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  Ed snider, the majority owner of the Flyers, planned for the building of the Spectrum and the Flyers were founded.
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  The Philadelphia Flyers play their very first game against the California Seals and lose 5-1.
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  Bobby Clarke plays his first game as a Philadelphia Flyer.
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  Kate Smith's "Gob Bless America," was played at the Flyers Game.
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  The Soviet Army Ice Hockey team arrives in Philadelphia to play against the flyers in a brutal, confusing and un-fair game.
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  Bernie Parent suffered a career ending eye injury when a stick poked him through the goalie mask eye hole.
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