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Broad Street Bullies is a 2010 documentary film produced and directed by veteran documentary filmmaker George Roy [3] for HBO Sports.It chronicles the National Hockey League's (NHL) Philadelphia Flyers from their beginnings as an expansion team in 1967, to their back-to-back Stanley Cup championships (1974, 1975), and three straight Finals appearances (1974–76).
The 1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers' ninth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the third consecutive year, but they lost to the Montreal Canadiens in a four-game sweep.
The Flyers also possess an all-time .575 points percentage, the third highest among NHL teams. [2] The Flyers were founded in 1967 and won consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1974 and 1975, the first expansion team to do so.
Slapshot was the first mascot in Flyers' team history before Gritty, although the team did occasionally employ the services of "Phlex", the then-mascot of the team's minor-league affiliate Philadelphia Phantoms (1996–2009), who became the Adirondack Phantoms (2009–2014) and are now re-branded the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, playing in the PPL ...
The 1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers eighth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers repeated as Stanley Cup champions. The 1974–75 Flyers were the last Stanley Cup champion to be composed entirely of Canadian players.
He was replaced by his Philadelphia Flyers' teammate Rick MacLeish. In addition to the NHL All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game , the NBA All Star Game , and the Men's Final Four were all held in Philadelphia in honor of the location of the signing of the Declaration of Independence , as 1976 was the United States Bicentennial .
Four teams had rallied from a 3-0 hole to win a best-of-7 playoff series in NHL history: The Toronto Maple Leafs (1942), New York Islanders (1975), Philadelphia Flyers (2010) and Los Angeles Kings ...
NHL teams involved included the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions Philadelphia Flyers and soon-to-be 1976 champions Montreal Canadiens. [1] [2] In the early games Red Army trounced the New York Rangers 7-3, while the Soviet Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-4. On New Year's Eve 1975, the Red Army was scheduled to play the Montreal ...