The Philadelphia Flyers are an ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the NHL.

The franchise was founded in 1967. However, before 1967, Philadelphia had had a hockey team called Philadelphia Quakers that was devastated by the financial hardships of the Great Depression. After that, the city of “brotherly love” made numerous unsuccessful attempts to return to the NHL. In 1946, Philadelphia acquired the Montreal Maroons franchise, who suspended play in 1938 and persuaded the NHL to transfer the team to Philadelphia. Still, time after time, the NHL sent peremptory notices of rejection. No wonder, as Philadelphians had nothing but the desire to locate another ice hockey team in their home city. There were no good sports facilities until 1967 when the legendary Spectrum indoor arena was built.

The Philadelphia Flyers joined the National Hockey League in 1967 as the Second Six team. The 1967 NHL Expansion was targeted at adding six new franchises to double the size of the League. Bill Putnam, one of the Philadelphia Flyers’ co-owners, insisted on the dominance of his favorite orange color in the team color scheme.

After the NHL officials selected Philadelphia as the city for one of the new franchises, the club owners announced the name-the-team contest. There were no doubts about team colors, as the Flyers adopted the Quakers’ orange, white and black colors. The prize for the best name was 21″ (53 cm) color television. More than 25,000 ballots were entered in total, offering names like Quakers, Ramblers, Liberty Bells, Keystones, Raiders, etc. However, “Flyers” were the winning one since it had perfect alliteration with “Philadelphia.” 9-year-old Alec Stockard was declared a winner. He and 100 other contestants suggested the given name, but he submitted his entry with the misspelled word “Fliers.” Next, it was time to design the logo, which turned out to be a candy eye.