Philadelphia Flyers Tickets

The Philadelphia Flyers play in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division of the National Hockey League.

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The franchise was founded in 1967, and the team plays in the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA. The team colors are black, orange and white, and the franchise holds two Stanley Cup titles, from two consecutive seasons, 1973-74 and 1974-75. The Flyers have seven conference championship wins, and were 15 time division champions.

The second year the team won the Stanley Cup they held the best record in the league, at 51-18-11. They met two New York teams in the semi-finals, sweeping the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Islanders, and won the series in seven games. One of the games played to secure that trophy was known as "The Fog Game," because of unusual high temps in Buffalo that caused a dense fog for lack of air-conditioning in the arena.

The team returned to the Stanley Cup for the first time in a decade in the 1996-97 season. After a great run to the Eastern Conference playoffs, the team would lose to the Detroit Red Wings who swept them in four games. The 2006-07 season was a rough one, with the team setting a number of record lows.

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Traditionally, the Philadelphia Flyers have reinforced their roster via the free agency and trades players in the offseason period, frequently favoring experience over rookie starlets in order to guarantee themselves and the fans a degree of security. The 2006-07 season was the worst in Flyers history, and new General Manager Paul Holmgren has been instrumental in transforming that approach to shoring up the squad. The Philadelphia Flyers are currently looking to stock up on dynamic youngsters, quite a move away from their previous strategy, and the staff have been busy reassigning themselves to new roles. The Philadelphia's young flyers, Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, R.J. Umberger and Joni Pitkanen are set to be bolstered by more blood in the form of Steve Downie, Ryan Parent and Claude Giroux.

Another youngster, Ryan Potulny, proved himself a goal-getter when playing for the University of Minnesota and he found the net very effectively in the NHL, scoring seven goals in 35 games for the Flyers this past season. Stefan Ruzicka, a six-foot Slovakian, weighing in at 6-foot, 205 pounds, is more than powerful enough to make a dent in the tough ice of the NHL. Ruzicka is fast approaching maturity, an acid test for any player, and if he can outplay his bench rivals at Philadelphia he will be set for an NHL career.

Philadelphia Flyers tickets are expected to be hot property this coming season, as the new approach kicks in and people become curious about these youngsters and their promise. The Flyers' Wachovia Center holds almost 20,000 people, pretty good for a hockey arena, and it is around this revered ice that the alleged toughest crowd in the NHL will be watching their new style Flyers. If you haven't found a reliable source of Philadelphia Flyers tickets you'd better do so soon, because even the Wachovia Center can sell out, and tickets for seats will be like gold-dust.