Quick Hits: May 15, 2023
1) All three Flyers-affiliated participants in the 2023 IIHF World Championships are back in action on Monday. Team USA, featuring Cutter Gauthier and Ronnie Attard, will take on Germany. Team Canada, featuring alternate captain Scott Laughton, will play Slovakia.
2) On the "Mondays with Meltzer" edition of Flyers Daily, Jason Myrtetus and I discuss our takeaways from Friday's press conference at the Wells Fargo Center. To listen, click here. For an article version of the same subject, click here.
3) When Danny Briere was a young player still trying to establish himself in the National Hockey League, he enlisted Worlds Strongest Man competitor Hugo Girard to assist him in his offseason training regimen. As a young executive with NHL general manager aspirations, Briere took classes at Penn's prestigious Wharton School of Business to help boost his knowledge on the business side of organizational management. It was all part of his journey from a late-blooming NHL standout player to being a fast-rising executive hopeful in his post-playing day. To read more, click here.
4) Today in Flyers History: Two franchise-changing moments in Flyers' history happened on May 15: Fifty years ago today, on May 15, 1973, the Flyers reacquired the rights to Bernie Parent from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Thirty-nine years ago today, franchise icon Bobby Clarke retired as an active player.
Forty-eight years ago tonight, the defending champion Flyers open the Stanley Cup Final with a 4-1 win at the Spectrum over the Buffalo Sabres. The game is scoreless for two periods before Bobby Clarke (one goal, two assists) and Bill Barber (two goals) lead a four-goal outburst. Bernie Parent stops 27 of 28 shots. Ross Lonsberry also tallies for Philly.
Additionally, forty-three years ago this evening, on May 15, 1980, Paul Holmgren became the first American player to tally a hat trick in a Stanley Cup Final game. Skating to an 8-3 blowout win, the Flyers rebounded from an overtime in Game One of the Stanley Cup Final to knot their series with the New York Islanders at one game apiece.
Today in Flyers History: Two franchise-changing moments in Flyers history happened 11 years apart on May 15: the 1973 reacquisition of Bernie Parent and the retirement of franchise icon Bobby Clarke in 1984. pic.twitter.com/qfSmctXmvx
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