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Broad Street Bullies
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. They are the second NHL team to represent Philadelphia, with the first team, the Philadelphia Quakers, only playing one season in 1930–31. The team plays its home games at Xfinity Mobile Arena in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, an indoor arena they share with the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). Part of the 1967 NHL expansion, the Flyers are the first of the expansion teams in the post-Original Six era to win the Stanley Cup, victorious in 1974 and again in 1975. Since their two Stanley Cup victories, they have been in the Final five other times, most recently in 2010.
Quick Facts
- Team colors
- Orange
- Black
- White
- Logo motif
- Winged 'P'
Lore & Background
The Flyers earned the nickname 'Broad Street Bullies' during the 1970s due to their association with Broad Street and the players consistently brawling with other teams. The nickname was coined by Jack Chevalier and Pete Cafone of the Philadelphia Bulletin on January 3, 1973, after a 3–1 brawling victory over the Atlanta Flames. The team's tradition of playing Kate Smith's 'God Bless America' began on December 11, 1969, as a way to defray national tensions during the Vietnam War.
Reader's Guide
The Flyers play their home games on Broad Street, first at the Spectrum from 1967 until 1996, and then at Xfinity Mobile Arena since 1996. The Spectrum was the site of the Cup-clinching game for the 1974 Stanley Cup championship: Game 6 was played at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on May 19, 1974.
Did You Know?
- Bobby Clarke was the first Flyer to win an NHL award, the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, and later became the first expansion team player to win the Hart Memorial Trophy.
- The Flyers' 1974 Stanley Cup victory was clinched at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, not at the Boston Garden.
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