Originally slated for Miami, the WHL's Screaming Eagles were moved to Philadelphia at the last minute prior to the 72-73 season and renamed the Blazers. Shortly after the relocation, they came to contract terms with Derek Sanderson, signing him for $2.6 million over 5 years, at the time the highest salary ever paid to a professional sports player. They also signed former Flyer Bernie Parent in net, who failed to get picked up by an NHL team.
Despite the stars, the Blazers only lasted 1 season, as injuries and off-ice struggles with Sanderson plagued the promising team and therefore ticket sales suffered. The Blazers were moved to Vancouver for the '73-74 season.
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The Philadelphia Firebirds played in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) from 1974-1977.
If the teams of the NAHL (1973-1977) look familiar, it's because the league served as the inspiration for one of the greatest sports movies of all time: Slap Shot. Ned Dowd, who played for the Johnston Jets, was the brother of the film's screenwriter, Nancy Dowd who was inspired to write the screenplay based off of Ned's experiences in a league where bench-clearing brawls and fights between players and fans were the norm on Friday and Saturday nights in arenas in cities like Syracuse, Binghamton and Erie.
The league's championship trophy, the Lockhart Cup, was last awarded on April 10, 1977, to the Syracuse Blazers and has since gone missing. Its last known whereabouts was reported to be in the basement of Danny Belisle, the coach of the Blazers in the 1976–77 season.
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The Philadelphia Bulldogs were members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of Roller Hockey International(RHI). They were part of the 1994 RHI Expansion. The Bulldogs were owned by NHL player agent Ron Salcer and actor Tony Danza. During the Bulldogs first season in 1994, the team's Head Coach and General Manager was former Philadelphia Flyers star Dave Schultz. The team was one of 12 added for the 1994, doubling the league in size to 24 after its inaugural season. In the February 1994 draft, the Bulldogs selected Dave Brown of the Philadelphia Flyers, along with Mitch Lamoureux and Tim Tookey, who would both go on to NHL careers, but were then playing for the Flyers' minor league farm team, the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. The Bulldogs worked with the promotional staff at The Spectrum, their home arena, and took advantage of the celebrity owners to make local appearances and star in advertisements as part of their efforts to draw ticket sales.
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The Philadelphia Atoms played at Veterans Stadium from 1973 to 1976 before eventually folding in 1976. Even though the Philadelphia Atoms won the NASL Eastern Division Championship in 1973, it wasn't enough to keep the blue and white in Philadelphia. With players like Bob Rigby & Jim Fryatt donning the blue and white in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Atoms should have been able to fill seats. The reality however what much different and with low attendance, the Philadelphia Atoms soon folded and became no more.
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The Philadelphia Spartans played at Temple Stadium from 1967 to 1968 before eventually folding in 1968. Even though the Philadelphia Spartans were a strong team in the 1967 season, it wasn't enough to keep the black and white in Philadelphia. With players like Gernot Fraydl & John Best donning the black and white in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Spartans should have been able to fill seats. The reality however was much different and with low attendance, the Philadelphia Spartans soon folded and became no more.
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In 1976, the Cold War was at its tail end, but the idea of the world being divided between American and Soviet spheres of influence was still a reality to most observers. That's why when the Soviet hockey team - who absolutely dominated the international hockey circuit - toured the U.S. to play NHL clubs, they were seen as much more than just exhibition games.
The Super Series ’76 had the Red Army and the Soviet Wings play four games each against NHL clubs. Undefeated in their first three games against Original 6 teams, the Flyers were the NHL’s last hope to beat the Red Army and salvage some pride for the league and for the North American way of playing hockey.
Being at the height of their 'Broad Street Bullies' days, and with the bad blood already existing between Flyers captain Bobby Clark - who had deliberately slashed Valeri Kharlamov in the ankle and knocked him out of the 1972 Summit Series - anticipation for a physical game was high.
With the Flyers dominating early, defenseman Ed Van Impe delivered a hard check mid-way through the game to Kharlamov that triggered the most famous incident of the entire Super Series: with no penalty called on the play, the Soviet players and coaches left the ice and bench and went back to their locker room in protest, prompting the now famous "They're Going Home!" from commentator Bob Cole.
"In '72 in Moscow, we stayed and we took it all. And in '74. And now, the Flyers move them around a little bit...and they're going home!"
Eventually, the Soviets returned to the ice after they were told them they wouldn’t be paid the $200,000 they were owed for the four games they played against NHL clubs unless they completed the game. The Red Army reluctantly agreed to finish the game only to be defeated 4-1. A huge victory for the Flyers, the NHL and the U.S.A.
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