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Embed from Getty Images   When you’re gone, it’s what you leave behind that can define a legacy. Ed Snider has certainly left behind quite a legacy. A franchise turning 50 years old next season. Two Stanley Cups and six other trips to the Stanley Cup Final. A host of players that are legends in […]

Embed from Getty Images   Ed Snider was as much a Flyers fan as the thousands that pack Wells Fargo Center every game, passionate right up until the end. Snider, who battled cancer for nearly two years, passed away on Monday morning at age 83. Ron Hextall grew particularly close to Snider in his two seasons […]

Embed from Getty Images   As the news came in this morning, the current group of Philadelphia Flyers, who are preparing for a playoff series, learned of the passing of the man who made hockey in Philadelphia possible. Ed Snider passed away on Monday at the age of 83. Many current Flyers, former Flyers and […]

April 11, 2016 will always be remembered as a sad day in Philadelphia sports history; the day that the Flyers, the city, the NHL and the entire hockey world lost Ed Snider to cancer at age 83. He was more than just an owner. He was an icon of self-made success, toughness balanced by compassion […]

Embed from Getty Images   He was always the outspoken, eccentric man behind the Orange and Black. Truth is he bled those colors the same way the fans that enter Wells Fargo Center do night in and night out. The man behind the Flyers, chairman and founder Ed Snider, passed away on Monday at the […]

Embed from Getty Images   The man responsible for bringing the Flyers to Philadelphia and turning Philadelphia into an Orange and Black mecca for hockey is gone. Flyers chairman Ed Snider passed away on Monday, April 11, 2016, at the age of 83. Mr. Snider founded the Flyers in 1966 after Philadelphia was awarded with […]

Embed from Getty Images   82 games are in the books and now it's time for the playoffs to begin. The Flyers locked in their playoff spot on Saturday afternoon and knew their opponent then, as they draw the top-seeded Washington Capitals. Following the Flyers 5-2 win over the Islanders and the Capitals 2-0 loss […]

Embed from Getty Images   It had the feel of a preseason game. Claude Giroux, Steve Mason, Wayne Simmonds and Mark Streit sat out as healthy scratches while the rest of the Flyers played in the 82nd game of the season, the final one before turning the page to the playoffs. It was a sloppy game, […]

April 10, 1973: Dornhoefer's OT winner puts Flyers on cusp of 1st playoff series win With the Flyers tied in their first round playoff series with the Minnesota North Stars, they would have the chance to take a 3-2 series lead with a key matchup at the Spectrum. If they could win this game, they would […]