Seven players from the Flyers' Stanley Cup championship teams in 1974 and 1975 -- Clarke, Parent, Barber, Reggie Leach, Dave Schultz, Jimmy Watson and Joe Watson -- were among those on the ice before the game against the Arizona Coyotes. Defenseman Barry Ashbee, who played on the 1974 team, was represented by his widow, Donna, and Danielle MacLeish stood in for her late father, Rick MacLeish, who scored the Stanley Cup-clinching goal against the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of the 1974 Cup Final and also was on the 1975 team.
Also honored were Brian Propp, Ron Hextall, Dave Poulin, Rod Brind'Amour and John LeClair.
Although just a few of the honored guests live in the Philadelphia area, it didn't take much to convince the ones who lived farther away to come to town.
"There's a lot of demands on your time and a lot of different things," said Poulin, captain of the Flyers during Stanley Cup Final appearances in 1985 and 1987. "It's busy for everybody. Everybody's got different things going on in their life. But when this call comes in from [Flyers alumni association president] Brad Marsh, you're marking it on the calendar and you're coming. It's pretty special to be out there with that group tonight."