Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Vice Presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin will drop the ceremonial first puck when the Philadelphia Flyers open the regular season against the New York Rangers on Saturday.Flyers owner Ed Snider, who has donated money to Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s campaign had this to say...
“Because of the tremendous amount of publicity she has brought to our sport, we invited the most popular hockey mom in North America to our home opener to help us get our season started,” Snider said in a team statement Wednesday. “We are very excited she has accepted our offer and we are very proud of the publicity she is generating for hockey moms and the sport of hockey.”
Matt P. at The Level 700 wonders if the Flyers are 'running the risk of starting their season off to a chorus of boos.'
...hat tip to reader Nathan and Puck Daddy for the links.
...hopefully the Flyers season will tank as quickly as the McCain/Palin campaign has recently.
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Wow, as if I needed another reason to hate the Flyers.
The Flyers also lost to there the Philadelphia Phantoms AHL team....
Of COURSE it would be at a Flyers game! Perhaps Stevens will wear a Darth Vader helmet to complete the effect.
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