{"product_id":"bullies-catching-up-with-the-hound-the-hammer-and-the-stanley-cup-champion-philadelphia-flyers-9781637276280","title":"Bullies: Catching Up with the Hound, the Hammer, and the Stanley Cup Champion Philadelphia Flyers","description":"\u003cp\u003e The name 'Broad Street Bullies' in synonymous with tenacity, toughness, and hockey royalty in Philadelphia. Names like Bobby Clarke, Bernie Parent, Dave \"The Hammer\" Schultz, Gary Dornhoefer, Don Saleski, Ed Van Impe, and Bob \"Hound Dog\" Kelly brought an aggressive, punishing style of play to the NHL and delivered back-to-back Stanley Cups to the City of Brotherly Love in 1974 and 1975. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBullies, \u003c\/i\u003e by longtime Flyers beat writer Sam Carchidi alongside writer and director Jeff Hare, explores this incredible group of hockey legends and why this band of beloved misfits resonated so strongly among the entire city of Philadelphia. Fifty years have passed since the Broad Street Bullies became the first expansion team to win both the Stanley Cup and the hearts of generations of new Flyers fans, and the men who fought those fights and won those battles are forever engrained into the psyche of Philly sports lore. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Carchidi and Hare bring these beloved folk heroes back into the spotlight, shedding light on not just what they did on the ice, but what they meant to the city that embraced them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Carchidi\u003c\/b\u003e has covered Philadelphia sports for more than 45 years. In addition to a 40-plus-year tenure with the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e, Sam has written for the Hockey News, Philly Hockey Now, \u003ci\u003eAthlon\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eBaseball America\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Scouting Report. He is the author of six books, including \u003ci\u003eMiracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIf These Walls Could Talk: Philadelphia Flyers\u003c\/i\u003e (with Lou Nolan). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Hare \u003c\/b\u003eis a director and writer based in Los Angeles. With Sam Carchidi, he is developing a television series about the Broad Street Bullies.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Triumph Books (IL)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720812986642,"sku":"9781637276280","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0051f4ad-01aa-46d5-ae2f-21dc692fe1c1.jpg?v=1762937186","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bullies-catching-up-with-the-hound-the-hammer-and-the-stanley-cup-champion-philadelphia-flyers-9781637276280","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}