50 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
They were the first post-Original Six expansion team to win the Stanley Cup.
Q 02Which earlier NHL team, playing only the 1930-31 season, was Philadelphia's first?
Quakers
The Quakers went 4-36-4, still the fewest wins in an NHL season, and folded after one year.
Q 03Who suggested the name "Flyers", persuading Ed Snider to skip a planned name-the-team contest?
His sister Phyllis
The name was announced on August 3, 1966.
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
He was watching Bruins fans queue for tickets to see a last-place team at the Boston Garden.
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
They still won the all-expansion West Division with a sub-.500 record.
Q 06Who was the first captain in Flyers history?
Lou Angotti
Angotti left after one season and Ed Van Impe took over the C.
Q 07At what overall pick did the Flyers select Bobby Clarke in the 1969 draft?
17th
He fell 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
Promotion director Lou Scheinfeld started it, and the team's record with the song became legendary.
Q 10Which newspaper's writers coined the nickname "Broad Street Bullies" in January 1973?
Philadelphia Bulletin
Jack Chevalier wrote the game story after a brawling win over Atlanta and Pete Cafone wrote the headline.
Q 11Who was the first Flyer to score 50 goals in a season?
Rick MacLeish
He did it in 1972-73, the team's first winning season, and later scored the Cup-clinching goal in 1974.
Q 12Bobby Clarke was the first expansion-team player to win which NHL award, in 1973?
Hart Memorial Trophy
He won the league MVP award three times in all.
Q 13How many penalty minutes did Dave Schultz rack up in 1974-75, an NHL single-season record?
472
He had led the Bullies with 348 the season before.
Q 14How many games did Bernie Parent win in 1973-74, a record that stood for 33 years?
Q 21How many playoff goals did Reggie Leach score to win the 1976 Conn Smythe despite the Flyers being swept?
19
He scored five in one game against Boston on the way to the Final against Montreal.
Q 22What was head coach Fred Shero's nickname?
The Fog
He was known for disappearing from rooms unnoticed and leaving philosophical sayings on the chalkboard.
Q 23Which 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.
How long was the Flyers' 1979-80 unbeaten streak, still a North American pro sports record?
47
He shared the goaltending award with Chicago's Tony Esposito that season.
Q 15Which team did the Flyers beat in the 1974 Stanley Cup Final?
Boston Bruins
Bobby Orr's late penalty on Clarke in game six sealed the first Cup for an expansion team.
Q 16What did the "God Bless America" singer do after performing before game six of the 1974 Final?
Mimed a knockout punch
The Flyers won 1-0 on a first-period goal, and Parent's shutout earned him the Conn Smythe.
Q 17Which team did the Flyers defeat in the 1975 Final, a series remembered for the Fog Game?
Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo's arena had no air conditioning, and a May heatwave left game three shrouded in fog.
Q 18Who scored the winner in game six of the 1975 Final as Parent posted a record fifth shutout?
Bob Kelly
Parent became the first player to win consecutive Conn Smythe Trophies.
Q 19Which Soviet team left the ice mid-period at the Spectrum in January 1976 after an Ed Van Impe hit?
Central Red Army
The Soviets returned when told they would forfeit their pay, and the Flyers won 4-1.
Q 20Which three players made up the LCB line that set an NHL record with 141 goals in 1975-76?
Leach, Clarke and Barber
Reggie Leach scored 61, Bill Barber 50 and Bobby Clarke 30.
35 games
They went 25-0-10 before losing 7-1 to Minnesota on January 7, 1980.
Q 25Pelle Lindbergh, who led the NHL with 40 wins in 1984-85, was the first European to win which trophy?
Vezina
He was killed in a car accident a month into the following season, and his number 31 was taken out of circulation.
Q 26Which Flyers goaltender was the first in NHL history to shoot the puck into an empty net, in 1987?
Ron Hextall
He repeated the trick in the 1989 playoffs, another first.
Q 27Which future Hall of Famer was among the players the Flyers sent to Quebec for Eric Lindros in 1992?
Peter Forsberg
Mike Ricci, Steve Duchesne, Chris Simon, Kerry Huffman and a starting goaltender also went in the deal.
Q 28An arbitrator awarded Lindros to the Flyers in 1992 after which team also claimed a deal with Quebec?
New York Rangers
It was ruled that Quebec had agreed the Flyers deal first.
Q 29Which two wingers flanked Eric Lindros on the Legion of Doom line?
John LeClair and Mikael Renberg
All three stood at least six foot two and weighed over 230 pounds.
Q 30What was Lindros's earlier line with Recchi and Fedyk called, after their numbers 8, 88 and 18?
Crazy Eights
Renberg then arrived and the Legion of Doom formed in 1995.