The Philadelphia Flyers ended their losing streak at four games in their Ed Snider legacy match with the Calgary Flames with a 3-2 victory. Despite running into a red-hot Flames goaltender, Jacob Markstrom, who stopped 39 of the 42 shots he faced, the Flyers pulled out a win.
The late, great Ed Snider would have turned 91 on Saturday. His Philadelphia Flyers turned in an effort that would’ve made him proud, producing a dynamite 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday afternoon.
Editor’s note: Good morning. We have a big day planned at Philly Hockey Now, as Philadelphia Flyers’ training camp starts this morning. We’ll start with this story on some cosmetic changes the franchise has made.
The Philadelphia Flyers announced giveaway, community and theme nights for this season at the Wells Fargo Center, including a game to honor former owner Ed Snider.
At the recent New Era of Orange news conference, proper respect was paid to the Flyers’ late owner Ed Snider. The Flyers were stung by criticism when the team did not either publicly acknowledge or pay tribute to Snider’s birthday on Jan.
The Philadelphia Flyers honored their organization’s founder and long-time chairman of Comcast-Spectacor Ed Snider on Wednesday at their first home game since the sixth anniversary of his death on April 11.
The Philadelphia Flyers will honor their founder, the late Ed Snider, ahead of their home tilt versus the New York Rangers. Today marks six years since he lost his battle with cancer.