Chasing Gretzky: Group Of Flyers Put Up Historic Numbers On Dollar Dog Night
Hockey is slowly starting to come back to the forefront in Philadelphia. There were years and years when the Flyers were right up there as the #2 team in this city. But after the passing of Ed Snider, the franchise went into a decade of darkness. The teams were bad, ownership seemed disinterested, ticket prices were still pretty high. There was no reason for this city to love the Flyers like they have in the past.
Something needed to change. For starters, you needed to give fans a reason to be excited about the future of this team again. You needed to find a way to get a future phenom into this building wearing an orange sweater. You needed a reason to get fans into the door. Check.
But once you get fans back into the door, you need to find a way to make them stay. Give them something that's worth their time. A good, competitive hockey team could certainly do the trick. Orrrrrrrr......you could sell hot dogs for a dollar.
If the Phillies are going to give up on Dollar Dog Night, then the Flyers are going to be right there on the rebound like Michkov. Just look at these beauties. Having the absolute time of their life out there. 222 dogs for section 222. Just some legendary numbers of the likes which this league has never seen. This amount of hot dogs would even make Phil Kessel blush.
And while we may not know the exact time that these 222 glizzies were purchased, I have a strong feeling that it's exactly what propelled the Flyers on their comeback win last night against the defending Stanley Cup Champions. Down 2-0 in the 1st. Looking like a game where Florida is just going to cruise their way to 2 points. And out of nowhere, here come the Flyers to spank the Cats around in the 3rd period.
Tasty little play from Drysdale and Michkov here to get Morgan Frost an easy tap-in to tie the game at 3. And then holy fucking balls this goal from Noah Cates to give the Flyers the lead.
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Wins the foot race for the loose puck, flips it to himself, catches it, pushes himself out to a small breakaway, and goes forehand-backhand on a 2x Vezina Trophy winning goaltender. Downright disgusting stuff from Noah Cates.
If I had to guess, the boys of section 222 probably order those dogs when the Flyers were down 2-0. From that moment on, the Flyers would go on to outscore the defending Cup champs 4-1. Maybe every night should be Dollar Dog Night in the Farg'.
P.S. -- Speaking of Flyers fans putting on a great performance last night, you can't teach this level of grit.