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49 free Philadelphia Flyers trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Flyers trivia quiz covers the Philadelphia Flyers from Ed Snider's 1967 expansion franchise to Gritty: the Spectrum roof blowing off in year one, the Broad Street Bullies nickname, Bobby Clarke and Bernie Parent, Fred Shero's chalkboard, Kate Smith and God Bless America, the 1974 and 1975 Stanley Cups and the Fog Game, the win over the Red Army, the 35-game unbeaten streak, Pelle Lindbergh, Ron Hextall's goals, the Lindros trade and the Legion of Doom, the 2010 run and the retired numbers. About a third of the questions are easy for anyone who has followed the orange and black, a third need a closer memory of the seasons and the players, and the rest reward the fans who know the draft positions, the penalty-minute records and the names behind the nicknames. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the team, its players and its arenas before publishing, and each question carries the sentence that establishes it. If you think one is wrong, use the report button and we will look again.
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Q 01In which NHL expansion year did the Flyers join the league?
1967
The Flyers joined in the 1967 expansion that doubled the NHL from six to twelve teams, and in 1974 became the first of those expansion clubs to win the Stanley Cup.
Q 02Which earlier NHL team, playing only the 1930-31 season, was Philadelphia's first?
Quakers
The Quakers, the relocated Pittsburgh Pirates, went 4-36-4 in 1930-31 and suspended operations after that single season.
Q 03Who suggested the name "Flyers" to Ed Snider for his new Philadelphia team?
His sister Phyllis
His sister Phyllis suggested "Flyers" to Ed Snider, who liked the name and adopted it for the expansion club before it took the ice.
Q 04What was Ed Snider's job when he got the idea for a Philadelphia hockey team in November 1964?
Vice-president of the Eagles
Snider was Vice-president of the Eagles in November 1964 when, seeing fans queue to watch a last-place NHL team, he decided Philadelphia could support hockey.
Q 05Why did the Flyers play their last seven home games of the 1967-68 season on the road?
A storm blew part of the Spectrum roof off
A storm blew part of the Spectrum roof off in March 1968, sending the Flyers to Quebec City and elsewhere for their last home dates; they nonetheless won the all-expansion West Division.
Q 06Who was the first captain in Flyers history?
Lou Angotti
Lou Angotti wore the C for the club's inaugural season, then Ed Van Impe took over as captain.
Q 07At what overall pick did the Flyers select Bobby Clarke in the 1969 draft?
17th
Clarke went 17th overall in the 1969 draft, falling to the second round partly because teams worried about his type 1 diabetes.
Q 08In which Manitoba mining town was Bobby Clarke born?
Flin Flon
He learned he had type 1 diabetes at 12 or 13 and starred for the Flin Flon Bombers.
Q 09Whose recording of "God Bless America" did the Flyers begin playing before select games in December 1969?
Kate Smith
Kate Smith's recording was first played on December 11, 1969 at the suggestion of executive Lou Scheinfeld, and the Flyers' winning record with it became legendary.
Q 10Which newspaper's writers coined the nickname "Broad Street Bullies" in January 1973?
Philadelphia Bulletin
Philadelphia Bulletin writer Jack Chevalier used it in his story on a brawling January 1973 win in Atlanta, and headline writer Pete Cafone put it in print.
Q 11Who was the first Flyer to score 50 goals in a season?
Rick MacLeish
Rick MacLeish scored 50 in 1972-73, the team's first winning season, and later netted the Cup-clinching goal in game six of the 1974 Final.
Q 12Bobby Clarke was the first expansion-team player to win which NHL award, in 1973?
Hart Memorial Trophy
Clarke's 1973 Hart Memorial Trophy was the first won by a player from an expansion club; he took the MVP award again in 1975 and 1976.
Q 13How many penalty minutes did Dave Schultz rack up in 1974-75, an NHL single-season record?
472
Schultz's 472 penalty minutes in 1974-75 set the single-season NHL record, up from the 348 he had led the Bullies with a year earlier.
Q 21What was head coach Fred Shero's nickname?
The Fog
Shero was called The Fog for drifting out of rooms unnoticed and leaving cryptic, philosophical sayings on the dressing-room chalkboard.
