http://www.goironpigs.com Keeping Pace With The Fastest Game Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:49:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_13500" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Philadelphia Flyers forward VILLE LEINO (22) of Finland sees his shot blocked by the New Jersey Devils\' Canadian Olympic goaltender MARTIN BRODEUR (30) at the Wachovia Center on South Broad Street in late March. (Matt Slocum/AP) "][/caption]============================================ The Philadelphia Flyers' decision to acquire Finnish forward VILLE LEINO ... http://www.goironpigs.com/?p=13494 ====================================================================== FRED "The Fog" SHERO was the coach of the Philadelphia Flyers for seven seasons in the 1970s. Although his Flyers teams were noted for their aggressive, if not outright violent, play - the fact was Shero was a keen student and great admirer of the skillful and far-less physical ice ... http://www.goironpigs.com/?p=13450 ================================================== Philadelphia Flyers resident traffic cop DAVE SCHULTZ (8) clotheslines Boston Bruins winger WAYNE CASHMAN (12) in Game Five of the 1974 Stanley Cup finals at the storied Boston Garden. These same two would drop the gloves later in the game. (John D. Hanlon/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) ================================================== ================================================== http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk-yDkB_rqA "DAVE SCHULTZ VS TERRY O'REILLY FIGHT" (incorrect ... http://www.goironpigs.com/?p=13392 ========================================================================== ========================================================================== Boston Bruins defenseman BOBBY ORR (4), a three-time Hart Trophy winner, is chased by Philadelphia Flyers center BOBBY CLARKE (16), who also won honors as National Hockey League Most Valuable Player on three occasions, in Game Five of the 1974 Stanley Cup finals at the Boston Garden. The Bruins defeated ... http://www.goironpigs.com/?p=13324 ========================================================================== ========================================================================== Philadelphia Flyers captain BOBBY CLARKE, who captured the prestigous Hart Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in all the National Hockey League for the 1972-73 season, receives instructions from head coach FRED SHERO at the bench during the 1974 Stanley Cup playoffs. (Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images photo) ========================================================================== Many hockey historians point ... http://www.goironpigs.com/?p=13276 ======================================================= Well before the hockey world heard of WAYNE GRETZKY, PAUL COFFEY and the EDMONTON OILERS --- there was the irresistible force of BOBBY ORR, PHIL ESPOSITO and the "BIG BAD" BOSTON BRUINS. The National Hockey League had hosted teams that could score goals before. The circuit had seen squads stocked with ... http://www.goironpigs.com/?p=13228 ================================================================ Hall of Fame center PHIL ESPOSITO (7) of the Boston Bruins is held at bay by Philadelphia Flyers defenseman TOM BLADON (3) as Hall of Fame goaltender BERNIE PARENT deals with the puck at the Boston Garden in the 1974 Stanley Cup finals. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The key to the City of Brotherly Love's ... http://www.goironpigs.com/?p=13147 ====================================== Philadelphia Flyers forward RICK MACLEISH (19) tips the point shot of the not-pictured ANDRE DUPONT past Boston Bruins goaltender GILLES GILBERT for a power play goal at 14:48 of the first period in Game Six of the 1974 Stanley Cup finals. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RICK MACLEISH scored 381 goals (849 games), playoffs included, over ... http://www.goironpigs.com/?p=13083 ================================================== After totaling 66 fighting majors in 78 regular season National Hockey League contests, the upstart Philadelphia Flyers under FRED "The Fog" SHERO received another 29 fighting majors in 17 playoff games on the way to capturing their first-ever Stanley Cup in 1974. In the post-season, Philadelphia's fight-per-game ratio more than doubled, ... http://www.goironpigs.com/?p=13042 ======================================================== Perhaps the player most feared by opponents in the long and storied history of the National Hockey League, Philadelphia Flyers forward DAVE SCHULTZ is restrained by a linesman. The Hammer had his goal total drop from a career-high 20 the season before to nine on the Flyers' run to a ... http://www.goironpigs.com/?p=13007