Philadelphia Blazers
January 29, 2015
World Hockey Association (1972-1973) Born: May 1972 – The WHA’s planned Miami franchise shifts to Philadelphia Moved: May 1973 (Vancouver Blazers) First Game: October 12,
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Philadelphia Firebirds
June 9, 2013
The Philadelphia Firebirds minor league hockey team played at the old Philadelphia Civic Center from 1974 through 1979. Philly was hockey mad at the time. The NHL’s Flyers won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975. The Firebirds enjoyed some of the overflow enthusiasm and added a championship of their own, winning the North American Hockey League’s Lockhart Cup in 1976. The ‘Birds helped launch the career of long-time NHL goaltender Reggie Lemelin and 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey hero Mike Eruzione also played briefly for the team. The Firebirds moved away to Syracuse, New York in 1979.
Philadelphia Fox
May 11, 2011
The Philadelphia Fox were an exceptionally short-lived entry in the Women’s Professional Basketball League in the fall of 1979. In truth, the Fox never should have been allowed to take the court at all. The apparently owner-less expansion team last a mere 10 games before the league pulled the plug shortly before Christmas. The Fox made their handful of home appearances before tiny crowds at the old Philadelphia Civic Center.