It’s the magical combination of Danny Gallivan and Dick Irvin as the Habs and Flyers battle on May 16, 1976. Montreal would win 5-3 on this night, sweeping the Flyers to win their 19th Stanley Cup. Period one (30 min.) and period three (42 min) are included here, and we see the Cup awarded. Just [...]

Like most every other kid, I got in my share of neighbourhood scraps which usually involved a lot of wrestling, a headlock or two, some serious swearing, and a taunt from the other kid that he saw my sister naked or something equally lowdown, which led to more wrestling, headlocks, and swearing.  But I hate [...]

Once again, while you’re snuggled in your beds tonight, I’ll be at work, giving 110%, working for the man, bringing home the bacon.  The complete opposite of a famous hobo in the Dirty Thirties who said no hobo should ever work until everyone else has found employment. It’s just a roundabout way of saying I won’t be seeing the game until [...]

Thanks to Danno for sending this over.

Many of you may recall Fred “The Fog” Shero, who coached the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1970′s, a team known as the Broad Street Bullies, a team full of thugs and madmen like Dave Schultz, and a band of rogues captained by stickman Bobby Clarke. It was also a team the Montreal Canadiens finally put out of [...]

The goaltending thing in Montreal isn’t a controversy like the media is playing it up to be. Whether it’s perfectly okay to wipe Jarkko Ruutu’s smile off his face with a sharpened blade might be considered a controversy. Letting the Leafs play in the NHL could be considered a controversy. Awarding Dave Schultz the Lady Byng trophy [...]

  Past and present members of the Philadelphia Flyers pose in this recent photo. From left to right, Dave Schultz (in white dress), Bobby Clarke, Scott Hartnell, and little Beaver Briere (injured), smile for the camera.   And now – About the game! See what happens when the referee doesn’t call 11 straight penalties and you play some [...]

 This is Kate Smith. Born 1907 in Virginia, died 79 years later in 1986. Kate used to sing God Bless America at Philadelphia Flyers games in the 1970′s. Sometimes she was on tape, and from time to time, she actually showed up live and in the flesh. The Flyers won two Stanley Cups with her [...]

   GAME ONE     PRE-GAME OBSERVATIONS: Here’s what I know about the city of Philadephia: City Hall in Philadelphia, if it’s still in the same place as it was in 1969, has stairs up to the top where you can look out over the street and smoke a joint. That’s what Mike and I did [...]

The photo above is of course long-time Philadelphia Flyer Bobby Clarke. He was the leader of the Broad Street Bullies in the early part of the 1970′s when they had such goons as Dave Schultz, Bob Kelly, Don Saleski, and Moose Dupont. Clarke was their leader, but any one of them could have beat the [...]