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- The Flyers teams of the early ’70s earned the nickname “The Broad Street Bullies,” a reference to the location of the team’s home arena on Philadelphia’s Broad Street and to their penchant for fighting and amassing record amounts of penalty minutes.
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The 1972-73 Philadelphia Flyers received their “Broad Street Bullies” nickname for their rough play and record-breaking accumulation of penalty minutes. The nickname was christened following an away game with the Atlanta Flames on January 3, 1973.
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- The Flyers Before The Broad Street Bullies
- GM Keith Allen
- Head Coach Fred Shero
- Goalie Bernie Parent
- Right Wing Gary Dornhoefer
- Defenseman Ed Van Impe
- Center Bobby Clarke
- Right Wing Don Saleski
- Left Wing Dave Schultz
- Left Wing Bill Barber
Hockey in Philly Before the Flyers
Professional hockey in the City of Brotherly Love dates back to 1930 when the Pittsburgh Pirates moved cross-state and became the Philadelphia Quakers. They only lasted one season in Philadelphia with an abysmal 4-36-4 record and their .136 winning percentage remains second-lowest in league history. After the 1930-31 season, team owners announced they would not have a team the following season and the city had to wait 36 years before an NHL team returned.
Ed Snider Brings the Flyers
After the Quakers dissolved, the next rumors of an NHL team in Philadelphia arose in 1946 when a group attempted to raise money to build an arena and move the defunct Montreal Maroonssouth. However, they missed their deadline for funding and it wasn’t until 1964 that serious discussions to bring a team to Philly began again. Those discussions were sparked by the late Ed Snider, then-vice president of the Philadelphia Eagles, who put forth a bidfor an NHL franchise. Philadelphia was awarded th...
The Plan to Get Bigger
The Flyers began implementing their plan to get bigger by drafting Dave “The Hammer” Schultz, Don Saleski, and Bob “Hound Dog” Kelly in the 1969 and 1970 Entry Drafts. Those three were the nucleus of what became the Broad Street Bullies with each player’s career penalty minutes double his point totals. But it was the team’s decision to draft diminutive center Bobby Clarkein the second round of the 1969 Entry Draft that brought the group together and made them a legitimate threat to win a Stan...
Keith Allen was the architect of the Broad Street Bulliesand served as Philadelphia’s general manager from 1969 to 1983. He was also the franchise’s first head coach and guided them during their first two seasons with Bud Poile as general manager. Prior to becoming Philadelphia’s head coach for the 1967-68 season, Allen was a defenseman and played ...
If Allen was the architect of the Broad Street Bullies, Shero was their general, serving behind the Flyers’ bench from 1971 to 1978. He compiled a 308-151-95 regular season record with them and a 48-35 record in the postseason. He also won his only Jack Adams Trophy with them after the 1973-74 season. After the 1977-78 season, he left them to becom...
Although Bernie Parentwas not a member of the Broad Street Bullies, the Flyers wouldn’t have approached their success in the 1970s without him. His NHL career began with the Bruins who left him exposed in the 1967 Expansion Draft. The Flyers selected him and subsequently traded him to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1971 with Rick MacLeish as part of th...
Like Parent, Gary Dornhoefer began his career with the Bruins. Over three seasons with them, he had 12 goals and 24 points in 62 games. He was left exposed in the Expansion Draft and the Flyers selected him. In his first season with Philadelphia, he had 13 goals, 43 points, and 134 penalty minutes in 65 games. Between 1968-69 and 1970-71, he scored...
Saskatoon native Ed Van Impe played for the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL for five seasons before debuting with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1966-67 season. As a rookie, he had eight goals and 19 points in 61 games and finished runner-up to Bobby Orr in Calder Trophy voting. After that season, Chicago exposed Van Impe in the Expansion Draft, whic...
The most accomplished player from the Flyers’ Cup-winning teams, Clarke made the teams well-rounded. The Flyers drafted him in the second round, 17th overall, of the 1969 Entry Draft, well below his talent level. With the Flin Flon Bombers of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League, he had 173 goals and 488 points in 162 games during his final thre...
Another Saskatchewan native, Don Saleski became a Flyer after they drafted him in the sixth round of the 1969 Entry Draft. Prior to his professional career, he played for the Regina Pats, where he had 33 goals and 58 points in 40 games his final season. During the Flyers’ Cup-winning seasons, he had 25 goals, 68 points, and 238 penalty minutes in 1...
Also a Saskatchewan native, Dave “The Hammer” Schultz was the most fearsome of the Broad Street Bullies.The Flyers drafted him in the fifth round of the 1969 Entry Draft after a productive junior career. With the Swift Current Broncos, he had 85 goals, 167 points, and 264 penalty minutes in 146 games. He didn’t become known as an enforcer until he ...
The Flyers drafted Bill Barberseventh overall in 1972, the highest position of any of the Broad Street Bullies. He reached the NHL in his draft year after just 11 AHL games. He finished that season with 30 goals and 64 points in 69 games and was runner-up in Calder Trophy voting. During the 1973-74 season, he had 34 goals and 69 points in 75 games ...
Historically, both franchises are renowned for their toughness and brawling ways, with the Bruins famously nicknamed the Big Bad Bruins, and the Flyers also famously nicknamed the Broad Street Bullies.
Jun 6, 2023 · The Broad Street Bullies: 1970s Flyers A name that summed up a city! Bringing an unprecedented toughness to hockey, the Flyers won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975 while thrashing opponents.
May 22, 2024 · Who invented the Broad Street Bullies nickname? Philadelphia Bulletin writer Jack Chevalier coined the phrase during the 1972-73 season, the year before the Flyers’ first Stanley Cup win.
Oct 13, 2016 · After being bloodied by the Blues in 1969, the Flyers had enough and birthed the Broad Street Bullies, where Ed Snider's club was never again pushed around. By Tim Panaccio
Mar 31, 2023 · It wasn’t long before they were dubbed the “Broad Street Bullies” by the media and opposing teams alike. The nickname was first coined by Jack Chevalier, a Philadelphia Bulletin sportswriter, in reference to the team’s home arena.
