Philadelphia Flyers Tickets

Stemming from a long love affair with hockey, the Philadelphia Flyers' ticket sales are a guaranteed success season after season. The Flyers were not the first NHL team to have played in Philadelphia. The Pittsburgh Pirates were moved to Philadelphia in the early 30's along with a name change to the Philadelphia Quakers. As the Quakers only lasted for a year, the NHL was cautious about putting another team into Philadelphia. It did not take long for that notion to be proven wrong by the thousands of eager fans adorned with tickets.

The NHL was already interested in the idea of expanding the reach of a Philadelphia team and laid out plans for a new facility. The franchise was awarded to Bill Putnam and Jerry Wolman who dubbed the new franchise the "Flyers". Immediately following they bought the Quebec Aces of the AHL league, giving them the supporting aspect of a farm club.

Later in the first season, the roof of the Spectrum was blown off of the foundation in an unusually large storm. The Flyers were had no choice but to invite ticket holding fans to see them play their home games elsewhere. At times, the Flyers were heckled as a reaction to playing in the home rink of an opposing team. While in Toronto, the management charged the Flyers a fee of half of the proceeds from ticket sales. The fans surprised the Flyers and were not as abusive as the owners. Ultimately, the end of the first season found the Flyers finishing first in the Western Division, but they were eliminated by the St Louis Blues in a well fought 7 game series.

Veterans such as Ed Van Impe and Bobby Clarke along with goaltender Bernie Parent led a team of hungry hopefuls to a potential chance to capture the Stanley Cup in the early 1970's. They eventually showed the NHL what they were made of by defeating the New York Rangers and then the Boston Bruins for the Stanley Cup. With a continued dedication to excellence, the Flyers, along with every fan who were able to find a ticket, once again made it to the top of the heap the following year and outplayed the Buffalo Sabres to capture their second straight Stanley Cup.

Tragedy struck the Philadelphia Flyers in 1985 when up and coming NHL star goalie Pelle Lindberg was killed in a tragic auto accident after leaving a Flyers practice. Ron Hextall was brought on board to try and fill the void that stemmed from the loss of Linberg.

With the determination of champions and the support of fans who would do just about anything to come into possession of a ticket to a game, the Philadelphia Flyers continue to build on their already vast legacy while providing the inspiration to others to book a ticket to follow them into the future of NHL history.

Following a brief 3-3-2 exhibition series, the Philadelphia Flyers opened their box office and placed tickets on sale for the inaugural season. The first home game was played at the Spectrum on in 1967 against the neighboring Pittsburgh Penguins. Ironically, the players were almost not allowed access to the rink because they did not have tickets to get in! The guard refused to let them in. Finally, the players found a way to sneak in and found their way to their dressing room. Then, Putnam was promised that the opening game would attract almost 12,000 fans. However, only 7800 came into the arena creating doubts about the long term success the team.