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The Greatest Players and Moments of the Philadelphia Flyers [Hardcover]

Stan Fischler (Author)
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October 7, 1998
Bursting onto the big-league hockey scene in 1967-68, the Flyers became the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup.

Combining guts, goals and glamour in equal proportions, the Flyers captured the imagination of a city as well as the National Hockey League.

Author Stan Fischler, who was there in 1967 when the Flyers began their hockey life provides the details in a brisk anecdote-filled volume that has the impact of a Lindros check.

From A, as in Barry Ashbee to Z, as in Larry Zeidel, Fischler has a story about everyone who was anyone in the Orange and Black.


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Fischler is regarded as "the dean of North American hockey writers." He is an analyst for Fox Sports New York and the Madison Square Garden Network.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 250 pages
  • Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC (October 7, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1571672346
  • ISBN-13: 978-1571672346
  • Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #901,317 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very interesting book., July 5, 1999
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When I bought the book I wasn't so sure about it but it was great when I received it and read it. It was very informative. The only thing is I wish it had color pictures. It doesn't.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Flyers fans everywhere need this book~, March 19, 2000
This review is from: The Greatest Players and Moments of the Philadelphia Flyers (Hardcover)
I will be the first to admit that I am not the ultimate hockey fanatic. I don't know a lot about the sport, but I do like to watch when I can and the team I like to watch is the Philadelphia Flyers. I can still remember 1975 when they won the Stanley Cup.

This book from Sports Publishing Inc. is a great piece of work and the author has certainly does his homework researching the players and the moments that have made this hockey franchise a great one in the annals of the NHL.

Players like Bobby Clarke, Bernie Parent, Eric Lindros, Rick Tocchet, Ron Hextall, Pete Peeters and so many others are included in the one a kind book, and that only the first chapter. Chapter 2 gives you the best, worst and most unusual in the Flyer Franchise history.

Chapter 3 is a chronological listing the 50 momentous events in the Flyers history and the appendices give a listing of the career stats for the greatest players. Like so many other books from Sports Publishing, this is another winner!

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Fine Retrospective, May 28, 2005
Despite the mindless drivelling of the "Reader" who referred to this book as "propaganda," it's actually a well-written and fascinating look at one of the NHL's most successful franchises. The first post-1967 team to capture the Stanley Cup, the only NHL team to defeat the Soviet Red Army Team during 1ts 1976 tour, the first expansion team to have members elected to the NHL Hall of Fame, and the only expansion team to have made appearances in seven Stanley Cup finals in its first thirty years of existence, the Flyers certainly have a glorious and entertaining history despite "only" winning two Stanley Cups. As for Flyers fans being "pie-eyed zombies," I'm willing to bet "Reader" (maybe he needed help sounding out the big words and that's what accounts for the bitter tone of his review) is too much of a cowardly little boy to have actually ventured into Philadelphia to conduct his research. Ignore his axe grinding. (And by the way, "Reader," the film SLAPSHOT was inspired by the Johnstown Jets, not the Flyers. But neither hockey knowledge nor reading seems be exactly your strong suit, does it?) This is a fun book for fans of the Flyers, their players, and NHL hockey in general.
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There is no question in anyone's mind that Bobby Clarke is Mister Hockey in Philadelphia. Read the first page
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ana moments, penalty minutes, junior hockey, amateur draft, playoff round, hockey history, four assists, two assists, expansion draft, hockey league, pro hockey, draft choice, playoff games, league hockey
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Stanley Cup, Broad Street, New York, Bobby Clarke, Van Impe, National Hockey League, Bernie Parent, Fred Shero, Boston Bruins, Los Angeles, Montreal Canadiens, Keith Allen, Larry Zeidel, Dave Schultz, Bob Kelly, Bobby Orr, American Hockey League, Barry Ashbee, Bill Barber, Bob Clarke, Mike Keenan, New Jersey, Entry Draft, Flyers Class Guy Award, Flyers Hall of Fame
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