The Philadelphia Flyers

The Philadelphia Flyers book cover — Table of Contents CHAPTER PAGE Meet the Flyers 4 Glory Days 6 Home Ice 12 Dressed for Success 14 We Won 16 Go-To Guys 20 Calling the Shots 24 One Great Day 26 Legend Has It 28 It Really Happened 30 Team Spirit 32 Timeline 34 Fun Facts 36 Talking Hockey 38 Great Debates 40 For the Record 42 Pinpoints 44 Glossary 46 Line Change 47 Index 48 ABOUT OUR GLOSSARY In this book there may be several words that you are reading for the first time Some are sports words some are new vocabulary words and some are familiar words that are used in an unusual way All of these words are defined on page 46 Throughout the book sports words appear in bold type Regular vocabulary words appear in bold italic type

The Philadelphia Flyers — page 1

The Philadelphia Flyers — page 2 — Meet the Flyers The personality of most hockey teams changes from season to season Some years a team has a powerful offense and se and other years it has a tight defense Sometimes a great coach leads cchh lleeaaddss the way and other times it’s an amazing goalie The Philadelphia delphia Flyers have a funny way of putting the same kind of team on the n the ice year after year The Flyers value size strength teamwork ork and unselfish play Remarkable things can happen when a team is built this way Everyday players find ways to raise their games Stars do the little things that lead to victory And in the stands the fans cheer with enormous pride and pleasure This book tells the story of the Flyers They are a tough hardworking team in a tough hardworking city Players may come to the Flyers from all over the world but when their careers are over they definitely take a little Philly attitude with them Kimmo Timonen and Claude Giroux talk strategy after a goal during the 2012 13 season 5

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