Table of Contents
Foreword Keith Primeau v
Acknowledgments vii
The Beginning
Blissful Ignorance 1
The Expansion Draft 12
The First Season 16
The Good
Building the Bullies 23
Cup I 32
Cup II 42
Defeating the Red Menace 52
Flyers Carnival 57
The Kids & The Cup I 61
The Kids & The Cup II 70
Suprimeau 81
The Comeback 92
Philadelphia's Classic Moment 104
The Bad
1976 109
The Fog Rolls Out of Philadelphia 115
Leon Stickle 119
"A Choking Situation" 125
Fight Night in Philly 133
Primeau Bows Out 137
2007: A Disaster of Historic Proportions 141
Meet Bob-Boosh-Ton 149
Lappy 155
The Ugly
Barry Ashbee 161
Bernie Parent: Beaten Up, Beaten Down 167
Pelle Lindbergh 171
Chelios Lays Out Propp 177
Roger Neilson's Painful Admission 181
The Barber Revolt 185
Tertyshny and Hart-Tragedy Times Two 191
Chris Pronger 196
Eric Lindros
Welcome to Philadelphia 205
Off-Ice Issues 210
The Legion of Doom 214
The Collapsed Lung 218
Momma and Poppa Lindros 223
The End 227
Rebirth
Sold! 237
Rebuilding 241
Changing Course 249
Stadiums
The Spectrum 257
Spectrum II-The Five-Year, Five-Day Deal 261
Farewell to the Spectrum 266
Numbers Don't Lie
The Streak 271
Mr. Plus, Mark Howe 279
Hextall Shoots… He Scores! 285
Tim Kerr, Sultan of the Slot 289
"It's Going to Be an Interesting Series" 295
Fat Lady Sings
Bobby Clarke Wins It in Boston 303
Dave Poulin 305
The Game That Would Never End 311
Never a Doubt 316
The Flyers Family
Bobby Clarke 327
Family Bonds 336