two were the names of previous Philadelphia hockey teams and given the connotations of losing (Quakers) and the minor leagues (Ramblers), were passed over. Liberty Bells, though seriously considered, was also the name of a local race track. Bashers, Blizzards, Bruisers, Huskies, Keystones, Knights, Lancers, Raiders and Sabres were among the other names considered.
It was Ed Snider’s sister Phyllis who ended up naming the team when she suggested Flyers on a return trip from a Broadway play. Ed knew immediately it would be the winning name, since it captured the speed of the game and went well phonetically with Philadelphia. On August 3, 1966, the team name was announced. Of the 11,000 ballots received, more than 100 selected Flyers as the team name and were entered into a drawing to select a winner. Alec Stockard, a 9-year-old boy from Narberth, Pennsylvania who had spelled it “Fliers” on his entry,won the drawing and was declared the winner.