Flyers alumni game vs. Bruins just one aspect of a can’t-miss weekend
Flyers alumni game vs. Bruins just one aspect of a can’t-miss weekend originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Stanley Cup will be back in Philadelphia when the Flyers host a special alumni weekend Jan. 26-27 at the Wells Fargo Center.
As the franchise inducts Mark Recchi into the Flyers Hall of Fame, it’ll celebrate its first-ever championship, which was won almost 50 years ago over the Bruins.
Recchi will be enshrined before the Flyers’ game that Saturday against Boston. On Friday, prior to an alumni game against the Bruins, the Flyers will salute their beloved, back-to-back Stanley Cup-winning clubs from 1974 and 1975.
“All the guys are going to be here, we’ve got an unbelievable video tribute being done up to honor them before the game,” Brad Marsh, the former Flyer and team’s current vice president of community development, said Tuesday in a phone interview with NBC Sports Philadelphia. “The Stanley Cup is here. It’s going to be at center ice once again and the Stanley Cup guys of ’74 and ’75 are going to go out and hoist the Cup one more time.”
Marsh knows why it’ll be memorable.
“This group of Stanley Cup guys we’re bringing in, it’ll never happen again because of age and where they live,” he said. “But they’re all coming in. … It will be a very, very special weekend.
“It’s going to be worth the price of admission just to see the Stanley Cup hoisted together again.”
Alumni game tickets, which start at $25, can be purchased here. There’s also a VIP ticket package available, featuring a meet-and-greet opportunity with Flyers Hall of Famers, food and beverage and a limited edition puck signed by Recchi. All proceeds benefit Flyers Charities and the Flyers Alumni Association’s giving efforts.
“Players like meeting the fans and the fans like meeting the players,” Marsh said. “In this case, all the money raised goes to all the great things that the alumni does in the community. And, equally, all the great things that Flyers Charities has done in…
