Hockey is back – Flyers and God Bless America!

Posted on 13 October 2008

Last year I was in attendance on April 4 when the Flyers hosted the Devils. The Flyers looked to need a miracle to even get into the playoffs. The week before I had bid on and won seats on eBay right behind the Devils bench. I invited a good friend who was a Devils fan and was pretty pumped up. Of course, there were surprises in store from the Flyers organization.

You see, there is no Flyer fan alive from the 1970′s that does not remember Kate Smith singing God Bless America before the Flyers won their first Stanley Cup. She is as much a part of Flyers lore than many of our star players over the year. All you need to do to understand that if watch the video below. In this political time where it is no longer cool to be patriotic, we still love this country in Philadelphia. It isn’t quaint. It isn’t trite. It is real.

When I first saw this anthem with our local singer Lauren Hart, the crowd just about came unglued. My friend was sitting there in awe at how the Philly fans reacted. The story ended that night with a Flyers shutout, and a Florida loss with the Flyers in the playoff. And they went deep. Welcome back hockey!

And now two for the ages!


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