Q 22Which team did Fred Shero leave the Flyers to coach and manage in 1978?
New York Rangers
The Flyers received the Rangers' 1978 first-round pick as compensation.
Q 23How long was the Flyers' 1979-80 unbeaten streak, a North American pro sports record?
35 games
The streak reached 35 games, a 25-0-10 run, before ending with a 7-1 loss at Minnesota on January 7, 1980.
Q 14How many games did Bernie Parent win in 1973-74, a record that stood for 33 years?
47
Parent won 47 games in 1973-74, sharing the goaltending award with Tony Esposito; Martin Brodeur's 48 wins in 2006-07 finally broke the mark.
Q 15Which team did the Flyers beat in the 1974 Stanley Cup Final?
Boston Bruins
The Flyers beat the Boston Bruins in six games in 1974, clinching 1-0 at the Spectrum for the first Stanley Cup won by an expansion team.
Q 16Which team did the Flyers defeat in the 1975 Final, a series remembered for the Fog Game?
Buffalo Sabres
The Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres in six; the Sabres' arena had no air conditioning, and a May heatwave left game three shrouded in fog.
Q 17Who scored the winner in game six of the 1975 Final as Parent posted a shutout?
Bob Kelly
Bob Kelly scored early in the third period of the 2-0 clincher in Buffalo, and Parent became the first player to win consecutive Conn Smythe Trophies.
Q 18Which Soviet team left the ice mid-period at the Spectrum in January 1976 after an Ed Van Impe hit?
Central Red Army
Central Red Army pulled its players off after Van Impe flattened Valeri Kharlamov, returned when told the team would forfeit its pay, and lost 4-1.
Q 19Which three players made up the LCB line that set an NHL record with 141 goals in 1975-76?
Leach, Clarke and Barber
Leach, Clarke and Barber combined for 141 goals in 1975-76: Reggie Leach 61, Bill Barber 50 and Bobby Clarke 30.
Q 20How many playoff goals did Reggie Leach score to win the 1976 Conn Smythe despite the Flyers being swept?
19
Leach scored 19 goals in 16 playoff games in 1976, including five in one semifinal game, before Montreal swept the Final.
Q 24Pelle Lindbergh, who led the NHL with 40 wins in 1984-85, was the first European to win which trophy?
Vezina
Lindbergh's 1985 Vezina made him the first European-trained goaltender to win it; he died in a car crash in November 1985, a month into the next season.
Q 25Which Flyers goaltender was the first in NHL history to shoot the puck into an empty net, in 1987?
Ron Hextall
Ron Hextall shot the puck the length of the ice into an empty net on December 8, 1987, and repeated the trick against Washington in the 1989 playoffs, another first.
Q 26Which future Hall of Famer was among the players the Flyers sent to Quebec for Eric Lindros in 1992?
Peter Forsberg
Peter Forsberg, the Flyers' sixth overall pick in 1991, went to Quebec with Mike Ricci, Steve Duchesne, Chris Simon, Kerry Huffman, a starting goaltender, two first-round picks and $15 million.
Q 27Which team beat the Flyers in the 1987 Stanley Cup Final in seven games?
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers won game seven 3-1 at home for their third Cup in four years, after the Flyers had climbed back from 3-1 down in the series to force it.
Q 28Which two wingers flanked Eric Lindros on the Legion of Doom line?
John LeClair and Mikael Renberg
John LeClair and Mikael Renberg flanked Lindros from 1995; all three stood at least six foot two, and the line's size earned it the Legion of Doom name.
Q 29What was Lindros's earlier line with Recchi and Fedyk called, after their numbers 8, 88 and 18?
Crazy Eights
The Crazy Eights line took its name from the sweater numbers 8, 88 and 18; it broke up when Renberg arrived and the Legion of Doom formed in 1995.
Q 30Which junior team did Eric Lindros play for before Quebec drafted him first overall in 1991?
Oshawa Generals
Lindros starred for the Oshawa Generals, winning the 1990 Memorial Cup with them, then refused to report to the Nordiques after the 1991 draft, forcing the trade to Philadelphia.