Glenn Anderson
It was a weekend full of festivities, starting with a New Year’s Eve Alumni Game for the ages that featured the return to the ice of many legends for both the Flyers and New York Rangers. Then came the main event on Monday, Jan. 2 where the two division rivals with a lot of history took the ice.
When the Flyers and Oilers met in the Stanley Cup Final in 1987, what ensued was a battle of wills that featured two epic comebacks and nearly saw the Flyers top a legendary team in a seven-game war, quite possibly the best Stanley Cup Final ever to take place. Even the greatest player in the league called Flyers netminder Ron Hextall the toughest he ever faced.
A reuniting of linemates, a legend in goal, Flyers down Rangers Embed from Getty Images The Flyers are holding a special Alumni game in Reading on Friday night that will mark another celebration of Flyers hockey. For Flyers fans, this is the first chance to see a similar collection of Flyers greats from the […]
May 28, 1987 It’s Game 6 of the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals between the Flyers and the Edmonton Oilers at the Spectrum. The Flyers were down three games to two and needed a win on home ice to force a Game 7 back in Edmonton. To get there, the Flyers would need contributions from everyone […]
