hf101 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 This is a good read by Meltzer on the origin of the Flyers team name. http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=890534 Quote When the National Hockey League awarded a conditional expansion franchise on Feb. 9, 1966 to a Philadelphia-based group of bidders (Philadelphia Hockey Club, Inc.) eventually led by Ed Snider, the new team did not yet have a name. In the months that followed, the organization pondered a variety of names; none of which quite conveyed what Snider and his business partners wanted. The internally proposed names, according to Jay Greenberg’s landmark Full Spectrum, included Sabers (the Buffalo Sabres franchise was not created until 1970), Lancers, Raiders, Royals, Knights, Bashers, Bruisers, Blizzards, Icecaps, Huskies, Keystones and Liberty Bells. 1 I'm sure glad they didn't go with the Liberty Bells, as we would have had the Broad Street Belles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 1 hour ago, hf101 said: This is a good read by Meltzer on the origin of the Flyers team name. http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=890534 I'm sure glad they didn't go with the Liberty Bells, as we would have had the Broad Street Belles. Buffalo Belles that has a nice ring to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 @hf101 Great find. That was an interesting read. Broad Streer Belles definitely wouldn't have the same ring, but @pilldoc, you might be right about Buffalo. *waits for a certain Sabres fan to invade thread* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radoran Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 5 hours ago, pilldoc said: Buffalo Belles that has a nice ring to it! Yeah, but for some reason they went with Buffalo Jills What? Too Soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samifan Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 I would haven taken any of those names over the Sabres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Fortunately for many here, the name "Sabres" was NOT used for the current Flyers. You guys would have looked PRET-TY silly giving a certain Buffalo fan a hard time about his Sabre homerism, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radoran Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 15 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said: Fortunately for many here, the name "Sabres" was NOT used for the current Flyers. You guys would have looked PRET-TY silly giving a certain Buffalo fan a hard time about his Sabre homerism, no? Of course not. He'd be a Flyer fan. And you know how they are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraycraven Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 anyone have the halibut at The Lone Star in Buffalo? Thinking about making a trip up there in my Lumina.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canoli Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Broad Street Bruisers has a nice ring to it Philadelphia Bruisers not so much. I guess Ed and Co. picked the right one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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