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Excited to announce our next @HockeyHStove
drawing for a Guffaw cigars sampler box autographed by Flyers Hall of Famer @guffaw26. Drawing on Nov 20.
Be sure you follow @HockeyHStove and @guffaw26 and replay GUFFAW.
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Flyers 2026 second round pick Brek Liske has committed to the University of Wisconsin program starting next year.
This is a portion of the documentary about Sly Stallone's decades of painting.
One segment looks at "Finding Rocky", which he did before he wrote the screenplay.
Second segment looks at "Death of a Friend", which he painted after the passing of his beloved manager, Jane Oliver.
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Brian, the problem with the WON is that it's become the "wrestling hipster HOF". If it's Japan , ECW or niche that Dave (no relation as far as I know) favors, they have the inside track.
I’m not gonna lie and say it’s not disappointing that Gorilla once again didn’t make it into the WON HOF. He got more votes than last year, which is nice to see, and came in 11th place, percentage-wise, as well as 8th place in total number of votes.
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Rocky 50th Anniversary Fact of the Day: December 8, 1975
This was Day 4 of Philly portion of the shoot; the coldest and the only one where (light) snow fell in the city.
* Joe Spinell arrived by train from New York to take over the Gazzo role.
* Camera malfunction problems at night during the filming of Rocky/Adrian walk-and-talk on Kensington Ave and Tusculum St.
Excited to announce our next @HockeyHStove random drawing for a sampler pack of Guffaw cigars autographed by Flyers Hall of Famer @guffaw26.
Drawing date is one one week from today; Nov. 20, 2026. Be sure you follow @HockeyHStove and @WCRE_BPropp!
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Flyers Friday Flashback: Propp's 300th Goal nhl.com/flyers/news/flyers-f…
It gets annoying when every freakin' thing is a conspiracy theory. The Flyers Flashback series I write every Friday for the Flyers' official site was planned long before the season because 2026-27 is the 60th season of franchise history.
It's NOT done as a distraction or anything of the sort. Most Fridays are non-game days. So it's a good day for a history piece. No more, no less.
At any rate, this week's article is about when the late Roger Neilson passed Jack Adams on the all-time NHL coaching win list. That happened on this date in 1999.
Rocky 50th Anniversary: Rare Original Ending Variation
A couple different versions of the original Rocky ending were filmed.
All were the same in central detail: Rocky and Adrian leave together, hand in hand, after the Apollo fight. Apollo is celebrated, Rocky is quickly being forgotten. He doesn't care.
One slight alternate: Rocky puts on the shabby "Italian Stallion" bathrobe he donned in the locker room after the Spider Rico fight at the beginning of the film.
Symbolically, he's heading back to being obscure and small-time, but he's gone the distance and also has Adrian.
This version of the original ending wasn't used. The one that made it was the same idea but maybe a tad less on-the-nose downer ending.
The variation that made it to test audiences: the long walk together down a trash-strewn hallway, Rocky rescues a discarded Bicentennial flag left on the ground .
Ultimately, the original ending was ditched entirely and hastily reshot with the iconic "ADRIAN!!!!" scene in the ring.
He's referring to Paradise Alley (originally called Hell's Kitchen) and misrembering the story as Rocky.
The former, written before Rocky, was the one sold for peanuts and sat in unproduced (non) development hell until Sly eventually recovered it.
Henry Winkler Says He Bought Back Sylvester Stallone’s Script From ABC to Protect ‘Rocky’ and Never Even Made a Penny.
“I went back to Sly. I said, ‘Here’s the good news, we sold it. The bad news is they want to replace the writer.’”
Stallone’s response was simple.
“Henry, don’t let them do that to me.”
So Winkler went back to ABC and asked for the script back, even offering to return all the money.
“They said, ‘We don’t do that.’ I said, ‘I know, I know, I know, but I need that script back and here’s the money.’”
He got it back and gave it to Stallone.
A year and a half later, Rocky came out.
Winkler’s final revelation?
“Not a penny did I see.”
Bonus Rocky 50th Anniversary Fact of the Day: Mighty Mick's
The vast majority of the Philadelphia portion of the Rocky shoot was done very quickly-- mornings, around dawn, night time, as few takes as possible, no sets to build. They mostly filmed in genuine locations.
One exception: the exterior of Mighty Mick's Gym on Front St. in Kensington had to be created from scratch, put in place by crew and then disassembled.
Keep in mind: There was never a real-life gym at the location. The interior was Main St. Gym in Los Angeles.
This is part of the Jane Oliver auction at @HeritageAuction . Sylvester Stallone doodled shapes during one of their first meetings. Note that he credited himself as an accomplished boxer (he'd never boxed to that point) and rock singer (he can't sing). Listed his height at 5-foot-11 (he wasn't even close). Of course, all par for thr course in the industry!
Last night's game underscores what the Flyers cost themselves over the first 20 games. They really did outplay the Oilers last night. Finishing remains way too sparse, however.
That was the same way I first saw Rocky in the theater -- Roosevelt Mall in January 1980, in a double feature with Rocky 2. I was nine.
Now seated for a special @RockyMovie double-feature at @CulverTheater. The original 1976 classic followed by its 1979 sequel, shown on the biggest screen in the theater.
Rocky 50th Anniversary fact of the day: Stickball
In the original Rocky, while walking with Paulie to his house on Thanksgiving, Rocky sees a group of kids playing stickball.
"I used to be deadly at stickball," Rocky says.
In Rocky 2, he plays stickball outside with neighborhood kids on S. Lambert St. in South Philly.
Briere said Michkov has done everything asked of him. When it's a player the org expects to be there along time, it's important to get right in front of a report like yesterday's.
Briere said he doesn't discuss contract negotiations. People will know when it gets done.
Didn't deny there are tensions in the room. Said it goes along with not winning.
"I'd be more worried" if players were OK with it.
Just went to Rocky Run packet pickup pickup event. Very cool to meet @johnRivoli. am psyched to get his book!
