
Good, the Bad, & the Ugly : Philadelphia Flyers:Heart-pounding, Jaw-dropping, and Gut-wrenching Moments from Philadelphia Flyers History.
Title:
Good, the Bad, & the Ugly : Philadelphia Flyers:Heart-pounding, Jaw-dropping, and Gut-wrenching Moments from Philadelphia Flyers History.
Author:
Kimelman, Adam.
ISBN:
9781623683603
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (353 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Keith Primeau -- Acknowledgments -- The Beginning -- Blissful Ignorance -- The Expansion Draft -- The First Season -- The Good -- Building The Bullies -- Cup I -- Cup II -- Defeating the Red Menace -- Flyers Carnival -- The Kids & The Cup I -- The Kids & The Cup II -- Suprimeau -- The Comeback -- Philadelphia's Classic Moment -- The Bad -- 1976 -- The Fog Rolls Out of Philadelphia -- Leon Stickle -- "A Choking Situation" -- Fight Night in Philly -- Primeau Bows Out -- 2007: A Disaster of Historic Proportions -- Meet Bob-Boosh-Ton -- Lappy -- The Ugly -- Barry Ashbee -- Bernie Parent: Beaten Up, Beaten Down -- Pelle Lindbergh -- Chelios Lays Out Propp -- Roger Neilson's Painful Admission -- The Barber Revolt -- Tertyshny and Hart-Tragedy Times Two -- Chris Pronger -- Eric Lindros -- Welcome to Philadelphia -- Off-ice Issues -- The Legion of Doom -- The Collapsed Lung -- Momma and Poppa Lindros -- The End -- Rebirth -- Sold! -- Rebuilding -- Changing Course -- Stadiums -- The Spectrum -- Spectrum II-The Five-Year, Five-Day Deal -- Farewell to the Spectrum -- Numbers Don't Lie -- The Streak -- Mr. Plus, Mark Howe -- Hextall Shoots … He Scores! -- Tim Kerr, Sultan of the Slot -- "It's Going to Be an Interesting Series" -- The Fat Lady Sings -- Bobby Clarke Wins It in Boston -- Dave Poulin -- The Game That Would Never End -- Never a Doubt -- The Flyers Family -- Bobby Clarke -- Family Bonds.
Abstract:
This monumental book about the Philadelphia Flyers not only documents all the best moments and personalities in the history of the team, but also unmasks the regrettably awful and the unflinchingly ugly. In entertaining-and unsparing-fashion, this book sparkles with Flyers highlights and lowlights, from wonderful and wacky memories to the famous and infamous. Such moments include the era of the "Broad Street Bullies" as well as the playoff drought in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Learn how visionary founding owner Ed Snider created the Flyers and sold the city of Philadelphia on the sport of hockey. Get the inside story of how the franchise built a championship squad, then repeatedly rebuilt it over the next three decades to stay at the top of the NHL-in the process compiling the league's second-best all-time winning percentage. Enjoy classic tales about the great rivalries (especially with the Rangers, Devils, and Penguins), about the great coaches-including Fred Shero and Pat Quinn-and countless great players: Barber, Clarke, Parent, Poulin, Hextall, Primeau, and many more. Whether providing fond memories, goose bumps, or laughs, this portrait of the team and its history is sure to appeal to the fan who has been through it all. This updated edition takes readers through the 2012-13 season and features the Flyers' trip to the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals as well as recent stars Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell, Kimmo Timonen, and more.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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